Chapter 156
Chapter 156
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 156
Chapter Title: Infiltration, Gangbuk-gu Papal Court Fierce Battle (9)
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16.
[Unique Skill, 《First Liberation: Dawnlight Yeomyeong Sword》 Available Time: (6) seconds]
[Unique Skill, 《Second Liberation: Sacred Dawn Sword》 Available Uses: (3)]
The moment he obtained the second fragment.
The usage time for 《Dawnlight Yeomyeong Sword》 and the usage count for 《Sacred Dawn Sword》 had been replenished.
“Yeah…….”
That was why he could declare it so confidently.
“……Now let’s see this through to the end.”
At that instant.
The spheres floating around the bastard.
They all transformed into bubbling masses and charged at him ferociously.
And right then.
《Dawnlight Yeomyeong Sword》. He proceeded with utmost caution to the end, bypassing the bastards and surging toward Song Chan-un.
In that one moment, everything ended.
17.
“Uwaaaaaaaaah────!”
Ryu Hyun-ji snapped her gaze downward like she’d been flung, then shouted urgently.
“More…… they’re throwing things! Something’s coming……!”
“Fall back!”
Gong Min-young took a long breath, then pulled out her unique weapon [Thousand Wolf Breath Flute] and put it to her lips.
Already at the usage limit.
She might collapse from dizziness if she used it…… but there was no choice.
Ruuuuuumble────
A deafening roar like the entire outer wall was being ripped away.
────Whiiiiiirrrrrrrrrr!
Followed by the heavy whoosh of incoming objects.
At that moment, Gong Min-young blew the flute long and hard.
……Kiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh……
In an instant, it sounded like dozens of women screaming in spine-chilling agony, and the dimension tore open long.
Right at the midpoint between the incoming rocks and [Lotus Throne].
In that one moment.
A hunting hound burst out…… took the hit instead of the flying rock…… and crumbled into the abyss.
[Warning: Unique Skill Usage Limit Reached]
Dizziness assaulted her like lightning.
Her whole body drenched in cold sweat, Gong Min-young dropped to one knee right there.
“M-Min-young unnie……!”
“Dam…… damn it…… just one…… that’s all I could pull out…….”
There wasn’t even time to feel relieved.
From below…… thud…… thud…… thud…… the sound of them climbing the tower grew steadily closer.
“Can’t you go a little faster? We’re all gonna die like this!”
Lee Ha-ram yelled at Lee Seong-mi.
Lee Seong-mi, sitting cross-legged in the center of the 《Lotus Throne》 and focusing her mind, shook her head.
“This is the best I can do right now…… could you be a bit quieter?”
At that moment.
“Wow…… so the ascent speed depends on concentration? Fascinating.”
Out of nowhere, Song Chan-un appeared behind Lee Seong-mi.
Wh-what……?
White growled, and Ryu Hyun-ji bit her tongue in that instant. No one could open their mouth.
“Nothing to be so surprised about. This body is an illusion. I can go anywhere I want.”
Song Chan-un smiled with interest as he groped Lee Seong-mi’s body here and there.
────Wobble.
In that instant, control over the 《Lotus Throne》 collapsed, and it began shaking side to side.
“What the hell…… are you doing right now!”
Gong Min-young snarled and tried to grab his arm, but the spot she grasped scattered like a mirage.
“Quite the peculiar question. Do I look like I’m doing this out of lust?”
“That’s not what I asked!”
“To blush over something like this…… Min-young, you’re such a little girl. I’m just figuring out the source of your star power.”
Right then.
Shiiiing…… the sound of air being sliced, and a massive arm surged up from below.
“The legion…… already?!”
Lee Seong-mi’s face paled with cold sweat, and in that instant, the 《Lotus Throne》 accelerated its ascent.
────Whoooooooosh!
The sound of the legion’s fingers clenching was just like…… someone’s scream.
Maybe because the ‘arm’ was made of people.
The aftermath of that grip came flying like a storm, shaking the 《Lotus Throne》 again.
“Indeed…… I see.”
Song Chan-un pulled his hands away from Lee Seong-mi’s body then, looked down at the 《Lotus Throne》.
“This must be the unique weapon. All the star power is concentrated here.”
The growth he held in his hand.
He aimed the mirror part toward the 《Lotus Throne》.
“Absorb───”
Gong Min-young shouted desperately.
“──No, stop that thing!”
“Into the
In that instant, White grew massive and flew without Ryu Hyun-ji’s command.
「GrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaA!」
And astonishingly…… it bit into Song Chan-un’s nape.
“Oh ho……?”
No blood came out.
But the illusory body…… shook to fling White off and retreated.
“Interesting. It can attack illusions…… is this the divine beast-type blessing?”
Song Chan-un’s squinted eyes opened halfway.
Lee Ha-ram froze in place.
Pure white pupils…… writhing there…… overwhelming malice.
“You seem worth studying. You and that divine beast together.”
“Don’t touch White!”
Gong Min-young cried out, but Song Chan-un had already aimed [Ice Ring Realm] at White.
“Must be a very precious toy. Now, politely get absorbed, [Ice Ring Realm].”
In that instant.
White, charging again, got sucked into the mirror.
Wh-what?
What the hell just happened?
As Ryu Hyun-ji blinked.
「GRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
White burst out of the mirror again…… but something was off.
“A…… aaaahhh!”
It barreled straight into Ryu Hyun-ji, knocking her over…… and bit into her shoulder.
“It hurts…… hurts…… hurts…… stop, stop ittttttt!”
Hot teeth tore into flesh and scraped bone. Cold pain raced through her body like goosebumps.
“Whi…… White…… why……?!”
Ryu Hyun-ji writhed weakly, but White wouldn’t let go of her shoulder.
“Stay still!”
Gong Min-young shouted as she tried to clap her hands together top and bottom. Ryu Hyun-ji cried out desperately.
“N-no……! If you…… kill White…….”
“You’ll die if we don’t!”
“Still no……!”
Through Ryu Hyun-ji’s blurring vision, Song Chan-un came into view. A smile like a viper flicking its tongue.
“Touching. Showing such love even as the divine beast tries to harm you.”
And…… he brought the [Ice Ring Realm] mirror close.
“No need to worry──”
“──Don’t look at that mirror!”
Gong Min-young’s frantic voice pierced her ear.
“A splendid child with such pure love──”
“──Turn away! Or close your eyes! Hurry!”
“──should be able to pass Ikilath’s trial──”
“──It’ll brainwash you! Bugs crawling into your head!”
But she had already looked into the mirror.
Ryu Hyun-ji felt……? The world melting and oozing.
My body……?
Is this…… my body……?
Wait. They said close your eyes?
I need to close my eyes…… but what does closing eyes mean?
Where are my eyes……?
Eyes? I…… me?
What’s ‘me’? ‘Me’ is──
─────In that instant, there was light.
Her lost senses and sense of self.
Everything that makes a person human returned all at once, and her vision snapped wide open.
“………Huh?”
“Hey, snap out of it! You okay? You okay? Who are you? Tell me who you are, quick!”
Gong Min-young was grabbing Ryu Hyun-ji and slapping her cheeks wildly.
“St-stop…… I’m Ryu Hyun-ji, I…… it hurts……!”
Grotesque things came into view.
First, Song Chan-un. Strangely, he was twisting his body violently.
“Wow…… no way…… ha…… haha…… ahaha…… ahahahahaha…….”
As if in pain.
As if something had pierced his chest.
“Ahahahahaha…… my mission is finally over…… ahahahahahahahahahaha……!”
Gong Min-young yelled at Song Chan-un, who was laughing in agony.
“You’re finally dying. Croak! Hurry up and die, you worthless beast worse than an animal! Serves you right!”
“Serves me right? Yes…… Min-young, thank you for being happy for me. I’m happy too, beyond words! What a joyous day……!”
“……Are you insane?”
“Finally…… finally free from this mortal flesh…… to His great kingdom…… ahahaha……!”
With that chilling laughter as the last……
………Shrrrrrrrustle………
……Song Chan-un’s body crumpled and folded like colored paper, then scattered like a mirage.
“Wh-what…… what happened……?”
When Ryu Hyun-ji asked, Gong Min-young gaped in utter disbelief.
“Song Chan-un…… looks like he’s dead.”
That means……?
Kim Baek-jun…… beat that monster Song Chan-un one-on-one?
Song Chan-un was truly powerful.
Hidden in the shadows of Hwang Ga-in and Choi Sin-yul…… but no one could stand against him.
He wasn’t called the Pope for nothing.
“Crazy. Kim Baek-jun…… that guy’s seriously no joke.”
“Of c-course……! Uncle is an ‘Exalted One’──”
Ryu Hyun-ji, about to proudly list his feats, glanced downward in that instant.
She saw White.
Somehow shrunk back already. It was licking the wound on her shoulder.
「Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.」
Ryu Hyun-ji shook her head, hugged White to her chest, and sobbed quietly.
“No…… it’s okay…… I’m just glad…… so glad…….”
I thought I’d lost everything.
White. And even myself…… thank you, Uncle…….
“Look below…… below……!”
That was when Lee Ha-ram cried out in bewilderment.
“They’re all disappearing.”
Lee Ha-ram was right.
The dimension tore open, and the monster rats and demons were sucked into the rifts with screams.
“The legion…… what about the legion?”
The legion was different.
Like it had gone berserk. It thrashed about, out of control.
“The monster hunters too…… probably the same……?”
Either way, the important thing was that those monsters were no longer pursuing the 《Lotus Throne》.
It was around then.
“We’re here.”
Lee Seong-mi, who had kept her focus even through Song Chan-un’s molestation(?), opened her eyes.
“The top of the spire. This is where the barrier is, right?”
18.
In that instant.
《Dawnlight Yeomyeong Sword》.
The moment he surged forward to Song Chan-un, bypassing the formless monsters with utmost caution to the end.
“H-how────”
The moment he merged the twin swords into one.
The moment the bastard belatedly turned around…… everything ended.
“───did you find my position…… in the illusion?”
Spurt…… the broken greatsword pierced Song Chan-un’s abdomen.
Splat…… the countless slimy globs covered the spot where he’d been standing moments ago.
Shwaaaa…… the illusory world began scattering from the sky like snowflakes.
“Using those demons was more threatening than these things. You.”
I said.
Because those demons weren’t affected by the time control of my main skill, 《Dawnlight Yeomyeong Sword》.
“I’ve received all the world’s favors……?”
What a ridiculous story.
I’d never once thought that way.
“My birth parents burned to death when I was a kid. The adoptive parents who took me in died in a fire too.”
“………!”
“Is this…… the world’s favor you’re talking about?”
Had his strength ebbed?
The growth slipped from Song Chan-un’s hand and rolled across the floor.
“Tell me. Where’s Do Ye-jin right now? Tell me, and I’ll let you go easy.”
Then Song Chan-un vomited blood and grabbed my shoulder.
“Ha…… ahaha…… I just…… can’t…… understand you…….”
It was a truly chilling sight. The way he laughed even as blood bubbled.
“The nameless…… [Nameless Demigod]……?”
“……?”
“The last…… apostle of the Creator God…… killed by you……? Ah, back then…… you were a demon god and apostle of the abyss, I suppose…….”
What……?
Demon god? Apostle of the abyss?
In that instant, [Master of the Broken Dawn] flashed before my eyes.
He was killed by the [Nameless Demigod]……?
“What kind of…… scheme…… did those two…… conspire…… that they’d cooperate……? Did you never wonder……?”
Cooperate? They cooperated?
I forgot my ragged breathing and held my breath for a moment.
“Ah…… aha…… ahaha…… ahaha…… a…… a…… ahahahahahahahahahahahaha……!”
Another lie.
But why…… something kept nagging at me.
Fine, say Do Ye-jin was infused with Arishel’s power…… but really, why……?
- There’s a problem here. Why would the [Nameless Demigod] just leave Ye-jin alone?
As Lee Seong-mi’s doubt resurfaced, Song Chan-un spoke again.
“Aren’t you…… cu…… curious…… whether your ancestral apostle…… is a heretic……?”
Because we were inside Paradise?
The pierced area sparkled with ‘the stars’ healing,’ so even with a fatal wound, he wasn’t dying.
“Or else…… why……? Why……?”
“……?”
“Why…… join hands…… with the World Executor…… who led the destruction…… of countless worlds……?”