ACT 6: CHAPTER 26: MENACE OF THE STAFF

Urzottle running toward the palace while carrying me on their back.

Just as it seemed he might collide with the people fleeing toward us, Urzottle kicked off the ground and leapt into the air, moving from the roof of a low rise building to that of a taller one.

We reached Luniman in no time who was watching the city from the highest place in the palace.

「Dear me, you must be…」

Luniman turned toward me who came from behind.

I pointed my sword at Luniman and unleashed the spell that I prepared beforehand.

「Flame Magic, 20th Rank 《Apocalypse》」

A red dragon appeared from the tip of my sword, swallowed the top part of the palace awhole.

At that moment, a magic circle appeared around Luniman’s body, and his figure vanished.

Luniman relocated himself on top of the roof of another building.

Urzottle landed on the floor of blazing palace.

「Dear me, how terrifying… Suddenly unleashing a 20th-rank spell like nothing—This is a bit more troublesome than anticipated. It seems I miscalculated how poor the management of the higher beings.」

I could see the corner of his wide grin beneath his red robe.

「So you're Nyarlhotep's assassing after all.」

「I have to say that you're only half-right about that.」

「Only half… Right?」

When I questioned him, Luniman clutched his large staff tightly and ran his long tongue along its handle.

「I orchestrated it. To bring down the veil around Locklore, using the spirit of my master! Not by the higher beings!」

「… What are you talking about?」

「In the first place, this 《Saint Staff》 is something that I made! I believed that if bound as a sinner by the higher beings, I might  be resurrected when true danger threatened Locklore, capable of ending this foolish puppet show with the power of my master, who has become something akin to a god through centuries of faith!」

Luniman's bloodshoot eyes were filled with bloodshotmadness as he said those words.

目を充血させ、唾を飛ばす。

「Only then will my master truly become not a puppet of the higher beings, but a true savior! The prophecy, our faith, will become truth! The false salvation, which is nothing more than a candy for children, will become real! Ah, witness this, my dear master! I am finally about to achieve it!」 ṟà₦O͍฿Ê𝙨

「…I'm not entirely sure, but may I assume that the desperate higher being are going to resurrect you, and you will use Jonas' power to destroy the world? And why exactly is that salvation?」

Luniman took a deep breath, his excitement was evident as his back arched backward.

「I believe so! What else is needed? My long journey with my master, the training—none of it could quell the anger inside me! Was I a soul beyond salvation? NAY! My destructive urge was meant to push Jonas toward becoming a true god, untouchable by the higher beings! Before the wall of disbelief in our faith, I have reached enlightenment! Everything was for this very reason! That’s why I had to kill my master!」

「You really are madman…」

Throughout my travels in Locklore, I've met my fair share of incomprehensible individuals, but I've never encountered someone so far gone and impossible to reason with like him.

He mightconstantly mentioning Jonas, but from what I'm hearing, his action wasn't driven by his own will at all.

This Luniman was simply wanted to to wreak a havoc in this world by using Jonas name.

「Am I the strange one? A person who doesn't ponder their own existence and destiny is little more than a senseless beast, or something equally low in value. Every lost soul seeks to find meaning in their nature and life’s purpose… That is how it should be! Is it different for you? Do you find no value in yourself and your life? Such a worthless existence seems pitiful in my eyes!」

Luniman narrowed his eyes, glared at me.

「I hope to meet my master under more appropriate circumstances and celestial alignments… But it seems I don't have the luxury of choosing anymore.」

A magic circle appeared around Luniman.

「Ghost Magic, 17th Rank《Incarnation(》」」

The staff in his hands glowign with purple light which then surrounded Luniman.

The light quickly took shape, transforming into the upper body of a long-haired skeleton.

It hovered behind Luniman, like guardian spirit lingering on its back.

The skeleton that covered in purple glow released powerful pressure.

That is likely the very essence of Jonas, the entity that resided within the《Saint Staff》.

「Master! My dear Master! For two thousand years… I have thought of nothing but my desire to see you again! This miraculous reunion leaves me utterly speechless!」

Luniman shouted those words with his mouth wide open.

Tears of gratitude was overflowing from his eyes.

Just as it seemed so, Luniman's expression quickly reverted to his usual vacant, emotionless gaze.

「Now then… I couldn’t care less about someone like you, but I can’t ignore the will of the higher being either. Thus I’ll make sure to bury you right away.」

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My first CN project, why waifu though? Well, coz the main heroine's job is buying soy sauce till the end of act 1

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Harem, Hero, Demon King, Seven Deadly Sin, Seven Virtue, Sacred Beast, Sword and Magic, Dystopian Future, DESTINY PROJECT HAD IT REALIZED!, Dungeon, Dragon, 72 Demons, Reincarnations

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