Ch.110Ep.110: Betting Everything

“How do you know that name?!”

“…”

“Answer me, Radios Magnum! How did you…?!”

“So that guy was right after all.”

Radios opened his mouth while looking contemptuously at the shouting Azathoth.

“Larga D’Wheil, your first apostle, must have been precious to you.”

“Silence!”

Azathoth, not wanting to hear more, hurled the Ascended Order of Devouring at Radios.

But Radios completely deflected the power of devouring using the Sword of the Mind, the Mind Sword.

Azathoth glimpsed memories of the past in his appearance.

The Mind Sword was a skill used by his apostle, Larga D’Wheil.

Though he hadn’t awakened an Ascended Order, with the Mind Sword alone, he could wield power that could contend with Ascended Orders.

Yet Radios was using the same technique—no, to be precise, a more advanced version.

The Mind Sword wielded by an Ascended Order.

Azathoth knew best how much harm this could bring upon himself.

“Radios Magnuuuum!!”

“This bastard still hasn’t broken his habit of muttering names when he has nothing to say.”

“Even if you’ve met all your past incarnations, nothing will change!”

He doesn’t know. He doesn’t know how much I sacrificed to reach this position.

Radios, who knows nothing of the world before creation, has no right to speak.

“Do you even know about the primordial chaos before we were born?!”

“I don’t, you lunatic.”

Slash!

As Radios swung his Twilight Sword, Azathoth ducked to avoid the blade.

But Radios instantly closed the distance and drove his knee into Azathoth’s chin.

Crack!

“Kuk!”

Azathoth’s consciousness flickered momentarily with a death cry.

Though the sudden darkness and return of light meant nothing to him.

The situation unfolding before his eyes was nothing short of the worst for him.

“Divine Bullet…!”

“Aaaaargh!”

The Divine Bullet pierced through Azathoth, targeting his eye precisely.

With his transcendent reflexes, he turned his head to avoid the bullet somewhat.

Nevertheless, he couldn’t help but scream from the pain as it grazed his temple.

Radios’s Divine Bullet, having already awakened his Ascended Order.

It had transformed into the worst skill, inflicting extreme pain even on Ascended Orders.

Yet Radios looked at Azathoth with no change in expression, arms crossed.

“The primordial chaos before creation?”

“Y-yes. You don’t know that time. Chaos and I…!”

“Why would I need to know?”

“…What? What are you saying?! That there’s no need to know the truth of the past?”

“Someone living in reality has no use for knowledge of the past.”

He wasn’t just saying it; he meant it.

Although Radios had awakened his Ascended Order and escaped the cycle of life and death.

He simply wasn’t curious about the past.

What good would it do to know the past? It’s merely something that no longer exists.

“So stop your pointless struggle and just die already.”

“Kuk… Hahahahaha! Hahahahaha!!”

Azathoth burst into wild laughter at Radios’s cold words.

Until now, whenever someone brought up the universe before creation, there wasn’t a person who wasn’t curious.

Humans were merely animals that coveted things, and the desire for knowledge was universal.

But Radios was different.

The past was the past, the present was the present, and the future was the future.

Could this standard really be applied to others?

Azathoth wasn’t sure.

Perhaps his mind wasn’t working properly after meeting him.

He was a being that couldn’t be understood by common sense.

Look at him now. A guy who awakened his Ascended Order not long ago is on par with himself.

Moreover, he…

“…Huh?”

Azathoth couldn’t help but widen his eyes as he realized something.

Radios had appeared with his face unchanged and stronger.

After exchanging a few blows, he could feel how much stronger Radios had become.

Azathoth found it hard to believe but acknowledged it to some extent.

After awakening an Ascended Order and establishing the concept, explosive growth was expected.

Especially the souls of those who were once his apostles showed remarkable growth rates.

The problem was that there was no change in Radios’s face.

That’s right. The guy still…

‘He hasn’t even used the Goblin Mask?’

He hadn’t even used his strongest buff skill!

Yet despite this, Radios was fighting on equal terms with Azathoth.

Is this… really possible?

‘Even if he’s receiving someone’s blessing, I can’t complain…’

Among the candidates, Azathoth thought of a woman with purple hair but quickly dismissed the thought.

That woman was a being living in a place completely detached from here.

Although she was called the King of All Things, she couldn’t see or interfere with this place.

It was fortunate that they had made a non-aggression treaty in advance.

If she had empowered Radios… Azathoth might no longer exist in this world.

Lilia Lastin.

The woman called the King of the Multiverse Management Bureau.

What would she be doing now?

‘She’s probably watching this fight. The fog that blocks the view must have thinned as the world nears destruction.’

Radios must vaguely feel it too.

The mysterious gaze directed at him.

But he was deliberately ignoring it.

Believing that outside matters should be resolved outside, he was trying to fulfill his responsibility inside.

‘Is this really as far as I go?’

Chaos, whom he thought would help, was busy fighting with a human.

From the looks of it, Chaos seemed to be falling for his own trick…

He was hesitating to call for help, fearing an even more draining battle.

“Why that expression?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Are you that afraid that I’m not using the Goblin Mask?”

“..!”

Azathoth flinched at Radios’s words.

This guy who couldn’t read minds—

“Ah.”

“The 34th incarnation? There was a Divine Order that could read people’s thoughts.”

“You crazy bastard.”

Azathoth let out a hollow laugh at Radios’s words.

Does that mean he had been hearing all his thoughts until now?

A new concept of humiliation, one might say.

It was absurd.

Information about Lilia Lastin was something that should never be disclosed.

But now it had been read from his mind, so there was nothing he could do.

“Do you know about the Multiverse Management Bureau?”

“No.”

“It’s better if you never know. Even if you devour me and challenge her, it would be difficult.”

“Who said anything about fighting? I won’t clash with her.”

Radios clicked his tongue after reading Azathoth’s thoughts.

He finally understood whose mysterious gaze he had been feeling earlier.

Of course, it was a gaze he could ignore without concern.

But it was interesting that even Azathoth trembled in fear of this being.

But that was it.

Radios had no intention of going beyond that.

If he killed Azathoth, he would put up walls around all worlds to prevent connections with other dimensions.

That would be the most peaceful way to live.

And it would fulfill Veichel’s wish for a society of humans only.

Of course, he knew what kind of culture would emerge when only humans remained.

Earth, Namgung Ihyun’s homeland, was like that.

But enough with the small talk.

“Shall we bring this to a real end?”

“From now on… I’ll also put my life on the line.”

“Who said I wasn’t? Goblin Mask.”

Swish.

As Radios muttered, red horns rose from his head.

Boom!

A murderous intent that threatened to devour everything enveloped the battlefield.

Azathoth felt a chill at the sight and shouted.

“Goblin Mask.”

“..!”

“Have you already forgotten what power I possess?”

“…The power of replication.”

Radios momentarily flinched as Azathoth transformed into a goblin before his eyes.

He hadn’t thought someone else could use the Goblin Mask.

Azathoth was a being who could freely use the Divine Fragment: Power of Replication.

Naturally, all skills used by Radios could be replicated by him.

Except for two things.

The Divine Orders inherited from past incarnations and the Ascended Order of Judgment.

Except for these two, Radios would inevitably have all his skills stolen.

“Come, you who were once my apostle.”

“You really are a man whose mouth and head work separately!”

Tap!

With Radios charging at Azathoth with a firm step.

Massive planets began to explode one after another.

Meanwhile.

“Haa… haa… the battle situation…”

[The master seems to have the upper hand, but neither is fighting properly, so I’m not sure.]

“Cough! Cough! I need to… see the future…”

[You need to rest now. If you keep looking into the future, you’ll never see again.]

Namgung Ihyun used all her power to heal Arsia, whose condition was more serious than expected.

Having recklessly used her foresight, blood wouldn’t stop flowing from her eyes.

Even Brina, who had deep internal injuries, was taking care of her.

In fact, if she hadn’t seen Radios’s return with her own eyes and acted accordingly.

This future might not have been realized.

“That’s why… I need to see until the end…”

Radios defeating Azathoth.

She needed to see that definitive future.