Ch.111Ep.111: Betting Everything

Crack. Zzzzzzt.

“Tch.”

Veichel clicked her tongue as she looked at Gungnir, which no longer emitted any electrical energy.

She had thought that after using it so recklessly, it wouldn’t be able to fulfill its power as a weapon.

But when that situation arrived so quickly, she felt empty.

[Is all your struggling finally over?]

“My struggling is over? How could that be possible?”

Veichel laughed off Azathoth’s provocation.

Having activated the Last Dance spell, she had no way back.

She would face death once all her power was depleted, and until then, she had to somehow inflict serious wounds on Chaos.

For Radios’ victory, she had to face Chaos while overcoming countless pains.

[How foolish. Do you believe Radios Magnum can defeat Azathoth?]

“You don’t know what kind of person he is.”

Radios had always been that way.

Even in unfavorable situations, he would step forward first and always lead the fight to victory.

If he saw an overwhelming difference in skill, he would sometimes retreat to fight another day.

But now, there wasn’t an overwhelming difference in skill between Radios and Azathoth.

They were evenly matched. Or rather, Radios might have a slight advantage.

The energy she felt from him was more vast than Azathoth’s.

Though she didn’t know it even in her dreams, Radios possessed 100 Divine Orders.

Just by being able to utilize them appropriately, he could easily surpass Azathoth.

If anything would be a problem, it would be Azathoth’s power of devouring.

But since Serena’s Order of Betrayal was resisting the power of devouring, there wasn’t much to worry about.

And to repeat, Serena didn’t know this fact.

She just believed that Radios would succeed.

“Tongwan-ikjeoljeomchang.”

Kiiiiing.

Finally, Veichel threw away Gungnir and formed a magical spear to face Chaos.

To be precise, it was a condensed entity with the concept of Chaos.

Until this body disappeared, she would provoke him again and again.

And inflict wounds again and again to surely create an irreparable serious injury.

That would be the punishment she would give to her past self, who blindly believed in power and tried to exclude everything else.

“…Come.”

[If that’s what you want, I’ll give it to you!]

Chaos inflated his body and moved to completely swallow Veichel.

But there was no way it would work on Veichel, who had deflected all those repeated attacks countless times.

“Hmmph!”

When a mysterious energy covering all 360 degrees tried to seep into Veichel’s entire body,

Veichel swung her spear widely to deflect all that energy.

She didn’t stop there.

After gathering the spear once, she concentrated all her magical power on the spear blade.

“Haaah!”

She fired a massive beam.

Zwaaaaaaak!

But it only penetrated part of Chaos’s body and couldn’t give him significant damage.

‘At this rate, it’s just a meaningless power struggle.’

She needed a plan. A way to definitely defeat him or inflict damage.

‘If I were to name the closest thing between him and me, it would obviously be Spirit Devouring.’

Though Veichel didn’t know, Chaos’s Spirit Devouring was a skill created with reference to Azathoth’s devouring.

A skill that devours others’ power.

Even if Chaos had taken that skill from her, couldn’t she still use it completely?

“Ssss…”

[Hmm? Are you using complete Spirit Devouring?]

Chaos snorted as Veichel stood still and gathered energy.

Spirit Devouring was a skill originating from Azathoth, and no one but himself could use it.

Veichel had been able to build power through Spirit Devouring because Chaos had allowed it.

Not because she had talent.

It shouldn’t have been possible, but…

[What… is this?]

Chaos began to sweat as the energy of Spirit Devouring gradually gathered in her hands.

He certainly hadn’t given permission.

It shouldn’t be possible to use without permission, so why was a “complete” Spirit Devouring being activated in Veichel’s hands?

‘I must stop it…!’

“Now, Elysse!”

[What?!]

When Veichel shouted loudly, Chaos began to look around warily.

Elysse was a messenger of the Underworld under Hades.

If she were here, there’s no way he wouldn’t have detected her.

This place was a space no different from Chaos’s own stomach.

But.

Chwaaak!

[This makes no sense!]

Chaos flinched at the feeling of something being cut behind him.

He couldn’t feel anything. He just felt like something was there when he was cut.

Could a being with merely an Order inflict wounds on a being with an Ascended Order?

Isn’t that impossible?

[It defies plausibility! Do you think someone with just an Order can wound my body?]

“It’s not just an Order. She has awakened her Divine Order too.”

[…What? Don’t talk nonsense! Elysse is just a spirit entity!]

And she was just a weakened soul who died long ago and was working under Hades.

There’s no way she could awaken a Divine Order.

She doesn’t qualify, and even if she did awaken it, she couldn’t sneak in here and wound his body.

But Veichel snorted at Chaos’s bewildered appearance.

“Because she’s just a spirit entity, she sacrificed everything.”

[What?]

“She deliberately gambled on being consumed by her own Order… and as you can see, she succeeded.”

After Kraud and Poseidon led Brina and Arsia toward Yog-Sothoth,

Elysse and Veichel were in a weaker position and couldn’t follow them.

However, while Veichel had a hidden card, Elysse had nothing.

So she sacrificed everything.

She sacrificed everything of her spirit entity to her Order to awaken her Divine Order for a very brief moment.

The Divine Order of Silence was suitable for ambush.

Even when she used her Order, it was an Order that silenced Hades.

That Order evolved into a Divine Order, silencing all of Elysse’s presence.

But if asked whether Elysse is “alive,” the answer is no.

She’s in a state similar to Veichel.

As a result of letting herself be consumed by her Order, all her consciousness will disappear and she will eventually vanish.

A terminally ill existence with nothing to lose was pressuring Chaos.

“So… would you mind just shutting up and dying?”

[Veichel Breaaaaaate!!]

“Eat this!”

Veichel finally succeeded in activating Spirit Devouring temporarily, tearing off part of Chaos and devouring it.

[Kuaaaaa!!]

Then Chaos let out a sincere scream.

[I’ll kill you! Erase you! Erase youuuu!!]

He charged at Veichel, emitting an energy wave beyond imagination.

And looking at that attack, Veichel thought.

It seemed like 10 minutes would be her limit to endure.

‘So somehow gain the upper hand, Radios.’

The opportunity your comrades created by sacrificing their lives.

Never miss it.

“Here I come! Chaos!!”

Entrusting the future to her comrade, Veichel’s Last Dance began to gradually fade.

**********

“Hup!”

“Tch!”

Clang! Clang-clang-clang! Claaang!

Radios’s Excalibur and Azathoth’s God-Destroying Light Sword exchange sword techniques multiple times.

He wanted to replicate Radios’s Excalibur if possible.

But for some reason, his sword couldn’t be replicated at all.

The fortunate thing was that the absorption of Divine Fragment: Intervention was almost complete.

He was confident that this fight, which was only a very slight difference, would soon tilt in his favor.

“Do you think you can face me while thinking about other things!”

“Kuk!”

But Radios didn’t give Azathoth time to think about other things.

He was using something called “martial arts” while continuously using sword techniques with Excalibur.

The world where Larga D’Wheil’s soul had been reincarnated 56 times was set in a martial arts world.

There, he joined a sect called Hwasan and rose to the position of the strongest.

Thus, the name of the sword technique Radios was now displaying was…

Jahashingum, a sword technique created by someone called the Sword God, with enough power to destroy a planet.

‘This is tricky. It’s not just Jahashingum, but other principles are melded into the swordsmanship.’

Like manipulating time bit by bit, or manipulating cognitive senses.

The principle of the mind sword was basic, and there was even an additional effect of increased bleeding when cut.

Azathoth felt like he was fighting 101 people at once.

‘Was this your plan, Larga?’

His apostle whom he had to kill because he got too close to the truth of the world.

As his first apostle, he had somewhat cherished him, but he didn’t know he was nurturing such a dagger.

‘But your wish ends here.’

Radios cannot win against him no matter what he does.

Because…

“Now I will destroy the world, Radios Magnuuuuum!!”

The absorption of Divine Fragment: Intervention was complete, and his full power had returned.

Soon, with Azathoth’s cry, the world began to collapse with successive vibrations, but…

[Hmph.]

“..!”

With a woman’s laughter, the gradually collapsing world became dead silent.

Radios prepared a fatal strike, taking advantage of Azathoth’s momentary distraction.

“Hoooo.”

“Oh no!”

“Jahashingum · Destruction.”

At this, the distracted Azathoth quickly took a defensive stance, but…

“Destructive Flower Sword Storm.”

Chwaaaak!

With one short, concise step forward from Radios…

His neck was cut.