Chapter 250
Chapter 250
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 250
Chapter Title: Giants Gathered in the Giant's Forest
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Bokmaui's head soared into the sky.
Though she was born with a timid personality that flipped into something ferocious the moment battle began, that dual nature of hers met its end that day.
Thud. Roll...
Her head hit the ground and slowly tumbled away.
"Bok... maui."
Mokseong clutched his gushing neck and called out to Bokmaui.
No answer came from the dead woman.
On top of that, Krash was still maintaining his Heaven-Exterminating Dragon form.
Krash's gaze fell upon Mokseong.
Next is me.
Convinced of it, Mokseong gripped his staff tight and hauled himself to his feet.
He'd completely misjudged his opponent.
This man was beyond anything they could handle.
"You little bastard!"
Before Mokseong could even move, the Armed Princess charged at Krash like a bolt of lightning.
Even after her Hellflower shattered and reverted to its original form, she showed not the slightest hint of fear.
One thing he had to admit: her unbreakable will.
But she still couldn't match Krash in his Heaven-Exterminating Dragon state.
The Armed Princess went flying through the air once more, crashing and rolling across the ground.
Kaboom!
She'd barely avoided a fatal wound this time, but a deep gash now ran across her entire chest.
"Kehk... Khek."
Still, she'd bought them a fleeting moment.
"Armed Princess, fall back."
There was no chance of victory the instant Bokmaui fell.
She'd been the strongest fighter among the three.
Krash scattered into afterimages, showing no intention of letting them escape.
But Mokseong had been preparing ever since his neck was first targeted.
Thud!
In that moment, the entire Giant's Forest shook violently.
Rumble rumble rumble...
And soon, a massive deluge came pouring toward them.
The source? A flood surging through the Giant's Forest.
Krash halted in his tracks at the sight of the flood devouring the woods whole.
The waters were closing in faster than he could reach Mokseong.
At this rate, he'd get swept up in the flood before he could strike.
Mokseong planned to use the opening to flee with the Armed Princess.
Then.
Mokseong spotted Krash reversing his grip on his sword.
The sight of Krash assuming a stance instead of dodging the oncoming flood filled Mokseong with dread.
A bad feeling hit him right then.
Crackle—
Lightning surged along Krash's blade.
It coursed through his Thunderclap Blade, taking the shape of a sword sheath.
Inside that sheath loomed black flames.
Krash had converted his aura entirely into World Erosion, focusing solely on raw destructive power.
The black flames poured into the sheath and began hammering wildly against its interior.
Then Excel's power kicked in.
The accelerated black flames spun faster and faster, building ever greater force within the sheath.
Thump—
Watching it, Mokseong felt his heart pounding fiercely.
What Krash wielded now wasn't aura—it was World Erosion.
That stark difference hit him full force.
Dangerous.
If that finishes, we're done.
"Armed Princess, over here!"
Mokseong realized they had to flee now.
The Armed Princess had already staggered to her feet and was rushing toward him.
But they realized too late—they were far too slow compared to Krash.
Krunch!
Krash's lightning sheath shattered, unleashing the black flames within.
The moment thunder and black fire erupted, Mokseong's vision went pitch black.
The storm of black flames and lightning clashed head-on with the flood.
The deluge that had seemed ready to swallow the forest whole evaporated in an instant upon impact.
Mokseong stared at it, dumbfounded.
Not even a disaster from the Giant's Forest posed any threat to Krash.
Moreover, the spatial transfer he'd prepared for escape warped and shattered.
The overwhelming energy surge had wrecked even that.
Krash's gaze turned back toward them.
The black flames billowing up had somewhere along the way turned pure white.
He wielded World Erosion and aura at will, switching freely whenever he pleased.
"Snap out of it, you lizard bastard!"
The Armed Princess's shout snapped Mokseong from his daze.
He belatedly pulled himself together.
Even the headstrong Armed Princess had concluded she couldn't fight Krash anymore.
To battle him in that state, she'd need to pull out her hidden demon armament.
As things stood, victory was impossible.
And their only escape route was Mokseong's spatial manipulation.
He could fold and connect space in bizarre ways.
But Krash moved first.
"Like I'd let you run."
He charged without giving them even a moment to talk.
The Armed Princess stepped up to block him.
Buying time for Mokseong to open their escape.
The clash between the Armed Princess and Krash echoed through the air.
Mokseong frantically worked to prepare the route in the meantime.
Krash's massive energy blast had thrown the space into chaos.
He desperately reordered it and rushed to link it up when—
Boom!
The Armed Princess's head was grabbed and slammed deep into the ground.
One of her arms had vanished at some point.
Dead or alive? Impossible to tell.
She was in that pitiable a state.
Krash, meanwhile, was unscathed.
Not a hint of fatigue after smashing two World Erosionists.
His afterimages scattered once more.
Panic surged through Mokseong, who hurriedly severed his space from the surroundings.
It was a spatial barrier.
Bang!
A fierce pounding rang out against the spatial barrier.
Mokseong flinched and looked—there was Krash, hammering at the distorted, refractive shield.
Krash narrowed his eyes, then took two steps back.
He gripped his sword two-handed, just like before, and slowly raised it.
Mokseong belatedly realized what he was up to.
Preparing to unleash Flame Extinction Heavenly Thunder again.
The spatial barrier's weakness: no movement while active.
But it boasted unmatched durability against most attacks.
Even so, Mokseong wasn't sure it could withstand the previous blast.
"Damn it!"
Then the Armed Princess, somehow risen again, threw herself at Krash.
Weaponless now, she wrapped her remaining arm around his waist in her battered state.
Desperate to shove him away.
Fwoosh!
"Gyaak!"
But the Armed Princess was engulfed in the aura flames rising from Krash, screaming as she rolled across the ground.
Even buying time was beyond her now.
Crackle—
Lightning burst from Krash's sword once more.
Unlike the black flames before, these white flames blazed—an endgame for any World Erosionist.
"...Damn."
Of all the rotten luck.
As Mokseong thought it, Krash's sword came slashing down.
＊ ＊ ＊
Flame Extinction Heavenly Thunder of white flames descended upon the world once more.
It shattered Mokseong's spatial barrier and sent white flames roaring over the Giant's Forest.
In front of it all.
Krash quietly caught his breath, trying not to show it.
Using Heaven-Exterminating Dragon had been effective.
But the strain on his body was growing heavier by the second.
'Still incomplete, huh.'
In truth, that was why he could only handle up to the third form—his body couldn't take anything more.
Of course, even that output was enough to call it a sure-kill technique.
But the fact remained: he couldn't fully control his own power.
'Until I master the White Dragon King's power more completely...'
Heaven-Exterminating Dragon would remain unfinished.
Still, its absurd output let him dominate three World Erosionists.
Bokmaui had her head severed by Krash's sword and died.
The Armed Princess suffered fatal wounds and burns all over, finally losing consciousness.
And finally, Mokseong.
Crack—
His body tumbled from the shattered spatial barrier onto the ground.
He was cleaved from shoulder to waist.
Cleanly severed, his life snuffed out instantly.
Krash turned away, feeling his limits closing in.
He planned to finish off the Armed Princess and hide until the Ten Supremes and Demon King arrived.
The moment he turned.
Chill!
Skin-crawling dread washed over Krash's entire body.
"Well, now."
A voice rang out from behind him.
An opponent whose presence screamed danger even while he maintained Heaven-Exterminating Dragon.
Krash slowly turned his head.
There stood a massive man.
White fur cloaking his body.
Iron shackles on his wrists.
His ape-like form gleamed with red eyes as he eyed Krash.
"You a Dragon King now?"
Beast King.
Berdo.
One of the mightiest World Erosionists—and an existence even current Krash couldn't handle.
He had appeared.
Krash reacted swiftly.
The instant he tightened his grip on his sword, he kicked off the ground and activated Excel.
No hesitation—he chose flight.
The moment he burst through the forest.
"Did I ask you to leave?"
Krash reflexively yanked his sword up at the voice from the side.
Kabooooom!
It felt like being hit by a cannon shell—Krash smashed through dozens of trees, tumbling across the ground.
His arms buzzed numbly from absorbing the impact.
If not for the Thunderclap Blade, he'd have been pulverized on the spot.
There stood the Beast King, fist extended.
He'd kept pace with Excel-activated Krash and left him in this state with one blow.
'Damn monster.'
Krash ground his teeth, feeling the Heaven-Exterminating Dragon power dwindle further.
The Beast King approached step by step, exuding crushing pressure from his entire frame.
"I hate it when they don't answer."
He cracked his knuckles.
"Let's see how long you can keep that mouth shut."
A grin spread across his face, shifting the entire atmosphere of the Giant's Forest.
His killing intent was so overwhelming it warped the woods around them.
As if the world itself revolved around him.
A chilling current flowed—
[He's here.]
A man stepped out in front of Krash.
Krash finally exhaled in relief.
A tall man with long golden hair stood there.
The middle-aged figure let his sword hang low as he faced the Beast King.
Just his presence reversed the momentum that had centered on the Beast King.
His aura rivaled the Beast King's own.
"Tch."
The Beast King clicked his tongue at the standoff.
Celestial Supremes
Heavenly Emperor
Dalpilon Juno
That was why he stood before Krash.
"You're late."
Dalpilon offered Krash a brief apology before turning to the Beast King.
"Demon King, look after Krash Valheim."
And suddenly, another figure stood beside Krash.
Ten Supremes, Demon King Daikram Arias.
His distinctive mustache caught the eye—he'd brought Dalpilon and arrived just in the nick of time.
The Beast King scratched his head at the trio.
"What a pain."
They'd rushed here the moment their business wrapped up.
He hadn't accounted for clashing with the Heavenly Emperor.
Thoom!
Then the entire Giant's Forest quaked.
All eyes turned—there, a leg taller than clouds shifted.
The leg belonged to the forest's master: a giant.
The massive commotion had drawn it here.
The Beast King and Dalpilon's eyes met briefly.
With a rampaging giant in the mix, a fight between them would likely kill one.
Neither wanted that outcome.
"Answer properly next time."
The Beast King backed off first.
He'd already scooped up Bokmaui and Mokseong's corpses, plus the Armed Princess, and now sauntered away.
Thud!
Undeterred, the giant kept coming.
Dalpilon noted their foe's full retreat and turned to Krash and the Demon King.
"Let's head back."
The Krash kidnapping incident in the Giant's Forest.
Perhaps the prelude to the coming war—ended just like that.