Guiding Light (3)

in the distant past.

There was once a girl who was born with a stellar destiny.

The girl who grew up watching the starkly bright midnight sun and the aurora borealis wafting across the night sky was more attracted to the magic of light than anyone else.

It was a revelation, and the attraction blossomed into a dazzling talent.

The girl, Kaya, became the most promising constellation candidate in Helios.

And.

─A test of ascension?

The final test to become a star.

In the face of the ordeal of burning a world, she had no choice but to give up her dream.

─I can’t.

To think that billions of people living in that world have to lose their lives for one star.

It is unacceptable.

It shouldn’t happen.

So she stubbornly refused, but her colleagues didn’t.

-It’s necessary.

-Don’t let our efforts go to waste because of you alone.

─Sorry. Everyone says so.

No one took Kaya’s side.

Not Patrick, nor Wolfgang, nor Angela.

They lashed out at Kaya for agreeing, standing by, and opposing the burning of their hometown.

She had no choice.

Kaya and her friends returned to Earth to take the test.

And her hometown became a battlefield upon their return.

──I didn’t want something like this.

I just wanted to be a star.

I wanted to become a star that shines brightly and brilliantly.

I didn’t want to sacrifice people and achieve bloody achievements.

─I’m sorry…

Guilt weighed heavily on his heart.

Seeing the city destroyed and burning, seeing the countless people killed and injured there, broke her heart.

If I cut out the heart with a knife, wouldn’t Lee Ji-ji hurt?

—You guys are rumor hunters!

─I will believe and follow you!

─·······.

People were crazy about their mighty power.

Kaya, who swept the battlefield with dazzling light and flashes, was nicknamed ‘Kaya, the Magician of Radiance’.

─···Yes.

do you know

This war, this catastrophe that takes away everything, is all because of us.

That you guys are passionate about the culprit of the disaster and are seeking help.

The words she wanted to say several times, but couldn’t because she was afraid, always lingered deep in her heart.

That’s how Kaya died, weighed down by her own guilt day by day.

And.

—I want to be your teammate.

She met a man.

*

A single flash of light cuts through the darkness.

Like high-pitched gunfire, a bullet that became a meteor removes the shadow of unconsciousness.

When the meteor drew a single trajectory, the ghosts disappeared as much as the area of the flashing flash.

A circle rotates along the chamber, and the rune words shine and dwell on the ammunition.

The bullets fired in succession wiped out the ghosts that had flocked to the three of them.

—You are doing something useless.

The ghosts that flocked like zombies are united.

They clung to each other and formed one huge mass.

It soon transformed into a giant with a great scythe.

uh uh uh-

The giant screamed with empty pupils and struck down the scythe he had lifted.

When the crowding ghosts were kicked out with bullets, his great scythe swung at them with great speed.

‘「Accelerate」「Amplify」「Enhance」’

The rune word calculated at the speed of second dwelled in his left arm, and he hit the scythe with all his might with his revolver.

Tuquaang-!

The sound of metal, close to an explosion, spread as a shock wave.

After knocking off the scythe that had been struck in succession, he shot the empty man’s forearm and tore off his right arm.

Big uh-!

“noisy.”

I jumped up and put my right hand in the eyes of the revolver.

bang! bang! bang!

The continuous gunshots turned the giant’s head into porridge, and at the same time, ‘Erosion’ was activated to read all of the guy’s information.

A moment was enough time.

“Operation, done.”

The ghosts procrastinate and clump together.

Countless of the giants I had just killed stood up and raised their scythes.

Is it really a monster created by the consciousness of the ghost tribe?

There is no sound or sign of movement.

‘Vertical, left diagonal, head.’

Because all the information was read, the speed of ‘search’ was also significantly faster.

I figured out all the flying trajectories and dealt with them right away.

The vertical twists the body, and the diagonal blocks it with the revolver.

The last one, aiming for the head, fired a bullet and raised it high.

“”ignition””

I put a bullet with an ember in the empty giant’s chest.

As their bodies were burned by the bullets that ignited in an instant, an alarm bell rang for the search that had been spread out.

Other bastards were going to the children.

“”Come up””

The shadow spread, and dragons rose from beneath the waves.

Mental control, ‘domination’.

double net amount.

The guys with their mouths wide open bit the giants’ necks.

The one I summoned was an upper-middle-class Drake.

These giants, roughly the same size as the giants, violently bit the enemy’s neck and, hanging down, broke the entire spine.

Giants with broken vital points disappear, and at the same time, Drake melts into the shadows and disappears.

Even if the magic power limit was removed, summoning a large number of demons without Adelin was inefficient.

“······!”

There is no time to rest.

Immediately caught by ‘Search’, the presence crossed the two revolvers and raised them upwards.

Quaang-!

The impact of the fall hit both arms and the whole body.

It was so powerful that his spine creaked and his knees bent for an instant.

“Kuh…!”

Drake surged up from behind and bit the assailant.

It was several times larger than the giant from before, and did not hesitate even with Drake’s attack.

Long spider-like limbs and a head covered in sporadic hair.

It, resembling a ghost, grabbed Drake with its huge hand and bit it at once.

-Do you think that analyzing and responding to the enemy’s strength is your own method?

“·······.”

——Human arrogance cannot surpass the divine authority.

Even though three more drakes rushed at it, the bald head did not waver.

The guy with a difference in body size chewed up the head of the drake he grabbed in turn.

—Your own arrogance will kill you, Yujin Kang.

Ignore it.

Ignore it, and call up a higher level object.

“Come. Wyvern.”

A high-level magic beast, a wyvern.

The wyvern with its huge wings spread and its hair with wild hair intertwined and fought.

Key profit…!

Kyaaagh-!

A heavy arm presses down on the hairy head, and magical energy condenses in the mouth that aims at the head.

Eventually, the condensed light was released all at once, and the breath blew away his head without a shape.

Quaaa

The breath didn’t stop, and once again wiped out the army of ghosts that had swarmed in the direction I had induced.

Reach out your hand and gather magic and holy power.

The runes were arranged and the structure of the magic circle was put together.

The computational power that was lacking while summoning the wyvern was forcibly drawn by overclocking.

“Kuh…”

The pain arose as if an awl had been punched in the head.

Crumpling his reddened vision, he completed the magic circle.

「Interpretation」 「Structure」 「Ignition」 「Diffusion」─

Dozens of auxiliary runes were engraved on top of the four main runes to arrange magic.

Massive magic accomplished in seconds.

After entering the information of the ghost in it, it was overlaid on the Wyvern’s breath.

The breath, which changed from a bright yellow flame to a bright red flare, swept away the ghosts.

And, at the same time as one ghost was burned away, the flame spread and burned the same ghosts at once.

It’s like a fire spreading through a dry forest in winter.

All the gathered ghosts were swept away by the dark red flash and turned to ashes.

“ha···.”

It’s not easy either.

Even if there is no limit to magic power, the calculation to implement and activate the technique is a task that I have to take on.

It was worth congratulating himself for implementing the dragon breath as well as the magic to add to it by himself, but the pain felt from the overworked head was unavoidable.

Because I had to handle the construction of the sympathetic nervous system, which Adeline should have taken on originally.

“Clean up with this—”

At that time, the body of the wyvern on board rattled.

Before I knew it, a new demonic beast grabbed Wyvern’s body from behind.

not one guy

Three guys were running.

“·······.”

I don’t know what that is.

He no longer took the form of a human, let alone a ghost.

The wyvern was torn to shreds by their hands, and I tumbled across the floor and quickly grabbed my revolver.

However, their attacks were faster than I aimed my gun at them.

Big aaa!!

He raised both arms and punched the fist that had been stamped down.

It was so strong that all I could do was slip away even though I did my best.

The attack that followed hit the Holy Power and responded with a bullet, but it was not enough to stop their attack.

Quaang-!

My consciousness was shaken with the shock that hit my whole body.

The body flew backwards and rolled violently on the ground.

My bones creaked as if they were going to break, and an excruciating pain ran through my body.

It’s an inner world, but it couldn’t be anything but real pain.

-You cannot reach me.

“·······.”

Without answering, he moved his body once more.

get up on the ground

Give strength to the shaking leg, and lift the upper body by touching the knee.

──You are struggling in vain.

“·······.”

Ignore it.

Concentrate your whole mind on the calculation of this amount, and bring up the ‘next’.

“···come.”

Drops of blood mixed with the voice.

Enduring the agonizing headache, I reached out my hand.

His head was broken and blood was flowing and his eyes were red, but he raised his head and looked ahead.

With the monster in sight, I clasped my outstretched hand.

“Leviathan.”

Koo-ung – The shadows fluctuate.

The ground rippled as they stood on it, and a huge dragon opened its mouth beneath it.

yet.

Leviathan’s huge head soared from the underground and swallowed the three monsters at once.

Kieh-!

Aagh!!

Those who screamed were dragged into the shadows along with Leviathan and disappeared.

“Heo-eok… heo-eok…”

got down on one knee

The overclocked circle creaked, and the continuous overclocking gave my head a shattering pain.

It was even more so because of the imperfect summoning of Leviathan a while ago.

“…the stage was bad.”

If this place were real, it wouldn’t be as difficult as it is now.

Before dealing with the ghosts, it’s enough to neutralize them all with mind control.

But this is an illusion created by the singularity.

Mind control doesn’t work, and it’s even more impossible for me to control it.

In such a subject, the strength exceeded that of the superior, and the number was endless.

In addition, since he had to handle all the battles alone, it was natural to be pushed back.

“…wouldn’t have rather called Skadi.”

If she was good at wide-area magic, she would have been able to overcome many battlefields like this.

I, who specialized in singles rather than multiples, didn’t really fit into a stage like this.

“…but it doesn’t matter.”

I don’t give up because it’s hard.

In the end, everything is just an excuse.

If you can move, if you haven’t lost your breath, you haven’t done your best.

I still have something left to do.

─── Those eyes.

I got up and looked ahead.

Beyond the reddish eyesight, I stared at the shadow of the singularity lurking in the sky.

—No matter how much you are cornered, you have eyes that seek to “victory” instead of giving up or sacrificing.

“·······.”

—Even then, are you still trying to win?

Is that asshole asking for something obvious?

I said I would stay here.

And behind this, my student is doing his best to break the current situation.

I am a person who cannot back down until the very end.

“It is the teacher’s duty to protect the disciple.”

I grabbed my revolver and stood guarding them.

As long as my mission remains, I cannot collapse.

-You are dangerous.

said the shadow of the sky.

─Your strength. your talent. And, your tenacity. It threatens to upset the balance.

“·······.”

——You must die here.

Darkness stirs and ghosts rise.

The strange monsters that had been defeated by Leviathan stood up in dozens.

There are guys everywhere you look.

It was a hopeless number for me, who was too tired to defeat three guys.

but.

“···good night.”

That doesn’t mean you have to back down.

I raised my revolver once again.

And.

“Yeah… He’s like a man after all.”

There were some whispers.

“This is the look of the person I admired the most.”

The light was bright, and the brilliance dispelled the darkness.

I closed my eyes tightly at the blinding flash.

And when I opened my eyes again, I was next to the ‘her’ I knew.

“Thank you for holding out, mister.”

Fluttering pearl-colored hair and shining green eyes.

The ‘Kaya’ I knew was smiling there.