Became The Patron Of Villains Chapter 591

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Alon recalled the time he had been in Rosario.

After meeting the Wanderer, he had heard from Yuman that Elivan had awakened and gone to see him in the underground prison.

‘……’

The first thing Alon had felt when he saw Elivan was confusion.

The dozens, hundreds of chains wrapped around him had indeed each been personally imbued with divine power by the Wanderer herself.

But even so, they were not durable enough that the Sin of Wrath would have been unable to break them.

The second thing that had puzzled him was the glow of the eyes.

The Sin he had faced had possessed eyes not blue, but red like blood.

And at the end of that confusion, what he discovered was a formula.

Something that looked like chaotic scribbles.

Yet also something any mage would immediately recognize as a formula.

The moment Alon found it, he deciphered it on the spot.

Deciphering the formula was not difficult.

Mage formulas were no longer difficult for him.

And what lay within the formula he deciphered was not magic, but a message.

A message saying that the Wanderer had betrayed Alon.

And further—

The moment he arrived in the Empire.

Using the Wanderer’s power, she planned to summon two Karma seats and completely destroy the Allied Kingdoms, including Rosario.

“I already knew everything.”

That was why Alon, with the help of Elivan—who for some reason knew this truth—had already known everything from the very beginning.

But despite knowing this itself was a trap, the reason he had deliberately not avoided it was simple.

[So it was a trap.]

Because he intended to turn the trap around on them.

“I don’t think I need to answer that.”

Alon muttered.

[And do you think that will have any particular meaning?]

The Karma seat of Salvation’s words were reasonable, despite the brief shock it had shown earlier.

The moment Alon arrived in the Empire, the Wanderer and the Karma seats would appear in the Allied Kingdoms.

Of course, even if it was not a complete descent, a Karma seat was still a Karma seat.

But Alon was not worried.

Because the preparations had already been completed.

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[……!]

The Wanderer’s plan had been constructed step by step.

First, send the Star Eater—who was capable of dealing °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° with the Karma seats—to the Empire and eliminate any possible variable.

Next, scatter the children raised by the Star Eater throughout the Allied Kingdoms so they would be unable to stop a surprise attack.

Of course, there was still the variable known as Monster blood.

But even so, it did not matter.

As far as she knew, Monster blood was not in Rosario at present.

That alone was enough for the Wanderer’s plan to proceed without issue.

Simply by devouring Rosario, she would be able to sufficiently recover her power, and Monster blood could be controlled through the Star Eater, whom it adored so dearly.

And while controlling Monster blood through the Star Eater, she would devour the entire Allied Kingdoms.

That had been her plan.

Yes.

That should have been the case—

[How…!?]

The Wanderer frowned as she looked down at the ground.

The Star Eater’s subordinates, who should have been somewhere in the Allied Kingdoms, drunk on hollow victory after falling for her deception, were in Rosario.

As though they had been waiting for her.

And seeing that fact, the Wanderer realized one truth.

That she herself had fallen into a trap.

[Ha—]

A hollow laugh escaped the Wanderer’s lips.

Because if she had fallen into a trap, that meant the Star Eater had noticed her betrayal.

‘Where?’

The Wanderer’s thoughts moved rapidly.

Naturally, while Alon had stayed in Rosario, she had monitored him thoroughly.

But despite that strict surveillance, Alon had never appeared suspicious nor shown signs of noticing anything.

And so, after only a brief moment of thought.

The Wanderer shoved those thoughts aside.

Because she realized they were useless right now.

Calm down.

The Wanderer told herself that briefly and coldly assessed the situation.

Facts began lining themselves up in her head.

‘The Star Eater is still in the Empire. He made contact with Salvation, so there’s no doubt.’

The only unexpected variables before her now were the three below her and the presences she could feel outside Rosario.

Nothing else had changed.

In other words, if she simply removed the Star Eater’s subordinates gathered here, the variables would disappear.

Then—

Could she eliminate them?

The Wanderer looked toward the beastkin, the man, and the woman.

They were certainly strong.

No matter what anyone said, they were the Star Eater’s subordinates.

But even so, they were not capable of stopping the Wanderer.

Even after discarding most of her power to descend here, she still retained strength comparable to a Karma seat.

And yet, the reason the Wanderer continued thinking carefully was because the Star Eater had placed them here as a trap.

That fact lodged itself in her throat like a thorn.

But only for a moment.

The Wanderer made her decision.

The instant she descended, the dice had already been cast.

And so, the first thing she did—

WOOOOONG—!

—was consume Rosario’s fruits.

In other words, the faith of its humans.

That alone would be enough for her to fully recover her original power.

The Wanderer’s ability activated.

And then—

[Ah—?]

The Wanderer felt something strange.

Her power had clearly covered all of Rosario.

Yet despite that, there were no humans within her range.

The moment she questioned that—

“You look surprised.”

Radan, who until moments ago had been sitting leisurely, began spinning the artifact resting atop his hand.

A small hand mirror-shaped artifact.

The moment the Wanderer’s gaze turned toward it—

CRRRRZZZZT—! CRRRRZZZZT—!

The humans who had been actively moving throughout the ground until now began disappearing.

Completely, like mirages.

And the instant the Wanderer’s eyes widened—

CRRRRZZZZT—!

She looked up toward the sky.

As though confirming that she had descended, a Karma seat was opening a hole in order to descend.

However, unlike her expectations, only one hole opened instead of two. She questioned it briefly, but quickly discarded the thought.

Alone, unexpected situations might arise.

But if even one more Karma seat descended, victory would become certain regardless.

And so, the moment the Wanderer smiled—

CRACK—!

[Huh?]

She saw it.

Beyond the sky.

The giant god making a move.

And then—

FWAAAAASH—!!!

A golden coffin began filling the space through which the Karma seat was trying to emerge.

[What—!?]

The Wanderer was horrified.

That should not have been possible.

To begin with, it made no sense for a hole used by Divine blood to descend to close so easily.

And yet the giant god beyond the sky was accomplishing exactly that.

No.

“Directly harming a Karma seat is difficult, but sealing the hole should be manageable. Fortunately, you seem completely defenseless while descending.”

[!]

That green-haired woman was accomplishing it.

[Tch—!]

The Wanderer immediately shot upward into the sky.

She could not simply stand by and watch that happen.

But—

“Not happening.”

Unfortunately, the Wanderer could not reach the place being sealed.

Because Seollang had already arrived there.

Seollang’s horrifyingly expressionless fist swung.

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The sound vanished.

And then, several seconds later.

BOOOOOM—!!!

The eastern district of Rosario was blown apart.

Even though the attack had been thrown through empty air, the eastern district had been utterly destroyed as though struck by some massive force.

[Kuh—!]

Yet even in that situation, the Wanderer herself suffered no damage at all. Instead, she seized Seollang by the throat and hurled her downward.

BOOM-CRAAASH—!

Seollang crashed straight through Rosario’s western district, grinding every building in her path to dust and carving a massive line across the city.

But from that brief clash, the Wanderer lost something far too great.

[……!]

The hole created for the Karma seat’s descent had been completely sealed.

Soon, the Wanderer looked down toward the ground.

There stood Rine, looking up at her with an emotionless expression.

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[Ha…….]

The Wanderer let out an empty laugh.

She had somewhat expected this from the moment she realized her plan had been exposed, but she had not imagined the situation would worsen this much.

[…….]

The Wanderer lowered her gaze.

Radan and Rine were still below.

“You’re stronger than I expected.”

“Are you okay, Seollang?”

“Yeah. More importantly, something’s weird. That thing’s attacks don’t ‘land.’”

And Seollang, who had practically obliterated Rosario yet still wore an absurdly calm expression as she rose back up.

[……You prepared quite thoroughly.]

Looking at them, the Wanderer finally admitted it.

The situation had clearly worsened.

She did not know how they had deceived her, but Rosario’s fruits had already disappeared.

The Karma seat that should have descended could not descend.

In other words, her plan had been completely ruined from the very beginning.

Even if she dealt with them now and began her “work” afterward, the chances of her plan proceeding as intended were close to zero.

…Because Monster blood was here.

[Haa—]

The Wanderer sighed.

The situation was bad.

But.

[I regret that it turned out this way.]

She had no intention of giving up.

CRAAAAK—!

A massive crack began opening in the sky above the Wanderer.

And what emerged along with it was—

“…A floating island?”

A floating island.

An enormous translucent floating island, large enough to cover all of Rosario, was emerging from within the crack.

And on that floating island—

“That—!”

“…Divine blood.”

There were Divine blood.

At a glance, well over dozens of Divine blood were looking down at the ground from the massive floating island.

TSUT—!

The moment she confirmed the Divine blood, Seollang immediately leaped into the sky and shot toward the floating island.

However.

“Huh?”

Seollang soon showed a surprised expression.

Despite clearly landing on the floating island, her feet could not touch the ground and instead passed through it as she fell.

And then.

[No matter how much you interfere, it’s useless. That place exists in a different dimension.]

At the Wanderer’s words, Seollang frowned.

“…I see.”

Soon, as though Rine had easily grasped both the Wanderer’s ability and intention, she quietly murmured.

The Wanderer smiled.

[You’re smart.]

Her aim was simple.

That floating island would soon leave Rosario and travel throughout the Allied Kingdoms, scattering Divine blood everywhere.

In other words, the second round was beginning.

And if that happened, they would have no choice but to move in order to stop the Divine blood and protect the Allied Kingdoms.

[I didn’t want this either, but there’s no helping it.]

Of course, this was not a particularly good choice for the Wanderer either.

If Divine blood attacked the Allied Kingdoms, it was no different from reducing the power she herself would gain.

But at this point, she had to do something.

That was why she had brought out the measure she had discussed with the other Karma seats just in case when they joined hands.

A measure turned into a card the Star Eater would have no choice but to respond to.

And then.

[Now, choose.]

The moment the Wanderer spoke.

Rine said.

“That’s unfortunate.”

[…What?]

The Wanderer spoke as though she could not understand.

But Rine calmly looked at her.

“I said that’s unfortunate, Wanderer.”

She declared calmly.

“Because we already prepared for even this much.”

And with those words.

The Wanderer saw them.

The Star Eater’s subordinates approaching the massive temple before anyone noticed.

And.

[…?]

Among them—

Elivan’s companion.

Yan.

And in her hand, the pendant Alon had given her, shining brightly.

And then—

“Elivan—!!!!”

Together with Yan’s shout.

WOOOOONG—!!!

THUD—

A very faint sound could be heard.

A sound so faint it would be impossible to hear without concentrating.

THUD—!

The next sound came more clearly.

THUD—!!

Then came a sound that seemed like vibrations from beneath the earth.

And after that—

THUD—!!!!

A massive sound pierced the Wanderer’s ears, clearly announcing that something was rising from underground.

THUD-THUDTHUDTHUDTHUD—!!!!

And when the Wanderer’s eyes widened.

She saw it.

A crimson knight bursting through the Great Temple.

The sword gripped in its hand.

And then.

“Lord Alon is asking for it—!!!!!!!!!!”

The instant Yan’s shout rang out.

The hand gripping the old chipped greatsword of the crimson knight rose diagonally upward.

And so, in the clear empty sky where there had been nothing—

WOOOOOOONG─────────

The Milky Way opened its eyes.