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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Ruby
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The mouth of Grand Angel Reihmun, a deity-level warrior equal to Grand Angel Sarimon whom Yuma had killed, opened.
Reihmun heard the voice of the Heavenly Lord echoing in his head.
“Hey! Reihmun! Return! Come back! The target is that human! Not that crazy God of War and Struggle!”
Reihmun ignored the Heavenly Lord’s voice resonating in his head.
He ignored the Heavenly Lord’s words, which sounded like a frightened dog’s barking.
Rather than the retreat order from the panicked Heavenly Lord Aruten, what came to his mind first was his duty as a Grand Angel and Heavenly Apostle that he had built up until now.
He had to defeat the eight Evil Gods who were disrupting the order of the divine realm and would soon collapse all order in this world.
One of the eight Evil Gods had already fallen.
And if he killed the Evil God before him, Barbatos, only six Evil Gods would remain.
Literally an incredible result.
Reihmun sent a mental message to the Heavenly Lord
“The reason apostles exist is to kill Evil Gods. Isn’t that what the Heavenly Lord has repeatedly told us? What stands before us is not just any Evil God, but one of the Three Gods always mentioned when discussing the strongest. We must capture him.”
“Hey, hey, hey! You need to stay alive first!”
“Even that human who came to catch him has a record of capturing an Evil God. Does it make sense for us to flee in fear from the Evil God right in front of us?”
Reihmun unilaterally cut off communication with the Heavenly Lord.
The silver eyes of white-haired Reihmun turned toward the God of War, Barbatos.
Five heavenly beings and the God of War Barbatos were still in a standoff in the atmosphere above the continent, above the clouds.
Reihmun opened his mouth.
[“Evil God Barbatos.”]
Barbatos’s red eyes stared intently at Reihmun.
Reihmun’s noble voice continued to echo through the atmosphere.
[“Once a great War God, now fallen to become a vile being who disrupts the world’s order.”]
Barbatos twisted his lips as he looked at Reihmun, who dared to evaluate him as a god.
[“Apostle of Heaven, Grand Angel Reihmun. I shall begin the execution.”]
Golden radiance burst forth from Reihmun’s entire body.
Execution.
Barbatos raised the corner of his mouth at that arrogant word.
“Try it.”
Crack.
Barbatos loosened his body.
Magical power and divine power simultaneously rose from his toes.
‘Warm-up?’
Crack crack.
Or perhaps this was the main course, and the human from the Astes Empire below would be dessert.
Barbatos hadn’t gauged that yet.
KWAAANG—!
A sound like an explosion tore through the atmosphere.
Two heavenly beings rushed toward Barbatos.
One was a semi-deity level Valkyrie and two were Heavenly Apostles with Grand Master-level power.
Their mission was simple.
To buy time.
To buy time for the completion of the [Paradise] that Reihmun and the other two apostles would unfold.
Barbatos observed the two streams of golden trajectories rushing toward him.
To Barbatos’s eyes, the golden trajectories appeared very slow.
Barbatos stomped hard on the ground.
Though he stomped on empty space, his body didn’t tilt at all.
As naturally as if he had stepped on solid continental land, he advanced through the air.
Rather than avoiding the lightning bolts of light completely covering his front, he charged straight into them.
Barbatos’s left foot extended diagonally.
Kwak—
The brilliant trajectories of light.
Kwa—kwakwakwakwang!
All were broken and twisted by a seemingly formless kick.
Fragments of broken golden light scattered.
Barbatos’s body shot forward once more like lightning.
Kwak!
Barbatos’s tightly clenched right fist struck the face of the red-haired Valkyrie.
KWAAANG!
A purple divine power shockwave spread in a circle.
The Valkyrie’s body soared into the air.
The Valkyrie’s beautiful face was crushed like a smashed watermelon.
In mid-air, the Valkyrie’s body spun five or six times before crashing down miserably below.
Barbatos’s body showed no sign of stopping.
He kicked off the air once more and went down.
A torn prey shouldn’t be left alone.
He had to completely tear it apart and cut off its breath.
The red-haired Valkyrie glared at the approaching Barbatos and hurriedly concentrated red magical power into the twin daggers in both hands.
And swung both arms mercilessly.
Whoosh!
To shake off Barbatos who had now reached right in front of them.
Barbatos wasn’t at all flustered by the countless sword strikes rushing from both sides.
He caught the red sword energy with his bare hands.
Jjeojeong!
And crushed it.
Fragments of red energy adorned the atmosphere.
Barbatos grabbed the Valkyrie’s neck with his right hand.
[“KYAAAAAAAK!”]
Crack.
Grip strength.
Barbatos tore off the Valkyrie’s head with just the strength of his right hand.
Red blood flowed over Barbatos’s hand.
“How filthy.”
Barbatos assumed a posture like a pitcher about to throw a ball from the mound.
And threw it toward the Heavenly Apostle rushing at him.
Bbeoeong!
The Valkyrie’s head hit the Heavenly Apostle’s upper body directly.
The Valkyrie’s head was crushed like a watermelon, and the purple magical power surrounding it spread out.
“You heavenly beings.”
Red blood burst from the heavenly being’s mouth.
Barbatos stomped on the air as if it were ground.
The air distorted.
“Insects make a mistake.”
Fist.
Bbeok!
The Heavenly Apostle’s body bent backward like a shrimp.
“You mistake that you can imitate divine power. You mistake that you can imitate divine status.”
Purple strong energy surged in both of Barbatos’s hands.
“What’s arrogant is not the gods.”
The corner of Barbatos’s mouth rose.
He extended his fist again.
At a speed so fast that even the Heavenly being’s naked eye couldn’t even see its trajectory.
Pububububububuk!!!!!
The Heavenly being’s head and shoulders bent and twisted at strange angles dozens of times.
His entire body twisted grotesquely from the impact of Barbatos’s countless fist strikes.
Eventually, his body twisted like a pretzel.
Like water flowing when a rag is wrung out, blood flowed from the thoroughly twisted body.
The massive bodies of the two dead Heavenly Apostles fell to the continent.
“How dare those who were not born as gods try to imitate gods—that is what’s arrogant.”
Barbatos wiped the blood from his cheek with his left hand.
And, sweeping back his black hair with his right hand, he said languidly:
“Well, I think I’ve given you enough time to prepare whatever you have.”
Three heavenly beings stood in a triangle formation around Barbatos.
Barbatos raised the corner of his mouth.
“Go ahead, try it.”
It was the tone of an adult saying they would indulge a child’s play.
The snow-white-haired Grand Angel, Reihmun, standing above the clouds, had his eyes closed with an expressionless face.
Yet tears were flowing from both of his closed eyes.
It was sorrow stemming from losing two subordinates in an instant.
[“Your arrogance will behead you.”]
The name attached to the deadly technique used by Great Demon King Berzet whom Yuma had encountered before.
[Divine Domain], the absolute realm used by gods like Barbatos before him.
Paradise was created by imitating that Divine Domain.
And it was the heavenly beings who first began using the name Paradise.
Reihmun, opening his eyes, continued:
Gggggng!!!
A snow-white palace was born in the atmosphere where three heavenly beings and one god stood.
Reihmun was the caster of the Paradise.
However, this wasn’t a Paradise unfolded alone.
The golden-haired Valkyrie, Ren, standing on the left.
The Grand Angel with snow-white hair even on his head, Garmun, standing on the right.
It was deployed by sharing the power of these two.
“Hooh.”
Barbatos observed the Paradise created by the magical power and crude fake divine power of the three.
It was a snow-white world.
[“Taste helplessness. Evil God, Barbatos”.]
Garmun uttered in a deep voice.
Barbatos, smiling, concentrated energy on the tip of his right index finger.
Kiiing…
And shot the strong energy concentrated on that finger like a bullet.
KWAAANG!!!
It was clearly a strong energy bullet shot toward Garmun who had just spouted nonsense.
But that energy bullet exploded in front of Barbatos without even reaching Garmun.
Barbatos tilted his head curiously and kicked the ground to move forward.
Or rather, he tried to move forward.
Tuwoong!
His body was thrown backward instead.
Barbatos looked at this space, the Divine Punishment White Palace, with divine power in his eyes.
Infinity.
Infinite snow-white threads were creating infinite walls.
And those walls were blocking his way in all directions.
[“Our dead comrades did not die in vain.”]
Garmun continued speaking while taking a step forward.
[“While being attacked by you, they analyzed the structure of your magical power and divine power. There are no variables. You only use it purely to add power to your strikes.”]
Garmun, Reihmun, and Valkyrie Ren simultaneously assumed a prayer posture with palms together.
A devout prayer posture.
[“That straightforwardness toward martial arts will kill you.”]
Ku…
Avalanche.
A sound similar to that accompanying that natural disaster was heard.
Barbatos raised his head upward.
Kugugugugugugu!!!!!
Huge white swords began to pour down from the sky.
Countless, infinitely.
Kwagwagwagwagwagwang———!
The swords all targeted Barbatos.
Barbatos’s form was enveloped in the rain of swords.
Kwajijik! Kwadudeuk! Ujijijik!
The swords poured down endlessly.
Hazy dust scattered throughout the White Palace.
The three heavenly beings gazed at the spot where Barbatos was surrounded.
The smoke gradually cleared.
“Didn’t I tell you not to be mistaken.”
Barbatos was standing intact with both feet on the ground.
“I told you not to mistake that you can imitate divine status.”
Flames were burning on Barbatos’s body.
Black flames beyond purple.
Not even a scratch had appeared on the War God’s body.
“It seems you’re mistaken, thinking you’ve blocked me with these petty walls.”
Barbatos’s red eyes glowed brilliantly.
Barbatos slowly raised his right foot.
Divine power and magical power were mixed in his foot.
And their concentration was on a completely different level from before.
“I was just controlling my power.”
Barbatos stomped down with the right foot he had raised.
Kung.
“Look.”
The snow-white palace wavered.
“This is a footstep.”
A tidal wave of energy rose from beneath Barbatos’s foot.
Crack…
Breaking.
The four walls blocking Barbatos.
As easily as a sand castle scattering.
Barbatos’s divine form shot toward Garmun.
Teok!
Barbatos’s right palm seized Garmun’s mouth.
[“Urrrrrp!!!”]
“You discussed my martial arts, so…”
Garmun felt something rising in his mouth.
No.
It was his head expanding.
“I’ll kill you with pure divine power.”
KWAAANG!
His head exploded.
A simple technique of bursting the divine power concentrated in his palm all at once.
Kuggggng!
The Divine Punishment White Palace tilted.
Because one of the three maintaining the Paradise had just perished.
Barbatos casually swung his right arm.
To anyone watching, it was merely an arm swung horizontally without any meaning.
But the White Palaces tilted diagonally.
Sseogek.
A diagonal line was drawn on the Valkyrie’s body as well.
Her legs remained standing firmly on the ground, but her upper body was tilting miserably.
Formless Sword
Barbatos, who instantly killed Ren with the Formless Sword, walked forward.
Step.
Toward Reihmun.
“Hey, Grand Angel.”
A hundred snow-white swords spread behind Reihmun’s back.
“Give it your all.”
[“KRAAAAAAAH!”]
Instead of an answer, what came was a shout full of fighting spirit.
[“Barbatos——!”]
Powerlessness.
Terrible powerlessness swirled in Reihmun’s mind.
Because that Evil God hadn’t even used his Divine Domain.
He had merely killed the heavenly beings with pure martial arts.
Different.
The White Palace he had dreamed of for killing Evil Gods had collapsed all too easily.
Substance and emptiness.
The divine power possessed by a real god was too pure to counter with Heavenly Power, which was merely an imitation of that divine power.
Nevertheless, Reihmun didn’t give up.
The swords spread behind his back were decoys.
The Divine Punishment White Palace hadn’t completely collapsed yet.
A million great swords rushed from among the tilted buildings.
A million swords rushing from all directions.
The corner of Barbatos’s mouth twisted.
A purple current of energy rotated around his entire body.
Jjeo——jeojeojeojeojeojeojeojeojeojeojeong!
All of the million great swords were touched by the purple storm and completely shattered.
Fragments of snow-white blades scattered like stars in the atmosphere.
Sswaeeeeek!
All the sword paths unleashed by Reihmun were blocked.
Even if divine power was pushed back, their strength was equal.
KWAAANG!
[“Keoeok!”]
But in the countless exchanges, the side that always allowed attacks was the Grand Angel Reihmun.
Barbatos, with the corner of his mouth raised, unleashed a barrage of punches.
The once massive body became distorted and thin.
His entire body was covered with blood bruises.
A crumpled piece of paper.
The appearance of the snow-white Grand Angel had become that unsightly.
Having lost all his swords, Reihmun stood still.
Not with an expressionless face, but with a dumbfounded one.
“I’m greatly disappointed.”
Barbatos extended his foot.
He kicked with concentrated magical power.
The Grand Angel’s body burst apart.
The Divine Punishment White Palace disappeared.
Barbatos, who had killed five heavenly beings, stood still with his eyes closed for a moment, immersed in the lingering feeling.
Jiing
Barbatos, having focused all his attention on the battle, only then noticed a strange fly buzzing around beside him.
Barbatos snatched the circular object.
“What is this.”
And looked at the flying object with eyes imbued with divine power.
“…Magic engineering? You’re watching me with this? Is this from the Astes Empire?”
Barbatos spoke while looking at the magic scout.
“Can you hear me?”
Barbatos continued:
“Human, Yuma. I’ve come down to kill you. My friend is trembling in fear of you, you see.”
Wuddeuk!
The body of the magic scout was crushed.
“Clean your neck and wait.”
Kwajijik!
—Clean your neck and wait.
The owner of the magic scout, Red Tower Master Eldrie, swallowed hard.
Not many people witnessed the disaster unfolding in real-time in the upper plane.
Besides Yuma and Eldrie, there were five: Brigitte, Cloney and Bell, the High Spirit Master High Elf Luinerif, and finally Brigitte’s guard knight Michael.
Yuma rose with an expressionless face.
Bell hurriedly stood up after him.
“My, my lord! Where are you going!”
“To welcome him.”
Outside the Imperial Palace, Yuma could see something falling like a meteor toward the palace.
The War God was descending upon the Empire.
To kill Yuma.
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