I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 191

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Chapter 191

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

―That can’t be right.

 

Dana snapped back to her senses.

 

‘This isn’t Karl.’

 

Karl is currently locked in the underground prison.

 

Bound by hundreds of barriers, magic chains, magic restraints, and no less than 666 binding spells. How could he possibly break through all those terrifying things and escape?

 

Then could it be!

 

‘Am I under mental attack magic?’

 

But the hand stroking her cheek felt so vivid.

 

His warm body temperature, gentle gaze, soft breath, everything….

 

“Does it hurt a lot, hmm?”

 

Even this person’s sweet tenderness….

 

Dana squeezed her eyes shut.

 

Get it together. This is fake. Look. It’s effectively causing mental disruption, isn’t it?

 

‘This can’t be real. Karl isn’t here.’

 

Dana forced herself to be stern.

 

Making her believe it was real was exactly the nature of this spell.

 

‘I must have been a bit slow with my defenses.’

 

Maybe she was affected by the spell. So she might be seeing this person’s hallucination―

 

“Huh?”

 

Then Karl made a foolish sound. He seemed to realize that what she had stepped on was a piece of human body.

 

“It’s not a snake.”

 

“….”

 

“Ah, no wonder it was short for a snake….”

 

Even the dazed part was exactly the same. The Karl from her memories was being perfectly reproduced.

 

‘I’ll know if it’s an illusion or not by trying purification.’

 

Dana raised her purification power once more.

 

If it was an illusion, it would disappear.

 

Soon pure white light explosively burst forth, covering her entire field of vision.

 

A moment later, when the white light that pierced her retinas disappeared. Dana lifted her eyelids.

 

There was nothing in front of her.

 

‘As expected.’

 

She had been subjected to mental disruption.

 

Dana let out a sigh.

 

Right, there’s no way Karl could have escaped from that prison….

 

‘Then who killed those knights?’

 

Could Noah be hiding and protecting me?

 

But that guy wouldn’t do such a thing. Didn’t he deliberately wound her pride greatly to make her come down from the mountain? There’s no way he’d chase after her, going so far as to break his own temper.

 

She was becoming less and less certain.

 

Dana decided to check the underground prison first as soon as she returned to the Grand Cathedral.

 

If Karl had escaped, there would be chaos right now.

 

But before that.

 

‘Let’s go for now.’

 

Dana walked toward the direction where the fog was flowing. Limping along, pretending to be hypnotized.

 

Toward those who had set a trap for her.

 

To do something very bad.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

“They’re all wiped out!”

 

A knight with a tree branch stuck in his forearm ran to Miona.

 

“A, a monster, a monster!”

 

The knight was in a state of complete loss of reason.

 

“So, someone was hiding and throwing tree branches. Th, those, like arrows, pierced through bodies.”

 

As if choking up while speaking, he shouted in an excited voice.

 

“They died skewered by tree branches like spears! Tree branches! Just roughly broken tree branchesssss!”

 

What nonsense is that. Throwing tree branches to pierce through people? Is that even possible?

 

However, Miona soon regained her composure.

 

“These are casualties that followed during the mission. Don’t get excited and―”

 

That’s when it happened.

 

A crow that had been flying in the sky landed on her shoulder.

 

 

 

[What about Noah?]

 

 

 

And it spoke, moving its black beak.

 

 

 

[Did Noah Windsor safely come down from the mountain?]

 

 

 

Goosebumps rose all over. Suppressing the urge to immediately swat the crow away, Miona answered calmly.

 

“Yes. Noah has come down from the mountain.”

 

 

 

[Good. As long as Noah Windsor is safe, that’s enough.]

 

 

 

Hehehehe, the crow laughed ominously.

 

‘How creepy.’

 

Right now, the one conveying words through this crow was the second-in-command of the anti-cult leader faction and the leader’s closest aide.

 

And this crow was a communication bird.

 

A bird that could relay words from people at great distances, a chimera created through experimentation.

 

Controlling animals was Former Emperor Wilhelm’s special ability, and that chimera was an experimental subject created utilizing that ability.

 

Former Emperor Wilhelm, who was originally infertile, was said to have had his infertility cured in exchange for cooperating in experiments to replicate his special ability.

 

 

 

[Do your job properly. Miona Cruzer. You must bring Dana without fail.]

 

 

 

Tsk, the crow clicked its tongue.

 

 

 

[I can’t understand why the Leader entrusts work to an unbeliever who doesn’t even attend the Sacred Ritual.]

 

 

 

Instantly Miona felt a surge of anger. Why should I have to listen to such unfair words?

 

“Your words are excessive. I manipulated the memories of Lumiere, the real brother of Alice, my closest friend. Because of that, Sister Dana lost Lumiere, a powerful shield.”

 

Miona answered while suppressing her anger.

 

“Do you think things would have proceeded this easily if Lumiere had his memories? If he had his memories, he would have somehow dug up the truth and hidden Sister Dana in a safe place, protecting her thoroughly.”

 

 

 

[….]

 

 

 

Perhaps unable to deny it, the crow moved its beak grumblingly after a moment.

 

 

 

[Hmph. Even so, a goddess devotee who doesn’t attend the most important Sacred Ritual is nothing but a fool.]

 

 

 

Was that the end of its business? The crow flapped its wings and flew away.

 

Miona suppressed her physiological disgust.

 

‘Disgusting bastard.’

 

She had to endure it. This was just the hardship she had to follow to have all three: money, power, and men.

 

“Lete.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“What about the Mental Disruption shamanism? Did it work on Sister Dana?”

 

“Yes. I’m luring her to this place right now.”

 

According to Lete, Dana had regained her memories. And she trusted Lete again.

 

Miona found this hard to believe.

 

“Sister Dana trusted you again? Even though you betrayed her once?”

 

“She told me to prove my loyalty with Soul Judgment.”

 

“So, did you do it?”

 

“As if I would.”

 

Lete said calmly, lowering his eyes.

 

“I just showed her shamanism that looked similar and made her believe it.”

 

Naive Sister Dana.

 

Miona felt sorry for her. How could she give her trust again after being betrayed like that?

 

‘Well, she grew up like a princess, being pampered and loved everywhere, so I suppose that’s natural.’

 

But who knows. There was also the possibility that Lete had really sided with Sister Dana.

 

‘I don’t trust Lete.’

 

That’s why she deliberately brought several Holy Mages.

 

Not only that, there were plenty of archers hiding in the vicinity. They used bows because the Leader forbade guns.

 

Anyway, even if Lete betrayed them, it would be easy enough to take Sister Dana.

 

“Should we go and bring her?”

 

The Holy Knight who came as Miona’s escort asked. Miona shook her head.

 

“No. There might be traps, so we’ll stick to the plan.”

 

Then Lete furrowed his brow. He closed his eyes and said.

 

“Right now, there’s one person— no, two more people under the shamanism.”

 

“Who’s affected?”

 

“Noah Windsor.”

 

At that name, Miona’s face darkened.

 

“Noah Windsor is under Mental Disruption shamanism? Why? Didn’t he go down the mountain?”

 

“It seems he came back up. And the other person is.”

 

Lete paused for a moment and muttered quietly.

 

“Why is this person here?”

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

Dana, who had been walking unsteadily, looked around at the chaotic surroundings.

 

‘Karl destroyed all sorts of barriers.’

 

Noah’s words were true.

 

She could feel the aura of Corrupted Land spreading here and there in clouds.

 

No one could sense Corrupted Land better than her. She was an expert in that field.

 

‘I used to travel around purifying Corrupted Land with Lyos before.’

 

When she was Danae Windsor, for about a year, she traveled around the continent purifying Corrupted Land.

 

Her companion was Lyos.

 

She, who could track Corruption, would find and purify Corrupted Land.

 

Lyos, who wasn’t affected by Corrupted Land, would help her.

 

They grew close during that time. It was during that period that romantic feelings for Lyos developed.

 

The more she thought about it, the more chills she got.

 

 

 

“I corrupt, and you purify. Don’t you think we’re a perfect pair?”

 

 

 

That crazy bastard. She really didn’t want to think about it.

 

Walking like that, Dana finally found what she was looking for.

 

Something that exists in Corrupted Land during its dormant period.

 

‘It’s a black core.’

 

A core that hadn’t exploded yet, containing condensed Corruption.

 

‘I once extracted and purified a black core that was sleeping inside the Guardian Tree in Windsor Territory.’

 

That time felt like a distant previous life, making Dana smile weakly.

 

There were many black cores on this mountain.

 

Dana found the easiest black core to extract among them.

 

It was buried in a very shallow place, so she could easily get it just by digging out the soil a few times with a tree branch.

 

She carefully held that black lump in her hand and continued walking.

 

“You’ve come.”

 

Walking as if enchanted, she finally arrived at her destination.

 

It was Miona.

 

“Welcome, Sister Dana.”

 

And the numerous Holy Knights protecting her, and.

 

‘Lete.’

 

Dana gave Lete a look.

 

It meant to run away.

 

Right now, everyone was looking only at her. Even if Lete ran away, they wouldn’t notice.

 

Understanding the signal, Lete carefully stepped back. He quietly disappeared so no one would notice.

 

Soon he would use Holy Magic to escape quickly. Just as she had instructed, very quickly.

 

‘Yes, hurry and run away.’

 

Far from this place, very far away.

 

“I don’t have any ill feelings toward you, Sister… Wait.”

 

Miona, who had been approaching her, frowned.

 

“Right now… Sister Dana’s body is glowing.”

 

As if realizing something, Miona quickly turned around.

 

Lete wasn’t there.

 

Lete had disappeared!

 

At that moment, Miona understood everything and commanded the Holy Knights.

 

“Sister Dana—!”

 

And then.

 

A fierce light burst from Dana’s body.

 

From her pure white hair, from her face, from her hands, from her entire body, explosive light wrapped around her and soared high.

 

At that surreal sight, not only Miona but also the knights were momentarily stunned. They forgot all the words they were about to say.

 

A sacred scene like the second coming of a god. That was.

 

“Purification Power…”

 

Someone muttered.

 

It really was.

 

She was purifying something right now.

 

Was there unknown Corrupted Land there? Was she purifying Corrupted Land even in this situation?

 

Just like when she once purified the continent when the great disaster of land corruption struck, even now?

 

“I…”

 

At that moment, Dana’s lips moved slightly. Even her voice seemed to flow with white light.

 

“Shall I show you something interesting?”

 

In that instant, the light suddenly went out.

 

Like a candle extinguished by wind, it vanished in a moment. Perhaps because the light that had made their eyes ache disappeared, the world felt darker for an instant.

 

No, that wasn’t it.

 

It actually was darker.

 

Something pitch black was rippling through the air like dye spreading through water.

 

The black substance that poured forth from Dana’s hands flowed down to the ground.

 

“Co-co-corrupted land!”

 

It began spreading rapidly.

 

Black corruption darker than night, darker than shadows, was surging forward like a wave.

 

“The ground is rotting!”

 

“R-run away!”

 

And Miona saw it. Dana’s pure white hair fluttering in the breeze. And it was slowly being dyed a deep black color.

 

Their eyes met.

 

Her pupils had turned black.

 

The woman who had been dazzlingly white all over.

 

“How is it? Interesting, isn’t it?”

 

Shone like an abyss.

 

Dana was corrupting the ground.

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