The Possessor Mistook the Genre for 20 Years

50 – Split the Mountain. And Met the Cultist.

Snap-.

As Franz snapped his fingers, a glowing orb floated up into the air.

The inside of the cave lit up, and his vision began to take in the information.

‘It’s huge.’

The interior of the cave was unimaginably vast.

The entrance, which had seemed quite wide, now felt like the tip of an iceberg.

Drip-.

A drop of water formed at the tip of a long stalactite and fell to the ground.

It was an utterly ordinary sound, yet it felt strangely eerie.

Humans are creatures greatly influenced by their surroundings.

In a horror movie, if a red meat pie appears, one might wonder, ‘Is that made from humans?’ But in a romance movie, the same meat pie might make one think, ‘Is there a ring hidden inside?’

So, no matter how great a wizard you are, you can’t help but feel fear….

Grrrr-.

…This seems deliberately designed to be scary, doesn’t it?

Franz gulped at the bizarre sound coming from deep within the cave.

However, Yuna seemed to be feeling a slightly different emotion.

“Could it be a bear?!”

Yuna’s eyes sparkled like a kindergartener on a picnic.

Seeing her interest in bears, she might have mistaken the cave for a zoo….

“Bear meat is delicious….”

Was it a butcher shop, not a zoo?

A kindergartener smiling brightly in a butcher shop might be a bit scary in its own way.

Anyway, every time I see Yuna like this, it’s truly fascinating.

It’s like she has a screw loose in her brain.

“So, Franz, do you feel anything?”

“Well….”

Franz was quite confused.

He intended to explore the cave’s interior with mana detection, but the mana was too thick to extend far.

How should I describe this feeling?

It was like having 100 humidifiers running at full blast in a room.

Still, there was a way.

Franz began to emit pure mana from his body at maximum output.

It was an extremely inefficient task, so he didn’t really want to do it, but given the situation, he had no choice.

The dark energy that had filled the cave began to thin out as it met Franz’s pure mana.

If those who could sense mana saw this scene now, they might even offer prayers in awe.

What Franz was doing was that remarkable.

Of course, to Yuna, who couldn’t sense mana, it was just,

“Huh? It feels really refreshing all of a sudden?”

It seemed like the air had become refreshing.

Most ordinary people would probably perceive it that way, so he decided not to worry about it.

Once the dark energy in the cave had somewhat calmed down, Franz resumed his mana detection.

Like sending out an ultrasound, the waves of mana spread along the cave.

And that information was transmitted to Franz’s mind.

From the rugged outer walls, the long stalactites, to the puddles scattered here and there.

Franz marveled inwardly at the map of the cave interior being drawn in his mind in real-time.

‘It’s huge.’

It was like looking at a house built by ants.

It was amazing that it hadn’t collapsed with so much space.

But because of that, intense battles seemed difficult.

Literally, it could collapse at any moment.

If Yuna decided to swing her sword…

‘Then the mountain would be cut down.’

If it were Yuna, she could probably open the lid of this ant nest.

For now, it seemed best to leave that as a last resort and just cleanly deal with the cultists.

At that moment, something appeared on Franz’s radar.

At the ends of the ant-like cave, something was clustered together.

‘What is this…?’

There was no way to describe them.

Judging by the strong dark energy they emitted, they were definitely monsters, but their appearance was too bizarre to be called monsters.

Chimera?

Yeah, let’s call it a chimera.

The sight of various animals tangled together was just like that.

The problem is that humans are also included among those animals.

It seems that the cultist has caused quite a big mess.

Hmm-.

After much deliberation, Franz came to a conclusion,

“Yuna, let’s go outside.”

It was to use the method he had marked as a last resort.

The cave is wide, but not wide enough to fight comfortably, and finding and killing each of those creatures one by one would be a hassle, so it would be better to take them out in one go.

Though the mountain might get cut down in the process…

Wouldn’t the surveyors who make maps take care of that?

Yeah, they probably would.

“Huh? Go outside? What about the cultist?”

Yuna tilted her head in confusion and asked.

“Let’s just cut the mountain along with them. It’s too much of a hassle inside.”

“Is that okay?”

“Yeah, I’ll take care of the aftermath, you just do the cutting.”

“Alright, if you say so.”

Is that the right answer…?

Franz felt a sense of foreboding at Yuna’s words.

It was something Hera, the slave appeal, would say.

But Yuna, who has a family, wouldn’t want to become a slave, so it must be just a feeling.

No, it has to be just a feeling.

Handling the elf is already tough enough, and if the hero joins in, he might just want to hide somewhere.

Eventually, Franz and Yuna exited the cave.

“Yuna, when I give the signal, cut here with all your might from this height.”

Franz considered the cave’s elevation and the surrounding terrain to find the optimal height and angle, and marked it on the rock.

At least he could trust Yuna’s sword, so there shouldn’t be any problems.

“Okay, I’ll be waiting.”

Fortunately, Yuna seemed to understand well and nodded in response.

As Franz snapped his fingers, dozens of magic circles floated around the rocky mountain.

This was to easily handle the debris after Yuna cut through the mountain.

With all preparations complete, it was time to begin.

“Yuna, let’s go.”

At Franz’s signal, Yuna, holding the holy sword, took a step forward.

Immediately, an immense energy began to emanate from her body.

The sight of the golden haze enveloping her and the sword was truly awe-inspiring.

“Hup-!”

Yuna then swung her sword horizontally.

In that moment, the world stopped.

The flowing clouds, the swaying leaves, everything halted in an instant.

A thin line was drawn in the still world.

A single slash that cut through the mountain, the sky, the world.

Such was the overwhelming power of the hero.

As time, which had stopped, began to flow again, the mountain split into two along the path of the sword.

At that moment, Franz snapped his fingers again.

Then, the dozens of magic circles floating in the air simultaneously activated.

Clang-.

Chains shot out from the magic circles and connected to the mountain, and soon the upper half of the mountain that Yuna had cut off floated into the air.

Once more.

Snap-.

As Franz snapped his fingers again, additional magic was activated, and the enormous mountain began to shrink.

It was the same magic used to save Justia from the monsters.

A spell that created a barrier, compressed the space within it, and made the matter completely disappear.

Only the scale had grown immensely.

It was the essence of magic that modern science could not explain, turning matter into complete nothingness without leaving even a molecule behind.

Eventually, the shrinking mountain completely vanished.

All that remained was to check the interior of the horizontally split cave.

Most of the monsters would have died from the recent strike, but if any survived and reached the village, it would be a disaster.

So, it was better to check, even if it was a bit troublesome.

“Franz, is it all over now?”

Yuna asked at that moment.

As if it were a cliché, a voice was heard from somewhere.

“My, my nest…!”

From the deepest part of the cave, now split in half and no longer a cave, a voice was coming.

Franz and Yuna’s gazes naturally turned to the source.

There was a small girl, about the height of Yuna.

The only thing that might be concerning was that her head and body were separated.

Having already experienced this once at the World Tree, it wasn’t particularly surprising.

Rather, it felt a bit stale.

Is there no other repertoire?

Franz thought so.

From the neatly severed neck, tentacles emerged and connected to her head.

…This is a bit new.

By the way, why do cultists these days come equipped with immortality as a basic passive?

It had been a while since he realized this was a game world.

As the game progressed, the developers’ ideas dwindled, so they just made everything strong.

Well, I understand since they came out with the grand title of the Seven Great Evils.

“Franz, could that be…?”

“Yes, it’s probably a cultist.”

As Franz confirmed, Yuna’s body began to ripple again.

Sorry to the surveyors, but the mountain might turn into a hill.