My Alter Ego Is Becoming a Giant

Abyss opens (1)

Immediately after the ceremony to open the abyss.

According to the will of the saint, the church’s reaction was immediate.

“Hurry! Hurry up and get ready!”

The saints who were waiting in the Great Hall of Roselia by the saint who immediately grasped the center of the situation began to move.

“hahaha, I think the Immortal King is starting to move in earnest.”

“I expected him not to sit still while he was asleep, but this is more than I expected. It’s a ceremony of this size…”

“It must have been something he had planned for a long time with those who followed him.”

“I can’t even imagine how long it took to prepare.”

Archbishop Latius, who was next to her, nodded her head in agreement with the words that sounded like a saint’s lament.

While the Immortal King disappeared, the things he feared became a reality.

No, rather, it could be said that the incident occurred on a scale far beyond the expected range.

“The place where the ceremony took place was deep in the wastelands of the southern part of the continent. There are no temples nearby, so even if you arrive as soon as possible, it will already be all over.”

“Isn’t that something you can’t just sit still? And as long as you’ve already prepared it in advance, it won’t take long. Then maybe we can find some clues.”

Since the observed location was so unpopulated, heading there itself was a problem.

Long-distance travel that could cost you at least a month to get there in the normal way.

However, the Jushin Church were not so accommodating.

“From the city of Weira in the southern part of the Empire, which is the closest you can get to the gate … if you hurry up, you can get there in half a day.”

They had already been preparing for various cases, and gathered those who had the blessing to help them move quickly in advance, and put them on the waiting list.

To be able to respond quickly no matter what happens.

And less than an hour after the sudden incident, they had finished preparing everything and were gathering in the gate room.

“You are ready. Then I’ll go too, saint.”

“Please take good care of me, Archbishop Latius. I’ll have to talk to the other factions soon. . . . The existing discussions are not over yet, will I be able to sleep properly?”

The saint saw Archbishop Latius off and handed him a joke mixed with self-help.

“Heh heh, I’ll come and help. Then, wouldn’t you be able to buy some time to sleep even if you took a nap?”

“You promised? Are you sure you want to come back and help?”

Of course, the ones to be dispatched this time were the most elite of the denomination, which was designed to be able to get out safely in any crisis situation.

However, since they had such a large-scale ceremony, no one knew what kind of threat lurked there.

Perhaps there is a trap targeting them.

“Of course. Well then, let’s really go.”

Archbishop Latius gently comforted the dark-faced saint and headed straight for the gate.

She always expressed guilt about sending only others to dangerous places, but as a follower of the Lord, she could not expose her to danger, so it was inevitable.

So Latius, the Archbishop, and the Paladins led a group and entered the gate.

After arriving at the temple closest to their destination through the gate, they waited for a while…

“… it’s done. Come in now.”

Enter the gate you came out of again.

With the blessing of ‘moving’ used as a medium through the gate, it was a way to create a virtual exit in the direction they wanted to go and move a little further.

The distance was also a distance, and there was a limit because it was a job to move a large number of people, but thanks to that, we were able to narrow the gap with the destination as much as possible.

“…you can feel the energy being shaken by the influence of consciousness even here. Let’s hurry up a little bit more.”

As the street drew closer, the pulsating energy became more vivid, and the faces of those who arrived in the middle of the southern wasteland hardened.

The moment when the members of the denomination tried to get help from the person with the blessing of ‘chukji’ in order to move quickly.

Goo-!

Far away, in the direction they wanted to go…

A black pillar connecting the earth and the sky rose.

Even though they were still far away, the black straight line that divided the world was clearly lodged in their eyes.

“···Ahh.”

“Archbishop, maybe that’s…”

“Pillars of the Abyss…”

It was a sign of the opening of the abyss, which now remains only in the literature and few know it.

“Let’s move.”

Akmun and his party headed to the place where the pillar rose at a faster speed.

Even if it was already too late, I couldn’t just stand still.

So, for about half a day, the party continued on their way to their destination.

The black pillars that had soared to pierce the sky had already disappeared as if their strength had run out, but they were finally able to reach them after moving silently.

To the place where the ceremony to open the abyss began.

***

Hui Ying—

[After all, everyone has already run away.]

Hans floated in the air and slowly descended downwards, looking around.

There was a large hole in the ceiling of the ceremonial place located in the basement, so it was easy to enter.

‘Did you leave your seat as soon as work was done…? Well, it’s been a few hours already. They also drag continental aggro on a scale of this size and remain stupid on the field.’

The energy in this area fluctuated so violently that the coordinates were unstable, so I had no choice but to move to a more distant place.

After that, they flew all the way to here, but there was already no one popular at the scene.

All that was left were the magic circles engraved here and there for the ceremony and bloodstains that seemed to belong to those who were sacrificed here.

There were no traces left other than whether the work had been thoroughly prepared in advance.

‘That one?’

Except for one.

Something foreign was sensed in Hans’s sense of reading the entire space.

Ugh—

Something stuck between the cracks in the flooring material came out at his will and sucked into his hand.

‘A piece of metal?’

It was a piece of metal that appeared to be a broken part of a slender chain.

There is only one impurity left in this space where everything is neatly organized.

I don’t know what this means, but for now, it was the only clue, so I decided to keep it.

‘Because the energy is all messed up, it seems difficult to trace back here.’

It was difficult to do anything here because of the energy of the abyss itself and the aftermath of something that seemed to have come out of it.

[Is this… ‘madness’? Maybe it was because the door of the abyss was incompletely opened, so I couldn’t get it out completely.]

In the first place, such a case was not expected, so it was not possible to estimate how the madness that broke down and began to spread across the continent would affect the world.

But in some way, there will be a big change that is different from now.

His gaze, as he looked around and grasped the situation, turned to the pit in the floor, where he had a strong presence from before.

Deep darkness clinging to the huge magic circle beneath her feet and wriggling.

It was gradually shrinking in size due to the world’s resilience, but in the meantime, it continued to spit out an ominous energy wildly.

[Ho, this energy is…]

It was heavy, sticky, and the energy that I felt when I contemplated the interior with 「Heart of Immortality」, it felt like I was going to lose my mind just looking at it.

‘Is the energy leaking from the abyss?’

And the moment Hans looked into it with the “eye of the abyss” to find out more…

He was able to understand that energy in more detail.

‘…this was the origin of the dark magic that the heart harbored.’

The black magic that had emanated from the heart of the Immortal King indefinitely was only a dilution of the energy that had been tightly compressed there.

‘It was nothing compared to this energy. The difference in concentration is so great.’

If black magic was just poison gas, this was a densely compressed undiluted solution.

A vicious energy that rises a bit more than black magic, which is notorious for being tricky.

By the way···.

‘···I think I can handle this myself?’

I was somehow used to it, perhaps because it had the same origin as the heart.

If you think about it, isn’t he the immortal king himself who has climbed up from the abyss, and has the “eyes of the abyss” and the “heart of immortality”?

Rather strangely, he can’t handle this!

‘Let’s do it.’

Hans slowly reached out a hand and gently swirled it through the air.

At that gesture of extreme concentration, the energy of the abyss swirling around him slowly began to move along his fingertips.

For ordinary people, just breathing in this place would put their lives at risk, but to him, it was just the air of their hometown.

‘I can’t breathe, though.’

As he felt getting used to this energy in the midst of such futile thoughts, he sucked it in to the fullest and stored it in his heart.

The energy of the abyss was more dangerous than radioactive waste, but it is not a power that can be easily accessed, so it is not a waste to leave it alone.

[Khhhh… this is going to be a pretty useful power if used well.]

As it is difficult to handle, the effect will be excellent.

Hans, having absorbed the energy of the abyss enough to be satisfied, looked around again with satisfaction.

Seeing all the magic circles wrapped around the slowly closing pit of the abyss, I could see how much effort they put into this.

‘It must have been at least 10 years of hard work. More than that, considering the sacrifice rituals that have been triggered all over the continent…’

The ability to do such a thing across the continent, the secrecy that has been hidden for a long time without being discovered, and the organizational power that encompasses everything.

The oath of Yeokcheon was an organization that had more power than expected.

This can be said to be the continent’s largest among the powers of the shadows.

And that means…

‘They fit exactly what I wanted.’

It was said that Inseon was very suitable as a supporting villain to assist Hans, the lead actor.

In order for the story to proceed smoothly, it must be cast.

‘Finding them should be our top priority. Let’s postpone the gathering of small dwarfs like now.’

It would be a good idea to first track down those who escaped from here, and if not, find the teacher of the young chick warlock who performed the sacrificial ceremony.

From there, if you ride your tail up, you will be able to reach that reality someday.

[Well?]

At that moment, Hans was thinking about how to move forward.

A certain energy was felt from the pit of the abyss that began to writhe violently.

[Oh, it’s nice to see you again.]

He had never met face-to-face, but he had come to know him through ‘experience’ given as information.

‘Another legacy.’

Heinrich was confronted with Acrich Dwell, and he felt a big guy coming up from below.

In the meantime, the connection with the deep abyss was so strong that there was no chance for the one who was drifting to the boundary to come out, but as its power began to weaken, it seemed to be sucked up naturally.

The pit of the abyss wriggling continuously, and the aura that I can feel more and more clearly.

wriggle—

And finally.

A part of that existence came out of the turbulent abyss.

Fuwaak!

But it was too large to be part of it.

[Woo!]

The air around it swayed as it twisted its entire body as if the large hole was too narrow.

Smooth bones and teeth gleaming black, gigantic skulls shaking wildly, and ferocious eyes gleaming purple.

its existence.

‘Bone Dragon, Enthracio.’

A huge, boneless dragon was crawling out of the bottom of the abyss.