Turning around, I walked slowly towards the exit. At the same time trying to return to my humanoid form, with which I can interact with the local aborigines. They react extremely badly to tails and horns. The problem of xenophobia and everything connected with it.
The metamorphosis process took time, but soon the deed was done, allowing me to teleport back to where we started the battle.
"It's pretty boring to shoot at a defenseless creature from the air," Kurumi, who had returned to me, complained about the ease of the role assigned to her.
In fact, she used cheats. Because freezing time in the area of tentacles that stretch like rubber is very unfair. Plus, she has intangibility, so she can ignore any kind of damage, except for the one that deals extra damage to ghosts. Her main enemies are exorcists and priests.
"Cleaning up the remains can be tiring, and we don't want this monster to be investigated," I took out an item to reset the delay for super-level magic from my inventory and began to implement it. The space was illuminated by a bright light, and blue ritual circles appeared around me. "Gate of the Kingdom of Shadows," the miniature hourglass destroyed in my palm reduced the casting time to zero, and the magic began to move.
It took me a long time to choose from thirty unique abilities - a special one that can be shown to the public. Most super-ranked skills are aimed at destruction, but not at sucking the carcasses of huge creatures into parallel spaces.
By the way, an interesting fact, it is almost impossible to protect yourself from the spell used, even if you know about its existence in advance. The only way left by the developers is to use teleportation or a sharp restoration of health above fifty percent.
True, almost all PvP players use magic or scrolls that completely cut off the escape routes for the victim. In addition, it is problematic for the enemy to sharply increase his health in a duel with a ganker, especially one on one.
But the ability "Gate of the Kingdom of Shadows" can't be called imba in any way. It's not for nothing that it is given out at level seventy-two. Rather, the spell is of an entertaining nature, because other types of super-level magic are much more useful.
"My spell was forcibly deactivated. Is this super-tier magic?" Kurumi asked with interest, watching as the dark clouds in the sky disappeared in an instant.
— It's not for nothing that these spells have a limit on the number of uses per day — another limitation is their long casting time. Also, the number of uses applies to all guild members. Usually, players used such magic as a trump card in raids. Largely because of the long casting time; usually, during this period of time, a dangerous caster would be killed ten times.
Luckily, almost all Yggdrasil players had donation consumables to reduce the duration of the spell; good loot from dead players is never superfluous. Of course, I donated for these consumables myself, but I did not keep them idle. On the contrary, as a player focused exclusively on PvP content, these items were flying off the shelves like hot cakes.
There are quite a lot of them for now, you can treat yourself to some quick abilities. Later, after a couple of years of constant battles using super-level magic, you will have to tighten your belts.
"Some object appeared in the sky," Kurumi suddenly said, pointing a thin finger at the black brick.
Very soon another one appeared in the sky, and then another and another. The gate was being built quickly, but it would take some time to be fully completed. It took about thirty seconds just to finish the model. And another thirty seconds to fully complete the structure. That's why I consider this magic useless, too long to wait.
But the result was worth waiting for, like children waiting for Christmas.
Fate gave me an amazing gift.
In Yggdrasil, this would be impossible, but a huge, gigantic, no… Here, at least, the gate is several kilometers long, and a little less wide. There is no need to guess, but the game servers would definitely take a long time to process such an object, but the real world is amazing. It allows the full potential of Yggdrasil's magic to be realized.
Flower!
A deafening roar rolled across the entire region, filling the ears of all living beings with its sound. This was only the beginning. Then the bells began to ring, most likely church bells, calling the faithful flock to the temple.
The gates began to open.
Since the door was parallel to the ground, only those who were next to us were allowed to enjoy the beautiful view of another dimension. Next to those who were given the best seats by fate - VIP.
When the gates swung open, tens of thousands of chains jumped out from the veil of darkness. An immeasurable number of them considered our offering worthy of their attention, and the offering also fully satisfied their conditions: the target's health is below fifty percent.
Excellent, so the tortured chimera is completely tied up.
However…
- Oh, there's a hand there! - Like a little child watching a football match, Kurumi excitedly pointed to a detail that was unexpected to me. Indeed, a... God damn it... hand had crawled out of the portal. The palm of a real giant fell down with a crash, right towards the chimera.
Some monster, on the other hand, decided to take a good snack into his Shadow Realm, like a hungry Chinese person takes sushi with chopsticks: surprisingly dexterously and quickly.
At the moment when the rising wind was just about to reach us, the completely bound chimera was suddenly dragged behind the gate. The church bells stopped making their ringing sound, and the door began to slowly close. Slowly, but the result did not take long to come.
"Amazing," a calm comment on the current situation, but my hands, despite the restrained tone, enthusiastically spread out to the sides. "All super-level magic spells have unique effects that depend on certain conditions. However, this is the first time I've seen such an effect. Probably, the chance of it working is less than one percent," shrugging my shoulders, I watched the place where the gate had appeared earlier in delight for some time.
It needs to be repeated.
Maybe we'll be able to better explore the space beyond that impenetrable darkness.
Wonderful: to explore new dimensions, new worlds and new laws of the universe.
"Doesn't that creature with the big hand obey the Lord?" Kurumi asked incredulously.
- What? No, it is willful, and may well pose a danger to us. I think it was only because of the narrow gate that it did not get out, - a guess occurred to me for a second. If it was correct, then it would be better not to use the spell on creatures larger than my chimera. And it would be better not to play around with the gate for now, no matter how much I wanted to.
"I thought that the higher beings were the most powerful in the universe," and where did she get that idea from? The Demiurge had probably bitten her and infected her with paranoid devotion coupled with blind faith.
- What we know is limited by our accumulated experience. The Universe is a vast ocean of knowledge. Eternity would not be enough to explore all its laws, as well as the dangers lurking within it. We must constantly improve in all directions, trying, if not to surpass all threats, then clearly to catch up with them, - approaching the girl, my palm gently fell on her head to stroke her silky hair.
Kurumi was not against it, but on the contrary, she joyfully and obediently trusted me.
"What danger could there be?" she asked curiously.
— Meteorites, for example. Beyond the observable sky is the vastness of space. A vast expanse of space where deadly pebbles float. If one of them hits this planet at high speed, all life on it will perish. It is our duty to develop science or magic to control the pebbles, changing their trajectory or destroying them right in space, — I cheerfully shared one of the many dangers that threaten our eternal existence.
Tilting my head slightly to the side, I stopped petting the cutie in shock, which really excited her.
"Can we continue?" Kurumi asked with slight hope, but I had no time for her.
So…
So…
So…
Where did all the people go?
I'm sure there were cheerful little people half a kilometer away from me. Running like ants and dying like butterflies in winter weather. Now only a distant point loomed on the horizon, if you look closely, you can see a couple of familiar faces.
So…
The full picture of what is happening makes sense, and my mind understands, but greater understanding is achieved by putting on rose-colored glasses:
I didn't think that the whole army would decide to race to tell their ruler about our feat. That's probably the point, there's absolutely nothing to be afraid of, because I didn't show any particularly frightening skills in the last battle.
Kurumi…
No, she used only the most basic abilities, one might say, template attacks and techniques. We did not demonstrate anything extraordinary.
It turns out that we have unknowingly shown a master class that greedy people without much strength can try to use to their advantage. For example, that greedy marquis. It is quite possible that he wanted to give the order for all troops to accompany him to the capital. Rich nobles often care about their safety; the more escort, the better. The royal capital, there he will report on our nobility, and the ruler of these lands will invite to an audience the noble travelers who saved his kingdom from disaster.
This is usually the case in all sorts of MMO RPGs, especially those where the writers are too lazy to write a normal plot, sometimes doing it on purpose, to reach a larger audience. After all, players don't go to online games for deep meaning, but to relax after a hard day at work. Let's say, having collected resources and gone to a couple of dungeons.
So, about the point on the horizon. There are our old friends there, I'm sure they stayed here as liaisons between me and the government of this country.
Problematic…
If you take off your rose-colored glasses, I scared away potential pawns. There's nothing you can do, if something goes wrong, then plan "B".
"It's extremely unfortunate, but people were unprepared for our presentation," I completely removed my hand from the top of my charge's head and hid my hands behind my back. "However, there remain potential allies, the strongest and most useful of all those we have met in this camp," my speech now sounded more inspired.
"They didn't have the mana to teleport. And in a panic... No one would take three corpses as ballast, that's for sure," Kurumi noted ironically.
I'd like to box her ears right now for those words.
The truth hurts.
- That's the truth. And yes, I have a favor to ask of you, - for the first time in my new life I address someone with a sincere request.
"Kill them?" the girl asked, raising a thin eyebrow.
— Smile and wave. More friendliness, less aggression — until they run away, then it's definitely plan "B."
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