chapter 137
137 – Popcorn 2
It is unclear why approximately 200 elites gathered at the cathedral.
Judging from the fact that each of them openly revealed their murderous intent, it was clear that they did not have very good feelings toward the Heavenly God Church.
‘… But here’s what I don’t understand.’
The Heavenly God Church would have already recruited most of the key personnel from the central government and the Magic Society.
It is impossible to know where on earth such a force came from.
I was puzzled by their strange appearance, but then shrugged my shoulders and shook it off.
‘Well, it seems that there is a high probability that those who were damaged by the Heavenly God Church joined forces to attack.’
Even if that were the case, I grabbed some popcorn, thinking that I had no idea how they found this place.
‘If you think back on all the times you’ve dealt with the Celestial God Cult, there’s a high probability that the Celestial Cult laid a trap and lured those guys out.’
The problem is, ‘Did they even dare to risk themselves by revealing their home base?’
I thought there was no proper reason for anything.
As I was eating popcorn and laughing, an image of what the caterpillar archbishop had done suddenly came to mind.
‘Magic that uses living things as materials’
When something like that came to mind, I wondered if there was a reason why those guys tricked them like that.
I crossed my arms, thinking that they were planning to use those with enormous mana for some kind of magic.
‘That would be quite fun.’
Just as I was looking forward to what kind of magic awaits me this time.
One completely unexpected thing happened.
‘… ‘You’re openly opening the front door?’
I was watching this, thinking that no matter how much it was a trap, I had no idea that it would open the door wide to murderous enemies.
About 200 people rush through the main gate as if they had been waiting and enter the cathedral.
‘And you go into it openly.’
I started laughing at a sight that somewhat aroused my interest.
After handing all the popcorn over to Luna, he continued speaking.
“I’m planning to infiltrate, so give me the stealth magic.”
Luna tilts her head and talks to me as if she doesn’t understand those words at all.
[Huh? Can’t you just smash it? But why do you want to do that?]
“Because there are things you can only find out by sneaking in.”
[Luna is not sure about that.]
I didn’t think she would understand anyway.
I took Luna, who was crying, into her arms.
I quickly went inside using the space compression magic that Luna had given me.
*
‘It looks more like a huge city than a cathedral.’
However, rather than the feeling of a typical city, it gave off a very gloomy and subdued feeling.
I felt it was more correct to describe it as a city of demons rather than a city of humans.
As I was moving forward, pondering my doubts about the scenery that was reminiscent of a slum even though it was a cathedral.
I was able to find something quite interesting in the distance.
‘Snake pattern.’
The pattern of the Heavenly God Church that was kept hidden in Yangji.
When I was looking at the snake-shaped building that was so proudly placed.
Calm voices began to flow from statues here and there.
[It is soon prayer time. We ask each group to select a ‘scapegoat’ and place it on the execution platform.]
… Scapegoat? Execution stand?
It arouses interest as somewhat unusual things pop out.
I watched people moving around in a hurry and quickly followed them.
As I followed behind, I saw what I saw.
It was an execution scene with a huge jar filled with countless corpses and someone dying in real time.
‘… ‘
Is this what it would feel like if hell were turned into a medieval landscape?
I noticed strange sounds of prayer, laughter, and screams of pain coming from all over the place.
I spoke to Luna, who was looking at me with shining eyes in my arms.
“Just in case, keep using search magic.”
[Huh… ! I’ve been doing it since a while ago.]
I used to say a lot of strange things, so I secretly thought I was good at my job.
I walked slowly and moved so as not to be seen by them.
‘… It would be better to wait and see for now.’
Although it is possible to destroy everything here right now.
If you do that, it will be impossible to check the details.
I crossed my arms, deciding not to destroy anything until I could extract as much information as possible.
‘Of course, that’s what it says. If you make a mistake, I will hit you right away.’
This is just a little patience for information.
I decided to do so, thinking I would take a look at the situation, but I heard the sound of music coming from all over.
“I-I can’t! Now that I have decided to live like a human being, are you telling me to die? You fucking b*stards, let go! Let go!”
“Dad! Help me! Dad!”
“Oh, he’s still a baby, so you’re taking him? It’s a joke, right? “Tell me it was a joke!”
From what I hear, it looks like the process of determining the ‘scapegoat’ mentioned in the previous broadcast is in progress.
I clicked my tongue and rolled my eyes as I watched all the people I pointed out, regardless of age or gender, being dragged to the execution table.
‘Something sucks.’
Even though I have seen these things countless times.
I feel strangely bad and my fists tighten, and I stare at it, thinking I don’t know why.
Luna cried out to me, shaking her body her back and forth in my arms.
[Master! You can’t assimilate with Magi… !]
At those words, I came to my senses and asked Luna what I said earlier.
“Assimilation?”
[Huh. Due to the nature of Magi, it has the characteristic of clinging to everything nearby, changing your personality or thoughts in a negative way, so you have to be careful.]
When I think about it, I think I definitely turned a bit cruel during the battle with the Archbishop guys… Isn’t this it?
I sighed, honestly admitting that it was my usual behavior based on my nature.
‘Well, anyway, it would be better to be careful.’
I felt like it would be a pain if I got the wrong color.
I was about to move forward with that thought in mind when Luna asked me a question as if she was puzzled.
[But you won’t save those people?]
I nodded and answered those words as if it was obvious.
“In the first place, those guys are welcome. However, seeing as it is overly lively, it seems like they are ‘replaying’ something that really happened.’
[Oh, it’s true.]
“It’s easier not to notice while using search magic.”
[… ] ] It’s because I’m looking far away.]
I smiled and sighed while looking at Luna who was grumbling.
‘For now, I have no choice but to keep looking around.’
Because he could be watching me hidden in an illusion.
I decided to keep moving and hide my traces as much as possible and started wandering around.
*
[This place is really strange. Because talking to real humans and illusions isn’t enough. The illusion is interfering with objects as if they were real.]
I nodded my head in agreement with Luna’s words her her.
As Luna said, this place was quite a strange place, with no distinction between illusion and reality.
‘It’s even funny.’
Some of these illusions are also places where events that happened in the past have been realized again.
Illusions that did not fit the situation were being played again, creating quite confusing scenes.
‘If I were a normal person, I would be so confused that I would lose my mind even if I only stayed for one day.’
Past, present.
A place where fake and real are mixed.
I sighed, thinking that I had no idea what on earth they had created this place for.
‘Anyway, I’ve never seen these b*stards create anything normal.’
I thought it was quite disgusting because it was distorted from the root, so I told Luna about it.
“Did you find anything?”
[Uhm… Doesn’t exist. It’s just full of stuff like this.]
“I see.”
If that’s the case, then it’s not worth looking for anymore.
For now, I decide to analyze the magic that surrounds all directions and am keeping an eye on it for a while.
I noticed someone slowly approaching me.
‘Did I get caught?’
In addition to Luna’s stealth magic, I thought I wouldn’t be caught because I was moving around secretly.
Contrary to expectations, I think I found it very quickly and am preparing to carry out a terrorist attack right away.
The man in front of me vomits blood and talks to me.
“… “Are you human?”
Red blood.
I look at that blood and nod my head, wondering if it’s possible.
He continued his speech, wiping away his blood with trembling hands.
“Thank god… I’m really glad.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Yeah… “I’m saying I’m glad I found someone who would sacrifice in my stead.”
The moment I heard that, I thought I had found something quite interesting.
She spoke as she always did, unleashing an explosion at the origin.
“Okay? Well, nice to meet you too… “
I tried to say it was nice to meet you.
The human being whose everything was shattered by the origin explosion.
For some reason, it did not recover to its original state, and all I could see was its dead body.
I asked Luna a question as if I was surprised by such a sight.
“Why am I not recovering?”
[Master, this is normal.]
“… Ha.”
A truly vain end.
For the first time, I relaxed my shoulders, thinking that I liked the archbishops better than humans.
“It doesn’t matter. The analysis was roughly finished anyway.”
Since there seemed to be no more evidence to obtain anyway, I decided to do what I always did and took out my mace.