Chapter 263 : Chapter 263

Chapter 263

Charles ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍Cornelia, the mage in violet robes who had emerged through the Gate, looked around.

The ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍alien sensation of demonic energy and mana filling the air prickled her skin.

Two ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍species that looked like monsters, one man who looked like a priest, and one woman who looked like a knight.

The ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍face she had expected to have summoned her was nowhere to be seen.

“Hello.”

Charles ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍greeted Levia with a kind smile.

“I opened the Gate using the pendant’s mana as coordinates, but perhaps Sir Killian...... Ah.”

Only then did she notice the pendant hanging around Levia’s neck.

A pendant symbolizing Cornelia’s direct bloodline, originally something Charles had needed to Synchronize with the Magic Tower.

Violet mana rippled through the pendant as though greeting her.

“Honestly...... To use such an important item as though it were some magical tool from a general store.”

From the moment Charles awakened Diana Cornelia’s Seed, and Killian was marked as the guardian of the Violet Magic Tower, she no longer needed the pendant to Synchronize with the Magic Tower.

Even so, it was an item she had returned to Killian to emphasize their alliance and because it held several useful spells.

‘At this rate, he might sell it to Orchid Owl.’

Charles gave a small sigh, then sensed that something was strange.

“You are from the continent.”

“......”

Fluent Continental speech. Yet the pronunciation was awkward compared with that of those who used it on the continent.

And armor of a style subtly different from that of continental knights.

“This is not the continent.”

After confirming the crest engraved on Levia’s armor, Charles let out a hollow laugh.

“Thank you for saving my life. I am Levia Aquares, Aquares’s third princess.”

Aquares.

The central nation said to be the most powerful among the Current Nations.

‘When did he cross all the way here?’

By sea travel, thought to be the only route, it was a journey that would take years.

It was a long-distance Gate spell that would have been impossible if she had not been a Creation Mage who inherited the Violet Magic Tower’s infinite mana and Diana’s advancement, and if they had not shared the relationship of the Magic Tower’s heir and guardian.

Now that she thought about it, it was fortunate she had not been caught in a backlash.

“What a coincidence.”

Adding that she was a princess herself.

“My name is Charles Cornelia.”

She answered with a smile.

‘Cornelia......!!’

Surprise appeared in Levia’s eyes.

A kingdom of mages with the Violet Magic Tower, counted among the five greatest across the continent.

And the aura she sensed from the woman who looked younger than herself was......

‘An Archmage.’

She did not know how Charles had opened a Gate from the continent to this place, but Killian Eurasia’s involvement was certain.

“I understand this place is one of the Current Nations. But where exactly are we that there is this much demonic energy?”

“A dungeon in the abyssal sea.”

“......The abyssal sea?”

“We were swept here while exploring the Monster Lord’s dungeon. Sir Killian went with the Telesa Queen to cut the Core.”

‘A Monster Lord and the Telesa.’

It was brief, but enough information to understand the present situation.

“So this is a crisis?”

“Embarrassingly, yes. The High Priest who came with us and the Telesa allied with Aquares are hostile toward me.”

Charles’s gaze shifted to Armin and the Telesas, who were getting to their feet.

“They seem to have lost their reason......”

That meant they were skilled enough to instinctively block the aftereffects of a long-distance Gate spell.

“Sir Killian, you have drawn me into another troublesome matter.”

Contrary to her words, Charles’s eyes curved into crescents.

Killian Eurasia, the reincarnation of the ancient human Adamas.

He was not a man who stirred up trouble without reason.

‘I am the one who inherited Diana Cornelia’s will.’

Fwoosh.

The staff of her ancestor appeared in Charles’s hand.

“My ancestor does not wish to see her dear friend struggle.”

7-Star Creation Magic.

“Creatio.”

THUD.

Starting from where her staff struck the ground.

Fwoooooosh.

The walls and floor touched by mana softened, and the space itself undulated as though alive.

Soon, demonic energy and mana intersected, and the dungeon’s structure began to change.

“......!!”

[Grrr......!!]

Armin and the Telesas stopped moving at the sudden change.

Step.

Charles took a step forward.

“Shall we change who is ‘it’ in this game now?”

She declared that the situation had turned around.

***

SCRAAAAAPE.

Sword and spear tangled together.

Movements trading attacks and defenses evenly with a Sword Master who had reached 8-Star.

He truly deserved to be called a Lancer Master.

‘This bastard is seeing through my movements with Insight.’

He was using Siren’s enhanced physical ability completely as though it were his own.

FWOOSH.

Flames of divine power ignited above the Trident.

[Like this?]

He was imitating the Blue Flame Killian had used a moment ago.

Unlike mages and priests, who used formulas to give form to their magic, it was an ability to manifest whatever he envisioned.

‘He is learning how to use the body faster than Silvana did.’

[You appear to be deep in thought.]

BANG!!

The instant mana and divine power carried by sword and spear collided, space rippled and a shockwave erupted.

Killian and Siren pulled back, opening the distance between them.

[I see. So lesser creatures have lived enjoying pleasures like these.]

Apparently satisfied with the situation he had created, Neptune swung the spear around.

[You pulled this child into the Mind Image World and claimed victory there.]

He said that even with Murus’s help, Killian could only secure victory after releasing his ancient presence.

[It was a stale match.]

Having completely read Siren’s memories, he disparaged Killian’s victory.

Adamas Style, Pa—Break.

“Black Flash.”

BANG!!!

The sword he thrust in during the opening pierced Siren’s body once more.

But that was all.

Sliiiide.

Siren’s body came apart as though it were melting.

‘Water?’

WHOOOOSH.

The body that had melted into liquid took Siren’s form again not far away.

[Adamas Style. Eurasia Style. You have given them plausible names, but they are nothing more than paltry tricks.]

Did he have nothing more to show?

Just as Neptune was about to warn him not to let his entertainment grow dull.

[An outsider has entered.]

He seemed to sense space being torn apart, and a human with an immense aura appeared.

Though the presence she possessed did not match Adamas before him.

[She is connected to something immense.]

It felt this vivid even with space severed between them. How extraordinary would it be to confirm it directly before his eyes?

With anticipation, Siren’s body stirred.

Killian had also sensed the change taking place in the dungeon.

‘It is Charles.’

Violet mana unique to Cornelia.

Since she connected to the Violet Magic Tower, her Existence Force was so much stronger that it felt as though she were right beside him.

‘She crossed here from the continent?’

Traveling an enormous distance by Gate magic.

It was theoretically possible, but in practice an extremely dangerous method. The risk was great enough that Killian himself would not want to try it.

‘She succeeded at something like that.’

A smile formed on his lips.

It was because he thought her ability was drawing ever closer to Diana’s.

There was no need to worry about Levia’s safety.

‘For now, I need to focus on dealing with this bastard.’

[That fellow was right.]

“That bastard?”

[The stubborn bastard who calls himself the king of lesser creatures.]

Neptune put particular emphasis on the word ‘vicious.’

[He said that by the time I awakened again, there would be many interesting things.]

A godslayer who had awakened in a human body and accepted a god’s power, a test subject that evolved through an unexpected method, and a human mage connected to power nearing the limits of mortals.

These were stimuli he might previously have encountered only once in thousands of years.

“You are insane.”

Tzzzzzz.

Killian changed the color of his mana.

Green mana flowed along Anima.

[The power you obtained after overcoming Silvana.]

“Silvana’s defeat came from being contaminated by the Anomaly.”

[I accepted it of my own will.]

“That will be your defeat.”

Neptune did not recoil even at the warning.

Rather.

[Use Murus’s power. Or are you going to use the Mind Image World as bait to settle the match this time as well?]

He warned that he would end the entertainment if Killian had no more cards to play.

‘It seems this dungeon will be the last one that restores the Warp Gate.’

[It is true. There are no other dungeons connected to this place.]

As though granting a favor, Neptune did not conceal the information.

[But what can you do in that state?]

The dungeon’s Core was bound to Neptune’s will, which had now hidden itself in Siren’s body.

A careless cut would make the dungeon collapse and drown them in the abyssal sea.

[In other words, you have only one chance.]

“Why make it complicated? It just means I only have to catch you.”

RUMBLE.

Killian released the divine power he had been conserving and raised a barrier before him.

[Are you thinking of staking everything on this?]

Murus’s voice resounded in his mind.

‘Neptune sees this battle as mere entertainment. That is the point to exploit if I am going to conquer him.’

[How?]

‘I will enter his Mind Image World.’

[Madness.]

A god’s Mind Image World was not a space a mortal could endure.

[A presence of only a thousand years will make your mind collapse.]

With Killian’s current Existence Force, he could manifest only around two thousand years at most. Even that could be fully used only if several conditions were met.

‘He is not in a complete state either.’

Moreover.

‘I have two hearts, do I not?’

[......]

‘Redirect all the divine power that was preventing the Warp Gate’s Dungeonization to my recovery.’

[You......]

‘The barrier is breaking. He is seeing through us.’

Just as he said, cracks were spreading through the barrier they had raised to block Insight.

[Without the barrier, the Temple will undergo Dungeonization rapidly. Then Neptune will make every priest his servant.]

‘It is the only way to reach the Core.’

[......Very well. Remember one thing. If something happens to you, my will also vanishes.]

‘The same goes for me.’

At the same time.

CRACK!

The barrier blocking the front shattered.

[Adamas! Have you finally decided to use your Authority!]

Siren was approaching while riding atop rolling waves.

“Come.”

Eurasia Style. Wave.

Blue mana formed waves.

[So you have chosen that move in the end.]

The moment mana touched the waves, it was absorbed by the divine power.

[If that is what you wish.]

STAB.

Siren’s spear pierced Killian’s body.

[I will personally oblige you.]

GUSH.

Killian spat blood and glared at Siren.

“Go die, Neptune.”

Carpe Illusion.

Mana of three intermingled colors enveloped them.

Then.

A wave of divine power swallowed Killian.

Everything twisted as though sinking into an abyss.

He knew without opening his eyes.

This was not his Mind Image World.

That meant his power had invaded Adamas’s Mind Image World.

[Did I not tell you? With that level of presence, it is impossible to glimpse a god’s mental image.]

He opened his eyes.

[......]

Whoooooosh.

A fierce blizzard raged.

Behind him stood a massive barrier.

[......]

The Mind Image World differed from what he had seen in Siren’s memories.

Sway.

Neptune’s vision wavered at unfamiliar dizziness.

[This is......?]

Something was strange.

At that moment.

RUMBLE.

The ground overturned, and a massive golem appeared.

It had three hearts implanted side by side.

Three unidentified mouths had formed beside the hearts.

[Have you come?]

Neptune’s face hardened at the dry voice.

[Bastard, do you have any idea now what kind of fucked-up situation this is?]

The golem turned its neck and spoke in an irritated voice.

[Ah...... Why are those who possess divine natures in such a situation...... Everyone will die.]

For a moment, a gloomy voice rang out, then the irritated voice yelled.

[Do not say such inauspicious things!]

Neptune frowned.

[......Murus?]

Only then did he realize.

This was not Adamas’s Mind Image World.

A space controlled by Murus.

[Welcome, scum of the sea.]

The irritated voice spoke mockingly.

Neptune’s face grew steadily more rigid.

[Then Adamas is......?]

Where was he?