< Chapter 43 - The Holy Angel #2 >
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Time passed.
Four days after the battle on the Snow Flower Wind Plains.
The gates of hell were still intact, and the Snow Flower Wind Plains were covered in purple hellish energy.
The Eastern Army regrouped.
The troops that had been moving from all over the eastern region to rejoin the main force that had been defeated in the Snow Flower Wind Plains were all combined, and soon a large army of 40,000 men was created again.
“Thanks to the Blade Song and the sacrifice of those children.”
The missing Rough Avalanche has not returned.
But there was no time to search. The Great Storm gathered wild gods from all over the East and sought a way to destroy the Gates of Hell.
“I know it may be ignorant, but I think a head-on attack is the only option.”
The other wild gods also nodded at the words of the heavy-footed wild god who ran from the eastern end.
It was because of the newly added information.
“I’ve heard that if you leave the Gates of Hell open for too long, problems beyond just the proliferation of demons will arise.”
The Gates of Hell had the property of growing more and more as long as its existence was maintained.
Only low-level monsters or demons without even a name could pass through the newly opened gates of hell.
But as time passed by, day by day, the gates of hell became larger and stronger, and higher beings were also able to descend to earth through the gates of hell.
“The longer you delay, the more disadvantageous it becomes… and the worst may even happen.”
When Bluebeard heard the story about the Gates of Hell from Lena and spoke with a serious face, the faces of the other Wild Gods darkened.
“At the latest, by the afternoon of the fifth day… By then, the gates of hell must be closed or broken.”
Bluebeard didn’t even say why.
But there was no one among the wild gods who did not know the reason.
‘An unmanageable being is coming.’
An entity that cannot be dealt with even with the combined power of the entire East.
The eyes of the wild gods were focused on the Great Storm, which could be said to be the representative of the eastern wild gods.
The Great Storm closed his eyes tightly and then spoke with a calm face.
“Tomorrow morning, we will attack the gates of hell.”
For four days, we gathered the power of the East and healed the wounds from the Snow Flower Wind Plains, however insufficient they were.
There was no more time left, so it was time to go to war.
Tension appeared on the faces of all the wild gods.
This was especially true because it was the first time that so many wild gods had gathered together to fight.
“But, I······.”
One of the wild gods sitting in the corner raised his hand.
He was a small child with fox ears on his head, and as his appearance showed, he was the youngest and weakest Murmur among the wild gods gathered here.
He spoke with a slightly timid voice, raising his hand slightly, but it sounded strangely loud in such a quiet environment.
All the wild gods looked back at Murmur, and Murmur, who flinched with a squeak, spoke after mumbling.
“Those… two… have arrived?”
Everyone’s eyes turned back to the Great Storm as he asked a question while hugging his abundant tail.
Actually, it’s because everyone was curious about the car, even though they didn’t say anything.
Those two people.
Guardians of the wild lands who saved not only the rough avalanche and fine snow wind, but also Bluebeard, and even prevented the crisis of Caraval.
But few people knew the truth.
Among the wild gods, he was a being whose reputation was nothing but rumor.
“They say they collapsed the Blade Beak Canyon······.”
“Didn’t you say that the gates of hell were already closed once?”
“Is it true that they explode anything?”
“I heard that nothing remains where it has passed.”
The mountains of rough avalanches have collapsed, the fields of fine snow winds have burned away, and the very terrain of the Blade Beak Canyon has changed.
The gentle snow wind let out a clumsy laugh at the rumor based on facts, and the great storm smiled bitterly.
It was a pity that the current situation was so desperately dependent on humans, who were supposed to protect and care for the wild gods, but somehow I could understand it.
‘Even I am like that.’
If there are two people, wouldn’t they be able to do something?
That must be why Murmur opened his mouth just now.
“He should be here by now. He’ll be taking part in the final battle tomorrow.”
“Oh.”
“Can I meet you?”
As the wild gods were relieved, Murmur asked, and the beautiful snow wind shook its head. It said while stroking the young Murmur’s head.
“The two of you have something very important to do from now on. It’s the final preparations needed before going into battle.”
“Uh …
“Right? Let’s talk about it after the final battle. We’ll win.”
At Kounnunbaram’s words, Murumur opened his eyes wide and soon smiled brightly in response.
“Yes! Because we will win!”
A child’s smile always brings hope.
A smile spread among the wild gods, and the great storm, which exchanged glances with the gentle snow wind, stretched out its body for a moment.
‘But what kind of preparations are these?’
It seems like you prepared a lot of things before coming here.
‘You’ll know later.’
Because we never had a chance to have a proper conversation until now.
If anything is needed, the two of you will talk about it first, either tonight or tomorrow morning.
‘Guardian of the wild lands.’
The difference between the first fight on the Snow Flower Wind Plains and now.
The presence or absence of two people.
The Great Storm pictured the faces of Uther and Cordelia in his mind.
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“Sister!”
“Redbaraaaam!”
Red Wind and Cordelia hugged each other and spun around – to be exact, Red Wind hugged Cordelia and spun around.
‘I’m your sister.’
But the Red Wind was much taller.
Anyway, the Red Wind, who had been lovingly embracing Cordelia, turned to look at Yuder only after circling around ten times.
“It’s nice to see you too, oppa.”
“Um, yeah.”
I could feel the temperature difference a bit, but there was nothing I could do about it.
‘Still… is the situation better than I thought?’
Red Wind’s expression was pretty decent.
Of course, it was obvious that he was forcing himself, but it meant that the situation was not so desperate that he couldn’t even do that.
Cordelia asked.
“Red Wind, who is Mr. Red Gale?”
“Prepare for the fight tomorrow. Brother Sun Song will join you too.”
“Come… Bunny?”
“Yeah, yeah, Sun Song Brother. Big, strong, and cool.”
As Red Wind spoke with a big smile, Cordelia narrowed her eyes and looked back at Uther.
‘What should I do? I think it’s Lucas’ car.’
‘···Shouldn’t we listen to Lucas’ story too?’
Whether it was tea or not.
Anyway, what was important was not the love story of the Red Wind.
‘That’s too much! It’s the red wind!’
‘No, we have to fight tomorrow.’
‘Yuder is cold-blooded… memo.’
‘Without even a notebook.’
‘You’re just taking notes in your head?’
‘Oh, really? Really? In your head?’
‘Ugh… Lord, just the important things.’
It was an exchange of glances between two people who had already reached the realm of telepathy.
The Red Wind, who was watching the two people facing each other with their expressions changing from moment to moment, said with amusement.
“Anyway, Sister, Lena is waiting.”
Lena is a powerful sorceress and an angel.
I already had a rough conversation with her last night through communication magic.
‘I decided to prepare the groundwork.’
A ritual for Cordelia’s ancestral return.
Uther and Cordelia exchanged glances again, and without hesitation, one smiled.
But the red wind opened its mouth again.
“Sister.”
“huh?”
“But you look very tired. And so does Yuder oppa.”
Now I look at it, it’s Cordelia with half her face gone.
Moreover, Yuder also had dark circles under his eyes, and his already white face had lost its color and looked pale.
What on earth happened before I came here?
No, what on earth were those two doing?
“A lot of things have happened.”
“It was really hard······.”
The journey over the past four days.
The time it took to make Cordelia’s idea a reality.
As Uther and Cordelia muttered softly with relieved faces, Red Wind tilted his head.
“Sister?”
“Sorry, I’ll tell you later. For now, let’s go see Lena.”
“Okay. I won’t ask!”
As always, the Red Wind answered cheerfully and took the lead, while Uther and Cordelia hurriedly followed suit.
That’s how it went for another ten minutes or so.
Lena was standing on a hill somewhat remote from the main camp where the 40,000 strong army was gathered.
The sight of the sunset behind her as she stood facing west was like a painting.
“Wow······.”
Lena, who had been cured of her demon disease and returned as a complete saint, was different from before.
A true angel.
A being that can only be expressed in that way.
The once dull blond hair had regained its golden hue, and her white face seemed to glow.
And a pair of wings.
It was as white as snow, and mixed with the sunset, it gave off a warm, soft light.
“Lena!”
“Cordelia.”
Cordelia ran to Lena, who turned around with a soft smile, and hugged her.
“Are you feeling better now?”
“Thanks.”
It was thanks to Uther and Cordelia that Lena brought herself to the Holy Land that she was able to cure her demon disease.
“Hehehe, that’s a relief.”
Lena, who couldn’t help but smile at Cordelia’s clear, innocent smile, raised her head and looked at Yuder.
“Uder.”
“It’s nice to see you again.”
“Me too. I’ve prepared everything you mentioned.”
Ancestral return ritual.
Lena already had two experiences.
One was for himself, and the other was for Landius.
And now, at this moment, the third ancestral return ritual prepared for Cordelia.
“I was a little surprised.”
Rather than the fact that Cordelia has angel blood flowing through her veins, the fact is that Uther and Cordelia have already gathered all the materials needed for the ritual of returning to their ancestors.
“I studied thoroughly in advance.”
Cordelia smiled brightly and looked up the hill, still clinging to Lena.
There were several small circles on the magic circle that Lena had drawn, which were places to place offerings for the return of ancestors.
‘Ancient text, frozen time.’
Yuder put down one by one the materials he had collected during his travels. Then he looked at the empty bowl placed at the end.
What’s inside it.
The core material of ancestral return.
“Just because you return to your ancestors doesn’t mean you’ll immediately become a powerful angel.”
“Yes, you start at level 9, right? Depending on your inherited blood and personal aptitude, there is a maximum level you can go up to. Of course, it’s not completely fixed, and you can go up to a higher level depending on your efforts or various circumstances.”
“Cordelia······.”
“Because I’m dealing with the power of the witch, I need to be in harmony with the power of the angel. Right now, I can only use the power of either the angel or the witch. It’s too dangerous to mix the two right away. To be exact, I’m lacking the power of the angel.”
Lena blinked at the list of knowledge that was not like Cordelia’s, but soon smiled.
“That’s amazing. You must have really studied thoroughly.”
In fact, it was something that happened after the return to the ancestors that could not be done even if one wanted to study in advance, but that was not the case for Uder and Cordelia.
For the two people, the return to their ancestors as angels was not a preview but a review.
“Okay, then let’s get started.”
I had to go to battle tomorrow morning.
It also took time to adjust to the angel transformation, so the ceremony had to be carried out as quickly as possible.
“Are you ready to become an angel?”
“yes.”
Cordelia blushed at the question that seemed to be a little embarrassing, and quickly took off her outer garment.
After removing the rabbit headband and tail, she headed towards the center of the magic circle in a thin one-piece dress, and Yuder stepped back and took a deep breath.
Originally, it was a ceremony that was supposed to be conducted by Yuder himself from beginning to end, but now Lena was there.
It would have been better to step back and leave it to the experts.
“Please take good care of me.”
“Yes, Yuder. Don’t worry.”
Lena, who had been laughing slightly as if teasing, soon changed her expression to serious. She cut her wrist and filled the bowl with the angel’s blood before immediately performing the ritual.
“Blood is the currency of the soul.”
That’s why the blood knew.
I remembered.
The magic circle glowed.
A pure white light appeared and engulfed Cordelia.
“It just sleeps and doesn’t disappear.”
The soul connected through blood.
Memories of our ancestors engraved in the magic.
The light grew stronger.
The pure white light gradually turned red.
It was a scene we had already seen several times in the original. But reality was different.
The light that started from the magic circle stretched up into the sky.
The shattered light danced with the night that had come, creating a beautiful trail of light in the night sky.
“From heaven to earth.”
From present to past.
Along the road that leads to one.
A silhouette was vaguely visible within the pillar of light that had engulfed Cordelia.
A beautiful girl’s thing.
And adding to that.
Pure white wings.
Celestial Ring.
Things that symbolize celestial beings.
“Now, we will reach it.”
So that I can inherit it completely.
The ancient text was broken.
Frozen time has melted.
Lena’s blood scattered into light, and the pillar of light grew stronger. It became red, red, red, and then at one moment it exploded.
Explosion of light.
What colors mean.
And what light means.
The colors of Cordelia. The colors of her soul.
Cordelia’s attribute. The power that symbolizes her.
A soundless, yet beautiful and colorful explosion of light filled the night sky.
There was an uproar in the distant main camp, and even the wild gods were surprised by the miracle before their eyes.
And Uther.
He couldn’t hide his ecstasy as he witnessed the transfer right before his eyes.
The girl in front of me.
A being standing with a pure white body covered by wings made of light.
Uder swallowed dry saliva.
And at that moment, the girl opened her eyes. She met Yuder’s eyes with her blue ones.
It was clear and refreshing.
But soon Cordelia’s mischievousness spread, and her fangs gleamed in a beautifully drawn smile.
“how is it?”
Uther answered Cordelia’s question, which seemed somewhat arrogant.
“Pretty.”
“No, not that one.”
At Cordelia’s words, whose face turned bright red, Uther coughed in vain and then spoke with a rather serious expression.
“So pretty.”
“hey!”
What does this mean?
Are you kidding me?
Uther laughed. And gave Cordelia the answer she wanted.
“You’ve gotten stronger.”
Cordelia was literally transcending humanity at this moment.
From the beginning, they were angels, a higher species than humans.
Even if he was the lowest rank, a 9th rank, he was incomparable to a normal human.
Especially magic power.
“1.5 times?”
“maybe.”
The base value of magic power has increased.
If you add witching to this, which increases magical power explosively.
“It will be perfect.”
If the pure and innocent Cordelia were to be enhanced with the allure of an archangel.
Uther nodded with a pleased face, and Cordelia nodded with quite a different meaning.
‘It’s not far.’
The moment when the true power of human disaster is unleashed.
If you can become a witch, you will be able to learn the ‘Seven Forbidden Magic’, which can be said to be Cordelia’s specialty.
“Perfect.”
“Yes, perfect.”
The two people nodded their heads in a state of misunderstanding for the first time in a long time and soon started to work together again.
Uther quickly held out the clothes for Cordelia to put on, and Cordelia groaned as she covered her body with her wings and put on the clothes.
however.
“Hey, Mr. Yuder?”
“huh?”
“What is this?”
“The cat set. It was better than the rabbit set.”
Black cat headband and tail.
A set item that greatly increases not only agility but also flexibility.
“Excuse me, Mr. Yuder?”
“I will become stronger.”
Cordelia narrowed her eyes, but soon finished putting it on as if she was doing her best.
And Lena smiled at the sight of Uther and Cordelia.
‘That’s amazing.’
Ancestral return was not an ordinary event.
It was a matter of letting go of my past self and becoming a new self.
But both of them were calm.
It was very stable.
‘and.’
Why is that?
It was a situation where a decisive battle was imminent, and even though the tragedy of Paragon might be repeated, a smile came out.
Actually, she knew the reason. That’s why Lena said to the two bickering people.
“Shall we make the final preparations?”
What Uther and Cordelia have been preparing for the past four days.
And what Lena herself prepared.
One last thing to wrap it all up.
“Here it is.”
Uther took out the Celestial Judgement, and Cordelia took hold of it. She held out her hand to Lena.
A heavenly judgment that only an angel can break.
A weapon of divine punishment forged by Auriel, the Archangel of Judgement.
Cordelia and Lena unleashed their celestial powers.
The night sky was once again filled with light.
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< Chapter 43 - The Archangel #2 > End
