Chapter 289: Uhyo!
“Ahahahah!”
A devilish laughter echoed through the Isil.
Unidentified corpses were falling indiscriminately from the sky. It was literally a disaster.
The enemy soldiers who had stormed into Isil with great momentum, knelt down after seeing their leader being torn into pieces of meat by Kyoka the nine-tailed fox’s mace.
Strength on a different level!
“Is that Geum Taeyang guy a monster, how the hell did he defeat a woman like that!”
“Aaaah!”
“Save me!”
“Ahaha! Ahahahaha! Die! Die!”
Kyoka was excited because she came out to exercise for the first time in a while.Thanks to her performance, which no one expected, the front line was unexpectedly relaxed.
Ariella Raven was taking a step back to assess the situation.
“Lady Ariella, it seems the enemy is about to retreat.”
“Don’t let your guard down, we don’t know when the hero will show up.”
“Yes!”
On the day Ariella took command of the field,
the morale of the Imperial soldiers was at its peak!
There were some damages, but the battle ended with the best possible result.
“Now it’s time to serve the potato chips!”
Kyoka returned, laughing gleefully, with blood all over her flail.
“Eat as much as you want.”
“When is master coming back? There’s no news from the guys who went with him.”
“…….”
A shadow of worry fell over Ariella’s face.
No matter how overwhelming the war situation was, a fog hung in her heart.
There was only one being who could clear the fog in Ariella’s heart.
Geum Taeyang….
Ariella clenched the hands she had folded together.
‘How dare he make me wait like this?’
I’ll tell him something when he gets back.
Even while thinking that, I felt like my longing would burst when I actually met him.
Ariella felt a slight heat in her body.
‘He’ll come back safely, right?’
Several battles were solidified as an overwhelming victory for the Empire.
But it’s not known if the war is over.
Ariella went around the front lines to handle the aftermath, issuing orders for supplies if there were any shortages… and encouraging the soldiers by showing her face directly.
“Lady Ariella! All is well in my post!”
“You’re doing well, report any deficiencies.”
“Yes! I understand!”
“It’s the real thing.”
“She’s beautiful….”
Even though Emperor Sihyeon was busy blocking the gates inside the city, she occasionally visited the main camp where Ariella was to check on her condition.
“Yo! Ariella, how are you doing?”
“Your Majesty, there are no problems.”
“You’re not overdoing it, are you? You can’t sleep because you’re worried about Taeyang.”
“I am not a girl from a fairy tale.”
“But it’s true that you’re worried, I’m afraid you’ll overdo it….”
“…Yes, I have a bad feeling.”
“It’s a good thing for us that you’re nervous, but…….”
“…….”
Because Ariella Raven was nervous,
the Imperial soldiers were able to maintain a tight alert without being intoxicated by the overwhelming victory.
That’s what everyone thought.
Ariella, who could see what was happening in the city in the palm of her hand, made full use of her abilities to deploy an ironclad defense….
Her foresight reversed the seriously widened gap in power.
Kyoka’s support was a decisive move.
Kyoka tried to protect Taeyang’s vacancy more admirably than others thought, and as a result….
Liruke, who came from the Water District, was jealous.
The sight of her jumping around because Kyoka had taken all the credit became a topic of conversation among the soldiers.
“I’m fine. I’m used to protecting my husband’s spot.”
“Oh~. Are you already treating him as your husband?”
Ariella’s cheeks flushed red.
“That… that right now!”
“I know without you saying it, your husband is Taeyang~?”
“Ah…. Ugh……. I’m thinking about… bringing it up.”
“Taeyang loves your chest the most in the world, he’ll definitely accept it.”
“I’m not interested in a victory won with my chest.”
“Then?”
“I’m going to make him… tell me properly while looking at my face.”
“To be together forever~?”
“Please don’t tease me, Your Majesty.”
Ariella’s heart was sincere.
Her longing for Taeyang was so strong at times that she felt his name come up to her throat.
When drinking tea, when lost in thought, and even more vividly when going to bed.
One day, while such waiting continued….
Seola visits the Beast District.
Ariella immediately headed to the Beast District.
“Seola, what happened to Taeyang?”
“Lady Ariella.”
Seola bowed her head.
Ariella’s eyes were so earnest now that tears seemed to be about to fall.
“He is safe.”
“Ah…!”
“I’m on my way to report to Her Majesty. Would you like to come with me?”
“Yes, I’ll have the dragon carriage prepared.”
On the way, Ariella questioned Seola about Taeyang’s story without missing a beat.
‘The transcendent’s interference….’
That was the story that disturbed Ariella’s heart.
“Is it possible for a shrine maiden to summon a transcendent?”
“It is possible, but the transcendent must agree to be summoned.”
“Tell me more about it.”
“The shrine maiden is a link to the world.”
“If there is no shrine maiden, the transcendent cannot appear?”
“Your mother will know better about that.”
The two moved to the Devil District.
Sihyeon was there, wearing a hunting cap, short jeans, and a white t-shirt, working hard to control the gates.
“Mother.”
“Oh, isn’t that Seola?”
Seeing Ariella coming with Seola, Sihyeon seemed to have roughly guessed the situation.
“What happened?”
Seola reported what happened in the district to Sihyeon.
Everything from the fact that Taeyang had saved her, that there was a shrine maiden in the Dragon District, and that everyone was working hard to find the treasure….
Sihyeon nodded, savoring each and every word Seola said.
“That’s amazing, he’s already gotten on the wrong side of a transcendent.”
“Taeyang…! Can he survive, Your Majesty….”
Ariella squeezed out her voice with difficulty.
“I, who got on the wrong side of someone early on, have been living for a thousand years. Just because someone is a transcendent doesn’t mean they don’t have weaknesses.”
“Is the weakness the shrine maiden?”
“If the shrine maiden disappears, the connection will be temporarily lost, but it won’t be enough to defeat the transcendent. The important thing is to inflict serious damage when the transcendent is in a specific possessed body.”
“Serious damage….”
“It’s not easy, because everyone has the power to go against providence.”
Sihyeon put a lollipop in her mouth and stared intently at the S-class gate.
“This gate was also opened by an unidentified transcendent, it was a problem that has never been solved.”
“Your Majesty, until now….”
“Is it strange for me to think about killing a transcendent?”
“No, it’s not.”
Ariella bowed her head.
“I’ve only ever lost to the point where I’m sick of it. It’s okay to win at least the last time, right?”
“…Your Majesty.”
“It seems like the time has come. Let’s prepare for our last fight too.”
The sky turns red.
Countless holes the size of human heads opened in the air, and small spider-like mechanical devices poured out.
Seola immediately kicked away the spider weapons that were falling near Ariella and Sihyeon and created a safe zone.
“This is….”
Sihyeon’s eyes sharpened.
“Is this season ‘X’? I think I can handle that guy. The rest is up to Taeyang.”
“…….”
Ariella wanted to rush out to see Taeyang right away.
If he was in danger, she wanted to save him.
If she couldn’t be of strength, she wanted to lend her wisdom. If she couldn’t lend her wisdom, she wanted to lend her eyes.
However.
“Our role is to buy time. It would be a problem if this place turned into ruins when he comes back, right?”
“Yes.”
“Don’t worry, Geum Taeyang has learned blood art, his power is now comparable to that of a transcendent.”
“Blood art…?”
“Anyone can learn blood art, but you can’t change your innate nature. Taeyang is proving his existence right now.”
Proving his existence.
“It’s a proof of existence that wouldn’t be strange even if he gained divinity.”
Sihyeon smiled.
Even after seeing the nightmarish mechanical devices pouring out of the gate, as if she had overcome this kind of ordeal several times so far.
She—he—smiled sweetly at her daughter.
“Let’s block them, Seola!”
“Yes, mother.”
Kyoka was already wielding her flail and rampaging.
The damage was extensive, but no one was panicking.
It was because they were well prepared.
The Imperial soldiers evacuated the residents through the planned routes.
Ariella watched the whole situation with the eyes of a raven and calmed her mind.
She naturally realized what she had to do.
“Your Majesty, I will take Seola.”
“Do as you please.”
“Teacher, where should we go?”
“The final defense line.”
The city is being devoured by countless mechanical devices.
If you watched from afar, it looked like it wouldn’t last even an hour.
But it’s not going to be destroyed right away.
The same phenomenon was happening in the Dragon Kingdom, Asteria.
The mechanical device apocalypse is approaching,
the reset is beginning,
by the will of the transcendent.
No living thing can survive in a world where a massive amount of slaughter weapons converging to infinity are pouring out.
The malice of destruction reached all the way to the bottom of the sea, and the world returned to a blank slate.
However, there was still a chance.
The fact that ‘X’ happened to run into Geum Taeyang with his favorite pretty daughter was the worst joke in the world.
“It’s irreversible now. I will control this world.”
X declared confidently.
But I’m not backing down either.
“You know what? All children eventually leave their parents’ arms.”
“What are you trying to say?”
“If your daughter remains a daddy’s girl, it means she’s defective!”
“There are no defects in the things I make.”
“Good, that’s how you should come out.”
“…You…!”
“I’ll take your daughter and prove it to you!”
Avatar Manifestation!
Elizabeth, the avatar of the five grains and the goddess of pounding, descends to my side like an angel.
I am invincible.
The five grains are gods!
“Buy me some time while I prepare the blood art!”
Everyone’s consciousness was focused on one thing.
As the destructive 「Space Distortion」 was blocked by the goddess Estelle, countless mechanical tentacles that extended from the sphere attacked me.
“Haaaa!”
Damn it!
Gayeon, I believed in you!
The sword empress noona cutting down the bundles of tentacles that were extending like suffocating vegetable roots in one go!
Still, the tentacles keep popping out like bloated seaweed!
Even the tentacles that were fatal with each hit were nothing when hit with Seina’s blood art.
“I’ll protect you!”
“If my disciple is going to show off, then I, as his master, should help him, I’ll take care of this side!”
“Master! You’re so cool!”
Gayeon smiles brightly, receiving Cecil’s support.
Alremene and Tracyon flew up in their dragon transformations and openly breathed fire at the mechanical sphere and the transcendent.
It was a provocation to turn the mechanical tentacles elsewhere even a little bit.
Even the fierce breath of the dragons could not damage the girl…!
Thanks to the two of them drawing in the tentacles, the burden on the ground was significantly reduced.
“Keuhuk!”
Blood dripped from my mouth.
It’s definitely not a fashion hemorrhage.
My whole body felt like it was burning as I prepared for a life-threatening monologue insertion.
“Oppa!”
Iris, who had recovered from a near-death state, struggled to get up.
“Kill me…. Then the transcendent will withdraw….”
“Why would I kill you when you weren’t even my master’s enemy?”
“…Human.”
“You said you hated the Empire! Isn’t that why you started all this?”
“…….”
“If you can’t even remain a villain until the end, you shouldn’t have done it.”
“I am….”
“Just watch! Iris!”
I am burning with the proof of my existence right now.
What proof, you ask?
That I can take other people’s women no matter what!
Even if it’s a daughter, I won’t hesitate. It’s a truly like me, vulgar nature.
I endured the pain of my body being destroyed.
This kind of blood art would have been impossible without Estelle’s wide-area healing.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
That means….
Now is the peak of Geum Taeyang’s life!
The strongest thug in history who even blasphemes gods!
“Just a little moreee!”
As the situation became urgent, the mechanical girl’s attack methods increased.
Beams of light are emitted from the ends of the tentacles!
Crap! I can’t avoid that kind of thing!
“Huuup! Ha!”
The hero wields his spear to protect me.
The band of light surrounding his body was disappearing one by one each time it touched the light beam.
“Hero!”
“Leave it to me! Even if I die, I will protect you.”
“Why didn’t you do that sooner, that’s so cool!”
“It is clear who our enemy is! Let’s defeat them together!”
O-oh!
Is this the hero’s charisma?
I suddenly feel excited because it’s like I’ve become the hero’s reliable dealer—party member A.
No, we were just fighting like that until just now…!
As the amount of light beams pouring down increased, the hero also seemed to be struggling…!
But at an amazing timing, El appears as well.
“My lord!”
The White Dragon Knight Commander raises her shield high and blocks the light beams.
The sound of the explosion was tremendous. It felt like my eardrums were writhing in pain, the tremendous noise shook my brain.
Kiiiiieeeeeng!
“Keuk! This is my limit!”
“I’ll block it, Oppa!”
“What?!”
Cecil suddenly steps forward.
Her avatar has manifested, and the light beams are refracted by her wind blood art!
“Uuugh!”
“Cecil!”
“Just a little moreee!”
Damn it, not yet….
Not yet, I’m one step short!
To be one step short at this moment!
“…!”
“Oppa, it’s too much now…!”
“Get out of the way, my existence proof is lacking, but I’m going right now…!”
That’s when it happened.
The moment Cecil and El stepped aside at the same time, a huge ice wall rose in front of my eyes.
“This is….”
Iris!
Above Iris’s head, just like with Tracyon, a white and pretty ring was shining like a crown.
Iris was squeezing out all her strength to protect me.
“4 seconds…. 3 seconds…!”
“That’s enough! Thank you, Iris!”
The transcendent ‘X’ is in a power struggle with Estelle!
“Thank you, goddess.”
With this, the monologue is complete.
Your name is Uhyo.“What? Nooooo!”
‘X’ screamed.
Your daughter’s name is… Uhyo!
Uhyo! Woohooo!
The head color of the android pretty girl who had been sweeping everything away like a god of destruction returns to blue.
She stops all attacks and collapses.
“As expected….”
Leaving a short impression.
“…The name you gave me, it seemed like it would be the worst.”