In a remote village in the North, a young boy prays to an ancient statue for a large sum of money.
So the next day, his father was awarded a large sum of money when he accidentally fell to his death while repairing a house for the town's nobleman's residence.
The mother is so sad that she spends her days in tears, while the family's compensation money is being gawked at, and miscreants begin to start looking for trouble all day long.
The boy prayed to the statue again that the bad people would be punished. So the next day, all the bad guys were dead in the street.
Understanding that the statue is powerful, the teenager then prays for the resurrection of his dead loved ones.
So, corpses all over the place crawled out of the dirt.
...
"How could there be so many!"
The Demon Gun doppelganger in charge of blocking the corpses cursed as a burst of inflammatory rounds blasted away hundreds of corpses on the left side, but more came pouring in on the right side and the ammo was depleting rapidly.
Bodies that were humongous, unaware of pain, and devoid of the emotion of fear came in like a sea wave, in all directions.
Magic Gun quickly raised his arms, and after a dazzling flurry of shooting cleared the bodies again, he rolled over and jumped onto the roof, quickly loading his ammo.
Meanwhile, looking at the two people in the distance who were still investigating the source of the incident, he said viciously, "If you don't come over to support me I'm going to turn into an evil spirit, and no one will be able to get away with it!"
Sacred Gun looked back and realized that the situation wasn't much worse than just the man's daily poser before turning back and continuing to look for clues.
Magic Gun cursed and fired at the bodies that had climbed to the roof.
But suddenly, he caught a strong, fragrant scent, like flowers and blood.
"Hey, hey, here comes a great guy!"
"Hey, I mean it!"
The two of them turned back again, only to see the dense sea of corpses like something invisible was breaking the waves forward, the sky strewn with severed limbs rising to the sides.
No voices could be heard, no figures could be seen, only a line of scarlet footprints rapidly approaching on the ground.
Finally stopping in the middle of the sea of corpses, a scarlet silhouette emerged.
He held his hands high as if embracing the light in the sky that was cast down from the gloomy clouds.
And around the scarlet shadow, endless blood rose.
All of those dead and resurrected corpses burst into flames, creating a tragic and amazing blood mist that enveloped the entire village.
A teenager with a terrified face was pulled from the cellar by the Touch of Blood and thrown in front of the blood-colored shadow.
The scarlet disappears and the pallor emerges.
Garn looked dazed at the familiar and unfamiliar figure.
Fintan crouched down in front of the teenager and raised his hand to help him wipe away those tears of fear.
"There's no need to be afraid, tell me what's going on here..."
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Fire, searing, dark red, the air filled with sulfur and smoke, the earth cracked all over and dark red lava flowed.
The once lush and prosperous crater is now a hellish place of lava, emitting heat and ash everywhere.
The source of all this is the high Tabul Mountains in the center of the Pan Valley.
The mountain that had once held several pterodactyl clans was now a raging volcano constantly overflowing with lava, the superheated temperatures changing the entire territory beyond recognition.
And in the volcano, bathing a red dragon.
1 month ago, it arrived from out of the sky, plunged headlong into the easternmost lush crater, triggered earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and ended up nesting in that vaulted mountain, shocking all of Ruin.
The Kingdom of Onia, which was the most affected, had nearly a million people forced to evacuate their homeland, away from the dragon's infestation, while also tightening the alert of its defenses and eliminating a great deal of diplomatic activity.
Anyone with eyes could see what they were trying to do.
Today, a large number of Onya's cavalry assembled on the outskirts of the Crater.
The Archduke Rezhe, who had worked hard for half a month and finally united the power of half a kingdom, raised the blue lion's head banner with great vigor.
Almost everything that could be mobilized at the moment was poured out.
Crusade against mythical creatures!
"Today, we shall triumph and go down in history!"
Three thousand knights, one thousand archers, and one thousand mages, this fearsome and extraordinary force was enough to step on everything, and if they hadn't been stopped by all sorts of complications, they would have conquered the entire continent a long time ago.
Countless weapons were raised in response to the Archduke's call.
The camp that condensed with a shuddering aura slowly pushed forward.
Thanks to the red dragon inside, all the obstacles that once blocked the cavalry's pace had disappeared, and the entire valley was endless.
A huge depression sunk inward, with smoke billowing from a dark red volcano in the center, and rivers of blood-vein-like lava all around.
The moment they stepped into that charred black earth, everyone's heart sank, and their warhorses began to unsettle and neigh.
Archduke Regal kept boosting his morale and diluting the effects of that dragon's power.
As long as this battle was successful, one's reputation would be at its peak, and when he returned, he would be worshipped by all the people, and that coveted beauty would surely fall in love with him when she saw that scene.
Lei Zhe looked back at the carriage at the back that was surrounded by more than a dozen guardian knights, his eyes mesmerized.
At that time, he would be able to let the silhouette inside soothe his mind and body properly...
A sturdy wagon slowly followed in the rear of the slowly moving forward military formation.
Fina, who was in front of the car window, looked at the volcano in the distance without looking away, feeling the dragon's power that was getting stronger and stronger, and said back:
"It's fine for you to charm that Archduke into crusading against the dragon, why did you make us come along?"
"Of course, it's a look-see."
Evelea, dressed in a sumptuous costume, her face half-covered with a black veil, lay on her side in the cushions like a queen, next to Phyllis, who looked like a maid of honor, and whose fingers stiffly squeezed her legs.
She said absently, "There was always something about that dragon that gave me a strange feeling, I always felt it was better to come and see it for myself, and if I could get it killed that would be the best."
"They're not going to make it." Fina squinted at her.
"These poor knights, just lulled to their deaths by your puppets, have you figured out how you're going to run away later?"
"Of course, you opened the space door to escape."
"Isn't it enough to bury the army, but to waste another space fragment?"
"Don't worry, the plan has gotten this far and hasn't failed no matter how it goes."
Evelea propped her head absently.
"Onya's power is simply too strong, and if it weren't for the Crescent Moon Kingdom's constant tugging at it while still being held back by the complex terrain outside, the Earth Kingdom would have been gone long ago."
"It's just as well that by weakening some of the forces by this battle, you can stir up the situation better afterward."
Phyllis quietly squeezed her legs for her.
Magic potion: [Meishin]
Rank: [High, Legendary, Mythic]
Ceremony: [Golden Apples of Discord]
Requirement: [Use one's beauty and intelligence to stir up strife between at least three major powers, hide oneself completely behind the scenes, and the greater the benefits seized in the end, the higher the rank of the magic potion.]