A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

As he was deep in thought, he faintly heard the sound of ocean waves.

However, there were no waves suddenly appearing around, so the sound seemed to be just Bree's own auditory hallucination.

“Brave, can you hear the sound of the waves?” Naruko looked at Bray strangely.

“Levy heard that too!” Levy said, raising her paw.

"..." It seems it wasn't my imagination... But why is everyone suddenly hearing this sound?

Immediately afterwards, the "Final Echo" in Bray's hand trembled.

Bray glanced at a person walking towards him from the side.

Redip walked out from the crowd kneeling before Takaman, carrying the somewhat timid Doffin in his arms.

Just seeing Redipple gives you the illusion of facing the ocean.

"Could you also let Doffin leave this place temporarily?" Redip and Bray looked at each other.

"Just hand her over to this brainless idiot behind me." Bray pointed to Naruko behind him.

Naruko, who was called a brainless idiot, was furious and started thinking about how to refute Bray.

"Thank you for your help." Redip walked up to Naruko and gently placed Dove on the ground.

But Doffin's hands were tightly wrapped around Redup's neck.

"Redip, what's wrong here?" Dove looked at Redip anxiously.

Elatabah suddenly changed his appearance, which frightened Doffin.

"It's nothing, just that a monster has appeared." Redip squatted down and stroked the girl's blue hair.

"Is it the same whale as last time?" Dove tilted his head, recalling that terrifying whale from back then.

"Hmm." Redip hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

"Is Redipm going to drive Him away like last time?"

"Ah... um." He just kept stroking Dove's hair, not knowing what to say.

He wasn't a man who never lied; at least he lied to Dove many times.

Redip lied again, just like before.

“…” Bray, who was standing, glanced at Redip, who was squatting.

His pupils reflected a bewildered figure, not the resolute fisherman.

“We’ll be leaving in about ten minutes,” Bray said to Redip.

“Is that so…” Redip hesitated, then stopped.

"Go Redip!" Dove pumped his fist to cheer Redip on.

"Very good! Although I don't know what you're going to do, good luck to each of you." Naruko nodded repeatedly, putting on an expression that said she knew everything but actually knew nothing.

Time passed by, minute by minute.

Redip and Bray stood there silently, and they might stay there until the three women disappeared from the spot.

At the last moment, Naruko suddenly spoke.

"Dead fish eyes, there's candy in the bag." Naruko chuckled.

"Before you win, remember to order a candy in style."

"That looks cool." Naruko raised her head, seemingly proud of something.

"Huh?" Bray was a little confused.

However, before Bray could even ask Naruko what she was thinking, Naruko, Levy, and Dove were teleported away.

On the ground, only dust remained, along with two expressionless people.

“Where did they go?” Redip spoke first.

"Yes, I've gone to the capital, the Central Continent."

“Really? That’s good.” Redip nodded.

"It must be very safe if it's that far away."

“They will return tomorrow, at the same time, in this place,” Bray said calmly.

"Really... he'll come back." Redip pondered for a long time.

"I'm here to..."

"Clang—" But the sound of Bray's sword being drawn interrupted Redip's words.

"Enough with the unnecessary words," Bray sighed.

"BOOM!!!!!!!!!!" A huge roar echoed off the coast of Elataba.

Betley, holding Afrena, leaped out of the thick smoke.

"Put me down!!!" Afrena shouted in a panic.

"Do you want to become like those people in the city?" Betley glanced at Afrena in his arms.

"..." Aphrena was speechless after hearing Betley's words.

She didn't want to be influenced by "concepts," but she also didn't want to face the Silver Seeds head-on with that madman, Beatrix!

Now, Avrena and Betley are right in front of Takaman.

The roar just now was the noise caused by Takaman and Betley's battle.

"A demigod is more difficult to deal with than I imagined," Beatrix said with a wry smile after landing.

"Knowing you're difficult to deal with, why don't you run away already?!"

"You can't run away."

“Although there are many cultists in Elataba, there are also many non-cultists,” Betley said solemnly.

"The number of deaths from a city's self-destruction is not on the same level as being directly wiped out by this silver seed."

Internal strife will certainly cause a lot of deaths, but... if the Silver Seeds take action, everyone dies.

Let's not go into too much detail about the difference between these two.

Afrena's expression was priceless. How could someone who's immersed in killing every day not have a interesting expression when suddenly talking about saving people?

"Although I don't know how you did it, it's remarkable that you, as a lower species, were not distorted by 'concepts'—"

"I'll just give you credit for now," Takaman's voice came from the thick smoke.

The rock-covered fist, billowing smoke, hurtled towards Betley.

Before Takaman's fist even landed, flames began to burn the earth.

Betley, who was on the ground, freed one hand and held it in front of himself.

"Leyev's Imaginary World"

There was no loud noise, and nothing caught fire.

Takaman's attack was thus silently neutralized.

After the attack failed, the surrounding scenery turned into a vast expanse of white.

In that instant, it felt as if a bite had been taken out of the surrounding space.

But things quickly returned to normal.

"Leev's Imaginary World" can indirectly negate all physical damage by devouring space.

However, this "everything" is relative.

Of course, Takaman's attack was indeed defended by this divine spell; the scope of "everything" is still quite broad.

"Not bad defense." As the smoke and dust began to dissipate, Takaman's figure gradually became clear.

Its entire body is covered with a layer of rock that resembles armor.

The head, resembling both a dog and a bird, is not ugly at all; on the contrary, it is full of majesty and sacredness.

The flames, as light as gauze, continuously burned the surrounding air.

His height is about 4 meters. Although it is very tall for a Black Iron species, it is not considered exaggerated among the various Silver species.

It might even be a little too small.

“Can you get me going?” Takaman asked.

The ground began to shake the next second. Takaman didn't move, and the ground beneath Betley's feet began to sink.

Betley fled in a sorry state from the ground.

But wherever he went, the ground would sink, as if the entire earth was working against him.

No, this isn't just an analogy; in fact, the entire land is being targeted by Beatrix.

There are countless ways to use the word "concept," but there's only one thing: not enough development.

In particular, the "concept" of "words" has a surprisingly wide range of applications.

Takaman, on the other hand, merely conquered the land beneath his feet.

"Tsk." Betley clicked his tongue.

"Wings of the Leathergate"

Since it's impossible to stand on the ground, we have no choice but to walk on air.

Takaman looked up at Betley in mid-air.

“You’re too tall. I won’t allow you to be taller than me,” Takaman said.

This statement sounds really childish at first glance... but what if He really has that power?

In that case, this statement would no longer be considered childish or immature.

"Bang!!!" Beatrix and Aphrena were pulled to the ground by a tremendous force.

Then the two people who were pulled to the ground fell as the ground subsided.

"That's why I said!!! Run away quickly, isn't it obvious we can't win?!" Afrena said nervously, grabbing Beatrix's collar.

“Grab me and fly up,” Beatrix said calmly to Afrena as they plummeted downwards.

"The power of your wings is greater than my divine magic."

It must be admitted that even with divine magic, Bete's flying ability is still inferior to Aurena's real wings.

Only at times like these would Betley marvel at how the Bronze race truly lived up to its name.

"..." As if giving up the resistance, Aphrena broke free from Betley's embrace and caught the falling Betley in mid-air.

"Whoosh—" Afrena's wings were indeed powerful, carrying Betley out of the bottomless underground in just a few seconds.

Aphrena grabbed Betley and accelerated, flying straight upwards.

"You want to escape?" Betley sensed Aphrena's intention.

“That’s right,” Aphrena said matter-of-factly.

Since Betley asked Aurena to fly with him, Aurena should do as he asked.

However, it's up to Afrena to decide where they fly to.

“Little angel.” Takaman’s flat tone carried a hint of disdain.

"!?" Aphrena's speed gradually decreased, and her flight altitude also dropped.

"This is terrible..." This time it was Betley's turn to be hugged by Afrena, and he frowned and began to ponder.

Betley is able to resist the powerful effects of "concepts" by using divine power.

However, divine power is ultimately just a fragment of a "concept".

To use fragments to contend with the main body would require an enormous amount, and currently, Beatrix is ​​not yet able to completely contend with the "concept" using divine power.

Therefore, during combat, Betley could only ensure, to a minimum, that he wouldn't be excessively influenced by "concepts".

However, Beatrix had no way to deal with this kind of traction created by using "concepts".