Episode 271
Ah, I can’t get any stronger.
The first time I had this idea was when my combat power exceeded 1 million.
It was also a point when the average ability score exceeded 600.
At that time, Choi Hyun-seok thought.
There’s no point in getting stronger here.
Even if you level up and increase your points, it doesn’t bring meaningful results.
Because it was already overwhelmingly strong.
Another reason was that he had reached the limit of the power he could control.
Then, Choi Hyun-seok instinctively felt it.
‘To get stronger here, you have to become something completely new, something different from what you’ve been before.’
I don’t know why I thought that.
It was just a gut feeling.
And Choi Hyun-seok was confident.
‘I can do it.’
If you are yourself, you can reach that new something.
A turning point.
If we can break down this invisible, yet clearly blocking wall, we will reach our destination in one go.
But, that was where it ended.
Choi Hyun-seok couldn’t go any further.
To be exact, it stopped by itself.
‘Now is not the time to be hung up on such abstract things.’
There was no time to rest as the hordes of fanatics were advancing.
Besides, the final battle is just around the corner.
I don’t know when I’ll be able to reach it.
But I thought that it was not the time to be hung up on a mirage whose existence was unclear in the first place.
Honestly, I knew it.
“He ran away.”
Choi Hyun-seok was so tired.
The battle with the fanatics continues.
No, should we call it a massacre?
Although the physical fatigue was considerable, what was truly serious was the mental fatigue.
The sense of guilt and shame that built up from killing countless people with my own hands was unbearable.
A new realm, or something, that I felt during that time.
If we do reach it, what happens then?
Choi Hyun-seok was anxious.
When you really reach that new level.
At that time, it really felt like I was going to abandon humanity.
It seemed like it would just remain a killing machine with superior performance.
So I ran away.
I tried hard to ignore it and not notice it.
“There is nowhere to run anymore.”
Excessive concentration creates the illusion that time slows down and your mind goes blank.
Mana began to spin furiously.
Mana, which was gaining speed more and more, soon merged with the body.
Choi Hyun-seok smiled faintly at the Pope.
“The reason you’re half-baked. That’s only natural.” “… What do you mean?” “Your goal is a realm that cannot be reached with divine power in the first place.”
In fact, I felt it the moment I saw the Pope in the palace.
The Pope had reached something new, something he had thought was possible.
One, it is imperfect.
This is because the basis of the Pope’s power is divine power.
“Mana is the source of everything.”
Magic, magic, divine power.
They are all just branches of mana.
Everything in the world is made of mana.
A cycle that begins with mana and ends with mana.
“To transcend reality… is to become one with the source, mana.”
This is only possible because it is Choi Hyun-seok.
It is the only one that handles mana, and has a body with an overwhelmingly high affinity for mana.
A phenomenon that can never be found in other humans.
At some point, his body was ready.
All that remained was one’s own will.
It occurred to me that perhaps Hemis knew this fact.
Wheeeeeeeeing-!
Mana swirls around Choi Hyun-seok.
I want to move.
When I thought about it that way, Mana moved naturally as if it were a part of my body.
The force was so strong that for a moment I had the illusion that the space around me was distorted.
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“Uh, how…”
The Pope looked at the sight with a bewildered expression.
Embarrassed. Confused. Jealous. Fearful.
All kinds of thoughts and feelings are floating around in my head.
“I can’t admit it… I…!”
All those emotions come together to create one.
“I can’t admit it!!!”
It was a terrible anger.
***
Divine power is scattered.
The pure white crystals that had settled all over Gratiam swirled around, creating a storm.
“Oh my god!”
“God is angry!”
“Receive the punishment! Hahahaha!”
The fanatics on the ground greeted the storm with open arms.
“How did I get here…! Do you think I’d just collapse like this?”
The Pope gave himself up to intense anger.
The efforts he has made for over a hundred years.
I couldn’t accept the reality that this was the ending of the story.
He couldn’t admit that Aesong, who had only been in this world for a few years, had surpassed him.
That he himself was afraid of that little girl.
So he got angry.
“I don’t care what you are! I will kill you here and become a being that transcends everything!” Hoooooooow!
The swirling crystals of divine power began to gather together.
A size that is different from anything I’ve seen before.
The diameter alone seemed to be several hundred meters.
The energy emitted by the giant spherical crystal made the air tremble.
“What the heck! What the heck is going on!?”
Park Hyun-ah, who had been watching from the ground, opened her eyes wide.
That’s no wonder, the energy contained in that sphere was more than enough to completely annihilate the entire Gratiam.
As the old saying goes, when whales fight, the shrimp’s back gets broken.
If I was not careful, I might have been in trouble standing next to him.
“Don’t stand there stupidly. Get out of here. Our role is over.”
Park Hyun-ah and Hemis.
And all the legends, including Kinley Fusell, retreated from the battlefield.
I had a gut feeling that there was nothing more I could do on this battlefield.
“Die!!!!!”
Soon, the giant sphere begins to move.
Choi Hyun-seok stood there and looked at the mass of divine power approaching.
You can avoid it if you want, but doing so will cause it to fall into the city.
It was obvious that people in the city would die.
“There was no need to avoid it in the first place.”
Choi Hyun-seok lightly kicked the air.
Kwajik!
The space you step on becomes distorted.
He was shot like a light and soon found himself standing in front of a giant sphere.
Choi Hyun-seok raised his leg toward the sphere without hesitation.
Paaaaang-!
A sphere that was falling to the ground turns 180 degrees and flies into the sky.
The sphere, which was rising at a tremendous speed, soon caused a huge explosion.
Kwaaaa …
The world is dyed white.
It was difficult to open my eyes because of the strong light.
A blast of high-temperature heat blew in as a tremendous amount of energy was dissipated.
Choi Hyun-seok raised his hand and spread his mana widely to block the aftermath of the explosion.
“It’s more dangerous than I thought.”
Choi Hyun-seok was secretly surprised by the stronger power than expected.
What would have happened if the sphere had not been blocked?
Any living thing within a radius of at least several kilometers would have died.
“I need to die quickly.”
Choi Hyun-seok kicked the air again.
The Pope raised his arms to protect his head, almost instinctively.
Kuung!
The Pope’s new form is shot backwards with a heavy noise.
Choi Hyun-seok followed him and continued to throw punches and kicks.
Boom! Boom! Crunch!
The Pope was flung through the air with each shockwave.
I just can’t cope with it.
Choi Hyun-seok’s speed was on a whole other level.
The speed is so great that you can’t even tell where the attack is coming from.
Even though he was beaten so many times and was out of his mind, the Pope’s anger did not subside.
“Me, me! All the things I’ve done!!!” “You’re tenacious. Didn’t you say earlier that the longer you resist, the more painful it becomes? I’ll give it back to you. Just give up.”
The difference in power between the two is overwhelming.
Just as the Pope had previously overwhelmed Choi Hyun-seok.
Choi Hyun-seok was overwhelming the Pope even more.
The Pope, who had been transformed in just a few minutes, suddenly released divine powers.
“Kuaaaaaaaaaah!”
Light burst out, radiating divine power in all directions.
“I won’t disappear like this! If I can’t have you, I’ll destroy you! No, I’ll make sure that no one on this land survives!”
Once again, decisions swirled around the Pope.
But it was different than before.
The rush of decision began to take hold of the Pope’s body.
Swaaaaaaah!
A mass of divine power that rotates violently and increases in volume.
In it, the Pope himself became the focal point of a huge decision.
“Is this a suicide mission?”
For the first time, confusion appeared on Choi Hyun-seok’s face.
The size of the decision grew at an unimaginable rate.
The diameter of the decision exceeded several kilometers in the blink of an eye.
“Uh… This might be a bit dangerous.”
Just a moment ago, something a few hundred meters in diameter had the power to obliterate this city.
But this time, it’s a giant crystal several kilometers across.
The energy contained within it was not something that could be simply expressed as a lot.
The area within a radius of several tens of kilometers from the blast point would be completely obliterated, and half of the continent might turn into a land of death.
[Die…die…die…]
The Pope’s final struggle has begun.
A lump of crystals falling from the air.
Gugugugugugugugugu…!
Choi Hyun-seok raised his head and quietly looked at the scene.
Is this what it would feel like if a pure white meteorite fell?
If he was a minister, he was a minister.
“I think I can do it.”
Choi Hyun-seok clenched his fist.
I felt confident that I could do anything now.
The surrounding mana swirled and rushed towards his fist.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeing!
Mana spinning furiously.
Choi Hyun-seok stretched out his hand and hit the tip of the crystal that was right in front of his nose.
Crack, crack!
A crack appears in the giant crystal.
The cracks spread quickly and quickly covered the entire crystal.
Tsk tsk tsk tsk!
A precariously wobbly mass of crystals, with countless cracks forming.
It soon split apart.
Chae-ae-aeng!
The decision shatters into pieces with a clear sound.
It split and split into hundreds of millions of tiny crystals.
Fighting!
A strong wind blew a step late.
The broken pieces were scattered across the continent.
Choi Hyun-seok spoke calmly, looking at the crystal pieces sparkling in the sunlight.
“… It’s going to snow.”
***
Draxel, the capital of the Dracaen Empire.
A great war of unprecedented scale was taking place on the great plains ahead.
A lot of people are tangled together, and blood and flesh are scattered.
The screams and laughter are endless.
“Block it! If this gets breached, it’s over!” “Hehehe! God is watching you!” “Peace and rest! That’s death!”
A fanatic with a smile on his face.
People and demons who fight against them with all their might.
At first, there were some who felt awkward or uncomfortable with the union between humans and demons.
Now, such thoughts have long since disappeared.
The fanatic horde was an all-consuming disaster.
What’s the point of discussing what humans and demons are like when facing them?
Those who face the common task of survival inevitably have to come together.
“Wizard! When will the support magic come!?” “I’m out of magic power! I’ll have to wait a little longer!” “How long did I fight to run out of magic power already!?”
A chaotic battlefield.
Looking down at the place, Duke Olaben Grimire of the Empire bit his lip.
“Hahahaha! For rest!” “God guides!”
Before we knew it, a group of fanatics had appeared all the way to the rear of the battle line.
The outcome of the war has already been decided.
No, this was a fight that was decided from the beginning.
Disasters cannot be faced with mere spirit and will.
“Your Majesty, you must escape immediately.”
Olaven Grimire urgently sought out the emperor.
Lambert, Emperor of Dracaen.
He shook his head.
“If you run away, what will be left?” “Now is the time to say such things…” “Your Majesty. Raise your head.”
The emperor gazed at the battlefield with calm eyes.
“Everyone is risking their lives. Can the Duke turn back after seeing this?” “Your Majesty must survive to unite the rest!” “If it means just barely surviving, I will choose death.” “Even if it means barely surviving, survive! Only then will there be a future!”
Emperor Lambert did not answer.
He simply held his sword tightly.
He also has been training with the sword since he was young.
Although he was past his 40s and had reached the age of Jicheonmyeong, he was still capable of fulfilling the role of a knight.
“Hehehe! Non-believers will die….”
Crunch-
Lambert raised the corners of his mouth as he cut off the head of the fanatic who was rushing at him.
“You step back and go to the wall. You will be needed more than I.”
“your majesty!”
“The Emperor of the Empire fought bravely and died a heroic death. If we advertise it like that, wouldn’t it be able to ignite their will a little more?” “No! Your Majesty!”
Without even a moment for Olaven Grimier to stop him.
The Emperor charged into battle with his Imperial Guard knights.
“Let’s go! Show the ignorant fanatics what the spirit of the Empire is!”
“”yes!””
Emperor Lambert stomped his feet with all his might.
Soon enough, a fanatic with wide eyes blocks the way.
“Rest!!!”
“Good! May you rest in peace!”
Just before the sharp sword passes through the cultist’s neck.
Pulsuk-
Suddenly the fanatic collapsed.
That wasn’t the end of it.
All the zealots on the battlefield lose their strength and fall one by one, like falling dominoes.
“…”
For a moment, silence fell on the battlefield.
All that can be heard is the gasping for breath and the groans of the injured.
Everyone looked at the fanatic who had fallen before them with shaking eyes.
It was then that a pure white, warm crystal touched the Emperor’s hand.
“What is this…?”
The emperor raised his head and looked at the sky, opening his mouth without realizing it.
“… eyes, huh?”
Under the hot, blazing sun.
Pure white snow was falling, sparkling in the sunlight.
