NOVEL NEXT Chapter 12: It's Faith
Always, always, Yila felt like he walked in the endless long night... He walked alone on the rugged road, moving in a direction that others couldn't understand, and he said—
"At the end of the road, there is a treasure."
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Along the way, Yila met many willing to travel together. Some hoped to see... what kind of treasure he spoke of.
Others simply wanted to walk in the long night with him.
People began to understand each other, and those lost in the night seemed to find a room, gradually gathering around Yila... because the beautiful future clearly lay here.
Those blocking the road, those making sarcastic comments, those who never believed in the existence of the treasure... some silently made way, some became Yila's companions with great interest, and some were curious, waiting for the final answer.
Along the way, Yila witnessed the nobility of mortals and the greatness of gods. While he made efforts, he also accepted the testimonies of his companions... the group gradually approached the end.
"This was not just Yila's effort."
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"But it was destroyed."
Too absurd and ridiculous, making it impossible to get angry... The opponent wasn't particularly ugly, nor was the purpose particularly evil, just like many who opposed Yila.
The enemy, known as the "World Tree Beast," was merely on a different path.
*But this time, Yila did not act to maintain his path. The opponent undoubtedly blocked the road, but also carried the essence of the road itself...*
*Destroying the boulder blocking the road would also cause everything underfoot, all the inherited past, to collapse.*
"The outcome was predestined and unchangeable."
"But..."
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*How to reach the end was for Yila to choose... The best choice was naturally to pretend nothing happened, lament his troubled fate, and quietly move to a new world.*
*But sometimes the best choice... is not the 'best' choice.*
"So, forget everything, temporarily forget the inheritances of both civilizations, ignore everyone's expectations, set aside your responsibility... be a person like Favignano!"
"Hahahahahahahahaha!!!"
Yila let out a bold and hearty laugh. He had never laughed like this before, but having spent time with two cheerful friends, he seemed to have learned this kind of laughter.
He kept falling, from the top of the world, towards the main plane, visibly... the fragments of the plane shattered and floated as if gravity did not exist.
"Buzz~ buzz~"
Satan Ye made this sound, following closely behind Yila, swinging her hands happily... and with the help of the serpent's shed skin, temporarily appearing in the Nine Realms in the form of a soul, she looked very cute.
Turned into a cute little ghost, Satan Ye didn't transform into Youyou, who, except for being transparent and black and white, was no different from a human... but became the kind of little ghost in comics.
The upper half of her body was normal, while the lower half was replaced by a white spiritual body... to describe it, her lower half seemed like a stretched mochi.
"In short, she looked very cute."
"Mr. Yila, aren't you going to use the 'First Wing Pillar' or something?"
Satan Ye watched the rapidly falling Yila and said this, but... the truth was obvious, Yila's power largely depended on the mana borrowed from the World Tree, so the numerical wing pillars couldn't be used.
After all, the World Tree had already uprooted itself to fight... and even finished fighting.
"There is no more mana... even the mana in the atmosphere has disappeared. If it's a profession that requires mana in the body, it surely won't survive, right?"
Yila said this, looking at the approaching massive body of the "World Tree Beast," he smiled and said, "However, I still have power to use... and it should be quite a large amount."
As Yila spoke, the World Tree Beast seemed to sense something approaching from the sky, but due to the colossal size difference, it didn't notice Yila, who to it was merely a mite.
Though this was the case, it still waved a twisted branch-formed arm towards the direction it felt something... now its movements were far less slow.
As the world was destroyed, its power and speed became increasingly terrifying.
*If seen this way, Yila would be directly hit, right?*
"Mr. Yila?"
Amid Satan Ye's puzzled voice...
"Void Wing Pillar·Tikapu·Wing Spread!"
Yila's voice simply chanted, but this time the trigger didn't transmit to the World Tree, but connected simply to his own body... Tikapu, sensing something, raised its head simultaneously.
With Tikapu's "wings" suddenly solidifying behind Yila, his body instantly virtualized and disappeared, dodging the World Tree Beast's swat, while Satan Ye lightly drifted aside... but still became wobbly from the immense wind pressure.
Though there was no real need to dodge.
When Yila reappeared, he was at the side of the World Tree Beast's waist. In his hand now, a giant sword as pure as holy was condensed, and another pair of giant wings was added to his back.
"Void Wing Pillar·Raphael·Wing Spread!"
However, soon, wings similar to Raphael's "wings" multiplied, one pair, two pairs, four pairs, ten pairs, subsequently transforming into thousands and hundreds of pairs... stretching out densely.
*They formed a vast light wing-band large enough to be observed by the World Tree Beast.*
*Incorporating the life force of Heaven, whether it was the Heavenly Holy Knight or ordinary angels, all their powers simultaneously manifested behind Yila, then... delivered a heavy blow to the "World Tree Beast!"*
"Boom!!!! Boom!!!! Boom!!!! Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble!!!!!!"
*For the first time, the "World Tree Beast" was struck by tremendous energy and knocked to the ground, its terrifyingly huge body easily crushed mountains and turned the already broken forest into a muddy swamp.*
*However, such an injury was still negligible to the "beast."*
Satan Ye's eyes widened in surprise. She looked at the scarlet World Spell on Yila's neck and loudly asked, "Mr. Yila, your 'World Spell' also comes from the World Tree, isn't this a problem?"
*World Spell? Indeed, but...*
"It's okay; right now, what drives me is no longer the World Spell."
Yila said this, looking at the World Tree Beast, watching it stand up with immense movements... simultaneously placing his hand on his neck, then gently pulling.
What should have been the most important thing for the Governor, the engraved symbol, now like a real chain, was gently torn off by Yila, then gradually vanished into the air.
Yila waved his left arm towards the sky, scattering residual fine chains into the air.
"What sustains me now is faith!"