Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

He couldn’t think of any way to stop it. It was happening too fast; even ordering the residents and tourists to evacuate now was pointless.

”Jessica, Amiya, you stay here and keep Mr. Mayor and Ceylon company. We’ll take care of this.”

Lucas didn’t turn his head, leaving everyone with a tall back.

”Okay!!”

Jessica trusted Lucas completely. She believed that if Lucas said it, he could definitely do it. And she believed that Lucas would absolutely return safely.

Amiya was a little worried. The Elite Operators behind them all sighed. They knew that no matter how ’elite’ they were among humans, they were still just human. In the face of a Catastrophe, humans were so small. During such a volcanic eruption, they might be able to protect themselves, but they couldn’t protect anyone else.

”Good luck, Doctor!!”

Amiya waved at Lucas.

ACE, Scout, and the other Elite Operators gave a thumbs-up.

Lucas smiled slightly. ”Take good care of my body.”

With that, the ’Doctor’s’ body lost consciousness and staggered, about to fall, but the others quickly supported him. Lucas, now occupying Surtr’s body, leaped from the top floor with Nine-Colored Deer.

”Help me, Miss Nine-Colored Deer!”

”Mn!”

Nine-Colored Deer slowly floated into the air. She placed one foot on her other thigh, while the other leg dangled weakly. A giant, faintly visible circular disk appeared behind her back. A Buddhist light shone from behind Nine-Colored Deer, dazzling, like the sun.

”Bringing Auspiciousness to the Mortal Realm~”

In an instant.

With Nine-Colored Deer at the center, a five-colored halo spread out. Streams of pure power flowed from Nine-Colored Deer’s body into Lucas’s current body.

Sensing the power surging within him.

Lucas took a deep breath.

”I didn’t think I’d have to use that move so soon...”

At that moment.

Deep within Lucas’s soul, a fragmented, crimson runic chain suddenly lit up. Crimson runes flowed around Lucas’s body like water. As the power poured in, Lucas whispered.

”I’m counting on you guys.”

Rule: ”Inner World.”

Instantly.

Everything around them seemed to freeze. The expanding barrier of the ’Inner World’ swallowed the erupting volcano and the giant deep-sea Originium Slug atop it.

In the mayor’s office, everyone stared blankly, frozen in place. Not just the mayor’s office; practically all the tourists and residents in Siesta were dumbfounded, their mouths open wide enough to fit several duck eggs.

Because...

In their field of vision, filled with despair.

The volcano in the distance, which had been like a demon spewing deadly fire... suddenly... disappeared!!

Such a huge volcano... just disappeared??

Everyone felt like they must be dreaming.

But it all happened for real. Everyone saw it, so it couldn’t be a dream. Which meant... there really... is a god protecting them!!

This was the might of a god. Other than a god, these tourists and residents couldn’t think of any other way a volcano that large could just disappear.

Lord God!!

Lord God!!!

Someone was the first to kneel on the ground, praying silently in their heart. One person led to a second, a third, and then more and more people knelt, silently begging the Lord God to protect them. Although they didn’t know who this god was, their incredibly pious Prayer Power gathered and floated into the sky, forming an incomparably pure, golden mote of light.

Nine-Colored Deer, sitting cross-legged in mid-air, gently drew it in, wrapping the Prayer Power with her own energy to prevent it from dissipating, saving it for Lucas to absorb after he came out.

However.

It wasn’t over yet.

Although the volcano had mysteriously disappeared.

The lava that had already been ejected into the sky had not. Even without a new eruption, these chunks of lava were still falling like meteors. If they were allowed to land, the casualties would be extremely heavy.

Suddenly.

A dragon’s roar echoed through Siesta.

”Woohoo! Takeoff! Here I come!”

Nian was the first to rush over, floating in the air. Behind her followed countless divine weapons. She looked like a sword immortal descending to the mortal realm, ethereal and otherworldly.

Nian lightly waved her right hand.

Behind her, countless divine blades pierced through the air, forcefully annihilating the chunks of lava that were about to fall.

”Wow!!”

The tourists on the ground cried out, rubbing their eyes, looking in disbelief at Nian flying through the air.

On the other side, another dragon’s roar.

A streak of azure appeared in mid-air.