The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

490 – Battlefield

Kwaaan~~!

Ross, who had killed countless cult leaders, looked disappointed as he realized that he could no longer waste time with the runes on his trembling wrist.

“Tsk, that’s it.”

Still, thinking that he had fulfilled his role at this level, Ross reaped the magic he had spread around him. Thanks to this, the leader, who had been hindered from rebuilding his body, was able to completely recover his body.

The leader, feeling the opponent’s momentum disappearing, twitched one corner of his mouth.

“Hehe, it looks like this pointless wasting of time is over.”

“Wow, acting like you won even after dying like that is a talent. It turns out that it was Ross of Mental Victory?”

“… Go away, ghost. Next time we meet, I will definitely end your world with you without leaving a single piece of your flesh behind.”

Ross, who had already intervened to his limit, had no choice but to glare at the cult leader and use the runes to return to the original world he lived in. The leader, who was staring at the spot where Ross disappeared, turned his body and followed the traces of Ross he had been chasing.

The passage leading to the 10th floor of the labyrinth showed nothing to the cult leader, unlike it did to Ross and Ellie. This is because he escaped mental interference due to the effects of chaos. Thanks to this, the leader who quickly broke through the passage was able to reach the 10th floor.

“… “You have escaped the labyrinth.”

The leader immediately knew that the place he had arrived was not the 10th floor of the labyrinth, but the warehouse of the former headmaster hidden in the academy after escaping the labyrinth. The moment when the cult leader closes his eyes and falls into meditation to find the location of Ross, who disappeared with the Holy Grail, feeling the overflowing power of chaos.

———!

The leader quickly turned his head to avoid the attack coming from behind, and reflexively created chakrams in both hands.

“I can’t help but be thankful for your stupidity for thinking of attacking me.”

As he finished speaking, the leader sensed Ross’s location and swung his chakram toward the closet. The closet shattered and Ross floated in the air, twisting his entire body in the air and throwing a spear of shadow towards the religious leader.

The leader did not dodge the spear that flew at him with terrifying force.

Kaang———!

The chakram and the spear of shadow collided with each other in the air. Ross instantly re-created the window of shadow and landed, creating a dimensional passage filling the room.

“Sigh—!”

Ross took a short breath and launched a straight attack. It was a basic attack that focused only on speed and power, without taking any distance from his opponent or any unusual movements.

However, it was different from the other party’s perspective. A simple combo turned into the most anomalous attack when combined with space magic. The leader countered the spear blades coming out of the dozens of dimensional passages around him, caught them with his body, and blocked them with the power of chaos.

At the same time, he stopped and walked towards Ross, who was concentrating on firing back and forth. The cult leader did not give him any leeway, as if he were cornering his prey. The leader, who was slightly bending his waist at the same time as swinging the chakram, deliberately allowed a fatal blow to his neck, creating an opening and allowing him to grab Ross’s left arm, which was extended forward.

“Gotcha-”

However, the leader could not immediately continue his next action. As he grabbed Ross’ arm, he realized something he had never expected. Seeing the cult leader pause for a moment with his eyes wide open as if surprised, Ross immediately cut off the cult leader’s arm that was holding his arm and stepped behind him.

“you… .”

The leader, whose voice was cracked due to the spear blade stuck in his neck, frowned and continued speaking as he took out the spear blade and casually threw it on the floor.

“You didn’t just kill Bella. “Your body now is fit to become a vessel for God.”

A vessel of God refers to a human being with a body that can withstand the coming of God. Only two people in this world. There was a setting that only two people were God’s vessels: the saint, an apostle of God, and Bella, the emperor of the continent with the noblest blood.

However, the saint was a difficult being to use as a vessel. Because of his nature as an apostle of God, the side effects of forced descent were severe and there was also a rejection reaction to chaos. Even in situations where the cult leader could come to the fore, she always died first. Either by herself or by others.

Therefore, the vessel that the religious leader always chose when the God of Chaos descended was Bella. Even if Bella committed suicide or was killed by Roel or Ross, the cult leader used the power of chaos to somehow absorb her power, even though there was no corpse left, and completed the conditions to descend the God of Chaos. As a result, countless worlds fell into an infinite cycle of eternal destruction.

The religious leader, who was interested in Ross, who used a special magic that had never existed in the entire world before, called spatial magic, could not hide his joy when he became a vessel of god. The religious leader touched the spear that was rolling on the floor with his toe and said with a smile.

“I guess they realized belatedly that they couldn’t win against me and prepared a gift hoping for mercy.”

“I don’t think anyone will give you a gift or anything like that.”

Despite Ross’s sharp rebuttal, the leader said, leisurely raising the chakram with a smile on his face.

“That’s foolish. But no matter how many times I see your foolishness, I never tire of it. “It always amuses me to watch them struggle so desperately in despair.”

The cult leader, who was aiming his chakram at Ross, twitched one corner of his mouth.

“As expected, I can feel that my choice was not wrong.”

The chaotic power released from the palm created a wave and shot out chakram. Ross bent his knees and at the same time tilted his waist and shifted his body’s center of gravity forward, using the dimensional passage created in the floor to instantly move behind the cult leader.

At that moment, a heavy shock wave emitted from the leader’s body completely destroyed the spatial magic that had filled the club room. Belatedly, Ross tried to stab the spear, but the leader, who had already expected the enemy to come after him, skillfully blocked the attack.

“No more kidding. Hehe, if it weren’t for Roel, wouldn’t I even have a chance to show off my skills? If you drop your weapons and surrender now, I will not use cruel methods. However, if you go against my will again with meaningless resistance-”

In response to Ross’s surprise attack, which cut off the leader’s words, the leader threw away the spear blade with the power of chaos.

“It’s foolish of you to choose punishment.”

The leader took out a bottle with a sealed entrance from somewhere. It was a bottle that protruded from the distorted space as if using space magic. There was no decoration, but the bottle itself was constantly moving as if it were made of liquid.

After breaking the seal, the religious leader tilted the bottle toward the floor and smiled.

“So, what kind of scream do you plan on making me hear this time?”

Three maggot-like bugs fell from a completely tilted bottle toward the floor. The bug that was writhing on the floor instantly broke through the floor of the club room and went into the ground when the leader beckoned.

“… “What have you done?”

In response to Ross’ question, the leader shrugged his shoulders with a bright smile.

“When you fight with yourself countless times, you naturally realize something. “Liars born from lies are always making crazy plans to hit me in the back.”

The leader looked around the club room and waved his index finger at Ross.

“The only being in this world who can deal with me is Roel. But Roel is nowhere to be seen. “The fact that the only weapon that can pierce the enemy’s heart is not visible clearly means that it was secretly hidden somewhere to catch the enemy off guard.”

Before Ross could refute anything, a huge tremor came. Ross felt the entire club room vibrate and looked at the leader with wide eyes.

“You probably learned it at the academy too. “The basics of battle are choosing an environment that is advantageous to you.”

The moment the leader finished speaking—

The earth howled.

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***

Outside the capital.

Information Guild Leader Ember of the Modest guild was with General Ian for the final fight.

“They say Luna has arrived at the Praks family.”

“Okay, as planned.”

Ian smiled and nodded before turning his gaze towards the capital.

“Now all we have to do is pray that Eunice’s plan works out.”

It was uneasy to believe that Eunice, who was still just a student at the academy, was a tactician, but it was the emperor’s final order. Amber opened her mouth as Ian scratched her beard, revealing her anxiety.

“Eunice is the only student taught by the madman Raelan. Her reading of the situation is probably accurate. “Even the emperor you are loyal to didn’t doubt Eunice’s abilities, right?”

The moment Ian nodded with a serious face and was about to open his mouth, a huge tremor came. Ian and Amber looked at each other. Before he could feel relief that Eunice’s prediction was correct, Ian smiled bitterly at the destruction that prediction would bring.

“Really.”

With a huge roar that shook the heavens and the earth, a giant insect from the ground began to turn the entire capital upside down. Ian muttered in lamentation at the howling scream of the earth.

“A huge bug devouring the city has really appeared.”

“are you okay. “Because I was prepared.”

Ian, who came to his senses after hearing Amber’s words, left the barracks with a bitter smile and shouted.

“All knights, soldiers, and golems advance toward the capital!”

Ian continued, aiming his hammer at the chaotic bug soaring into the sky.

“Our goal is to eradicate bugs.”