Chapter 315: Proclamation (4)
“She’s late.”
At the campsite.
They were in the middle of a tropical rainforest, but Jude and Cordelia were not sweating even a single drop.
It was not because Cordelia was no longer just a human like Jude.
To begin with, they had the Cozy 1-pyeong.
Most of the items they received from the wild gods like Blade Song had been replaced with better items in accordance with the rules of RPG, but there was one item that they still actively used, and that was the Cozy 1-pyeong.
As its na suggested, this item created a tent with 1 pyeong of floorspace that had a cozy atmosphere.
Moreover, the archwizard Cordelia was present here.
She spread a shield to prevent bugs and the heat from entering, and lowered the temperature inside the shield with ice magic.
One would obviously die of suffocation if they completely covered an area, so there was an air hole near the ice.
In addition to this, Jude made a cold juice with the help of his extre Yin energy.
Cordelia sipped the juice while in Jude’s arms, and narrowed her brows as she looked at the direction where Kirara had gone.
“Are you worried?”
“Yes, shall we go look for her?”
“But she’s a playable character. And we’ve given her lots of items. Maybe it’s better to wait for her first rather than missing out on each other later.”
Moreover, Kirara’s growth rate had been quite significant recently.
She was initially a child with an aptitude for thievery and monster taming, but these days, her thieving abilities had exponentially grown.
‘Is it because she t Scarlet?’
It seed like she had learned this and that from just watching Scarlet.
Cordelia agonized over it for so ti while Jude was thinking about sothing else. She soon said in a firm voice as though she had finally made a decision.
“Then let’s wait for another 10 minutes. If she is still not here by that ti, let’s go look for her.”
“10 minutes? Not 20 minutes?”
“Eh? Why?”
At the ti when Cordelia innocently asked.
Jude’s large hands gently wrapped around Cordelia’s waist, and Cordelia flinched, turning to Jude with a coy gaze as her lips twitched. Instead of removing Jude’s hand that was slowly going up, she naturally t lips with him.
‘There’s no way that Kirara got lost.’ (Jude)
She’s a smart girl.
Maybe she just left for a while in order to make ti alone for us two.
‘She’s a good girl.’
Later, I’ll give her so snacks – no, so delicious food.
Jude praised Kirara in his mind before focusing on Cordelia. As his hand felt sothing incredibly soft and squishy, he gently increased the strength of his hand.
And Cordelia did not sit still either. Instead of being swayed by her impulse as a girl who was strong in gas, she pushed Jude only with the tip of her tongue.
Their battle began in no ti.
Jude and Cordelia’s cheeks were both flushed red. The two parted their lips for a mont and exhaled as they remained in their own world.
And it was at that mont.
“Master! Master! Master!”
Startled by the loud noise coming from beyond the bushes, Cordelia imdiately urged Jude to stand up, and Jude poured out curses in his mind.
‘Cancel the snack!’
Why did you have to co back now?
But Jude quickly regained his reason. Kirara yelling and running over to them ant that sothing had happened.
“Kirara?!”
“Master!”
Kirara was drenched in sweat as she appeared through the bushes.
A large snake was wrapped around her waist and neck, and she was gasping for breath before shouting again at Jude and Cordelia.
“D-demon followers!”
Kirara’s words ended there. She could not speak any further.
BOOOOOOM!
A terrifying boom engulfed Kirara’s voice.
Jude and Cordelia turned their heads and saw it.
What Kirara had ant.
What had happened in this place right now.
Cordelia looked back at Jude who nodded his head.
They ca up with an answer at the sa ti.
***
Caracal, a high-ranking demonic human of the Devil’s Eye, was quick in making decisions.
A vast rainforest surrounded Zainan Gorge.
It had already been four months since she had settled here and held a ritual.
There was one reason why she, a high-ranking demonic human, ca to this place in the middle of nowhere.
To create a disaster that would cause a great disturbance in the rear of the empire.
After clearing a part of the rainforest that no one passed through, they drew a huge magic circle.
They regularly offered sacrifices and gradually increased the completeness of the ritual.
It was a long and tedious work.
But after 4 months of hard work, it was finally on the verge of completion.
‘However.’
At a ti when the situation in the kingdom and the empire changed, and this disaster plan beca more important.
There was a black-haired female cat beastkin.
They had seen that girl catching sight of the pit full of bodies from the countless sacrifices they had made so far, but could not catch her.
So after dissuading her subordinates from pursuing the girl, Caracal made a decision.
“Finish the ritual.”
“What?”
One of her nearby subordinates blinked their eyes with a puzzled expression.
It was natural for them to do so.
They still needed more ti to finish the ritual. And also more sacrifices.
But Caracal had her reasons too.
“It’s highly likely that the cat beastkin travels with the Demon Slayers. In other words, it’s possible that the Demon Slayers are sowhere in this rainforest.”
Jude and Cordelia.
From the perspective of the demon followers, the two were like plagues that always stood in their way.
“We’ll only suffer damage if we get careless. So hurry up with the work. Get the job done and withdraw before the two co and make a ss.”
Their problems would be gone once the ritual was completed.
Even the infamous Demon Slayers would not be able to prevent the birth of a disaster.
“B-but what about the sacrifices and mana…”
Her other subordinates also nodded at the words of the low-ranking demonic human.
In order to forcefully complete the ritual, they needed more sacrifices and magic power rather than ti.
“If that’s the case, then it’s fine.”
Caracal said with a smile and waved her hand.
One could not deny that the blonde Caracal was a beauty, but the sa could not be said of her arm. It beca as sharp as a mantis’ arm and swept the surrounding area, severing the heads of the low-ranking demonic humans and demons standing near Caracal.
Gush-!
As the headless corpses spewed blood like a fountain, Caracal hurriedly chanted the spell. The mana of the low-ranking demonic humans was enough to supplent the mana they were lacking in order to complete the ritual.
“Go, hurry it up.”
Beco a disaster and cause a tribulation.
Caracal said in a whisper and hurriedly flew out of the magic circle. The light that the magic circle began to emit beca a red pillar, and she watched with a bright smile as the being she had been looking forward for was finally revealed.
***
A red pillar of light soared.
The vivid blood-red color broke and scattered. Thus, the being inside it was revealed.
It was far away. But it was so huge that they could see it clearly.
A burning giant.
A lting being.
A red giant covered in lava let out a scream. It shook the entire rainforest and the animals were struck with fear, rendering them unable to escape.
Kirara fell on her butt.
Jude and Cordelia thought as they viewed the giant that was at least 50 ters tall.
“It’s different.”
It was not like the one in the ga.
The calamity in the ga – fire giant Karte, was one of the seven major calamities and also called a natural disaster due to its enormous damage range. But it was a much bigger and more ferocious creature.
However, Cordelia was convinced that the roaring giant in front of them now was Karte.
Jude also ca to the sa conclusion based on their past experience.
“It’s not yet a calamity.”
Like the artificial spirit in the magic kingdom of Magellan before it was reborn as the Light Dragon Yalavaska.
Or the monster in the Forest of Eternity before it turned into Jabberwock.
It was the sa logic. The giant in front of them had yet to beco Karte.
‘I think I know why.’
In the ga, the fire giant Karte appeared in the nearby Catan Mountains.
The fire giant caused earthquakes just by walking, and made the volcanoes in the northern part of the empire to erupt all at once, leading to a literal catastrophe.
Not only did countless people die in the volcanic eruptions, but also due to the massive secondary damage caused by the dust that covered the sky.
Such was fire giant Karte.
But not yet.
In the ga, it was around a hundred ters tall, but it was only around 60 ters tall now.
‘A power source. A catalyst.’
Light Dragon Yalavaska was a monster that was created as a result of the absorption of the dragon veins’ power by the ruler of spirits, sothing that was artificially created by the elves of Magellan.
The monster Jabberwock was also a creature born from the combination of a monster and a high-ranking demonic human, so the lava giant before them also needed a catalyst to be reborn as a calamity.
Then, what was it?
What was its catalyst back then?
There was no need to think long. Jude and Cordelia simultaneously looked at the sa place.
Zainan Gorge was situated in the middle of the rainforest.
There was a raid boss located at its center.
Serpent King Nagaros.
The place where it built its nest.
The land where the dragon veins gathered and radiated the energy of the world!
“It’s moving!”
It was as Kirara had said.
The lava giant was moving. Instead of heading their way, it walked towards Zainan Gorge.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The ground shook. Fires spread along the path it walked. The rainforest did not burn at once because of its high humidity, but it was clear that it would beco a big fire if left unattended.
Jude held his breath. At the sa ti, several thoughts ca to his mind at the sa ti.
It had appeared two months later in the original.
Although the situation was quite different from the ga due to the butterfly effect, two months was by no ans a short period of ti.
There was a high possibility that it was not normal now too.
A giant that was 60 ters tall.
It was small when compared to Malekith whose body length was close to 150 ters, but it was still huge. It was so huge that it seed impossible to even deal a blow on it in the usual way.
What should they do?
What should they first do to prevent the birth of a calamity?
To stop it from moving towards Zainan Gorge.
‘It’s walking.’
They still had ti to spare if he calculated its movent speed.
He did not know if it was possible to stop it by inflicting continuous damage though.
“Jude!”
Cordelia summoned their Phantom Steeds. Jude and Cordelia each rode their steeds while Kirara jumped and sat behind Cordelia.
“We have ti. Let’s focus our attacks on its legs to slow down its movent speed.”
Although the giant was 60 ters tall, Jude and Cordelia had enough firepower.
Moreover, it was basically a slow-moving creature despite its big strides due to its size.
They had enough ti.
So they could deal with it calmly.
They would be able to prevent the birth of a calamity and destroy the conspiracy of the demon followers again.
‘Kill it before it becos a calamity.’
They were rather fortunate to have found it like this now.
But it was then.
Kirara was so startled that she hiccupped.
Jude and Cordelia’s eyes also widened and they panicked.
“I-it’s flying.”
Giant lava wings.
Huge wings soared from the back of the lava giant.
And the creature with wings began to fly, as all winged creatures usually did.
“F-f*ck?!”
It’s flying?
It’s flying instead of walking?
Cordelia involuntarily exclaid and drove away her thoughts by shaking her head. She kicked the Phantom Steed’s side to urge it to run.
“Stop it!”
The Phantom Steed carrying Jude also ran through the air.
They rushed towards the lava giant.
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