Chapter 64: A Sudden Turn (6)
The path to where the giant Evil Rabbit was located had been extremely smooth.
There were some students who died or got severely injured due to the assault of the avatars…
Still, nearly twenty Class A students, who could single-handedly sweep through the training dungeon, gathered together.
Furthermore, they showcased extraordinary abilities as they borrowed my potions, scrolls, and sometimes even magical tools.
Their condition was superb, and they were moving so fast. Naturally, they were in high spirits.
But, as we arrived at our destination, the entrance of the giant Evil Rabbit’s den, we momentarily froze.
There were scattered pieces of flesh and blood stains everywhere. Corpses were torn apart as if they were devoured by a massive beast.
Originally, the guards of this place who ensured the boss wouldn’t emerge and no one would kill it, were all tragically dead.
“Ugh…”
Vincent, who was already quite squeamish, closed his mouth at the sight before him.
Others seemed shocked, too. The confidence they had earlier was nowhere to be found.
They just realized that their opponent was the Archbishop of Tainted Unity.
One wrong move, and they could all end up like those corpses on the ground.
However, I wasn’t worried.
Playtime: 7,000 hours.
While the game wasn’t all of my life, I had more than enough experience to be called a veteran.
I hadn’t fought it at this moment, but… I’d defeated Edmerek numerous times.
Of course, I knew its patterns inside out.
After careful evaluation, I could confidently declare that we could certainly win.
I patted Vincent’s back and took a step forward.
“If you’re done throwing up, let’s go.”
“Ugh… Yeah. We should.”
Vincent wiped the corner of his mouth and drew his sword. Helena and Elisha silently stood by my side.
Practically speaking, it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that we had to lead the rest of the students here. And they also braced themselves and followed.
With that, we took steps towards the gaping maw of the cave.
The tunnel was longer than expected. Naturally, the sunlight stopped reaching us at some point.
“It’s too dark.”
“Should I use light magic?”
“It’s okay, Glenchiel. No need to divert our focus.”
I took out and tore about five light scrolls from my inventory.
Woosh!
Small orbs of light appeared, circling around us.
This should suffice.
With the light issue sorted out, we ventured deeper without hesitation.
I didn’t forget to periodically use a detection spell.
However, such precautions were meaningless.
Following the extended path, when we reached a vast cavern, there were no traps or anything of the sort.
Instead,
“Skreeeek!”
“Shaaaaak!”
“Grrrrrr.”
The cavern was filled with countless avatars.
Did he bring all the avatars that he had collected here? It was just as I had expected.
While these avatars, with their aggressive demeanor, seemed like they could charge at us any moment, they merely growled in our direction without leaving their spots.
And not long after, among the growls of various avatars, a clear human voice was heard.
“Ugh…! I’m hungry. No matter how much I eat, I keep throwing up… Blaargh!”
A voice mixed with the sound of retching.
I instinctively aimed my staff at the source of the sound.
There stood a man in a black robe.
Not just me, but the other students also aimed their weapons at him. However, the man nonchalantly began to speak.
“Do you know? The God of Tainted Unity granted… Blargh... My wish to eat to my heart’s content… Retch.”
Puke.
A gray lump was vomited from his mouth.
Strangely enough, the thing he spat out was much bigger than himself, even though it came from his ordinary-sized mouth.
The gray lump writhed for a moment and quickly transformed into the figure of a giant.
But it wasn’t just any giant.
Tentacles wriggled atop its shoulders instead of a head.
He probably turned the giant Evil Rabbit of this place into his avatar.
I knew the Evil Rabbit was a follower of the Tainted Unity Church, but I didn’t expect it to reincarnate as an avatar even when tethered.
Whether it was vomiting out something bigger than oneself or the vomited mass instantly taking the form of a giant.
Both were naturally impossible phenomena.
But it was natural if one had divine power. The power of the God of Tainted Unity, although it was called an evil God, still held the position of a God.
Was that Edmerek, then?
Despite his face being covered with a hood, I recognized him immediately due to the similar scene that was shown at the start of a boss battle.
While many students were in shock, having only heard about the manifestation of this power and seeing it for the first time, Edmerek, on the other hand, didn’t seem to care about the others’ reactions and only fixed his gaze on me.
“Thanks to him, I can eat as much as I want every day. I can eat things I couldn’t before, and the world looks different to me now. I am truly grateful to him.”
“You vomited them all out, though? You just said you were hungry.”
“Ah… you’re mistaken. He never forced me to do anything. I vomit out everything I eat every day because I willingly use his power. I created my avatar to kill you all because I wanted to be helpful to him.”
Edmerek, having said that, pushed back his deep hood and looked straight at me.
Rough brown hair. Sunken eyes, pale face, and chapped lips.
On top of that, he had emaciated cheeks that made his cheekbones prominent.
The Archbishop representing the gluttony of the God of Tainted Unity looked as if he were on the verge of death.
Wasn’t that ironic?
Edmerek, with chunks of vomit on his ragged beard, wiped it off with his sleeve and glared at me with fierce eyes.
“Recently, he personally told me something.”
“I think I know what it is.”
“Yes. Some brat twisted his grand plan, his destiny.”
“I killed him because I was shown disrespect. That happens everywhere. Killing one bishop won’t twist fate. Isn’t it you guys who twist the order of things in the first place?”
In my mockery, Edmerek showed a creepy smirk.
“Listen closely, young brat.”
Retch.
This time, Edmerek vomited out an avatar shaped like a regular Evil Rabbit.
“His work is the natural order. His plan is destiny. You guys are the ones who disrupt the world.”
He had the tone of someone who absolutely believed he was right.
As Edmerek continuously vomited something out between the avatars in front of him, he raised his scrawny hand.
“But there’s one truth that you all know very well.”
His sharp, carnivorous-like nails glittered in the air.
“The law of the jungle applies.”
Edmerek drooled, growling like a beast.
“So submit obediently.”
Then he clenched his fist.
Since I was familiar with what he was about to do, I immediately rolled on the ground.
A translucent jaw appeared in the air, biting down fiercely on the spot where I was just moments ago.
Crack!
Even though I was sure I had dodged it, a chilling sensation still reached me.
It was an attack that seemed to consume space itself. If I hadn’t noticed it in time, I wouldn’t have died, but both my shield and everything else would have been shattered.
“Kkureureua!”
“Kaak!”
“Gwueeek!”
The avatars rushed forward, seemingly taking the recent attack as a signal.
And amidst them, Edmerek, who seemed as if he still had something to vomit, was retching.
Just like Edmerek, Vincent, who was also gagging, pulled my body that was still on the ground behind him.
At the same time, Helena, who was now enveloped in a more potent divine power than usual, rushed toward the avatars.
“Listening to you makes it feel like my ears are rotting! How dare you utter such blasphemies with that crazed demeanor?!”
She plunged her fist into the elongated nose of the avatar at the forefront.
Crunch!
A crunching sound followed, and the avatar staggered back.
As that leading avatar mixed up with the others following it, a wave of divine power erupted, as if she had been waiting for this moment.
It wasn’t an attack, but merely a vast barrier.
It wouldn’t last long, but… a moment would be enough.
Woosh… Boom!
Various magic spells flew over my head.
While I was buying some time, the mages, having completed their chants, stepped forward.
The front line of avatars was swept away in an instant.
Following that, to buy more time for magic preparations, the knight students began confronting the avatars alongside Helena.
“What…?”
Perhaps Edmerek hadn’t expected us to fight so well that his expression wavered significantly.
Seeing that, I smirked.
“Quite flimsy for something claimed to be made by divine power. Oh, perhaps that God was a fool?”
“You arrogant brat…!”
Good. Everything is going according to plan so far.
Edmerek continuously devoured the space and simultaneously sent avatars our way.
Knowing what was coming, I naturally had to be prepared.
But the real challenge starts now.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
A giant avatar made from the Evil Rabbit. And Edmerek, with his eyes red-hot, glared at me.
Neither of them had made a move yet.
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