Chapter 56
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 56
Chapter Title: New Toy
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Guardsand turned toward the approaching Soma, his eyes bloodshot.
“You filthy bug, and you too. Do you think you can make a fool of me?!”
Royal Bloodline - Reverse Blood Crucifixion
The blood mists around him wove together like thorny stems, wrapping tightly around Soma’s entire body.
Guardsand’s greatsword plunged into his bound form.
“Vanish from my sight!”
Szzzzzzt
The thorny whips constricted violently, yanking Soma’s body taut in all directions.
It looked like his body would tear apart in an instant, but Guardsand sensed something off.
The human he had right in front of him showed no sign of struggle.
[Avatar Spartacus (A++)’s counter skill ‘!!!Revolution!!!’ activates!]
[Deals 5 times the fatal damage received back to the enemy!]
An unknown shock pierced through the barrier, battering Guardsand’s entire body.
“Grahhh!”
His organs crushed from the unexpected counterattack, and he spat out precious blood.
That blood dyed the flesh-colored flowers scattered on the ground a vivid red.
“What is this?”
It wasn’t just the ground.
Looking around, flesh-colored flowers floated lazily in the air.
The blood connected to Guardsand absorbed the Flesh Mending Flower’s energy and began to glow brightly.
With a bubbling sound, his severed hand was regenerating.
“Recovery?”
He stared at his newly grown hand in confusion.
‘Why is the enemy healing me?’
That question was soon answered by the bubbling sound.
His beautifully restored fingers twisted wildly, flesh swelling between them.
“Wha—what?!”
The mutation didn’t stop there.
More eyes and fingers sprouted as his left wrist transformed into something spider-like, and his entire left side ballooned grotesquely.
“Guh, grraaaaaah!”
Guardsand desperately suppressed the changes, howling in agony.
“What is this? What the hell is this?!”
Ha Yeonsi, nestled in Soma’s arms, let out a lazy smile.
The power that had once brought the eighth apocalypse to this world.
Flesh Mending Flower - Regeneration Rampage
“Uwaaaaaah!”
He tore at his grotesquely swollen half, and the blood spraying from it surged toward Soma like lightning.
“As Soma’s Indestructibility wore off, demonic wings unfurled before him.”
[Lucifer’s Wings (SS-) limited skill Annihilation Demonic Wings (A+) activates!]
[Ethereal space absorption barrier generated in front! Shock flows into the ethereal space created by the demonic wings!]
Guardsand’s fierce attack was absorbed by the wings’ defensive skill, severing the blood flow supplying the Hontar.
“Good work. You can head back now.”
Soma gazed at Ju Gonghyeok’s steadfast back standing firmly before him.
He pulled out what he had brought and pressed it against Gonghyeok’s back.
[Acquired 96,244 Purple Coins]
[Acquired 310 Indigo Coins]
The blood-mixed coins were absorbed into Gonghyeok’s body.
“It’s not much, but I gathered what I could. Good luck.”
Soma pressed his palms together with one hand and stepped back.
Gonghyeok felt something from the warmth against his back.
- Perfect timing. We can extend the buff for about 10 more minutes.
“Yeah. And...”
With the glowing Guardsand before him, he spread his wings wide.
“All conditions are met. This is the final gamble.”
- What insane thing are you planning now...
“Nathaniel.”
[Sephirot Stage 2 Yesod fully opens for 120 seconds]
[All stats increase by 50! Special barrier ‘Flames of the Holy Spirit’ applied!]
[The master of ‘Sephirot’ manifests guardian angel Nathaniel]
[The summoned Nathaniel is visible to others and can exert minor physical force.]
He spoke to Nathaniel, now visible to others like a tiny fairy.
“Tell the hunters nearby. In 30 seconds, my six holy beasts will swarm that vampire. And...”
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“Hold out for 7 seconds?”
- Yes, that’s right.
Raoul, one of the three hunters hiding prone on the sandbar, spoke confidently.
“Hah, 7 seconds is nothing. I could last 8 or even 9!”
“No, don’t they usually say hold for an hour or two?”
“Honestly, that’s impossible even if we came back from the dead.”
They snickered among themselves before shouting to the sniper hunter far off.
“The hero says just hold for 7 seconds~!”
“Even if you all drop dead, I’ll survive from afar, so don’t worry!”
“What a damn bastard.”
In the meantime, a noise-mixed voice echoed throughout the entire fourth floor.
“Hey! Surviving hunters! Can you hear me?!”
It was Azazel’s voice, overseeing the 7th mass summoning.
“You were assigned the wrong mission due to the simple math of 130,000 to 1! Reinforcements will arrive soon, so hold on however you can!”
Azazel’s announcements rang out several times, and the hunters muttered listlessly upon hearing them.
“‘Soon’? We’re barely hanging on for the next minute.”
“Damn it, should’ve just fallen back.”
Grooooar
A massive alligator snapped its jaws ferociously, swallowing Guardsand whole along with the sand.
Five holy beasts followed, charging savagely in its wake.
“Here we go.”
“No backing out now. Let’s do this.”
Boom!
The giant alligator’s elongated head exploded entirely, and a massive hole gaped in Gongjo Diatrima’s body as if struck by a shell.
At that moment, far away, Gonghyeok wore a certain necklace.
[Accessory ‘Horn of Genigal (S++) equipped]
[Strength and Agility stats +25 points when below 1000]
[Special skills Genigal’s Submission (A), Genigal’s Yoke (A) generated]
[Special advantage Murderous Intent Detection (B) ...]
“Genigal’s Yoke, activate.”
Three horns connected to the necklace wrapped around his neck, piercing his veins.
[Genigal’s Yoke (A) activates]
[Applies the curse of magical beast Genigal, enhancing magical authority at the cost of 4% durability per second]
[Current durability 494/567 including blessings and buffs. Lasts approximately 19 seconds]
“Graaaaaah!”
A massive tentacle-like blood vein crushed Selma, who had been sniping from afar.
The four vanguard hunters scattered desperately, only to be engulfed by the blood flowing like a river, screaming.
“You damn bastard! What the hell are you doing lying there?!”
Gonghyeok muttered lowly as he heard the cry.
“4 seconds left. Buff ‘Ultra Charge’. Buff ‘One-Strike Kill’.”
[Consumed 51 Indigo Coins to apply buff ‘Ultra Charge’]
[Gathers power for 5 seconds to enhance destructive power. If stats below 1,000, Strength, Agility, Mana rise one rank for a single attack]
[Consumed 3 Blue Coins to apply buff ‘One-Strike Kill’]
[Increases physical impact 10-fold for a single attack. All attacks for the next three days reduced to 1% impact]
[Buff overuse! System judges stat-rank buff cost conversion invalid] [All future buffs require one rank higher coins at double quantity]
Buffs, curses, blessings, and mana coiled endlessly around the demon-subduing Hontar.
“Mihu, Alcohol of the Cloudsomber. Support please.”
= Got it! Leave it to me, little bro! Live or die! Brothers throw their lives like grass, preparing the final blow atop it all! It’s heating up!
She stiffened her tail, grabbed his shoulder, and bounced excitedly.
“Ra-Djehuty, Wisdom of Time. Cooldown should be up, right?”
= A magic usable once a month, but no need to save it here.
The golden bird-headed figure crossed its arms sternly.
From the center of the battlefield came the sound of flesh bursting and agonized screams.
“Fuck! Still far off?! You retarded piece of shit?!”
“It’s over. You brave idiots who don’t value your lives.”
Kwaaaaaang—!
An explosion erupted from Gonghyeok’s toes, propelling his four wings into a sonic boom as they executed ultra-high-speed flight.
- Wait just a moment! Listen to me...!
Before Nathaniel, who had appeared beside him, could finish, a path of blood unfurled beneath Gonghyeok.
“You thought I’d just stand still while you did that?!”
Royal Bloodline - Thorny Path
From the blood river, thousands of thorny whips erupted, covering everything.
“Wisdom of Time.”
[Ra-Djehuty (SS) 3rd ability ‘Wisdom of Time’ activates]
[Mental acceleration: Feels 1 second as 60 seconds. Effect lasts 10 real seconds]
At 0.016x speed, time stretched bizarrely, turning the thorny whips into lazily wriggling tentacles.
He swam through effortlessly with flight.
Massive hemispheres of blood awaited on both sides.
The two hemispheres enveloped and closed around Gonghyeok.
“Got you this time!”
Royal Bloodline - Execution Sphere
The blood inside the execution sphere formed sawblade shapes, shredding the contents.
But as the sphere deformed, white clouds leaked from the hole.
= Child’s play for this Heavenly Knight! This Mihu King’s ever-changing spells laugh at it! Hah!
[Great Sage Equal to Heaven 2nd ability ‘Alcohol of the Cloudsomersault - Cloud Transformation’]
Gonghyeok’s body turned to clouds in an instant, ignoring the physical attack, slipping out of the execution sphere, and rematerializing as human.
Nathaniel reattached to his side.
- Respected Gonghyeok? Hear me out! Even if you smash it straight into that guy, you absolutely can’t win!
= Huh? Kid, step aside! A man’s settling a do-or-die gamble—don’t interfere!
Pang!
Kicking off the execution sphere, Gonghyeok’s accelerating hammer finally reached Guardsand’s sturdy defensive wall.
Mana flowing through his body rode the Divine Martial Art’s vital energy into the Hontar.
Divine Martial Art Destruction Technique: One Strike Heaven-Flipping, Heaven-Falling Pulverization
It wasn’t just about how you swing.
Gonghyeok, who had inherited the Divine Ox’s internal energy and essence, manifesting part of it in his body,
slammed the Hontar down.
Kwadudududuk!
Guardsand’s circular barrier morphed into a massive hexagonal shield wall, blocking the hammer.
“You’re close! If I hadn’t let my guard down, if I’d committed to defense, trash like you couldn’t pierce it!”
- Gonghyeok! Gonghyeok-nim! Master! Even if you break the barrier, your attack power can’t keep up with that bloodsucker’s regeneration! You need Heavenly Knight-level power to beat him down 10 more times!
Ignoring the urgently shouting Nathaniel, Gonghyeok bared his teeth in a grin.
“You’ll see.”
- See what?! Seriously! Run away now! Then Azazel will soon... Huh?
Nathaniel, jumping up and down, saw it.
In Gonghyeok’s line of sight, where he’d staked everything, about 100km away on a sand dune, a cross-shaped flash gleamed.
“Bang.”
On the sand dune stood Ju Gonghyeok’s clone.
Holding the upper body of the modified human Bergoglio.
[Photon Mana Cannon ‘Falling Morning Star’, current output 27%]
[Firing concentrated beam at target ‘Vampire Count Guardsand’]
Zuuuuuung
From Bergoglio’s elbow erupted the flash of annihilation that had once obliterated hundreds of demons.
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Guardsand sensed death approaching.
Distracted by the damn bug charging from the front, he hadn’t noticed the guillotine preparing to sever his head from behind.
The most fatal power to a vampire—sunlight, or light mana close to it—exploded, but it was already too late.
The photon mana cannon flying at light speed incinerated his legs.
Then, leaving not even a fragment, the pillar of light crept up his body.
‘Damn it. If only the barrier, if only the barrier had been properly deployed...’
But the barrier was forward-formed into a defensive wall to block Ju Gonghyeok’s killing blow.
Though Guardsand wouldn’t admit it, he’d fallen for the feint.
And...
“Quadruple stack.”
Gonghyeok declared, gazing at Guardsand’s head burning in the light.
If that was the end, the 13 regressions would’ve been a waste.
Guardsand’s blood, now under Ju Gonghyeok’s control via the Vampire Princess Ring.
‘Nightmare Lord’s Curse,’ drastically lowering mental resistance.
Ha Yeonsi’s ‘Regeneration Rampage,’ grotesquely altering flesh and blood properties.
Finally, swept by the natural enemy photon mana cannon, much of his vampiric power was lost.
With four status ailments stacked, Guardsand’s blood dominance was at rock bottom.
“Guardsand. Blood dominance showdown.”
‘Damn it! You damn filthy buuuug—!’
Blood streamed from Guardsand’s remaining eye.
[Current Ju Gonghyeok’s blood dominance: 87% chance to subjugate ‘Count Guardsand’]
[Guardsand resists Ju Gonghyeok’s dominance!]
[65% blood dominance transferred to Ju Gonghyeok]
[Count’s authority extinguished from Guardsand, transferred to Ju Gonghyeok!]
[Royal Blood Crystal transferred to Ju Gonghyeok!]
[Guardsand can no longer resist!]
[Ju Gonghyeok’s seal imprinted on ‘Vampire Guardsand’]
[‘Vampire Guardsand’s’ life-and-death unity authority now under its master Ju Gonghyeok’s control]
The vampire’s remaining remains swirled into the Vampire Princess Ring.
‘Uwaaaaaah! Just let me die!’
Gonghyeok gently stroked the ring with its new toy inside.
“Guardsand, don’t be like that. I pride myself on being a pretty damn good master. Making scum like you wail ‘Please, master, kill me’ is one of my 101 hobbies.”
A reptilian, pure smile crept across his lips.
[Chapter 56 - New Toy] End