Chapter 64
Chapter 64
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 64
Chapter Title: Tower of Wrath (3)
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From Berserker Alkides's body rose a murderous intent. Suffocatingly vicious...
A crystallization of rage that utterly transcended resentment and hatred.
Tremble!! Tremble!!
To kill Lee Sang-hyun, Alkides had cast aside everything. Even himself, and his beloved family.
Rage incinerated his reason to pitch black. Then left only a blood-red instinct behind.
Whoosh!! Hoooosh!!
For Berserker Alkides now, nothing remained but rage toward the enemy before his eyes.
"?!!"
It was an attack that swept the ground with his hand. An uppercut motion swinging from below upward—and unbelievably, it tore up the ground, sweeping the entire area.
Kwa-gagagak!!
The follow-up downward strike cratered the earth, spawning massive fissures.
It was a monstrous strength that you'd swear came from a giant meteor crashing from the sky.
'Insane.'
Feeling his mouth go dry with tension at this power more than doubled, Lee Sang-hyun tensed up.
Thump...! Thump...!
And was it because they were both Berserkers? His heart pounded. An instinct hard to suppress welled up.
'...I can see it. How to wield that power.'
Lee Sang-hyun suppressed the rising instinct and observed the flow inside Berserker Alkides's body.
Thump...! Thump...!
Thanks to that, he could discern it. How to channel energy to draw out destructive power.
Kwaaaaaang!!
Alkides's fist tore the wind apart viciously. The wind twisted wildly, shrieking a horrific, ear-splitting scream.
'Once.'
But Lee Sang-hyun didn't retreat. Instead, he plunged into Alkides's reach and swung his fist.
Powwww!!
It was monstrous strength on another level entirely.
Just hearing the berserk-with-rage Alkides cry out showed the impact's magnitude.
Of course, true to form as a Berserker, Alkides didn't back down. He charged even more ferociously.
Kwaaaaaang!!
Those relentless eyes seemed like they'd pursue Lee Sang-hyun eternally until tearing him to shreds.
'...Definitely a Berserker.'
As expected, Alkides's monstrous strength grew stronger the more wounds he took.
And his instinctive movements sharpened too.
Swish!!
Now he moved on all fours as needed, or chased without even turning his head.
Whiiiish!! Kwaaaaaang!!
It was the realm of raw intuition.
But it fell short of Lee Sang-hyun, who wielded sensory mastery.
Powwww!!
Lee Sang-hyun read Alkides's moves perfectly, steadily accumulating damage.
Not only that—he perfectly mimicked the 'Berserker's Aura,' the very core of a Berserker.
Powwww!!
Now falling behind even in Berserker instinct and power, Alkides bellowed and rampaged even more madly.
Kwaaaaaang!! Whiiiish!! Koooooong!!
But to Lee Sang-hyun, who could control Berserker power, he was just a beast.
Powwww!!!
With his massive frame's heart bursting, one might say victory was sealed.
But Lee Sang-hyun's expression wasn't light.
'...Not yet.'
As a fellow Berserker, Lee Sang-hyun could feel it.
That endless rage and monstrous strength still lurked within Alkides.
Stagger...!!
Though his body reeled and blood poured endlessly from his mouth, Alkides was a Berserker. One who'd destroyed everything in rage.
A burst heart wouldn't fell him. He could just regenerate it.
It was awakening.
Rage exploding beyond limits.
Berserker Alkides incinerated even the fact that he was 'human.'
Burned it all without remnant...
And became a monster.
A monster maddened by blood.
Arhim, momentarily flustered by the sudden appearance of the monkey—that is, the 'Easterner'—soon regained his composure.
"This monkey... not Kang Mu-hyuk or Ryu O-shin... Do you know who he is?"
Arhim asked his constellation, the Ark of Death.
Of course, he paid the price in life force for the info. Constellations couldn't intervene lightly.
But the response was disappointing.
"You don't know?"
Arhim's face crumpled horribly. He'd spent life force for such a vague answer.
The Ark of Death offered Arhim something useful nonetheless.
"...A Second Player?"
"......"
At 'Second Player,' Arhim's face twisted strangely.
It almost looked like disgust...
But only for a moment. Second Player or not, there was one thing to do with that Eastern monkey.
"...I'll kill you. No matter where you hide in this world, I'll find you and tear you apart."
Doooong...!
Death Lord Arhim's 'rage' was no mere threat. It was an obsession, a vicious tenacity he'd fulfill no matter what.
Flash!!
If he existed on Earth, he'd find him anywhere... but he seemed inside the tower, undetectable.
"......"
Arhim clamped his mouth shut. Then stood motionless for quite a while.
Berserker Alkides had become a monster.
Wriggle!! Wriggle!!
'Is that the Berserker's end...'
Not a metaphor—he'd truly transformed into a monster.
It was no longer 'human.' A twisted, warped monster.
'...Gruesome.'
Better to die than become that. No matter how painful death, better than a monster stripped of purpose.
Crunch!! Kwadrunch!!
'Take it down.'
To fell the monster Alkides, Lee Sang-hyun drew the Knight King's magic sword.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
His heart remained calm and steady. Even witnessing the Berserker's end with his own eyes, no disruption.
The monster Alkides lunged first.
Tat!!
Speed beyond words but 'ridiculous.' Practically teleportation.
"?!!"
Pooooowwww!!!
Lee Sang-hyun couldn't read it. Too fast—even his senses were useless.
Extreme survival instinct barely twisted his body, avoiding a headshot. It grazed him.
Kugrrr...!!
But the impact sent him tumbling pathetically over a hundred meters before stopping.
"...Ptoo."
Regaining balance, Lee Sang-hyun spat blood from his mouth and glared at the monster Alkides.
The monster Alkides roared, pounding the ground madly. Seemed he'd mistaken Lee Sang-hyun for vanished...
Whirrr!!
Then, catching blood scent, it twisted its head 180 degrees toward him.
Tat!!
Kwaaaaaang!!!
Explosion split the earth, triggering an earthquake. Strength transcending monstrous—superhuman force.
Dodging, Lee Sang-hyun swung his sword, unleashing sword ki. But the wound 'healed' instantly. As if never cut.
Yet Alkides raged further. Enraged beyond measure, he charged wildly.
Kwagak!! Kwagagak!! Kwagagak!!
Each ground-pound cratered the earth; wind wailed. Far-beyond-common-sense strength drew blood on mere grazes.
Pow!! Pow!! Kwadrunch!!
Lee Sang-hyun's body became a wreck in seconds. Even Super Regeneration couldn't keep up.
Kwaaaaaang!!!
But bit by bit...
Slash!!
Lee Sang-hyun's reaction speed began matching the monster Alkides's movements.
Thump...!
Like Alkides growing stronger from blood loss.
Lee Sang-hyun, bleeding too, grew stronger.
Thump...! Thump...!
Perhaps victory was decided from the start. A Berserker who'd conquered rage versus one devoured by it.
Lagging in every way, Alkides had only madness to wield.
Having abandoned family and self, his twisted madness at least overwhelmed Lee Sang-hyun.
Kwaaang!! Kwaaaaaang!!
But that didn't mean victory. Unless he'd burst Lee Sang-hyun's head at the start.
Now, with Lee Sang-hyun bleeding profusely...
Slash!!
The situation had flipped completely.
Lee Sang-hyun pressed relentlessly. No time for the monster Alkides to regenerate.
Papapapaat!!!
Dozens of sword ki blasts battered Alkides's body. And didn't stop.
A storm of sword ki outpacing regeneration ravaged Alkides mercilessly.
Whoooosh!! Kwaaaaaang!!
Berserker to the end, Alkides didn't yield. Blood be damned, he clung and charged desperately.
But...
Even near-prophetic intuition couldn't kill Lee Sang-hyun.
Kwadrunch!!
All he managed was drawing blood. And that only made Lee Sang-hyun stronger.
Snip!!!
Alkides's right arm severed. The thick, unyielding muscle untouched before—now a clean cross-section.
Beneath madness lurked survival instinct. So Lee Sang-hyun could sense it.
Alkides feared. Felt death's terror.
'Finish it.'
Lee Sang-hyun moved faster than the fleeing-like Alkides.
And severed his neck.
Slash!!!
The headless monster spewed black blood, staggering. But didn't die easily.
Its arms flailed wildly to reattach the fallen head.
Papapapaat!!
Of course, Lee Sang-hyun wouldn't allow it.
He unleashed dozens of sword ki, pulverizing Alkides's head completely.
Monster Alkides couldn't even scream anymore. All it could do was grope its crushed head.
'Over.'
Meanwhile, Lee Sang-hyun mounted Alkides's back and slammed down the Knight King's magic sword with full force.
Spuuurt!!
The blade pierced the shell anticlimactically, skewering the revived heart.
Tremble... tremble... tremble...!!
Death's agony was brief. As short as blood drops hitting the ground.
Thud.
Alkides finally collapsed.
Ridiculously, his Berserker class made him immune to the Berserker's curse—Devil's Wrath.
'...Let's go.'
Lee Sang-hyun left Berserker Alkides behind and ascended to the 2nd floor of the Tower of Wrath.