Ending Maker Episode 411
Chapter 6 – Invasion #2
The Pleiades are being invaded by aliens.
Cordelia felt her heart sink at the unexpected news.
“dahlia.”
Dahlia wasn’t the only name that came to mind reflexively.
My father, my sister, my brother, Ember and Aiden.
The names of those precious to me instantly filled my mind.
They are dangerous.
They are all in an unprecedented crisis.
“Calm down, Cordelia.”
Uder said.
Uther was shocked by the fact that the Pleiades and all who lived within them were in danger, but he controlled himself.
-Always keep your cool. Don’t forget the victory conditions.
Alexei’s teachings are still valid today.
Uther hugged Cordelia tightly.
He felt Cordelia’s heartbeat, which was fluctuating with anxiety and nervousness, and shared his body heat with her.
“It’ll be okay.”
The time spent on Earth was only about five days.
Even though the flow of time was different, at most, it would only have been about ten days.
Since the foreign media did not invade immediately after they left, the actual invasion took place about a week at most.
So it was okay.
It wasn’t the Pleiades that would collapse in a week.
“It’s okay, it’ll be okay.”
Uther spoke to Cordelia and to himself.
At the same time, he came up with several reasons to support his own words.
“Not all foreigners are on par with the great monarchs or archangels.”
The giant whale monster that devoured a horde of demons was also a foreign news source.
However, although he possessed divinity, his strength was not comparable to that of the Overlord.
Below the Demon Prince.
Those who have the name of God, and while they are certainly powerful beings, they are not absolute.
“There’s Atalia. And she’s not the only one. You know? The old gods of the Pleiades who began to awaken again after the end of the cycle.”
The old gods of the Pleiades, including Varuna, the god of secrets and veils.
Cordelia’s breathing and heartbeat gradually stabilized.
Uther hugged Cordelia tightly once more and said with a smile.
“And the teacher is here?”
The hero of the sun.
An invincible warrior who can be trusted and relied on anytime, anywhere.
“May your muscles always be with you.”
Cordelia recited it like a spell, and surprisingly, it had a significant effect.
“Yes, that’s right. There’s Landius.”
Just thinking about that name gave me peace of mind.
There is Landius.
There are five heroes of Paragon.
Cordelia leaned against Uther with her shoulders slumped, and Uther lightly stroked her back.
“Are you feeling calmer now?”
“I feel better, thank you.”
Cordelia spoke softly, straightened her body, and smiled brightly.
Girl of the sun.
The sun god who illuminates the Pleiades.
After kissing Cordelia on the forehead, Uther continued speaking.
“First, I need to gather more information.”
While Cordelia and he were talking, Yuder stretched out his black dragon’s energy like a tentacle and grabbed the demon that was slowly planning to escape, but in truth, he had no more expectations from the demon.
Cordelia seemed to have noticed Yuder’s intentions, so she nodded after casting a magic spell to reduce the magic power of the captured demon.
“I know what you mean.”
It wasn’t just that I knew I needed information.
Source of information.
The person that Uther and Cordelia need to meet right now.
One of the few people you can trust and rely on in a hell filled with demons.
“Kkieek!”
As the demon, who had screamed in the energy flowing from the black dragon, fell to the ground, Yuder smiled brightly and said.
“Let’s go see each other again after a long time.”
“huh.”
He was a strong ally in the fierce battle with Asmodeus.
A person who chose to remain in Hell even after the war with the Overlord ended.
“Witch.”
The witch of the deep forest.
I had to meet her.
* * *
Finding the witch in the deep forest was easier than expected.
Because she was originally established in Asmodeus’ domain.
Moreover, she was not alone.
“Witch’s territory?! Why am I going there!”
Although it was a rebellious demon, after Uther and Cordelia took turns stroking it a few times, it became a very obedient guide and started to say things without being asked.
“The forces led by the witch of the deep forest are still going strong. The aliens who descended into Asmodeus’s realm were relatively weaker or more beast-like than those in other realms, so they were unable to see through the witch’s barrier. I understand that there are quite a few demons who have taken refuge in the witch’s forces to avoid the aliens.”
When Uther and Cordelia fought against Asmodeus in the past, they were not fighting alone.
The witch of the deep forest and her friend, the demon slayer Cassius.
The archangel Manael, who wandered through hell alone and continued his own war.
Even the demon slaves who rebelled against Asmodeus and swore loyalty to Uther and Cordelia.
Jude and Cordelia led the forces against Asmodeus, and their forces survived even after the war ended.
-Leave it to me.
Unlike Uther and Cordelia, who had to return to the Pleiades, the Witch of the Deep Forest had no need to do so.
Because she was already a witch, it would not be an exaggeration to say she was half-demon.
“Don’t you think it’s gotten bigger?”
“That seems to be the case.”
Looking at the vast forest, Yuder narrowed his eyebrows slightly.
Because, as Cordelia said, the forest really has grown.
Is it because the witches’ power has grown stronger, or is it because the witches’ power has grown stronger while they were away, taking over the ownerless land?
Since there was nothing wrong with either, Uther and Cordelia threw the demon that was asking to be released to the Tridents, the guardians of the forest, and hurried their steps.
“The road is opening up.”
It was just as Uther said.
With each step I took, the surrounding scenery changed rapidly, as if I had entered the abode of fairies.
It was clear that the witch of the deep forest was calling them.
And then one moment.
The rapidly changing scenery around me stopped.
Tall trees with branches entangled with each other and blocking the sky.
The moss growing underneath and the wind blowing in from somewhere, full of the scent of water.
And a huge throne right before my eyes.
“It’s been a while.”
A beautiful woman was sitting on a tree that had grown on its own, taking the shape of a throne, rather than being carved or cut down.
Long, black hair that flows down like silk and covers her entire body, and a pure white body between it.
Watery purple eyes nestled between a languid expression.
“Uh… … Witch. Did you change jobs or something?”
Like a succubus queen?
Cordelia covered Uther’s eyes and asked, seeing that the witch’s appearance had become much more decadent than when they had met before, and the witch answered with her usual languid smile.
“That’s not entirely wrong.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yeah, but now’s not the time to talk about it. There are much more important things to do.”
The smile was still on the witch’s face, but Cordelia could feel it.
The witch’s condition was not normal.
It seemed that there was considerable physical and spiritual damage.
“It’s been five days since the foreign invasion began. A lot has happened in those five days. But stories have priorities. First, I want to tell you the stories that are most important to you.”
It seemed as if a sprout had sprouted from the feet of Uther and Cordelia, and in an instant it grew into a thick tree and took the shape of a beautiful chair.
Uther gently pushed away Cordelia’s hand that was covering his eyes and looked at the witch.
Even without having to use the power of clairvoyance, the witch’s condition did not look good.
Perhaps they had already engaged in a fierce battle with foreign media to protect the forest.
‘I’m also concerned that Cassius and Manael aren’t visible.’
But as the witch said, everything has its priorities.
Instead of saying anything, Uder took a listening posture, and the witch smiled languidly again as if she was still the same.
“As I said earlier, the aliens appeared in Hell five days ago. However, I think they appeared in the Pleiades a little earlier. Right after the Pleiades were sealed, the aliens who had lost their place descended into Hell and Heaven.”
It was along the same lines as the story I heard from the devil.
But, after hell, aliens descended even to heaven.
How many foreign media outlets flocked to the Pleiades for something like this to happen?
“First, I need to explain to you about foreign news.”
Foreign news.
As the name suggests, he is an alien god.
Divine beings from other worlds than ours.
“Just as there are many types of gods, there are also many types of foreign gods.”
The surrounding scenery changed again.
In the dark, purple universe, small stars were shining with a pitiful light.
“The world is a garden, and God is the gardener who takes care of the garden. Therefore, God’s power comes from the world itself.”
It was a theoretical story, and it was something that Uther and Cordelia had already learned.
“That is why the gods do not leave their worlds easily. Unless they have special business to attend to. That is why it is never easy to witness an outsider, unless they are a god of a neighboring world like the Pleiades, Hell, or Heaven.”
In fact, most of the gods belonging to those three worlds only stayed in their own worlds and rarely showed up in other worlds.
“But there are gods who are not like that. Foreign gods. Those who have lost their own world. Those poor ones who have lost the believers who believed in them and served them.”
Just as the spirits of the disembodied long for and covet the bodies of the living, the foreign gods longed for the world. They longed for believers who would once again place their faith in them.
“They say that having lost their foundation, they will weaken and be forgotten over time. That is why, in order not to be forgotten, in order to fill their exhausted souls, they wander through many worlds, gathering strength.”
Either make a contract in exchange for your soul like a demon, or devour souls directly like a whale monster that rushes toward a horde of demons.
“Foreigners rarely form groups. But this time, they formed groups to an unusual degree. Furthermore, even foreigners with the power to seal off an entire world were involved.”
Why did this happen?
Who on earth caused all this and what is their purpose?
“We still don’t know who that alien is. But it is clear that that alien called all the other aliens to the Pleiades and sealed the Pleiades to prevent any new outside intervention.”
Uder drew context from the witch’s story.
In the end, it meant that there was only one ultimate enemy.
A foreign god with the power to seal the world.
“Is there any way to enter the Pleiades?”
At Yuder’s question, the witch took a deep breath, slowly closed her eyes, and began a new story.
* * *
Not all foreign news had substance.
Not all foreign media had the power to seal the world.
Most of the foreigners who descended upon the Pleiades simply wanted to run wild and satisfy their hunger, but some did not.
The foreign gods who agreed with Iria, the goddess of the broken world, each began taking action to help her.
Those who had substance descended directly into the world, while those who had no substance sought to find in the Pleiades someone who could act on their behalf in power and will.
And one of the foreign correspondents found a soul.
A soul that shines so beautifully in the midst of chaos.
A soul that should have already died and disappeared, but is going against the natural order due to a strong desire.
A foreign news source approached the soul.
Other foreigners also gathered because of the soul that was so desirable.
Foreign media reported.
I will give you another body.
I will give you another life, even if it is a fake one.
The soul responded.
In the confusion that was only longing, Lee Ji began to feel lost.
It was a strange soul, twisted and ugly beyond imagination, but possessing great purity.
That is why foreign media showed even more greed for the soul before their eyes.
The gathered foreign press lined up sweet deals.
-I will give you the power to break the sky.
-I will give you a body that will never decay.
-I will give you great magical power.
-to you…….
Numerous powers and abilities.
The power of foreign media that can throw the world into chaos if you get your hands on just one.
It was something that everyone would want.
These were suggestions that no one would refuse.
However, the soul that gained this knowledge and became aware of its existence showed an unexpected reaction.
“That is not necessary.”
Power and ability only cloud the eyes.
Such things only serve to obscure the horizon.
I knew it because I had experience.
I can say this because I have seen myself lose my way by making the same foolish choices over and over again when given the opportunity.
A fool who has lost his way, intoxicated by the power of the devil, dependent on poison, and enamored with great magic.
He denied all power and ability.
He just rose from the dead and grabbed a sword.
And the man saw.
The path you have taken.
A road that stretches straighter and more beautifully than anyone else’s, but is cut off in the middle.
And the man looked again.
Beyond the broken road.
The horizon of the sword that I have always longed for since I first took up arms.
“That is not necessary.”
All it takes is the will to move forward.
Just like what the successor to the king, who was extremely honest, had shown.
The man burst into laughter.
And then I took a step forward.
Towards the horizon.
Following the straight path that was lost.
Rune Proud.
The first sword.
He raised his sword again.
