章節 302: CHAPTER 461

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'However, this wasn't the voice of Bubare.'

Bubare's voice is stuffy, as if clogged with lumps of oil, and it didn't match his nervous tone.

And it was the voice of a woman, with a touch of innocence but lowered in anger.

'It wasn't Margiella's voice either. So who could it be?'

Someone else from Kinzelo? Or perhaps Amela?

Jin was having his doubts but at that moment, a massive and dense sphere formed, with Bubare's figure emerging with an open mouth.

The members of powerful factions that were unaffected by even mental attacks did not panic but casted their protective shields when Bubare's figure was suddenly created. They were the elite who were impervious to various forms of mental attacks, so they remained calm even when facing something new.

Wuuung-!

Bubare's breath rapidly expanded, creating a powerful and deafening sound, as if it might explode at any moment.

It was evident that an enormous force was about to be released.

Just before the breath erupted, the protective shields of the elites shone brightly. The first place the breath hit was where the Runcandels were stationed.

"Haah!"

The man at the forefront of the Runcandel formation shouted and released a powerful aura.

The man shouted as if he had split the breath in half with his shout. It was because the breath was cut in half even before the sound echoed, but in reality, the man's sword striking down the breath.

Interestingly, he was armed with a sword and shield, unlike the usual Runcandels, and he released tremendous energy with each shout.

'Runcandel has sent elder brother Vigo.'

Vigo Runcandel, the fourth son of the Chiron and the sixth flagbearer of the clan. Behind him were the Guardian knights of Runcandel and two enforcement knights who casted their protective shields.

'I thought Joshua would have come in person. Is he occupied with something else?'

Amela was one of the few remaining major neutral forces, so Jin had anticipated that the major factions would send their most prominent members.

In other words, they would send someone from the top flagbearers.

Vigo was certainly not lacking, but this situation called for sending an opponent worthy of Runcandel's top flagbearer.

However, when Jin turned his gaze toward the Zipfel faction, he realized that they too had not brought forth their top flagbearers.

'Midor Elner...?'

Jin identified him first. The breath that was attacking Runcandel suddenly shifted towards Zipfel, so it obscured the other members, but there didn't seem to be anyone of higher rank.

Midor was the illegitimate child of Kelliark Zipfel and he had come to rescue Myuron Zipfel during the Colon genocide. He has to pay some debts.

Back then, Jin almost lost his life because of the Kelliark's power, "Spatial Explosion" displayed by Midor.

The memory of that day flashed in Jin's mind, and he instinctively clenched his teeth.

He had gone through quite a bit of trouble back then, but ultimately, Midor had been the one who had inadvertently helped Jin. Thanks to Midor, Jin had learned that Kelliark could "divide" space.

Jin also examined the personnel of Kinzelo and the imperial family.

Apart from the giant figure of Bubare, there were no familiar faces from Kinzelo that Jin recognized.

The imperial family's troops concealed their faces, but it appeared to consist only of a special task force and the Imperial Guard.

Hairan had been unable to participate recently due to terrorism and political pressure, at the very least, the leaders of the empire's top families or individuals of equivalent status should have come. However, only regular members had come.

Of course, the individuals from each faction currently in Gaifa Archipelago were undoubtedly figures who could exert influence anywhere in the world.

However, there was a clear sense that there was a shortage of representatives in this gathering of the four major factions where they were meant to confront each other properly.

[Hey, kid. Didn't you tell me that you'd use me as a halo?]

Murakan spoke.

Now, Bubare's breath was directed toward the imperial family troops after striking Kinzelo, and Murakan even chuckled at the sight.

[What kind of spinning top is it? I've never seen anyone spew their breath like that. And it gets weaker with each collision, which is even funnier. Anyway, I don't think you need to use me as a halo in front of these guys. It's unfortunate, but honestly, you're better off than those folks, aren't you?]

"It is an insult to compare them to our lord."

[You looked like a snake at first. But you're quite skilled at flattering too.]

"Thank you, Lord Murakan. But, in my opinion... I have a feeling that the people who should have come here originally are gathered somewhere else."

Jin nodded in agreement with Lata's words.

He had the same thought as well.

'There is a far more significant figure somewhere else than Amela here...!'

Otherwise, there was no way that only people like Vigo would be gathered here.

He couldn't think of any other figures that he should be conquering besides Amela.

Jin felt as if he had been hit hard in the back of the head.

[Huh? So, the guys who should be here are gathered somewhere else?]

"There's something more important than Amela. At this point, I can't even guess what that is."

[So you're saying we have wasted our opportunity by coming here in Gaifa Archipelago right? Without even starting anything?]

Meanwhile, the giant Bubare was gathering his breath once again.

"You can't be certain of that."

[Why?]

"So, we should clean up here as quickly as possible because only lower-tier members are gathered here and then go where they are."

[By then, they might have also secured something more important than Amela.]

"That's a matter of luck. But, haven't we been quite lucky lately?"

The giant Bubare moved very slowly even when he fired the first breath and as he prepared the new breath.

However, despite that, the various factions were struggling to respond quickly to Bubare's actions.

They couldn't counterattack properly. The warriors were firing their sword energy from where they stood, and the mages were casting long-range attack spells, but the majority of them had low power compared to the level of Bubare's figure.

Most of them were unable to release their full potential due to some sort of hindrance. Extraordinary individuals like Vigo and the enforcement knights were protecting those who couldn't fight.

Furthermore, everyone hadn't even recognized the presence of Murakan and his group, floating in the sky.

The dense energy, breath, and protective shields clashed, and clouds of dust billowed like crazy, and the skilled individuals had no time to rest because they were constantly safeguarding their people.

"My lord, except for a few, they all seem to be moving as if they've been poisoned or driven to madness."

"It's undoubtedly due to the proliferating black energy. Like the guys we saw on the island earlier, it turns anyone below 7-star completely insane."

Lata and Faye explained.

"Sir Lata, is it still not some poison or hallucinogen?"

"That's correct, my lord. I initially assumed it wasn't the drugs due to the lack of a lingering scent, but the color and scale of the phenomenon indicate that if it were poison, there would definitely be a distinct odor. There are limited toxins that produce this color."

Murakan had lowered his flying altitude to avoid exposure to the other factions. So he thought it was better to minimize their presence and stay hidden from other factions.

However, as they approached the expanding muddy aura centered around the giant Bubare, something changed in the Proch siblings.

"Ugh!"

"My lord...!"

Lata and Faye suddenly clutched their heads. They also let go of the scales on Murakan's back, groaning in pain as if something was torturing them.

They had casted protective shields as a precaution when they got close to the muddy aura, but it seemed to be of no use.

"Sir Lata! Faye?"

Jin grabbed the two who were about to fall.

It had been only a few seconds since they got close to the muddy aura, but the Proch siblings had gone pale and they were sweating as if it were raining.

"Snap out of it!"

[Hey, hey, what's wrong with both of you all of a sudden?]

"Murakan! We need to get away from the energy,... Hu!"

Swish! Slash!

Something sharp grazed Jin's coat collar. He reacted swiftly and dodged, so it only scratched the front of his collar, but the sharp nails were targeting his throat.

It was Faye's nail.

Jin's enlarged pupils reflected the gradual change in Faye's skin color. Her skin had changed, and now it bore a striking resemblance to the hue of the giant Bubare.

And then, Faye tilted her head with all her might. This was not her intention; it was her final act to convey a message. After that, Faye completely lost her sanity.

"Kyaah!"

Faye attacked again, and Jin threw a punch with all his strength to knock her out.

Jin felt his fist landed on her jaw, but Faye kept attacking as if she hadn't taken any damage at all.

Beside them, Lata was hunched over and trembling. He was unable to grasp the scales on Murakan's back. He continued to struggle against the muddy aura.

Unlike Faye, Lata's resistance was stronger due to his higher achievement, but he appeared extremely precarious, as it was unclear when he would give in.

"Ugh... M-My Lord!"

"Sir Lata!"

"There's something... in my head!"

At that moment, Murakan ascended and escaped the muddy aura.

[Ha! Well, what the hell? Kid, do you think they've finally regained their senses?]

The expressions and skin color of Lata and Faye returned to normal at the same time, but the siblings still gasped for air and appeared deeply shocked.

'What is that muddy aura? What's its nature? Why does it only affect Sir Lata and Faye? And it also completely disregarded the protective shields.'

It wasn't poison as the Proch siblings had said. Because the thousand-poison antidote in Jin's body showed no reaction at all.

However, the muddy aura exhibited effects similar to a potent drug or hallucinogen, making it more akin to a poison or an incredibly powerful narcotic.

Even the members of the giant factions were struggling under its influence, so it wasn't specific to the Proch siblings. The most exceptional individuals from each faction were not entirely free from the muddy aura's influence.

In other words, only Jin and Murakan were unaffected by the muddy aura within the Gaifa Archipelago.

'It affected everyone here, but it can't harm me or Murakan.'

There was one word that flashed through Jin's mind.

'Curse!'

It was correct.

The muddy aura shrouding the entire island was the energy of a curse. This was why only Jin and Murakan, the contractor and the Black Dragon of Solderet, remained unaffected.

'Sir Lata and Faye are cursed. Once I send them away and move alone, I'll have the upper hand among all the factions in this situation.'

Hence, he was about to tell Murakan that they should fly to another island.

[Ah, what the hell! Why now?]

Suddenly, the tentacles of muddy aura extended from Bubare. Murakan easily avoided them, but the Proch siblings leaped into the muddy aura as if possessed by ghosts.

The tentacle-like muddy aura then transformed into something like a cradle and wrapped around the siblings and pulled them inside.

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章節 303: CHAPTER 462

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It happened in the blink of an eye and Jin did not have any chance to catch them.

"Murakan, let's chase them!"

Murakan rapidly descended once again. Murakan narrowed his wings and descended like a hawk.

[Damn, why is it so fast?]

He said while looking at the cradle of "muddy aura" that surrounded the Proch siblings.

The cradle was much faster than Murakan descending at maximum speed... and it was escaping in such a chaotic and bizarre trajectory that it could be described as "weird."

The cradle split into two, each holding one of the siblings, and then it merged back into one, repeating its spinning motion.

The view outside the "muddy aura" became hazy, and the cradle appeared even more intriguing.

[Oh, my babies. You missed me so much that you came to see me, huh?]

Furthermore, the voice of a woman could be heard. It wasn't coming from the giant Bubare's mouth formed outside but from inside the "muddy aura."

Now, Jin and Murakan were convinced that the owner of that voice was Amela.

Moreover, they thought that she wouldn't immediately kill Lata and Faye.

-If it's not 'favor'?

-It's difficult to express in words. It seemed like she considered us as toys or playmates. She said that talking is boring and swung a sword at us.

-It's an embarrassing story, but there was a time when I had a cut on my forehead during one of her surprise attacks.

Like the conversation the group had when they entered the islands, the part where Amela was calling them 'my babies' was similar.

To Amela, the Proch siblings were adorable toys. There is no way she would break them easily.

[Sleep well-, my babies-]

She was even singing a lullaby.

Amela's lullaby echoing and resonating with the tumultuous cradle and muddy aura, and it felt as though they had entered someone's whimsical dream.

Hoooo-!

Murakan slowed down. Now, the cradle was no longer visible to Jin and Murakan.

[That Amela seems to be quite a headache. I feel like everyone I need these days has a loose screw in their heads like that damn bitch Zephyrin.]

Instead of the cradle, they saw a much thicker and darker mass of muddy aura. The cradle had disappeared into it.

[What are you going to do, kid?]

Would they continue chasing beyond that darkness, or would they consider other options? There was no need to contemplate.

"The effect of a muddy aura is a curse. Regardless, we're immune, and considering that the giant Bubare is also exhaling, it seems to have some physical destructive power, but it doesn't seem to be at an unbearable level. We'll follow. But."

[But?]

"Let's focus on defense and evading until we can communicate directly with Amela. No counter attacks even if she attacks us."

[What nonsense is this?]

"Do you remember what Amela said as soon as we arrived on the central island?"

-[You guys are annoying me too much.]

She said it through the mouth of the giant Bubare, but it was clearly Amela's voice.

[Why is that?]

"I don't know what happened with Amela when the four major factions arrived here before us. But she expressed that she found them so annoying that she wouldn't mind killing them."

It wasn't just something she expressed in words.

Runcandel seemed to have no casualties yet, but Zipfel, Kinzelo, and Vermont's sides had already suffered irreparable damage.

The reason the four major factions gathered here in the first place was to recruit Amela.

However, the four major factions that visited the archipelago found themselves in a situation where it would not be strange to have to make a life-or-death battle with her, let alone recruit her.

If the expression "annoying" came from an ordinary person, you would have thought that there would be other intentions behind it, but the other person is presumed to be tainted by 'chaos.'

Amela seemed perfectly capable of completely ignoring the four major factions for such a trivial reason, even if it meant breaking away from them. If you compare it to Yona.

"Everyone outside is already screwed, so there's no need for us to be a nuisance by provoking Amela, right?"

Jin explained this and Murakan let out a sigh when he finished speaking.

[Ha! Are you saying this Lord Murakn just takes a beating? How miserable and regrettable.]

"And I haven't heard anything like this from Sir Valkas or Sir Lata before."

By such stories, he meant Amela's combat style.

She is one of the top three mercenaries and the world's best mercenary, recognized by even Valkas for her pure solo abilities.

Valkas and Lata had encountered her several times on the battlefield, and Valkas in particular had said that she was better at war than the entire Black King mercenary corps.

However, in the descriptions they gave, there was no mention of Amela using curses or this unheard-of muddy aura.

"I only heard about her combat skills, the use of various war equipment that cannot be imitated by others, and her brilliant strategic and tactical ability. I also heard she also plants so many traps and equipment all over the battlefield that it was hard to understand she was moving alone."

[Hmm, I see. So, does that mean Amela was hiding her abilities?]

"If she concealed her abilities to that extent and could single-handedly dominate the Black King mercenary corps in a war, it would imply that Amela is close to the level of a Genesis Knight. It doesn't seem likely. I think there might be some reason for a change in Amela."

[A change?]

"Perhaps a change happened due to her chaos encountering Bubare Gaston's chaos, and it's amplifying in some way. And that is giving Amela an advantage over Bubare."

Jin made that judgment based on intuition, but it wasn't entirely baseless.

The giant Bubare formed outside was almost certain to be controlled by Amela. There didn't seem to be any reason for Amela to create Bubare with the muddy aura without any particular reason.

Or, more accurately, Bubare's muddy aura.

Since it's a means of controlling Bubare's chaos, she has no choice but to use his form.

Jin soon came to such a conclusion.

[Hmm, it seems quite a leap, but it also makes sense.]

"The reason Amela is particularly interested in the Proch siblings might be due to the chaos."

[Aren't those snake-eyed guys different from your sister or Amela?]

"They are different, but their father is Smarion Proch. He's a person who became a monster because of chaos. Perhaps his chaos has some influence on the Proch siblings, and Amela might feel favorably towards it."

[Then what about Bubare? Why does she show favoritism to the Proch siblings, and treat Bubare that way?]

"I don't know that either. After all, everything I've said so far is just speculation. Hmm, but... Bubare seems to be the kind of guy who gives everyone a sense of disgust. I don't think there needs to be any other reason for hating him."

[Argh, my head hurts. Whatever it is, we'll have to meet her in person to find out if your hypothesis is correct. Let's go. I will try not to counterattack.]

Kwaaa, kow! Kugugung...!

The distant explosion noises from outside were getting more and more intense. The intensity of the battle between the major factions and Amela was increasing.

Jin could hear the shouts of commander-level people when he concentrated for a moment.

"Spread the defense check around the enforcement knights...! I'll open the way!"

"The commander was hit, fell back! The muddy aura is converging!"

"Follow the best warrior and tiger king. I will kill all the red tigers who show their backs!"

"Do not miss the fire of the magic tower's vice-master! If you get out of the fire, you'll be corroded by the muddy aura...!"

Jin clearly heard their voices despite the considerable distance. It was as if Amela momentarily decided to listen to their reactions.

[Okay, should I just kill everyone except my cuties? That would be nice, right, cuties?]

Amela spoke with unwavering confidence.

Despite facing all four major forces, she wasn't just expecting to win; she believed she would definitely win.

'Just listening to the voices of the people outside, it seems like Amela is overwhelming them.'

With that in mind, Jin was even more certain. He believed that for some reason, Amela possessed a much greater power than usual.

While not all the top flagbearers of each faction were sent, there were very few individuals in the world who could single-handedly overpower people of this caliber.

It was an impossible feat even considering that Gaifa Archipelago was Amela's base and based on the descriptions by Valkas and Lata.

Murakan's black wings silently cut through the muddy aura.

As they entered the muddy aura where the cradle had disappeared, Jin's vision went from being hazy to complete darkness. The darkness didn't dissipate even when Jin formed a flame in his palm.

They kept moving forward with his Mind's eyes opened to full level.

They could hear distant singing and humming from the inside, as well as the sound of someone whispering in a strangely pleasing manner.

[Lu, lu, lu, you're the big brother, you're the little sister. I'm the Demon King!]

It was as if a child engrossed in playing with dolls was talking to themselves. It sent chills down Jin's spine, but at the same time, it reminded him of Yona in a slightly unsettling way.

Amela's humming gradually drew closer. And as it approached, the darkness of the muddy aura gradually dissipated.

There was a shining space in the distance, and Jin and Murakan naturally realized that it was the core of the muddy aura, which covered the entire island.

Amela was seated in the center of it all.

She was wearing a camouflage outfit commonly used by mercenaries, but this outfit, made from grass and twigs, was woven so large that it was hard to compare it to ordinary clothing.

As a result, Amela didn't appear to be wearing clothes; it was more like she was completely hidden inside a round bush.

Her two hands stuck out from her camouflage, and she was fiddling with small wooden dolls that looked like figures.

There were a total of three wooden dolls, and Jin immediately understood what each of them represented.

They were the Proch siblings and Bubare.

Each of the figures corresponded to the real people, standing in front of Amela and moving along with her touch.

'But... Bubare is transparent as if it's a soul.'

While the Proch siblings looked just like themselves, Bubare took on a luminous, ethereal shape.

Bubare's doll was positioned far away from the Proch siblings' dolls, and it seemed to be delivering punches (which appeared to be the actions of the giant Bubare outside).

Meanwhile, the Proch siblings' dolls were seen drinking tea and engaging in conversation.

Murakan transformed back into his human form. Amela turned her head with surprise as Murakan and Jin stepped onto solid ground.

She had no idea that Murakan and Jin had made it this far.

[...Huh? What's going on? How did you guys survive to get here?]

Amela said with red-tinted eyes. She looked utterly puzzled and tilted her head as if she did not understand at all.

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