Chapter 686: Strange Phenomenon
Boom!!
Souta watched as the Mirror Lake and the surrounding mountains collapsed. The folded space was gone so it was natural that everything here would collapse. The dense mana seeped out as the tremors continued for a few minutes.
Everyone could feel an intense energy reaction underground. It was too powerful as the shockwaves swept out several kilometers away.
The war between the Red Matter Association and the Third Set of Pallas Division was concluded. There were unexpected factors but no one knew their significance until they came across with them in the future.
One of the organizations that terrorized several kingdoms and empires was gone today.
The warriors had claimed the victory but some of them felt empty. The casualties that they suffered werenât low. A lot of people died and sacrificed their lives in this war.
âAvronâŠâ Vandal tightly clenched his fists. He realized that Avron was holding back when fighting so he didnât know what to feel right now.
But whatâs with those people? Grim and that person clad in a dark purple aura. He only knows one thing and thatâs they werenât on the side of Olympus.
He took a long sigh as he turned around and called his assistant, Shirley. For now, he should settle everything here. He also called the representative of Sky Avenue.
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âWhat happened to you, Souta?â
Sekmet and the others from the Blue Cross Squad approached him. They looked at him with concern in their eyes especially after seeing his condition.
Souta wouldnât die from his injuries but his body was full of wounds. Even his hand was missing and half of his face was gone. The parasite queen had reached its limit so his wounds havenât recovered.
âIâm fine. The battle is just beyond my expectations.â Souta forced a smile on his face.
âDamn, look at you⊠Are you sure that you are fine?â Leilus asked as he observed his gory wounds.
âYep, this will not kill me.â Souta nodded.
Sekmet, Paolo, Drami, and Marcus looked fine. It seems that theyâve rested properly while he was gone fighting the Red Matter Association.
âIâm glad that youâve survived,â Marcus said.
âHuhu! Weâre gonna have a feast once we go back!â Drami said excitedly as she raised both of her hands.
âHmm? Souta, whoâs that?â Sekmet noticed something so she asked.
âHuhâŠâ Souta looked down at the corpse of a little girl beside him. This body was Airi and he brought her with him as he wanted her to have a proper funeral.
âAh⊠This is AiriâŠâ He said as he smiled gently. He raised his hand and slowly caressed her head. âShe is a girl I met in the three nations. I owed her my life.â
He proceeded to narrate how he met Airi.
The Blue Cross Squad grew silent as they listened to his story. It was a simple story but it touched their hearts. Airi was a strong and brave girl.
âIâm sorryâŠâ Sekmet said in a low voice.
âItâs fine.â Souta simply waved his hand. He wasnât bothered at all. Also, this was a good time to divert his attention since he didnât want to fall asleep.
âUm⊠Souta⊠Where are Airiâs siblings?â Drami asked carefully.
âI still havenât found them. After Iâve recovered some of my strength I will look for them.â Souta answered her question.
âWe will help you look for them, right Marcus?â Drami said with a smile as she turned to her lover.
âOh, yes.â Marcus couldnât help but nod.
The other members of the Blue Cross Squad expressed their intention to help him. Souta could only say his thanks to them.
Hmm�
Souta felt something as he stared at the sky. His eyes changed and he saw a boundless amount of mana in the sky. It caused him to immediately closed his eyes as he felt that his eyes were burning. It was something that he havenât experienced before.
âArgh!!â
His face distorted as he gritted his teeth to endure the extreme pain. The Blue Cross Squad naturally saw his situation.
âHey, what happened, Souta?!â
âSouta?!â
âAre you okay?!â
Souta didnât look at them. Instead, he pointed at the sky with his finger.
âHuh?â Leilus and the others were confused but they still looked up to see if there was something above.
What they saw were boundless dark clouds. It was enveloping the entire sky as thunder would rumble every second. Lightning would flash from time to time illuminating the whole area.
The dark clouds stretched from the horizon to the other part of the sky. It was blocking every part and no one could see the stars or sun anymore. Whatâs worse was that everyone could feel an unbelievable amount of energy from those dark clouds.
Soon, most people noticed the strangeness above. They couldnât help but look up and observed the changes in the dark clouds.
Ohm!
At this moment, Souta adjusted his eyes to normal. He looked up and stretched out his hand.
Plop!
A drop of water fell into his hand.
Souta gazed at him and felt something. This drop of water contained an enormous amount of energy comparable to an initial level third stage monster orb.
It was astonishing.
Then, he felt rejuvenated. The energy seeped into his body and all the pain disappeared immediately.
Plop! Plop!
In the next minute, the rain poured down on the region. No, the entire Imperium was experiencing the same thing. It was raining all over the world and every drop of rain contained vast energy.
Souta took a deep breath. He noticed that the mana density in the atmosphere rose sharply. It didnât stop as it continued to increase the mana density in the air. Just like him, the other warriors had no idea about this bizarre phenomenon.
âSouta, if Iâm not wrong⊠This is happening to the whole world.â Saya said to him.
âWhole world, huh? I donât knowâŠâ Souta was confused. He looked around and saw ordinary people falling on their knees. They were holding onto their neck as they had painful looks on their face.
âArgh!!â
âH-Help me!â
âN-No!â
The ordinary people were having a hard time. The sudden change in mana density made it hard for them to breathe normally. It was as if they were going to die from suffocation. Their movements had slowed down.
It was the effect of higher mana density. It submerged everyone into a sea of mana. If they were just fifty feet below the sea before, then right now they were three hundred meters below the sea surface.
But they were going to be fine. This wouldnât kill them as their bodies were used to living in Imperium even though they were only ordinary people. If it was ordinary people from a sub-world, then the mana pressure would crush their bodies.
âThe world got strongerâŠâ
Souta narrowed his eyes. He raised his finger and a five-inch ball of fire formed.
âThis⊠The amount of energy I poured is enough to create a two feet size fireball and it could create a three-meter depth fissure on the ground yet⊠The power had decreased due to the mana in the atmosphere.â
He waved his hand and the fireball vanished. It seems that everything would be harder from now on. If this phenomenon occurred before, the Subterranean World wouldnât collapse like that.
The mana density wasnât the only one that changed. The space and earth had become several times tougher than before. Even some pebbles on the side of the road had increased their hardness.
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In another placeâŠ
A man wearing a black robe with a thick red fur around its collar. On the back of the robe, was a symbol of a red eye. He had messy chestnut color hair and his pair of sharp eyes were watching the rain outside.
This man was Esquin, One of the Seven Deadly Sins. The Gluttony.
âThis happened too quickly⊠It seems that the Imperium didnât tolerate the strange fluctuations before.â
Esquin narrowed his eyes with a faint smile on his face. It was as if he was amused by all the events that happened today.
That strange fluctuation before had a linkage with time and summoning. Yes, the time and space were distorted. Its strangeness was foreign to him. Even he, a God, could only understand a bit of it. He could only guess that time and summoning were fused and it pulled something.
It shouldnât happen but the rules were gone so it actually occurred. Pulling something that existed already was a violation and it would cause a tremendous change in the entirety of the sequence.
âIf something like that is possible thenâŠâ
Esquin muttered as he stretched out his hand. He grabbed the space around him.
Bang!
Cracks spread out in the air.
He looked at it and shook his head.
âThatâs not it. Something is blocking me. Is it because I lack an understanding of time? But from the fluctuations before⊠The individual who used it seemed like had a low understanding of time, space, and summoning. It didnât even reach the level of God. So, maybe itâs an enlightened ability⊠or just get that ability through luck.â
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