The Protagonists Of The Novel Escaped – Chapter 58

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: TushChen
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The monster from the chaos realm, covered in sharp metal, was engulfed in fierce red flames.

It was unbelievable.

To think that the Iron Nail Dragon, more ferocious than any other living being, could be so thoroughly devastated.

The sight of the enormous monster ravaging the imperial city by swinging its sharp claws and massive tail crumbling into pitch-black ashes was genuinely eerie.

The Apostles of the Disaster God, who had deployed the monsters from the chaos realm as their trump card, expressed their shock at the fierce might of Ludmilla, who was close to a demigod.

“To think the Red Dragon of the Empire was this strong!”

“I expected her to be formidable as one of the Seven Strongest in the Empire, but… this is an absurd monster!”

They never imagined that the Iron Nail Dragons, at the top of the food chain, even among the numerous monsters swarming in the chaos realm, would collapse one-sidedly.

It was a miscalculation.

They had hoped the Iron Nail Dragons would at least hold out until the emperor was assassinated.

There was no contact from the Fresh Blood Apostle.

She must still be pursuing the emperor.

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Even the last remaining Iron Nail Dragon ended at Ludmilla’s hands.

It had been desperately resisting the flames with its tenacious regenerative ability.

Still, its collapse was only a matter of time.

Eventually, it would become a sacrifice to the Red Dragon like the other specimens.

“Red Dragon.”

“Your rampage ends here.”

The priest-knights who worshiped the Disaster God aimed for Ludmilla’s back.

They activated divine possession at once and swung their black blades.

If Ludmilla returned to the imperial palace after subjugating all the Iron Nail Dragons, their entire plan would crumble.

Feeling urgent, they tried to buy as much time as possible.

But-

“So you’re the Disaster God’s group that instigated the nobles and led the rebellion.”

Ludmilla stretched out her hand while giving a chilling gaze.

Flames erupted.

The Red Dragon’s fire greedily swallowed the priest-knights.

The blessing of the Disaster God was swept up in the fierce heat and disappeared.

Also, the priest-knights engulfed in flames let out miserable screams as they burned to death.

“Damn you, Red Dragon! To burn the Iron Nail Dragons from the chaos realm in an instant…!”

A dark whirlwind swept in, suddenly attacking Ludmilla.

Ludmilla lightly blocked the attack by deploying a wall surrounded by flames.

The person who had suddenly attacked the Red Dragon was an old man with a face full of wrinkles.

The Strategist.

The mastermind who had directed the empire’s downfall revealed himself.

Ludmilla immediately perceived that the old man who appeared behind her was the leader of the Disaster God’s followers.

This was because the sinister aura emanating from the old man was as terrible as a deadly poison.

“A deadly poison that instantly causes necrosis of the body. How trivial.”

Her body would have melted immediately if she hadn’t blocked the poisonous whirlwind.

It boasted a toxicity as severe as the breath exhaled by a Black Dragon.

But it was useless.

No deadly poison could penetrate the Red Dragon’s heat.

The Apostle of the Disaster God showed a cowed appearance in the face of Ludmilla’s fierce presence, which was as sharp as raging flames.

He recalled the flames that had mercilessly burned the Iron Nail Dragons.

“Pay for your sin of invading the Valtarian Empire with your death, cult follower.”

“How arrogant, Red Dragon. How many lives have you trampled for the sake of the empire until now?”

“…You dare spout sophistry.”

“To treat the truth as sophistry is precisely what hypocrisy is.”

Tap-

The old man struck his staff.

As soon as the old man’s words ended, the passage to the chaotic realm rotating in reverse let out a roar.

A trap to ensnare the Red Dragon positioned at the center was activated.

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Pressure was applied to her entire body.

As if bound by invisible chains, it began to pull Ludmilla in.

“Kugh! So it was a trap to draw me in! A petty trick befitting cult followers!”

Ludmilla desperately resisted while spewing flames.

However, the passage to the chaos realm, which had greedily sucked up the life force of thousands of people, would not let go of the Red Dragon caught in its snare.

There was no way to escape.

Ludmilla, whose entire body was restrained, was sealed into the chaos realm just like that.

They had finally trapped the Red Dragon in the snare of the chaos realm.

The priest-knights watching the scene with trembling eyes let out sighs of relief.

She wouldn’t be able to return immediately because she had been banished to a space wholly cut off from the mortal world.

The trap had succeeded.

Just as they were feeling relieved-

“Oh no, goodness…! Kuaagh!!”

Fierce hellfire poured out as cracks formed in the space, dividing the chaos realm and the mortal world.

The hot hellfire rushed at the old man as if it had its own consciousness.

It was the Red Dragon’s flame.

The priest-knights expressed their shock as they looked at the Strategist engulfed in flames.

Crack!! Crack!!

That wasn’t all.

With resounding cracking sounds, the cracks split deeply like a spider web.

It was the passage to the chaos realm.

The Red Dragon’s roar was heard from the cracks where flames had suddenly poured out.

The ferocious beast caught in the snare was trying to return.

As fierce flames spread repeatedly like flashing currents, they began to break the passage that hadn’t been thoroughly closed.

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Uninvited guests appeared in the fairies’ paradise decorated with large plants and brilliant crystals.

The Fresh Blood Apostle,

And the holy sword user who served the Disaster God.

Edanant and Ariel, summoned from the space emitting pure white radiance, launched attacks at each other as soon as they landed on the ground.

The fairies’ paradise, swept up in a fierce storm, became surrounded by dust clouds.

‘A holy sword user using the blessing of the Disaster God?! What on earth are you! No, more than that…!”

The ranks of muskets deployed by the blessing of the Disaster God pressured Ariel while continuously spewing fire.

With successive bursting sounds, the defensive magic formations shook.

Clang-

It was dangerous.

The black bullets fired from the muskets were magical bullets that maximized penetrating power.

Moreover, Edanant freely handled hundreds of muskets while thrusting Aldebaran, attempting close combat.

In response, Ariel bit her lip and moved to counter.

“Y-You… What on earth are you! You’re an Apostle who worships the Disaster God! Then why do you follow the Valtarian Empire that killed your brethren?!”

“Brethren? That’s laughable.”

Should it be called a gap in experience?

Edanant was clearly dominating the battle.

As soon as the army of muskets appeared, he revealed his full power without hesitation.

“Kugh!”

Ariel counterattacked a spear made from her own blood while swinging, but it was not enough.

Technique.

Experience.

Proficiency.

She was at a disadvantage in every aspect.

She gritted her teeth.

Was it still insufficient despite accumulating experience and skills through fierce battles against the ferocious monsters of the chaos realm?

She even felt humiliated by the all-too-clear gap.

If she didn’t have the Sage’s magical equipment, she would have experienced the shame of collapsing one-sidedly.

‘W-Why is he so fast!’

The coordination between the blade and bullets was perfect.

She was shocked at his reckless charge that dove into the bombardment shower without hesitation.

It was right after he activated his blessing.

The guy who had been busy fleeing while showing his back had transformed into a demon of the battlefield.

‘Why didn’t he bring out his blessing? If he had activated his blessing from the start, he wouldn’t have suffered the humiliation of fleeing repeatedly…. Could it be he didn’t want other humans to find out he was an Apostle of the Disaster God? Is that why he fled while trying to hide his identity?’

It was humiliating.

To think he avoided fighting for such a trivial reason.

Anger welled up.

She even felt extreme humiliation.

Hiding his full power.

Being ashamed of being an Apostle of the Disaster God.

And following the empire that had carried out numerous massacres under the pretext of subjugating heretics.

There wasn’t a single thing she couldn’t hate.

“You who follow the Earth Mother, how dare you!!”

She shouted, her blood-red eyes flashing.

As if responding to her contemptuous anger, numerous bombardment magic formations deployed, pressing down on Edanant.

It was a wise choice.

Surely, she had a significant advantage in terms of ‘firepower’ and ‘endurance.’

The Sage’s magical equipment contained magical power close to infinity.

Therefore, if she repeated a war of attrition, she could bombard and kill this traitor loyal to the empire.

“Bloom, Fresh Blood.”

Ariel took out a dagger made of blood.

Then she stretched out one hand and began to mercilessly tear her forearm.

Blood flowed.

The innocent maiden’s fresh blood dripped onto the floor.

The sudden self-harm was a stage for the ritual.

It was also an offering to receive the Fresh Blood Disaster God into her body.

As if to prove this, the pool of fresh blood that formed on the floor bloomed into a strange shape like a fully opened daffodil.

It was the Disaster God’s will to gladly accept the offering from his devout apostle.

Reverse Divinity.

Descending divine will using the body as a medium.

It was a release of divinity differentiated from divine possession, which merely cloaked the body in blessing.

“Edanant!!”

Her hair, which had been as beautiful as ebony, turned blood-red.

That wasn’t all.

Her eyes changed like a beast’s, and her canine teeth grew long and sharp.

The Fresh Blood magical power fluttering like the wind grew fiercely like a whirlwind.

As if to show that it wasn’t just her appearance that had changed, the sense of pressure became even heavier.

The Fresh Blood Disaster God descended into the fragile woman’s body.

A god and a vampire,

A vampire and a god.

This existence, half-god, and half-demon, displayed its ferocity while deploying bombardment magic formations.

Amazingly, the number of bombardment magic formations deployed to fill the air approached 1,000.

“Sigh….”

The presence of the Disaster God was clearly felt.

To think she would activate Reverse Divinity out of the blue.

Edanant looked at the Fresh Blood Disaster God with an expression of disgust.

It can’t be helped.

This time, it really can’t be helped.

He had no choice but to bring out a Disaster God to face a Disaster God.

He made an expression close to resignation in this situation that had reached its climax.

“War is eternal…”

Edanant, feeling a mix of emotions in that instant, let out a heavy sigh and took out his gun.

And he pointed the muzzle at himself.

More precisely, at his chest, where his heart was located.

Bang-

He pulled the trigger without hesitation.

At the same time, the bullet penetrated, piercing his heart.

“…What, war?!”

The Fresh Blood Disaster God merged with Ariel, muttered bewilderedly.

Rustle.

Fine, pitch-black particles like gunpowder flowed out from the hole in his chest created by the bullet.

Soon, the particles merged and transformed into solid metal.

Before long, the black metal covered Edanant, molding into full plate armor.

-You’ve finally awakened me.

A voice as loving as a mother and passionate as a lover whispered with longing.

Joy at the reunion,

And ecstasy at the prospect of war.

-Edanant, my lovely child.

Accepting the apostle’s call, the Disaster God willingly granted his divine status.

As if to prove this, the divine status of the Disaster God, scattering like a mirage, circled around Edanant, waiting for orders.

Click-

Metallic sounds rang out.

Then, numerous firearms appeared in the air.

It wasn’t just muskets.

Many gunpowder weapons used in war, including siege cannons, were deployed.

As if manifesting the terror of war into reality, it achieved the highest order of firepower.

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