Even if you are underground, you can understand that the disaster has now fully awakened.

"Antica itself is the seal of the mythical beast, and the mythical beast is also the pillar that keeps Andica afloat. Now that the seal has been broken, the island will soon return to the seabed."

The shaking island proved that what Ace said was true.

The Antika was now beginning to sink to the end of the island.

"Well, humans, you enemies, in this tiny, gradually destroyed world, struggle as ugly as you can."

Ace gathered astonishing magical power in his right hand.

"Don't even think about it."

"Don't even think about escaping!"

Natsu used Space Blast and Mel fired her water gun, but both attacks were blocked by the barrier that had erupted around Ace. It wasn't just any barrier, but one that shone with a silver glow.

"! That magic light is... you are...!"

"Everything shall be in accordance with the Lord's wishes."

Ignoring Natsu's eyes widened in surprise, Ace's right hand shone. The silver light easily carved a hole in the mural wall, wide enough for one person to pass through.

The cave seemed to connect to the sea outside in an instant. For some reason, a large amount of seawater poured into the room regardless of the characteristics of the island, and the scene was instantly flooded with water like a column of water.

Ace didn't seem to care about the water pressure at all and simply disappeared into the rapids.

"Anyway, we're going to the surface!"

Because Ace's existence was too strange, Bahar and Mel were dumbfounded. Natsu ran to Mel and the others, and then led everyone to move to the ground.

On the ground, the knights led by Ross were still fighting fiercely with Meredi.

The battlefield moved slightly and came to the sky above the eastern coastline.

Their opponent was Meredi, who had previously fought Laus on equal terms, but the Knights' casualties had reached a level that could no longer be ignored.

The reason is simple, because this is land. Unlike on the sea, Meredith's most powerful attack, "Super Gravity Field", can be used to its maximum effect here. In addition -

"...Terrifying talent."

Rouse, who was fighting in the air, was forced to say this.

After all, whether it was the "Soul Charge" that Ross was best at, or the "Phantom" that sent out a fake soul and created an aura that was no different from the original body, they were all ineffective against Miledi, and the dark attribute magic was also offset by the opposite magic.

His ability to analyze magic, choose magic according to the battle situation, and the speed of constructing and deploying magic can all be said to have reached a superb level.

"This monster!"

Airem, standing beside Roth, cursed with a turbulent breath. The entire Knights must have felt the same way.

Outnumbered eighty to one, Meredith, despite being alone against eighty, had already killed nearly ten knights, preventing the Knights from splitting up to fight the pirates.

"Hoo... Hoo... You actually called me a monster? How rude! How could there be a monster as cute as me? Anyway, fellow knights~? How are you feeling right now? The strongest knights who kept saying they would annihilate us, only to be killed by a girl~ How are you feeling right now? Tell me, Mi~? Hey, how are you feeling right now?"

“You—!”

"Idiot! Stop it!"

Provoked by Meredith's infuriating expression, the young knight stormed out. He raced through the air, seemingly oblivious to Rouse's voice, and then... caught in a reversed gravity field, plummeting through the sky. At that moment, a terrifyingly sharp wind blade descended from above like a guillotine.

Due to the sudden reversal of gravity, the knight's mind went into a state of panic, and before he could react, he was beheaded and died.

Seeing such a smooth execution of magic, the knights hesitated with bitter expressions.

"Calm down. Her magic will eventually run out. We need to focus on evasion and defense, using numbers to outmaneuver her and tire her out."

Hearing Ross's precise instructions, Meredith was amazed.

At this moment, water drops fell on Meredith's cheeks.

"……rain?"

Because they were so focused on the battle, they hadn't noticed that the originally clear sky had suddenly become overcast. The dark clouds were rapidly covering the sky above the island at an unnatural speed.

Meredith had a bad feeling about the sudden storm at this time. She frowned, and then there was a loud noise and vibration like a wail.

“Waaaa, wha-what!?”

Meredi couldn't help but let out a panicked sound, and then a strong roar echoed around.

The roar that seemed to shake the soul was somewhat similar to Rouse's "Soul Charge".

Then, as if in response to that roar, the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Dark clouds and lightning covered the sky, the wind blew violently, the sea was rough, and large raindrops fell like bullets.

Not only that, looking down at the coastline, Mireidi discovered something.

"Huh? The water level has risen?"

No, Laws corrected her, eyes wide.

"No, this is... the island is sinking!"

“W-Why!?”

Meredith hurriedly prepared to contact her companions to find out what had happened.

In an instant, the cause of the island's sinking revealed itself.

——Buzz buzz buzz buzz!!

Along with the cries, something seemed to stir in the sea. The first thing they saw was a dorsal fin as big as a sword mountain.

The dorsal fin, as tall as a hill, floats on the sea surface.

It could be a living thing, yet it couldn't be. The thing moving in the surging sea was far too large for a living thing.

“W-What is that…?”

"What's going on? What happened..."

Meredith and Rouse both forgot each other's existence and just stared at the sea.

The thing's end was in sight, but the entire western coastline was visible, a mountain of swords stirring. Its entire length was at least a thousand meters, and the little that was exposed was thicker than a Galien-class sailboat.

As everyone stared in stunned silence, that thing—the divine beast—raised its head.

It's like a mountain emerging from the sea, and the sea water flows like a waterfall.

The mythical beast appeared, its head protruding about 300 meters above the sea surface.

Its entire body resembled a snake covered in metallic black scales, each scale as large as a tower shield, and its mouth contained two rows of teeth. Its entire body emitted a faint dark red glow, and its pair of dark red dragon eyes resembled those of a demon from hell.

The pair of dragon eyes didn't even look at Milady and the others, but just looked at the entire Andika.

Anyone can see it, they can sense it instinctively.

Those dragon eyes contained overwhelming hatred and anger, and they harbored absolute hostility towards Andika, who had sealed them away for so long.

——Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz!!

The divine beast roared with resentment again, but this time the dark red light spread like an explosion.

Seeing the eerie and terrifying light spreading across the entire territory of Antika, Milady felt a chill down her spine.

However, the light surprisingly didn't seem to have any adverse effects on anyone. Everyone was simply bewildered, staring blankly at the giant creature or feeling terrified at the shaking island.

Just as I was thinking this, the next moment, something even more serious happened.

Accompanied by the sound of the sky collapsing and the earth splitting, it was obvious that the entire island was sinking.

The sea opened its bloody mouth, ready to swallow the island...

“No… No… That won’t do, ahhhhhhh!”

The destruction of an island means the death of many people.

The moment this thought flashed through her mind, Meredith didn't think twice and rushed out, shouting loudly to deny reality. Royce seemed to be shouting something, but Meredith couldn't hear him now.

There was only one thought in Meredith's mind that drove her, and that was to save the people of Antika.

She headed towards the center of the island at the speed of free fall, concentrating her magic power to an unprecedented level.

The magic of the sky enveloped her entire body, and even her eyes sparkled with the light of the sky. Meredith streaked across the sky like a comet.

“—『Bad Tribulation』!!”

She unleashed her magic to create a free gravity field over a wide area. Until now, even over a large area, she had only been able to create gravity in one direction. But now, the inverted gravity field Meredith created directly below her radiated horizontally in all directions.

The magic power of the sky spread across the island in a spherical path.

“Ah, wow, ahhhhhhhhhhh!!”

Meredith screamed at the top of her lungs. She raised her hands, planted her feet firmly on the ground, and concentrated her whole being. A pale black sphere appeared with Meredith at its center, and the magical power of the sky connected heaven and earth. The radiance of this young girl, Meredith, even pierced through the dark clouds, creating a hole in the sky.

Meredi's eyes were bloodshot, the veins on her temples were exposed, and her clenched teeth made a sound like breaking.

A heroic figure risking his life.

What Miledi wanted to do was to build an island and face the threat of the sea head-on.

That is beyond human capabilities. It is both impossible and impossible.

Ross and others who were chasing after him all thought so.

however--

"How is it possible... that the sinking speed has slowed down?"

The island, which was originally thought to be submerged by sea water within minutes, has seen its sinking speed slow down significantly.

"Lord Royce! Look at the water..."

Airem's voice trembled as if in fear, and Ross opened his eyes wide in shock.

The water wall of sea water surrounds the island, as if blocked by an invisible wall.

Miredi would not allow the sea water to invade again and would not let anyone in Andika be swallowed by the sea.

This surreal scene reveals her strong and resolute will.

“This is astonishing…”

Ross was so surprised that he was speechless. He unconsciously clutched the clothes on his chest tightly.

He himself probably doesn't understand what kind of emotions this action comes from.

But my frozen heart seemed to be ignited into a fire...

"Lord Rouse! This is a godsend! Now is the time to bring down divine punishment on that monster!"

"What did you say?"

After hearing Airem's suggestion, Rolls couldn't help but ask back.

But he immediately understood that, as a knight of the Church, this was the correct perspective. Looking back, the mad glint in his subordinates' eyes was proof of this.

"Y-yes, you're right."

Royce stopped thinking and feeling. He gripped his staff tightly and looked at Meredith.

Meredith's eyes were unfocused, she was so focused that her perception of reality had been greatly reduced.

Taking her life would be easy. Such a miracle would only last for a short time anyway; Meredith's magic power would soon run out, and Antika would disappear from the world.

Rouse convinced himself and took a step forward. He swung his staff down, ready to shatter Antika's future and Meredith along with it.

"Don't even think about it!"

A dark shadow - Oscar stood between the two at the critical moment.

Oscar raised his black umbrella, took the blow from the staff, and at the same time summoned a small magic sword, shooting it at Ross from a very close distance. Ross jumped back and dodged the attack.

"Are you crazy!? What are you thinking in this situation?!"

Oscar shouted angrily, standing in front of Meredith and glaring at the Knights with eyes filled with anger.

However, the answer was, in a sense, not unexpected.

"What's wrong with fulfilling God's will?"

"Antikka was originally a prison for heretics. So what if it was destroyed?"

What they said is tantamount to treating human life as worthless.

At this moment, the roar sounded again, shaking the atmosphere.

Looking in the direction of the mythical beast, perhaps the island did not sink as it expected, and the mythical beast could no longer hold back. It was seen that the mythical beast had opened its bloody mouth.

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