Chapter 433: Lily of the Valley (8)

Chapter 433: Lily of the Valley (8)

Chapter 433: Lily of the Valley (8)

-Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

With a loud crash, the glass began to shatter.

It happened in the blink of an eye to me it seemed as if the passage of time was slowing down.

As such, I sprang into action.

‘Teleportation.’

I quickly launched myself into the air, out of sight.

I grabbed a few people standing near the windows, all of whom were directly in the path of the flames.

Koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-koo...

Soon, the spot where we were standing was engulfed in bright red flames.

“Heh, heh...!”

“Heh...”

The Hero Association was engulfed in crimson flames.

Through the shattered glass, I could see someone, but I didn’t care about him for now.

“Everyone evacuate, now!!!”

A loud voice rumbled from the back, and the Association employees who had narrowly escaped the attack began to run.

Of course, there was no escape.

Those mysterious flame attacks would keep coming.

Missiles or something else, there’s no time to worry about that.

The important thing is that this is the upper floor of the building, and there’s not much time to evacuate but that’s okay, because here, I am.

I can rescue them.

So, before I jumped into action, I shouted out.

“Stardus! Take down that villain right now!!!!”

“...! ...ah ...!”

I could barely hear what was being said, but I sprang into action.

“Hic!”

“Ugh...”

“Hmph, Da-in...”

Tsk.

I grabbed people and moved them to the association building first floor then I went to the upper floors of the building again.

-Flick. Flick.

The view changed and a crumbling red upper floor with flames leaping up appeared.

I move in and get most of the staff safely to the ground floor.

When I returned to the upper floor.

-Shhhhhhhhhhhhh.

-BANG.

The attack on the Association headquarters had stopped.

Outside, fireballs were still flying and roaring.

“...What the hell is that, let’s see.”

Ha. This is why you never know what’s going to happen, you have to be prepared.

It’s a good thing I did.

I muttered to myself, and put on the mask that had been placed in my arms.

There I was, flying through the air and what I saw.

“...Shit.”

Six men wearing helmets were floating in the sky, waving what looked like mechanical wings and throwing fireballs.

In the center of it all was a flying Stardus, dodging the flames and punching them down one by one.

[Kaaaaaah!!]

Ah. Finally, one fell.

“.....”

Ha. What the hell is this?

“Ugh...my fate.”

This guy is a monster.

***

“...This is not good.”

Hmph.

I muttered as I watched the man burn in front of me.

I tried to capture him and interrogate him, but he just killed himself right in front of me. What kind of cult is this?

When I clicked my tongue like that, Stardus flew in through the shattered window.

“Egostic, I’ve got my side taken care of. Are you okay?”

“Yep. Well, as you can see.”

“...Good. Of course you’re fine.”

At my answer, Stardus nodded as if she expected it.

Okay. Here’s where you might be wondering.

Surely, at the beginning, I told you that telekinesis and teleportation alone would make me cough up blood.

Why is it that now, when I use them freely and powerfully, I don’t bleed?

Well, I have a confession to make.

From the day the superpowers were lost, the side effects of my powers began to fade.

‘It’s funny...’

It was funny, actually.

Why would my abilities get stronger? This was a bit of a mystery to me: why would they give me weak abilities when the world’s balance was a mess, but then when the world was at peace, my abilities would get stronger?

...Well, if I had to guess, it could be because the Star God is dead. Perhaps her power is being channeled to me, the Apostle, and Stardus. This is probably the correct theory since Stardus is getting stronger, too.

However, the question still remains.

According to that logic, why is the power of the moon’s magic getting weaker? Of course, the Moon God’s not dead, but it is questionable why it is getting weaker while remaining still.

If I had to extrapolate, the Sun God is dead, so the Moon’s magic is no longer needed to counteract him...? It’s a simple speculation with no evidence, so feel free to ignore it.

Of course, this would mean that the Sun God’s power would also be going to his apostle, Celeste, but...Celeste is nowhere to be found, so I ignore her. And my intuition tells me that she won’t be coming back.

‘Of course... this brings us to the biggest question of all.’

Parallel worlds.

Surely, the Star God told me, the Sun God had disappeared from the other world, and so had the Sun God of our world.

However, as far as I know, we can travel to the future and the past... but there is no concept of ‘other worlds’. That was a bit questionable, but I decided to let it slide since the present was peaceful and good.

‘...Well. Whatever.’

After cleaning up the mess upstairs, Stardus and I returned to the ground floor.

Outside the ground floor, to be precise, where the evacuated Association employees were gathered.

“Mr. President, are you all right?”

“Hah... I’m not doing so well in my later years.”

There he was, sitting on a stone wall, wiping the sweat from his head with a handkerchief.

Fire trucks are arriving nearby, and people are gathering in a crowd.

I took a quick look at the situation and tried to make my way out.

I was nervous because I didn’t have my hat and cloak on in case something like this happened today.

Then the president of the association sighed and opened his mouth.

“Hah...This isn’t the only problem.”

“What? What do you mean?”

“I just got news that religious facilities across our country were attacked at the same time... It seems like there were no casualties though.”

“...What?”

“They’re saying that they’re just destroying places of worship, with no casualties... I don’t know what it is, but they’re checking it out.”

No, that doesn’t make sense.

I wrap my head around the increasingly baffling story.

Let me check my phone first, what the hell is going on.

I opened my burnt and shattered phone and saw.

[99+ missed calls from Seo-eun]

“Mmm.”

‘I’m in trouble.’

That was my first thought.