NOVEL NEXT Chapter 128
On the planet Kendra, invaded by an alien race.
Under the violet sky of Kendra, a red judgment struck down.
Magma began to pour down like a waterfall, endlessly multiplying and covering the land.
Thus, disaster fell upon the invading forces’ turf.
As the red magma attacked the city, terrified screams pierced the sky.
The lower-ranked soldiers among the invaders tried to flee in chaos, but their steps were painfully slow.
The magma coldly pursued them.
It engulfed all—those fleeing, those resisting, and those resigned.
[Ki, kieeeek!!!]
[Kkiiiik! Kkiiiieee!!!]
The magma burned and melted the bodies of the invaders, stealing their lives.
Death was not instantaneous.
The pain lingered, and the invaders’ wails echoed throughout the planet.
Before the red wave of death, their power was as insignificant as grains of sand.
The streets turned into a crimson river in an instant.
Cries for help were soon submerged and vanished within the magma.
A city that once boasted the prosperity of the invaders transformed into a sea of red death.
Even after consuming a city, the magma still spread as if it were not yet full, devouring all associated with the invaders.
The lords were no exception.
They mobilized all their powers to resist, but before the might of the magma, all abilities were useless.
The grandeur of the lords, who once instilled fear in Kendra, was now less than a speck of dust.
As the lords’ bodies gradually sank into the magma, despair and terror unknown to them filled their eyes.
The Great Lord, positioned closest to the magma, believed he could stop this disaster with his own power.
Unaware that belief was but an illusion.
[Don’t run away! Is it not shameful to be scared of mere lava?]
The Great Lord raised both hands high.
Suddenly, a green light shone in his eyes, and energy surged from his body.
At that moment, the sky tore apart, and a massive storm poured down.
The storm rushed toward the magma flooding the planet.
For a moment, the advance of the magma halted.
A faint smile flickered across the Great Lord’s face, but it did not last long.
One second after the stasis, the red magma swallowed the storm whole and continued to advance.
[Wh-what…!]
Despair seeped into the Great Lord’s face.
It was the instant when the arrogant thought of being invincible shattered to pieces.
Eventually, one of the Great Lords, who once invaded and stood in the position of a ruler over Kendra, sank into the magma and began to melt slowly.
His scream echoed towards the sky but was quickly submerged within the magma.
The wave of purification and the wave of red death made no distinctions.
Whether a lord or a Great Lord, all were devoured indiscriminately.
Not only the bodies of the invaders but everything related to them was annihilated.
The buildings they constructed.
The tools they used, even the breath they exhaled.
Even the traces of the invaders lingering in the atmosphere were purified and vanished due to the red heat.
It felt as if Kendra was reverting to its state before the invasion, like time traveled backward.
*
Time passed.
As the magma flooding the planet gradually receded, Kendra revealed a new appearance.
After 35 years.
The toxic mist that had shrouded the planet for so long dissipated, and the violet sky was cleansed to reveal a clear blue sky.
The land that had once blended silver and purple was now tinted with the green of new life beginning to sprout.
Iris, watching all of this from space.
In Iris’s eyes, the present Kendra was calm, unlike before.
The traces of the invaders had disappeared without a trace.
An empty silence flowed over the planet.
Yet, within that silence, the birth of new life could be felt.
The wave of purification brought by mystical red magma breathed new life into Kendra, and the planet was now ready to open a new chapter in history.
Iris descended once more to the surface.
And she informed the natives of Kendra that the purification work was completed.
A little while later.
The sound of the bunker door opening echoed in the clear atmosphere.
More than seven hundred natives emerged.
Survivors who had tirelessly held onto the hope of liberation for 35 years.
They stood dumbfounded, gazing at the purified planet that had regained life.
Then, laughter mixed with tears erupted from all around.
The natives repeatedly expressed their gratitude to the man who claimed to be a god until their backs ached and cautiously took steps toward the lush grass.
In the solid echo of their footsteps lay a determination toward the future, and the soft sounds of new sprouts being trampled beneath them became the prelude to Kendra’s new era.
─ The Red Magma of Purification: 정화의 붉은 마그마 ─
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I underestimated the Black Magma Slime as well.
It took less than an hour for the Black Magma Slime to cover the planet Kendra.
I mean, it took just under an hour.
“Wow, that finished faster than I expected. I thought it would take at least two hours.”
Well, it was somewhat to be expected.
From space, Kendra looked smaller than anticipated.
If it were Elemenzia, it would have taken much longer.
Elemenzia is dozens of times larger than Kendra.
Some of the assistants were still in shock.
But why are only certain terrains so sturdy?【Luna-chan】─ Places that are impervious to any attack and ridiculously sturdy must be designed that way so they can’t break through to the end of the world and escape to another dimension~
Chat messages poured in non-stop.
They must have been quite shocked.
Me too! I’m still amazed!While glancing over the chat from the assistants at the edge of my vision, I led the natives waiting inside the bunker out through Iris.
With the invaders gone, and the polluted air and land thoroughly purified, Kendra.
The natives stood dumbfounded, showing various reactions as they gazed at the sight.
Later.
Once their heightened emotions calmed down somewhat.
They kneeled before Iris, apologizing for doubting the divine, endlessly showing their gratitude to me.
They also expressed their intention to become my followers.
Then, they stood up and stepped forward onto the lush grass, and after a little while, they reached the closest city.
At the entrance of that place was a small shrine.
Upon entering, I heard them mention it was a shrine dedicated to a god that didn’t even exist.
─ “I apologize. For now, we’ll use this place as a temporary shrine.”
─ “I’ll construct a new shrine as soon as possible, so please forgive me.”
─ “Ah! I’ll clean up this trash right away!”
A man cursed the fictional god that provided no help when humanity walked the path of ruin due to the invaders, smashing the statue created in the likeness of that god.
He also dismantled the altar where offerings were placed, located in the center of the shrine.
Iris, sensing what to do, used the Dimension Shrine Installation Ticket given to me to install a new altar there.
「Dimension Shrine installation complete.」
「Location: New Kendra.」