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Chapter 549
Power of the Outer Beings.
Although Zeke only knew it was connected to the God of Chaos, he still didn't know the exact nature of this power.
Watching the priest freely use the power of the Outer Beings, Zeke thought he might have some relationship with the God of Chaos.
'He's too dangerous to leave alone. I must eliminate him here.'
As Zeke gritted his teeth with gleaming eyes, changes began occurring in Asmodius's body after accepting the power of the Outer Beings.
AAAARRRGGGHHHH!
Asmodius let out a scream close to a howl, and simultaneously, sharp teeth began sprouting from the bone armor covering his body.
At the same time, viscous bodily fluids flowed and tentacles sprouted from his back, moving like snakes.
No fighting spirit could be felt from Asmodius who had transformed into an Outer Beings.
Instead, his body had grown larger than before, and the hideous bone armor seemed to have become one with his body.
GRRRRRR!
The distorted faces protruding from the bone armor bared their teeth and emitted fierce roars.
AAAARRRGGGHHHH!
Asmodius, who let out a scream, raised his bone spear and the power of the Outer Beings spread out causing ripples.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
His body caused vibrations large enough to shake the entire space.
Sharp bone blades suddenly protruded from the tentacles that had sprouted from Asmodius's back.
He shouted while glaring at Zeke.
"I offer this glorious victory to my lord!"
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
Asmodius's tentacles wrapped around his bone spear.
The massive bone spear combined with tentacles rose into the air.
The power of the Outer Beings concentrated in the bone spear and shockwaves shot out in all directions.
AAAARRRGGGHHHH!
A soul-wrenching scream leaked from Asmodius.
Seeing through his essence, Zeke detected that Asmodius, who had accepted the power of the Outer Beings, was pushing himself beyond his limits.
Zeke raised his sword to face the storm-like waves of power.
WOONG! WOONG! WOONG!
Zeke's Ascalon facing Asmodius emitted a radiant light.
WOONG! WOONG!
As the power of the Great Purification and Holy Spirit technique combined, golden aura and lightning of light spread out in all directions.
Simultaneously, that power concentrated in Ascalon.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
His sword containing such radiant light energy possessed the primordial power so powerful that no evil spirit or demonic energy could even approach it.
However, Asmodius, completely consumed by the power of the Outer Beings, felt not even a trace of fear, intoxicated by the madness created from his distorted loyalty.
He let out a monstrous cry and rotated the floating bone spear in the air.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
Asmodius glared at Zeke and strongly thrust forward the rotating bone spear.
AAAARRRGGGHHHH!
An ominous howl that shook souls burst forth from the bone spear flying with powerful rotation.
Zeke took the stance of the Dragon Slaying technique while holding Ascalon with golden lightning surging.
Asmodius's bone spear flew toward Zeke with the force to tear him to shreds.
Zeke swung his sword toward the bone spear containing hideous energy.
Dragon Slaying Technique Secret Form
Light Destruction Technique
Forbidden Thunder
Asmodius's bone spear and Zeke's sword rushed at each other in the air.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
The ominous power of the Outer Beings dwelling in the bone spear collided with Zeke's energy.
BOOM!
When the two massive energies of different natures collided, waves of shock spread out in all directions shaking the entire labyrinth.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
At the same time, the power of Forbidden Thunder created by Zeke offset Asmodius's power and dug inside.
TSSS! TSSS! TSSS!
As the powers consumed by the gradually penetrating Forbidden Thunder broke apart, golden light scattered in all directions.
Asmodius's spear struggled to pierce forward, but was only being consumed by the power of Forbidden Thunder that had already seeped in.
The Forbidden Thunder dug even more strongly into the inside of the bone spear.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
Finally, cracks began appearing in Asmodius's bone spear and armor strengthened by the power of the Outer Beings.
Seeing this, Zeke drew Leviathan while holding Ascalon.
WOONG! WOONG! WOONG!
He infused the power of Soul technique into Leviathan.
Zeke's Soul technique, having attained the level of a transcendent, had reached the level of his master Nigel.
In the situation where the brilliant light was corroding Asmodius, Zeke concentrated power into Leviathan and took his stance.
Then he slowly swung his sword.
Soul technique
Double Spell
Will of Destruction
The sword strike imbued with the Will of Destruction flew toward Asmodius who was caught by the Forbidden Thunder.
BOOM! BOOM!
The Soul technique sword strike directly pierced Asmodius's body, which was unable to move while caught in the Forbidden Thunder's power.
CRACK! CRACK!
The Will of Destruction swept through Asmodius's body, passing through the waves.
AAAARRRGGGHHHH!
The formless power of Soul technique shook each particle of his spirit body, and Asmodius writhed in pain.
Asmodius's bone armor, having taken Zeke's Soul technique head-on, completely crumbled to dust.
"HURRGGHH!"
Asmodius spat blue blood and could no longer endure, falling from the air and crashing into the ground.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
As storms of energy scattered in all directions, the space filled with light clusters along with the waves.
Asmodius's second Battalion knights had to step back rather than forward to avoid the aftermath of the scattered light clusters and waves, even after seeing Asmodius fall.
Zeke descended from the air and looked down at the fallen Asmodius.
Having lost his bone armor, Asmodius's bare body was completely tattered.
He trembled and tried somehow to get up while crashed into the ground.
But he couldn't move at all.
Behind Asmodius, the priest stood silently without saying anything.
Asmodius turned his body and reached out toward the priest.
"My, my lord..."
The priest showed no reaction while watching Asmodius pitifully reaching out while trembling.
Soon Asmodius's body began gradually dispersing.
Asmodius spoke while looking at the priest until the end.
"A glo-glorious victory to my lord..."
He couldn't even finish his words before completely turning to dust and scattering.
Until his final moment, Asmodius reached out to him without abandoning his blind and mad loyalty to the Arrogant Savior, but what remained was extinction.
As Asmodius disappeared, the second Battalion behind him also gradually turned to dust and their forms scattered.
And when everything had scattered, only bone helmets remained one by one in that place.
Looking at the old bone helmet remaining where Asmodius had been, Zeke could now guess how he who had been extinct appeared here.
'Did they regenerate him using the karma data remaining in the helmet?'
Everything that exists leaves karma data.
Although it wasn't reality, Zeke remembered summoning and leading long-vanished heroes and their civilization's ruins through the constellations Chess Game.
'If that too was created through the Arrogant Savior's authority long ago?'
If one obtained his authority, it would be possible to recreate extinct beings in the phenomenal world based on past data.
Zeke organized his thoughts about this and raised his head to look at the priest.
He pointed his sword at the priest while taking a step toward him.
"Finally, I can face you now."
There was nothing left interfering between him and the priest.
The priest still just stood silently.
Zeke took another step toward the priest without lowering his guard.
And at some point Zeke rushed toward the priest.
SWOOSH!
His sword strike brushed past the priest's head.
TSSS! TSSS!
The priest's body wavered and disappeared like an illusion, negating Zeke's sword strike.
The priest who reappeared right behind spoke while looking at Zeke.
"Zeke Draker, you cannot kill me with just this much."
At those words, Zeke gripped his sword again and readjusted his stance while unleashing Elemental Sword.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
The powerful force of gravity pressed down on the priest.
Even for a powerful undead, the strong gravity that could crush his entire body pressed down on him.
Then the priest raised his hand in a composed stance and snapped his fingers.
WOONG! WOONG! WOONG!
The power of the Arrogant Savior burst forth from the priest's body and blue orb-like things floated around his body.
Those orbs sparkled and offset the field of gravity that Zeke had spread.
'Is it the authority of the Arrogant Savior?'
Unlike normal authority, the Arrogant Savior's authority seemed to have quite a wide range of use.
Zeke decided to pour all his strength into destroying the priest here.
He summoned the four spirits without stopping.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
The four high-class spirits of different attributes appeared and surrounded the priest.
When Zeke gave the order to attack him, storms imbued with the attributes of fire, wind, earth, and water rushed in from all directions.
Even with four high-class spirits concentrating their attacks, the priest maintained a very composed stance within.
And then he snapped his fingers again.
TSSS! TSSS! TSSS!
Surprisingly, Dark spirits resembling the four spirits appeared around the priest's body as well.
They each possessed the attributes of fire, wind, earth, and water but were dyed pitch black.
The priest summoned spirits corrupted by demonic energy and ordered them to clash with the high-class spirits that Zeke had summoned.
BOOM! BOOM!
Instantly the spirits released their power, sweeping across the entire space.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
Though the dark spirits' attributes were faint compared to the four spirits, they showed much stronger offensive power.
Realizing the spirits' attacks were useless, Zeke sent them back to the spirit realm.
The priest spoke to Zeke while standing casually.
"Didn't I tell you? You cannot kill me with just this much."
Silently, Zeke drew Caladbolg from the shadows and pointed it at the priest.
The energy of the Mind Sword imbued itself in Caladbolg.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
The Mind Sword that cuts through the very origin itself could not be avoided by anything.
The entire space filled with his will due to the Mind Sword that Zeke unleashed.
The shadow sword in Zeke's hand became one with the sword in his mind.
At that moment, Zeke swung his sword toward the priest standing before him.
SWOOSH!
In the invisible dimension of origin, he could feel that he had 'cut' the priest.
However, Zeke who withdrew the Mind Sword and stepped back witnessed an amazing sight.
TSSS! TSSS! TSSS!
The priest's body crumbled like fog then reformed back to its original shape.
'How did that happen?'
Though it seemed the existence was disappearing after being cut at its origin, right before that his body reconstructed back to normal.
Looking at the confused Zeke, the priest spoke.
"A sword that cuts the origin beyond the Astral Sword. Zeke Draker, your power far exceeds my expectations."
Zeke furrowed his brow seeing the authority that even negated the power of the Mind Sword.
'Is the Arrogant Savior's authority that strong?'
The priest approached Zeke while speaking.
"You look confused. Just as I was surprised by your power, you too must be surprised by the power I possess."
He spread both arms toward Zeke.
"Zeke Draker, I admit I had been misjudging you until now. I acknowledge that you too are one of the protagonists who can step onto the stage of the final chapter."
Zeke spoke while looking at the priest.
"What exactly is this final chapter you speak of? No, what exactly is your identity in the first place…?"
Instead of answering, the priest slowly removed his hood.
As the hood came off, the priest's hidden face was revealed.
Seeing his face, Zeke couldn't help but hold his breath for a moment.
"Lubern?"
The priest had Lubern's features white hair and skin with red eyes like a demon race.
Priest Harvey West spoke while looking at Zeke.
"Are you surprised, Zeke Draker?”
Zeke never thought the Priest of the Abyss would be of Lubern bloodline.
'Why would a Lubern be the Priest of the Abyss?'
Looking at Zeke's confused expression, the priest shook his head.
"I am not of the Lubern bloodline."
He spoke while meeting Zeke's eyes.
"I am what you could call the ancestor of the Draker bloodline."