Episode 197
Platy opened his eyes wide at my question.
“… … How sharp. None of the other ascenders noticed it right away.”
“It’s so obvious that it’s being reconstructed, but you don’t notice it?”
“I think that most people are reborn through the power of the souls they offer as sacrifices.”
Similar but different.
That’s not just a simple replay.
Should we call it a kind of division?
I’ve killed Platy exactly three times so far.
So the platy I killed was fake?
no.
It was all real.
Just like Goldilocks, the blonde girl from Goldilocks and the Three Bears, she was a being with a certain amount of power that was neither too little nor too much, and everyone was the same and divided.
It was obvious.
It’s a split soul.
For example, it is like this.
Platy existed in a state where he divided his own soul into equal parts and put all of the remaining souls, except for one, into a box.
If you kill an existing Platy, it will take its split soul out of the box and reconstruct its body.
And the second one.
The fact that it has eaten so many people means that it needs energy other than Platy’s own energy to do that.
You can think of it as something like a price, but according to my senses, I heard the screams of many souls disappearing every time Platy was reconstructed and appeared.
Platy split his own soul, feeding on the souls of countless others he had already eaten.
This is clearly different from regeneration using the power of the souls offered as sacrifices. The creature uses two types of energy: its own natural energy and the power of the souls offered as sacrifices.
It’s not about playing, it’s about loading.
And if you look closely.
The stars called Gucheon are not the stage for the story of the stars, but it was clear that items like the ‘Reset Ticket’ could be used.
Otherwise, that number of souls cannot be explained.
This was enough.
“Have you ever seen anyone use the same method as me?”
“No, but I know of a crazy alchemist who thought similarly.”
“… … It can’t be Star #2403, it must be Titan. Heh heh… … . I’m really curious.”
I didn’t bother to answer.
First of all, I stepped back.
I moved quite a distance away from Platy. I lightly ignored Platy’s gaze that was looking at me with a puzzled look and planted the Heavenly Sword in the ground.
Slowly, I took the coat out of the subspace.
This is the coat he always wore on Titan. It is a masterpiece among masterpieces made from the skins of dragons he had slain.
My hair was bothering me.
I haven’t cut it recently so it’s gotten a bit long, so I just let it hang down.
I need to get it cut soon.
Phew.
He opened his mouth, gasping for breath.
“Seongcheol-ah.”
Joo Sung-cheol, who had been far away, quickly flies next to me and kneels down.
“Yes, my lord.”
“Did you find it?”
It was clear who he was talking about.
Hong Hyun.
I told the guy to find Hong Hyun. Joo Sung-cheol answers.
“Yes, I found it.”
“But why did you come alone?”
“… … Firstly, because his condition is not good, and secondly, because there is something I must inform my lord.”
I can guess roughly.
“Why doesn’t that kid die no matter how hard he tries to kill himself?”
“Yes. He said we need to find the source and destroy it.”
He chuckled.
“When are you sitting there looking for that?”
“… … I’ll look into it.”
“Okay. There’s an easier way.”
“……yes?”
There is only one thing I know of.
“If we kill until we die, there will be no need to look for a source of supply or a source of sustenance, right?”
“… … Heh heh… … .”
There is no way that Joo Sung-cheol, who is blankly staring at the camera, would be smiling like a villain.
It was Platy’s smile as he stood from afar, watching me talking to Joo Sung-chul with his arms folded.
I just ignored it. Facts are facts.
“Looking for a source of supply and all that kind of stuff is just a trick. So just sit over there, spread out a mat, and watch.”
“… … My lord… … .”
“Let’s beat that up today and go somewhere nice and have a beer.”
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He asked as if he had forgotten to grab the handle of the Heavenly Sword that was stuck in the ground.
“That Hong Hyun from Star #12 is not very good?”
“… … Yes. I think there’s about 30 minutes left.”
Only then did Platy take a step forward.
“It feels like watching a funny comedy.”
“It won’t be fun.”
“No, this is fun enough. Are you in a hurry? How much of my soul do you think you just killed?”
“Should I know?”
“You should know. Up until now, you have killed only about 20% of my soul. And you should think about it this way. If I could contain my power in proportion to the split soul, wouldn’t I be able to readjust the split soul ratio now?”
He chuckled.
He smiled and cheered up.
The coat flutters. Hair flutters. The white lotus flower is embedded in the Cheonha Sword. The soul opens and the world.
Pause for a moment.
Platy appeared to be opening his mouth.
That was it.
Crunch-!
In an instant, I swing my Heavenly Sword and Platy’s neck soars into the sky.
He said this while looking down at Platy’s body lying on the floor.
“Then let’s readjust it now.”
Immediately, he turned his body and swung his sword.
Crunch-!
In an instant, Platy’s neck reconstructed and appeared behind me, rising into the sky once again.
“Seongcheol-ah.”
“Yes, my lord.”
He frowned for a moment.
My senses are screaming. Right now, something is coming from the right.
He swung the Heavenly Sword.
Kwaaaaang-!!
There was a loud noise and my body was pushed two steps to the side, and Platy’s body was pushed two steps.
He continued speaking, still looking at the intact guy.
“I’ll finish in 20 minutes, so wait.”
Joo Sung-cheol falls flat on his face on the spot.
He shouted.
“Your name-!”
At the same time.
Phagectic.
Lightning-like things began to flash all over Platy’s body.
He said, wiping away the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.
“… … I just changed the ratio.”
“so?”
“Aren’t you curious? What is the percentage?”
“I’m not really curious.”
“It’s a whopping 20%. Right now, the ratio of my split soul is one fifth.”
Oh, really.
There definitely are kids like this.
Those who keep talking dirty even though they say they aren’t curious.
“The will of a mortal who challenges the ascendant will live on high.”
I talk a lot, but I don’t have a motor in my mouth like that kid.
There is only one thing that is important.
That means you only have to kill it five times.
He left the seat without saying a word.
* * *
Joo Sung-cheol doesn’t know what he looks like now.
If there had been a mirror, I might have screamed at the sight of my own face reflected in it.
It was worth it.
Now, Joo Sung-cheol was sitting in his seat, blankly watching the fight unfolding before his eyes.
His mouth was wide open, and blood and saliva were flowing out. Joo Sung-cheol didn’t even realize it. If someone who didn’t know saw it from afar, they would have thought, “What the hell is that idiot kid doing here?”
this.
This reaction was natural.
Joo Sung-cheol has never seen Jin Shi-hoo fight ‘properly’ for even a single moment.
The same goes for platy.
The beings called ascendants are clearly of a much higher rank than the beings called constellations.
Few people even knew about their existence.
Whether they were primordial beings or continually changing.
Is it true that the name Ascendant Platy has been passed down from generation to generation?
Nothing is known.
They just existed like that.
It was just strong.
Just reigned.
No one doubted them.
Obviously, their power was ‘real’.
With a single gesture, space is distorted, and they can do anything in the world as they wish.
Beyond killing someone, how do you kill them, whether by blowing them up, by drying them, or by tearing their limbs off in their normal state?
They can choose all of that.
Should we say that this is an overwhelming position of the perpetrator?
Many constellations have challenged the position of the Ascendants.
The fact that Cheonma Ju Seong-cheol is the 66,666th star means that at the time Ju Seong-cheol became a constellation, there were a total of 66,665 constellations excluding Ju Seong-cheol himself.
It’s stranger not to challenge, and they all fail.
Who could possibly threaten their absolute stronghold?
Joo Sung-cheol was watching now.
It’s that guy.
Jin Shihou was threatening the stronghold of the ascendants. No, more than threatening, in Zhou Shengch’e’s view, he was ‘overwhelming’ them.
Jin Shihou stretches out his hand. His hand catches Platy’s wrist.
He broke Platy’s arm as it was. Platy’s body swayed. Jin Shihou could not miss the gap in his balance.
He swung the Heavenly Sword that he was holding tightly in his left hand.
Crunch-!
Cut Platy’s right shoulder and dig into it.
When his lungs were cut open, his forehead was cut open, and his heart was cut halfway, he suddenly stopped. Platy’s arm, which had regenerated in an instant, was grabbing Jin Shihou’s Heavenly Sword.
It’s a power struggle.
Even if half of the body is cut off, the body shape, the muscles of the body, and the quality of the ecstasy.
It definitely won’t fall off.
They are such beings. Monsters that cannot exist according to human common sense.
Joo Sung-cheol thought that Jin Shi-hoo would back down in that situation.
The reason I had this thought was because a strangely shaped, unidentifiable ball appeared above Platy’s head.
Joo Sung-cheol recognized at a glance the power contained in it, which shook incompletely as if it would explode at any moment.
It was clear that it had a destructive power greater than that of thousands of nuclear bombs, enough to completely obliterate a nation, and its mere existence threatened Qin Shihou.
It was literally just a threat.
Jin Shihou didn’t hesitate. Thud thud, his muscles swelled.
It was resolute.
The power struggle is meaningless, and there is nothing like an unidentified bomb created to make you back down.
It was all meaningless.
Jin Shihou never hesitates for a single moment during his fight. He also never backs down or is afraid.
Crunch-!
Jin Shihou’s sword cut through Platy’s heart. Platy’s body suddenly stopped. On the other hand, Jin Shihou’s sword was still moving.
It’s a natural procedure. No matter what you do, if all your bodily functions stop for a moment during a fight, it’s not just a gap, it’s like you’re begging to be killed.
That’s why.
Crunch-!
It was only natural that Platy’s neck would fly off.
Jin Shihou wasn’t fine either. His whole body was covered in wounds.
His favorite coat was torn in places and blood was flowing from his arms and legs.
It seemed that the regenerative power had reached its limit, but aside from major wounds, minor wounds such as bruises were still there. Blood was flowing out of them.
