There was a loud bang, followed by a sound like breaking glass, and one of the curtains in the morgue was shattered.
Abel had already broken several magic barriers that even the most skilled players would have difficulty breaking, but his expression did not show any sign of loosening.
“What the... This unpleasant magic has been going on since a while ago.”
Just now, they were dealing with a horde of beasts that kept appearing no matter how many times they cut them, but this time, no matter how many times they broke a curtain, it kept appearing again.
The difference is that while the pack had several options for ending the fight, this curtain had no answer.
The beast horde will eventually end when they kill Tiera, the master of souls, or when they cut and cut until all the souls she possesses are destroyed.
But how on earth is this curtain to end?
Boom! Boom! Taang! Boom!
Even at this moment, the door to the morgue continued to shake and pound, as if someone inside was begging for someone to please open the door and save them.
Abel chewed his lips in frustration and looked back at Geneon.
“It’s a magic spell. Aren’t you a magician too, Geneon? How could it not work?”
“It’s impossible until Orkan arrives. I know how to solve this spell. But I..”
What good is having knowledge if you don't have the power to use it?
Have you ever felt so frustrated by your own helplessness?
Geneon can hear it. This damn cat's body is so sensitive that he can hear it so clearly.
A groan of pain could be heard from inside the storage room as if she had been injured. It was definitely Simone's.
Occasionally, he would call Abel and his own name, and thoughts of Simone, who was terrified and at a loss, would also enter his mind.
It was even more heartbreaking because he could hear and feel it.
'In fact, she is a very weak and timid child...'
Unlike usual, he couldn't stay calm at all.
If she was hurt, where and how badly, is the wound so bad that she might suffocate at any moment, is it traumatic for her?
Worries were piling up like a mountain, weighing down on his small body.
The thought that 'Simone will figure it out somehow' only applies when she can fully demonstrate her abilities.
Among the thoughts that entered his mind was that for some reason she could not use mana.
This was a really dire situation if Simone couldn't exert her power.
‘...Director Sopheina used a clever method.’
The reason for this will be revealed later when the director is questioned, but it seems that an ordinary person like her has set up many foolish devices to kill necromancers and cover up her crimes.
Zing... Zing...
At that moment, the communication stone hanging around Geneon's neck vibrated and Louis' voice was heard.
"I heard from Orkan that Simone is in danger."
“...Yes, the problem is that we don’t know Simone’s condition. It’s urgent, so send Orkan to the agency right now!”
"Yes, Orkan and... I am going with him. Since I received a letter from the Serk Imperial Family, there should be no problem entering the institution."
"Hurry!"
"I'll go to the teleport. Abel's situation was like that earlier, and what the hell is going on... Please wait just a moment."
Louis still seemed to have no idea what was going on, but fortunately, he was quick to react.
Perhaps when Geneon contacted him about Abel earlier, he went straight to get permission to enter the facility.
At that moment, Abel suddenly hugged Geneon.
“Hey, did you do it!”
"No."
Abel's voice was frighteningly cold as he answered. Geneon turned his head and froze.
Again, a herd of beasts was coming. And behind them, a woman with a bleeding head.
“How dare you..!”
It was Tiera. She was coming here with her evil eyes wide open. Abel swore irritably.
“I guess that woman isn’t dead.”
He didn't want to embarrass Louis so he let out some strength at the last minute and swung his sword, but he didn't think she'd die like this and get up so quickly.
The anger at being hit was so great that an incomparable number of beasts were rushing in at once.
It was literally a situation where the snow was falling. He couldn't stand it any longer. At that moment, when Abel, who was raging, used all his strength to blow his sword toward the curtain and the morgue as if he was going to destroy everything, Simone's voice came to Geneon's ears.
[Oh, no way.]
A voice that seemed to have realized something.
And then, soon, everything was destroyed by Abel. With a loud crash, the curtain, the huge stone pillar with the magic spell engraved on it, and the entrance to the morgue were completely destroyed.
The impact caused the floor to shake violently and everything here began to collapse one by one.
'This is the power of the Sword Master.'
Was Abel struggling because he was anxious that his own power could destroy everything?
While Geneon stared blankly at this absurd sight, Abel dashed between the broken pieces of the barrier with frightening calm.
Then he smashed the debris from the collapsed building into pieces so that it would not fall into the morgue, then immediately turned around and flew towards the herd of beasts on the other side.
Abel's movements are so fast that they are invisible to the eye. He fights almost instinctively, with the sole intention of saving his comrades.
The moment he cut down the herd of beasts in one breath, a loud explosion was heard behind him. Abel flinched and turned his head toward the morgue.
A morgue that had been destroyed and had lost its ceiling and entrance. Geneon was rushing there, and in front of him was a mountain of corpses in a miserable state, along with Simone, who was lying helplessly.
“Simone!”
She stared blankly at Geneon with her face pale and covered in blood.
At first glance, her condition looked very serious. Her entire body was covered in wounds that looked like she had been stabbed with a knife. No place on her arms, abdomen, chest, or neck wasn't covered in knife marks. And there was blood pooling underneath her.
How can someone live like that? It would be impossible for a human being to keep their eyes open and sane from the pain.
But Simone blinked with a face that seemed more exhausted than in pain and staggered to her feet.
"Hmm?"
Abel tilted his head.
Something is a bit strange? She certainly looks like Simone, but the gloomy aura he feels from her, the black smoke flowing through her body like an aura...
At that moment Abel saw.
The blood-soaked dagger in Simone's hand.
Simone, who had been locked in the storage room alone, is covered in wounds, has a different vibe than usual, and the dagger in her hand is soaked in blood.
'Then Simone's wounds are...'
Abel opened his eyes wide and shouted.
“Lord Geneon! Don’t come near...”
At that moment, Simone suddenly raised her head, and the black smoke flowing out of her quickly spread out and began to engulf everything.
“Tsk.”
Abel clicked his tongue and leaped forward, carrying Geneon and the director on his back.
He doesn't know what happened to Simone, but she's dangerous. Right now, she's like... Simone, but she's not Simone.
The black smoke spreading out is definitely the aura of death that Simone uses, but how should I put it? Should I say that the aura flowing out of her is different?
Abel couldn't explain it, but one thing was certain.
If you touch that smoke, you die.
Kwaaaaahhhhh!!!!
Like corpses screaming in agony and black beasts melting in an instant.
“Hey, hey hey! Sa, save me...!”
Naturally, Tiera, who was standing behind the beast, also felt something ominous about the approaching black mana tsunami and started limping in the opposite direction.
“Oh, so you’re just playing dead there. How stupid!”
If she's dead, there's nothing we can do, but if she's alive, she's the one who has to pay the price for her crimes together with the director.
Abel barely managed to avoid Simone's mana by grabbing Tiera with an annoyed face.
“What is this, all of a sudden? Why is he like that?”
While Abel was screaming to hide his confusion, Geneon looked at Simone with a shocked face and listened to her voice, however small it was.
[Death pays homage to me.]
At her words, the corpses rolling on the floor suddenly stopped screaming and went back into the storage room, where they began to overlap each other as before.
And then he just lay there as if nothing had happened.
The black smoke that had been lingering where the black beast had melted also dispersed without a trace.
Simone, who was looking at the morgue building that had quickly decayed, frowned at Tiera hanging on to Abel.
[Those who go against my will, are you worthy of using that power? I will take back your abilities.]
A voice that only Geneon, who had animal ears, could hear.
Nevertheless, Tiera, who was breathing heavily and feeling relieved that she was still alive, suddenly started shaking her eyes incessantly and soon started screaming with a look of fear on her face.
“Ahhhhhhh!!!!! My, my mana... Yo, please forgive me...! Ah, no!!!”
“...Why are you suddenly like this? So noisy.”
Abel struck her on the back of the neck without mercy and knocked her unconscious.
Tiera collapsed on the floor, tears streaming down her face.
Geneon's eyes, who had been watching this, also shook greatly. He immediately realized.
It looks like Simone has done something truly outrageous.
‘I was wondering why it looked like that...’
I'm talking about the dangerous act of having a real God possess a body directly, rather than through a ghost.
Abel had already broken several magic barriers that even the most skilled players would have difficulty breaking, but his expression did not show any sign of loosening.
“What the... This unpleasant magic has been going on since a while ago.”
Just now, they were dealing with a horde of beasts that kept appearing no matter how many times they cut them, but this time, no matter how many times they broke a curtain, it kept appearing again.
The difference is that while the pack had several options for ending the fight, this curtain had no answer.
The beast horde will eventually end when they kill Tiera, the master of souls, or when they cut and cut until all the souls she possesses are destroyed.
But how on earth is this curtain to end?
Boom! Boom! Taang! Boom!
Even at this moment, the door to the morgue continued to shake and pound, as if someone inside was begging for someone to please open the door and save them.
Abel chewed his lips in frustration and looked back at Geneon.
“It’s a magic spell. Aren’t you a magician too, Geneon? How could it not work?”
“It’s impossible until Orkan arrives. I know how to solve this spell. But I..”
What good is having knowledge if you don't have the power to use it?
Have you ever felt so frustrated by your own helplessness?
Geneon can hear it. This damn cat's body is so sensitive that he can hear it so clearly.
A groan of pain could be heard from inside the storage room as if she had been injured. It was definitely Simone's.
Occasionally, he would call Abel and his own name, and thoughts of Simone, who was terrified and at a loss, would also enter his mind.
It was even more heartbreaking because he could hear and feel it.
'In fact, she is a very weak and timid child...'
Unlike usual, he couldn't stay calm at all.
If she was hurt, where and how badly, is the wound so bad that she might suffocate at any moment, is it traumatic for her?
Worries were piling up like a mountain, weighing down on his small body.
The thought that 'Simone will figure it out somehow' only applies when she can fully demonstrate her abilities.
Among the thoughts that entered his mind was that for some reason she could not use mana.
This was a really dire situation if Simone couldn't exert her power.
‘...Director Sopheina used a clever method.’
The reason for this will be revealed later when the director is questioned, but it seems that an ordinary person like her has set up many foolish devices to kill necromancers and cover up her crimes.
Zing... Zing...
At that moment, the communication stone hanging around Geneon's neck vibrated and Louis' voice was heard.
"I heard from Orkan that Simone is in danger."
“...Yes, the problem is that we don’t know Simone’s condition. It’s urgent, so send Orkan to the agency right now!”
"Yes, Orkan and... I am going with him. Since I received a letter from the Serk Imperial Family, there should be no problem entering the institution."
"Hurry!"
"I'll go to the teleport. Abel's situation was like that earlier, and what the hell is going on... Please wait just a moment."
Louis still seemed to have no idea what was going on, but fortunately, he was quick to react.
Perhaps when Geneon contacted him about Abel earlier, he went straight to get permission to enter the facility.
At that moment, Abel suddenly hugged Geneon.
“Hey, did you do it!”
"No."
Abel's voice was frighteningly cold as he answered. Geneon turned his head and froze.
Again, a herd of beasts was coming. And behind them, a woman with a bleeding head.
“How dare you..!”
It was Tiera. She was coming here with her evil eyes wide open. Abel swore irritably.
“I guess that woman isn’t dead.”
He didn't want to embarrass Louis so he let out some strength at the last minute and swung his sword, but he didn't think she'd die like this and get up so quickly.
The anger at being hit was so great that an incomparable number of beasts were rushing in at once.
It was literally a situation where the snow was falling. He couldn't stand it any longer. At that moment, when Abel, who was raging, used all his strength to blow his sword toward the curtain and the morgue as if he was going to destroy everything, Simone's voice came to Geneon's ears.
[Oh, no way.]
A voice that seemed to have realized something.
And then, soon, everything was destroyed by Abel. With a loud crash, the curtain, the huge stone pillar with the magic spell engraved on it, and the entrance to the morgue were completely destroyed.
The impact caused the floor to shake violently and everything here began to collapse one by one.
'This is the power of the Sword Master.'
Was Abel struggling because he was anxious that his own power could destroy everything?
While Geneon stared blankly at this absurd sight, Abel dashed between the broken pieces of the barrier with frightening calm.
Then he smashed the debris from the collapsed building into pieces so that it would not fall into the morgue, then immediately turned around and flew towards the herd of beasts on the other side.
Abel's movements are so fast that they are invisible to the eye. He fights almost instinctively, with the sole intention of saving his comrades.
The moment he cut down the herd of beasts in one breath, a loud explosion was heard behind him. Abel flinched and turned his head toward the morgue.
A morgue that had been destroyed and had lost its ceiling and entrance. Geneon was rushing there, and in front of him was a mountain of corpses in a miserable state, along with Simone, who was lying helplessly.
“Simone!”
She stared blankly at Geneon with her face pale and covered in blood.
At first glance, her condition looked very serious. Her entire body was covered in wounds that looked like she had been stabbed with a knife. No place on her arms, abdomen, chest, or neck wasn't covered in knife marks. And there was blood pooling underneath her.
How can someone live like that? It would be impossible for a human being to keep their eyes open and sane from the pain.
But Simone blinked with a face that seemed more exhausted than in pain and staggered to her feet.
"Hmm?"
Abel tilted his head.
Something is a bit strange? She certainly looks like Simone, but the gloomy aura he feels from her, the black smoke flowing through her body like an aura...
At that moment Abel saw.
The blood-soaked dagger in Simone's hand.
Simone, who had been locked in the storage room alone, is covered in wounds, has a different vibe than usual, and the dagger in her hand is soaked in blood.
'Then Simone's wounds are...'
Abel opened his eyes wide and shouted.
“Lord Geneon! Don’t come near...”
At that moment, Simone suddenly raised her head, and the black smoke flowing out of her quickly spread out and began to engulf everything.
“Tsk.”
Abel clicked his tongue and leaped forward, carrying Geneon and the director on his back.
He doesn't know what happened to Simone, but she's dangerous. Right now, she's like... Simone, but she's not Simone.
The black smoke spreading out is definitely the aura of death that Simone uses, but how should I put it? Should I say that the aura flowing out of her is different?
Abel couldn't explain it, but one thing was certain.
If you touch that smoke, you die.
Kwaaaaahhhhh!!!!
Like corpses screaming in agony and black beasts melting in an instant.
“Hey, hey hey! Sa, save me...!”
Naturally, Tiera, who was standing behind the beast, also felt something ominous about the approaching black mana tsunami and started limping in the opposite direction.
“Oh, so you’re just playing dead there. How stupid!”
If she's dead, there's nothing we can do, but if she's alive, she's the one who has to pay the price for her crimes together with the director.
Abel barely managed to avoid Simone's mana by grabbing Tiera with an annoyed face.
“What is this, all of a sudden? Why is he like that?”
While Abel was screaming to hide his confusion, Geneon looked at Simone with a shocked face and listened to her voice, however small it was.
[Death pays homage to me.]
At her words, the corpses rolling on the floor suddenly stopped screaming and went back into the storage room, where they began to overlap each other as before.
And then he just lay there as if nothing had happened.
The black smoke that had been lingering where the black beast had melted also dispersed without a trace.
Simone, who was looking at the morgue building that had quickly decayed, frowned at Tiera hanging on to Abel.
[Those who go against my will, are you worthy of using that power? I will take back your abilities.]
A voice that only Geneon, who had animal ears, could hear.
Nevertheless, Tiera, who was breathing heavily and feeling relieved that she was still alive, suddenly started shaking her eyes incessantly and soon started screaming with a look of fear on her face.
“Ahhhhhhh!!!!! My, my mana... Yo, please forgive me...! Ah, no!!!”
“...Why are you suddenly like this? So noisy.”
Abel struck her on the back of the neck without mercy and knocked her unconscious.
Tiera collapsed on the floor, tears streaming down her face.
Geneon's eyes, who had been watching this, also shook greatly. He immediately realized.
It looks like Simone has done something truly outrageous.
‘I was wondering why it looked like that...’
I'm talking about the dangerous act of having a real God possess a body directly, rather than through a ghost.
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