After making her resolve, Loriel left the room and imdiately went to where the Five Swords were, opening her mouth to speak.
“We need to get the items right now.”
“What is it?”
“…Sothing like…this.”
When Loriel spoke quietly, they all went, “Oh”, murmuring in astonishnt as they discussed it.
“Does the type matter?”
“We should probably get sothing that suits the occasion, right?”
“It’s likely that Lartania would have sothing like that. Back then, maybe not, but now it’s developed so much.”
As the Five Swords nodded in agreent, Loriel nodded back.
“Let’s split up and start looking right away. Just in case it’s not here, I’m thinking of visiting other territories too.”
“Got it.”
“Let’s do it.”
With those words, Loriel turned and started moving. As they watched her for a while, Ruin spoke.
“Well, shall we get started too?”
“Sure, but…by the way.”
“Hmm?”
“While we’re at it, should we get sothing for Loriel too?”
After hearing one of the Five Swords’ suggestions, Ruin paused, looking a bit dazed.
“That’s not a bad idea.”
Nodding in agreent, the Five Swords imdiately sprang into action.
To find ‘that’.
“…Wait, right now?”
“Right now.”
When River asked as if to confirm, Kim Hyunwoo answered without hesitation.
Of course, it wasn’t that Kim Hyunwoo thoughtlessly suggested launching the missile imdiately.
He could easily imagine what the state of the territory would be like after the missile struck.
Even though he could predict the aftermath, Kim Hyunwoo didn’t hesitate in his decision.
‘There’s no reason to bother with useless morality.’
The Eastern Clan Alliance would not bow down even if Lartania showed them the missile. In fact, they would likely escalate their attacks.
The demons’ and celestials’ ultimate goal – more precisely, the goal of those trying to achieve sothing in this world – was the destruction of the world.
In short, showing a missile to those with such goals offered no chance for negotiation.
From their perspective, he was soone they absolutely had to kill.
Kim Hyunwoo wasn’t slow to grasp the situation, nor was he naive enough to hesitate when launching a missile while holding onto useless morality.
‘It’s best to wipe them out before they’re fully prepared for battle.’
Although Lartania’s strength had been reinforced by the return of its heroes, Kim Hyunwoo still didn’t know the full extent of the celestials’ power.
What if the celestials’ strength was similar to that of the heroes?
Even if their strength wasn’t the sa, there was still a chance that the heroes could be gravely injured or killed in battle against the celestials.
And to Kim Hyunwoo, launching the missile seed the better option compared to risking such chances.
What mattered most to him were Lartania and the heroes who had returned to his territory.
Therefore,
“I’m asking. Or will it take more ti to launch?”
When Kim Hyunwoo asked, River thought for a mont before shaking her head.
“No, it won’t take long. We just need to make so basic preparations, but there isn’t much to do.”
She smiled and answered.
“Got it, just wait a mont…! We’ll need Shadra to launch, though…!”
With that, River told him to wait a mont before running off sowhere. A little while later,
“Hello, Dad…”
“Shadra…huh? You’re not wearing your usual clothes today?”
Kim Hyunwoo noticed that Shadra, looking a bit moodier than usual, was wearing tight black leather clothes instead of her usual wizard-like robes.
“Yeah, just a simple change of mood?”
Shadra spoke, glancing at River with a slightly displeased expression but quickly brushed it off and continued.
“Are you planning to launch it right now?”
“Yes.”
“Got it. If you’re not changing the target, the preparations won’t take long. It’s still aid at the Eastern Clan Alliance, right?”
“That’s right.”
At Kim Hyunwoo’s confirmation, Shadra nodded slightly, raised her staff – despite the leather outfit – and began chanting an incantation.
And then.
Wooooooong-!
The missile in the underground of the Blacksmith Guild began to resonate.
The office of the Eastern Clan Alliance.
“So, they gave this to you?”
“That’s right.”
“Hmmm…”
There, Durandor and three angels were staring at the Void stones held in the palms of their hands.
“…It’s unmistakably the Void, without a doubt.”
“Yes, it’s not an illusion.”
“It’s certainly the sa force that defiled Him.”
The three angels sitting across from Durandor were cherubim, part of the second tier directly under the orders of the archangels.
The angels, nad Selaim, Pallar, and Curian, each wore expressions of amazent as they looked at the Void, then turned to face Durandor.
“Was there any other deal besides this?”
In response to the question from Selaim, the leader of the cherubim, Durandor shook his head and replied.
“There was none. The Abyss rely said that we share the sa objective for the ti being.”
“The sa objective… You an dealing with the Outsider?”
“Yes, they said we should cooperate until the Outsider is dealt with.”
At Durandor’s words, Selaim fell silent for a mont, thinking, then spoke.
“Do you believe that?”
“Not at all, but as you can see, the power the Void gave us is real.”
As Durandor said this, he suddenly conjured a sword of light in his hand.
Woooooong-!
The sword emitted a sharp resonance, glowing with divine light.
In that state, Durandor crushed the black gem in his hand with force.
Crack-! Crackle-!
The power from the shattered gem began to seep into the sword of light in Durandor’s hand.
As the once-black light infused the sword, turning it into a grayish hue, the cherubim expressed their astonishnt. Durandor extended the now-gray sword and spoke.
“…This is truly the power of the Void. The sa force that defiled and brought down our Lord.”
As Durandor dismissed the sword of light, the gem he had crushed just monts ago, which had turned to dust, slowly reford, as if ti were reversing. Pallar, observing this, comnted.
“…It’s definitely the power of the Void.”
“Is it truly alright to use this?”
Curian asked with a serious expression.
But Selaim, after silently observing the situation for a mont, replied.
“…But surely, with the power of the Void, dealing with Lartania wouldn’t be difficult.”
“Exactly. Unfortunately, it seems the heroes protecting the Outsider have gathered in Lartania. Thanks to the demons’ failure, the situation has beco troubleso. But with this Void power…”
“We’ll be able to handle them with ease, then.”
“You all know, don’t you? The Void erases anything it touches, as if it never existed. That includes even our Lord. If we wield such power, no matter how strong the heroes of the mortal realm are, we can deal with them.”
“That’s true.”
Selaim nodded in agreent and began to speak-
“…Then, we’ll get permission from the Archangel soon and – shall we prepare for another holy war…?”
But he couldn’t finish his sentence.
Because.
“…What is that?”
Selaim suddenly mumbled, his expression dazed.
Seeing Selaim’s dazed face, Durandor and the other two cherubim turned their heads in confusion.
“…?”
They saw sothing flying through the sky, creating a straight white trail that divided the blue sky.
“…What is that?”
“What is it?”
The angels wore puzzled expressions.
But a mont later,
“…Huh?”
“What’s going on?”
“That…doesn’t it seem like it’s heading this way?”
Selaim, still staring at the object soaring through the sky, made this comnt. The other two angels observed it carefully and nodded.
“Certainly…”
“It does seem like it-”
As the two angels spoke in agreent-
“-But?”
They suddenly realized that the object in the sky was now flying directly toward the terrace.
“…!”
The mont Durandor realized this and tried to act-
KABOOOOOM-!!!!!!
The angels were engulfed in a brilliant white light.
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