Omake – Farewell [1]
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Ray chose death for Bella’s unattainable wish.
To protect Bella’s impossible desire, Ray abandoned his own life and accepted the first contract arranged by El-Lam.
The contract with El-Lam led Ray’s soul and body to destruction.
It was an irreversible destruction that could not be reversed by any means.
Neither Ray nor El-Lam could turn back the predetermined destruction once the contract was accepted.
Even though Luna froze time momentarily to delay Ray’s death, it was the limit of what could be done.
Now there was only one way to revive Ray.
To bring Ray back, one had to step into the world beyond the stars.
One had to strike El-Lam, the subject of that accursed contract, with a force akin to annihilation.
This was a task no mortal dared to dream of.
In the past, Resina could do nothing as she faced Harshia’s farewell.
She could not even delay his death, let alone possess the strength to look beyond the stars.
Resina could only bear witness to Harshia’s final moments.
Unable to forget the helplessness of that day, Resina’s resentment endured through centuries of solitude.
Her anger and madness deepened over time, ultimately causing a calamity that brought the continent to ruin.
Though it wasn’t entirely her fault, Resina’s actions were the decisive factor in the disaster that swept across the continent, taking countless lives.
Perhaps it was all just an act of vengeance.
However, amidst countless coincidences…
A mortal stepped toward the world beyond the stars upon a continent stained with blood.
“I… couldn’t achieve…”
The last fragment of Resina left in the world looked up at the sky, her lips trembling.
Once, she was a hero who saved the world, but also a madwoman who plunged it into peril.
Her achievements and sins alike were vast enough to overshadow the heavens.
But now, Resina felt neither pride nor guilt.
She had spent too long in solitude, ruminating on longing.
And in this moment, Resina’s lingering spirit admired Luna for achieving what she could not, before fading away.
“Grasp the power of the stars… and move forward…”
How selfish and contemptible.
Resina knew well how twisted she had become.
She understood better than anyone how grotesque she was.
Yet, she could not choose another path.
Like Speira, the knot of emotions in her chest grew endlessly until someone stopped her.
In her final moments, twisted beyond recognition, Resina recalled her last conversation with Harshia, losing herself in memories that would never return as she closed her eyes.
“…”
The circle that encased her heart dissolved.
Johanna placed her hand on her chest and looked up at the crimson sky that painted the world red.
Beyond the blood-red sky, a blue flash began to spread.
*
The Obelisk had completely collapsed.
White Towers scattered across the continent relied on the Obelisk to function fully.
Since they were hastily constructed defenses, without the Obelisk’s support, they could barely perform half their functions.
After the Obelisk’s collapse, the White Towers immediately suffered a sharp decline in functionality, causing problems.
Those fighting on various battlefields across the continent immediately noticed the change.
Those battling near Phillip’s County also quickly realized that something was wrong with the White Tower.
“!”
A White Tower was located near the Sigini Mountain Range.
The White Tower effectively controlled the mana veins beneath the Sigini Mountains, aiding in the defense of the area.
Thanks to the White Tower’s detection barriers, Count Phillip could prepare against demon ambushes, and its relay function allowed him to command troops efficiently during combat.
Even as the morale of the army plummeted in the face of the continent’s impending doom, the influence of the White Towers remained significant in maintaining coordination and command.
However, the White Tower’s functions weakened.
They could no longer adequately defend against demon ambushes.
Real-time communication and position tracking were no longer possible.
The organic movements of the army became rigid, and every time a demon with strange appearances and abilities appeared, soldiers who had already lost their fighting spirit discarded their weapons and fled.
Despite having superior numbers, the morale of the army had broken, and the coalition rapidly disintegrated once control was lost.
Amidst the chaos, Count Phillip moved directly to where demons rampaged, swinging his sword.
Diving into the most dangerous battlefield was Count Phillip’s final desperate effort to set an example.
However, not long after,
The crimson sky grew even redder.
Simultaneously, red lightning struck the desolate ground.
The followers of the evil deity began to rampage with madness as divine wrath descended upon the earth.
Count Phillip could no longer maintain the discipline of his forces.
Slowly surveying his surroundings, Count Phillip saw nothing but red.
It was a truly hellish landscape.
Even those who had fought desperately dropped their swords in the face of such a scene.
Count Phillip realized that the final moment had arrived.
With a gloomy expression, he looked up at the sky, removing his helmet to take one last look at the battlefield.
“Honorably…”
Count Phillip muttered.
An empty mutter, but Mohamed, who was guarding him, nodded briefly, vowing to fight honorably until the end.
Not long after…
A wave filled with the curses of the evil deity approached Count Phillip.
Just as the valiant ones prepared to die on the battlefield,
The scenery was abruptly cut off without warning.
“?!?”
The area where the followers of the evil deity stood vanished entirely.
Staring at the scene that had been torn apart like paper, everyone stood dumbfounded, blinking in confusion.
Even the mages failed to understand the situation and were caught in confusion, hesitating.
“What…?”
Some knights worried they might be caught in some strange illusion prepared by the followers of the evil deity and belatedly began to guard themselves.
However, no matter how much they searched and guarded, the severed scenery did not return.
At the same time,
Duke Matthias was screaming in rage.
“YOU IDIOTS!!!!!”
The functionality of the White Towers drastically decreased.
The coordination between armies weakened, and the loss of interception capabilities significantly reduced the firepower available on the battlefield.
Meanwhile, a slime-like monster was spreading widely, attempting to engulf the entire region where Duke Matthias stood.
“Such incompetence!!!!!”
His vision was blood-red, and the air was thick with the smell of blood.
The reinforcements that Duke Matthias had counted on never came.
Glaring fiercely at the battlefield with bloodshot eyes, Matthias seethed with anger.
“If you usurped the empire, then fulfill your obligations!!!”
Matthias could not accept such an ending.
Whether rightful heir or usurper, whoever inherited the empire had the duty to protect the continent.
That was their obligation.
Watching the continent meet its doom, Matthias distorted his face like a demon, drawing his sword and advancing toward the battlefield.
He knew well that there was nowhere to flee within the continent to plan for the future.
However, just as Matthias pushed aside his subordinates and was about to throw himself into the battlefield,
The scenery before his eyes was cut off.
“?!”
Confusion turned into silence across the battlefield.
Both Matthias and his subordinates trying to restrain him froze, wide-eyed in shock.
The same miracle occurred consecutively across the continent.
Gilland witnessed the scenery being cut off right before the final line of defense in the eastern region collapsed.
Numerous warriors fighting in the western front, which was now the main battlefield, also saw the scenery vanish before their eyes.
The continent, previously filled with terrified screams, gradually fell silent.
Within that silence,
A single tearing sound spread across the land.
KREEEE!!!
The Demon King was freed.
*
The main figure responsible for sealing the Demon King was Ramenta.
Ramenta, the guardian of the World Tree, postponed her original duties to seal the Demon King.
However, if the Obelisk, which played a crucial role in the Demon King’s seal, collapsed, maintaining the seal would no longer be possible.
KREEEE!!!
As the Obelisk fell and Ramenta remained silent alongside the Demon King in the overlapping space, the space began to distort.
Time, which had been frozen due to the overlapping space, resumed its normal flow.
The Demon King split towards the continent while Ramenta returned to the embrace of the World Tree.
KROOOOO!!!
The massive backlash from the overlapping space reverberated throughout the World Tree’s domain as it returned to its original form.
Ramenta collapsed onto the ground, her body parched as if all moisture had evaporated.
Exerting the World Tree’s power excessively to seal the Demon King had severely damaged her physical form, leaving her in need of a long slumber.
Ramenta had exhausted all her strength, yet the Demon King remained intact.
Not only intact, but the Apostles’ powers, which had temporarily departed, surged again, welcoming the Demon King’s return as if ready to engulf the world.
“…”
The continent no longer possessed the strength to resist the overwhelming malevolence spreading across the world.
Even Ramenta, the guardian of the World Tree, was close to death.
The end of the world was approaching.
The continent had reached its limits.
Malevolence surged in the skies.
Yet, to Ramenta, the malevolence surging in the skies seemed like a desperate struggle.
Ramenta faintly smiled and muttered.
“What makes you fear so much?”
Even without the gods forcing their power, the continent would fall soon enough.
Still, the gods continued to stain the world crimson, accepting incomprehensible losses.
TROOOOOM!!
The malevolence covering the sky concentrated toward the Demon King.
From the Demon King, newly freed from the seal, a massive wave of malevolence spread across the entire continent, too immense for even Ramenta to fathom.
Simultaneously, a strange phenomenon began.
Landscapes across the continent began to split and overlap onto the space where the Demon King stood.
The malevolence that had been ravaging the world condensed into one point.
And then, a woman appeared in the sky.
