Chapter 196
Chapter 196
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 196
Chapter Title: Dragon Bow Sword Hrunti (1)
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The God of Causality was one of the oldest deities, even among those in the Pantheon of All Gods.
It was a great god of sorts.
For such an existence to personally oversee the system was undoubtedly a tremendous blessing.
“I’m so glad I came here to play! Ahahaha!”
Asin was a headache for the outer gods at times.
So when else would he get a chance to see a spectacle like this?
And on another note, he felt conviction.
For whatever reason, the God of Causality seemed to cherish that human greatly.
The treatment was definitely different from the other selectors who had appeared before.
So,
‘It’ll taste even better, won’t it? Slurp!’
Nothing was more enjoyable than a lively meal while playing one’s heart out.
At that moment, Asin’s clone made up its mind.
If the guardian was today’s main course, then the human would be dessert!
Drip, drip...
“Hurry. I want to eat you so bad.”
Slurp, smack smack!
Saliva dripped from Asin’s mouth, trailing down his face before splattering on the ground.
Asin wiped his forehead with his red tongue and giggled.
Just imagining it was thrilling.
[The Administrator expresses displeasure.]
[Current stage: Stage 6]
Clangclatterclank!
Far more chains than before erupted forth, binding Asin tightly.
Now it resembled a cocoon wrapped in chains, with no gaps to exploit.
“This makes it so hard to run around!”
[The Administrator glares with eyes blazing, declaring there’s no need to run and it’ll just pulverize you on the spot.]
“Ah! Got it! This is a new game, right? Plain old tag would be boring, so they’ve added new rules?”
[The Administrator furrows its brow.]
“Ahahaha! You should’ve said so sooner! Sorry, I’m a bit slow on the uptake. Then I’ll play even more fun!”
Hwooooo!
Asin opened his mouth wide and sucked in a massive breath.
A fierce gale howled, drawing all the air from the surrounding forest straight into Asin’s gut.
Rumble rumble rumble!
[The Administrator’s eyes widen at the new catastrophe!]
The earth’s surface flipped over.
Trees were uprooted and smashed to splinters, rocks floated up and crumbled to sand.
Crunch crunch crunch!
Each time something slammed into its belly, it ballooned outward.
[The Administrator strains desperately against the bindings.]
The chains stretched taut, struggling to hold firm, but
Snap snap snap!
They shattered in rapid succession.
And then,
Fwoooooosh!
Asin’s body swelled explosively.
Groooooaaar—!
Its face aside, it still vaguely held a human shape, but having ballooned over a hundred meters in an instant, it bore no semblance of a proper form.
A grotesque mass of flesh plastered with hundreds, thousands of human faces.
[Admin■ Asin’s world erosion■ play■ and ■■■■. ■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■.]
[SYSTEM ERROR]
Even the shattered chain fragments were sucked into Asin’s stomach, and the system messages devolved into static-filled noise.
“This is bad!”
Lordbrock’s face grew urgent as he braced against the gale with magic.
He’d thought the God of Causality had bought him a moment’s respite, but he never imagined the thing would awaken fully.
At this rate, would he have to risk manifesting his true body?
He’d stuck to the sword all this time because of the outer gods’ inherent “weakness.”
But in this state, no such weakness would reveal itself—he might have to clash head-on, risks be damned.
‘If I get devoured here, my true body in the real world falls into an outer god’s clutches. In that case, aiming to become a sealed deity might be...!’
Even the [Nameless Lord] was a handful as a world guardian; he couldn’t afford to draw Asin into it too.
Thus, Lordbrock resolved to tap his heart again, just starting to heal.
If that was the price, sealing Asin in the Dragon Bow Sword would be well within reach.
‘But what about my companion...?’
The issue was Theo.
It had been ages since he’d urged him to hurry, yet he was still lingering.
Wondering if he hadn’t found a way out of the quest, he turned to look that way—
『Lord. Hold that thing just a bit longer.』
Lordbrock’s eyes widened at Theo’s telepathic message.
What was he planning?
He nearly said pointless efforts wouldn’t faze that monster, but bit his lip instead.
Vroooooom!
The sky above the crumbling forest zone.
A sun was taking form.
Yeouiju Sun.
Lordbrock knew it well—the old family head’s secret art, now Theo’s own.
But that wasn’t all.
Zzzzzzt!
Right beside it was a “moon.”
* * *
‘First, [Yeouiju Sun].’
Theo summoned every ounce of his mana and fixed a sun into the sky.
As the thunder orb spun faster and faster, mana condensed, unleashing bolts of searing heat.
‘Next... the moon.’
Theo thrust his left hand toward the opposite direction.
The secret art Od had unveiled once, etched deep into Theo’s mind.
[Black Ice Full Moon]
A black sphere materialized, radiating bitter cold.
With each rotation, shards of ice scattered in all directions.
But Theo’s mana didn’t feed into it.
He was already expending a colossal amount just to shape the sun.
The moon drew entirely from Nesi’s mana.
『Selector, thank, you.』
Nesi wished to spend her fading life driving back Asin.
『Though I failed to serve you properly, I’m glad to help like this. Seeing you at the end, knowing my lord’s successor exists... it brings me joy.』
Nesi closed her eyes quietly after speaking.
And in her final breath.
Shhfff!
Her body crumbled to fine dust and was drawn into the moon.
Completing it through her own death.
[The Guardian (Nesi) acknowledges you as her new master.]
[Quest partially succeeded. Partial authority over the area acquired. Unstable mana stabilizes.]
[Level up.]
[Level up.]
[Quest not fully completed. Continue performing it.]
Theo called up his status window.
[Observing ‘Theo Ragnar.’]
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Theo Ragnar (16/Male)
· Titles: Island Tiger, Millennium’s Greatest Prodigy, Island Night叉, Night叉 Saint
· Talents: Ragnar, Player, Observation, Inventory, Shop Use, Guardian Dragon’s Companion, Bee-Hair Death Hand, Spirit Summoning Dragon, Kriemhild’s Successor, Dragonkin, [Inaccessible].
· Status: On the verge of awakening a new technique. Exercising extreme focus amid rage. Beware risk of abnormal status.
· Level: 62
· Stats (▼)
Strength: 131 Agility: 111
Vitality: 105 Mana: 243
Intelligence: 114 Luck: 50
Additional Stats: 75
· Skills (▲)
· [Inaccessible]
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Through fierce battles, Theo had piled up a whopping 15 levels.
He’d hoarded additional stats without spending them, already amply grown in raw power, saving them for a true critical moment.
And now,
He judged this was it.
[Special ability ‘Vital Energy Amplification’ activates. Vital energy surges rapidly.]
Tremble tremble...
His body, quaking from dual secret art operation, gradually stabilized.
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[Vital Energy Amplification]
· Type: Special Ability
· Effect: Rapidly recovers expended vitality. Maintains superior focus for 10+ minutes to temporarily explode stamina.
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Regeneration infused his body with immense restorative power.
Strength flooded his crumbling form, sharpening his focus further.
And,
[Allocating 50 additional stats to Luck.]
[Luck: 50 → 100]
His [Luck] stat, which had climbed swiftly amid rising fame, now breached three digits.
[Luck coefficient surpasses 100.]
[Hidden function unlocks: All actions henceforth carry calamity ward, repelling misfortune.]
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[Calamity Ward]
· Type: Special Ability
· Effect: Repels misfortune. Blessings imbue every action, shattering baleful energies.
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[All stats surpass 100.]
[Body undergoes new transformation. Mental fortitude greatly strengthens.]
[Awakens Calamity Ward’s nature; mana gains evil-breaking and demon-exorcising properties.]
[Acquires superior immunity to demonic energy and madness.]
Evil-breaking and demon-exorcising.
For a fleeting moment, Theo wondered if this was the “true” weapon letting awakened selectors confront outer gods and their lackeys.
<Nirvana>
Theo steeled his mind in focus.
The sun and moon both fell stably under his command.
He sensed the sun’s blistering heat, the moon’s piercing chill.
“Asin!!”
Theo sent thanks to Lordbrock, who’d reverted to his main body to face Asin, then called out to the monster beyond.
Asin had swollen to hundreds of meters, piercing even the stratosphere.
Roll—
Its eyeballs swiveled in unison, fixing on Theo.
“You wanted to play, right?”
The grotesque eyes bulged wide all at once.
Sparkling with repulsive glee.
“Then play ball! Eat this!!”
Theo clapped his outstretched arms together as one.
The sun and moon converged to the center identically and collided—
“E—AT—IT—!”
Eyes rolled back in frenzy over “play” and “prey,” Asin hurled his colossal bulk forward, jaws yawning to swallow it whole.
Gulp!
“De—li—cious—!”
KABOOOOOM!
Ruuuuumble—
Rumble, craaaash! Craaaash!
Yeouiju Sun and Black Ice Full Moon.
Incompatible energies from the start.
The resulting explosion didn’t just pulverize Asin’s head—it shredded his guts and belly to ribbons.
Shattered flesh sprayed everywhere, fluids and blood pouring like rain.
A ferocious heatwave scoured the remnants of the forest zone flat.
Explosive power on a cataclysmic scale.
[The collapsed system partially recovers.]
[The Administrator gapes at the ruined world.]
[The Administrator drools in rapture, gazing at the fireworks.]
[Drool splatters to the ground.]