Chapter 36:  In the nameless land

Cassandra Strada succeeded in quickly half-enchanting and drawing in the lower-ranking employees of the World Dimensional Phenomenon Management Organization, and through this, succeeded in obtaining the cooperation of the World Dimensional Phenomenon Management Organization.

Of course, she didn’t get their cooperation just by making those employees a little crazy. By handing over some of the information she had (obviously obtained through divination) to those higher up than them, she formed a contractual relationship that was a little less than trust, and led to a cooperative relationship that would benefit both sides!

And the things Cassandra told them were not very detailed, but they added a little more to the speculations that the Dimensional Phenomenon Management Organization was already making, so there was no reason not to accept them.

Even without considering that, Cassandra had a difficult ability that was not easy to turn into an enemy from their point of view, and she was also a strong person who could be counted on one hand.

Anyway, the Dimensional Phenomenon Management Organization, having obtained information and ordered the three, Carter, Bron, and Rosie, who were right nearby and could be considered to have at least some acquaintance with Cassandra, to move with Cassandra, support and assist her, moved and judged as quickly as possible.

For now, since the situation was urgent, they prioritized the situation where they could move immediately rather than the rank or quality of personnel. In this kind of situation, responding quickly is more important than anything else.

Cassandra also did not object, because time was important to her now.

The destination that these people, who had gathered together, were immediately heading to was Australia. Among them, they had to enter not the territory of the current state of Australia, but the lawless area, the area abandoned by Australia.

“Teleportation using a magic circle? That won’t work well now. Prepare another means of transportation.”

“Yes? Ah, yes!”

The fastest means of transportation is teleportation using magic, of course… but Cassandra herself asserted that it would not work, and in fact, as a result of inquiry, the mage tower replied that for some reason, teleportation to Australia was dangerous and could not be used now, so they began to move to Australia through other means of transportation.

The reason why teleportation to Australia was impossible was simple. Because two monsters were rampaging in Australia now.

To be precise, it was because the power emitted by one of the rampaging beings was disrupting the entire area of Australia, making it impossible to teleport safely.

In Korea, two S-rank Awakeners desperately blocked it, and two clashed, and one was very specialized in defense, so it was largely offset and there was no problem, and during the European incident, the person who was causing the chaos was far away, so it was quickly restored later, but… Australia was currently undergoing a rampage, so there was no way there would be no problem.

Therefore, they had no choice but to quickly give up on teleportation and find another alternative. They couldn’t give up here.

Of course, it would be slow compared to teleportation, which can instantly move to another continent without taking much time… but even though the world was chaotic, it wasn’t without progress and adaptation, so there was a way to move as quickly as possible, so they started to move to Australia through it.

Just as airplanes and ships have not disappeared even though there is a teleportation gate provided by the mage tower, it was possible that they could not be used due to external factors or internal circumstances like now, so an alternative means could be found quickly.

So, Cassandra and the trio were moving quickly to Australia on a plane made through magic stones, and the byproducts of monsters that appeared in the dimensional rift.

“Um… Ms. Cassandra, we won’t be late if we take this… right?”

“We won’t be significantly late. This was something I was considering from the start.”

Unlike those who were restless, Cassandra was relatively calm.

But that didn’t mean she was really calm. She wasn’t very relaxed either.

It was a situation where she was entering the middle of a danger zone, where monsters with power that she couldn’t handle were rampaging, and if things went wrong, she might face the worst situation where the star would be destroyed, let alone a reunion, so it wasn’t easy to relax.

‘…The meeting must happen. Trying to quickly extract him will only cause more damage…’

Of course, the damage was bound to be great anyway.

Isn’t it impossible for the standards or criteria of ordinary people to apply to transcendent monsters who have half lost their minds and have far surpassed the limits of humans?

In the first place, no one could judge them. That’s only possible if you have more power.

In the end, there is only one way. The reason why they, and Cassandra, came to this star. Only that can be the only answer.

…It was painful to think that she had to give her beloved to another who loved him first… but it couldn’t be helped.

“You’ve packed everything I told you to prepare, right?”

“Yes. We have packed everything you told us to pack… but how are you planning to use those things…?”

“It’s nothing special. Just an emergency measure that can create a small gap…”

Recalling the fortune she had seen and the future she had foreseen through it… Cassandra closed her eyes.

There wasn’t much time left until they reached their destination.

And every time that short time passed… the scenery of the lawless zone, which had grown lush because Australia had intentionally neglected it because it was too vast, was slowly disappearing.

“…Um, it feels like the ground is shaking a bit… it must be my imagination, right?”

And in the midst of that destruction, the man who was targeted by two monsters more vicious than the two natural disasters causing that destruction… was still idly wasting time without properly grasping the situation.

Until the knight, Aegis Charlotte, finds her beloved lord…

Until the fallen hero, who was once the most noble and precious, but extinguished that light herself and became a demon king, meets her lost love again…

…How much time, I wonder, is left…?

Somewhere in the world, a nameless land that had become untouched by human hands.

In an area where human footsteps had long since ceased, the shape of a human, unsuitable for such a land, could be seen.

Moreover, a beautiful woman who seemed to be not an ordinary person…

But anyone who knew the identity of the woman there would not be able to worry about the person standing there.

“Ugh, ugh…!”

Even her face, which was contorted in pain from a sudden headache, was beautiful…

But at the same time, the sight of cracks appearing on her contorted face showed at once that she was not an ordinary person.

“Zion, Zion…! My god…! Where, where are you…? Ugh, I’m lost…”

Her staggering yet aimless steps also showed that her condition did not look good at the moment.

“That, that damn, d-damn knight…! Interference, interference…!!”

She was none other than Elasia Celestia, grinding her teeth as she recalled the newly formed enemy that appeared in her mind.

Once… in another world, she was called a saint… a being who was called a saint who repented while killing the god with her own hands, killing those who followed it, and wandering the world, the dimension, and became an object of fear.

And now, she was a woman who had reached Korea, led by the being she had searched for all her life, and met the person she had longed for, but was filled with anger because she could not achieve her purpose due to the interference of a knight who had a similar purpose to hers.

A being who had completely thrown away the guise of a human, a saint, and only looked at, worshiped, obsessed over, and craved one person… a contradictory god, reborn as such a god of obsession and craving.

She had been forcibly dropped to this distant place by Aegis Charlotte’s suicidal attack, and she was wandering aimlessly, having suffered a great shock and stress from the sudden disappearance of the light she thought she had in her hand.

But even she was a god…

Slowly, the damage was recovering, she was regaining her senses, and she would be able to sense the location of Ryu Zion, whom she had been searching for…

“Ho ho, ho ho… this is quite a peculiar one…”

“?!”

Before she could recover that much, an uninvited guest came to her.

“I thought it was familiar, but it was mixed with something, so I thought it wasn’t… but I shouldn’t have judged it like that! I was going to lightly look for traces, but I found something more interesting than I thought!”

“…Who, who are you…?”

Elasia frowned at the unpleasant situation of an unfelt presence calmly crouching on a tree branch behind her, smiling and talking to her.

“Oh! Who am I! That’s a good question. There were quite a few names that referred to me!”

Soon, the woman in strange clothes who landed on the ground muttered with a smile.

The greatest martial artist of all time, an unprecedented genius, the strongest in history, invincible, the fear of the world, a demon, a disaster, a monster, a planet destroyer… and even the worst criminal in the universe.

“But, I cherish this name the most.”

With a refreshing smile, she introduced herself.

“Cheonma (Heavenly Demon). I am the only god of the great Cheonma Divine Cult, the revered cult leader, and at the same time, the invincible one who has no rivals throughout all ages, Cheonma Cheon Si-yeon!”

In front of the saint who became a god, a confident martial artist who called herself Cheonma appeared.