Chapter 281 - Episode Twenty-Eight - The Great God Kudor (2)
I was walking down a new passage with Peter behind and a knife to my neck.
a, like , was threatened by Myunhi and forced to walk slightly behind .
“Ready? Abel-chan, walk in a straight line. Don’t look back. Yes, good boy.”
Peter, a tall man, bends slightly behind and whispers into my ear.
I would like to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack, but since I have my wand in my pocket under Peter’s direction, I can’t use magic as quickly as I would like.
In addition to that, Zolomonia is also sticking behind Peter.
I don’t know what that Great Demon is thinking, but it’s clearly impossible to fool the eyes of a Great Demon who is an expert in magical phenona.
The demon’s thought process is not sothing that humans can understand, so it is possible that she might turn on a whim and let us off the hook, but I don’t think it is sothing that we can expect to risk our lives for.
“…… Peter-sama, now that it’s co to this, wouldn’t it be better to just kill them? It would be too risky to keep the man after he shows his hostility.”
“It looks like the trial is over, but there’s no guarantee that there won’t be more tricks up our sleeve. Abel, you are my insurance. If sothing goes wrong, you will take care of it, won’t you? For and for a, right?”
Peter’s long-fingered hand was placed on my shoulder in a familiar manner.
A chill ran down my spine.
After all, it seems that a is going to be treated as a hostage to .
If sothing goes wrong, I may be able to take advantage of the situation and attack Peter.
But I guess a is there to check that.
I have not stated exactly what I will do to a when I counterattack, but I have kept it implied so that you can imagine it, which increases the effect of the fetters.
Even though his intentions are transparent, we lose when we are forced to be aware of them.
I thought Peter was just a gay uncle, but he is quite cunning.
He’s obviously used to capturing people and threatening them.
A certain high elf had also taken a hostage, but when I pointed out his despicable behavior, I had turned the tables.
Peter, however, would pay no heed to my provocation.
Eventually, the passage was cut off and we reached a hall.
At the far end of the room, there was a huge lump of rock, nearly three ters high.
It stood majestically in the middle of a large number of techniques carved into the floor.
The shape of the lump was distorted and spherical, with layers of petrified tentacles entwined around the surface of the body, and eyelids tightly closed in the middle.
The strange lump of rock was expanding and contracting slightly, like the palpitations of a heart.
This lump of rock was alive.
The mont I saw it, my body suddenly began to tremble.
Before my head could comprehend it, my body was frightened.
When I observed Peter with my sideway eyes, he also turned his eyes to the lump of rock and smiled thinly, but his hands were shaking and his breathing was a little ragged.
I brought it into view and understood it completely.
This is a Kudor, though it doesn’t have a human upper body attached to it.
If I may borrow Peter’s hypothesis, it is a spirit weapon created in exchange for the lives of 100,000 people.
“Fufufu …… Yes, this, this, this is Kudor. I’m not sure if it’s because the trials are over or because the seal is slowly being broken. Myunhi, I’m going to bind Priest Yohanan before the seal of Kudor is completely broken. In the anti, keep a close eye on Abel-chan. If there’s any strange movent, then to a-chan …… you know what to do, right?”
Peter said to Myunhi and glanced at as if to confirm.
Peter’s words are just a threat.
There’s no point in a Mare without bringing up negotiations after I’ve actually made my move.
If there is a next ti, it will be a check for that. But it’s unlikely that Peter and I will be in the sa situation another day.
Besides, Peter doesn’t seem to be the type of person who decides what to do out of passion.
But even though I knew that, I still couldn’t move.
I bite my lip in frustration.
Peter takes a few steps away from .
He throws the stone in his hand into the air and raises the Staff of Zolomonia.
“Remove the curse and show its true form”
At Peter’s words, the stone swells with light and transforms into a glowing blue tentacle, which bursts open, leaving behind a myriad of blue spirit phosphorescence.
“That’s, no way ……”
“Yes, It’s a piece of Kudor’s tentacle that belonged to . If you break the seal and scatter the spirit, it can increase the power of your magic. It was a national treasure of the Dinrat Kingdom, but it’s worth it if I want to use it now. And since we’re about to get the body, it’s none of our business.”
He was going to use the spirit to control the resurrecting Kudor with magic.
I don’t think there was any ntion of such a thing in the Great God’s Treasure Book, but I don’t know where he got the ans to control Kudor, whose existence was so vague …… hmm?
I don’t know why, but sothing doesn’t feel right.
Is there sothing I’m missing?
Peter conjured several huge, complex magic circles into the air.
I felt a strange sense of déjà vu in that magic circle. I knew I had seen that sowhere before.
An unpleasant hypothesis pieced together in my mind.
“H, hey, Peter, where did you find that magic?”
I asked, raising my voice. I tried to take a step closer, but gave up when Myunhi, who was near a, glared at .
Peter looked at and smiled contentedly, answering in a smug manner.
“Fufufu …… I’ve deciphered a manuscript of the legendary Great God’s Treasure Book and combined it with the knowledge of Zolomonia to revive it. I’m a forr pope, so I can easily get my hands on high-level magic tools and books like that. Oops, that was a slip of the tongue. But now it’s too late.”
F-Forr Pope ……?
A-, after all, the one who was called Peltaire was the previous Pope …… No, that’s too far off from what Altamir told about him …… No, now is not the ti for that.
“The magic circle for controlling Kudor in the Great God’s Treasure Book should have said this! “I created it to control Kudor, but it was of no use to . There’s no point in continuing my research any further. In order to make ands for the magic I’ve developed, I’ll at least describe it here in its entirety”.”
The magic circle that Peter is going to use is the sa magic formula that was written in the last corner of the Great God’s Treasure Book.
It is completely identical. It is guaranteed by its creator, Priest Yohanan, to fail. There’s too much of a chance of winning.
Peter looked at with puzzled eyes, but then he covered his mouth and smiled.
“You’re desperate, Abel-chan. I’m sure you’ve been working hard on it, but it’s so poorly …… written. The existence of the manuscript is restricted even among church officials. First of all, there is no way you could have known the contents of the manuscript. …… And secondly, there is no such sentence written anywhere in the manuscript. I’ve spent a lot of ti deciphering it, so if there’s a sentence like that, I’ll know about it.”
“Tha-, that’s not possible! Yes, if it’s not in the codex, it’s in the original! It must have been left out in the copying process!”
There was no way he could control Kudor with that fake magic circle that had been put there by the wasteful mind of Priest Yohanan.
Peter is trying to operate a spiritual weapon that has destroyed the four great creator gods, without knowing that he has no way to control it.
“You can’t stimulate it! The heartbeat of that mass senses our magic and moves in response to it. If sothing interferes, it will break the seal at once! It should still be able to reseal itself now! I’ll help you, let’s make a truce, for now, let’s do it!”
“How idiotic. How could you possibly know the original contents of the Great God’s Treasure Book, which was lost generations ago? I know you’re desperate, but you’re starting to depress . This technique is very difficult to control. You can see that, can’t you? If you ramble on any longer about nonsense, you might inadvertently slip into Myunhi-chan’s hands, you know?”
It’s no use. I was surprised at how little my words pass through.
Peter is completely consud with the idea of controlling Kudor.
“We have the Great God’s Treasure Book! It’s in the carriage I ca in! Tha-, That’s right, Zolomonia, Zolomonia would know! The formula is incomplete!”
Zolomonia is a great demon of wisdom and ruin.
I’m not sure what to do. I’m sure she would have noticed that there was sothing wrong with the magic circle.
“So, I told you before, right? I’ve been able to reproduce this technique with the help of Zolomonia-chan. The effect is also guaranteed by Zolomonia-chan. Once you have completed this technique, you can move the God of Law Kudor as you wish.”
Zolomonia was incompetent.
I bit my bottom lip and glared at Zolomonia.
What great demon of wisdom and destruction. What a stupid thing to say, what a thing to do.
Zolomonia was sitting in a triangle in the air behind Peter, but when her eyes t mine, she winked, collapsed her legs, and chuckled.
“I certainly said so. If only I could recreate this technique completely, I might be able to control the God of Law Kudor at will.”
Zolomonia says it in a way that implies
…… yeah? I’m not sure if she’s asserting anything…
“Do you understand? If you have the God Binding Technique, the revered God, the Four Great God-Killing Kudor, will be nothing more than a powerful weapon. Zolomonia-chan has assured of that.”
“N, no, she’s not being subtle about it!? Don’t be fooled! Don’t listen to the demon, that’s what they’ve been saying since ancient tis, since mythical tis! They’re just a bunch of deluded people! You’d better stop it!”
At this rate, It’s not going to end well.
When I try to interfere by taking out my wand, Myunhi raises his voice.
“Abel, put your hands down. Is it alright to you that sothing might happen to this little girl?”
“U-Ugh ……”
I slowly lift my empty hand to show that I’m not doing anything.
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Book five will be out on November 15th!
Before you know it, it’ll be less than a week ……
I’m a little short on ti today, so I’ll put it off for later, but I’ll be back soon with the cover and rough sketches for volu four, an introduction to the special offers, and a release commorative SS for the release of volu five (aka SS for the store special offers that were omitted due to too many words), so stay tuned!
(Nov. 9, 2017)
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