Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

167. Disaster (2)

#167. Disaster (2)

“Didn’t you say you were going to prevent the apocalypse? Why are you here?”

Cynthia looked at Berget with her eyes narrowed. He had just achieved the status of a Transcendent, and while fighting with Cheonmu Bong, he saw signs of a disaster and disappeared, saying he would stop it.

But what is the current situation?

As soon as you return to Earth, you go to Cheonmu Bong and try to kill him? Cynthia couldn’t understand the current situation.

In a confusing situation, Cynthia has only one reaction.

“If you don’t speak up, I will have no choice but to resort to force.”

“… That sounds like you think you can beat me.”

“You know very well.”

Cynthia could sense the enormous amount of divine power that was inherent within Berget. However, she possessed no small amount of divine power herself. She had made the divine power of numerous superior transcendent beings in Langrt’s sanctuary her own.

I don’t know how much divine power Berget had accumulated, but I don’t think it would be more than me.

“That’s funny. There’s a purpose to the provocation.”

“Provocation? Does that mean you were deliberately targeting the Master?”

“Yeah. To some extent.”

One of the reasons why Belzet didn’t kill Cheonmu Bong right away was to provide an excuse to fight Cynthia. Belzet approached with the utmost caution, as if he had rushed in recklessly, the karma of a chaos-type outlaw would have accumulated and he would have been consumed by the Guardian’s power.

“Master.”

“…Why are you calling me?”

“There is damage.”

“… I understand. Good luck.”

Berget did not pursue Cheonmu Bong, who had escaped through space teleportation. The reason was that he could pursue him after the battle with Cynthia was over anyway. There was still some time left before the disaster manifested.

“Well then, shall we have a go at it?”

Berget and Cynthia simultaneously rose into the air and created a powerful barrier. Neither of them had any intention of destroying the Earth, so they separated a portion of their divine power into the barrier to protect the Earth.

“I hope you have not disappointed me, Guardian’s Apostle.”

“…I am an acting apostle.”

“Whether he’s an apostle or an apostolic agent, it doesn’t matter!”

Kwa—ang——!

Berget moved first.

***

“… I have to bring Han Seong-jin, but what is this.”

Heron hid herself in the light of the day. As the goddess of radiance, she was better able to utilize light, and she refracted the light to completely hide her appearance. Elements such as body odor and footsteps were neatly covered up with divine power.

So, we infiltrated Cynthia’s home where Han Sung-jin was presumed to be. The goal was, of course, to kidnap Han Sung-jin, the ritual sacrifice.

‘…You made all of these by hand?’

Starting from the entrance of the shrine, surrounding it, and going inside, there were hundreds of security devices installed. There were roughly 27 security devices to block mortals. And there were 162 security devices installed for the great transcendent beings. That was all I could see.

It was a crazy number. If I was not careful, the security devices could get tangled up and explode on their own.

“Huh? Who’s there?”

“… … .”

Shin Dong-baek, who had a keen sense, looked around the place where Heron had been. He felt something passing by him, but when he saw nothing, he tilted his head and continued walking around the garden.

Heron’s impression hardened.

Once I got inside the shrine after breaking through some of the security devices, it didn’t seem like it would be easy to get to where Han Seong-jin was.

If he had wanted to, he could have openly kidnapped Han Sung-jin, but he was afraid of the repercussions if he did. If Cynthia had decided to search the Earth, she would be able to find his location without much difficulty.

Besides, if he held a grudge against her, he was worried that his own life would end, even if the universe did not end.

‘Berget will kill Cheonmu Bong to incur her vengeance… so I have to deal with everything within that.’

Heron planned to deal with everything quickly while Cynthia’s anger was directed at Berget, and to also blame Berget for his own crimes.

That’s when 37 security devices were destroyed.

She felt the scenery around her change in an instant.

“Without realizing it… I fell into the illusionary magic? No… This isn’t magic. Is it some kind of authority? But a god of my caliber wouldn’t fall into an illusion…?”

Heron’s blue flower fields and orchards were spread out.

She realized that this was one of the security measures she had not been aware of, but even if she had realized it, it did not mean that she could take any action.

I had to start thinking about how to get out of here from now on.

Worst case scenario, I’m stuck here until Cynthia gets back… and since I’ve already breached and destroyed several of the security devices, the excuse that I came to visit won’t work.

[Arte Ru Sharelia.]

Heron sighed and recited a divine sermon into the air. Then, a blue wave appeared and a deer-shaped spirit appeared before her.

It was Sharia, the high spirit of dawn.

[ Find the way . ]

[ Kkuu— Kkuu— Kkuu—— ]

The Spirit of Dawn, Sharia, has various abilities, one of which is “Ability: Guidance.” According to Sharia’s guidance, you can head to your desired destination in the best way possible.

The only problem was that there was a price to pay.

[Kuu—]

[ … I’ll take care of the work and give it to you. Can I pay in kind? ]

[ Kkuu—! ]

[ … Okay. You can pay with divine power or karma.]

[ Kukuu— ]

[ You’re saying that if it’s not prepaid, I won’t do it? Huh… ]

Heron frowned and poured out what little divine power he had left, directing it at the Spirit of Dawn.

[ Since I was paid properly, I have to do my job properly. ]

The dawn spirit nodded with a satisfied expression, sniffed, and walked forward. He walked forward with a confident expression, as if he was telling us to trust only him. With a powerful stride, Sharia took the first step and moved forward through an unusual route, avoiding the security devices.

It was when Sharia, the spirit of dawn who had received the deposit, took her twenty-seventh step.

Support support support support support——!

A red current was emitted and shot towards Sharia, who was kicking her feet in the air.

and,

[Kukgukgugugugururut——!]

Sharia has been changed to (late) Sharia.

Normally, when a spirit takes a great deal of damage, it is forcibly summoned to the spirit realm, but the red electricity imbued with divine power completely burns the soul of the target it touches, and even kills Sharia’s main body in the spirit realm.

“… … Should I call this a blessing?”

Heron stared blankly ahead as he saw the Spirit of Dawn enter eternal sleep. He was in a very ambiguous situation, wondering whether he should be thankful that he didn’t die… or cry because all the divine power he had invested in just three minutes had been blown away.

***

While Berget and Cynthia clashed and Heron broke into the shrine and struggled to kidnap Han Sung-jin, a dark energy was gathering on Earth.

The causality that was to manifest the end-of-the-world disaster was swirling around the Earth. The chosen disaster was the God of War.

It was not something that was chosen by foreign observers, but something that was written in the book of destiny from the beginning.

Kookung kugugugugu—— The purple lightning crackled and the dark energy stretched its hand toward the ground. The end of the world had begun earlier than in the prophecy. Due to Berget’s actions, sufficient causality had been prepared ahead of schedule, and due to that causality, the time had been brought forward.

The dark energy swirled and shot out in a specific direction. At a speed faster than light, it moved towards the target of disaster, carrying the power of attraction.

“Berget”

A sentence hidden deep within the Book of Destiny has revealed itself.

-The disaster that slaughtered the gods will be a disaster for the Earth.

It was a sentence that had been written long before Berget began killing the gods indiscriminately.

Was it because of Berget’s genocide that he was chosen as a disaster? Or was it the predetermined outcome that led him to the cause of the genocide?

Did Berget know that he was going to be a disaster?

Only Berget himself would know the truth about this. Is this something he could not have predicted happening right now?

Or maybe all of this is in keeping with his intentions.

Only he knows the truth.