"Master!"

Matthew hurriedly supported Fujimaru Ritsuka and also grabbed Da Vinci, who almost fell into the crevice in the ground.

"Quickly leave here!" Pasival shouted loudly, "This place is going to collapse!"

"Altoria!" Gareth wanted to help Altoria as she too was accidentally falling toward the cracked ground.

However, someone was faster than her.

"Fool! Why are you standing there dazed?" Noconalay grabbed Altoria and shouted, "Hurry up and go!"

"I-I know!" Altoria, for some reason, kept staring outside the Jade Throne Hall, looking at the empty space behind the throne wall, so much so that she didn’t react in time just now, nearly falling into the cracked ground with Morgan in her arms.

Only Reiger, amidst the imminent collapse of the Jade Throne Hall, remained completely unaffected and steadily stood there.

Like Altoria, he was constantly staring at the scene behind the throne, beyond the empty wall.

There, waves of black mist, visible to the naked eye, continued to rise from the ground like smog.

That was the Curse.

A curse so dense it could be seen with the naked eye, even exerting a physical impact on reality.

The curse formed one after another of huge, pitch-black hands, continually stretching out from the ground—from the cavernous depths.

"...What is that?"

Having never seen such a scene, Noconalay, Gareth, and Pasival were directly stunned.

"That, that is...?!"

"The Hand of Calamity that once appeared in Norwich...!"

Matthew, Da Vinci, Fujimaru Ritsuka, and even Altoria all recognized this thing, unable to believe their eyes and cried out in shock.

It was the appearance of such a Hand of Calamity in Norwich that once plunged that port city into the brink of destruction.

If not for Reiger stepping forward to block it, perhaps Norwich would have already been destroyed by the Hand of Calamity before Morgan’s [Water Mirror] descended.

Now, this "calamity" that once appeared in Norwich has also appeared here.

Moreover, it wasn’t just one but countless, endless ones, too many to count!

But this wasn’t the most deadly thing!

Before long, everyone saw with their own eyes.

They saw from the cavernous depths where the Hands of Calamity emerged, a huge entity slowly rising from deep within the earth.

"————"

At this moment, whether it was Altoria, Noconalay, the holder of the Holy Lance, or the saviors of Chaldea, all sank into a state of stupor.

Their minds not only went blank but felt as if their consciousness was polluted, feeling their eyes burning, their innards scorching, and their spirits rampaging, growing chaotic and disordered.

It was as if witnessing some indescribable Evil God; at the moment they saw that figure, everyone, including Altoria, lost their sense of self.

"[Negative Attributes Nullification]."

Just as everyone’s spirits were about to collapse, a voice as if from heaven echoed in their ears.

The brilliance of magic shone, enveloping everyone, pulling them back from the brink of mental breakdown and insanity.

"Do not stare at that thing." Reiger’s extremely calm voice reached everyone’s ears, saying, "That is the tangible curse itself, just a glance can corrupt, pollute, and erode a person."

Upon hearing this, everyone instinctively averted their gaze, then spoke breathlessly.

"What on earth is that?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka’s voice was hoarse.

"Could it be..."

Altoria, Noconalay, Da Vinci, and others guessed something, and their breathing became even more rapid.

In such a situation, Reiger’s calm voice resounded again.

"It is the remains used as soil by the Fairy Ancestors after being betrayed, murdered, lingering in anger, hatred, and cursing for over ten thousand years; it is the corpse of a god."

Everyone understood the meaning in Reiger’s words.

After all, not long ago, Reiger had explained the history of Britain to them.

Having escaped the destruction of prehistoric civilization, entering the Inner Sea of the Star, and later sent as messengers to the surface Beast God, how those greedy and ungrateful fairies cruelly treated them, everything Reiger recounted was still vivid.

The curse of Britain was born because of Him.

"Calamity" also exists because of Him.

He is...

"Cornus..."

Altoria murmured the name.

"How can it be?" Matthew exclaimed in disbelief: "The Beast God, Cornus, is still alive?" 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

This statement was wrong.

"Didn’t I already say? That is a remnant, a corpse, the curse itself materialized."

Reiger corrected Matthew’s statement.

"Cornus, who was poisoned to death, already left his corpse on this Sea of Nothingness, and that body was used by the Fairy Ancestors as the earth, becoming the original Britain, the earliest land."

At the beginning, the fairies lived on the corpse of Cornus.

Until later, as fairies continuously died, centered around Cornus, the land, forests, rivers, mountains, and other things gradually appeared, expanding Britain’s territory bit by bit.

So...

"Cornus’s remains have always been in Britain, just that the fairies have all forgotten Him."

Because of hatred, because of anger, Cornus’s curse constantly killed the fairies, until a hundred years after Cornus’s death, the fairies fled from his corpse.

"The Great Cavern is Cornus’s tomb."

"Surrounded by fairy remains, Cornus, overflowing with curses, ensures that the land formed after fairies died never approaches His position."

"Thus, the place where Cornus resides became a vast void where no natural substance gets close."

This is the truth of the Great Cavern within Britain.

Lying at its bottom is the remnant of the Beast God once harmed by the Fairy Ancestors.

"Now, the remnant of the God received offerings, entered an activated state, and crawled out of its tomb."

"Carrying a heart full of hatred, full of anger, and cursed for over ten thousand years, He finally stepped onto the land that emerged because of Him."

"When He appeared on this land, it was Britain’s time to face its end."

Although already dead, lacking consciousness, the power of the curse continued to drive Cornus’s corpse, making Him move.

And His objective is singular.

To destroy Britain, which He cursed with hatred and anger.

"In the fairy calendar year 400, Morgan and I came here, entered the Great Cavern, and saw Him at the bottom."

"From that moment, Morgan understood that His existence would inevitably lead to Britain’s destruction."

"To protect Britain, Morgan built Camelot beside the Great Cavern after becoming king, constantly monitoring Him."

"Morgan wanted to craft the Jade Throne to use the Magic Power forcibly collected from the fairies across Britain to suppress Cornus, who sleeps at the bottom of the Great Cavern, preventing Him from awakening."

"Even the twelve Holy Spears existing here are aimed at the Great Cavern."

Morgan created the Holy Spears not to destroy anything, just as a precaution.

If one day Cornus awakens from the Great Cavern, climbing from its bottom, these twelve Holy Spears would be weapons to combat Cornus.

Unfortunately, when Morgan fell, the Jade Throne vacant, and the Holy Spears unattended, all these arrangements lost their significance.

"Pay attention."

"From this moment, Britain has officially entered the countdown."

"The destruction meant to come has arrived."

Reiger turned around, looking at the pale-faced crowd.

"You all, run quickly."