Episode 235
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It was a world swept by the cold of space winter and the end of the world.
The Shadow Lord raised his head, overlaying that very world.
The bubbles that had been floating around the Immortal Frederick were being swallowed up by the cold air one by one. Soon, only one scenery remained among the bubbles contained in the Immortal’s magic book, ‘The Bubble of the End’.
It was a universe that ended in ice.
“The world will end in ice. Ah, it is so true.”
Seeing that sight, the Immortal finally opened his mouth. It was by no means the embarrassment he had shown just now.
“Forgive me, you child who praises the Shadow Lord.”
“What are you talking about?”
“When you took what I had and declared yourself the Shadow Lord, I thought you were nothing more than a usurper.”
“… … .”
“But you are worthy. Like me, you are worthy to stand against the throne of shadows.”
Was he trying to say surrender? But he wasn’t.
“As an opponent whom I must defeat with all my might, I truly salute you.”
Once again, tentacles writhed beneath the Immortal’s feet, and bubbles bubbled above them.
As the name ‘Bubble of the End’ suggests, each bubble contained a landscape of a world that had collapsed after the end of the world.
Without exception, these were worlds that ended in ice during the cosmic winter.
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At the same time, the bubbles burst and the ‘end of the world’ contained within them flowed out. The cold air of the end poured down like a flood to submerge Dale’s existence, and Dale stretched out his arms to fight against it.
The shadow heart and circle accelerated, scattering the primordial darkness.
“Are you still trying to deny the truth of transience?”
The Immortal asked back.
“When this world ends in ice and is swallowed up in darkness once again, what do you think our struggles will mean?”
“As I said, for me, the end of the world is a good thing.”
“Are you trying to turn away from the truth?”
The endlessly rising bubbles burst, and the ‘end of the world’ contained within them flowed out endlessly. It was a wave of swirling cold air.
But Dale scattered the primordial darkness against the cold of the apocalypse, and the cold that poured down like a flood was completely swallowed up by the darkness.
“My father told me to think about things that are not fleeting in the face of death.”
“There is nothing that is not fleeting in the face of death. People die, stars die, and eventually even this universe will face death. Look at the winter of the universe that you and I are unfolding right now. That is the truth.”
It was exactly as he said. The world of ideas that Dale was unfolding, and the world that the Immortal was confining in the bubbles of the end, were all pointing to a single landscape.
A world ended in ice.
People die, stars die, the universe dies, the world dies.
Both great wizards who claimed to be Shadow Lords never denied that fact.
But when it came to that ending, the two wizards were giving conflicting answers.
“Do you know why fun things end?”
So Dale asked back. The immortal tilted his head for a moment at the unexpected question.
“It is also to end sad and painful things.”
When happy things end, sad and painful things also end.
“The end of this world is probably for that reason as well. And the end is not as fleeting as you think.”
“… … .”
“But in the eternal life, the Immortal Lord, neither joy nor sorrow nor pain will ever end. Does the end of the world still feel like such a fleeting and terrifying truth?”
Dale asked back. For a moment, the Immortal remained silent.
There was just a little boy there.
And the little boy was asking Dale why there was an end to this world.
I was asking what meaning there was in this world where everything would eventually end.
“Just as happy things come to an end, accept that sad and painful things can also come to an end because they have an end.”
Dale continued speaking in front of the child.
“Rather, what is truly fleeting and vain is that which has no end, just like your life, Immortal.”
“How funny.”
“Even if you end up here, nothing will change. I still have fun things to do.”
“What is that?”
“To bring down the empire of fire and light, and see the end of vengeance.”
Dale answered coldly.
“As I said, nothing that has an end is so fleeting and vain. On the contrary, there is nothing more terrible and fleeting than endless revenge.”
“… … .”
The child burst into laughter, and at the same time endless bubbles rose from the ground beneath him.
Apocalyptic bubbles that imply the end of the world.
Those bubbles were once again illuminating the end.
──It was the end of the Immortal King who was defeated and fell before the Shadow Lord.
The Immortal burst into a bitter laugh at the sight.
“Was it so, you were the death of me?”
As if he finally understood.
Witnessing his own end, the child burst into laughter, as if he could not stand it any longer.
“Come, my death.”
Choaack!
At the same time, tentacles began to rise up around the feet of the Immortal.
The distance between the two people who had seemed to be talking right in front of each other until just before began to grow endlessly.
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A distance of just a few meters becomes tens, hundreds, thousands of meters.
And then giant tentacles began to sprout, visible from kilometers away.
The giant body wrapped in tentacles finally rose up.
In order to protect its owner, the grimoire 『Bubble of the End』 descended in the form of an incarnation.
Kwung, thump!
A swarm of tentacles slammed down on Dale, crushing him, and at the same time, the auror hearts within Dale exploded.
The otherworldly warrior wearing the armor of a Night Raven Knight kicked the ground.
In the meantime, the distance between the two people, which had been growing endlessly, finally began to narrow.
Kwung, thump!
The tentacles surged down endlessly, and the warrior drew his beloved sword.
The Peacemaker emitted a brilliant light, and one of its tentacles was torn to pieces, leaving no trace.
I could hear Shub’s laughter right next to me.
Dale ran on without a care.
The distance closed, and the swarm of tentacles surged forward. Peacemaker swung.
Tick tock.
The moving hands of the clock have stopped.
And in that very moment, the otherworldly warrior kicked the ground.
He climbed onto the tentacles swinging towards him and began to run at them.
The stopped second hand began to move again, and bubbles began to bubble again over the tentacles.
Bubbles and tentacles descended on Dale, and that was it.
Ashes began to scatter from the area Dale was standing on.
The ash of extinction contained in the Book of Cold Ashes.
The Lord of Ashes stood by Dale’s side, and Shub also joined the fight, beginning to sprout her tentacles.
The tentacle giant let out an ear-piercing roar.
Dale’s existence in front of him would be nothing more than a mayfly. But nothing would change.
Even tiny creatures like mosquitoes can sometimes take human lives.
The distance narrowed, and the giant’s tentacles continued to descend right in front of my nose.
In response, the ash of destruction and the tentacles of Shuv scattered, and the warrior from another world tore and dug into the giant’s body.
Meanwhile, the Shadow Heart was accelerating endlessly, scattering the ‘primordial darkness’.
The power of creation.
That very darkness transformed into a weapon from another world and slammed down on the giant.
Just like when I once faced the monsters that threatened the Earth as a ‘monster hunter’.
The iron-clad dragons that covered the sky, the fighter-bombers rained down endless barrages of fire.
Countless missiles were fired from the ground, and it was a battlefield literally engulfed in the flames of hell.
An empire of steel that even the Bloodthirsty King trembles and yearns for.
What Dale is now imposing upon this world is precisely that empire of violence.
Kwung, thump! thump!
The sound of an explosion echoed. The darkness of the beginning, the cold of the end, and the flames of annihilation that belonged nowhere were swirling.
Even in the midst of all this, the ‘Warrior of the Other World’ paid no attention. He dug into the giant’s body and continued to advance, tearing through its horrifying flesh and bones.
Towards the immortal monster waiting for death at the end.
Dale walked forward, knocking down the endless swarm of tentacles sprouting from the giant’s body.
Finally, an empty hall of meat, like the great hall of a castle, came into view.
In the center of the hall was a young child waiting for death.
“Ah, here it comes, my death.”
As if he had known it would be like that, his empty eyes smiled bitterly.
Dale adjusted his grip on the sword and started walking.
The distance has narrowed.
The child neither ran away nor resisted. He simply accepted Dale’s advance silently.
“Why didn’t I realize it sooner?”
The child muttered weakly.
Dale raised his sword without saying a word. It was at that moment.
─ It’s not too late.
A voice was heard.
It was the girl with the goat horns who had remained silent until now.
“Ah, Lize… …! My lovely daughter.”
Shubga quietly approached the Immortal.
And to the Immortal it was not a swarm of disgusting tentacles at all.
“Now I can’t even remember why I was so obsessed with shadows.”
The phoenix laughed self-deprecatingly.
“What on earth could it possibly mean, that I had to sacrifice my beloved daughter for it?”
─ It’s okay now, Dad.
Shuv, at the same time, the Immortal’s daughter, Lize, laughed.
─ Now that it’s all over.
end.
It was exactly the same scenery as the bubble of the apocalypse had once shown.
The Last of the Immortals.
“It’s the first time the word ‘it’s over’ has sounded so sweet.”
However, the expression on the face of the immortal who was accepting the end was filled with an indescribable peace.
The lovely daughter threw herself into her father’s arms, and Dale silently thrust the tip of his sword down upon her.
Phew!
Dale’s sword pierced the Immortal’s heart. Blood spurted out, and a faint smile appeared on the Immortal’s face.
Just then, his body began to crumble.
And until the last ashes disappeared, Shub remained silently by his father’s side.
Only after the last ash had disappeared did Shubh rise.
The little girl was no longer there.
The old dark mother simply looked at the shadow lord with a dignified smile.
The exam is over.
The Shadow Empire will finally kneel at Dale’s feet.
The long-awaited time has arrived.
It was time to bring down the Empire of Fire and Light and teach the Golden Monarch an end.
