Chapter 93
Chapter 93
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 93
Chapter Title: The Path to the Pantheon
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“Enough with the nonsense.”
Go Yohan said coldly toward Go Minji.
Go Minji was clearly speaking to him because she had some other objective.
“What’s bothering you?”
“…….”
At her words, Go Yohan’s eyes darkened.
“What’s so weird about it?”
Ever since entering the S-rank gate, Go Yohan had definitely been acting strange.
Go Yohan had said it was because the divine power’s backlash was simply due to his own divine power being weaker than he thought.
‘No.’
That wasn’t the reason, at least not according to Go Minji.
She thought it was more like an accident caused by him being unable to focus, distracted by something.
Moreover, there was a clear reason for it.
“The giants.”
The monsters of the S-rank gate, the giants.
“You’re not sparing them just to keep training, right?”
In all the battles so far, not a single giant had been killed.
The divine power and the giants had clashed and retreated repeatedly, as if engaged in mock training, without killing each other.
There had been plenty of opportunities for Go Yohan to kill a giant at any time.
“Not yet.”
Go Yohan said.
“I’m still observing them.”
“Don’t struggle alone. We know we’re not much help to you, but we’ll do what we can.”
Thud.
She nudged Go Yohan with her elbow.
“We’re family, aren’t we?”
Even so, Go Yohan’s expression didn’t soften in the slightest.
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A long time had already passed since entering the S-rank gate.
From some point on, Go Minji’s eyes had changed, and Go Woojin’s and Han Sua’s eyes had changed.
After that, the divine power players’ eyes began to change one by one.
Finally.
Boom!
The results of the training were now properly showing.
In the clash with the giants, holding down one giant at the vanguard was Go Minji.
Roooar!
Her stats hadn’t grown much compared to before.
“Die!”
But her momentum and actual combat ability seemed at least 1.5 times stronger than a few days ago.
Boom!
She moved her twin swords more fluidly and used her abilities.
Whoosh.
Go Minji’s growth was encouraging; she had reached the point of using the berserker’s power to some extent without side effects.
The same went for Go Woojin and Han Sua.
Go Woojin and Han Sua together were grabbing hold of one giant and pressing it relentlessly.
Behind them, the raid members had seized another giant, moving proactively to cover the gaps for Go Minji, Go Woojin, and Han Sua.
He could say for sure.
“Now they’re finally looking the part.”
These people had undergone a complete one-eighty compared to before and after entering the S-rank gate.
It was the potential all the players possessed.
Even though the system quantified everything in this world like a game.
‘Even at the same level, even with the same class, the difference is like heaven and earth.’
What Go Yohan had done for the divine power users.
“Now they can finally make perfect use of the abilities they have.”
He had simply taught them how to draw out eighty percent of their stats.
“They won’t die now.”
They were now fighting the giants on even terms.
They were no longer zealots relying solely on Go Yohan’s healing abilities and throwing themselves at death.
They retreated when they needed to retreat and advanced even further when they needed to advance.
“You need to get used to fighting without grace.”
Go Yohan said.
“Leave this to me.”
Clang, thud.
Lee Jaekyung’s sword moved, slashing away the giants.
At this level, it seemed fine to leave it to them.
“How much longer do you think it’ll take?”
Lee Jaekyung suddenly asked Go Yohan.
Even without being told, Lee Jaekyung knew that Go Yohan sensed something off about this gate.
“No idea. I think I need to clash with it directly first.”
“That serious?”
“Not in that sense.”
Go Yohan shook his head as he spoke.
“Really….”
What he had felt since entering this gate.
“I don’t know.”
It was something so peculiar and strange that it halted even Go Yohan.
“I need to check it out.”
Now that the divine power users were fulfilling their roles, this was the opportunity.
“Leave this place to us and go.”
Nod.
Go Yohan nodded, and his figure vanished like a mirage.
Immediately after.
Roooar!
The wind stirred by his movement swept the battlefield, but no one wavered.
They were fully focused, rousing only their hostility toward the enemies.
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The sky.
Humm.
Through Go Yohan’s divine eyes, the world came into view.
A world made of gray thread lines, with no trace of black.
There had been the goddess’s voice when entering this place.
[You have entered the entrance.]
The entrance.
When he asked the others, only Go Yohan had heard the voice.
Also.
‘The power of divine essence is resonating.’
It wasn’t the divine power guild.
Go Yohan’s intrinsic power, the divine essence, had awakened and resonated on its own upon entering this place, amplifying itself.
Even for Go Yohan, healing hundreds simultaneously wasn’t something he could do easily.
But here.
Swoosh.
He could recover them all in an instant, so naturally.
At the same time.
“…….”
He felt the power of sloth weakening.
[Some Karma Points are sealed.]
Even when trying to draw out sins, they were instead being sealed.
He could assert that this was a space unprecedented even in the lives of Michael and Go Yohan.
Bang!
Go Yohan began to move.
He had already confirmed through his divine eyes where the world lines extended.
Boom!
He kicked off the air and shot forward again.
And the moment he landed on the ground.
Groooar!
Enormous giants stood surrounding Go Yohan, glaring at him.
“Blocking….”
Go Yohan looked at them with emotionless eyes and said.
“The way?”
Despite Go Yohan’s warning, the giants showed no sign of retreating, moving their feet toward him.
Thud!
That massive footfall became an earthquake, bearing down on Go Yohan.
Roooar!
A rising earth wall became a prison enclosing Go Yohan.
Ziiiiing-!
The sound waves resounding within it became shackles binding Go Yohan.
It was an ability they had never shown against divine power even once.
Whoosh.
Wind stirred within it.
Shwaaaa-!
The wind from Go Yohan’s gesture tore apart the sound waves from the earthquake and cracked the earth wall.
Boom!
When his fist struck out again, shattering the earth wall.
Roooar!
The giants swung both arms down like primal forces, trying to crush Go Yohan.
Amid that, Go Yohan raised his hand.
Crack!
[Space Slash]
Go Yohan’s technique of severing space by manipulating world lines had grown even further.
[Space Lock]
Not only severing space, but maintaining it in that severed state.
The giants’ fists that touched it.
Crackle.
Were sliced clean off.
Groooar!
The giants rampaged as if screaming in agony.
The arms and hands they had swung down at Go Yohan were severed entirely, their cross-sections visible as blood poured like rain.
Go Yohan endured it and said.
“I have no intention of killing you.”
The giants were different from regular monsters.
They gave the impression of dwarves, elves, or other foreigners from ancient Travania.
Moreover.
Twitch.
Their wounds, slowly but surely regenerating, became another reason for Go Yohan not to take the giants’ lives.
It was something similar to yet different from divine essence.
“I won’t kill you.”
Go Yohan said again.
“Not yet.”
Because they too had not tried to kill against the divine essence.
It was mercy granted because they merely stood in the way, as if guarding something.
Thud!
The giants, as if understanding Go Yohan’s words, began to step back.
The path opened.
Shrieeeek!
Go Yohan dashed through the gap once more.
Thud!
Kicking off the ground, before the spot he leaped to, hundreds of giants stood.
“It must have been tough raiding this.”
With the burden of divine essence, an impossible difficulty to clear.
Thud.
But now the giants no longer blocked Go Yohan.
He continued running forward.
And before he knew it.
“…….”
He sensed that darkness had arrived.
He looked back.
Shwaaa!
That place was still bright, but ahead was darker than anything.
Heh.
Go Yohan curled the corner of his mouth in a smile.
“I knew it would be like this.”
He slowly raised his head to look at the sky.
Countless moons floating there.
No, eyeballs.
“…….”
Giants of a size impossible to even gauge were forming a wall, dyeing the great earth in darkness.
“Are you trying to block me too?”
Go Yohan asked.
He felt no fear.
Only awe.
Different from gate monsters, unseen even in Travania.
Something entirely separate from those demons.
His heart raced at the discovery of an unknown still existing in the world.
“What lies ahead?”
Go Yohan asked.
It was then.
Thud.
An earthquake rumbled, and sunlight began to pour in.
The giants blocking Go Yohan parted the way.
-Enter.
Dozens of voices began to resonate in Go Yohan’s mind.
Step.
Go Yohan no longer ran.
He felt the world lines pulling him, folding space.
Whoosh!
Before he knew it, when he opened his eyes, Go Yohan faced yet another group of giants.
These were definitely smaller than any he had seen so far.
Ogre-sized, perhaps.
And another difference.
Clank.
Unlike the other giants who were nearly naked, these wore armor and carried weapons, resembling knights or statues.
Smirk.
The corner of Go Yohan’s mouth lifted naturally.
Because he sensed an entirely different aura from before.
‘Strong.’
Each one felt comparable to Kartul.
Swoosh.
The eyes of the armored giants turned to Go Yohan.
Even though those glowing red eyes were filled with hostility.
Step!
In the end, they too stepped aside.
Now the destination came into clear view.
It was a familiar form of building.
A majesty that made his heart race just by looking at it.
Step.
As Go Yohan walked forward and set foot at its entrance.
[Entering the Pantheon of All Gods….]
Crackle.
Noise rang through his mind.
At that moment.
Hummm!
The eyes of the armored giants blazed even fiercer.
Shrieeeek!
Their blades came crashing down on Go Yohan in an instant.