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Chapter 257




Lukas lowered his head in thought.
‘…there is still one thing that’s bothering me.’
At that point, the only thing that was still unclear was just how much of Nodiesop’s power they would be able to suppress.
“It’s not just the Black and White Sorcerers and the Priests of East, West, North, and South. Instead, every Sorcerer on Dragon God Island will assist in restricting Nodiesop’s power. I will also increase the effect of the barrier after he enters. I estimate that we would be able to suppress up to 90% of his power.”
In other words, if everything went according to plan, Nodiesop would only be able to use 10% of his power.
“Do you intend to have my disciples deal with the weakened Nodiesop?”
“Exactly. I might also be able to help them a bit.”
“That’s a surprise.”
“How so?”
“I didn’t think you’d be able to help me.”
Priestess.
No, the Seven Fanged Dragon God was aiming to regain their position as a Ruler. There was a high probability that she had been hiding and planning for much longer than Lukas could imagine.
The fight against Nodiesop would bring great risk to the Priestess. The safest choice she could make would be to take the statue and escape on her own.
It was possible that if she decided to hide, Nodiesop and the other Absolutes would never be able to find her.
Nevertheless, the Priestess chose to protect Lukas and fight with them.
…Was it because of the thing she didn’t want to talk about last time?
“I was originally going to do that, but Chorong strongly opposed it.”
Chorong?
Lukas recalled the Priestess’ hair.
Green was the only color he had not seen so far.
“Lukas Trowman, what do you think are our odds of winning?”
Lukas stopped thinking about the Priestess’ hair for a moment and instead immersed himself in his calculations.
The result he got was more promising than he initially expected.
“About 1%.”
“That’s pretty generous.”
“Because I have faith in my disciples.”
“…”
The Black and White Sorcerers who were standing at the sides couldn’t help but look at each other with strange expressions on their faces.
The probability of winning the fight was 1 percent out of 100. And that was considered pretty generous?
“The barrier will be weakened by this time tomorrow. Is there anything else you would like to ask me?”
“…where is Nodiesop now?”
“I’m not too sure. The last time I sensed him, he was on Adventure-”
The Priestess didn’t finish her sentence.
Instead, her expression became terribly stiff.
“Impossible. How could he already…”
“…”
At that moment, Lukas’ expression also changed to resemble the Priestess’.
They turned to look west at the same time.
“Priestess?”
“What’s going on?”
The Black and White Sorcerers asked, but the Priestess grit her teeth instead of responding.
“…dammit, that crazy bastard. Does he plan to just give up on the statue?”
Her hair became red in an instant.
Then she spoke in a harsh tone.
“Black Sorcerer! White Sorcerer! Help me! We have to combine all the barriers on Dragon God Island and raise the durability to the maximum! There’s no time so we have to hurry and make the seal!”
“Yes!”
“U-, understood!”
They hurriedly used their staffs to draw a seal on the ground of the pavilion.
Bang!
The Priestess clasped her hands together as though she was praying. A clear wave rose up from her body.
Crackle…
All of the barriers on Dragon God Island gradually began to merge to form a single, enormous barrier.
Increasing the durability of such a large barrier was by no means an easy task. In fact, it was so difficult, it wouldn’t be strange if the Priestess’ brain became overloaded while trying to accomplish it.
“Hurry up, we need to help…”
The White Sorcerer, who was making the seal, suddenly froze for a moment.
This was because they suddenly realised that a shadow was gradually covering the ground.
“…a shadow?’
They were immediately filled with a strange feeling.
There was no reason for such a shadow to appear in the Heavenly Realm since no clouds were floating above. In addition, the pavilion was in the center of a large lake, and there were no tall trees nearby.
Then, where the hell did this shadow come from…
The White Sorcerer turned to look West.
“Uh…”
Her mouth fell open.
It was an unbelievable sight.
A tsunami.
When people usually thought of the word tsunami, the first thing that came to mind was the natural disaster that took the form of a wall of water that soared up to a certain height.
But this tsunami was different. It wasn’t a size that anyone would even begin to imagine.
This tsunami was so tall that she could not see the sky from where she was standing.
‘This is… the center of the island…’
They were quite far from the coastline.
Dragon God Island was small, but that was only in comparison to the other Seven Islands. It was still an island that could easily hold thousands of people.
The center of the island to the coast, the distance had to be at least tens of kilometers away.
And yet, the tsunami was visible.
She could clearly see the tsunami despite being at the center of the island and not the coast.
‘Just how big is it…’
Just as the White Sorcerer’s mind began to drift away.
“White Sorcerer! What are you doing?! Hurry up and complete the seal! If it’s like this…!”
The voice of the Priestess, who was shouting urgently, was cut off.
The tsunami had arrived.
* * *
Boom-!
The tsunami swallowed Dragon God Island.
In front of the enormous tsunami created by Nodiesop, the most mysterious island in the Heavenly Realm could only be likened to a ship that was about to sink.
“Hah…”
Nodiesop, who was standing in the sky above the island, let out a long, pleasure-filled sigh.
After he’d become an Absolute, most of his emotions had been suppressed. So he began to cling to every fleeting emotion he was able to. This was also a part of the reason why he acted so violently.
For Nodiesop, the mental ripples that he felt during those times became a drug, something he was addicted to.
However, at that moment, the pleasure he was feeling was by no means small.
Just as the island had been swallowed by a tsunami, so too was Nodiesop swallowed by a huge wave of pleasure.
It wasn’t just because he’d sunk the island.
The Absolute that he despised the most, Lukas, was also there, and he had been destroyed together with the island.
“But… I won’t feel relieved unless I see his body.”
He would search the entire ocean to find it. He didn’t care how long it would take. He had to find the lost statue anyway.
But Nodiesop’s eyes soon lit up.
“Hoh.”
This was because a huge tsunami appeared in the place that had just been swallowed by the tsunami. And at a glance, he was able to see the shape of the island.
“It managed to retain its shape…”
With a smirk on his face, Nodiesop descended.
He could feel Lukas’ presence.
He thought that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to end it with his own two hands.