Chapter 417: The Final Curtain Draw – And the Extinguished Hope (1)


    What is that?


    On the surface, it looked like a person.


    A priest wearing a shining white robe.


    But everyone there could tell.


    That was not a person.


    It was in the center of the assembly hall, but they could feel the pressureing from it all the way to the audience seats.


    Ryo was probably the only one who noticed that the Arachne, the spider monster that was supposedly frozen, had disappeared.


    That was likely its manifestation or a medium


    Ryo was certain.


    Fallen Angel


    Immediately.


    Ryo realized that he had locked eyes with the Fallen Angel.


    But the next moment.


    Gon.


    disappeared in an instant.


    He hurriedly recast 100yers.


    100yers was currently the maximum number ofyers that Ryo could instantly create


    That wasnt magic


    It felt like what the Fallen Angel released earlier, causing his 30yer ice wall to instantly disappear, wasnt magic.


    That felt like energy itself is that possible?


    Honestly, he didnt know.


    Honestly, he didnt understand.


    But it was right in front of him.


    And it was an enemy.


    If they dont deal with it theyll all die.


    Ryo wasnt the only one who came to that conclusion.


    The more powerful someone is, the more perceptive they are of that.


    The Fallen Angel stood in the center of the arena.


    Graham and Stefania attacked from the north.


    Niels and Amon attacked from the east.


    Then, from the south Master McGrath attacked.


    As if to provide support, fire attribute magic flew from the south.


    It was Roberto Pirlo.


    However, Roberto Pirlos magic bombardment disappeared just before it hit the Fallen Angel.


    The moment it disappeared, a small light emitted, and for a moment, Ryo could see magical power flowing into the Fallen Angels arm.


    Did it absorb it?


    He had to assume that the Fallen Angel could freely move between pure energy and matter.


    Magic is a kind of energy.


    To be honest, Ryo still couldnt say that he understood everything about magic, but he still thought of it as a kind of energy.


    Fundamentally, two energies cant collide with each other.


    Often it is substances charged with energy that collide.


    Then, what is mutual annihtion in magic?


    That is probably a problem that cannot be solved without an urate understanding of magic


    The swordsmen attacked from three sides.


    Their downward blows were fast, thrusts were sharp, and side sweeps left no traces behind


    But


    Ping.


    All the swords were repelled before they could reach the Fallen Angel.


    The people who attacked it probably expected that too.


    Even a holy sword probably wouldnt harm it.


    Still, they had to attack.


    The reason was fear.


    Although battle-hardened even they, or rather, only they, could understand the primal fear that directly touched their human nature.


    Driven by fear, they had no choice but to attack.


    However, as expected all their swords could not reach it.


    Ryo didnt move.


    Even Ryo felt fearful of the Fallen Angel.


    But he understood more than that.


    The swords of this world could not harm it.


    That was not something that could be defeated.


    Whats next if it cant be defeated?


    Give up?


    No!


    Theres no need to defeat it.


    Correct.


    Just lock it up.


    Correct.


    Just seal it.


    But theres a problem.


    It had no substance.


    If it was made of matter, they could surround it with matter and confine it.


    But that being was not the case.


    If it is something that moves back and forth between matter and energy how do you confine it?


    To confine energy how do you do that?


    Is there really no way?


    There is!


    Ryo raised his head and told Etho.


    Im going downstairs for a second!


    Huh? Ryo?


    The Water Jet drew a circle and punched a hole about five meters in diameter.


    The same method he once used when he went to rescue Abel and others on the 40th floor of the dungeon.


    And Ryo jumped in without hesitation.


    At the end of the hole


    The first floor.


    Several Temr corpses and a coffin-sized alchemy tool.


    He slid the coffin into the center of the hole


    Ice Bamboo Shoot


    A pir of frost rose from the ground where the coffin and Ryo were It became arge pir of ice and expanded up to the audience seats, holding Ryo and the coffin aloft.


    In just a few seconds, Ryo and the coffin appeared in the audience seats.


    Ryo, thats


    Yes. It is equipped with a mechanism that collects magical power and God Fragments. We can use these magic forms and magic circles to trap it!


    Ryo sinctly answered Ethos question.


    Hmm this seems like how charged particles will revolve around the lines of maic force are the God Fragments charged particles? No, its somewhat different but its simr in this rtionship Im sure this magic form wasnt invented by that cardinal, it was probably taught by the Fallen Angel Its like the Larmor Precession sma confinement in a tokamak-type nuclear fusion reactor will it keep spinning forever? Perpetual motion no, its the other way around a magnificent waste of energy


    While Ryo was muttering and fiddling with the coffin, the battle in the center of the arena continued.


    That said, the humans were unterally shing at it with their swords, and the Fallen Angel,pletely unharmed, was knocking them away and the process repeated.


    Naturally, Etho looked at the arena and Ryo alternately, feeling anxious.


    Then, Ryo finally stood up.


    Done!


    However, he stood up, looked at the center of the arena again, and thought about it for a moment.


    And whispered.


    No this coffin is not enough


    The presence in the center of the arena was probably a Fallen Angel manifested in the third dimension.


    Even the coffin, which was supposed to collect the magic power and God Fragments of hundreds or thousands of people and activate an underground magic circle, was not strong enough to seal away that Fallen Angel.


    (I made the loop mechanism and the Fallen Angels energy will be absorbed into that closed loop but its still too big if we dont divide it or confine it in anotheryer, the magic form itself will not be able to withstand it its troublesome that its not from this world)


    Ryo pondered.


    Was there anything better?


    Was there a better way?


    His gaze once again turned towards the coffin in front of him.


    And then it dawned on him.


    (There was another coffin! If I used that to do something like a double confinement method)


    Ryo nced at the audience seats on the south side.


    The Central Countries delegation was there.


    Directly above the coffin, in the middle was the Kingdoms delegation!


    On the floor of the audience seats was Ryos .


    In that case


    was emitted from the base of the , leaving behind a single sheet of ice, and dug underneath it with water.


    And it reached the first floor.


    (Ice BahnIce Bamboo Shoot)


    Just like before, the coffin slid on the ice floor, and the coffin was raised from below on a pir of frost all the way to the top floor at the same time, the remainingyer of ice opened up and the coffin appeared at the audience seats.


    The surrounding envoys were surprised.


    No one exined anything, but many of them epted that Ryo probably did it.


    Ryo had also be quite famous


    (Ice Bahn)


    The coffin, held up by the ice bamboo shoot, slid down an ice slide from the south audience seats to the east audience seats where Ryo was.


    It arrived safely before Ryo.


    Ryo immediately drew a new magic form and magic circle.


    The coffin that he modified earlier was only slightly smaller than the coffin on the south side that arrived in front of him.


    He was certain of that because he cast Scan on it when he saw it on the first floor.


    In that case, he should fit it into the coffin from the south side!


    Itsplete!


    It was aplished at a great speed.


    As fast as Neil Andersen when he rolled out the upgraded Republics golem Civilian.


    That may be proof that Ryos alchemy has reached top tier.


    ce the east coffin into the south coffin.


    Then think again.


    The tools for sealing have beenpleted.


    However, even if he did bring that contraption to the center of the arena, no sane being would obediently enter if he asked them to.


    Besides, even with double confinement, he was still anxious.


    He didnt know if such a thing was possible, but unless he did some damage to the Fallen Angel and made it a little weaker, there was a high possibility that the coffin would blow up the moment he confined it in it.


    However, in the center of the arena, battle-hardened fighters were attacking with holy swords, but they were all repelled by what appeared to be the Fallen Angels and were unable tond a single blow.


    If even a holy sword could not break through it, it must be a barrier of something that was not of this world.


    An opponent who absorbs magic and cannot be harmed by a holy sword.


    Someone who is not of this world.


    It is impossible to damage and weaken such an opponent.


    Is there something? Some way


    Ryo looked around.


    And then he stopped at one point.


    He ced his hand on his waist


    Murasame


    He removed it from the sheath and held it in his right hand.


    Ryos partner that has gone through many life-and-death situations with him.


    The sword given to him by a non-human, his sword master, the Fairy King.


    Maybe I have no choice but to rely on you


    Ryo muttered.


    At that moment, Murasame seemed to glow blue, just a little.


    Its as if it answered, You can rely on me.


    Ryo formed an ice de on Murasame and held it in his left hand.


    He then carried the double coffin on his right shoulder.


    Then he said to Etho.


    Im going.


    Be careful.


    Etho answered.


    In the center of the arena, the battle-hardened fighters, driven by fear, shed at the Fallen Angel with holy swords that could not harm it.


    They understood too.


    That even their holy swords couldnt harm it.


    That they would be repelled by the Fallen Angels .


    But they were not acting rationally.


    It was the heart.


    Their hearts were moved by fear.


    Fear welled up from the depths of their hearts due to the presence in front of them.


    Fear eventually turns into despair.


    When you are in despair, your body stops moving.


    They know.


    So, they attacked while they could still move.


    Graham and Stefania attack from the north.


    Niels and Amon attacked from the east.


    And Hugh McGrath attacked from the south.


    They too were beginning to feel that they had to ept the situation.


    There was nothing humans could do in the face of that existence.


    At that moment, a blue light shed over their heads.


    The blue light descended on the west side of the Fallen Angel, ced the coffin on the ground, and attacked the Fallen Angel without wasting any time.


    Parin.


    Gakin!


    There was a sound like ss breaking, followed soon by the sound of hard objects striking each other.


    Ryos downward blow broke through the Fallen Angels barrier and the sound came from the sword in the Fallen Angels hand immediatelying up to block that blow.


    Ryo broke the barrier that even holy swords could not break.


    Fallen Angel, your opponents are me and Murasame.


    For a brief moment, after Ryo taunted it, the Fallen Angel seemed to smile slightly.


    And then, the sword fight between the two began.


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