Chapter 27

The Red Gate was wide open due to the passage of the End Fang, allowing even large monsters to pass through easily.

Many troops were allocated around the End Fang, but additional monsters had been added to the imperial city, and intense battles were raging here as well.

I ran through the crowd of fighting people, heading for the Red Gate.

The wind blowing from the Red Gate was dense, carrying an abnormal miasma that seemed to burn the lungs. According to *Sennin Myouhou*, it was slightly toxic.

Considering that the End Fang had emerged, the place the Red Gate connected to was the "Uncharted Canyon" of the "Reverse World," the territory of the eight giant species.

"——That's...!"

It was only visible as a black silhouette, but it was the same size as the End Fang. Its form was round, and its movements were sluggish.

It was the giant turtle species, the "Sealed Bone Turtle."

"Rrrrrr..."

A burst of light was released from its open mouth.

It pierced the ground with a deafening explosion, splitting the earth and raising debris. The light ran in the direction it was aimed, slicing through high-rise buildings one by one and disappearing.

A moment later, the buildings that had been cut slid and collapsed.

"...It's crazy."

His eyes emitted a dark red light, his emotions dominated by anger, and he had lost his sanity. In other words, like the End Fang, it was being controlled by the Mediators.

If something like that came, it would be disastrous.

The Sealed Bone Turtle slowly approached the Red Gate. Its slow movement was a stroke of luck, but it would be here in a few minutes.

I arrived at the bottom of the Red Gate. Dead monsters piled up like a mountain, emitting a terrible stench. Additional large monsters fell and scattered everywhere, or were scavenging through the corpses.

Hiding behind a building, I drew *Sennin Myouhou* from my body.

"Ah...!"

My heart raced, and sweat broke out. It seemed I had been pushing myself mentally. I had been holding it together with the calm thinking *Sennin Myouhou* provided, but without it, I wanted to run away immediately and cry.

"Pull yourself together...! This is something only I can do...!"

The substitute would be the 12-star Endowment Gem, *Lijie Mengyue*.

This, only this, is something only I can do.

I am a reincarnated person from a different world, with 16 skill holders, and no one else has such a background.

(I am alone. But I am not lonely...!)

I have companions. I have people who serve me.

Shaking off the overwhelming sense of loneliness, I raised the Endowment Gem—it slipped into my body as if melting.

I could sense where the current "Covenanters" were.

The information about the covenant that established the two worlds became clear in my mind.

"...As expected, that Red Gate is an irregularity! A complete violation of the covenant!!"

I could clearly see how the Red Gate connected the worlds.

La-Feitsa created the "Labyrinth of Nine Emotions" with the purpose of freely traveling between the two worlds.

There was indeed a route to connect the worlds that I had used, but it was monitored by the Mediators and could be easily closed at any time.

La-Feitsa tried to create a route outside the Mediators' control.

The "Labyrinth of Nine Emotions" accumulated "Nine Emotions" energy over the years. Using the number "9," which exceeds the very important number "8" in the "Endowment Gems," it struck the energy to create a hole in the covenant connecting the two worlds.

That hole is the Red Gate.

Once the hole was fixed, the worlds would be connected.

However, the plan wasn't perfect.

Due to the deterioration and collapse of the labyrinth over the years, the energy had not accumulated as much as expected. As a result, the hole was not fixed, and the End Fang could force it open. Conversely,

"Now it can be closed...!"

The Red Gate, an irregularity for the covenant. The energy flowing from the "Labyrinth of Nine Emotions" was now clearly visible to me.

"But... it's too late."

The solution was simple. Go to the "Labyrinth of Nine Emotions" and stop its function. It wasn't necessary to stop everything; just enough to prevent the Red Gate from being maintained, probably three or four.

But—diving into each labyrinth and stopping the functions would take time, during which the Sealed Bone Turtle would reach this world.

"What can I do, what can I do...!? Even if I know how to close the Red Gate, there's not enough time—"

I hadn't noticed until then. It might have been because I had removed *Sennin Myouhou*, or because the intense stench and miasma had distracted me.

I hadn't noticed such a huge creature behind me.

["Child of Calamity"]

When I turned around, there it was.

[We were merely at a loss on how to close it... The Phantom Demons went a bit too far beyond the Mediators' jurisdiction]

It had huge wings, and its scales were covered by magic.

When I saw it in the capital of the Achenbach Duchy, it was almost golden, but the one speaking to me was red, and four others—blue, purple, purple, and green—were flying in the sky behind it.

Yes, the Mediators of this world—the dragons—said,

[Teach us the method to close the rift. We will help you.]

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