episode_0179

As soon as Vivian’s portal closed, the four Shinigami stood up at once.

To be exact, it was the moment Vivian went closer to check the closing portal.

The first hero party, who confirmed the Shinigami’s actions, immediately took action.

“East, Kylie. The battle begins.”

Immediately after completing the report, Kylie threw herself in.

As she was looking down from high up for surveillance, Kylie crashed into her enemy.

An aerial attack aircraft that was also used when going to help Lucia.

‘Comet Sword.’

Kylie fell, drawing a blue diagonal line in the dark night sky.

The Reaper couldn’t sense Kylie.

So, for Kylie, the first surprise attack was an advantageous opportunity to secure victory.

The torn wind blew my hair.

Kylie swung her sword just in time for the collision.

-bang!

The ground exploded and dust rose.

Kylie’s sword touched something, but didn’t cut her.

I was hit and pushed away.

Breaking through the dust cloud, the opponent rushed forward.

He quickly stretched out his sword and took defense.

-Kang!

‘knife?’

The opponent, like Kylie, was also holding a sword.

Undaunted by the blockage, the opponent rotated his body and continued his sword strike.

Every time the swords clashed, Kylie’s wrists went numb.

‘You’re stronger than me?’

She was not confident that she would lose to anyone through sheer strength alone.

She was astonished by the other person’s strength.

That wasn’t all.

An elegant swordsmanship that moves smoothly and cuts and stabs like water.

It was the same swordsmanship that Kylie used before training with Lucia.

‘Now that I see it, it even resembles a sword. ‘What on earth is this guy doing?’

Kylie’s sword, which she was defending as she retreated, was tilted wide to the side.

The upper body opens.

The Shinigami thrust his sword in as if he had been waiting.

Kylie leaned forward, relying on the strength to bend.

He narrowly dodged the sword and struck the opponent’s arm with a back kick.

‘Tsk. After all, his skills.’

It was not a sword, but Lucia’s technique of fighting with her whole body as well as what she could hold in her hand.

I kicked with the intention of making the sword lose its grip, but the Shinigami’s strength was unyielding.

‘This is not someone you can waste time clumsily with.’

I tried to deal with it moderately and wait for support, but it was not a very easy enemy.

Kylie acknowledged that fact and raised her mana.

The hot mana that engulfed his entire body formed a blue light on the surface of the sword.

A technique using sword techniques that I learned from Ian and almost killed him.

The blow is spread widely to shake the senses, and the blow is released as thin as paper to assassinate.

“Inhale!”

Kylie took a deep breath and swung her sword widely.

At the same time, the Shinigami also copied his movements.

-Kwakagak!

The sword energy rises up the ground and radiates out in a fan shape.

The same sword energy was fired from both Kylie and the Shinigami.

Although Kylie was embarrassed, she immediately hit back.

In the middle of swinging the second sword, Kylie felt uncomfortable.

The other person had already finished the second sword strike.

‘no way… .’

Immediately after completing the movement, even though I was puzzled.

-puck!

A vertical crescent moon-shaped sword flew out and stuck in the body.

“Big black… .”

As soon as I shot out my sword energy, I fell backwards.

The Shinigami swung his sword and easily struck off his own sword energy.

“Who are you… .”

Kylie asked, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth.

The other person remained silent.

I didn’t expect you to answer anyway.

“Kkkk… . It’s been a long time since I felt like this. Is it good?”

This is a situation where you have to fight for your life against an opponent who has the power to take away.

A sacred showdown governed by the Golden Rule of Power.

I couldn’t bear to see it, and it was a fun experience.

‘… It hasn’t been that long.’

I felt it every time I sparred with Lucia, who had recently become stronger, but it was different now.

At that time, it didn’t occur to me that I might die.

But now, it’s like being on the verge of death.

“Let’s die.”

The speaking habits that follow us whenever we fight are habits to harden ourselves in situations like this.

“Spring… .”

Kylie takes a breath.

“Ugh… .”

The other person also took a deep breath.

The surrounding air was sucked in toward two points.

Kylie frowned and glared at her opponent.

In the middle of the two, air swirled that could not be sucked in by either direction.

When you have already filled all the air in your body.

“Inhale!”

They both stopped breathing at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, Kylie’s body jumped forward as if exploding.

The smell of blood, reminiscent of a fishy smile, passes my nose.

-bang!

An explosion of laughter erupts that is hard to believe that swords clashed with swords.

The swords are intertwined.

Kylie put the cross guard on her sword and pulled, but her opponent was stronger.

Rather, it pulls you in.

The moment I raised my arm up and pulled out the sword to avoid it, the Shinigami gave me a kick.

My ribs are broken and my lungs are shrunken.

There is no need to moan in pain.

The Shinigami swings his sword again.

-visor!

Even if you cut it out or spill it.

The Shinigami, flowing like a gentle whirlpool, continued to attack incessantly.

Iron clashed with iron and sparks flew.

The flames were blue because of the black that formed on the two swords.

-bang! bang!

Every time the swords collide, even if you aim for an opening and shoot the sword energy, the opponent will not be hit.

‘You’re fighting dirty… .’

How many times did we exchange swords and swords?

Before we knew it, the number of small wounds on Kylie’s body increased.

Breathing is unstable due to ribs lodged in the lungs.

However, preparations are complete.

Kylie’s characteristic is not just explosive strength.

The skill to delicately handle that power is one of the reasons why she is strong.

Normally, mana is blue, but extremely delicate management techniques can erase that color.

An invisible sword made of colorless and shapeless mana was held in Kylie’s left hand.

‘Intangible sword.’

It is her unique secret that she completed with the mana she built up little by little while frantically attacking with her sword.

Kylie lunged at her opponent and swung her hands as if she were wielding dual swords.

The Shinigami slowly raised his sword and took a defensive stance.

Kylie grinned.

Because it has no shape, it cuts even if you block it.

‘I cut it.’

but.

-thud!

The Shinigami twisted his body to the side and deflected his sword downward.

The deflected trajectory exactly matched the shape of the intangible sword.

‘no way… .’

The Shinigami who dodged to the side counterattacked.

However, the swinging posture was exactly the same as his own sword technique.

Even though it clearly holds only one sword.

-visor!

I blocked the sword, but

“Huh… !”

Couldn’t stop it.

I was cut by something invisible.

Rushing towards the staggering Kylie, the Shinigami plunged his sword deeply.

“Kruk… !”

The sword that twisted his abdomen came out to the side and even broke the prosthetic arm of his right arm.

“Kkeuk, kruk… . Big… .”

Kylie sat down on the floor, coughing up blood.

‘Nonsense… . Even the intangible sword can’t be the same… .’

My head feels tight.

My body is cold because of the blood gushing out.

I hold on to my rapidly dissipating senses with my mental strength.

The Shinigami slowly approaches with his sword hanging to the side.

The inside of the robe was visible from below.

It’s dark so it’s not clear, but at least it’s clear that she’s blonde.

Just like yourself… .

I stopped thinking about a reality I couldn’t understand.

You die anyway.

It’s not unfair.

The law of the world is that if you are weak, you die.

That’s why I lived by killing, and that’s why my faith was shaken by Ian’s favor.

However, some regrets remain.

‘hour… I don’t know if I dragged it out enough… .’

My body loses strength.

The Shinigami raises his sword high.

-… … .

I received a message, but I can’t hear it well.

That moment.

-bang!

As if a bomb exploded before my eyes, a cloud of dust rose up.

Through her blurry vision, Kylie saw flowing purple hair.

I slowly close my eyes and look at his back.

‘Just now… .’

She flew out of nowhere like a comet and looked back at Kylie and smiled.

“What should I do if I wander around in a place like this?”

“… … .”

Sigh, Kylie laughed.

Maybe it’s because it’s ridiculous.

Maybe it’s because I’m relieved.

Even she couldn’t know.

“I said it would come quickly. I don’t know if it’s too late.”

Lucia didn’t have time to say anything more.

The Shinigami in front stared at Lucia.

Kylie wanted to see the end of the two and lose consciousness, but her physical condition was not normal.

That moment when I felt like I was going to pass out.

“… ?”

The sun rose far in the northern sky.

At the same time, wounds on the body heal quickly and vitality is restored.

Lucia checked the sun and nodded resolutely.

“I’m looking at you well.”

Immediately after, five swords and two spears appeared around her.

Lucia held one of them in her hand and slowly walked towards the Shinigami.

“East, arrived at Lucia. I will win.”

*

West, Beatrice.

She lost both her prosthetic hand and leg and was left writhing on the ground.

“Ah… .”

A helpless moan escapes.

The enemy in front of me was still stubborn.

It felt like a small castle without even a scratch.

First, the Shinigami she watched took out his bow and aimed it somewhere.

I thought I couldn’t leave it as is, so after reporting, I immediately fired arrows to stop them.

It was a quick surprise attack, but the opponent swung his bow and blocked the magical arrow.

From then on, I felt something was strange.

Even though the arrow’s power was reduced for surprise, I couldn’t imagine blocking it so easily.

Things beyond imagination continued to happen.

The Western Reaper, who used a bow, fought like himself.

Shoot large magic arrows in a condensed manner, or control the direction of the divided arrows to track the opponent.

The battle between the two was fierce, but Beatrice was pushed back little by little.

I was surprised by an arrow that I thought had fallen to the ground and disappeared, coming up through the ground again.

Lastly, even the ultimate skill that I poured all my mana into was completely destroyed by the same skill.

Distortion condensation.

It was a technique that distorted the surrounding space, but it did not work on the opponent.

“Ah… .”

Beatrice let out a moan in a daze.

Mana is depleted and the fallen prosthetic arm cannot be reattached.

The prosthetic leg was half broken.

In the distance, you can see the Shinigami gathering arrows made of mana.

Space is distorted around the condensed mana.

You can write that once and use it again.

Beatrice was devastated.

‘… ‘It’s a dog’s death.’

I look back on my shabby life.

He grew up in a band of common thieves, and lived with looting as his way of life.

After the organization collapsed due to internal division, he fled.

It was a sloppy organization that would not be surprising if it collapsed at any time.

Then I met Ian.

From then on, life wasn’t shabby.

It was a more dazzling moment than ever before.

Even for the rest of my life, I won’t be as good as I was then.

‘… Apologize, did you?’

Even that memory is unclear.

It stopped struggling like a bug with a broken leg.

Beatrice quietly looked at death.

‘I don’t know if the other kids are fighting well… .’

Around the time I thought that in a daze.

Space stopped distorting.

No, all the mana that had been concentrated was scattered.

When I came to my senses and opened my eyes, someone appeared with a sword stuck in the Shinigami’s shoulder.

“Kathi… ?”

Along with that question, the sound in my ears became clearer.

– West, Kati. Fight right away.

*

Aria collapsed.

The protection that no one could break through, the healing that regenerated no matter how injured, and the light that set the world on fire were powerless in front of the enemy.

Reaper of the North.

Strangely enough, the subject, the elite of the Demon King’s army, used miracles just like Aria.

I created a shield with light and shot out a scorching ray.

The surprise didn’t end there.

‘Genesis… .’

The most powerful technique that Aria can use.

The Shinigami used the technique of sending a barrage of light down vertically from the sky.

Aria, who had been hit directly by the light, fell to the floor feeling burning pain.

My body doesn’t move.

There is no strength left to heal.

It took some time, but I’m not sure if it was enough.

My weakened heart falters.

‘Is this how I die…? .’

I lost all the things I held in my hands, and now I’m picking them back up little by little.

Do you have to give up your life before you can even contain it?

‘My life… . What was it worth? .’

For what purpose did you become greedy for material things and take advantage of other people’s values?

After meeting Sisyphus, I gained enlightenment, but I also gained doubts.

Is your own value filled with the value of others really worth it?

The Shinigami extends his hand.

Now, when the ray is fired, it will turn into ashes and disperse.

As the pilgrim’s name suggests, it will burn into ashes.

Since I came to worship life right in the face of death, can this also be called a pilgrimage?

Light slowly gathers in the Shinigami’s hand.

I blinked my drowsy eyes and waited, and that moment when the condensed light flashed.

-thud!

Something appeared and blocked her path.

The orange braid sticking out from under the helmet sways slightly.

The person dressed in dazzling armor like a paladin, holding a mace, and blocking the beam of light with a shield.

It must be a small child, but it feels big.

“I’m here to help. Are you okay?”

Helena asked.

Aria didn’t even have the strength to answer.

“I will sort it out soon.”

Helena made a separate hemispherical shield to protect Aria and then reported.

“North, arrived at Helena. I will protect my allies.”

Following Helena’s voice, reports came in one after another through my dizzy hearing.

– West, Kati. Fight right away.

-Arrived in the east, Lucia. I will win.

-South, Vivian arrives. I will help you.

Helena knelt down, shielding herself in front.

Aria watched the back blankly.

“God said, “This place where He has descended is the realm of the dead, and it will also be a sanctuary where there is no evil for Him to stay.””

‘The Lord’s Prayer?’

Arya was a bit puzzled as she listened to Helena’s prayer.

The content of the prayer was slightly different from what he was familiar with.

“He commands. Let there be guidance of light for the blind.”

Light slowly emanated from Helena’s back.

Stretching out to the side, it soon took shape and became wings.

The one pair of wings grew and spread out more and more, soon becoming three pairs.

“Then, the guidance of light appeared.”

With her angel wings shining, Helena slowly stood up.

“Glory of God to those who disbelieve.”

That moment.

Suddenly, I thought my vision became brighter.

The sun rose high above Helena’s head.

Aria opened her mouth blankly and looked up at the sun.

It wasn’t the real sun.

The light that rose like a haze from Helena coalesced into a spherical mass.

It was so big, bright, and high up that it looked like the sun had descended on the earth.

A miracle mentioned in the Bible happened right before my eyes.

It was a reenactment of a myth.

This is the scene when God first appeared before the seven apostles.

[On a dark night, God revealed himself before the apostles, and the darkness died and life sprouted.]

The story of how the sun god first revealed himself.

People call it this.

‘Embodiment of the sun… .’

Or, obscure the moon.

The small sun brightened up the entire surroundings.

Aria’s body, exposed to the light, healed quickly.

At the same time, the Shinigami deployed protection to block the light, as if in pain.

The reaper wearing protective gear approached quickly.

It was decided that Helena, who had summoned the sun, should not be left alone.

The Shinigami who had thrown his body was in the posture of swinging his fist, and light was gathering in his hands like a whirlwind.

This is the look Aria showed when she killed the corps commander not long ago.

Helena hurriedly raised her shield to defend herself.

thud! And for a moment, my body shook.

Helena also did the same even though she deployed strong protection.

Boom again!

The Shinigami did not stop punching.

It seemed as if they were not giving Helena time to fight back.

Although it was slow, he put all his strength into each punch.

Helena saw the Reaper through the shield.

For a moment, gray eyes glowed eerily from under the hood.

At the moment when the fist flew again, Helena swung her shield as if extending her fist.

The shield and fist collided.

Helena tried to push forward, but the reaper instead slid to the side and pulled on Helena’s shield.

“Ugh!”

Helena collapsed from the strong force.

As I quickly raised my rolling body, the Shinigami’s knee struck me beyond the narrow field of vision of the helmet.

“!”

He dodged it by lying on his side and hit his ankle with the mace.

After seeing that the Shinigami had stumbled, he quickly got up and retreated, but before he knew it, the Shinigami who had corrected his posture was in front of him.

It was too late to defend.

“Ugh… !”

The Shinigami’s fist hit his stomach hard.

Although it was covered with sturdy armor and protection, the shock was transmitted.

Helena held her breath and pushed the reaper away with her shield.

The reaper who retreated didn’t stop, but nodded and muttered.

“Dixique Deus, Fiat lux.”

‘The Lord’s Prayer?’

“Et, facta est lux.”

A separate light appears around the sun in the sky and falls vertically.

It was a light that seemed to turn the earth upside down for a new era.

Aria was once again astonished as she saw the light that resembled creation and destruction.

‘Genesis… .’

It was a technique he had used on the Shinigami, but it didn’t even work.

The Genesis used by the Shinigami was much more powerful than his own.

Helena raised her shield directly against the vertically falling beam.

The wings of light on her back also wrapped around her.

Several rays of white and hot light fell around Helena.

It was a bombardment of light.

Arya anxiously watched Helena crouching inside with her shield raised.

On the other side, the grim reaper glared at Helena.

As long as it was in that light, it was difficult for even the Shinigami to approach it.

When the bombardment of light finally ended.

The wings of light spread out and blew away the boiling heat of the earth.

Inside, Helena, dressed in armor, appeared.

“… … .”

Aria was embarrassed to see her fine.

On the other hand, Helena was not completely fine.

‘It’s hot…’ .’

It was not an easy strength for her to withstand.

[Mors slopebit et natura.]

As the Shinigami sang a hymn this time, pure white light spread around the Shinigami and a sanctuary was drawn on the floor.

Helena was displeased with the sight.

“This is not your sanctuary… .”

This Reaper may not be the end.

With that in mind, I planned to save some strength, but I was arrogant.

It was not an opponent that could be defeated that way.

The moment when sacred light dwells in the body of the Shinigami again.

bang! Helena hit the floor with her mace.

Then, all the light centered on the Shinigami shattered like glass and dispersed.

Helena stretched out one hand forward with her shield planted on the floor.

“Come, light.”

Then, the broken light was sucked into Helena.

Helena, who absorbed the Shinigami’s light, naturally developed a halo.

She did not give the Shinigami a chance.

I rush in at once and raise my shield to strike.

The Shinigami who was hit couldn’t hold on and fell backwards.

The moment the reaper quickly stood up, Helena struck the ground again with her mace with all her might.

-Kwagwagwang!

A crack formed like an earthquake and extended towards the Shinigami.

Light burst out from the crack and seemed to devour the Shinigami.

The reaper tried to get far away by floating his body.

When the reaper was in the air, Helena was flying in front of him as if she was leaping.

My vision spun with a dull shock.

Helena’s mace hit him directly in the face.

-thud!

The Shinigami who was thrown to the ground had his face stuck between the cracks in the ground.

Helena came down behind him and struck the defenseless Reaper’s back with her mace with all her might.

-thud! thud! thud!

Swing it one after another.

One hit, one hit, with all my might.

The Shinigami’s body was shaking helplessly.

Aria could not take her eyes off the barbaric act.

A holy girl paladin with three pairs of shining wings mercilessly strikes the back of the fallen enemy’s neck.

I was fascinated by the cruel and destructive sacredness.

Only when it finally lost all strength and went limp did Helena stop hitting.

“Whew… .”

I blocked Genesis from the front and even took a few hits, but I still won.

“… … .”

Aria looked at it dumbly, then laughed helplessly and fell to the floor.

‘… I lost.’

That Shinigami was much stronger and stronger than himself.

However, Helena was only slightly pushed back and defeated the reaper.

In the first place, when the sun rose, Arya could never surpass Helena.

Aria looked at the warm sun and closed her eyes.

‘enfant terrible.’

The corpse of the Shinigami shattered into powder and was blown around by the wind, flying into the Devil’s Castle.

Helena, who was looking at it with suspicion, first reported it to the earring.

“North, finished.”