Chapter 133
Chapter 133
Ch. 133 .｡.:✧ Solra’s Choice (1) ✧:.｡.
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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Look at this!”
“You bastard!!!”
[Kali’s True Soul]
A magical tool crafted from Grand Druid Kali’s true soul. It will bloom when the time is right.
› Condition: Good
It was a mana stone created by condensing all the demonic energy from Kali’s body. It was sure to enrage her.
As expected, just as she was about to catch up to Jill, Kali turned around with a roar and charged towards me.
‘Perfect.’
I had successfully isolated her.
Strength: 19 (-5) *Guardian Knight penalty active
Stamina: 44 (-5) *Guardian Knight penalty active
Magic Power: 50 (-5) *Guardian Knight penalty active
Agility: 25 (-5) *Guardian Knight penalty active
Luck: 10 (-5) *Guardian Knight penalty active
‘I’m screwed.’
The moment Jill reached the surface, my Guardian Knight trait deactivated. I couldn’t match Kali’s speed in this state.
But…
‘I’ve grown stronger in other ways, too. I can still overpower her.’
I had become much stronger since defeating Kali.
Of course, I could easily defeat her if I went back up and reactivated my Guardian Knight trait, but fighting on the surface would endanger civilians.
“I’ll defeat her, even with the penalty!”
I crossed my fingers, forming a hand seal. My demonic energy flowed into the space before me, creating a giant tetrahedron formation.
A basic, 0th stage formation with no special function.
“Ugh?!”
“So that’s how you increased your speed. Curse acceleration.”
But the moment Kali entered the formation, her movements slowed drastically.
The purpose of the 0th stage formation was to declare the space as my domain. I couldn’t apply curses within it yet, but I could prevent other curses from taking effect.
Kali’s curse acceleration was nullified.
“Gah?!”
Boom!
I slammed her into the ground with telekinesis, immobilizing her completely. I drew the Demonic Sword, channeling my energy into its tip.
Whoosh!
A white blade of energy sliced through the darkness, striking Kali’s female torso. But one strike wasn’t enough to sever the bone.
I unleashed two more consecutive slashes.
“Kyaaaaa!!!”
Finally, her spine was severed, and her upper body was separated from the spider body.
I thought I had blinded her, but then holes opened in the spider’s body, forming new eyes that stared directly at me.
What was that? Was that even Kali anymore?
No, it was more accurate to call it a monster using Kali’s corpse.
|Hee hee hee… Kali is perfect now. Cut off her eyes, and new ones will grow. Cut off her legs, and new ones will grow. The more you cut her, the more she’ll regenerate!|
The ceiling crumbled, and a young man descended.
I froze, recognizing his face.
It was Xenon, Solra’s younger brother.
And Cardinal Nicholas, or rather Luna, was holding him, chuckling.
“What have you done to Xenon?!”
|I healed his heart. Just like Solra wanted. Hee hee…|
That madman.
Xenon’s heart was already dead.
Belphegor had probably offered to transplant a living heart, but Luna’s method was different.
He had killed the dying heart and revived it with necromancy.
Could that even be considered healing? I doubted Solra would be pleased.
|Hee hee! The one who killed Kali, destroyed Belphegor’s fragment, and scared off their main body! Show me what you’ve got!|
Countless eyes sprouted from Kali’s spider body. Legs grew from her severed torso, and she stood on two feet.
There were two Kalis now. And behind me, Xenon was gathering an immense amount of magical power, preparing to cast a spell.
I was outnumbered, surrounded, and my stats were reduced.
Even with my Guardian Knight trait, I didn’t think I could win. But there was one way… just one.
“This isn’t ideal, but I have no choice.”
|Show me your true power, mortal!|
I lunged forward, slicing the female Kali in half.
The spider monster, despite being slowed by my curse, was still fast. I parried its legs with my sword and slid beneath its body.
“Kyaaa!”
Boom!
Xenon’s explosion magic struck the spider monster directly, but I was safe beneath it. While it was momentarily stunned, I slipped out from under it.
The two Kalis, which had been flanking me, were now both in front of me. The encirclement was broken.
“Dakia Style Secret Technique!”
“Here it comes again!”
|What’s coming?|
“Iron Blood Storm Slash!”
I unleashed a whirlwind of white energy blades.
The spider monster, having experienced it once, closed its eyes and raised its legs defensively.
The female Kali, which had regenerated after being bisected, was instantly shattered.
Xenon responded with a barrier.
The tunnel was filled with dust and debris, visibility reduced to zero.
|Where did he go?|
“I’m retreating!”
I wasn’t retreating, I was advancing backwards, charging towards the rear.
While they were coughing in the dust cloud, I quickly climbed the ladder.
“Don’t run away! Give me back my mana stone!!!”
I wasn’t running, I was strategically repositioning.
Jill emerged onto the surface and gasped.
Soldiers lay scattered on the ground, injured. Holy Knights groaned in pain. Her legs moved on their own, and her hands began to cast healing magic.
“Ugh… Saintess…”
“What happened? Where’s Cardinal Nicholas?”
“He’s acting strange. He called out Xenon’s name, and then Xenon appeared and attacked us with explosion magic…”
“This is unbelievable.”
I turned around and saw Xenon bombarding the ground with explosion magic.
A hole opened in the ground, and Xenon, levitating, descended into it, carrying Cardinal Nicholas.
“We need… backup…”
“I’ve already contacted the Holy Knights headquarters!”
“Cornelia?”
Cornelia pushed through the crowd, a pale-skinned girl trailing behind her. The girl looked strangely familiar, but there was no time for questions.
“The headquarters are coming? Okay. I’ll go down.”
“What?! The enemy is swarming down there! Why would you go down?!”
“Yoo-jin is down there. And he becomes incredibly strong when he’s with me. Even he would struggle against a spider monster and a levitating mage at the same time.”
Jill turned and walked towards the sewer entrance without hesitation.
The Holy Knight reinforcements would arrive soon. She just had to hold on until then. If she failed, she would die with Yoo-jin.
That was better than living without him.
“Yoo-jin won’t come out. He prioritizes others’ safety over his own life. That’s the kind of person he is…”
He would be acting recklessly again, refusing to retreat even in the face of death, just like when he saved her…
As she prepared to descend, she noticed the girl also trying to follow her.
She stopped her.
“It’s dangerous down there-”
“Don’t run away! Give me back my mana stone!!!”
Yoo-jin burst out of the entrance, followed by the spider monster, which smashed through the opening.
Yoo-jin, waving a black mana stone, sprinted towards the cathedral exit. The spider monster pursued him, crashing through walls.
Jill and Cornelia stared after them, dumbfounded.
“Ah!”
Xenon emerged, levitating.
He glanced indifferently at the fallen soldiers and Holy Knights, then began to gather magical power in his fingertips.
Jill’s face paled.
|Xenon! Stop messing around and follow them! Kali is fixated on him! We have to kill him to regain control of her!|
“Understood…”
Xenon nodded, as if acknowledging Cardinal Nicholas’s order.
He dispersed the magical power he had gathered and, carrying Nicholas, flew towards the direction Yoo-jin and the spider monster had disappeared.
Despite the unexpected turn of events, Jill’s faith in Yoo-jin remained unshaken.
‘He’s luring them away.’
He was leading the enemies away, but why towards the city? He wouldn’t endanger civilians…
“I have to follow him!”
“Me too…!”
“You can’t even fight. Stay here and explain the situation to the reinforcements.”
Jill stopped Cornelia. She wouldn’t be of any help, she would only get in the way.
It was the cold, hard truth.
Jill ran off, leaving Cornelia fuming.
“Wait… where’s the blood ghoul girl…?”
Cornelia looked around, realizing that Undecided was gone.
Meanwhile, sirens blared throughout Cologne as a city-wide emergency was declared. Yoo-jin sprinted through the deserted streets.
“Give me back my soul! My demonic energy!!!”
“I haven’t even opened it yet! I’ll give it back after I’m done with the gacha!”
The spider monster was faster, but Yoo-jin kept laying down formations in its path, disrupting its curse acceleration. Even so, he was slowly being caught.
While he had to climb over walls, the spider monster simply smashed through them.
They reached an alley. The distance between them had shrunk to less than ten meters.
Yoo-jin’s legs gave out from magical exhaustion, and he collapsed.
“Haa… haa… I’ve got you now…”
“You little rat! I’ll kill you! I’ll absorb your soul and be fully resurrected!”
The spider monster spoke in a strange voice, its eyes on its torso contorting grotesquely.
It was currently suffering from the side effects of the Resurrection, unable to control its impulses and emotions. It held a grudge against Undecided for surviving its suicide attack, but its desire for its true soul was even stronger. By absorbing it, it could be resurrected as the complete version Kali, not this grotesque monster.
It would do anything to obtain it.
Anything.
“Return to dust.”
The monster’s ironclad legs approached.
Yoo-jin, magically exhausted and weakened, smiled. Then, the ground beneath him gave way.
“You’re not fighting me.”
“…”
The earth rumbled. The spider monster, realizing that the epicenter was shallow, hesitated. Few beings possessed such power.
Boom!
A gauntlet burst through the ground, followed by a fully armored Holy Knight, covered in dirt and grime.
His blonde hair was a tangled mess, and one of his eyes was missing. He stood up, gritting his teeth.
“Mijung. Mijung, come out. I’ll kill you.”
The spider monster recoiled from his overwhelming presence.
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