Chapter 105
Chapter 105
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 105
Chapter Title: This World's Happy Ending Is, Subjugating the 7th Subordinate (3)
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7.
To the Absolute Lord Labelhein,
higher and deeper than any existence,
and most exalted.
The 99th Apostle War.
There, no traces of the Apostle Paul, chosen by Your Lordship, could be found anywhere.
Your Lordship senses not his presence, nor can we discern or locate him.
It is now certain that he is dead.
Thus, we seek to conclude the search and seal this world axis. Grant us your permission.
House Execution Administrator.
Edel Weiss Olim.
8.
「KUIHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
A agonized scream erupted from the ice dragon.
My heart pounded madly.
In the Subordinate War…… had the Abyss opened so easily?
But there was no time to marvel.
I focused my mind.
My vision shifted in an instant. A cold flame blazing in my heart.
Humanity.
At the same time, the Dawn Sword began to blaze dazzlingly.
[Unique skill, 《Second Liberation: Sacred Dawn Sword》 activated!]
Threads of dawn light rose from the cracks in the blade.
Those threads tangled and intertwined.
In the next moment, they reformed into a grand greatsword of dawn. The nearby abysses groaned as they burned away.
“Pierce through────!”
That was when Scesari slammed the wing dragon into the ground.
It was no surprise.
Their size difference was three times over.
The instant the wing dragon's skull shattered like ice crystals. The instant the abyss erupted like an explosion. The instant the ice dragon reached out another claw toward me.
「RHUIAAAAAAAAAA!」
A second wing dragon flew in and seized that claw.
The Abyss remained wide open.
I twisted my waist.
Drew the sword to my side.
And in the next moment, channeling every ounce of my body's power, I thrust the blade forward.
“──────Sacred!”
Resonating with my battle cry.
The sacred blade roared fiercely.
──CHAAAAAANG!
The humanity concentrated at the sword's tip.
That transcendent primordial power unleashed as a storm of dawn.
The storm took the form of a wedge.
It swirled ferociously, dyeing the world and the abyssal dragon's chest in the brilliance of dawn.
「KKKKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
Good.
It had plunged in deep, properly.
Scesari's massive frame was hurled back by the force, tumbling several times through the abyssal mire before crashing into the wall.
……KUGUGUGUGUGUGU……
The world shook as if it might collapse.
Dust fell from the cavern ceiling, rippling across the surrounding abysses.
22:23.
I immediately drew in a breath.
No time to catch it. The disaster-level wipeout pattern was about to begin.
- The Dragon Word and Abyss Breath pattern is starting.
In other words, phase 2.
- Don't let your guard down just because the first strike created distance.
I swung the Dawn Sword through the empty air.
The dawn threads that had formed the crimson blade unraveled, reverting it to a rusted sword.
[Unique skill, 《First Liberation: Dawnlight Yeomyeong Sword》 activated!]
Alright, let's go.
Gripping the hilt with both hands and focusing humanity in my eyes.
My entire field of vision transformed.
I acted immediately…… but the situation was already dire.
Scesari.
The dragon had already opened its maw wide. The abyss breath swelling threateningly within.
Just like with Artsreich.
Its movements had barely slowed.
Did Subordinates with dense abyssal nature resist spatiotemporal control?
「EEEEEEEIIDELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLWEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!」
Right then.
Abyss breath burst from Scesari's maw.
The Dragon Word and Abyss Breath pattern.
I traced a lightning-like path with the Dawnlight Yeomyeong Sword's footwork.
A mere half-beat difference.
The abyss breath closely chased the trajectory I'd taken.
Damn…… my God.
I couldn't help but gasp in shock.
The instant that breath touched the abyss.
The abysses there surged up like sharp water pillars.
───PUPUPUPUPUPUPUPUPUNG!
One wing dragon got caught in it.
Its body rotted and disintegrated in an instant, bursting like pus without leaving a trace.
Touching that…… instant death?
Unbelievable. The entire cavern of abyss was this thing's kill zone.
- Never close in just because it's a ranged pattern.
I kicked off the ground like mad.
Gaining leeway to accelerate my thoughts via spatiotemporal delay.
- Why not close in?
An abyss water pillar erupted right behind me. I leaped 20 meters immediately.
- Because an even stronger pattern triggers.
Was it my desperate resolve?
Humanity amplified further, making my footwork even more stable.
- Use your evasion skills to buy time. And wait.
Right then.
- Wait for what?
Scesari spread its ragged wings and kicked off the ground with its claws.
Had it risen about 3 meters?
Suddenly, Scesari screamed and slammed fiercely into the ground.
The last two wing dragons.
They had seized the chance, flying in to tear at Scesari's wings on both sides.
- The moment Scesari first tries to take flight.
Now…… now's the time!
Scesari shook its left wing violently, sending one wing dragon flying off to tumble through the abyss. Abyss breath engulfed that wing dragon.
At that moment, I.
Looked at Scesari—or rather, the abyss in front of it.
Compressed the distance to there in an instant.
In the next moment, I charged right up to it.
[Unique skill, 《First Liberation: Dawnlight Yeomyeong Sword》 duration expired.]
At that time, Scesari was slamming the last wing dragon into the ground.
Could I do it?
I could. I could.
There'd be about 0.5 seconds of leeway. That was enough.
[Unique skill, 《Second Liberation: Sacred Dawn Sword》 activated!]
Once more.
The swirling crimson of dawn.
Scesari reacted to that light with ferocious speed.
「KEEEEEEEEEERIHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKK!」
Dragon Word, 《Absolute Domain》.
A power that made the world's myriad things tremble.
I could instantly feel it was incomparable to the wing dragons' version.
But I'd anticipated that.
Pulling out the Sacred Dawn Sword first was a feint.
- The Dragon Word pattern it unleashes on first approach has a post-delay. Catch that.
I drew "it" from my coat pocket.
The Apostle Paul's blood crystal.
The moment I crushed it in my fist, the power of Labelhein's Apostle was unleashed.
A storm of black flame.
The empty space between me and Scesari.
There, intangible force and black flame began intertwining furiously.
……HWARRURURURURURURURURURURUR……
Labelhein's black flame was said to be the absolute god's authority that burned the world's very providence itself…… and it seemed to apply even to Dragon Words.
Incredible…… utterly immense.
The Dragon Word that had crushed the world…… vanished like a lie.
「Khi…… Khi…… Khirbel…… Khirbelionaaaaaaa…….」
Was this the post-delay?
Scesari heaved labored breaths, looking thoroughly exhausted.
Then…… right now.
I swept my blood along the blade, forging the greatsword of dawn once more.
“Pierce through!”
And again.
I drove the overwhelming storm of humanity into its flank.
───CHAAAAAANG!
The blazing torrent of dawn.
The abyssal moss covering the ice dragon's side began to evaporate under that power.
When the torrent ended.
Scesari let out a tearing scream and flew back, crashing into the far cavern wall.
Haa…… haa…… haa……
Even I was stunned by the immense power.
Had I overtaxed my humanity too much……?
Aching pain throbbed through my entire body.
I clutched my heart and dropped to one knee.
22:26:30.
It had been close…… but I was fine.
All the lethal patterns were over now.
- Once you pass phase 2, Scesari enters an exhaustion state for a moment.
- Exhaustion state?
- Gamers call it groggy too. It collapses and can't get up for a while.
I barely managed to take a step.
Scesari lay sprawled, groaning…… was this the exhaustion state?
- If you have a one-shot kill skill here…… you can skip phase 3.
- ……!
- And Berkenxia has that power. Doesn't she?
Right. That's right.
I couldn't use 《Dawnlight Yeomyeong Sword》 anymore, but 《Sacred Dawn Sword》 had one more shot left.
Now…… time to end it.
The moment I closed to 10 meters. Scesari, as if waiting, opened its maw.
「FEBALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLRRRRRRRRRRRIIIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!」
……What?
Abyss breath burst out instantly.
It swept the abyss at my feet…… and in that moment, my vision drowned in dark blue.
Caught in the abyssal torrent?
I tried to escape, but the abyss tore at my tendons and bones for an instant.
“Krhaaaaaah!”
A metallic taste of blood filled my mouth.
Consciousness blurred under the unbearable agony.
[Legendary gear, ‘Corroded Ancient Guardian's Armor’ nullified 33% of ?????, 《Abyss Infestation》.]
[?????, ‘Ice Dragon King's Stigmata’ nullified 45% of ?????, 《Abyss Infestation》.]
Five seconds swept in the torrent.
Those five seconds felt eternal.
Thanks to the stigmata and armor, my body didn't melt away. But……
“Huhk…… keuk…… kuhk…….”
Sprawled atop the abyss, I.
Could only barely heave breaths.
Get up…… get up……
Exhaustion state lasted at most 10 seconds. About 4 seconds left now. I had to stand.
Flutter.
Then a heavy wingbeat sounded. I barely lifted my head…… and let out a sigh.
“Ah…….”
Scesari flapped its wings, glaring at me with dark blue eyes.
“……No way.”
The exhaustion state…… was over?
22:27 exactly.
Only 3 minutes left.
If it took flight…… impossible to take it down in 3 minutes.
- Until I met you.
Jeong Ha-kyeong…… think of Jeong Ha-kyeong.
- Sorry. I wanted…… to go all the way together……
My last thread of connection.
Jeong Ha-kyeong was the one thing I didn't want this mad world to take from me. I didn't want this despairingly futile world to steal her away.
But how……?
How the hell do I keep it from being taken? What the hell do I do now……
Please. Please. Please. Please. Please.
As the terror of severance blackened my mind with despair.
─────BOOM!
A heavy cannon shot.
A roar like ice shattering.
「KAAAAHAAAAAAAAA!」
The ice dragon, airborne nearly 5 meters.
An explosion ripped through its wing root, crumpling its flight posture.
“Kim Baek-jun!”
My heart.
Thumped hard.
No way. No…… this…… hallucination?
“Are you down there right now!”
Choi Uk.
It was Choi Uk.
Not a hallucination. This was definitely Choi Uk's voice.
“I see him! He's there!”
Then Mun Ji-hyo's voice.
“It's the Association President!”
“Hey! Down there!”
“Association President! We're here!”
Unbelievable.
A choked laugh-like sob welled up.
These idiots…… all came to rescue me?
“Elivel, Luye, Tavaletta!”
A voice echoing through the cavern then.
That voice too…… was familiar, movingly so.
It was Shin Tae-yeop.
At the same time, I saw them.
Flame prayer beads spinning in midair.
───CHURURURURURURURUK!
In the next moment.
The beads aligned in a row, then transformed into a blade of flame.
“Gooooooo!”
That blade…… grazed Scesari's left wing.
Something leaped down from the entrance to [The Bottom of the World].
“Uwaaaaaaaaah!”
Im Yong-gon.
The iron hammer held high.
Carrying the full force of his fall, he smashed down onto Scesari's back.
「GUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
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