Mebius World Online – Mari’s VRMMO Diary, Embarking on a Laid-back Adventure as a Novice - Chapter 189
189. Mari-nee and Intertwined Fates
Just as the palace walls could no longer withstand the ferocious assault of the monsters and were on the verge of being breached, Jade-san suddenly sprang into action. He skillfully kicked off the gaps between the buildings, propelling himself upwards, and in the blink of an eye, leapt onto the rooftop.
Without losing momentum, he spun his body in mid-air and aimed a powerful heel drop at Sahar-san.
Sahar-san, caught off guard, should have been unable to react… but instead—
“Tch!”
“Whoops.”
The attack was blocked by some sort of barrier.
It wasn’t Sahar-san who had created it, but Hilt-san.
“I knew you were plotting something. But this is too much. You’re about to overturn the very foundation of this country.”
“That’s precisely the aim. I seek a transformation in Liberta,” Sahar-san replied, with a composed smile.
“The way you’re going about it is the problem. Sure, maybe you’re looking ahead, but don’t drag others into your personal vendettas.”
At these words, Sahar-san’s eyebrow twitched slightly.
“…You wouldn’t understand the humiliation of bearing the name of ‘Gray,’ instead of the esteemed ‘White’ or ‘Black’ of Liberta.”
“Of course, I wouldn’t understand, I’m not you. But if I ignore this, it could leave a lingering grudge,” Jade-san said, his gaze briefly flicking over to me as he spoke.
Why did he look at me just now?
“When this battle is over, there won’t be any grudges left,” Sahar-san replied.
“That’s arrogant thinking, Sahar.”
Jade-san’s conversation flowed toward Hilt-san, who was deftly fending off a series of rapid attacks.
“And you, Hilt? That spell you used to control the monsters earlier — wasn’t it originally for Ben’s sake? Yet you’re betraying him now?”
“…It doesn’t matter. Just like you, I’m on no one’s side,” Hilt replied calmly.
“Hilt, what do you mean by that!?” Sahar-san demanded.
Before he could answer, Hilt-san’s figure suddenly vanished.
Scanning the surroundings, I enhanced my vision to locate him in front of the palace.
Next to him stood Judas-san, whom I had encountered on the beach during the banquet night, along with a large group of what seemed to be his allies.
Among them were several faces I would have preferred not to meet for a third time.
Leon and his three companions, now clad in rugged, spiked armor, stood out among them.
The shackles on their ankles, lacking any chains, told the story of the treatment they had endured.
“If you’re going to steal, be prepared to have things stolen from you,” a voice filled with contempt reached my enhanced hearing.
Hilt-san raised both hands toward the sky once more.
But this time, what emerged was not light, but darkness.
“I have no hope in Sahar’s uncertain changes. We, Xenoa, are the bringers of certain chaos,” Hilt declared.
The moment the spreading darkness touched them, the monsters that had been trying to break into the palace suddenly stopped moving.
But the disturbance wasn’t limited to just that.
The monsters’ bodies began to turn black.
As if they were being consumed by the darkness.
“This scene… I’ve seen this somewhere before… Ah, the official event!”
At that time, the named monster had appeared completely black from the beginning, as part of the scenario that followed.
“If that’s the case, then Hilt-san is…”
Teleportation, and the ability to control monsters.
None of these were things an ordinary person could do.
Just as I was about to voice my suspicions with conviction, I noticed that the anomaly wasn’t limited to the monsters, it had also begun affecting Judas-san and his allies.
Like the monsters, their skin turned black, and their eyes took on a malevolent crimson hue.
“Taste it for yourselves! The difference between us and you, who speak with mere words!!” Judas-san, now transformed, roared.
The monsters responded to his battle cry.
The very air trembled with their deafening roars, and as soon as it subsided, a rumble like an earthquake shook the ground as the monsters began destroying everything in their path…