It had to be a dream.
No matter how he looked at it, it was a dream.
Unless it was a dream, the current situation couldn’t be explained.
No, it wasn’t a matter of explanation or not.
The current situation had to be a dream.
Just then.
Guguguk!
An immense pressure arose.
Kung!
Kemmel dropped to his knees under the pressure crushing his entire body.
It was an overwhelming pressure that didn’t even allow the thought of resistance.
And Kemmel could tell.
That the current situation wasn’t a dream.
And that the pressure now occurring was created by the being who had caused this dreamlike event.
Soon, a man appeared in front of Kemmel.
The moment he saw the man, Kemmel knew his identity.
He had no choice but to know.
Because he was the being who had caused numerous problems in the areas managed by the 3rd Division, then left, and subsequently inflicted massive damage on Abyss.
Gaon……!
The man’s identity was none other than Gaon.
“Wh-who are you?”
For now, Kemmel pretended he knew nothing.
“Could you be a traitor colluding with the demon world? Why would you do such a thing……!”
He turned it around, framing Gaon as a betrayer of humanity.
Then Gaon smirked and said.
“3rd Division Head Kemmel, from now on, I’ll be asking questions, but if you answer with bullshit like that, it won’t be fun.”
“……”
At Gaon’s words, Kemmel couldn’t say anything.
And for good reason, as Gaon’s face and voice were full of certainty.
No words would work.
No choice.
Kemmel activated his last resort, the prohibition.
Then his power began to explode upward.
……Huh?
But Kemmel couldn’t help but be flustered by what followed.
As his power grew stronger, the pressure grew stronger accordingly.
He still couldn’t move his body.
Swish.
In the meantime, Gaon, who had arrived in front of Kemmel, placed a hand on his shoulder.
And injected a strand of Pacheonki.
The Pacheonki that burrowed into Kemmel’s body split into two paths, heading to his head and heart.
And dismantled the prohibition in an instant.
“……!”
Kemmel couldn’t help but be shocked.
And at such a reaction from Kemmel, Gaon smiled brightly and unleashed Bone-Crushing Agony.
Gaon looked at the limp Kemmel and thought.
I didn’t expect him to know so little…….
Was it because Gaon already knew so much?
The information extracted from Kemmel was mostly things he already knew.
The unknown information was also things he didn’t particularly need to know.
There wasn’t a single piece of information that made his eyes light up.
Waste of time.
The time spent interrogating felt extremely wasteful.
Gaon waved his hand.
Then a blood line appeared on Kemmel’s neck, and thud his head fell from his body.
And then it began to burn fiercely.
Gaon watched Kemmel’s corpse for a moment, then turned around.
And stared beyond the mansion’s wall.
The Sevika Ducal Family was located in the center of the capital.
It wasn’t far from the Lukard Kingdom’s royal palace.
Naturally, the royal palace had noticed what happened at the Sevika Ducal Family, and currently, beyond the wall, numerous people were arrayed.
Of course, that was all.
They hadn’t crossed the wall.
So Gaon headed toward the wall instead.
And then, crossing the wall, Gaon could see the numerous knights, mages, and soldiers arrayed.
Gaon approached the knight who seemed to be the leader, the only one who had crossed the wall.
“Are you the one in charge?”
“……Who are you?”
The knight didn’t answer the question.
Instead, he asked with a fearful face.
Swish.
Gaon took out the letter and identity plaque he had received from Crown Prince Parso from his pocket and handed them over.
The letter and identity plaque floated toward the knight.
“……!”
The knight, confirming the identity plaque, hurriedly checked the letter with a surprised face.
“……!”
The knight, having checked the letter, widened his already wide eyes even further and looked at Gaon.
Then he knelt on one knee and showed courtesy.
“We, we greet the great mage Gaon.”
At the knight’s greeting, everyone around made surprised faces.
And Gaon asked the knight.
“What’s your name?”
“It’s Bastarion.”
“As expected, do you believe the contents of the letter?”
“Yes, I believe.”
At Bastarion’s words, Gaon smiled and waved his hand.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Then knights, mages, and soldiers here and there froze.
And naturally, all the frozen ones died.
Then the ones who met death burst into flames whoosh inside the ice.
Bastarion flinched.
But he didn’t show any particular action.
It was because of the contents written in the letter.
The letter contained Crown Prince Parso’s message.
That the Sevika Ducal Family had colluded with the demon world, and Gaon would kill all those colluding with the demon world, including the Sevika Ducal Family, so assist him.
Of course, the ones who died now might not have colluded with the demon world.
But even if not, nothing changed.
Who could stop Gaon?
Bastarion couldn’t even think of stopping him.
And just then, Gaon continued.
“Let’s go to the palace.”
Abyss’s holy ground.
“Mmm…….”
Bao let out a low groan.
Bao’s face, having let out the groan, was very dark.
Swish.
Then Bao looked around.
The faces of those seated were mostly dark like Bao’s.
The only one showing no emotion was Lord Murin.
But Bao knew.
That Murin was also just not showing it.
The reason the atmosphere had sunk was because of the 3rd Division.
A moment ago, 3rd Division Head Kemmel’s soul stone had shattered.
Not just Kemmel.
Most of the 3rd Division’s high executives’ soul stones had shattered.
Soul stones shattering in succession like this?
It wasn’t the first time.
It had happened several times before.
And those situations were related to one person.
Namely, Gaon.
The probability that this 3rd Division situation was also related to Gaon was very high.
No, 100%.
Because there was no being who could cause such an event except Gaon.
Why suddenly to Lukard Kingdom……?
Bao couldn’t understand.
The 3rd Division was in the capital of Lukard Kingdom.
It was a place very far from Gaon’s area of activity.
So for what reason had Gaon appeared in Lukard Kingdom?
Just then.
“This doesn’t seem like the time for everyone to stay silent.”
Lilith opened her mouth.
Then everyone’s gaze turned to Lilith.
Lilith calmly met the gazes and continued.
“Silence won’t make the annihilation of the 3rd Division undone, and right now, isn’t there an agenda more important than the 3rd Division?”
“……!”
“……!”
Some sharpened their eyes.
As Lilith said, there was an agenda more important than the annihilation of the 3rd Division.
Swish.
Lilith looked at the rank 1, head of the Ats family, Shiryon.
“That Gaon is mass-producing archmages with elixir, is that certain?”
Then everyone’s gaze that had been on Lilith turned to Shiryon.
And Shiryon opened his mouth.
“The elixir isn’t certain, but it’s certain that several archmages have appeared.”
Overcoming the wall isn’t an easy task.
So Shiryon, unable to believe it, had cross-verified multiple times in various ways.
The verification result was that it was true.
“What do you all think? This seems like a really serious problem.”
Lilith, at Shiryon’s answer, scanned around and asked.
Why was the human side being pushed back by the demon world side in the first place?
While those who had overcome the wall on the human side were also holding back, the biggest reason was the absolute smaller number.
But the situation had changed.
If those who overcame the wall continued to be mass-produced like now?
And the ones who overcame the wall this time were those with low probability of holding back.
The probability of them actively stepping forward was high.
And depending on the situation, but in most cases, the influence of an archmage was greater than that of a swordmaster.
If this continued, a completely different aspect from now would unfold.
A brief silence came.
No one brought up a story.
The silence that seemed like it would continue endlessly was broken by Bagelina.
“Killing Gaon seems like priority 1, how about linking with the Kurshum side? Those Kurshum guys must have fire on their feet too.”
Kurshum, the organization formed by mages who defected to the demon world.
And the reasons the mages affiliated with Kurshum defected to the demon world were various, but most were to “overcome the wall.”
But if the fact that mages who overcame the wall were being mass-produced on the human side became known?
Kurshum’s foundation would shake.
It was that tremendous an event.
In other words, Kurshum would try to eliminate Gaon as quickly as possible.
And Kurshum had 8th Circle archmages in abundance.
If linked with Kurshum?
Killing Gaon would become even easier.
At Bagelina’s words, Murin, who had been silent, opened his mouth.
“Have you perhaps already discussed it?”
“No. I plan to discuss if everyone agrees.”
Murin, hearing Bagelina’s answer, said to the 10 Strong present.
“I also think linking is good. Is there anyone with a differing opinion?”
“……”
Silence came again.
And that became the answer.
Murin said to Bagelina.
“It seems you can proceed right away.”
—As you said, I’ve conveyed to each tower.
—They are expected to all arrive within 3 days at the latest.
At Graxios’s words, Gaon smiled satisfiedly.
Gaon had given an order to the towers affiliated with the alliance.
Precisely, an order to those who became archmages through the elixir this time.
It wasn’t a difficult order.
An order to clean the coexistence zones.
Of course, there would be zones where humans were dominant and zones where the demon world was dominant.
The zones where the demon world was dominant would have much higher cleaning difficulty.
But honestly, the difficulty was meaningless.
And for good reason, as if an archmage intervened, even if the demon world was dominant 9 to 1, it could be overturned.
“Good work.”
—Not at all.
“Then let’s contact again later.”
—Yes!
Gaon ended the communication with Graxios.
And after putting away the crystal orb, he turned his head to check behind.
In the rear, the massive walls surrounding the capital of Lukard Kingdom were visible.
Should be no problems?
He had killed every single Abyss in the palace, including the queen, without leaving one.
And he had gone around various places in the capital, checked all the particularly strong ones, and dealt with them.
Even if there were ones Gaon missed, with the current power of Lukard Kingdom, they could sufficiently suppress them.
Soon finishing his thoughts, Gaon turned around.
Shall I go now.
And cast Teleport.
The destination was Varta’s capital, “Vartarium.”
The reason for going to Vartarium was to enhance the national power through the elixir.
Lepra will overcome the wall.
Gaon first thought of Lepra, whom he would have take the elixir first.
In the case of Lepra, the king of Varta and Gaon’s descendant, he had entered the 6th Circle not long ago.
And if he took the elixir?
Not immediately, but the probability of entering the 7th Circle was very high.
Kring will evolve, right?
Gaon then thought of Kring, the pet spirit beast guarding Lepra.
The elixir wasn’t something only humans could take.
Spirit beasts could take it too.
And Gaon planned to have Kring take the elixir.
Currently, Kring was at the top of 7th grade, facing 8th grade.
If it took the elixir, the probability of becoming 8th grade was very high.
The difference between 7th grade and 8th grade was as great as between 7th Circle and 8th Circle.
So he was expectant.
What changes there would be.
How much stronger it would become.