Chapter 740
Episode 184. Beyond Fate (12)
The party immediately aimed their swords in all directions.
The bust was not visible. Only the gloomy voice continued to vibrate throughout the vast darkness.
[What did it say to you? Such an unusually long curse was clearly communicated thanks to the clear grudge against me, but I couldn’t hear anything else.]
Jin quietly stared into the air.
“I don’t think monsters need to know what people say.”
[This is what people say. Are you saying that you felt this impurity away from me as a human being?]
“At least he’s a lot closer to a person than you are.”
[Huh, I don’t know what we talked about, but it seems that the impurity that was my last humanity shook your mind. As soon as I began to hear my voice, I saw that he was conscious of this corpse… … .]
“You’re passing it on your own. Stop talking and show yourself… … .”
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… … !
The moment Jin said that, young Rosa’s corpse was suddenly torn to pieces, and pieces of flesh and bone splattered.
It was because of the rapid swelling of the spirit that had formed in the corpse.
True to what Hyeongsin said, Jin felt a strange feeling during the short meeting with the young Rosa.
If she had become his mother, keeping that pure and strong heart intact, if she hadn’t become a disgrace, what would it have been like… … I felt that way.
Is that why?
Jin was quite shocked to see young Rosa’s corpse torn apart without a shape in front of his eyes.
Outwardly, he didn’t show it at all, but he couldn’t fool his chest.
[Oh, it’s hard to see, isn’t it? If you had received the gift I was going to give you last time, you wouldn’t have to feel such useless feelings… … .]
It was a story about the preliminary battle between Jin and Rosa that took place in the inner world last time.
Young Rosa’s corpse was torn apart without even a shape remaining, and the proliferating soul spirit even swallowed the pieces of the body that fell everywhere like a hungry ghost.
The wedding ceremony soon began to take on a certain shape.
In an instant, a huge, dark body was forming.
It was a form similar to that of a quadrupedal animal.
Ominous eyes radiating red eyes, claws and molar teeth larger than a human torso, fur dark enough to suck in all the light. It was very similar to a wild beast that existed in human life.
black panther.
This name symbolized Rosa in her human days.
He let out a rough breath and looked down at the group.
Jin faced the black panther’s eyes and held a sneer.
“Now that you have abandoned your last humanity, is it your turn to abandon your past nicknames? I feel strangely obsessed with my human days. In fact, I wonder if he is regretting himself for being corrupted and becoming a disgrace, so he unconsciously continues to do such swanky things.”
[If there’s one thing I regret, it’s that I empowered Joshua instead of you. If I knew right away that you were real… … .]
The chest god blurted out behind his back and let out a grotesque laugh for a while.
And after about ten seconds, the voice of the evil god was no longer heard. Instead, the black panther strode forward and cast a shadow.
[Cheerreuk… … .]
The black panther slowly turned around, keeping his eyes fixed on the group.
Even though the body, heavier than a dragon, was moving, no footsteps could be heard.
Things weren’t very good. Most of the party was seriously injured due to the fierce battle with the previous family heads.
Of the party, only Jin and Bianca were able to generate power as usual or similar to usual.
In particular, Octavia was completely unable to fight.
When the battle began, the party had to fight while protecting the unconscious former head of the family along with her.
Because of this, the party pondered for a while, but Jin had already decided on a method.
“Bianca, you protect your allies.”
Jin was thinking of dealing with the Black Panther alone.
“alone… … fight?”
“okay.”
“that… … how much… … strong… … I don’t know. Danger, maybe.”
“If you think I’m in danger, then help me.”
“That, uh… … okay.”
Bianca wanted to tell her to think again, but stopped when she saw the look in Jean’s eyes.
Even her was so thick that her back felt chilly in an instant.
The rage towards the evil god and the resentment of having been forced to fight unfavorably to save the family heads of the previous generation were exploding all at once.
“Don’t break it.”
The moment Jin spoke softly, the black panther started attacking first.
Its forepaw distorted the space and landed on Jin’s head.
Jin did not avoid it and received it head-on.
The shockwave spread and the floor collapsed in a huge semicircle.
However, what the front foot struck was not Jin, but only the floor.
Jin swung his sword while stepping to the side just before his front foot touched it.
The blow he swung at that time left a sword mark on the paws of the black panther that had stopped for a moment.
An absurdly long and straight straight line, as if the entire space had been cut out as it were.
After a while, the afterimage disappeared and something heavy fell from the black panther and rolled on the floor.
thud-!
What landed on the ground was the right front paw of the black panther that had just swung toward Jin.
[Haha!]
The fallen paws melted like water, creating a muddy puddle of spirits.
Originally, the severed parts should have been regenerated in an instant, but Bradamante was already imbued with a dim eternity.
The black panther’s affected part tried to regenerate without rest, but the speed was slow because of the eternalization that stuck to it.
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[Kheuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… … Ka ha ha!]
Black Panther swung his remaining left foot and pushed Jin away.
However, Jin slashed even him at once, widening his eyes.
Once again, the black panther’s foot landed on the floor, making a heavy noise.
The black panther, which had lost all of its front paws, was unable to properly balance itself.
In just two sums, it was revealed that Jin had an overwhelming advantage in simple close combat.
It was completely unexpected for both the Black Panther and the allies.
Of course, the allies thought Jin would have the upper hand, but they didn’t know that he would overwhelm that monster so easily.
‘There’s no way the evil god made this guy just to insult young Rosa’s corpse. There must be something that could be a threat.’
Jin’s gaze reached the fallen black panther’s paws.
I could see bubbling pools of muddy, black steam. Like a solution with strong acid.
‘Is the floor being drilled?’
So far, while descending the inner world, Jin and the others have known some facts about this space.
First of all, as Alpen said, once you come down, you cannot go up again, and the internal structure is constantly changing.
And the spirit that formed the subspace is close to impossible to completely demolish like an ordinary building.
If that was possible, I would have just destroyed them all and headed underground without having to meet the enemies guarding each floor like a gatekeeper.
However, the puddles left by the melting of the black panther’s body were different.
It was melting like sugar the walls of the soul that could not be penetrated even by Jin’s spirit sword.
Because of this, Jin stopped attacking for a while and looked at the puddle.
The Black Panther regenerated its front paws in the gap, but it wasn’t perfect. The affected area regenerated in an ugly shape, as if only a skeleton remained, and eternal flowers blazed in every crack.
Kwajik, kuddeudeuk-!
The Black Panther, who hit Jin again with its paws, screamed every time it moved because of the pain of eternalization.
Jin deliberately avoided the attack. He didn’t want to cut him down hastily until he figured out the puddle’s effect.
The only problem is, the eternalization has already caused cracks in its regeneration area.
Even if the black panther slapped its front paw, a crack would open and its flesh and bones would splatter in all directions.
They all melted the floor, as did the first paws.
Dozens of large holes had already been drilled near Jin and the Black Panther.
Inside, the endless abyss that I saw every time I went downstairs.
Like paper on fire, the holes in the floor continued to widen.
It only took a few seconds, but it had already expanded to the vicinity of the allies who had already retreated.
The identity of the hole is unknown. Is it a hole that leads to the lower layer of the inner world or a trap that must not be escaped?
What is certain is that either way, falling into that hole would be what the chest god wanted.
Because of this, Jin thought of stopping the battle and running to a space where the hole had not yet been formed with his allies, but there was already a pit between him and his allies that he could not jump over.
‘How soon!?’
With each passing second, the Eternity clinging to the Black Panther was growing in size.
He no longer looked like a black panther, but rather a piece of flesh engulfed in blue fire.
Every time he moved, the flesh splattered and instantly melted the relationship between Jin and his allies.
‘In the first place, the Black Panther was not made for combat. Did the evil god expect me to use Eternity right away and prepared this trap… … !’
In other words, this situation was a warning and a curse against ‘eternity’.
A warning that if you continue to deal with yourself and your army and use eternalization, a more critical situation may unfold, and you will fall.
First of all, Jin made a path with ice barrier magic and ran towards the allies.
If the floor collapses at this rate, there is no way to avoid the fall.
So I had to stick with my allies instead.
“Catch it!”
As Jin crossed the last icy road, he barely held onto Hedo’s outstretched hand.
However, at that time, more than 90% of the floor had already melted. Even the black leopard that was chasing Jin had already fallen and was nowhere to be seen.
In the end, the party had no choice but to wait for the fall while clinging to each other.
[When you fall, don’t ever let go of the hand you held. If it leads to the downstairs, just letting go of your hand for a moment might cause them to pass.]
As soon as the allies nodded at Alpen’s words, the last remaining floor burned out and the party began to fall.
thud… … !
Unlike before, the fall ended in an instant.
As soon as they reached the floor, the party sighed in relief as they checked each other’s hands.
As soon as I looked around, I had to realize it was no relief.
[…] … How many of them are there?]
Black panthers were swarming everywhere. At first glance, it seemed to reach hundreds of units.
In the center, the figure of the black panther who fell with the group was also visible.
And he, mad with pain, was transferring the Eternals clinging to him to the other black panthers. It’s like spreading a contagious disease.
The group naturally imagined what would happen next.
From now on, all those black panthers would melt the floor, rubbing against the eternal fire.
If you can’t stop it, there’s only one thing waiting for you.
It was just an endless fall.
