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Beyond the door was not the inside of the cave where they entered the tomb, but rather a spot in the Kaldran snowfield.
And Jin realized, as soon as they stepped outside, that another urgent situation was waiting for them.
'I had anticipated it, but it seems that quite some time has passed outside.'
The landscape of Kaldran Snow Field had changed.
The snow, which had previously reached up to their knees, was now dyed completely black, and the oppressive gray snowstorm had also turned into a pitch-black chaos.
'Is the entire snowfield stained with chaos?'
There wasn't a single spot in sight that wasn't dark, and the chaos snowstorm was so crazy that even those unaccustomed to it would likely lose their minds just by being exposed to it.
Kiehek, kaaak-!
In addition, the roars of the chaotic dragons that shook the sky could be heard.
When Jin raised his head, the dragon was shooting black breath like an artillery bombardment toward the ground.
On the ground, there were also knights consumed by chaos and monsters that could only be seen in the Black Sea, writhing about.
[Jin, I can't create any more dimensional portals... You also seem tired, what should we do?]
Neru had already been struggling to stand still since Jin first discovered him.
To open a dimensional portal, a large amount of energy or the cat god's claws are required, but neither of them is available.
"It's okay, Neru. I still have enough strength to break through this level of encirclement. And..."
Jin paused, closing his eyes and concentrating his senses.
Other powers were being detected by his senses, amidst the chaos that filled the entire snowfield. Aura, mana, and demonic energy. They were undoubtedly the powers of those who were fighting to save them.
"It seems that there are people fighting to save us. If we join forces with them, we should be able to escape without any problems. I'll explain everything about you, and Valeria after we escape and have some time to calm down."
[Really? Did you tell your companions about it before entering the tomb?]
"Not only my companions, but also Zipfel and Kinzelo, with whom I formed a temporary alliance."
[Zipfel and Kinzelo!?]
"They are good friends to have in a situation like this."
[Meow!]
Jin summoned Shuri, put Neru on top of her, and tied up the sealed Valeria.
Energy that was not chaos was not gathered in one place.
North, East, West. Jin decided that it would be better to let them know his location and gather them in one place, if possible.
'If we gather and someone like Rosa or someone of her level comes and we can't escape, it will be a problem.'
Jin didn't sense too many allies.
It means that the allies who came to save Jin were made up of only a small number of elites from each faction. Therefore, Jin decided that it would be best to first let the weakest of his allies know his presence.
Of course, the people Jin had to find first were the Tikanians. Since Talaris was injured, Tikan's elite were likely to be relatively weak.
Depending on the situation, it might be best for Jin to rescue them and join forces with other factions.
"To the East."
The most familiar energy was in the east.
When Shuri began to run, the eyes of the nearby monsters were all focused on them.
Before Jin could even unleash his sword or magic, Shuri fired a mana beam that disintegrated the demons without a trace.
[Meaaaa!]
Fortunately, while heading east, they did not encounter any remaining forces of chaos.
In less than 15 minutes of running, Jin was able to meet Tikan's struggling companions.
"Sir Valkas!"
Valkas and Amela, Lata and Yulian.
From Tikan, four people were in charge of searching for the Kaldran snowfield.
"My lord! Old man Valkas, protect the lord! Oh, and who's this cute little guy!"
"My lord! My lord, you rescued Valeria...…!"
As Jin feared, they were struggling quite a bit.
The corpses of chaos bodies that seemed to be monsters and knights were literally forming black rivers and mountains around them.
"We don't have time, Sir Valkas. Please explain the situation first."
"It's been five days since you entered the tomb, my lord. The Garden of the Swords hasn't directly attacked Tikan or any other factions, but the Kaldran snowfield has been contaminated entirely."
Despite the lack of transcendent chaos entities, they were struggling due to the endless waves of chaos they faced after arriving at the Kaldran Snowfield.
"It's fortunate that there wasn't a direct attack outside the Garden of the Swords. Were there any casualties?"
"No casualties among the Vamel alliance. The allies probably had a similar situation, although they may have lost some living golems and Plutonian-type golem."
According to Valkas' report, transcendent chaos entities didn't appear on the side of the Vamel Alliance.
Instead, the monsters at the level of the inner core monsters had been appearing all over the snowfield for several days.
"If Rosal knew that I escaped the tomb, she might send some powerful beings immediately. How did you decide to escape after you found me?"
"We decided to use the leader's dimensional gate."
"Good, let's go!"
As soon as Jin joined them, the mood of the Tikan party changed.
It wasn't just because Jin's well being was confirmed.
Despite being nearly exhausted from opening the tomb and battling with Luntia, it was not a difficult task for Jin to obliterate the ordinary chaos beings that appeared every few seconds with flames emanating from his hands.
He tried to ensure that those who appeared to be knights suffered as little as possible before meeting their demise.
Kinzelo and Zipfel were positioned to the northwest. Shuri, who was carrying the entire party, was becoming increasingly anxious as they could encounter other forces.
The first people they ran into were Hedo and Sandra, who were separated from Zipfel and the others while searching for Jin. Naturally, it was due to Sandra causing a commotion.
She was insisting that she wouldn't be able to rescue Jin in such a lackluster manner (Zipfel was looking for Jin in earnest) and had left with Hedo to take separate action as soon as they arrived back in the snowfield.
"Honey! Is it really Jin?! It's Jin, right, Hedo?!"
"Correct, he is the 12th flagbearer, so please stop pulling on my clothes, my lady."
"I told you we had to move separately. The imbeciles in my clan still don't know that my Jin has returned."
"My lady and I only found out just now. We didn't even come to look for him. It was the 12th flagbearer who found us."
"Jin!!"
Sandra ran towards Jin, intending to embrace him on top of Shuri, but Jin unknowingly avoided her.
Thanks to that, Sandra could only fall onto Valeria, who was tied up behind Jin.
Kang!
The sound of ice colliding with someone's head echoed throughout the area.
"Darn it! If only I were a little faster, I could have hugged you... ha! this woman is so very, very precious that she almost made us disappear from the world? I want to smash her, no, no, Sandra, for now, you should be happy that Jin has returned safely!"
With that, even Sandra climbed onto Shuri's back.
As Shuri possessed tremendous power that could destroy even a mountain given time, the weight of the many people was not heavy, but sometimes Shuri turned her head as if in discomfort.
Due to his large size, Hedo couldn't ride on Shuri's back and hung onto her side. Although it didn't look good, Hedo seemed unconcerned.
"Looks like you've done it, 12th flagbearer."
"Yes, Tower Keeper. I'll show my gratitude when we return. I'm also curious about your sword. I think you are the same, Tower Keeper."
"Jin, what about me?"
"Thank you too, Sandra."
"If you had said you were very grateful, I would have extended the remaining two days of the life of the woman trapped in ice. But now, I'll take aim myself."
"Thank you very much."
"Kya kya kya, that's how it should be!"
Jin, Valeria, Neru, Valkas, Amela, Lata, Yulian, Sandra, Hedo rode on Shuri as she sped forward with vigor once again. However, it wasn't long before Shuri had no choice but to pick a new person.
"Baby, what's that dead-looking guy? Who is he?"
"That's a Demon called Ranke Halovice, Sandra."
Ranke Halovice. Judging from his condition, he seems to have become 'Rampaging Ranke', but he has collapsed from exhaustion from dealing with the inner core monster-class chaos for several days.
"There's not enough space, should we just leave them? No, if we bring them along, I might be able to get closer to Jin and the ice chunk will be farther away. Hedo!"
Whoosh!
Hedo caught Ranke and threw him onto Shuri's back. Valkas roughly tied him up with a rope.
In this way, more and more people continued to board Shuri or hang onto her.
"Bubare Gaston? He is not even combat personnel, so why did Kinzelo bring him?"
"Hedo!"
Whoosh!
"... Ainas Kaligo? Oh, no wonder Bubare is here."
"Hedo!"
Whoosh! Clank clank.
"I don't know his name, but he seems like a White Wolf tribe assault team leader or something."
"Hedo!"
Whoosh!
By the time they reached near Orgal, Shuri was carrying about twenty or so people running around like fruit.
Sandra, who was stuck to Jin, looked almost flattened like a pancake, and Shuri seemed to be really tired.
And the personnel clinging to Jin and Shuri, facing Orgal, realized why they had only been able to deal with chaos bodies so far.
Orgal and Zephyrin were dealing with Lionel, Stam, and the unknown old black knights.
'Orgal... What a wonderful being. I know that wouldn't be the end of Lionel, but I didn't expect him to show up already. And all these corpses seem to be transcendent chaos entities.'
However, Orgal seemed tired. As soon as he saw Jin, he smiled and waved his hand.
[Oh... Just when I thought it was my limit, you appear at a good moment, Jin Runcandel. Looks like you've found your lover?]
"No, I was the one whom Jin saved? You are saying something wrong."
[Now that the really unmanageable guy was about to come out, so that's great. Let them run away immediately.]
Orgal said as he knocked Lionel's sword away.
Lionel was gasping for breath, having lost one arm.
[Do you think you can run away, demon!]
As soon as Lionel finished speaking, the steel gate opened between the party and Orgal.
At the same time, the gate of chaos opened on the opposite side.
"By the way, Orgal, what about Zipfel?"
[I never thought that Runcandel would ask to take Zipfel with him. It's better to tell those friends to come back on their own.]
"Well, even if it's just a temporary alliance, we're still allies, so shouldn't we at least let them know about the escape plan?"
"Babe, let's just go first! That person coming out of that gate seems really strong!"
"My lady, Zipfel is your clan name."
"What does that matter? Jin looks like he's about to die anyway."
The one coming out of the gate of chaos was none other than Padler Runcandel. Orgal also raised his head as if to say, "Look at that," and Jin nodded.
[I'll shoot a signal flare.]
"That's a good idea. Shuri, to the steel gate."
[JIN... RUNCANDEL...….]
Padler spoke in a dark voice.
Just before he came out of the gate of chaos, fortunately, Shuri was able to throw herself into the steel gate with the many people she had carried, unharmed.
Orgal and Zephyrin followed suit and ran to the steel gate, and Padler could only watch as they disappeared through the gate.
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