I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 323

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Chapter 323

 

 

 

Was it because she used her power?

Dana, who had used her ‘eyes’, collapsed unconscious.

Justio leaned her against a tree pillar.

Karl Windsor was dead, but…

‘I couldn’t determine whether he was a demon or not.’

That barrier destroys the soul of any intruder, whoever they may be.

It was an ancient holy magic called the Barrier of Annihilation, killing all who tried to break through and invade.

Whether they were human, demon, or even god.

Then, his insides burned hot. Pain surged through him and Justio coughed up blood.

He was exhausted.

It was the natural price for using holy magic that could even kill a god.

Moreover, he had been severely injured in the fight with Karl Windsor. His side flesh was torn away and he had penetrating wounds and fractures all over.

He had healed simply, but truly simply – only enough to be able to move.

He must not heal completely.

According to the doctrine of the Ramun Church, that would be sloth to avoid suffering.

He could not commit the seven deadly sins.

And unfortunately, this was not the end.

‘The magic core is about to explode.’

Beyond this ridge, at the farmhouse.

He could feel something massive boiling up.

If he were alone, there would be no particular need to block it with holy magic.

The power of destruction. If he just wrapped that ability around his entire body, not a single hair would be harmed.

But there was someone else behind him.

Justio spread his hand and drew up his power once more. A wall of golden storm surrounded them, and immediately blood flowed out with burning pain in his stomach. And.

And the magic core exploded.

 

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The ordeal was not yet over.

“Grrrrr…”

When they returned to the village, strange creatures were wandering around on the ground that had been turned to ruins by the explosion.

They were test subjects that had luckily survived from the underground laboratory.

Justio walked forward, holding the still unconscious Dana while dealing with the approaching creatures.

Since she was attached to his body, he couldn’t use his ability this time either. He just killed them one by one as he advanced.

His blood stretched long along the path he had walked.

“Your Holiness.”

And at what used to be the Colosseum – now ruins filled with debris from destroyed buildings and corpses – he met Cardinal Dominic.

No, what used to be Cardinal Dominic.

“Why are you protecting that witch?”

Cardinal Dominic was already dead.

Only his shell remained.

No life, no soul. Just a husk moving with the ‘obsession’ of what used to be Cardinal Dominic.

“So he was brainwashed after all.”

It was as expected. The Sun God would never give a prophecy to hand over holy relics to heretics.

Rodrigo had manipulated and controlled Dominic through trickery. And when his usefulness ended, he made him like this.

“Why are you protecting that witch!”

“She is not a witch.”

However, he was once a fellow priest. To show proper respect, he answered faithfully.

“She has not undergone a witch trial. So it is not right to brand her carelessly.”

“That’s not all! You told Karl Windsor she was a woman under Your Holiness’s responsibility!”

“…”

“Please tell me why that woman is Your Holiness’s responsibility!”

He saw everything, it seems.

Justio let out a low sigh. He lowered his head briefly and looked down at the ground.

Blood flowing from his body was dripping onto the earth. Looking at that blood with indifference, Justio confessed.

“She is a woman who was ruined because of me.”

It was he who had sent her to Danawin’s time.

At first, Dana had refused. She said she didn’t want to go.

He tortured that woman and then forced her to go to the past. And there she…

She.

Suddenly the image of Danawin pinned under Demian’s body flashed by. Her naked body swaying like a doll. Her vacant idiot’s eyes. That unethical and inhumane moment.

All the disgusting things this woman had suffered were because of him.

Her mind breaking, and consequently becoming resigned to death.

It was a disaster that began because he had sent her to the past.

“Is that responsibility more important than divine revelation?!”

High Priest Dominic shouted with lips that were only a shell.

“If a divine revelation had come down? Would you have abandoned that responsibility and burned her at the stake!”

“Of course.”

Justio answered firmly without hesitation.

“Of course I would have done so.”

“Are you sincere?”

“Yes.”

“In the old timeline, a divine revelation came down! God said to burn that woman at the stake!”

Justio narrowed his brow.

How does he know that? It seemed there was more than one or two people who remembered the timeline.

Of course, Justio intended to follow if a divine revelation came down. He was His apostle who followed the Sun God.

“In the past, a divine revelation came down!”

But so what?

It’s not a divine revelation of this time, is it?

What he lived in was the present, and there was no divine revelation in this time now. So he couldn’t judge and brand her carelessly. That was his conclusion, but-.

There was no need to tell that shell even this much.

“The courtesy ends here. Cardinal Dominic.”

Justio extended his hand. Golden light that burst from his palm cut through Cardinal Dominic’s body in half.

It was the moment he collapsed as a corpse.

“Heh heh heh…”

Laughter came from somewhere.

A man walked out from behind the rubble of collapsed buildings. A man with long platinum hair and an intellectual impression.

“His Holiness Pope Justio Grants.”

It had really been a very long time since he’d seen him.

He had the exact same appearance as when he’d seen him over ten years ago.

“You were magnificent.”

Rodrigo Windsor clapped his hands.

“The Barrier of Annihilation… I never thought I’d see with my own eyes the ancient holy magic that I’d only seen in legends.”

“…”

“My son who tried to break through such a thing was truly foolish. Hahaha, it’s because I failed in his home education.”

“How did you see it?”

“Ah, to be precise, my chimera saw it. I created a bird that transmits exactly what it sees.”

Flutter, a pitch-black crow landed on Rodrigo’s shoulder. Its artificial red eyes gleamed.

“Former Emperor Wilhelm, His Holiness the Pope’s brother, provided the special ability.”

“I see.”

Justio raised his hand. Then he swept it from top to bottom.

A long light flashed. It rushed forward sharply and sliced through Rodrigo’s body.

“Gah… urgh.”

He probably didn’t expect to be killed so suddenly.

Rodrigo looked at him with disbelieving eyes, but soon split in half and collapsed.

Suddenly, regret washed over him.

Dana should have seen this. She would have wanted to see Rodrigo’s end more than anyone.

She would have wanted to witness Rodrigo’s final moments more than anyone.

“Wake up.”

He gently shook Dana, who was cradled in his arms.

“Rodrigo Windsor is dead. Wake up…”

His words were cut off.

He changed his mind. If she saw that corpse, this squeamish woman would retch again.

Justio began walking again while carrying her. Now he had to find the holy relics.

He was terribly tired.

His legs felt heavy.

Perhaps from losing too much blood, he felt dizzy too.

Tonight, he had used too much power.

Was that why?

“…!”

He noticed too late.

This wave of power, this massive surge of energy.

The ground beneath his feet shook. Black light burst from the earth, and a massive magic circle flashed. And.

Black smoke began rising from the ground like a mirage.

Justio immediately tried to spread his golden wings with holy magic, but-

‘Why?’

He failed. His power wouldn’t activate.

[Among the holy relics of the Ramun Church.]

Justio looked up. A black bird was flapping its wings in mid-air.

[There’s a holy relic that seals divine power and magic.]

“…”

[That holy relic is currently activated.]

It was Rodrigo’s voice.

Justio realized once again how exhausted he was. That’s why he hadn’t noticed.

What he had just killed was the ‘past’ Rodrigo.

The past Rodrigo had conspired with the present Rodrigo to deceive him.

“That holy relic wouldn’t activate easily.”

[Of course, to seal the power of someone like His Holiness the Pope required extensive preparation.]

The black bird spoke in an excited voice.

[It required massive amounts of divine power and life force. So we offered High Priest Dominic’s divine power and sacrificed the lives of over 400 people who died from Nemoras Village’s magic cores. Ah, the most difficult thing to prepare was sprinkling Your Holiness’s blood on that magic circle.]

The bird shook its beak as it laughed.

[Thanks to my son, the most difficult task was solved so easily.]

Justio sighed.

In other words, he had fallen into a trap. From the beginning, this entire Nemoras Village had been a trap.

[Do you know what that smoke is?]

The smoke rising from the ground had already wrapped around his knees.

[When that smoke reaches the top of your head, Your Holiness’s soul will fall into purgatory.]

The bird chattered as if extremely pleased.

[It’s not real purgatory, but I created a dimensional space similar to purgatory. It’s the essence of decades of dedicated research.]

The smoke rose very quickly, wrapping around his thighs.

[Your Holiness’s soul will soon fall into the purgatory I created. Then only your body will remain, and we plan to use Your Holiness’s precious body as experimental material.]

Soon the smoke crept up to his waist.

[Your Holiness has only one power left. The ability of destruction. Use it to break this spell.]

The bird spoke temptingly.

[If you do, Dana who is touching you will die, but that’s fine. Dana doesn’t have much time left anyway.]

Time left?

This was news to him – Dana didn’t have much time left?

[What are you doing, Your Holiness? There’s no time.]

Justio made a quick judgment.

Rodrigo was deliberately trying to make him use his special ability.

Probably a spell or holy relic that could extract his ability was activated somewhere right now.

But if he used his ability to break this spell and also found and destroyed the spell or relic that extracted it.

‘Then I’ll be safe.’

However.

Justio looked down at Dana in his arms.

Everything that touched him would be destroyed.

Since he was holding Dana now, if he used his ability, she too would be shattered to pieces.

If he put her down on the ground here, this woman would be sucked into purgatory. Swallowed by that black smoke.

‘I can’t do that.’

His suffering was something he could endure, and he was confident he could break through anything.

But not this woman. She was a woman who had already walked through thorns she didn’t need to walk through, her feet torn and bloody.

He couldn’t let those feet become even more mangled.

[What are you doing right now?]

Justio lifted her high up and squeezed out his strength.

Then a golden light gently rose and enveloped Dana’s body.

[That can’t be. Your magic should be sealed.]

Indeed, most of his magic was sealed.

No, it was still being continuously sealed. But the amount of magic he possessed was too vast to be sealed all at once.

Fortunately, this much still remained.

[A foolish choice!]

The black smoke rose to his neck.

Justio looked up. The protective barrier surrounding Dana was now almost complete.

The black smoke covered his lips.

Just a little more. Just a little more here.

The black smoke rose to his nose.

Finally, when the barrier was completed.

Dana’s eyes snapped open.

Their eyes met.

And that was the last.

“Your Holiness!”

With a heart-rending scream as the end, all vision was sucked into darkness. And.

 

Justio’s soul fell into purgatory.

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