Chapter 183: Seraphiels Advent ; Despair ; Termination (1/2)
A/N:- The meaning of non-english words are written at the end. The dark stuff is not in this chapter.
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As the gems in the air continue to approach them, Siesta's expression suddenly turns blank while her eyes change from the originally aqua-blue to a golden.
Then, at a speed that seems to transcend light itself, Siesta raises her right arm and mutters, ”Evorto.”
The next moment, a ray of light shines from her palm before a golden barrier forms right in front of her.
All the gems that were nearing them run into the barrier before simply disappearing.
”What…” Yuno mutters while looking at the golden barrier with a bewildered expression.
Siesta ignores her as she dissipates the barrier with a wave of her hand before beginning to walk forward.
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”General! They're not dead!” a soldier exclaims.
”What?” Aldrich voices, clearly confused.
Like the soldier just said, their enemies had not died. Not only that, but they were beginning to regenerate any limbs they had lost while the smaller injuries were healed a long time ago.
”What are we even fighting,” the general mutters with a horrified expression.
As they continue to inspect their enemies' regeneration, the soldiers along with the general notice something unusual.
A few meters behind the soldiers, there is a black-haired maid that's walking in their direction as a golden light encompasses both of her arms.
The maid suddenly looks up, sending a shiver down the general's spine, despite her being more than a hundred meters away.
Swallowing his spit, the general exclaims, ”Prepare to shoot again!”
Hearing his orders, the soldiers get back to maintaining Faule Mette while a group of three men carries another 'cannonball' over to the giant cannon.
Soon, a soldier shouts,
”General, it's ready!”
”Fire!” the general immediately responds.
The next moment, a loud sound resounds as another cluster of gems is launched in Siesta's direction.
However, against all the soldiers' expectations, she simply raises her arm before a bright light shines for a split-second, blinding their eyes.
Once some soldiers manage to see once again, their expression shifts from expectation to dread as they witness Siesta still walking toward them with the 'cannonball' being nowhere within sight.
One of the soldiers tightens his grip on the spear he's carrying as his expression becomes resolute.
Then, without heeding attention to nothing else, the soldier sprint toward Siesta at his top speed while raising the spear and shouting.
Just when it seems like the soldier will be able to pierce her body, Siesta raises her arm once again before muttering, ”Purgo.”
All of a sudden, the man's heroic-like voice shifts to a pitiful one of pure agony as his body begins to turn into golden grains before getting blown away by the gentle breeze.
Unfazed, Siesta continues to move toward the horrified soldiers who are shivering in fear at the sight of the merciless monster approaching them.
---1st POV---
”What are you doing?” Joseph asks in a neutral tone as I slowly approach his daughter.
”What do you think?” I say without turning around.
Seeing me approach her, the blue-haired girl's mind seems to come to a halt.
Unfortunately, just as I'm about to reach her, a voice resounds within the castle within the room,
”Isabella, run!”
Breaking out of her stupor, Joseph's daughter, Isabella, glances into my eyes before breaking into a run.
Looking over at the one who broke Isabella out of her stupor, I find a beautiful woman with similar features to Isabella.
So, that's her mother, huh?
A smile forms on my lips as I use Blink to appear right behind the woman and give her a light nudge on the back.
However, due to the difference in our parameters, the woman gets thrown into the throne room and rolls for a few meters before finally stopping right in front of the throne.
”Mom!” Isabella screams as she runs over to her, while Joseph has a slightly disturbed look on his face.
Looks like I was right after all. Time to show this bastard what it's like to deal with an untouchable enemy.
Previously, I wasn't able to outright kill him as that would've destabilized this kingdom a lot. Now, however, he can't do much to me because of the overwhelming gap between our power and abilities.
Naturally, I won't let this get to my head, as he could still have another 'surprise' for me.
Even so, that won't prevent me from 'playing' with his family.
”Now, now,” I say as the smile on my lips grows, ”Let's put on a nice show for Joseph, shall we?”
Hearing this, Isabella who is kneeling beside her mother to check on her looks over at me and shouts, ”Damn you!”
Feigning a shocked expression, I say,
”How harsh. Looks like you some disciplining.”
Then, I ignore the series of curses she throws at me as I begin to walk toward her.
Meanwhile, Joseph has gotten back on his feet and his expression is now completely different from the impassive one he had a short while ago.
Suddenly, a burst of energy gets released from Joseph's body as the aura he has been exuding tenses.
Then, Joseph abruptly dashes toward me at a speed that's higher than what I'm capable of without Godspeed.
So, I utilize Godspeed to dodge the jab he threw at me before repositioning myself and kicking his shin.
This results in the sound of bones breaking to reach my ears as his body crashes into the ground.
”Dad!” Isabella screams once again as tears begin to roll down her cheeks.
Seeing her in this state, a sense of discomfort overwhelms my body as AI's voice resounds within my head.
{Berserk: Tormentor deactivated.}
As if a weight was lifted off my head, I feel comfortable energy spreading within my body.
Checking it out, I am about to sense that it's my Holy Essence.
With my thoughts cleared, I look over at the woman whose head is injured for a few seconds before raising my arm and utilizing Healing Factor.
Seeing my actions, the teary-eyed girl doesn't know what to make of the situation anymore as she looks at me with a confused expression.
I look back at her and wink once before turning my body and walking toward Joseph who's motionlessly lying on the ground.