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52. Descent. (3)

The square of the War Memorial Settlement resonates with the sounds of sharp metal clashing, “Kang!” and “Chaeng!”, the sound of light shooting out, “Piyung!” and “Jiing!”, and the sounds of movement, “Ttak-gak!” and “Dal-geurak!”

There, a giant demon and a woman were fighting. A mad fight where they cut and stabbed each other’s flesh, blood spurting out. Even when one of their arms was blown off, they regenerated as if nothing had happened and swung their swords again.

The demons and women attack each other as if it were no problem, even though their bodies are torn and pierced just to cut each other’s throats.

What was meant to be a place of peace and escape from fighting has now become a battlefield where people risk their lives.

I shot [Sword of Flame. Flamberg.] at the guy, but black light gathered from the guy’s wings and soon became a beam of light, shooting down Flamberg.

But that was the result I wanted. The black smoke from the Flamberg explosion obscured the guy’s vision, so I quickly moved and swung my sword at his leg.

With a ‘Cheung!’ sound, I clicked my tongue and stepped back as I saw him blocking the black crystal sword with his long black bone arm.

” Hahaha! As expected, it looks like you’re not perfect since you can’t seem to exert enough strength! ”

[ Be quiet! ]

I deflected the sword he was swinging and turned around to swing my twin swords that had been coated with [Gluon] at his legs, but only slightly grazed the outer part of them. He quickly spread his wings and jumped backwards, speaking to me.

” Our god, Thanatos’s descent is not far away. That child will soon fall! ”

[ If it’s that child… are you talking about Ling? ]

” Yes, with the ritual we just finished, that child will soon turn into Thanatos! ”

[ Well, will that really be true as you say? ]

” Huh! He already covered the blood of 666 martyrs and saw it for a month without fail, so he should be in his right mind, so don’t worry. All you have to do is give him a little push! ”

As he said that, Oh Hyuk-jin flapped his three pairs of wings and began to fly into the sky, and soon after, a rain of crystals began to fall from the legs of the guy made of black crystals.

[Sanctuary. Brittany] Let’s create a ‘Boom!’ or ‘Phuuk!’ to block or deflect the rain of crystals that the guy shot. With a ‘Thud!’ or ‘Phuuk!’ sound, the black crystal that was stuck in the ground gradually began to glow black, and soon after, with a ‘Crack!’ sound, it exploded and started to shower black crystal fragments toward where I was like a shotgun, no, a claymore.

[ Is this all there is to it? ]

The ground was hollowed out by the tremendous force of the explosion, and I snapped my fingers at the crystal shards flying at high speed, annihilating them.

” After all, you are not the goddess who will save us! ”

With those words, Oh Hyuk-jin came down from above, gathering six legs and emitting black light, trying to bring me down. It seemed that he thought I would be able to get rid of it at the same time as the crystal fragments exploded and tried to fall down.

The sanctuary shatters with a sound like breaking glass, and the guy’s leg impales me on the stomach with a ‘whoosh’ sound.

[ Cool…! ]

He brought his face towards me as I lay on the floor, spitting up blood.

” Look! If you allow a mere guy like me to attack you, you will never… save these three people. Not that child! Not the person you hold dear! ”

[ No, I would never let that happen…! ]

The power of Thanatos spreading through my body begins to eat away at me, and the part where the guy’s leg was stuck begins to rot away, but the pure white flames burn up the power and regenerate me again.

It’s very painful, but… still, with this…

Got the guy.

[ Haa… Yes, honestly, I’m not fit to be a god. But… That doesn’t mean I have any intention of losing to you…! ]

I put my hand on the leg of the guy who was stuck in my stomach and a pure white flame made of divine power appeared. ‘Holy Fire’

The flames that will not go out until the evil is purified begin to burn the guy’s body.

” Heh… What a nonsense…! ”

The guy tries to finish by stabbing me with his sword, but the sword is blocked with a ‘KANG!’ sound. Surprised by the bounce, the guy shouts ‘That can’t be happening!’ and swings his sword at me several times.

Every time that happens, he makes sounds like ‘Kkang!’ and ‘Chaeng!’ and when his attacks don’t work, he pulls his sword back and shoots a black ray from his wing, but the ray shines as it is torn into many branches like the shape of a ‘Chijijik’ sanctuary.

” Just now… why isn’t the sanctuary that I just broke still broken? Damn it..! ”

The guy tried to escape using his wings by cutting off his own legs that were still burning, but when he hit something behind him with a ‘thud’, he was startled and looked behind him, and there, the sanctuary that should have disappeared was still there.

Yeah, the guy made a big mistake. A really big mistake.

[ The sanctuary… I can change my form as I wish? The size, the strength, everything…! ]

” What did you say…? ”

My sanctuary is not broken by his attacks.

The reason he broke my sanctuary… wasn’t because he was strong… but because I made him that way.

Oh Hyuk-jin, who became the apostle of Thanatos, was much more difficult than I thought.

No, to be exact… the black crystal left behind by Choi Si-woo that the guy made his own… that was the problem.

I took away the power contained in that black crystal, but somehow, he was able to use the powers of the people who were in that crystal.

Maybe Thanatos guy had a hand in it.

Because of that, it was hard for him to catch it by moving or attacking while using portals, so I had no choice but to use this strategy. The guy bit me so hard that I felt so good that I had a hole in my stomach, but it was still refreshing.

The guy who couldn’t leave the sanctuary was just flying around, glaring at me.

[ My neck hurts when I look up, right? So… I guess I should come down. ]

‘Ppaang!’ A sword of flame fell from behind the guy, cutting off his wings. The guy comically flailed his six arms and legs before falling face first to the ground with a ‘Kwoooong!’

Now, the guy can’t escape. So… Uncle Doosik and Yeong. And the people who were tricked by the guy and lost their lives.

On behalf of the two children who have become my family… it is time to judge.

Oh Hyuk-jin gritted his teeth at the sound he heard as he lifted his face from the floor.

The sword being swung around with a ‘whoosh’ sound, the heels of her boots making a ‘clack, clack’ sound, and her humming with joy. Charlotte.

That abominable name. When she appeared, she should have been created from the beginning as a vessel that could be used by her own god.

Or I should have taken her precious thing hostage and ruined her. Yes, I should have.

The severed wings and legs showed no signs of regeneration, and the arms made of black bone were hardening and creaking.

With her power, the self-power of Thanatos’ apostle was being ‘purified’.

[ Now… it is time for you to pay the price for those who suffered because of you. ]

A voice rings in my ears, clear and soothing that it seems as if it will make me accept everything.

But at the same time

{Are you going to end it like this? You must take revenge on this world that took away what was precious to you.}

A voice, muffled and sticky, as if it had been crying too hard, rings in his ears. Yes, it is the voice he has heard since he lost his wife and daughter.

The voice that guided him… to the ‘right path’.

It had been decided long ago which of the two voices he would hear.

” The price…? Don’t… make me laugh! There is no sin I deserve! There is countless despair in this world! I will take the place of those who have suffered that despair!!!

I was just called to bring him to the new world!!! This is the truth!!! A god like you… Ugh… ”

He lowered his head in sudden pain and saw a sword wrapped in pure white flames embedded in his body.

He tried to pull out the sword with his hand, but the moment he grabbed it, it started to turn to dust starting from the tips of his fingers and disappeared, and all six arms made of black bones turned to ash and flew away.

When he raised his head, there was her glaring at him while shedding tears.

Oh Hyuk-jin, when I heard his words, I got angry, but at the same time I could see how much he loved his family.

So I couldn’t stand it any longer, so I took out [Durandal], wrapped it in [Gluon], and threw it at the guy. The moment I threw it, I looked at the floor and something fell from my face and wet the floor.

Yes, I was… angry at him, but at the same time… I felt the sadness he had. I just raised my head and glared at him.

[ You should not be laughing. I think I know that you have lost something precious. Because I have something precious too. No, everyone knows that pain. Because they have something precious too.

I can understand the sadness of losing it. But you… No, you know the sadness of losing something precious, so why do you want to make others feel that sadness too? ]

” I know… How absurd… How could you know the sorrow of losing my wife and daughter!!! ”

[ Then, knowing that sorrow, why did you make your close friend, Mr. Dusik, lose his daughter like you did? He was a precious friend. ]

” That, that’s…! ”

Oh Hyuk-jin had a headache.

I couldn’t come to my senses because of the voices coming from both sides.

But gradually… perhaps because of the divine power burning his own body, the murky voice disappeared and only a clear voice could be heard.

[ Those who didn’t save your wife and daughter… are really bad people. I admit that, and I sympathize with you. But even more so… you… shouldn’t have done this. ]

At that voice, he asked the woman in front of him with tears in his eyes. Yes, I was going to do that.

” Then, what should I have done… Ugh….?! ”

{ That won’t do. You made a contract with me, right? To destroy the world and create a new world. And to destroy all humans. }

With a ‘crunching’ sound, black lightning struck Oh Hyuk-jin, destroying the sanctuary.

Then he shook his head back and forth, foaming at the mouth, then lowered his head, and when he raised his head again the voice that came out of his mouth was…

{ Long time no see? }

[ Thanatos…! You…! ]

{Can we stay here like this? My precious siblings are in danger?}

[ What…? What is that…! ]

Suddenly, I heard Thanatos’ voice coming from Oh Hyuk-jin’s mouth and an alarm went off on my device. I quickly checked it.

– Help me… –

A message from Pedro that seemed to have been sent in a hurry. I don’t know what happened to those people over there… but… the guy in front of me definitely did something.

[ shit…! ]

He reached out and retrieved the Durandal from Oh Hyuk-jin’s body and headed to the children’s museum.

Ignoring the laughter coming from behind.