I Will Protect My Brother - Chapter 107

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Chapter 107
After being cooped up in the Mountain Lodge for a full ten days, the island I emerged onto had changed considerably.
For one, the Golden Villa had been uprooted entirely. I gazed helplessly at the spot where the massive mansion once stood.
I would have believed it if someone told me an earthquake had struck.
“…Where did you throw it?”
“Into the middle of the sea.”
The pleasant time spent at the Resort’s ultra-luxurious villa came to an anticlimactic end. Kalian added his explanation matter-of-factly.
“The Stars had wrapped them up tightly in their format, so instead of smashing them, I carved them out. They’ve probably severed their connection to their incarnations and returned to the Abyss.”
“They’ll come back, won’t they?”
Kalian shrugged.
“Seems like they’re already on their way.”
I turned my gaze toward the distant sea as he gestured.
Indeed, the ocean was inverting itself.
The sky hung unnaturally low. Darkness fell in an instant, and torrential rain poured down.
Whoooosh—
Through the murky clouds, an enormous cyclone descended from the heavens toward the water’s surface with devastating force.
A tsunami the size of a house rose up like a curtain. Its scale was so immense it could swallow dozens of islands this small in a single breath.
The rain grew thick as arrowheads.
I activated the Planetarium and floated it above my head as a makeshift umbrella.
In the past, I would have been seized by fear, but now curiosity stirred within me instead. I glanced down at the shadow beneath my feet.
‘Why not give it a test?’
I wanted to confirm how well I could wield this power.
The moment I decided, I reached for my waist and gripped the hilt of my sword. The Great Annihilation trembled with apprehension.
【Ro… Rosien, you—you’ve finally been caught by the Lost Soul? You’ve fallen for his deception? He’s deceiving you!】
“There’s no guarantee that the Star won’t deceive me either.”
I drew the broken blade from the air. Tendrils of the Lost Soul began to creep across the silver-gleaming sword edge.
“If the Stars are ultimately planning to destroy Rahnar anyway, there’s no reason we shouldn’t strike first, is there?”
Theoretically, it was flawless.
Combining the Great Annihilation with the destructive power that the End possessed.
Maximizing offensive power through the Planetarium’s sorcery while simultaneously erecting a defensive barrier.
But how much of it would actually manifest in reality?
A massive disc spun above my head.
I chanted the incantations swiftly and precisely.
[ᚨᛗᛈᛚᛁᚠᛇ(Amplify)]
[ᛖᛦᛈᛚᛟᛞᛖ(Detonate)]
One? Two?
No—as many as possible.
[ᛈᚱᛟᛏᛖᚳᛏ : ᛏᚨᚱᚷᛖᛏ(Protect the target)]
[ᛏᚨᚱᚷᛖᛏ / ᚱᚨᚾᚷᛖ : ᛋᛁᛉᛖ (Set the target’s range and scale)]
[ᚱᚨᚾᚷᛖ : ᛗᚨᛉ(Range: Maximum)]
[SIZE: __ (Scale: __)]
‘The scale is….’
I hesitated for a moment before spitting out the parameters.
[SIZE: PLANETARIUM C (Scale: Planetary)]
This was my first attempt at setting a protective barrier to planetary scale.
During my most intensive period of sorcery development, the maximum range I’d attempted was merely the combined territory and territorial waters of Delpiam, but planetary scale!
My heart began to race. I layered secondary sorceries double and triple to ensure the sorcery circle wouldn’t shatter under the Power of Stars.
[STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT (Strengthen the structure)]
[AUTOMATIC DAMAGE RECOVERY (Restore damage automatically)]
Kalian gazed distantly at the kaleidoscopic sorceries being embroidered across the void and murmured.
“You’re drawing all that right away…?”
Kirges’ mana traced a mesh pattern.
By drawing mana out like thread and bending it freely while adjusting its length, I could craft intricate sorcery circles and store them in the Planetarium for easy retrieval.
“I think I can do more. Sorcery layering is something I’ve only ever dreamed of in my head….”
“….”
“This actually works?”
I eagerly inscribed new formulas over the sorcery circles I’d stored.
[SWITCH TO ATTACK IF BREAKDOWN, EXPLODE (The moment the protective balance shatters, convert to offensive sorcery and detonate)]
[MAX AMPLIFY 【RANGE: TGE, TBC】 (Maximize the target’s power. Target range: ‘Great Annihilation’, ‘Broken Chaos’)]
Now the rain fell like blades, piercing deep into the earth. Without delay, I drew forth the Great Annihilation and breathed the blessing of the Stars into it. I even summoned the shadow tendrils of the Lost Soul and wound them tightly around the blade.
This should be complete enough.
“The only one who can strike the back of my head and walk away unscathed is….”
I glared beyond the madly swirling sky at the beings lurking there.
“Kalian Wynack alone!”
I swung my blade, pouring all my accumulated frustration and humiliation into the strike.
The sword energy surged forward like lightning in a dance, and in a single slash, it severed the Guardian Star’s barrier that blanketed the sea and atmosphere. Simultaneously, a blinding flash erupted from the Planetarium.
“…!”
The effect of the layered attacks was magnificent.
The inverted tidal wall that had surged upward vanished in an instant. The countless tendrils of The End, split into ten thousand strands, collided with the solid barrier of the Stars, producing a deafening roar that shattered the eardrums.
Screeeech─!
The sky wailed and the earth trembled.
Boom─!
Dozens of sorcery circles whirled across the sea, pushing back the Guardian Star’s barrier from Rachnar.
The sky, which had been pressed down beneath the barrier of the Absolute Gods, was receding into the distance once more.
“…Wow.”
My jaw dropped at the unbelievable sight before me.
‘This is actually… quite good!’
The sky cleared as if the downpour had never fallen.
The protective barrier I’d set up began operating above Rachnar’s atmosphere.
An ordinary sorcery would have shattered in mere seconds despite any auxiliary spells, but now the tendrils of the Lost Soul were firmly supporting the protective barrier from beneath.
The tentacles greedily devoured the Star’s essence as they drew near.
A whistle escaped my lips unbidden.
“It manifests beyond even my imagination. A Star remains a Star, even in the Dark Castle. I’m quite pleased.”
Kalian hadn’t even deployed his Dread Fire yet. If I combined that with this, it seemed entirely possible to inflict direct physical damage upon the Star’s essence itself.
I nodded in satisfaction, but the surrounding silence felt unnaturally oppressive.
I turned to look beside me in confusion and found Kalian covering his mouth with one hand, silent.
“Kalian? What’s wrong?”
“…No, it’s nothing.”
Kalian awkwardly averted his gaze from me.
“I was just thinking I shouldn’t even attempt a rebellion from now on….”
“Hm?”
“Even I would find it difficult to suppress you in a single strike….”
“That’s actually quite reassuring to hear. It means I can stop you even if you go berserk.”
“Mm….”
【Shut up and talk to me for a moment, Karga.】
The Broken Chaos let out a hoarse voice and embraced Kalian with its tentacles.
【This reckless fool…! You gave him seeds, and Dread Fire too?! This is…】
“Oh, Kalian. The Family Heads are coming up over there!”
Before the Lost Soul could spout more useless nonsense at Kalian, I snatched his hand.
“Let’s go down and see!”
“Ah, shall we then?”
Kalian flicked the tentacles clinging to his shoulders away with quick taps.
‘See? You listen to me better now, don’t you?’
I stuck my tongue out playfully at the Lost Soul. Then, unable to contain my satisfaction, I turned my back on the indignant creature pounding away and began walking toward the Coastline.
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When Kalian and I descended to the Seaside, five Transcendents in utterly wretched condition were stumbling out onto the beach.
“Cough, cough….”
Most of them were bleeding profusely from their mouths and noses. Still, compared to being unilaterally cast down by the Star, their condition was relatively stable.
Dorian Raylo pressed his chest in agony.
“Gasp, why, why won’t it heal….”
The blessing of the Guardian Star that dwelled within the Transcendents was gradually fading.
Since we had severed the Guardian Star’s connection in Rahnar, it was only natural that the Transcendents’ power would weaken as they relied solely on the Star’s blessing.
I examined Owen first.
“Family Head, are you alright?”
“Ro… Rosien?”
“Yes, it’s me.”
I bit my index finger and drew blood in haste.
Only after letting a few drops fall onto Owen’s lips did the Family Head’s breathing become noticeably easier.
“Wait, Rosien.”
Kalian stopped me with an expression of utter displeasure.
“Surely you’re not planning to share your blood with all of them?”
“Body fluids work the fastest. You know that.”
“Keeping them alive should be enough. There’s no need to actually heal them….”
“Limited uses. You promised, didn’t you, brother?”
Kalian’s mouth closed with visible displeasure.
I checked on Dorian Raylo and Chronos Yeljewa before helping Alpien, who couldn’t support his own weight, into a sitting position.
“Poor brother, wake up now.”
“Ro… Rosien?”
Alpien, who had consumed ten drops of my blood, blinked stupidly before suddenly pulling me into a tight embrace.
“Rosien! You’re alive!”
“Of course I’m alive.”
“Thank goodness that monster didn’t devour you. I thought you’d vanished from this world… hic.”
Alpien, clinging to me and squeezing out tears like noodle strands, suddenly hiccupped.
“Hic, hic. Hic-hic, th, th, that….”
“That?”
I turned my head toward what he was pointing at behind me.
Kalian was smiling beautifully.
“There’s nothing there… wait, Alpien!”
Alpien fainted again, foam bubbling at his lips.
“…You need to come back with me and have some restorative food. How can you be so frail.”
I had no choice but to lay him flat again. Then I turned toward the last Transcendent.
Luize was just pushing off the sand ground, raising his upper body.

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