The Great Sword is not the Main Body!-Chapter 136: Temple of Memory (3)
As soon as we moved, the first thing we did was to widen our perspective and check out Carthia’s condition.
I expected it, but... it was worse than we thought.
The outskirts where the residents were gathered were okay, but most of the central area, starting from the mainland, was nothing more than ruins to the east.
Still, the good thing was that we didn’t use the residents as bait to subdue Valoran.
After all... many people died.
Rubia didn’t have to feel guilty.
After running for a while like that, we heard heavy breathing behind us.
“Uh... should we take a short break after all...?”
“Yes...?! Hoo... Go, if that’s so sudden... Huh, uh... But we’re not in a situation to do that right now... Uh...”
Rubia, who stopped in her tracks in surprise, started looking around.
“... There’s not a single intact building.”
“Huh...?”
Why don’t we just... sit on the floor here and rest?
“And... with all this dust... it won’t do. I have to wash it no matter what. Umm... of course I can clean it with my own skills, but there’s this feeling.”
Wash?
It definitely feels like my fatigue goes away after a shower... but why wash it out of the blue in this situation?
What’s the feeling?
“There’s no bed... should I go to the outskirts?”
“Rubia...?”
“What?”
“What... what do you mean...? Washing and then going to bed...”
Rubia tilted her head after hearing what I said.
“Didn’t you say we should do it?”
“What...?”
Rubia’s face was soaked in shame as it was.
“Ah... uh... this is, Noah’s fault.”
“I, I...?!”
“Yes. If you kiss me like that... and then tell me to rest like this, anyone would misunderstand.”
Rubia's hand tightened as she turned her head.
"So, don't look at me with that weird face."
An extremely embarrassed expression.
It's not easy to see Rubia's expression like that.
Is today a lucky day...
"Uh... Rubia, pervert."
"Yes, yes?! No?!"
"A total pervert..."
"Oh, really! This is ridiculous! Who made this happen!"
If it were normal, she would have said something like, 'So you don't like it?', but how flustered must she have been to react so cutely?
I giggled at Rubia like that.
"After everything is over... do it. As much as you want."
"As much as you want... Really? Can you handle it? Can you take responsibility for what I'm saying right now? I don't know what I'm going to do with Noah, but do you really want to do it?"
"Uh... just a little bit as much as you want..."
"Phehe... what do you mean a little bit as much as you want?"
Rubia, who had gently hugged me, whispered in a different, more polite voice than before.
“I like you, Noah.”
And before I could hear my answer, she straightened her back and grabbed my arm and pulled me forward.
“Shall we go? Ser-nim and Hermilla-nim are waiting.”
“...Yes.”
Rubia’s voice was quiet for some reason.
*****
“We’ll be there soon.”
Rubia, who had barely managed to get over the remains of the barrier, took a deep breath and looked around.
I also took a deep breath, looking around with a sense of relief.
The strong scent of war.
Ruins thickly covered in filthy air that made my lungs and nose scream.
The ground, soaked in all sorts of filth and sticky blood, was twisted here and there, and on top of it, there were pieces of meat that had been chopped up so finely that it was hard to find a place to stand.
And, when you climb up that horrible landscape.
There are monsters that can never be called human, crawling on the ground, attaching their flesh to their bodies.
On the top of the hill.
Where the Temple of Memory is located, there is a huge pile of dirt that looks like a grave, and intermittent cracking sounds are erupting from around it.
The main character who causes that sound is.
Serwa, whose face is distorted with sword marks all over her body.
Hermilla, who is continuing the battle with one arm torn off.
And a body that is crawling on the ground without a head and left arm.
A man swinging his stance at the head of the monsters.
“Ser and Hermilla are in really bad shape. I think we should go quickly...”
I grabbed Rubia’s hand tightly.
She also grabbed my hand tightly and radiated divine power. The divine power that blossomed from her slender body soared into the sky, forming a giant sun.
...Was it originally like this?
"If we do this, the other side will know that we've arrived. So... let's go."
The moment Rubia's feet lifted off.
The sun created by Rubia's divine power spread out and became small particles.
In that way, the particles that fell like snowflakes changed the evil things crawling on the ground into particles of the same light, creating a calm sea.
And.
Again-
The last drop fell on the sea of divine power, creating a huge ripple.
The ripple gradually became a huge wave, washing away the dirty land, healing the dying allies, and climbing up the hill.
...That's ridiculous.
"Noah?"
"Ah... yes..."
Rubia unfolded this... ridiculous miracle, as if nothing had happened.
She held my hand and left footprints on the cleansed ground.
Fluffy soil.
It was clearly dead land.
It transformed into fertile land where life could bloom at any time.
In the blink of an eye.
[It did change, just like he said. Although a little fast.]
I scrunched my face as I heard Kartia’s voice ringing in my head, exhausted and ready to collapse.
[Are you okay?]
‘It has to be okay.’
I nodded slightly and drew new footprints next to hers, and walked ahead of her.
My steps were ahead.
With such quick steps, I passed the rippling sea of divine power and climbed the hill.
I gradually began to approach the battlefield.
Although it had been purified once by the waves of divine power, the strong smell still lingered.
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Newly piled corpses were drawn.
A torn and stretched piece of flesh hung at my feet again.
A wounded adventurer was crawling on the ground and running away.
Sticky blood was seeping out of his armor, which was distorted like a sheet of paper.
Beyond that.
Tens of thousands of troops surrounding the huge earthen wall.
Their eyes rolled.
Their heads snapped back.
Their upper bodies folded.
Their legs turned.
And that’s where their gazes stopped.
Me, Rubia.
I immediately summoned Frey and blocked Rubia’s path.
I raised my voice.
The source of this c𝐨ntent is freeweɓnovēl.coɱ.
Karpeng’s blood wrapped around my body.
Tylant’s coldness took over the area.
Valoran’s feathers fluttered in the air.
Sarak-
As soon as a single feather fluttering in the air touched the ground, tens of thousands of troops rushed toward us all at once.
I adjusted my posture.
Blood assisted my movements.
I stepped on the True Awakening.
The cold magic power I had gathered was added to the lack of it.
Just like that, I swung Frey along the trajectory drawn in my head.
The magic power of the other heavens that had been overlaid on Frey was released, causing absolute death.
The greatest strike I could make right now.
With that strike, 30% of the tens of thousands of troops evaporated.
“Whew... Whoosh, Huh... Kkeu...”
In an instant, I barely shook off the feeling of weakness that was weighing down my body and raised Frey toward the remaining guys.
If I took off the Green Bracelet, the battle would be easier than it is now... but it’s too dangerous.
It’s partly because I fought against Valoran for two days, but because I fought without the bracelet during that time... I feel like my ego is collapsing.
There are too many images in my head.
I keep getting confused about who I am.
Even Kartia, who was supposed to keep this spirit, was tired and resting, so it would be really... dangerous /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ to withdraw now.
I had no choice but to grit my teeth and rush towards the still swarming army.
The ground that Rubia and I were standing on suddenly rose up, creating stairs leading to the top of the hill.
And at the end, Ser's voice called us in an urgent voice.
I held Rubia's hand tightly and started running along the path without thinking.
In an instant, the monsters that jumped up using their bodies as a stepping stone settled on the stairs one by one.
Frey cut off their limbs and Rubia's divine power pierced their core.
The spirits that gathered in an instant scattered the ones gathered below and collapsed the mountain made of corpses.
Even so, there were some who managed to climb up.
A completed master.
I let go of Rubia's hand and grabbed Frey with both hands while still running.
Dozens of magic shots were instantly dispelled by Ser's spirit.
Hundreds of arrows were blocked by Rubia's curtain.
The sword energy that rushed through the air was cut by Frey.
The legs did not stop, and continued to run.
When they reached the completed ones.
Tsk-!
Hermilla, who ran with an ominous purple aura, kicked the bodies of the men.
"Noah! You're safe!"
She greeted me with a bright smile despite having one arm missing.
"Hermilla, your arm..."
Rubia covered her mouth and crumpled her face upon seeing Hermilla's empty shoulder.
"Haha, I came to a new world."
"Huh? What is that..."
Hermilla, who chuckled while looking at Rubia's dazed face, stroked my head with her only hand.
“I’m glad you’re safe. Miss Noah. You’ve had a hard time...”
“...Yes.”
“Okay, shall we go now? There are so many stories I want to hear, but I don’t have time.”
She nodded and fixed Frey.
“After you finish the trial, Miss Noah, Lady Rubia, Lady Ser, Lady Sirin... Shall we all go eat together like this?”
Hermilla smiled as she said that and turned her back. Rubia, who caught her breath, caught the words that were scattered in the air.
“Let’s have a cup of coffee at the blacksmith shop. I... I’ll have the coffee that Noah makes.”
The girls’ gazes, which had thrown out a light word, sank deeply and turned toward the Temple of Memory.
“Hehe, that’s nice.”
