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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“He’s mad! He’s lost his mind and wants to die!”
Holding the reins of their horse, Transylvania headed deep into the mountains, away from the outskirts.
They had to go to as remote a place as possible within the barrier’s range.
Somewhere out of their sight.
With all sound and smell completely suppressed.
They planned to wait until that foolish human died and the barrier was lifted.
“I was sure he wasn’t in his right mind from the moment he was with a blood ghoul… But to think he’d gone this far.”
They couldn’t believe it.
To brazenly carry around a mana stone so heavily imbued with the Great Druid Kali’s scent.
The scent was so strong that they even suspected it might have come from inside the Great Druid’s body.
There were two possible ways that human could have obtained the Great Druid’s mana stone:
First, he might have accidentally entered the Great Druid’s barrier, found the mana stone, and stolen it.
Second, he might have received it as a gift from the Great Druid, but…
‘That’s impossible!’
Given that the Great Demon’s perfect barrier now covered all of Basel, the likelihood of the second case was extremely low.
They must have come to retrieve the stolen item.
One question remained, why had the Great Demon cast the barrier instead of the Great Druid?
It wasn’t as if the Great Druid Kali’s barrier techniques were greatly inferior, and she wouldn’t be so lacking in pride as to borrow someone else’s hand to retrieve her own item.
‘That doesn’t matter now. What’s important is that the Four Heavenly Kings have moved directly.’
The chosen servants of that being.
The Four Heavenly Kings were those tasked with the preliminary work of terraforming this world.
They, who should have been quietly working below the surface until ‘that day’ came, had revealed themselves so openly, which meant they must be incredibly angry.
That human couldn’t even imagine what kind of hornet’s nest he had stirred up.
What kind of end he would meet.
He would die remaining ignorant and foolish.
The death of one or two such stupid fellows didn’t matter.
The problem was that those around him would be harmed.
If the blood ghoul girl travelling with him were to die because of his recklessness, they would lose another precious member of they’re kin.
“What a disgraceful act because of one insane human…”
On top of that, they, Transylvania, were acting as if they were terrified.
In reality, they just wanted to avoid making a fuss and were staying quiet.
All of this humiliation was because of that one stupid human.
As Transylvania was clicking their tongue at this thought,
“Hm? What’s this smell…?”
They noticed a strange scent filling the surroundings.
A scent so intense it stung their nose.
This scent was certainly…
BOOM!
“?!”
At that moment, a black beam stretched out.
As Transylvania instinctively stepped back, an explosion occurred.
It happened in an instant.
When they came to their senses, there was a huge crater where Transylvania had just been, emitting black smoke.
Only the lower half of their horse remained, rolling on the ground in pieces.
Amidst the endlessly rising black smoke, a figure slowly began to emerge clearly.
Transylvania’s pupils shook violently.
From the deepest part of the demon realm. From the source where hellfire burns. I, the Great Demon|
The one they thought they would never see again.
That being’s confidant and right hand, and Transylvania’s successor.
The Great Demon, Belphegor, stepped forward.
Black demonic energy gathered around her, gradually forming limbs and draping a black dress over her.
Though her entire body was filled with demonic energy, making her exact features indiscernible, the proud horns rising above her head, the pitch-black pupils that seemed to suck one in and the chilling corners of her mouth were visible in the darkness.
Transylvania had to admit it.
The fact that the Great Demon’s main body had fully manifested in this world.
“Belphegor… This is a coincidence.”
The Great Demon tilted her head strangely, then she reached into the saddlebag of the dismembered horse.
Between her long fingers, a black sphere was pulled out.
It was a mana stone made of demonic energy, strongly emitting the scent of the Great Druid.
“Why is that… How is it there…”
Transylvania’s mouth fell open.
They had to explain somehow.
Even if it was an absurd excuse, they had to move their mouth, but unfortunately, Transylvania’s vocal cords seemed to have frozen, unable to make a sound.
Even now, if they drew their sword, they could easily cut down even the Great Demon.
‘My life is over.’
But Transylvania’s hand didn’t move.
They didn’t dare to put their hand on the hilt.
Familiar fear and familiar helplessness enveloped Transylvania.
They lost the will to fight before it even began.
It was a situation where a fight couldn’t even occur in the first place.
To them, they were nothing more than a toy or a tiny ant walking on the street.
If they were in a good mood, they might let them go.
If they were in a bad mood, they might step on and kill them for no reason.
They were nothing more than such a lowly existence.
“Ah…”
Now they could only beg.
They had to kneel and pray for mercy to be granted.
Transylvania suppressed their convulsing neck muscles.
Squeezing out what little courage remained, they made a sound.
“I, I! I have nothing to do with that mana stone! You know that, right? For old times’ sake-”
“Oh, you were here?”
“…?!”
The sound of footsteps on tree roots, came up the mountain path.
It was a familiar voice.
Sure enough, along with a pale-skinned girl, the insane human was running towards them with a bright smile.
Transylvania bit their tongue hard and squeezed their eyes shut.
“Why did you go to such a remote place? It’s good that there was no harm to citizens because of it. But it was hard to find you-”
“Fuck, please stop pretending to know me!!!”
A scream filled with resentment burst out, coloring the entire mountain, but the human paid no attention to this.
He simply drew his sword calmly and approached.
Whoosh.
The mana stone in the Great Demon’s hand flew through the air towards the human.
Catching the mana stone and putting it in his pocket, the human walked over casually and stood next to Transylvania.
“I said stop acting like we’re close!!!”
“Ah. Why are you acting like this? You were happy to call Undecided kin earlier.”
The thought occurred to them that if they beheaded the human right here, they might recognize their innocence.
But they didn’t dare to put their hand on their sword hilt.
Under Belphegor’s cold gaze, Transylvania couldn’t move an inch.
They felt like crying.
“So this is your main body. I’ve been waiting only for you. You’re the first I’ve waited for so eagerly since that girl who said she liked me but never came back after going to study abroad.”
The human raised his sword and took an offensive stance.
The blood ghoul girl raised her magical power, beginning to cast multiple spells simultaneously.
But the Great Demon just snorted and gave a leisurely smile.
They seemed to know each other.
It appeared the human had met the Great Demon before.
But the human couldn’t imagine
What kind of power the Great Demon could wield when descending in her main body.
“If you want to live, quickly return that mana stone! You foolish human!”
“Wow. There it is. The classic line. Even if you die, the others will say the same thing. Won’t that be a bit embarrassing? Can you handle it?”
The corner of the Great Demon’s eye, which had maintained a faint smile, twisted for a moment.
She wavered.
With a slightly displeased expression, the Great Demon slowly raised her hand.
“No, don’t!”
It was a familiar gesture.
Transylvania shouted in shock, and the human leapt forward, aiming his sword at the Great Demon’s wrist.
“…?!”
A black hole emerged from the Great Demon’s palm.
Then it began to suck in everything – wind, light, everything.
Without being able to resist at all,
The human, the blood ghoul girl, and Transylvania who was sitting down were all sucked into the Great Demon’s palm.
“…”
“…”
Silence fell, and all that remained before the Great Demon was a desolate land.
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What just happened?
I remember my body being distorted and sucked into somewhere, but my memory after that was very hazy.
“Ah! Aaaaaaah! Ahuaaaagh! It happened again! It happened again! It happened again!!!”
A muffled scream sounded next to me, as if underwater.
Only then did I open my eyes.
What entered my vision was a blood ghoul in full plate armor, crying with empty eyes, gone mad.
My body felt somehow heavy.
It felt like I had entered a dream.
My body moved slowly, as if swimming through a tank full of illusions.
“Undecided, Undecided…”
I barely turned my head, waving my arms to find the one who had been right by my side until just now.
A familiar sensation caught my hand.
“…Yoo-jin.”
“Thank goodness.”
I confirmed that Undecided was safe.
That was enough.
Now the question was, where were we…
“Huh?”
Wriggle.
The ground shook once.
Wriggle.
After it shook again, I realized.
What I was standing on was not ground.
What was rising all around was not vegetation.
Right after I realized this fact, goosebumps covered my entire body.
I began to feel someone’s gaze.
“I don’t want it twice! I don’t want it twice, no! I’m scared! I’m afraid!”
“…”
I couldn’t bring myself to raise my head.
Someone was watching me.
That gaze was so heavy, I didn’t have the courage to meet it.
My body trembled.
I couldn’t move.
Transylvania’s state, which I had been mocking just earlier, was exactly how I looked now.
‘What is that.’
I was now standing on top of something enormous, and that enormous something was watching me.
Just that fact alone overwhelmed me, making it impossible for me to move a finger.
It wasn’t that I was being crushed by thick and intense demonic energy or magical power.
It was purely its very existence that was suppressing me, degrading me to an infinitely low place.
There was only one thing I suspected this enormous being could be.
The final boss.
It was Draken’s true form.
I had now been dragged right in front of the final boss.
The moment I realized this fact, there was one thing I had to do.
Though I was scared, though I was afraid, there was still something I had to check.
‘Weak Point.’
The moment I silently recited this in my mind,
“Ah!”
My entire vision turned red.
Except for my body and Undecided, everything around, the whole world turned red, making it impossible to see anything else.
‘There’s no way I could defeat something like this.’
Now I understood why Draken had been sleeping in the reverse world, a different dimension until now.
Why the world would be destroyed just by Draken’s descent.
I used to fantasize about what I would do when I encountered the final boss.
There was a time when I thought I should at least gauge the situation and grasp the initial patterns, even if I had to run away.
But I keenly realized that this too was ultimately just a fantasy.
It was impossible.
There was no way I could stand against this being.
It wasn’t a matter of will.
It wasn’t a matter of realm either.
They say nothing is impossible, but here it clearly existed.
An absolute being was now looking down at me.
A terrible noise that seemed to shatter my skull surrounded me from all directions.
[T/N: This isn’t actually Korean its just random letters thrown together]
“Arrrgh!”
I couldn’t endure this.
Before my body was destroyed, my mind couldn’t handle it.
Already my vision was blurring and my thoughts were becoming hazy.
At this rate, I felt I would meet an end more terrible than death.
I wanted to immediately pluck out my eyes and bow my head to the Great One to pay respects and pledge loyalty to the Great One I didn’t want to go mad if I didn’t want to be crushed flat by the Great One’s majesty the only way was to devote myself to that Being
“Huh?!”
At that moment, my vision cleared, and my muffled ears popped open.
My dizzy and aching head had suddenly cleared.
My hand had been about to pluck out my eyes.
I lowered my hand in shock.
I had almost harmed myself without realizing it.
“Mental Fortitude…”
A trait essential for the final battle.
I obtained it at just the right timing.
In the reverse world where Draken’s influence was absolute, it would be impossible to keep a clear mind without this trait.
“This should be enough to fight.”
It was still difficult to raise my head.
Instinctively, I kept my eyes lowered.
While I could see the giant tentacles stretching out from all directions, I still couldn’t bring myself to look at its face.
If I made eye contact with ‘it’, I felt I would still shed tears of blood and pluck out my own eyes.
But resistance had become possible.
According to the trait description, this resistance would increase even more as my stats increased.
Although I couldn’t fight head-on right now, I could now look forward to the next time.
“Thanks for the trait gift.”
Now that I had obtained everything I needed to get, it was time to escape from this place.
As I put my hand in my pocket, a metal object fit snugly in my hand.
The crystallization of advanced technology.
The masterpiece of a genius engineer.
That which would open a hole in space-time and send us back…
“See you next time.”
It was Longinus’ Spear.
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