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On the 46th day since the disaster emerged.

The world was gradually getting accustomed to “death,” but chaos still reigned supreme.

Even if the situation had stabilized somewhat, that guy’s corpses continued to invade the continent, and the war was far from over.

And amidst all this chaos, there was a truth many were curious about.

“What could Lily possibly be doing?”

Of course, everyone knew what Lily was up to.

As a broadcaster, Lily was practically always live streaming her situation.

Her broadcasts consistently showcased dungeons related to angels, and whatever path she took, neither angels nor demons could survive easily.

“I think this is it.”

However, what Lily was doing “for” was still a mystery.

It wasn’t simply that she couldn’t go out on a forced quest; at some point, she had become quite serious, filled with determination to move forward no matter how long it took.

It felt like she was no longer seeing the “quest” as just a quest.

Even when asked the reason, she would just vaguely brush it off.

“Yes. Yes. That seems right.”

“Is this the end?”

“That’s right. Thank you for your help.”

Somewhere in the angel’s world.

Sandalphon, the archangel of the Angel Guild who had reached the Holy Temple floating high above the clouds, bowed his head while gripping a mysterious cloud in his hands.

The one he bowed to was Lily.

Being in the same guild as Uriel, he felt Lily’s presence cross over from another world during a quest, and at first, he was quite tense.

He had heard stories about Lily.

As a former “user,” he knew her and had even fought alongside her, but… the tales he had heard from angels were a bit dangerous.

“Lily has lost someone to an angel. Anyone who chooses the light is undoubtedly her enemy.”

Until now, she was just a “fake” holy being, but now it was real.

To Lily, they were as good as “enemies,” and upon seeing her, he thought he might get attacked at any moment, but surprisingly, Lily was kind.

She mentioned that she had also helped other members of the Angel Guild and shared stories about Uriel and Laguiel.

Uriel had returned to Deoen continent after clearing the quest, while Laguiel was challenging more difficult quests based on his cleared quest.

“I’ve stayed here for quite a while, but ‘the Holy Temple’— it’s truly hard to find. No matter how much I fly around, it never shows itself…”

“That’s because you are only looking with your eyes.”

“Yes?”

“You need to see with your heart, not your eyes. That’s how it shows itself.”

“Ah…”

Not with the eyes, but with the heart.

“Is that so? Have I not been able to find it because I wasn’t looking with my heart all this time…?”

While he was seriously pondering this, Lily chuckled as she examined something resembling a pillar in the temple.

“It’s a joke.”

“Lady Lily?”

“Of course, it’s not entirely incorrect, but more precisely, you need to read the ‘flow’ of the holy power. You need to grasp the organic flow of this ridiculous structure as it changes every moment.”

Lily explained the contents in detail, but he couldn’t understand most of it.

The only thing he could understand was that if your understanding of power increases, you can see it?

Well, maybe that’s the feeling?

When Sandalphon asked if his understanding was correct, Lily nodded while taking out a hammer.

“To some extent? Just understanding that much is enough.”

“That’s a relief. But why the hammer…?”

“I’m going to break it.”

“Oh, to break it… eh?”

What are you going to break?

Sandalphon instinctively stepped back.

He was worried about an attack coming, but her focus was solely directed at the Holy Temple.

“Since the quest has been fully cleared, this place is no longer needed, right?”

“Uh… that’s true, but…”

“Then it needs to be broken. I wasn’t fond of it anyway, so let’s hurry up and go somewhere else.”

“…”

“Don’t worry. I’ll break it after Sandalphon heads to a completely different place.”

Lily said that with a smile.

…It gave him chills.

It wasn’t just her actions or demeanor, or the change in expression that gave him creeps.

‘Something about the atmosphere…’

It felt a bit too chilly, even cold?

It was a tad violent, but it was quite different from the forgetfully cute Lily he had known.

Was the person standing in front of him really the Lily he knew?

Sandalphon broke out in a cold sweat and opened the system window in the air.

She was broadcasting.

If the place wasn’t visible on the broadcast screen, there was also a possibility that it might not be Lily…

[ Hahahaha!!! ]

[ Look at Sandalphon being scared! ]

[ Lily, break it! Break it! ]

[ Lily, let’s get out soon! ]

[ Just do this and we can leave, right? ]

[ Look at Sandalphon getting tense! ]

[ So jealous of the one-on-one date with Lily… ]

[ Hmm, Lily… ]

[ Hahahaha!!! ]

[ So envious! ]

[ I want you to help too!! ]

[ We gotta do what we gotta do… ]

“That’s really her.”

“What is?”

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

Lily was right.

The current situation on the broadcast screen and the chat proved that the Lily in front of him was real.

‘It’s just that Lily has changed a bit.’

He thought that maybe Lily herself had also changed somewhat while going through the quest.

‘But that gap…’

Lily seemed to circle the temple to take an estimate? Then she nodded her head.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!

Her hammer began to spin rapidly.

As she was swinging the hammer, Lily looked at Sandalphon.

“You should get going soon. I think it will get noisy shortly.”

“…Understood.”

Sandalphon lowered his head and prepared to leave immediately.

After all, he had already done everything and it was somewhat unreasonable to keep going with the quest.

He had already spent a significant amount of perceived time for the quest to find the ‘Holy Temple’.

Although the actual time was less than a year, he had effectively put in years of effort, so it was tidy to quit here.

Just as he was pondering whether he should go out and be active like Uriel.

─…There’s no past of the temple collapsing.

“?!”

Voices emerged from the mysterious cloud he held in his hand.

Though it was a voice he had never heard before, it was quite familiar.

A voice similar to ‘that’ which bestowed holy power upon the Angel Guild resonated in his mind, and something emerged from the mysterious cloud.

A blade of holy power made of clouds.

Even just looking at it, the sharp blades began to aim at Lily.

─No matter what that person said… I cannot overlook this. The temple is magnificent.

“Wait a moment! What are you trying to do?!”

“?”

─Don’t worry. It’s just a temporary sleep. After all, the subject… cannot die.

“No, no! What kind of nonsense is this? Evade!”

As the commotion continued, Lily looked back at Sandalphon again.

Lily tilted her head.

Boom, boom, boom!!

Suddenly, the blades shot towards Lily.

Lily swiftly raised the hammer she had been lightly swinging to block all the blades.

For a moment, it seemed the existence within the clouds was taken aback, but then it began to generate hundreds of blades.

Each one was on par with most angels.

[???]

[ What the heck is this? ]

[? Hahahahaha!! ]

[ Did they just attack Lily? ]

[ Ah, what? ]

[ Huh? ]

[ Sandalphon, you thought I wouldn’t see this coming? ]

[ Sandalphon looks like he wants to die. ]

[ For real, haha. ]

[ What are you doing? ]

[ We should just kill the angel. ]

[ ????? ]

[ Sandalphon, haha! ]

The chat window, left on, grew ominous.

Seeing the chat filled with horrible insults directed at him, Sandalphon became flustered and frantically waved his hands.

“Wait a moment!”

“What’s going on?”

“Misunderstanding! It’s a misunderstanding. The quest rewards suddenly went awry… oh, for real!”

As hundreds of blades simultaneously spewed forth holy power, Lily seemed to back off slightly, having thought that dealing with three hundred would be easy but not so much.

The blades were floating in the air, discontentedly watching Lily and Sandalphon.

Sandalphon felt as if he aged ten years while desperately grasping the mysterious cloud.

“You saw that, right? Lady Lily backed down. There’s no need to fight anymore…”

─That can’t be. I cannot leave this place until she is completely gone.

“Oh, come on, seriously.”

“Is this what you want?”

Both Sandalphon and the cloud looked towards Lily.

Lily, holding a hammer that had grown large enough to match a “small hill,” was soaring upward.

Of course, compared to that, the temple was immensely larger, especially the parts hidden by clouds.

But instinctively he could feel it.

‘It’s going to be shattered.’

If that hammer hit, both the temple and whatever would be completely obliterated.

The many roles and powers Lily had shown him, along with his instinctive sense, echoed certainty.

For Sandalphon, whether it broke or not didn’t matter, but for the mysterious cloud, it was a different story.

─Then I’ll have to take this seriously.

“Oh, please.”

─Don’t worry… but everyone weakens before the power of balance.

 

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