Chapter 86
Chapter 86
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 86
Chapter Title: Humanity Reduction Scenario (6)
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◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ ⚡ SKILL ACTIVATED ⚡ Level Max - Thermal Dominion A superpower dominating temperature.
The harmony of seemingly contradictory elements
births absolute power.
The ultimate realm a Psyker can reach—
its might defies human ranks.
The body-guarding Barrier Field falls under this power too.
The worse the matchup seems, the better the combo turns out.
Reaching out my hand, extreme heat and bitter cold fused in harmony. The clash of ultra-high and ultra-low temperatures birthed pure catastrophe.
The ability's deployment pulverized the area. The breathtaking vista that had moved countless souls crumbled to rubble in a heartbeat.
In this dust-choked wasteland, only Zero One and I remained alive.
Zero One unleashed his magic. The pitch-black night sky blazed like noon. Shimmering orbs drew closer than the farthest stars, cascading down like pristine white rain.
The barrage of magic bullets hammered the earth, hell-bent on erasing me and everything around.
"Freeze."
I murmured softly, thrusting my hand skyward.
The magic bullet rain halted. The heavens froze solid. The stalled projectiles slowly bled their power away.
The night sky darkened once more. The frozen wreckage morphed into snow and hail, plummeting from above.
"Burn."
Hellfire erupted in a flash. Inferno swallowed Zero One whole, his fortress-thick shield no match as it sought to leave not even ash.
A ferocious gale roared in. The storm whipped the snow and hail into a blinding blizzard.
The inferno blanketing Zero One met its doom in the gale.
Rumble! Thunder cracked viciously. A fleeting bolt lit Zero One's shadowed face in stark relief.
He bore a warrior's grimace. Every life-on-the-line instant seemed to electrify him.
I felt it too.
Adversity and trials are brutal. Nothing but agony and exhaustion.
Yet the treasure at the end outshines any earthly gem.
My breaths grew labored. The air chilled to subzero, but blistering heat ruled my veins.
Sweat beaded on my brow.
He hovered via magic; to match his altitude, I flash-froze atmospheric moisture into a platform.
Zero One and I locked eyes. Silence hung heavy.
No words passed, but we both knew.
We were reveling in this clash.
Each time I parried his full onslaught, Zero One's lips curled higher in delight.
I was strong. He acknowledged me—a rival unseen since the Progenitor, hundreds of years past.
The second foe to hurl hardship at a life where the world always bowed to his whim.
Zero One was ecstatic. His gentlemanly facade shattered; he lived solely for this instant.
Me too. My mind blanked white. Humanity Reduction Scenario, turning point, resistance, victory—everything else vanished into void.
Felt like a fool. Nothing mattered now but crushing the man before me.
I yearned to force him to his knees. To prove my supremacy through triumph.
Two clashing temperatures whirled in dazzling frenzy, razing the city and grinding Zero One down.
With every crushed street and shattered earth, fresh scars marred his flesh.
Time wore on; Zero One escalated to deadlier spells.
Magic bullet rain swelled to deluge; furious winds birthed tempests that engulfed me.
Even Progenitor senses and Barrier couldn't evade the apocalyptic strikes crashing down.
The legend of Progenitor and Zero One battling three sleepless days and nights? No exaggeration.
The attrition war spawned endless calamities.
Dead even—no telling who'd break first.
City in flames, yet our stamina loomed endless.
This might etch history's longest duel, but fate had other plans.
A wildcard crashed our arena.
Han Cheong-ah barreled toward me, pink locks whipping in the wind, bold as brass.
Her untimely intrusion drew a disbelieving scoff from me.
No clean finish to this duel, it seemed.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Toppling the shadow was a breeze.
Yap—aping Seolha's flash; whoosh—mimicking Winter sister's biting gale. Time ticked by, and victory was mine.
That a plain high school girl like me dove into battle? Maybe not just to aid Do-hyun in this pivotal fight, but because I could handle it.
Easy favors are what strangers grant too.
I dispatched the shadow effortlessly, then peered below at Winter sister and the punch-happy thug.
Winter sister dominated her shadow; the thug struggled but wouldn't fold...
So my job was straightforward.
Rush to Do-hyun's side against the deadliest foe.
They're swapping drivel like "thrilled to meet your match"—men are utter idiots here.
Fights aren't fun. Winner takes it all.
Results rule.
Predators conceal fangs; hunters holster guns. Victory lies in the blindside stab.
I bided my time, per Winter sister's lessons.
Breath held till their duel peaked—unseen, poised to exploit Zero One's lapse.
As expected of me.
Han Cheong-ah: beauty with monstrous talent, even for hated tasks.
Pity Zero One, foe or not.
Drawing such a foe.
Do-hyun's a fool for dragging his feet on confessing to me.
Anyway, moment struck—I bolted.
Seoul crumbled.
Korea's ten-million heart toppled domino-style—like cinema.
Unreal vista fueling my sprint.
I reached ground zero: their duel-shifting spot.
Do-hyun gawked, wide-eyed. My entrance moved him deep.
Reward time: another portrait. Headpats included.
How to aid Do-hyun?
Power assists aplenty, but suboptimal. My strikes can't rival theirs.
Tuna meddling in whale wars yields zilch.
I pondered my peak play.
What I could do.
What I must.
To crown Do-hyun victor, time to unleash the true queen slumbering inside.
Training with Winter sister and Mimir revealed it.
A detonator primed irreversible.
Yet I'd shunned it always.
Triggering it'd lock everything forever.
"You vile villain."
Zero One clocked me at last.
His scowl screamed fury at our interruption.
What a flaming homo. Male or not.
"Do-hyun and I have business. Quit the homo fixation and prep to die quietly." Till now, perpetual icy mask.
Emotions brimmed, but face locked—alien disconnect.
Post Do-hyun? Vitality thawed the frost.
Smiles, finally grasped.
Though mine now skewed sneer-close.
Do-hyun's annoyed-face twin.
Love molds you in the beloved's image.
Slowly, I raised both hands. Graceful as a ballerina swaying to the melody.
"─────────♬" ⟨ Aria ⟩
The aria rang out.
Then, mid-Seoul's ruins, a colossal Rift began to tear open.
I am the Dimensional Beasts' Queen.
The girl wielding dominion over this world's Dimensional Beasts.
Right here, the flawless first wife backing Do-hyun beyond all others.