Disciple of Immortal-Chapter 10Act 6: : 《World King; Veranta》（side:Lunaire）

Zero and Nobunaga were defeated in quick succession by Lunaire.

Veranta, the leader of the 《Invisible Hand of God》, could only watch as it all happened so quickly, his face dumbfounded.

「How in the hell did such monstrosity…」

The 《Invisible Hand of God》, which had ruled the world from behind the scenes for millennia, was on the verge of being crushed by a single lich.

「Now then… You're the only one left. Are you going to surrender quietly?」

Lunaire turned around to face Veranta.

Veranta clutched his knees, managing to regain his composure as he watched Lunaire fight Nobunaga.

「… We might be defeated this time, lich girl. However, don't underestimate my resolve. I fought with this world—Locklore's very existence on the line… I'll definitely take back the peace of this world that has been disturbed by you lot!」

Veranta thrust his hands forward as he roared.

「《Universal Alchemy》… 《Deploy》!」

A golden gate and shining magic circle appeared around Veranta. His figure was sucked into the gate, vanishing to the other side.

「He tried to escape with a teleportation item, huh.」

Lunaire muttered those words with a bored expression.

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A golden gate appeared along with Veranta in the middle of a desert, far from the previous location.

Veranta, breathing heavily, came out from the gate, sighing in relief, realizing he’d managed to outwit Lunaire.

This no man's land was a forbidden region known as the infinite desert.

A seemingly endless desert stretched out before him, teeming with vicious monsters.

Even dragons who called themselves the arbiters of the world didn’t dare to manage this region.

Nevertheless, the monsters living here were nothing more than small fry to someone of Veranta’s level.

In this place, even the 《Eye of Tiamat》 in Lunaire’s possession would struggle to locate him.

Due to the sheer scale of the desert, tracking Veranta was difficult.

（Nevertheless, this is nothing more than a stopgap measure… I have to create a countermeasure item against the 《Eye of Tiamat》 using 《Universal Alchemy》, yet I’ve been cornered so badly that I can’t even gather the necessary materials.） 𝑅ãꞐ∅𐌱Е𝙨

Veranta could only grit his teeth in frustration behind his mask.

He deployed a magic circle and retrieved a certain item from within: a huge sphere surrounded by two rings.

This item was created specifically to detect Lunaire’s 《Hades' Impurity》.

（For now, I can detect her whereabouts with the 《Scale of Hades》. Good thing I made this. This item should help prevent me from being cornered.） ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

Veranta’s current goal was to somehow regain his footing, create a situation to safely monitor Lunaire's and Kanata's movements, and trap them in an inescapable trap.

While losing all members of the 《Invisible Hand of God》 was a major setback, Veranta knew he could still turn the tables.

Originally, he prioritized Kanata over Lunaire, but after this incident, he realized Lunaire was far more dangerous.

Thus, his current priority was to eliminate the most dangerous element, Lunaire.

（Lunaire, the lich… A girl powerful enough to wield magic that stops time. Formidable, yes, but Nobunaga managed to disrupt her spellcasting with 《Time Flux》. Although we were overwhelmed initially, Lunaire isn’t invincible. With sufficient preparation using 《Universal Alchemy》, I can corner her and kill her for sure!）

Veranta never gave up.

He’d already devised a few plans to eliminate Kanata and Lunaire.

As long as he had Ramiel’s control over the dragon hole, Sophia’s information network, Nobunaga’s level and his 《Time Flux》, and Zero’s high-level space-time magic, he could devise a tactic to eliminate Lunaire. Unfortunately, all that was gone in the current situation.

Though he’d lost them, he’d gained enough information to proceed.

While it was frustrating that the higher beings hadn’t shared more information during their contact, he hadn’t expected it in the first place.

He assumed noble, unavoidable circumstances beyond his understanding prevented them from doing so.

Regardless, it was all in the past. There was nothing he could do about it now.

He had no choice but to fight with everything he had.

「Having lost all of his plans, including the emergency one… Even Veranta himself had never expected that he would be forced to cross such a dangerous bridge in a fight with the world’s fate on the line. He’d rather not fight, but he had no other choice now.」

Veranta heaved a deep sigh.

「Lich Lunaire… I’ll kill you with my own hands! I won’t be defeated by you a second time! I’ll go all out, even if it means resorting to the nastiest plan.」

Veranta roared in the middle of the desert as if to voice his resolution.

――At that moment, there was a strange clanking sound from Veranta’s handbag.

When he looked at it, he saw the two rings of the 《Scale of Hades》 spinning non-stop.

Veranta was at a loss for words for a few seconds, staring at the rings, then quickly snapped back to reality as beads of sweat formed on his forehead behind his mask.

The rings represented the coordinates and direction of the target.

They would move non-stop if the target was close by.

「There’s plenty of traces when using a space jump. I didn’t expect you’d forget to clean them up while escaping.」

Lunaire’s voice sounded from behind Veranta.

When he slowly turned around, he saw Lunaire floating in the air, looking down at him.

「Despite the encryption on the magic circle and the dummy space distortion I created…」

「It was a sloppy and inefficient job.」

Veranta smacked his forehead with his hand.

「… Now I understand why Zero hadn’t used his space magic. He must have realized he couldn’t shake you off that way. When he decided to escape by physical means, I should have done the same.」

「I won’t be too rough with you if you behave.」

「That would be helpful. I also hate violence—or should I say, I’m ill-suited for it.」

Veranta raised both hands in a gesture of surrender.

The moment Lunaire relaxed, Veranta roared.

「《DEPLOY》!」

A cloud of sand erupted around Veranta.

Suddenly, a massive castle appeared, engulfing him within.

The castle had two legs resembling an eerie bird.

「BEHOLD MY TRUMP CARD, THE 《DEMONIC PALACE OF CHICKEN LEGS》! THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE FORTRESS WITH INVINCIBLE DEFENSE! YOU DID WELL TO CORNER ME, BUT YOU CANNOT DEFEAT ME AS LONG AS I HAVE THIS PALACE! LICH, DO YOU THINK I’M SHAMEFUL FOR RESORTING TO SUCH TRICKS TO SURVIVE!? SORRY, BUT I CANNOT AFFORD TO BE DEFEATED!」

「It’s just indestructible. You’ve made a giant coffin for yourself.」

Lunaire pointed her finger at the 《Demonic Palace of Chicken Legs》.

A massive magic circle appeared at the tip of her finger, unleashing a giant red dragon from within.

The enormous flame dragon plunged into the 《Demonic Palace of Chicken Legs》, then exploded once inside.

It took only a moment for Veranta’s fortress to be engulfed in flames.

「GUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!」

Veranta’s wail resounded in the infinite desert.

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