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Ilina couldn't understand Rosa's intentions at the time. Just a few hours ago, Rosa had been extremely wary of losing her sanity.
Rosa had never changed her attitude since making a contract with her. Threats, persuasion, temptation. No matter how the prophet approached her, Rosa never abandoned her principle. The principle that she wouldn't 'completely' assimilate into the power of chaos.
But the current Rosa was displaying a completely different demeanor from her past actions.
Ilina expected, no, she was certain that if she accelerated the chaos further, Rosa's mind would collapse.
No, she is sure.
'If she fires Ram's main cannon, she will surely lose both her sanity and will...…!'
As Rosa said, Ilina always hoped that she would break, but if it happened now, with so much chaos consumed, if the medium of Rosa's will disappeared, it would take too much time to recover.
If at that time the enemies regrouped and attacked the Garden of Swords again, Ilina wasn't confident she could handle it.
Unlike the two major factions that lost their entire fleet, Jin only suffered personal injuries, and since they were not fatal, it wouldn't take too long to recover.
"Yes, that's right. I've longed for your will to crumble. But if it crumbles now, I won't be able to bear the consequences alone. I mean it. Wasn't this not part of your plan from the beginning?"
The main cannon was about to recharge.
"If you had made this decision before summoning the great knight and personally intervening, of course, I would have been pleased. But now... it's not right. It's an unreasonable decision!"
[You seem to be completely terrified.]
Rosa's eyes flashed black. In the end, Ilina knelt down to plead with Rosa, but as expected,
Rosa had no intention of stopping.
[Only I…. can beat the youngest. I can break that radiant child and sever the bonds that protect him.]
Kwaaang...!
Ram's cannon once again vomited black energy that divided the sky. It felt like a black tsunami unfolded behind Murakan.
Ram's main cannon came as a shock to Murakan, who had easily received Rosa's secret technique throughout.
[This is insane...…!]
There was no way to dodge it.
The cannon that destroyed the 2nd fleet in a single blow had more terrible power than before.
Heh, ha ha ha...…!
Amidst the tremendous roar of the cannon, Rosa's mad laughter could be heard. The sky and the ground, shrouded in chaos, were laughing with her.
"Up!"
Jin shouted. Murakan had originally planned to block the cannon and descend, but as always, he followed Jin's opinion.
Jin believed that Ram's cannon fire should be directed upward.
Although it would take them further from the escape point, Jin judged that if Ram's main cannon were to be aimed downward, the entire forest with the Red Owl would disappear.
Then the escape would be over. The moment Murakan was forcibly recalled, the rest of the party would become dead meat.
Murakan increased his speed upwards. The protective shields and curtains in the rear were torn apart.
Before they could shatter completely, the shock began to spread. Jin and Kaio managed to hold onto consciousness amidst the pain.
[Aaaa...…!]
Soon, Murakan swept away the clouds of chaos as he escaped the cannon fire.
The shadow force shield was in shambles, but there were no fatal injuries.
The shield was quickly restored. Even Jin was impressed by Murakan's strength, but the problem was that the cannon fire was not over yet.
[Tsk...! They won't be able to reload that quickly, right?]
"I don't think so."
Unlike Murakan who was flying forward without looking back, Jin turned around to check on Ram's condition.
"Just now..."
The Abyssal ship, Ram, was once again opening its dark maw, and a new cannon was already being reloaded.
[Damn it, it would have been almost impossible to escape in the first place if I hadn't been able to save my strength thanks to Orgal...….]
Rosa's mad laughter continued to weigh down on the group. It seemed like Ram was mocking them.
A shiver ran through their spines.
If Glyek awakened the primal fear of life, Rosa's madness was digging a dark hole in the human mind all by itself.
It wasn't chaos; it was piercing through the innermost depths of those who watched, like a sharp arrow.
[Oh, oh....]
Rosa exclaimed in admiration.
It was a strange feeling. Despite firing the cannon to kill, the fact that he always survived seemed insanely enjoyable.
It was the first time in her life that she felt such great happiness.
The gathered power in Ram's maw once again targeted Murakan.
Even though it looked like a dot from a distance, Rosa seemed to see her son vividly before her eyes.
"No, don't...!"
By that time, Ilina had judged that Rosa's mind had completely collapsed.
So before Rosa could fire the second shot, she had to control her somehow. Rosa seemed like she wouldn't stop shelling until Ram was completely destroyed.
Thunk!
A dagger stabbed into Rosa's back. It was the dagger Ilina took from her bosom.
The blade passed through Rosa's spine and pierced right through her heart, and Rosa twitched for a moment before stopping moving.
"Stop! You'll die too if you keep this up!"
Rosa did not look back at Ilina. She didn't even look at the blade sticking out of her chest.
She fired the main cannon instead. The eerie laughter still emanated from her dry lips.
This time, she even gathered the minimal chaos that was protecting Ram.
'If this continues, everything will end...!'
Ilina managed to pull out the dagger from Rosa's back with her legs, which had regained strength.
Then she attempted to stab her in the neck again.
But for some reason, she couldn't muster any strength.
More precisely, even though she tried with all her might, her body wouldn't move. Something invisible was holding Ilina back.
Boom-!
At the same time, Ram's massive hull tilted slightly to the right. With the hull's protective shield gone, both fleets were now seriously striking Ram.
Some of the cannons, numbering in the thousands, reached the forefront where they stood on Ram.
There were holes all over the hull, and sharp shards and debris pierced Rosa's body. Ilina was able to strike as many cannon fire as she could.
Ilina could easily fend off such attacks, but only if her body could move. It would be as easy as breathing if she could also wield the power of the chaos that was bound with her.
But Ilina couldn't do anything. All she could do was watch as the bombardment fell, just as she had been poised to stab Rosa.
'What in the world... is restraining me!?'
Ilina's heart pounded in her chest as she looked at Rosa's back.
'There's no way Rosa could be doing this!'
Surely, a being who had already lost their sanity and become a monster of chaos couldn't restrain her.
But what was restraining her was undoubtedly Rosa's power.
"S-Surely... You... You're not... still in the process of, of assimilation...?" Ilina asked hesitantly.
[Quite....]
As Rosa began to speak, terror filled Ilina's eyes.
[Be quiet...… I don't want to be disturbed by anyone right now.]
Eventually, Rosa released Ilina. Ilina, who sank to her knees and began to gasp for breath, had no choice but to obey her words.
It was overwhelming.
To think that she had been overwhelmed by a human named Rosa Runcandel.
[Can you see it too, my youngest? Countless bombardment of enemies are rushing to kill this mother! But none of it can touch me directly. There's no need to block or avoid anything.]
Because it is fate. Nothing trivial can interfere with the fate that lies between you and me now.
Indeed, as Rosa said, despite so many attacks striking the forefront, there was not a single shot that directly hit her. They all just missed, bouncing off with only debris flying.
With all her heart, Rosa was looking only at her youngest son, thinking only about shooting him dead.
A smile spread across Rosa's lips.
At the same time, the second shot imbued with the power of the chaos began to extend towards Murakan. The darkness of the abyss was once again engulfing the group.
The time allotted to Murakan had come to an end, precisely at that moment.
"Down!"
This time, they were descending.
There was no point in trying to stop the second barrage. Murakan was going to disappear now, and the group had no power to defend against it.
Before the barrage could hit them, Murakan's time would come to an end.
[Kid!]
"I won't die...!"
Jin held on to Talaris and Mort as hard as he could. Then he bit Bradamante into his mouth and pointed the blade downward.
Kaio accurately understood what Jin was thinking.
"What's the Aim point!"
"Center of the forest!"
Because of this, Kaio also hurriedly stuck his feet into the wounds on Murakan's back. Pulling the arrow of the god killer and aimed at Bradamante's blade.
By that time, Murakan's body had become semi-transparent and Ram's barrage seemed to be about to touch Murakan's tail.
Shoot!
As soon as their eyes met, Kaio let go of the bowstring.
Snap!
The arrow of the god killer struck Bradamante's blade. Although he felt a terrible recoil from the arrow throughout his body, Jin endured it with all his might.
He was holding Talaris and Mort tightly with both arms. Jin started to fall into the forest where the red owl was. Kaio's last will to save his brethren was imbued in the arrow, which was firmly attached to Bradamante's blade like a magnet.
The moment Ram's main cannon hit them. Murakan disappeared with his eyes fixed on Jin, and Kaio raised his thumb high in the sky.
His arrow demonstrated a tremendous force, instantly slamming Jin, Talaris, and Mort into the center of the forest.
"Ugh...!"
Spitting out blood, Jin immediately got up and checked on Talaris and Mort, both of them were in bad shape.
Talaris was nearly unconscious from the internal injuries and the impact of the arrow, and Mort remained motionless, as if dead.
Looking around, there was no sign of the red owl.
Although they fell in the center of the forest, he was about 500 steps away from the red owl.
'Which way...!'
At such a moment, the forest was like a maze.
The next attack would land in the forest for sure.
[Bong... Oog....]
In a moment of uncertainty, Mort opened the dimensional portal to the snow garden. Dark spots of chaos were visible all over the pure white snowfield.
If they fell more than a hundred steps away, Mort would not have been able to open the portal. As if fated, Mort only had the strength to open a portal only 500 steps away.
Once they entered the portal, Jin, holding Talaris, made his way towards the location of the Red Owl using the snow garden as a shortcut.
When he pressed the button in the center of the cabin, the red owl vibrated with mana and started to accelerate.
The acceleration required to jump the space is about 10 seconds.
'All that remains is to hope that the next bombardment will not be prepared...!'
One.
Two.
Three...
...
Nine.
The spatial-jump has begun.
As Jin was engulfed in the dazed sensation unique to spatial-jump, he looked up at Ram.
It felt like he had made eye contact with Rosa.
[You will come back to this mother again soon. I'll be waiting...….]
Rosa was gazing at the forest where Jin had disappeared, calming down the overwhelming excitement that seemed to make her heart burst.
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