Chapter 282 - Episode Twenty-Nine - The Great God Kudor (3)
“Bind the Law of God”
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Peter recited the incantation.
A large amount of magic that had been conjured in the air glowed brightly as it received the magic of the spirits dispersed by Kudor’s tentacles that Peter had used.
A cage of light appeared, surrounding the beating rock mass that seemed to be Kudor.
The lattice of the cage gets smaller and closer to the center, and the light tightens all over Kudor’s body.
The massive monocular eyelids closed tightly, and the heartbeat of the lump of rock weakened and convulsed painfully.
The God Binding Technique is the most advanced warding magic I’ve ever seen.
I’ve read the Great God’s Treasure Book, so I know the theory, but the persistence that went into building was incredible.
It’s just as well that the magic was created by Priest Yohanan, who created the spirit weapon Kudor, which would be revered as the national deity of the great Dinrat Kingdom for the next 10,000 years.
W-What’s going on?
The priesthood-binding sorcery is seemingly a success.
Peter held his breath and watched the scene for a while, then a small smile came out of his mouth and his shoulders shook.
The laughter grew louder and louder.
“I-I did it! At last, at last, I have the power of Kudor in my hand! From now on, I, the one who controls Kudor, the one who destroyed the four great creator gods, will be the world’s god of law!”
Then Peter slowly looked back at me.
“Now …… You are really no longer needed. I’m sorry to hear that, Abel-chan. I didn’t hate you, and I owe you for saving my life, but I have a very important mission to protect the Dinrat Kingdom. Your magic power is too huge to keep under control, and it’s a little too dangerous.”
The emotionless eyes behind the mask pierce through me.
I bite my lip and back away.
I don’t have my wand with me because of Peter’s orders.
It takes one action to retrieve it.
The same goes for the Lapides Sword.
With Myunhi’s eyes, there is no way to cover the gap.
“I’m sorry. And thank you. Abel Belek of the Marren tribe, your name will be remembered as the greatest contributor to the Dinrat Kingdom. If it weren’t for you, Kudor would have been used by the “Balancer of the Scale of Time”, or run off, or been resealed.”
Peter waved the staff of Zolomonia.
The rocky tentacles attached to Kudor are stretched out with a squeaking sound, crawling through the magical lattice and aiming their tips at me.
“Ugh ……”
I turn my attention to Mea, who is behind me.
Mea was desperately trying to resist Myunhi, but Myunhi, despite her slender appearance, seemed to be a well-trained member of Peter’s inner circle.
The difference between Mea and Myunhi was too great.
It’s hard to get an opening in that situation.
Is there any way that we can turn the tables on them?
The only things I could think of were to persuade Peter or make a deal with Zolomonia, but both of those options lacked much information.
“Can’t you at least let Mea off the hook? The girl doesn’t have the power you’re talking about. There’s no reason to kill her. “
“…… All right, Abel Belek. I’ll release the harmless Mea-chan when the time is right.”
Peter replied in a flat voice.
He didn’t seem to be lying. I was a little relieved.
“W-What are you saying, Abel!? I-I don’t want to! I don’t want to do that! Then I’ll die with you!”
Mea says, flailing.
“Peter-sama! I’m sure she’ll come for revenge!”
Myunhi’s words were not taken seriously by Peter.
“What does it matter? I’m not afraid of a little girl like that.”
Kudor closed eyes opened wide.
A huge crystal body is exposed, and at the same time, the rock surface is peeled off, revealing a grotesque lump of blue-black flesh, and the tentacles, which had been moving stiffly, start to wriggle freely.
Except for the absence of a human upper body, the figure was identical to the one we had seen in the painting.
I felt an overwhelming pressure that seemed to distort the space just by existing there.
Kudor lifts the tentacles all over his body and slams them on the floor.
At the same time, a shock wave is released with Kudor at its center.
There was a sound that pierced my ears — And then, the God Binding Technique that held Kudor in place, vanished without a trace.
“A-As I thought, It’s no use ……”
I thought he had succeeded, but that was not the case.
Peter was looking at Kudor with his mouth half-open in dismay.
Myunhi did the same.
She was so distracted that he lost his grip on her arm, and Mea bent her body to bite Myunhi’s arm, but her eyes were still on Kudor, who had forcibly shaken off her magical restraints.
“W-What? ……Why? I, I …… control Kudor, and become God …… and you’re telling me the magic that I used was incomplete!?”
“That’s why! That’s why I told you, didn’t I! That It will definitely fail!”
When Peter heard my shout, his body trembled.
He glances back at me, immediately turns away, and looks accusingly at the Zolomonia floating beside him.
Zolomonia ignores Peter, crosses her arms, closes her eyes, and spits, “As I expected, this is what happened”.
Peter shows Killing Intent.
“Zolomonia!? W-What do you mean!? You’ve made a mistake! You guaranteed that it would work, so I, I ……! How dare you call yourself the Great Demon of Wisdom! You’ve ruined everything!”
Zolomonia frowned at Peter’s words.
“That’s rude. It is a shame that you would speak to this mistress in such a manner. I am not ignorant of what the humans think of this mistress. You knew that I would not tell you everything I know or think. It’s not like you don’t know why this mistress was hidden in the middle of nowhere, do you? No matter how I look, I have a lot of pride, and I would like you to retract your statement, Peter.”
“I know! I’ve always dismissed you as an unreliable source of information! But if you show up unprotected in front of Kudor, it will be you who will lose your life, right!? Why, why did I do this kind of thing!?”
“Mistress loves humans. Especially men like you, who are high ranking sorcerers, greedy beyond their means, and selfish. This mistress is comfortable being relied upon for her wisdom, and that makes her service worthwhile.”
Zolomonia blushed and writhed as she hugged her body in her thin arms.
“What are you talking about!”
“It’s just that once you’ve achieved your goal, I’m usually as a nuisance. In the end, people’s greed has no limits. There was even one who tried to burn this mistress to death with her staff after taking advantage of her. On the other hand, there were times when I was bored, tamed as a mere talker by a dullard who had given up on his dreams halfway through. Long years can corrupt anything.”
Zolomonia said sadly, as if nostalgic for the past.
“Eventually, the mistress noticed. She realized that it would be best for her if she were to be dramatically destroyed at the height of her power. This time, she may disappear, but let’s doom ourselves together. It’s a little disappointing that the last master is a dull faggot, but I’m satisfied with the scale of the story. I’ve had my fair share of fun, Peter. I may allow you to squeeze this mistress and call her by her nickname, if only for one last time.”
Zolomonia opened her eyes to one side and looked at Peter shamelessly.
“Zolomoniaaaaaa!”
Peter roars in anger.
In a fit of impulse, he swung his Staff of Zolomonia and punched the wall.
Of course, that won’t make a difference.
That’s why I said it.
The true identity of a spirit is a piece of the soul of some kind of life, according to the religious view of the Marren people.
Since I’ve been out in the world, I’ve read many articles and books that claimed something similar.
And among the spirits, which are fragments of souls, when the strong-willed and twisted ones get together in a hodgepodge, they become demons and spirit beasts.
Perhaps that’s why demons often have distorted delusions, as in the case of Evil Bound, who was obsessed with being called a god when we met him in the forest near the city of Lomarn.
Zolomonia was all too typical of this pattern.
“Yohanan’s warding, huh. How foolish of you to try to manipulate me with his failed work. It is ironic, however, that someone would plan to use my power to rule the world. If Yohanan knew, he would be very angry.”
A solemn thought wave in the ancient spirit language echoed.
The source was the monocular eye of Kudor, buried in a mass of blue-black flesh.
That thought wave froze Peter in his tracks.
“T-That thing has a personality ……”
Because he looked too much like a monster, and because Peter had called him a spirit weapon, I had thought that he had little intelligence and was only capable of violence.
Now that I think back on it, it seems that even if the God Binding Technique failed, it was still manageable, so I guess it’s only natural.
Don’t tell me, we can still be saved ……?
“Those who try to violate God’s domain must be punished by God.”
“N-no …… I am, I am ……”
Peter drops the staff of Zolomonia from his hand and staggers back in fear.
He may not have understood the ancient spirit language exactly, since he had also excite translated Yohanan’s words, but he still seemed to have guessed what Kudor was doing and why he was turning on him.
Kudor’s tentacles reaped Peter without mercy.
With ease, Peter was blown away and slammed his back against the wall. There was a sickening sound of bones breaking, and Peter cried out in agony as his body snapped on the spot.
“Pe-, Peter-sama!?”
Myunhi pulls Mea away and runs to Peter’s side.
One of Kudor’s tentacles is lowered to the floor.
Eight or so distorted tumors grow on the tentacle, which swell up and separate from the main body, transforming it into a hideous, deformed creature, a Din Eater.
“I give you permission to eat that man as you wish. Go.”
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