Chapter 66
Chapter 66
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 66
Chapter Title: Nial, the Avatar of Crawling Chaos
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Shin Yu-hyun strode toward the center of the room, but the beautiful women tried to seduce him.
However, he brushed off their hands, ignoring them completely as he pushed past.
He had something he needed to accomplish.
Until he made the Getia bastards pay the price, he had no intention of falling for such obvious temptations in a place like this.
Instead, Shin Yu-hyun crossed the room with leisurely steps.
For anyone else, the thick incense smoke filling the chamber would have intoxicated them with its aphrodisiac effects, driving them to pounce on the beauties.
But for Shin Yu-hyun, whose mental strength stat was 100, it was laughable.
When he reached the far end of the room and opened the door, Shin Yu-hyun's face registered surprise.
'What the hell is this?'
Beyond the door stood a being that looked even more dangerous than the temptresses in the previous room.
"Impressive. I thought no man could resist my big sisters."
There was another large chamber beyond the room of temptation.
At its center sat a single boy with an androgynous, almost inhuman appearance.
He was a beautiful youth with golden hair cascading down to his neck, shining brilliantly, and languid purple eyes.
An aura of transcendent beauty and decadent allure emanated from him.
"Do you prefer this type, big brother?"
The boy spoke with a soft smile—a mesmerizing grin that could melt women and men alike in an instant.
But to Shin Yu-hyun, he looked like nothing more than some entity wearing a boy's skin.
"Who are you? Where's Shuv?"
"You're here for Shuv sis? Listen to me, and I'll take you right to her."
"What do you want?"
"Your desires, big brother."
The boy licked his lips as he spoke.
Every human has desires.
Lust, greed, gluttony, avarice, ambition, sloth, and more.
Among them, the boy began probing to draw out Shin Yu-hyun's lust.
"Become my slave, and I'll give you all the women you want. Or you can do whatever you like with me."
The boy gazed at Shin Yu-hyun with what seemed like a gentle smile.
But.
"Save your bullshit for bedtime."
Shin Yu-hyun snorted derisively.
The boy's attempts didn't land in the slightest.
"Why? Don't you like me?"
The boy pouted, looking adorably petulant.
Even that expression would have ensnared most superhumans.
And it wasn't just his looks. The boy was emitting pheromones as he tempted Shin Yu-hyun.
A sweet fragrance that dulled the mind and induced powerful aphrodisiac effects.
Far denser than the mild incense smoke from the temptation room he'd just passed through.
But it had zero effect on Shin Yu-hyun.
"Tell me where Shuv is."
Shring.
Shin Yu-hyun drew the demonic sword Ignis from his waist, his voice flat and emotionless.
"W-Why'd you draw your sword?"
The boy looked flustered, his pitiful expression enough to make any other superhuman kneel and apologize on the spot.
But Shin Yu-hyun silently aimed Ignis at him.
"What's your problem? I haven't done anything!"
The boy cried out with an innocent, aggrieved look. And truthfully, he hadn't done anything yet. He'd only tried to seduce Shin Yu-hyun through conversation.
But.
"True. Not yet."
Flicker!
A crimson sword gleam flashed in an instant, slicing through the air in a red arc toward the boy.
At that moment, the boy thrust out his right palm.
Clang!
A barrier of mana formed in his palm, blocking Shin Yu-hyun's strike.
"How did you know?"
The boy scowled as he asked.
Shin Yu-hyun replied in a toneless voice.
"Because vengeful spirits are clinging to you."
[First Skill: Vengeful Spirit Eye]
- Reveals vengeful spirits attached to the target and discerns their information.
[Second Skill: Vengeful Spirit Summon]
- Summons vengeful spirits who died unjustly to the target, transcending time.
[Third Skill: Vengeful Spirits' Revenge]
- Forces the target to relive the deaths of the slain spirits firsthand.
The Vengeful Spirit Arts was another of the Immortal King's cheat-level powers, unlocked upon reaching 4-star. It was SSS-rank, no less.
And all three skills recorded within were S-rank.
On top of that, Vengeful Spirit Eye could even analyze other superhumans' stats and skills.
That alone made it overpowered, but it also summoned the spirits of those the target had killed and let them exact revenge.
'Especially Vengeful Spirits' Revenge. That's the real jackpot.'
The third skill, Vengeful Spirits' Revenge, made the target vividly experience the moment of death from the perspectives of their victims.
For instance, activating it on a serial killer who'd murdered ten people would force them to endure ten deaths.
For Shin Yu-hyun, who planned to make the Getia pay dearly for their sins, it was an invaluable tool.
'I wonder how many deaths the Getia bastards will relive?'
Shin Yu-hyun knew the Getia had destroyed worlds even before coming to Earth.
He couldn't even imagine the number of vengeful spirits from the lives they'd taken.
A single Getia had likely slain billions at minimum.
By comparison, the boy before him was small fry.
Only a few hundred spirits clung to him, visible in Shin Yu-hyun's eyes.
"What the hell have you been up to?"
It was a trivial number next to the Getia, but hundreds of vengeful spirits still made the boy no one to underestimate.
"You don't need to know!"
Judging he could no longer hide his identity, the boy began revealing his true form.
Crack! Crunch!
His body started to transform.
Cow-like horns sprouted from his head, and bat-like wings unfurled from his back.
His appearance was still boyish, but with the horns and wings, he looked every bit the demon.
He'd shifted from ethereal pretty boy to impish devil.
His expression changed too—from playful to arrogant.
And above all, an overwhelming pressure of mana emanated from him.
4-Star: Avatar of Crawling Chaos, Nial
"An avatar? Not a magic beast?"
"Magic beast? Don't lump me in with those lowly artificial lifeforms."
Nial, the Avatar of Crawling Chaos, sneered at Shin Yu-hyun's words.
Shin Yu-hyun furrowed his brow.
'Artificial lifeforms?'
Magic beasts as artificial lifeforms?
What did that mean?
"Spit out everything you know."
"Accept me as your brother, and maybe I'll tell you."
Nial licked his lips again.
"Guess you won't talk, then."
In that case, he'd just have to make him talk.
"Didn't expect you to wanna play with me, big brother."
"Don't call me brother. I've never had a demon like you for a sibling."
"You'll be my brother soon enough anyway. Or do you wanna be my toy instead?"
"Freak."
Shin Yu-hyun tightened his grip on Ignis and glared at Nial.
Nial definitely felt different from a magic beast—far more lethal and dangerous.
And it grated on him even more than the dungeon's red moon or magic beasts.
"Poison, Decay, Disease."
Shin Yu-hyun cast the Immortal King's spells he'd been preparing via divided thought, afflicting Nial.
These were new general spells developed upon reaching 4-star.
All three inflicted continuous damage-over-time effects.
They didn't deal massive burst damage, but their sustained harm made them indispensable in prolonged fights.
"Pointless. Magic's done like this."
As Shin Yu-hyun applied the debuffs, Nial raised his hand.
Whoosh! Roar!
In an instant, three spheres of red flame materialized above Nial's head.
"Chantless casting?"
Shin Yu-hyun scowled at Nial.
Even he had needed divided thought to cast Immortal King magic.
Yet Nial was a 4-star—equivalent to a 4-circle mage.
And he'd just pulled off chantless 3-circle Fireball.
Something no Earth 4-circle mage could dream of.
You needed at least 6-circle for chantless or multi-casting.
Shin Yu-hyun quickly dodged to the side.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Shooo!
The three Fireballs hurtled toward Shin Yu-hyun as he dashed sideways.
Boom! Kaboom!
They slammed into the ground around him, erupting in blasts of heat and shockwaves.
But Shin Yu-hyun emerged unscathed.
He'd escaped the blast radius.
"Faster than I thought."
Swish!
Even as Nial spoke, he was prepping another 4-circle spell.
Ice bullets formed in a ring around him.
"Ice Bullet."
A 4-circle ice attack spell.
Rat-tat-tat!
The ice chunks fired like machine-gun rounds at Shin Yu-hyun.
But they only circled Nial, missing the sprinting target.
Thanks to Body Strengthening Technique and Heaven-Splitting Divine Steps boosting his speed.
And that wasn't all.
Ping! Pong!
Nam Yeon-a's gift, the Distortion Field Coat, was doing its job perfectly.
Its spatial distortion deflected nearly all the Ice Bullets.
Thanks to it, Shin Yu-hyun evaded with minimal mana cost.
"Why won't you take a single hit?"
Nial frowned.
He was spamming attack spells to pressure Shin Yu-hyun but landing zero clean hits.
Impatience began to creep in.
Roar!
Suddenly, Fireballs the size of Shin Yu-hyun's body formed in Nial's hands.
Fwump!
The two Fireballs launched.
Seeing them, Shin Yu-hyun instantly spun toward Nial.
"Gonna tank Fireballs head-on? Would've been smarter to show me your back."
Nial's eyes burned hot.
He had a special skill that triggered when foes turned their backs.
But Shin Yu-hyun already knew about it from Vengeful Spirit Eye.
Ignoring Nial, he swung Ignis, wreathed in roaring black flames.
Bang!
The shockwave from Ignis batted one Fireball aside.
The other was devoured by the erupting black flames.
A single swing neutralized both Fireballs.
"I-Impossible..."
Nial stared in horror, words failing him.
Shin Yu-hyun was already closing in at blinding speed.
Nial thrust both hands forward, deploying a mana barrier.
Right after, Ignis—trailing black flames—hurtled toward Nial's mana barrier.