Chapter 488
Chapter 488
Chapter 488
BOOM!
The hard shell was almost shattered, with black blood flowing from its entire body.
Even in its weakened state, Dohl, one of the Four Evil Fiends was not an easy opponent to face.
When the suddenly injured giant demonic beast appeared, Yelin tensed and returned to Zeke’s side holding Annex’s dagger.
“Sir Zeke. Is that…?”
Just as he was about to reassure Yelin, Zeke sensed something ominous.
He silently stood in front of Yelin on guard.
The space rippled and someone appeared in front of Dohl.
“Hmm.”
A man in a black suit wearing a clown mask.
He nodded while looking at the fallen Dohl.
“I told you not to come out. Did you want to die after living so long?”
The seemingly kind tone contained completely different meaning.
The man with the strange way of speaking looked at Dohl before turning to face Zeke and Yelin.
He tilted his head, then clapped and nodded.
“Ah, you must be him. Zeke Draker.”
When he rubbed his mask with his hand, the expression instantly changed.
While it was a plain expressionless face before, now it showed an angry expression with raised eyebrows.
He spoke while looking at Zeke.
“I heard you were dead, but I guess not?”
When he took a step forward, the surrounding air felt heavier.
Zeke pointed his sword at him.
He felt a clearly different level of strength compared to his previous opponents.
‘A powerful being comparable to Ramon Jiemens or Harvey West.’
Just as he thought this, the man shook his head.
“Comparing me to a youngster like Ramon, that’s quite offensive?”
Zeke was startled for a moment.
‘He read my thoughts.’
With his passive skill Indomitable Will, Zeke was unmatched in mental defense.
On top of that, he had completely absorbed the Blood King’s power and numerous titles protected him.
Reading Zeke’s mind was nearly impossible.
The man who made this impossible feat possible.
Zeke knew who this man was from what Dohl had told him.
‘The supreme boss of the Nostra Family.’
The Nostra Family, a mafia organization that had lasted a thousand years.
The supreme boss of this secret organization, long hidden behind a veil, had revealed himself.
The supreme boss wearing the angry clown mask spoke while looking at Zeke.
“Zeke Draker, I thought you were finally dead this time, but seeing you alive makes me both happy and annoyed.”
The moment he finished speaking, the supreme boss snapped his fingers.
PENG!
Something exploded right in front of Zeke’s face.
CHIIIIK!
The sound of Zeke’s collar burning as he turned his head to avoid the explosion.
Seeing this, the supreme boss clapped as if amused.
“Oh, you’re fast?”
The supreme boss snapped his fingers again.
PENG! PENG! PENG!
Small explosions occurred consecutively near Zeke’s body.
While Zeke flinched at the explosions near his arms, legs, and shoulders, there wasn’t much damage.
The problem was that Zeke couldn’t properly perceive these explosions.
‘The speed is too fast.’
Zeke found it difficult to understand how he was creating explosions that surpassed even his Grand Master-level perception speed.
But one thing was clear.
‘That guy’s a bloodline ability user.’
Neither magic nor aura could create explosions this quickly without a trace.
Only bloodline ability users who could use their abilities as naturally as breathing could do this.
Zeke recalled what he had heard about the supreme boss from Dohl before saving him.
‘I couldn’t even grasp what kind of power he uses, or what kind of being he is. That’s probably why I ended up caught like this.’
Even Dohl, one of the Four Evil Fiends, called it a power whose nature couldn’t be gauged, so Zeke had found it hard to imagine what it could be.
But facing it directly, he understood what that meant.
‘He’s on a completely different level from ordinary ability users.’
When Zeke just stood still glaring at him, the supreme boss shook his head as if bored.
“What’s this, just standing there blankly.”
The supreme boss bobbed his head before nodding.
“Ah, yes. This should work.”
The supreme boss snapped his fingers again.
PENG!
An explosion occurred just like before.
But there was no trace of explosion anywhere on Zeke’s body.
Zeke turned around in surprise.
“UNGH.”
Yelin staggered while clutching her arm.
Blood was flowing from her arm.
Zeke clenched his teeth and glared at the supreme boss.
The supreme boss clapped and showed delight.
“Now that’s better. Not focusing during a fight is rather poor. How should I put it. It feels like you’re not giving it your all.”
He raised his hand again.
“Where should I aim this time? Should I ruin that noble and pretty face? Or arms and legs? Zeke. You choose. I’ll aim wherever you pick…”
Before the supreme boss could finish speaking, Zeke charged at him wielding Ascalon.
KWAKWAKWAKWA!
The sword imbued with Holy Spirit Energy flew toward the supreme boss.
KWAKWAKWA!
A powerful storm of light swept the surroundings.
But the supreme boss had already vanished.
"Whew, what impressive force?"
The supreme boss appeared behind Zeke with a relaxed voice.
Zeke realized the supreme boss's ability.
'Rahim's spatial movement ability.'
The supreme boss could also use the spatial movement ability to freely move anywhere, anytime.
Seeing the supreme boss use two special abilities at once, Zeke became certain of his identity.
'He's both a bloodline ability user and an Irregular.'
A being outside the world's laws.
Zeke deduced that the supreme boss's illogical power must be that of an Irregular.
The supreme boss nodded.
"Oh, correct. Zeke, you're smart."
He responded, having read Zeke's thoughts again.
The supreme boss added:
"I see why you've failed until now. I completely misunderstood your ability. You're not just strong, you excel at analyzing situations. You find ways to defeat enemies and exploit their openings."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly vanished and reappeared right in front of Zeke.
The supreme boss thrust his masked face close to Zeke's and said:
"But do you think that'll work on me?"
Zeke immediately swung his sword at the supreme boss.
WHOOSH!
But the supreme boss dodged the slash and vanished before reappearing.
Zeke readjusted his grip on his sword while watching the supreme boss.
He focused his mind.
No thoughts, no feelings.
He tried to empty his mind and think nothing.
The supreme boss, who had been quietly watching him, nodded.
"Fascinating. Usually when people try not to think, they get caught up in thinking about not thinking. But not you."
He rubbed his mask again, changing it to a different expression.
This time the mask's face was frowning.
"I was going to kill you quickly, but now I want to play a bit more. Ah, is this why the others got defeated?"
He extended his hand toward Zeke.
KUGUGUGUGU!
Powerful telekinesis pressed down on Zeke's body.
The pressure crushing Zeke's body was incomparably stronger than the telekinesis he'd experienced from Zion.
The supreme boss shook his head as he watched Zeke endure his power.
"Hooo? You're really tough. Well then, let's see."
This time the supreme boss raised both hands.
WOOOONG!
Pressure twice as strong as before tried to tear Zeke's body apart.
Force pressed down from above while trying to violently rip him apart from the sides.
'UNGH!'
He could endure thanks to strengthening his body with aura, but an ordinary knight would have been instantly torn to shreds.
While enduring the supreme boss's power in his thoughtless state, Zeke absorbed everything about him into his mind.
He could possibly be as strong as his master Nigel or Arthur Draker.
KUGUGUGUGU!
Meanwhile, the supreme boss tilted his head when Zeke's body withstood no matter how much force he applied.
Then he suddenly came to his senses and raised his head.
"Hmmmm? You're testing me?"
The longer this dragged on, the more his powers would be exposed, and that information could eventually lead to defeat.
The supreme boss was starting to understand what process his subordinates had gone through when facing Zeke.
"So this is how you always did it. Looking at you, I kind of understand. You're so persistently tough while seeming about to die, it makes one want to torment you more before killing you."
Then the supreme boss rubbed his mask to change its shape again.
This time his mask changed to a brightly smiling expression.
"This won't do. You're too dangerous to leave alone. I'll have to dispose of you here."
He made a rectangle by joining his hands with thumbs and index fingers at right angles.
Then he looked at Zeke through that rectangle.
Suddenly Zeke felt a chill down his neck.
WHEEEEEK!
Zeke moved forward, dodging something invisible and imperceptible.
PAWAT!
A long straight line appeared where Zeke had been.
He broke into a cold sweat at the sudden attack.
'I couldn't sense this one either.'
An attack he couldn't sense at all, just like the explosions.
He had dodged purely on instinct.
Zeke felt relieved, thinking it would have been impossible to dodge without his passive skill Battle Sense.
Seeing this, the supreme boss was shocked.
"Huh? You dodged that too?"
It was an ability he had used with genuine killing intent.
An ability that brought almost certain death once activated, yet Zeke had dodged even this.
After pondering for a moment, the supreme boss said to Zeke:
"This won't do. I'll have to postpone killing you for now."
He took a step back.
"See you next time, Zeke Draker."
Just as he was about to disappear using spatial movement—
THUD!
While Zeke was clearly in front, another Zeke appeared from the shadows behind him and stabbed him with a sword.
The sword protruded from his stomach through his back.
However, the Supreme Boss became slime-like and slipped off Zeke's sword.
"Good attempt. But amateur..."
WHOOSH!
At that moment, Zeke used the power of the Third Eye as the Blood King's power rose from his forehead.
The Supreme Boss's body stiffened when exposed to the Third Eye.
Simultaneously, Zeke used Dragon's Wisdom on the Supreme Boss.
CRACKLE!
Suddenly, powerful electricity sparked between Zeke and the Supreme Boss.
"Ugh!"
The Supreme Boss stepped back in shock.
Zeke also staggered, grabbing his head as he felt extreme dizziness.
It felt like an overwhelming amount of information suddenly flooded his mind.
The Supreme Boss looked at Zeke with disbelief.
"You... you...?"
He tried to continue speaking but attempted to escape using spatial movement again.
But Zeke was faster.
CRACKLE!
When the magic reflux field spread, it affected the Supreme Boss's spatial movement.
The Supreme Boss's mind was in chaos.
It was impossible for one person to possess so many abilities.
While he was confused by this, Zeke drew out the Dark Sword Leviathan.
WHOOSH!
Deploying a gravity field, he pressed down on the Supreme Boss with gravity until he could no longer move and fell to his knees under the pressure.
Bound by the Third Eye's power, magic reflux field, and gravity.
Zeke approached the Supreme Boss with his sword.
Then he immediately struck at his neck with the sword.
SLASH!
The Supreme Boss's head was cleanly severed.
THUD!
The Supreme Boss's head and body fell to the floor.
However, not a single drop of blood came from the severed neck.
Yelin, who was watching tensely from behind, was startled.
"H-how?"
Zeke calmly picked up the Supreme Boss's severed head.
When he removed the mask, a doll's face appeared behind it.
A voice flowed from the doll's face.
"Zeke Draker, we will definitely meet again."
CRACKLE!
The light disappeared from the doll's eyes.
Zeke clenched his jaw.
'To think a mere clone had this much power.'
The Supreme Boss's power exceeded Zeke's imagination.
Yet the reason he hadn't shown himself until now and only moved through the Nostra Family likely meant there was some limitation to his power.
'If he were to unleash his true power without restrictions, it would mean another great enemy has appeared.'
Zeke's expression grew serious at the thought that the Nostra Family must be more than just a simple mafia organization.
'I thought something was strange since the Chimera experiments... I need to learn more about the Nostra Family.'
He first put the Supreme Boss's clone body into his inventory.
Then he turned and approached the fallen Dohl.
Dohl, breathing faintly.
He spoke to Zeke.
[Messenger of the God of Chaos.]
Then he continued slowly.
[End this cursed life.]