Chapter 90: Floating Sanctuary (5) Part 2
All the fairies around her did not want her to remain a good child.
She could no longer be a good child.
“So now, I…”
Perin’s eyes stained with blood looked up at the sky.
The sky was dark and rain was pouring down.
Plop. Plop.
The sound of rain hitting the leaves reached Perin’s ears clearly.
The rainwater that ran down her cheeks cooled down Perin’s burning head.
The passion that had been burning inside her also cooled down in the cold rainwater.
“Now… I…”
In the rain that quenched the heat, Perin realized.
All her efforts were in vain.
The fairies in front of her did not love Perin.
And Perin no longer loved them either.
There was no reason to maintain this dry relationship anymore.
“As long as I have Yuto… I don’t need anything else.”
What came out of her frozen emotions was evil.
The evil that represented the sky on earth.
The apostle of the evil god who opened his eyes in purity looked at the fairies.
Sometimes there are moments like that.
When I cry watching a movie, or get emotional over a line of words that I like.
When I read a book and feel frustrated for the protagonist who is in a difficult situation.
These things don’t happen often, but sometimes they come to me.
I find myself empathizing with stories that are not even my own.
The situation I am in right now is one of those cases.
-“I told you to stop!”
What is displayed on the screen is the appearance of Perin, the fairy I contracted with.
She is being pinned down by other fairies, and subjected to a suspicious magic.
No one stops their actions despite her voice demanding them to stop.
They ignore Perin’s story completely and are trapped in their own world.
A dryness fills my mouth as I watch the screen.
I unknowingly grip the smartphone in my hand tightly.
“…”
It’s just a trivial tragedy that happens to a character.
It’s nothing more than a story of AI’s causing friction according to a predetermined scenario.
Everything I see in front of me is fake, and nothing but a play prepared for me.
At the end of this story, a character for me will be completed, and will continue to move for me.
Even so.
Even so, I don’t feel comfortable watching the screen.
Even though I know this is fake, I have to feel uncomfortable with the sight in front of me.
“…Stupid bastards.”
It’s a different feeling from crying while watching a sad movie.
It’s also very different from feeling like my character is losing something.
I feel angry watching the screen right now.
Clear anger.
I’m angry that they’re messing with my character, but what makes me even angrier is that she’s being ignored.
-“Rendel! Are you okay!”
She is the character I chose.
They ignored the character I chose.
They criticized and insulted her, and kept twisting her story.
I couldn’t just let go of their attitude.
Even if I knew it was a scripted plot.
-“What do you mean! You are the disgrace of our fairy race!”
They’re just NPCs for crying out loud.
They live like hamsters according to set rules, with false lives.
They don’t know anything about the truth, and look at the same sky every time.
Who are they ignoring right now?
Who are they trying to mess with the toy under me?
“That’s why it makes me feel worse.”
I don’t intend to sit in the VIP seat and watch the tragedy forever.
The only thing that suits the heartbreaking tragedy is them who reject me.
Those who have come under me should not suffer such things.
That’s because I’m paying for it.
I am – hoping that these little creatures move according to my will.
“Die.”
I don’t care about being a god or whatever, such a ridiculous role in the game.
There are only strict rules on this small screen.
I’m above and they’re below.
Those who go against my will don’t need to exist.
Everything I see must be my world that moves for me.
That was the ‘rule of the game’ that existed between me and them.
-You used <Lightning Arrow>.
A streak of lightning pours out from where I touch it.
Kwaang!
Along with a bright light, Perin, who was on the screen, was surrounded by fairies who fell to the ground.
A faint smoke rises from where the blue lightning fell.
At that, all kinds of fairies on the screen screamed and raised their weapons.
They seemed to be trying to resist something against my attack.
-“Uh, ugh!”
-“It’s an evil god! The evil god has returned!”
The fairies who moved around screaming loudly looked very pathetic.
They surrounded Perin, who was standing alone, and held their spirits in their hands with fearful faces.
As I watched them guarding one another, a bitter impulse rose up in me.
The lightning just now was just a warning.
I haven’t even unleashed a proper attack yet.
I decided to give them a more powerful lightning strike this time.
-You used <Giga Lightning>.
A different level of magic was activated from <Lightning Arrow>.
As soon as I used the magic, numerous thunderclouds appeared on the screen.
The screen darkened more than before, and so did the faces of the fairies.
Some of them tried to use defensive magic for the impending attack.
But it was futile in front of <Giga Lightning>.
Unlike <Lightning Arrow>, this magic was not over after dodging it once.
-“Magic is pouring down!”
Along with the cry of a fairy looking at the sky, lightning bolts began to rain down.
Kwaang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
With successive explosions, a blue flash swept across the screen.
Every time a lightning bolt struck, a fairy fell to its place.
The periodic flashes faithfully erased the fairies around.
A lot of speech bubbles rose up on the screen along with the bombardment of lightning created by <Giga Lightning>.
The contents of the speech bubbles were mostly the screams of the fairies hit by the lightning.
-“Aaaah…!”
-“Cough!”
-“Run, run! We’ll all die if we stay here!”
The <Eye of the Observer>, which had reached a certain level, captured the screams of the characters in detail.
The number of fairies in the forest noticeably decreased with this attack.
It was impossible to completely eliminate the fairies with this attack, but it was clear that the backbone of the fairies had been reduced to karma.
Even the remaining ones could be dealt with for sure if I used magic a few more times.
I moved my finger to the skill icon to continue using magic.
“I guess you finally arrived.”
I stopped my finger as I spotted the character I had been waiting for.
It was the character I had ordered a long time ago, who had just arrived at the village.
I had used him as a stress reliever, but basically, catching him was a waste of time for me.
It didn’t matter if I left the rest of them to the other characters.
I lifted my hand from the skill icon, and a giant scythe flashed on the screen.
It was time to check the performance of the character after a long time.
***
The elder of the fairy village, Rendel, looked around with a hollow gaze.
Thanks to the meeting that Egersuit forced, Perin’s golden ritual had been passed just a while ago.
Rendel also prepared for the golden ritual with the thought that he had no choice.
He thought it was the best thing to suppress Perin after failing the research.
Once they captured Perin, they planned to lure Yuto to the village naturally.
But what came to the village was not Yuto, but an unknown liquid.
He had no choice but to infuse power into his staff as he saw the smoke rising from around him.
“It seems we’ve done something crazy.”
Crackle. Sparkle.
Sparks flew from the barrier that wrapped around Rendel and the fairies.
Rendel’s barrier barely offset the lightning that struck from the sky.
But the fairies who were not skilled at handling the barrier were not safe.
Most of the fairies who were hit by the lightning turned into black ashes and scattered.
Those who survived the lightning were also trembling and unable to move.
All of this was done by the sky god who was watching them from above.
The whole village of fairies had to pay the price for attracting the attention of the evil god.
“El, Elder Rendel! Is there no way to solve this situation?”
Egersuit, who was next to Rendel, asked him with a fearful face.
The warrior chief who used to hold his sword proudly was long gone.
Rendel snorted at Egersuit’s appearance and slammed his staff down.
A way to solve the attention of the evil god?
If there was such a being who could do that, he wouldn’t be called by an ordinary name.
He would be doing great deeds under a noble name like a hero or a saint.
“Maybe you should try putting a gold seal on the evil god?”
“Elder Rendel! Are you joking in this situation?”
“Joking? Maybe we can survive if we put a gold seal on the evil god. Maybe we can even control him and rule the world.”
Hahaha—-
A sigh-filled laughter came out of Rendel’s mouth.
Everyone shunned him by the name of evil god, but he was a being who could compete with the six heavenly gods.
There was no way that a mere law of attraction would work on such a being.
What kind of name would he have to bring to blind his eyes?
He thought that only the name of the great world tree would be able to divert his attention for a moment.
“You’re really crazy.”
“What else can I do without going crazy? We’re all going to die anyway.”
“If you think hard enough, there might be a way to survive.”
“I’m not good at thinking as a mage, so it would be better for you stubborn warriors to think!”
Egersuit’s face turned red at Rendel’s words and he drew his big sword.
The sword was his symbol as well as his weapon.
He pointed his sword at the sky and prepared to break out of the barrier.
Seeing Egersuit trying to fight against the evil god, Rendel’s lips curled up in mockery.
As he met eyes with Egersuit, who was about to say something displeased,
A seductive voice began to creep into their ears.
“You are still foolish.”
Rendel and Egersuit’s eyes turned to where the voice came from at the same time.
Bats were flying together under the sunset hidden by clouds.
And there was a girl sitting on top of them.
Dark hair that glowed red even under the dark sky.
Ruby-like eyes that shone brightly in red.
The girl who commanded the bats like fish caught their attention immediately.
“A, vampire…?”
The ancestor of vampires, who was famous by name.
The only existing vampire and an ancient monster who had been with them since the beginning of history.
Pluto Austria.
The fairies who saw her realized her identity in an instant.
“You shouldn’t exist…”
A being that shouldn’t exist showed herself clearly in front of them.
Pluto’s eyes sparkled in the darkness, and Rendel sank into despair again as he looked at her.
“I didn’t know the vampire was still alive…”
“You seem to be very surprised.”
“There’s no reason not to be. The sealed ancestor of vampires is right in front of me.”
Rendel dropped his staff on the ground as he faced Pluto.
It wasn’t hard to guess who she was representing.
The ancestor in front of him was the agent of the evil god.
She came to spread his will to the fairies here and collect the price of their share.
Egersuit was more confused than anyone else by Rendel’s gesture of laying down his weapon in front of Pluto.
He pointed his sword at Rendel’s neck and asked him urgently.
“Elder Rendel! Are you really crazy?”
“I don’t want to see your face as the last thing I see.”
“Rendel! Wake up!”
Rendel did not yield to Egersuit’s threat.
Rather, he spread his arms wide and waited for the death that would come to him.
As if responding to Rendel, Pluto took a stance with her death scythe in her hand.
Darkness formed a giant scythe to match the appearance of the noble ancestor.
A giant scythe of darkness pointed at them right in front of them.
Egersuit, who was thinking of blocking Pluto’s scythe, moved his sword in front of Rendel.
“Elder Rendel! I’ll block it! Request reinforcements with magic as soon as possible!”
“Again, you are really… foolish creatures.”
Pluto smiled and swung her scythe.
Egersuit’s greatsword also swung toward Pluto’s scythe that was rushing at them.
The moment the shape of the jet-black scythe and Egersuit’s greatsword collided,
Pluto’s scythe pierced through the greatsword and grazed past them.
The slash that broke through all defenses in an instant cut across Rendel and Egersuit’s bodies.
Swoosh—-
With a clear sound, a deep wound was engraved on Egersuit’s chest.
Egersuit’s eyes widened as he stood still with blood gushing out of his chest.
“Kuh… Huk…!”
Crack!
Egersuit stabbed his greatsword into the ground and covered his wound with one hand.
Fear of death was clearly visible in his bloodshot eyes.
He tried to stop the bleeding from his wound by leaning on his greatsword.
But there was no sign of his wound calming down despite Egersuit’s desperate touch.
As he was covering his wound, Pluto walked toward them leisurely.
“Didn’t you say that you were born under the tree and died under the dirt?”
Pluto recalled the fairies’ spell and raised her hand that was not holding the scythe.
Then she lightly snapped her fingers together.
Snap—-
The moment Pluto flicked her thin fingers,
Blood exploded from Rendel and Egersuit’s chests.
With a loud noise, blood splattered and created a gruesome scene.
“I guess you can’t go back to the dirt.”
Pluto lifted her scythe and spoke as she used blood magic.
The ancestor of vampires in their blurred vision.
That was the last sight that Rendel and Egersuit saw.
