296. Myth of Transcendence (5)
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh-!
In an instant, the holy light imbued with the divinity <Death> destroyed everything.
The black starlight that finally split the clouds and reached the earth reached the point where it split the earth apart.
At this point, the momentum of the black starlight could split the world.
But this was, at best, just the beginning.
The true value of black starlight is different.
as soon as… … .
“Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… … ! Poetry, the heart!! I feel like my heart will break!!”
“Keuk, keuh, keuhuh uh… … ! Buy, save me… … ! Kuk—!”
“Oh God… … . oh my god… … . I, take care of us… … , Kkeaaa-!!”
genocide.
The holy light imbued with the divine <Death> can kill enemies in one shot.
Even if they are believers who have reached the stage of preliminary apostles, it is no different.
In the blink of an eye, most of the hundreds of believers died simultaneously.
In fact, wouldn’t this have ended many of the remnants serving the evil spirits?
But I wasn’t very happy right away.
‘Originally, it would have ended with this, but this time the situation is a little different.’
That would be too… … .
「Divine <Evil Eating> is used.」
「Challenger Han Seong-yoon’s next attack has the power to eat away the divinity.」
Currently, I have already activated the sacred <Evil Eating> obtained from the evil god in advance.
That’s why I didn’t want to see all the enemies dying helplessly in the divine <death>.
There were still things that those with some level of skill had to do with their lives.
At least until you can see the results you want.
I narrowed my eyes at him.
‘With this, I’ll be able to find out how far the divine <Evil Eating> can go.’
The servants serving the evil spirits in front of me were each strong in their own way.
Even the male presumed to be a 4th-class apostle who stood at the head of the followers was quite high.
At least it’s a level where divinity is carried in the voice, so it’s on the same level as the black dragon.
In fact, the guesses that followed in the blink of an eye led to the correct answer.
「The emotions of the 4th grade formal apostle ‘Rikios’ are stained with extreme anger!」
[Turn it off! this, this… … ! this is! It is the power of the evil god! It means that a deity who has fallen into an affair is not the power to use! ]
The apostle introduced as Rikios in the system message gave off his divinity as if in a fit of fuss.
[Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah… … !! ]
It’s not different… … .
「The divine power of the 4th-class regular apostle ‘Rikios’ is consumed, and the powers exclusive to the apostle are activated.」
Suddenly, an aura like a grayish liquid welled up from Rikios’ palm.
「The outer divinity is excluded by the power of the apostle exclusive, ‘the right of all evil’.”
Even that in the form of pushing out the divinity outside.
Kaga gak gak… … !
In an instant, the black starlight imbued with the divinity <Evil Eating> collided with the gray curtain.
The appearance of a noise like scratching an iron plate.
Only then did Rykios hold out his hands and giggle and laugh ugly.
Before he knew it, his face was convinced that he had blocked the holy light.
[Ha ha ha ha ha! look, look!! O God who is stained with infidelity! Someone like you can easily stop it—. ]
As the proverb says, ‘that herb and that rice’… … .
Was the Lychios in front of him also the same apostle as his godhead?
At most, it had only been a few seconds since the power of the divine <Evil Eating> had been blocked, and confidence had already risen.
A proud expression, as if he had perfectly defended the holy light that the divine <Evil Eater> dwelled in.
But before he could say anything back, something happened.
Wow-.
[ … … ah? ]
The gray curtain made up of apostle-only powers cracked.
[ … … Uh, why does this happen— ]
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
The moment the gray curtain lost its shape and shattered like glass upon impact.
In an instant, the black starlight that ate up the broken pieces of the gray curtain crushed Lychios.
So much so that even its shape is unrecognizable.
The divine starlight that overflowed in the blink of an eye devoured countless followers as they were.
and… … .
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
「Absorbed the spirit of the 4th-level formal apostle ‘Rikios’.」
「I absorbed the command of the prospective apostle ‘Siglpium’… … .」
「I absorbed the spirits of the prospective apostles, Yozorun and others… … .」
The moment when the marks of the spirit flowed all over the body as if to block the view.
「Challenger Han Seong-yoon won 1.97% closer to the 2nd ascension by winning against the majority.」
[ hmm. ]
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Only then did I nod my head in satisfaction and smile.
[I think I know roughly. ]
It was worth it.
[Is this the power of the divine <Evil Eating>? ]
This time, he obtained a meaningful result against a 4th grade apostle.
[Even though I lowered the power of the Holy Light a lot, I was able to overwhelm the 4th grade apostle… … . ]
The output of the Holy Light emitted to the defeated soldiers of the Evil God was adjusted here.
It has to be.
From a common sense point of view, if you use the maximum power of the light, you can’t confirm the power of the divine <Evil Eating>, right?
Perhaps if it was the starlight at full power, they wouldn’t have lasted even a second.
Even if it was Rykios, a 4th-class official apostle, he would have died without even uttering a scream.
However, there was something he gained thanks to shooting the star light with the lowest output possible.
[I think the divine <evil food> can be seen as a natural enemy against the divine. ]
A natural enemy-like ability that devours all divinities.
That’s why it was on the level of an instant kill for those who had no means of combat other than divinity.
Because the divinity <Evil Eater> can consume all types of divinity and use it as its own power.
But that doesn’t mean it’s not without its downsides.
‘Divinity <Evil Eating> takes time to consume the opponent’s divinity.’
For now, the drawback that can be immediately identified is the application time of Divine Predation.
It took at least a few seconds to penetrate the divine power… … .
It will probably give you a chance to counter enemies who can accelerate the sense of time itself.
And even that was not enough, there was an invisible cooldown in the divine <Evil Eating>.
‘To put it roughly, there is a cooldown unique to divine powers of about 4 hours.’
If so, this wasn’t an ability that could be used for normal strikes.
It must be a hidden move that should only be applied at a level like a one-hit kill.
But nonetheless, I liked it.
That would be too… … .
[Still, if you have this, you can drive a divinity that has a serious divinity dependency into a corner. ]
Actually, this is to remove the opponent’s holy ability, even for a moment.
[I got something good. ]
Of course, there are many disadvantages, but there are many ways to cover them.
How to use the divine <evil food> can only be expected.
The enemies you’ll see later will be getting higher and higher.
and… … .
“Time is over.”
「The divine power ‘Apotheosis’ is deactivated and cannot be reused for 8 hours.」
Soon, the power of apotheosis was released, and the moment when the status of divinity was further softened.
thud.
Suddenly, a clear tone resonated from the sky and a beauty landed on the ground.
Silver hair, red eyes, tight-fitting uniforms, etc… … .
Numerous features caught my eye at once, and it was immediately clear who she was.
“Han Seong-yoon!”
Canary Rugfeld.
The imperial princess, who would later be called the iron-blooded monarch, quickly approached.
She looked at me with worried eyes, her red eyes wiggling around.
“My dear!”
even… … .
“Are you okay? Are there any serious injuries? If so, you should get out of here right away… … .”
To the extent that it could be called a fuss.
[ … … Tsk tsk. What do you mean there is something to worry about? Even if you get hit by a meteorite, the owner will be fine. ]
In fact, the black dragon that landed late also clicked his tongue and said so.
[I don’t even think I lost the battle… … . ]
And then the black dragon continued as if it were interesting.
[If that’s the case, it’s useless to worry about the monstrous owner. ]
Suddenly, the black dragon’s eyes were filled with feelings of awe.
Now the black dragon seemed to have realized the truth to some extent.
That I had won against the evil spirits at the center of the final battle.
Even Canary seemed embarrassed to know.
“Oh, noisy… … . I know that much. But you know, just in case… … .”
Perhaps now he realizes that common sense doesn’t mean he couldn’t have been hurt.
“Still, if there are wounds you don’t know about… … .”
She said it as if to hide her embarrassment.
However, there was no need to pretend to be sick, as there were no injuries anyway.
I immediately shook my head and quickly dismissed Canary’s concerns.
“… … no. There are no serious injuries. Thank you for your concern.”
“Really?”
“yes.”
“If that’s the case, I’m glad… … .”
The black dragon snorted as the canary blurted out his words as if he were embarrassed.
[Look at that. ]
“… … .”
[You said it was a useless worry. I know we get along well with each other. But how about being self-respecting to some extent? ]
“I was just preparing for the contingency… … .”
A tone that pretends to be calm as if it’s nothing.
But when I saw that her earlobes were stained red, I smiled.
I thought that the Iron Blood Lord’s past might have been surprisingly emotional.
At this point, I want to tease the canary from this side.
But this leisurely time should end with this.
“It’s good to talk like this, but I can’t say I’ve won completely yet.”
It was worth it.
“Because the remnants of the evil spirits will still remain around the world.”
There must still be work left to do in order to satisfy the clear conditions of the ordeal.
And only then canary and black dragon listened seriously.
Just as those who served evil spirits remained in the half-collapsed sacred realm <Demon Ball>, you must have noticed that there are people like that all over the world.
“… … Well, even if there were no evil spirits, the remnants would have remained. I don’t know what else will happen if they’re alive.”
[I don’t think it’s going to have a very good effect, at least considering all these miscellaneous things that just died. Perhaps the owner wants to talk about that. ]
“okay. That those who worshiped evil spirits are alive. That is never a good thing.”
so… … .
“Wasting time isn’t such a good choice.”
Now it’s time to satisfy the clear conditions of the special contract ordeal.
Anyway, if you say that the followers who received the power of the godhead, they would only be of a great level.
At most, how many official apostles were left?
So, I had no intention of procrastinating.
‘Anyway, this kind of troublesome tag-and-seek isn’t my taste, and it won’t be of much benefit.’
If so, it was the intention to quickly wipe out the possibility of destruction left in the world.
“So let’s go clean up the remnants of the evil spirits left in the world.”
That too is very certain.
***
Time passed quickly.
To clean up the remnants of evil spirits around the world.
It didn’t take much time.
It took a short time of three days, faster than I thought.
‘I thought it would take a week, but things worked out.’
That would be too… … .
「It has been synchronized with the world itself by the divinity <Ikalium>.」
Qualification of world guardian.
It was because he synchronized with the world with the divinity <Ikalium> obtained at the end of collecting them.
I felt it in the fight against the evil god before… … .
Being attuned to the world was, in and of itself, of enormous value.
‘It’s great that the level of divinity rises, but the authority of the world is a power that cannot be underestimated.’
It was worth it.
With the aid of the divinity <Ikalium>, it became easier to search because I was attuned to the world itself.
Once attuned to the world, most of what happened on this land was easily perceptible, even with very little attention.
It’s like putting the world in the palm of your hand and contemplating it.
In an instant, I found out where the people who served the evil spirits were, moved there, and cleaned up after myself, and three days passed.
and… … .
「You have achieved the achievement ‘Eradication of Remnants’.」
「Exclusive authority #D-0007 [Increase reward] is automatically activated when the conditions are satisfied.」
「The level of rewards obtained from achievements will increase.」
“All stats increase by 7.”
The moment when all the remnants of the evil spirit were erased after burning all the unknown grasslands.
“Is this the end of everything… … .”
System messages appeared before my eyes, announcing the end of the special contract ordeal.
「You have cleared the Special Contract Ordeal <Deep Depth: Iron-Blooded Lord>.」
“Compensation is calculated according to the contents of clearing the special contract ordeal… … .」
“We have confirmed that you are receiving more than trust from the iron-blooded lord of the special contract ordeal.”
「The clear reward for the special contract ordeal is set at the highest level, and additional rewards are paid.」
But is it because the reward itself at the end of the ordeal was undecided?
The system message did not appear after the phrase that the compensation for the ordeal was settled.
After carefully reading the system messages, I smiled lightly and my eyes lit up.
‘It was rewarding to build a relationship with Canary whenever I had time.’
At this point, I was looking forward to what I would receive after calculating the ordeal reward.
Perhaps you will get a great reward for defeating an evil god that is classified as a high-ranking deity.
Tower of Trials has never broken the high-risk-high-return rule, so something more to come than expected.
‘Even the dragon has been tamed, so it’s even more so.’
Of course, the black dragon is no longer by my side… … .
‘… … Although the black dragon has been released now, the level of compensation will still rise. maybe.’
Even if there is no black dragon nearby, achievements related to this will be applied to the reward.
At least considering the work he had done so far, there was no way the reward would be set low.
And that was when I was smiling at him.
“In the end, this dreaded war has come to an end… … .”
Unknowingly, Canary called out, putting the knife sheathed off the blood back into the scabbard.
“It took a really long time.”
She continued as she looked at the meadow, where only ashes were left.
“Many kingdoms were destroyed by fanatics, and the empire had to go through endless battles.”
The tone is tinged with emotions, as if thinking about the past.
“Until you show up.”
Canary said with her red eyes shining.
“Everything that has not been resolved so far has been resolved at once with your appearance.”
“It’s an overstatement.”
“Whoops. You’re saying something out of your mind. You probably know that you did it anyway, right?”
“… … .”
Knowing that it wasn’t actually wrong, I kept my mouth shut.
Anyway, even if I said no now, it would not be humility but meaningless denial.
I’d rather keep my mouth shut and listen to what she had to say.
“Because of you, I could have come this far.”
The canary’s silver hair swayed in the fair wind, and a refreshing tone continued.
“A letter came from the Empire.”
“Correspondence… … ?”
“Yes, correspondence. The letter announcing that the next emperor has been appointed. And you know who will inherit the throne, needless to say.”
“… … .”
“Didn’t you tell me then?”
Suddenly, the corner of her mouth was tinged with an infinitely bright smile.
“You said you would definitely make me emperor.”
and… … .
“So I really wanted to tell you this.”
next moment.
“Han Seong-yoon.”
Canary said in a tone filled with expectations, her red eyes shining.
“Wouldn’t you like to go back to the empire together?”
Her face was reddish, perhaps because of the sunset light.
“Even if he becomes emperor later, he will have to overcome many obstacles.”
“… … .”
“Can you stay by my side until then? I am… … . I want to be with you. We want to learn more about each other.”
“that… … .”
“Do you like it?”
And at her question, I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut.
“… … .”
Know.
‘It’s fake.’
That this is an illusion that will collapse in an instant anyway.
The canary in front of her was a different person from the tower’s manager, the Iron Blood Lord.
Perhaps the growth process itself would be greatly different, and in fact, unlike the Iron Blood Lord, the emotional expression was diverse, and the authoritative tone was not very deep yet.
And most importantly, she is just an illusion.
‘… … Anyway, once the special contract ordeal is over, I won’t be able to see your face anymore.’
but… … .
‘… … But why do you keep bothering me like this?’
That’s why I was frustrated without knowing why.
I didn’t like the relationship I had built up until now with her, and the whole world disappearing.
However, despite denying it, nothing has changed in this place.
At least until we reached the top of the tower.
Not even that.
‘Will something change when I reach the final floor?’
Even if it is a godhead, it cannot change the world that has already reached its end.
But even if you reach the end of the tower, will something change?
Can a manager’s secret wish really become a reality?
I don’t know anything… … .
Still, I couldn’t put off the answer any longer.
“I am… … .”
And then I told Canary the answer I had decided on.
In an instant, her face visibly brightened and emotions of joy surged.
But that’s what’s allowed.
Suddenly, the world is distorted and dyed black.
It is as if the world itself has lost time and color.
‘ah.’
It’s not different… … .
「Compensation calculation complete.」
「Compensation is given according to the iron-blooded lord’s emotional state.」
“As a reward for breaking through the special contract ordeal, ‘Tome of Divine Replica (EX)’ will be sent to your inventory.”
“As an additional breakthrough reward for special contract trials, ‘Skill Proficiency Up Potion (SSS+)’ will be sent to your inventory.”
‘Now the ordeal is really over… … .’
The time has come to return to the tower.
