What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 459

The Sub-Male Lead Goes On Strike – #459

The Wreckage of Despair (8)

Short strands of hair floated slowly in the air. Time passed with agonizing slowness.

Her name is ‘Morhan,’ not ‘Noe.’

-Kukukukugu! Kwakwakwakwang······!

“Lord Heineken! No, be careful!”

“But Cedric and Sir Johann are down there! And Prince Dioph too!”

She couldn’t quite recall her surname. It seemed similar to a certain flower.

In their small community, where they were accustomed to calling each other by their first names, there was rarely any need to use or mention surnames.

Yeriho was a city with a lord’s castle, but Morhan’s life had always been confined to a small village.

Even after those she knew, those she had been quite close to, but who had ultimately abandoned her, had all passed away······.

She couldn’t let go of that place. She simply couldn’t.

-Gugugung, Waaarrrr······!

“Willem, don’t let go of your aunt’s waist!”

Call it a foolish attachment if you will.

“Lopi! Lopi, where are you! Please come back!”

The informant’s large eyes were open blankly.

Her prone body was trapped like a prisoner between the horns of the Spirit Guardian.

Collapsing giant rocks and moss thickly growing in the crevices of the rocks slowly entered her vision.

Come to think of it, her life seemed to resemble that moss.

There was nothing to proudly boast about, she was just a poor and insignificant commoner-born priestess, but······.

Nevertheless, she was an existence that had deeply permeated everywhere, becoming attached and living there.

-Kkiiiiii!

“Demi, no!”

It was a truly gnat-like, tenacious life.

-Kwakwakwakwakwa······!

“Uh, go up more! It’s speeding up! Hold on tight, everyone!”

“Spirit Guardian, go as you please! Do as you will!”

Sharp, desperate cries echoed muffledly beyond her ears.

Priestess Morhan rolled her eyes, feeling extreme fatigue.

The jet-black scenery of the black market was becoming distant.

Through the hazy, acrid smoke, bright red flames flickered like a demon’s tongue.

It was as if she were watching a scene from a fantasy novel.

Buildings collapsing, metallic ornaments. The clock tower ringing its final bell.

The great plaza with its heart pierced black······.

-Kwareureu, Kwagagang!

-Deng, Deng, Deng, Deng······!

And through it all, she saw the magic stone blade still emitting a faint green light.

The priestess’s pupils widened greatly.

“Ah······.”

‘Kkiiiiiik······.’ Finally losing its target and even its power, the wreckage was slowly falling.

The woman’s body precariously hanging on that railing was the same.

The power of the sacred earth was so merciless.

It always pulled all beings in the world to the bottom, and there were no exceptions to this rule.

Morhan slowly parted her lips, which were torn and bleeding.

Was it because her consciousness was fading, or was this also the will of the Chief God [the highest deity in their religion]?

It was so clear.

-Pallak, Pallangpallang······

The child falling gently.

The woman wearing a white gown like an angel’s wings, with only one person in her sight until the very end.

Her younger sister, sending transparent teardrops up to the sky as she drifted away.

The movement of those beautiful lips.

‘Sister.’

“No, ‘Noel’―!”

A thunderous realization pierced the priestess’s mind like swords.

Memories from a very long time ago flashed before her eyes like a revolving lantern.

‘To be cursed by mana. What kind of world would abandon such a baby? She’s so pretty.’

‘Let’s make today your birthday. How about it?’

‘That’s right, then your name is Noel. That’s what your sister will call you!’

“Noel!”

Morhan gathered all the remaining strength she had and raised her body.

It was truly as fast as lightning.

She herself didn’t know where this energy came from.

Red embers and acrid air were tormenting her vision. She didn’t care.

-Tat!

She released the Spirit Guardian’s horn without hesitation. And threw herself into the inferno.

“Crazy, no! Ms. Noe! No!”

-Kkiiiiiing!

The pink-haired child screamed in a piercing voice.

Hwaeeeaeek! Following that, a terrible wind sound and air-splitting sound struck her eardrums.

Morhan stretched out her arms with all her might, moving downward, downward.

The more she did so, the clearer her memories became.

That day, she had made a promise to the baby who couldn’t even open her eyes properly.

‘Let’s go see the head of the monastery together. He will bless you.’

Stroking her slender little finger.

‘Don’t cry, Noel. Little baby.’

Don’t cry.

‘From now on, your sister will always be by your side. Always.’

I’ll be by your side.

“Noel! Noel······!”

A childish voice let out a tearing scream. This was ultimately her original sin.

Her miserable mistake of not taking proper care of her sister, not understanding her heart, and ultimately not preventing her from going astray.

Heartfelt tears ran down her cheeks and soared into the Chief God’s sky.

The priestess fell endlessly into the embrace of the earth. She felt like she could reach her with just a little more.

Just a little bit, if she could just take a few more steps, she felt like she could hold that child in her arms once again.

-Ssaeeeaeek!

Just one more span―

-Paaaaat!

At that moment, a figure that soared up from below snatched her up in an instant.

White hair blocked her path. Morhan’s eyes widened as if they would pop out.

No!

“No! No, let go of me! Noel! Let go!”

“Calm down, Priestess.”

“Noel―! Please, no! Let go!”

‘No!’ Hot blood gushed from her throat.

Trapped in the man’s arms, Morhan struggled with all her might.

She thrashed about with the intention of abandoning her life here.

But it was all in vain.

Her sister’s white face, her curly hair, the mole on her pretty lips, her body crumbling like porcelain······.

‘This is my choice.’

And the last whisper,

‘Sister, live forgetting me.’

A long eye contact. Finally, the spirit in those eyes······.

-Kugugugugu······!

Faded away into the abyss.

“No! No, no! Please don’t go!”

-Kwaaaaaang······!

The palace-like, sharp magic stone blade finally fell upon Noel.

Morhan burst into a desperate cry.

The Spirit Guardian looked down on all those scenes, scattering the fallen leaves of early winter.

Bright dawn light was breaking over the continent.

*

Thus, back on the ground.

-······Kwakwakwakwang!

In Yeriho, where the sky was turning blue, a roar that tore apart the heavens and the earth echoed for a long time.

-Kureureureung······!

“Waaah, I thought I was going to die! I really thought we were all going to die!”

“Lady Stella!”

Whack! As soon as Gain found Elizabeth, she ran to her and hugged her like crazy.

Clear and cool outside air filled her lungs and she spun around once.

But the viscountess was really sorry that she couldn’t fully focus on her friend.

She looked up beyond the pink hair and kept gaping her jaw.

Ganael, who was standing next to her, had a similar expression. That was because―

“Good heavens, Lady Stella.”

“What on earth is that······?”

The downtown area right behind the tavern had been blown open to a terrifying size.

The distant opposite edge was at a level where it couldn’t be seen from here at all.

It was fortunate that Yeriho was already a ruined city, otherwise a terrible tragedy would have surely occurred.

Occasionally, choking smoke and ear-splitting noise erupted.

Fortunately, Elizabeth and Ganael had taken Marguerite with them to evacuate in advance.

The tavern owner and guests, the criminals, and the surrounding merchants had all been moved to the monastery.

And that was all because of······.

-Kkihut!

“Oh my, they noticed it right away again? Sister knew you would.”

-Kkihung!

“Yeah, our Peri must have been a genius. I believed in you.”

It was thanks to Leah and Peri’s quick disaster warning while they remained on the ground.

The etheric sensitivity of the Divine Beasts was beyond anything one could imagine.

Christel, who was carrying the two little ones on her back and cooing at them, suddenly raised her head.

Then, she pointed at her back with her chin.

“Ah, that side is the Chief God’s earth-attribute divine object that I mentioned. Spirit Guardian! We came up together!”

-Kugugugung······!

“······.”

“······.”

At those words, the soon-to-be Mute couple blankly turned to look at Christel.

The blue-gray eyes were still gleaming with the fatigue and excitement of battle.

The lovers momentarily lost their words.

What kind of sound is that, are you introducing a newly acquainted young lady at a tea party?

-Hello, nice to meet you······. There are children of the Lovehooon here too!

The soul body that soared high into the sky looked down at the two men and women and bloomed into a shy smile.

From the divine object’s huge horns, fresh mistletoe leaves began to sprout.

Ganael was startled and bowed his head and closed his eyes.

Elizabeth immediately gave a polite imperial bow.

No matter how much she had heard about it in advance in the guest room, it was still too shocking to accept suddenly.

The Yeriho citizens who were fainting here and there came into view.

There was no way to inform them in advance, so it was truly a pitiful situation.

But what could she do?

-Well, I’ll let you down now too.

-There are so many pretty houses on the ground. And it smells good!

On the path that Riester’s ‘Three Dignitaries’ take, extraordinary and miraculous things always happen.

Just like today.

“Thank you so much, Spirit Guardian. You worked hard.”

-No, I’m the one who’s grateful.

The Crown Prince’s party, who came down from the divine object’s embrace, finally set foot on the ground.

Elizabeth finally let out a sigh-like laugh and slowly looked around at them.

Prince Jibril Dioph and Sir Johann Haynes were each carrying a child on their backs, and Princess Juliette Yeser was taking good care of the three Divine Beasts.

Cedric was carrying the unconscious informant, Ms. Noe, on his back.

They all looked very tired, but in any case, it seemed that no one was seriously injured.

No matter how she looked at it, it seemed that her friends had completely destroyed the black market of the Chief God······. Hmm.

“That’s a relief. Isn’t it?”

“Yes, Mute. I was so scared.”

First of all, it was the Chief God’s grace. Ganael held his fiancee’s hand tightly and offered a prayer.

Even during that time, the divine object continued to whisper happy sentences.

From the body where the other side was transparently visible, nameless flowers and early sprouts were constantly blooming.

-Look at that, a flying squirrel. The sun and the moon are rising at the same time!

-The sky is reddish and blue. It’s like embers and water droplets!

-I don’t remember if it was originally this color.

-I want to see it every day from now on······!

It was a very excited voice, layered upon layered.

Princess Yeser smiled kindly at such a divine object, then carefully looked at the children carried on Dioph and Sir Haynes’ backs.

The two boys and girls were a little pale in the cheeks, but other than that, there seemed to be no particular problems.

After finally checking Ms. Noe’s condition, the Archbishop calmly turned her body.

And faced Elizabeth and Ganael.

The lovers’ faces hardened.

“Good heavens, Lord Heineken!”

Where did you throw away one of your eyeglass lenses? Only one eye looks brown!

“Are you two okay? Are you hurt anywhere? Please listen to my story!”

The princess frowned and hugged the Divine Beasts, then ran to them in a hurry.

Then, she began to rattle off everything that had happened underground.

At first, they thought she was just exaggerating, but when they looked closely, her acorn-like eyes were moist.

She seemed to have been greatly surprised. Her lips also seemed to be a little blue.

“······So I kept getting anxious, but the Crown Prince and Sir Johann weren’t coming up! Prince Dioph and Lopi too. The entire black market was collapsing. I didn’t know what to do, what to do since there was no means of communication. I just kept pacing back and forth······. I came up with this!”

‘Francois’s magic tool belt!’ He smiled brightly and pointed to his waist.

Elizabeth ended up bursting out laughing. Even she felt the tension lift.

“When I hit this hard a few times, people shot up from down there! Suddenly like rockets······.”

It was then.

-Bbuuuuuuuuu······!

From very far away, the faint sound of a horn was heard.

The princess stopped moving and blinked her eyes.

Cedric silently took off his hood and looked this way.

It was the Imperial Army.