Chapter 462

Chapter 462

C462

It happened in the blink of an eye, and Jin had no chance to catch them.

"Murakan, let's chase them!"

Murakan descended rapidly again.

Murakan narrowed his wings and descended like a falcon.

"Darn it, why is it so fast?"

He said as he looked at the "murky mist" cradle surrounding the Proch brothers.

The cradle was much faster than Murakan descending at maximum speed...

And it escaped in such a chaotic and bizarre trajectory that could be described as "weird."

The cradle split into two, each holding one of the brothers, and then merged back into one, repeating its spinning motion.

The view outside the "murky aura" became hazy, and the cradle appeared even more intriguing.

"Oh, my babies. Did you miss me so much that you came to see me, right?"

Moreover, a woman's voice could be heard.

It didn't come from the giant mouth of Bouvard formed on the outside but from inside the "murky mist."

Now, Jin and Murakan were convinced that the owner of that voice was Amela.

Furthermore, they thought that she wouldn't immediately kill Lata and Fey.

-If it's not "favorable"?

-It's hard to express it in words. It seemed like she considered us as toys or playmates. She said that talking is boring and swung her sword at us.

-It's embarrassing to admit, but there was a time when I got a cut on my forehead during one of her surprise attacks.

Like the conversation the group had when they entered the islands, the part where Amela called them "my babies" was similar.

For Amela, the Proch brothers were adorable toys.

She wouldn't easily break them.

"My babies... sleep well."

She even sang a lullaby.

Amela's lullaby resonated with the tumultuous cradle and the murky mist, making it seem like they had entered someone's whimsical dream.

Hoo-!

Murakan slowed down. Now, the cradle was no longer visible to Jin and Murakan.

"That Amela seems to be a headache. I have a feeling that everyone we need these days has a loose screw in their head, like that demon woman, Zephyrin."

Instead of the cradle, they saw a much thicker and darker mass of murky aura.

The cradle had disappeared there.

"What are you going to do, kid?"

Would they continue chasing beyond that darkness, or would they consider other options?

There was no need to contemplate.

"The effect of a murky aura is a curse. In any case, we are immune, and considering that the giant Bouvard is also exhaling, it seems to have some physical destructive power, but it doesn't seem to be at an unbearable level. We'll follow it. But..."

"But?"

"Let's focus on defense and evasion until we can communicate directly with Amela. No counterattacks even if she attacks us."

"What nonsense is this?"

"Do you remember what Amela said as soon as we arrived at the central island?"

-[You're bothering me too much.]

She said it through the giant Bouvard, but it was clearly Amela's voice.

"Why is that?"

"I don't know what happened to Amela when the four main factions arrived here before us. But she expressed that she found them so annoying that she wouldn't mind killing them."

It was as if Amela had momentarily decided to listen to their reactions.

[Alright, should I kill everyone except my darlings? That would be fine, right, darlings?]

Amela spoke with unwavering confidence.

Despite facing the four main forces, she not only expected to win but was convinced she would win.

Listening to the voices from outside, it seems like Amela is overwhelming them."

With that in mind, Jin was even more certain.

He believed that, for some reason, Amela possessed a much greater power than usual.

Even though they hadn't sent all the flagbearers from each faction, there were very few individuals in the world who could single-handedly dominate people of that caliber.

It was an impossible feat even considering that Gaifa was the base of Amela and based on the descriptions of Valkas and Lata.

Murakan's black wings silently cut through the misty aura.

As they entered the misty aura where the cradle had disappeared, Jin's vision shifted from being nebulous to complete darkness.

The darkness didn't dissipate even when Jin formed a flame in the palm of his hand.

They continued forward with their Minds' Eyes opened to the maximum.

They could hear distant chants and hums from inside, as well as the sound of someone whispering in a strangely pleasant manner.

[Kukuku, you're the Elder Brother, you're the little sister. I'm the Demon King!]

It was as if a child absorbed in playing with dolls was talking to himself.

A shiver ran down Jin's spine...

But at the same time, it eerily reminded him of Yona.

Amela's humming gradually approached.

And as it approached, the darkness of the murky aura gradually dissipated.

There was a bright space in the distance, and Jin and Murakan naturally understood that it was the core of the mist, covering the entire island.

Amela was sitting in the center of it all.

She wore a camouflage outfit commonly used by mercenaries, but this outfit, made of grass and twigs, had such a large weave that it was hard to compare it to ordinary clothes.

As a result, Amela didn't seem to be wearing clothes; it was more like she was completely hidden within a round bush.

Her two hands protruded from her camouflage and toyed with small wooden dolls that looked like figures.

There were a total of three wooden dolls, and Jin immediately understood what each of them represented.

They were the Proch brothers and Bouvard.

Each of the figures corresponded to the real people standing in front of Amela and moved as they touched them.

But...

Bouvard is transparent as if it were a soul.

While the Proch brothers seemed like themselves, Bouvard took on a luminous and ethereal form.

Bouvard's doll was placed far from the Proch brothers' dolls and seemed to be throwing punches...

(Which seemed to be the actions of the giant Bouvard on the outside).

Meanwhile, the dolls of the Proch brothers were seen drinking tea and conversing.

Murakan transformed back into his human form.

Amela turned her head in surprise when Murakan and Jin touched solid ground.

She had no idea that Murakan and Jin had come so far.

[...Huh? What's going on? How did you survive to get here?], said Amela with reddened eyes.

She seemed completely bewildered and tilted her head as if she didn't understand anything.

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