Chapter 283 I Don't Care Anymore
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 283
Chapter Title: I Don't Care Anymore
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"Child who has received the grace of Lux Aeterna. I swear on my divinity, if you use that power sleeping inside you, you will die on the spot."
Not only the explorers in the plaza, but Jeong Yoo-shin also heard Changeling's voice.
His expression contorted viciously.
"Shit."
The Outer God Lux Aeterna.
Could there be a god this cruel?
To pour overflowing divinity into one person and then tell them to die to restore the seal of the labyrinth.
Did that even make sense?
Even a fool could tell…
Cian wasn’t a hero, but a scapegoat.
Was he going to let Cian go like this?
No.
He didn't know if this was the will of the crown prince, the emperor, or Lux Aeterna…
But he couldn't abandon Cian like this.
'I'll save her.'
How?
There was a way…
Jeong Yoo-shin immediately reached out his arm toward a slime next to him.
A blue slime attached itself to Jeong Yoo-shin's arm and melted his flesh.
Sizzle!!!
Blue will-o'-the-wisps burned from Jeong Yoo-shin's eyes.
Imprint activated.
[Revenger]
'It's done.'
He immediately tore off the slime and threw himself into the pit.
Thump!!!
As he landed on the floor, he saw…
Cian with her hand in the bonfire. She was burning her life force and holy power to restore Ezdras's seal.
"S...kar?"
Cian raised her head and looked at Jeong Yoo-shin. Tears were flowing from her eyes.
He approached Cian, grabbed her hand, and pulled it out of the bonfire.
"Just for today, I'll be your black-haired hero."
Cian opened and closed her mouth before glaring at Jeong Yoo-shin.
"H-Hero? Stop it! I have to bear this mission alone!"
"Don't be ridiculous. Restoring a seal like this? It's something I can do too."
Cian shook her head vigorously.
"N-Nonsense! It's impossible! You haven't received Lux Aeterna-nim's blessing!"
"Who said that?"
"...?"
"I received it too."
"...!"
Once again, a great shock swept through Cian's heart.
How in the world?
Her questions couldn’t continue.
Jeong Yoo-shin kissed the gaping Cian.
Sluuuuurp.
Cian's eyes widened at the sudden deep kiss.
Blood and screams raged outside the pit, but the two exchanged saliva in front of the bonfire.
Cian's eyelashes trembled.
'My holy power is being sucked out?!'
It was a situation where something that shouldn't happen was happening.
The flustered Cian struggled, but Jeong Yoo-shin hugged her body tightly.
'Ah.'
Cian could feel it.
Inside Skar's heart…
A small, hidden source of Lux Aeterna was absorbing all of her holy power.
How much time had passed?
Skar pulled his lips from hers.
Chuuuup.
Sticky saliva stretched like a thread from their mouths.
Cian stared blankly at Skar.
The latter’s appearance had changed.
His black hair was shining brightly.
And a round halo rose behind his head.
The proof of a saint.
It was similar to that of His Majesty the Emperor, whom she had met in an audience for the first time.
Cian, whose magic and holy power were depleted, couldn’t move.
Skar laid her down and slowly brought his hand toward the bonfire.
Cian tried to stop Skar.
"N-No! Skar, you'll die!"
Skar chuckled.
"It's fine. I won't die."
"W-What in the world... Ah?!"
Jeong Yoo-shin put his hand into the bonfire.
He had operated his Incubus imprint to the limit just in case, and Cian's magic was drawn into him.
Not only that…
Even Lux Aeterna's holy power had clung to it like a sticky rice cake.
As if it had been waiting for this moment, the holy power surged into him like a huge wave.
He felt joy, apology, and a streak of affection from Lux Aeterna's holy power.
'Stop.'
As Jeong Yoo-shin muttered inwardly, Lux Aeterna's emotions quietly subsided.
Jeong Yoo-shin poured the transferred holy power into the bonfire.
'Burn.'
The holy power containing his wish became a miracle and began to restore Ezdras's seal.
Woooooooong!!!
He could feel it.
The holy power of the Spirit God and Lux Aeterna intertwined little by little, and the crumbled seal was recovering.
At the same time…
A pain that wracked his body surged from within him.
But Jeong Yoo-shin didn't bat an eye.
Instead, he just stroked Cian's head.
There was no need for her to bear this heavy burden alone.
Lux Aeterna had 'chosen' to offer Cian to protect Labyrinth City, but…
His 'choice' was different.
He would save Cian…
And restore the seal.
Jeong Yoo-shin gritted his teeth.
His holy power and life force were being sucked out endlessly.
As the pain of his whole body being torn to shreds passed, his strength drained and his vision flickered.
He realized it instinctively…
His life had reached the threshold of death.
Diiiing.
A loud bell rang in his head.
Imprint activated.
[Death Reprieve]
An imprint ability that literally postponed death for a while.
At the same time, the bonfire began to burn fiercely. It had become more brilliant and beautiful than any flame he had seen before.
Jeong Yoo-shin, who had confirmed the restoration of the seal, staggered to his feet.
As expected, he had died.
From now on, it was a time attack.
He didn't know how long he would stay alive.
The fortunate thing was that a little bit of Lux Aeterna's divinity still remained within him.
Lux Aeterna's divinity inside his body revealed its impatience.
It urged Jeong Yoo-shin, as if telling him to survive quickly.
"Kuaaaaaaaak!!! N-No!!!"
Changeling's voice echoed through the city.
Jeong Yoo-shin raised his head and looked up at the dimensional rift.
That wicked Outer God bastard…
He wanted to land a blow on him so badly, but there was no way for him to get up there.
At that moment…
Thump!!!
The barbarian Torgel fell from the sky.
"Skar?! Are you alright?!"
Torgel asked while grabbing Jeong Yoo-shin's shoulder.
The state of the latter's body was bizarre. His hair color had changed, and the halo behind his head was swaying as it faded.
Jeong Yoo-shin nodded to the man and raised his hand to point at the air.
"I'm fine. Torgel, there's no time, so I'll ask quickly. Throw me up there."
Torgel looked up at the air and then looked down at Jeong Yoo-shin again.
"The dimensional rift will close soon. Skar, you need to rest now."
Jeong Yoo-shin frowned.
This bastard…
A person is about to die here.
"Shut up and throw me up there. I have to land a blow to live."
'What a temper.'
Torgel clicked his tongue inwardly, lifted Jeong Yoo-shin, and aimed him at the dimensional rift.
"Skar, by the way, where did you get that greatsword?"
Jeong Yoo-shin frowned.
"This black iron greatsword? Do we have to talk about that here and now? Read the room."
"...Alright."
Torgel gave up the conversation, firmly grabbed Jeong Yoo-shin, and gathered strength in his whole body.
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Meanwhile…
The central plaza.
"Kill them!!!"
"Push them a little more!!! It's over now!!!"
The explorers and knights came to their senses and drove out the slime swarm.
The Empire's hero had sacrificed her life to restore the seal.
They didn't know the truth. Because an enormous light had begun to spew out from the pit in the plaza.
The kin that had eaten explorers and mimicked them were quickly caught and killed by the high-ranking clan members who stepped forward.
If they had left them alone, the front line would have been pushed back in an instant, and all the explorers would have been eaten.
If the half-barbarian hadn't kept the high-ranking clans on the 20th floor, this would have been a harder fight.
The Labyrinth Knights inwardly admired Skar's foresight.
Cain's eyes shone as he cut through the slime swarm.
"It's over."
The explorers raised their heads and looked at the shrinking dimensional rift.
"Kuuuuuuk!!! Remember!!! Mortals!!! This body will return again!!!"
Changeling's declaration echoed loudly through the city.
At that moment…
From the pit…
The half-barbarian flew up.
He was holding up a broken greatsword while streams of blue will-o'-the-wisps burned in his eyes.
However…
It wasn’t his normal appearance.
His black hair had changed to white at some point and was shining.
And behind his head, a circular halo scattered a brilliant divinity.
The explorers stared at Skar with their jaws dropped.
"Uh...? What?!"
The place the barbarian was flying to was…
Right at the pupil of the Outer God Changeling.
"What...?!"
It was a crazy act that not only the high-ranking clans, but even the knight commander wouldn't dare to do. Because there was no one present who had received a divinity capable of dealing a blow to an Outer God.
Even if there were, there was no one there who had the guts to charge at an Outer God like that.
Jeong Yoo-shin shot out like a bullet and raised his weapon.
Lux Aeterna's divinity dwelled in the broken black iron greatsword.
Griiind!!!
Jeong Yoo-shin ground his teeth.
His remaining strength was like a speck of dust, but he took his stance with an iron will.
Tens of thousands of downward slashes…
He was used to it now.
From top to bottom.
Whoooooooooosh!!!
A blow struck with all his might cut through the air.
"Y-You bastard!!! Lux Aeternaaaa!!!"
The flustered Changeling shouted urgently, but it was too late.
The greatsword imbued with divinity left a long tear in Changeling's pupil.
Slaaaaaaaaash!!!
"Kuaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!"
Blue liquid poured down from the wound.
"Y-You bastaaaaard!!! How dare a mere mortal!!! I will not forgive you!!!"
Changeling's screams and curses shook the city.
However…
As if a broken window were putting itself back together, the dimensional rift soon closed.
'This is the end.'
Jeong Yoo-shin, who had poured out all his strength, fell from the sky.
Having no strength to even move a finger, he let go of the black iron greatsword.
It wasn't a subjugation…
But he had stopped the Outer God's invasion.
And…
He had returned from death by landing a blow on Changeling's eyeball.
The will-o'-the-wisps disappeared from Jeong Yoo-shin's eyes, and the darkness that had been gathering in his mind retreated.
'I lived.'
But…
If he fell wrong here, wouldn't he still die?
Jeong Yoo-shin took his stance.
A hero landing like last time.
'My knee cartilage is going to be completely gone at this rate.'
It was good that he had landed a blow on the Outer God…
But if he crashed onto the ground in an unsightly way here, he would become a laughingstock too.
Jeong Yoo-shin plummeted to the ground and threw a punch at the floor.
Whoooooooosh!!!
Kra-booooooooom!!!
The floor of the plaza shattered, and stone dust and dirt flew into the air.
The explorers stared blankly at Skar with their jaws dropped.
They couldn't forget the scene they had just seen.
Shooting out like an arrow to wound the Outer God's eye…
And landing artistically on the floor, his thick fur coat fluttering.
It was a majesty that didn’t belong to an intermediate-rank low explorer.
Cian, who had come out of the pit, quickly ran over and knelt in front of Jeong Yoo-shin.
"Skar!!!"
Jeong Yoo-shin, who was kneeling on one knee, turned his head.
"Cian, you've worked hard."
"Kuh... ut!"
Large tears dropped from Cian's eyes.
"W-Why in the world are you going this far to help me?!"
Jeong Yoo-shin smiled.
"I told you. If we're together, we can overcome any difficulty."
"...!"
Cian, unable to speak, hugged Jeong Yoo-shin tightly.
A deep fatigue washed over him, but Jeong Yoo-shin smiled.
He could see the explorers and high-ranking clan members running over to them from a distance.
At that moment…
Clank.
Cian's plate armor fell apart. The plate covering her chest fell to the floor.
"...?"
It was because the slime's acidic fluid had melted the seams of her plate armor.
Jeong Yoo-shin's eyes trembled.
As the thin arming doublet was torn off along with the plate armor.
Jiggle.
Cian's cow bikini breasts were exposed as they were.
"C-Cian."
"Skar, just a little more like this!"
Jeong Yoo-shin called Cian's name, but Cian didn't budge.
"N-No, it's not that. Your armor..."
Clank. Clank.
When Cian's armor fell to the floor one by one.
The explorers who had approached them stopped in their tracks.
The hero in a cow bikini was hugging Skar tightly like a 'lover'.
Moreover, she even had a 'tail' attached.
"Kuh... ahem!!!"
"Hah."
The explorers, who instantly grasped the situation, cleared their throats and looked away.
One of the explorers made eye contact with Jeong Yoo-shin and gave him a thumbs up.
"I-I admit it. The only person who can plug a 'hole' is you, b-barbarian!"
Jeong Yoo-shin’s lips trembled as he closed his eyes.
Because of the deep fatigue, it was difficult for him to maintain his consciousness any longer.
'I don't care anymore.'
And darkness overcame him.
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Lol, well Cian just died socially. Well, at least they both survived, right? 😂
Also, for those confused as to why the MC needs to land a blow to live, this is how Revenger works according to Mion in Chapter 38: “It heals you whenever you inflict damage on someone who has attacked you, physically or magically.”
As for why Changeling’s eye, it didn’t really have to be that. The MC is just spiteful like that. I approve. 👍