The First Letter (69)

God’s judgment came crashing down upon the earth.

Boom—the ground shook. My vision and hearing failed me, and the dirt erupted into a chaotic mess. Unable to withstand the aftershock, my body tumbled across the ground several more times.

A high-pitched ringing filled my ears. But the sound that struck them next was something I had never heard before.

It was a scream. I could not even begin to describe it. The magical beast howled with its jaws stretched wide, as though it did not care if its mouth split apart.

Its pitch-black eyes bulged as if they might burst from the pain.

As though unable to believe it, the magical beast turned its gaze toward me. Until just moments ago, my magic had been completely ineffective. No matter how cunning the beast was, there was no way it could understand why.

So I answered with a mocking chuckle.

“That thing, ngh… it’s a conductor, you idiot.”

When ‘Judgment of Light’ first came crashing down, I saw the charge crackling over the handaxe I had dropped on the ground.

No matter how resistant it was to lightning, it could not remain unharmed if electricity penetrated its body. On top of that, the sword lodged in the gap between its horn and hide had pierced straight into its brain...