Chapter 490: Species (6)
Translator: Ares
Editor Group: Liber Reverie
"You came to see me?"
Kiriel looked dumbfounded when Hansoo nodded at her words.
"… However, Hansoo originally… came to see your friends, didn't you?"
Whether it was returning to the past, and fighting today.
In the end, all of these were because he was fighting for his friends of the past.
From those words, Hansoo shook his head.
"It was originally like that."
This was why he had decided to challenge God at the end to cut off this large mess once and for all.
However, before that, he wanted to see Eres and the faces of everyone else before that long fight.
This was why he had appeared above all of them when they were fighting in the Black Desert.
But, the moment when he saw the others looking at him when he had come to say goodbye, the moment when he saw their surprised but strange eyes, he realized then that he was nothing but a stranger to them.
"… So that's why you were disappointed."
Hansoo shook his head at Kiriel's cautious question.
Disappointment.
"No, it was just that I was mistaken."
Yes.
He was merely mistaken.
To himself, they were targets of longing.
However, to them, he was nothing but a stranger.
It was ridiculous in itself to try and tie them together in the first place with his past ties.
The world that he had returned to the past, and the world that he would run to, was a world completely different from the past, and the battles that soon followed.
Over the past thousand years, he had fought.
He had also become stronger, but his opponents, who he had constantly fought in what they called the Sealed Realm, had also become stronger by fighting one another.
In the first place, there were already powers powerful enough to covet the shard of God.
It was certain that the situation in the realm would allow the creatures and species to increase their power much more than the Abyss.
This was why the time of battle that he fought in had been much longer than he expected.
But, thanks to that, he was able to think a lot. He was able to organize his thoughts and emotions. He cut away the self that fixated on past relationships and allowed himself to focus.
"That was why in that difficult predicament… I kept thinking about you."
In the midst of constant fighting, if there was anyone else who came to mind in that chaotic environment, it would be right for him to come and see that person.
"Uh… Mm…"
As soon as Kiriel was trying to say something after being dumbfounded…
Boooooooooooooooooooom!
Deep in the ark, she could hear another loud, clear explosion.
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Ruuuuuuuumble!
There was a large hole in Ark1 that was controlling everything.
Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!
Kwooooooooooooo!
Various creatures were rushing recklessly between the destroyed defense systems that were struck down in just one blow.
The long-standing, unmanned defense facilities, which have been studied to reduce the damages and casualties against mankind as much as possible, were directed to the beasts and dragons, but it was to no avail.
Due to the black clouds and energy, all of the defensive arms were unable to properly wield their power as they were torn and destroyed in the hands of the surging dragons and monsters.
Between them…
Step.
Deep in the ark, one presence walked out from that penetrated hole and smiled coldly at everyone.
"It's been a long while, Tales."
"…"
Seeing Barmamunt, Tales quietly armed himself with the Seven White Commandments. This was a special type of armor that only those that could enter the 7th floor of the Abyss were qualified to equip.
Everyone in the vicinity exclaimed.
That weapon was simply a symbol of power.
It was the greatest masterpiece of Keldian, given only to those who have proved that the individual could exert an unprecedented strength, and to help such a person exert a stronger power.
Seeing the people exclaim like that, Barmamunt had an amused expression.
"You… What is that? It's actually lower in standard than what you had worn previously? What happened to the black armors you wore then?"
"… You damned bastard. It broke in your hands. All of them."
Tales clenched his teeth and spoke.
There were 500 copies of Black Armors that were made and produced by Keldian and Sofia in preparation for the War of the Humans and Demons.
It was not a normal armor.
Each one consumed resources greater than the white ark, Noah, that was in the sky.
They ground countless planets and stars into a dimensional space before creating them in the model of an armor.
It was provided with energy so unimaginably greater than the Red Jades as there were 18 Black Jades planted in each one.
Yet, all of their armed men and armors were destroyed in the war against the one before their eyes.
There was only one set left.
'Kiriel.. Damn it! Where are you and what are you doing?!'
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Rumble!
Hearing the explosion far away, Hansoo rose from his seat.
It was time for him to go.
"… I need to go for a moment."
At that moment…
Kiriel grabbed onto Hansoo's arm since something didn't feel right.
"… Where are you going?"
Hansoo smiled gently from those words.
"I told you before. There's still one left."
He wanted to spend a bit more time here if he thought about it.
Like he said before… He himself had spent too much time.
The patience of God above was very low, so it was time for him to go.
At that remark, Kiriel gave a look of disbelief.
"Did you come back here only to make me suffer under empty hopes once more?"
For him to appear and say one sentence before leaving once more after appearing after a 1000 years…
Hansoo smiled gently once more.
"I need a new motivation as well."
"…?"
Hansoo, who finished talking, breathed in.
'Good.'
It was time for him to leave.
"Be well. I'll be back for sure."
"What…"
At the same time…
Rumble!
Hansoo slowly began to melt toward somewhere.
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Rumble!
"Kuhuk!"
Tales groaned at the strength of the hand gripping his neck.
It was a single strike.
From that single strike, all of his white armor was destroyed, and he was grabbed by the neck.
Barmamunt laughed at Tales.
"Stupid bastard. Does peace in the Abyss make sense? Look at what you've made."
Then, Barmamunt looked around.
There were numbers reaching in the tens of billions.
Each of them possessed great strength.
If each of them ran at them with their lives on the line, it would be certain that it would be quite problematic even for him.
If Tales and the other leaders of the humans constantly pushed humanity to war and trained the elites constantly, even he would have suffered considerable damage.
However, in the end, they made the wrong choice.
The elites decided to shoulder all the burden of humanity and preserve most of them at the back in a tranquil place.
This was the result.
They were a flock of sheep that had lost their will and way to fight, whose sharp fangs had been pulled out.
They had mistaken their enemies as teachers, and mistaken the alien species that existed in front of them as pets without even knowing how much their ancestors had risked their lives to overcome them.
Grip!
"Ahhhhhhhhhk…"
"Now I'll… make sure that you properly feel it.
Barmamunt, who grabbed Tales's neck, laughed violently.
He was definitely going to make them feel how the Abyss should work, and they would know what the devil who ruled the seventh floor was like.
"Hahahahahaha!"
The moment Barmamunt laughed out loud…
Rumble!
The sky blackened and thunder struck down.
Black lightning struck the now empty residence of mankind without hesitation.
"Huhuh… Huh?"
Realizing that the situation was unusual, the people stumbled back.
It was only then that they started to feel that the reason why they had easily overpowered the seventh floor… was never because they were developing and evolving in strength.
The moment the people faltered back…
Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumble!
An extraordinary event began to occur.
The blackened sky quickly began to return to its original state.
The black lightning, which was falling from the sky to the ground without hesitation, was quickly sucked back up as if it were going back in time.
As if to dye the whole world black at any moment, all the seven black clouds that were dispersed without hesitation were being sucked into Barmamunt's body.
The citizens looked dumbfounded as they watched the world being restored to its original state, but Tales, who was watching it, gritted his teeth.
"You bastard… If you're going to joke around, just die!"
How dare he try and do such a thing here!
However, after seeing Barmamunt's expression, Tales realized that something was different than what he had originally thought.
It was a look of bewilderment.
'That guy knows how to make such an expression?'
Even when they had gone after him with the best of mankind, and even when Eres had sealed him with a self-sacrificing spell, he never had that look on his face.
When Tales had a look of curiosity seeing that arrogant expression, which had looked down on humanity countless times, had turned in a state of shock as he was hurriedly looking around..
Riiiiiiiiiiiip!
Suddenly, the air on one side made a rough sound before splitting, and a man from within walked out.
'… Isn't that the man standing beside Kiriel?'
When Tales had a puzzled look on his face, the man that split the air walked over and smiled at Barmamunt.
"You said something amusing earlier. Go on."
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"… You're not dead?"
Barmamunt blinked his eyes, unable to believe that what he was looking at was a dream or lie.
The one in front of him now was the one that should have died already.
Twelve of them among the 13 Demons had rushed inside to catch this one person.
All of the dragons that had settled opposite them had all invaded to capture this man without a single one of them staying behind.
That was a matter that had occurred hundreds of years ago.
To begin with, if all of them were currently present on the 7th floor, there would never have been sealed to begin with.
"You… What happened to everyone else inside?"
No matter how strong he was, he believed that he would not be able to beat the others.
That was why he had chosen not to go inside to avoid being swept away.
However, he couldn't believe that someone had come out from there.
Seeing Barmamunt like this, Hansoo laughed.
"You want to see them?"
At the same time…
Roooooooooooooooooooar!
A great roar exploded out from Hansoo.
There were huge lightning storms incomparable to what Barmamunt had created scattering around.
The floor was splitting as there was an endless pit opening up.
Inside the abyss-like crevice, deep inside.
Deeper.
Below…
Roooooooooooooooooooooooooar!
Kwoooooooooooooooooooo!
There were cries and roars that rang out that could cause an ordinary person to be driven mad.
It was incomparable to the Abyss.
It was a real hell.
"You're coming with me now, right?"
Hansoo laughed as he watched his army swarming down below.
Chapter 491: Devil
Translator: Ares
Editor Group: Liber Reverie
Rumble!
Tales had a look of disbelief at the sudden phenomenon.
It had been a long time since Barmamunt's hand, who had tightened his neck, had become loose.
Tales, who fell onto the floor with the white armor shattered beside him, watched blankly at what was happening before his eyes.
Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumble!
The man appeared, and the entrance of hell opened beneath their feet.
And… the black darkness that escaped from the black crevice was destroying the ark as it was eating up all the alien species one by one.
Crack!
Rumble!
Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!
Kuoooooooooooong!
The beasts that were screaming tried to resist and escape from the darkness filled inside the ark.
The species and tribes that smashed the ark tried to escape desperately with all their might even while their own bodies were being shattered.
Rumble!
The darkness that was stretching out from below dragged all the races deep inside the ark from under their feet, except for one being.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhk! Don't bullshit me!"
Booooooooooooooom!
With the rough cry of Barmamunt, all sides inside the ark were turned upside down.
At once, a powerful magic twisted all the dimensions of the residential area in all directions as it tried to resist the black darkness trying to entangle himself.
The great burst of light and explosion rang out, causing all the humans that had not escaped yet to see and hear, though it didn't mean much.
Rumble!
The black darkness, which had been pushed back momentarily, swallowed up the energy that was trying to resist it as if they were futile presences.
At the same time, the darkness, which crushed the other races below, crawled up again and wound around Barmamunt's body before beginning to drag it down.
Crack!
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhk!"
From the intense compression of the darkness that crushed his whole body, Barmamunt screamed.
"Unbelievable… After I just barely freed myself!"
In order to escape that place, he had waited patiently for 100 years to crush and erase the whole bunch of humanity who had caused him great humiliation.
Even when they were looking at him like monkeys in a zoo, and even when they were advancing forward while he was sealed, he had waited patiently and patiently in the prospect of crushing them all by his own hands.
However, for everything to end this way.
'Damn…'
Barmamunt, who was about to be dragged down, had a spiteful heart.
He wasn't sure what would happen to him once he was dragged down.
However, he needed to at least see the pained expression of the man that was making him like this.
At the same time…
Crack!
The Coreheart, which was used to make up the core of Barmamunt, slowly began to swell.
Ruuuuuuuuuuuuumble!
A bright red light began to sell from the black-dyed heart inside.
As if it was about to burst, it gradually increased its tempo and pumping, and soon began to swell up as if it would fill Barmamunt's huge body from the inside.
Now, the Coreheart was fully swollen up inside him as blood began to pour out from his mouth and eyes as it burst out into a frenzy.
"Hahahahaha! I don't know what you're trying to use me for… But you'll never get your way!"
He would rather die than be his servant.
He would rather leave a huge mark on this place, the human race, than be his servant and live a miserable life.
Bloodless War?
After more than 20 billion people die here, they would not be able to echo such a word.
Ruuuuuuuuuuuuumble!
Seeing the red light filling up the ark clearly, Tales looked dumbfounded.
'You crazy bas…'
'Are you saying that his one body could hold that amount of energy?'
In the past, it was no coincidence that all of their black armors were crushed, and the decisive weapons that they had created with all their might and resources were smashed.
It was an overwhelming difference in power.
The enormous amount of energy, which was incomparable to that of a Red Jade, was slowly building up in his body.
Not to mention that he was one of the last demons that was burning his own soul, life, and body…
'If that explodes… We will all die.'
No, they would not simply die.
No one would be able to remember that there was a human residential area here.
The returning army would probably have puzzled looks. They had initially since it was marked on the map that this was the human residential area, but there would be nothing left then.
That was how great the energy was in front of him.
It was enough to erase the remnants of a civilization that they had built up for decades and centuries in a single moment.
The energy was so intense that the darkness stretching out from the crevice that was constantly feeding on the energy from his body was also slowing down due to the sheer pressure and momentum of the energy.
It was like a sun shooting out from the darkness.
"Ahahahahaha! Try and block this!"
Barmamunt looked at Hansoo and smiled brightly.
If he tried to block or prevent himself from being dragged down, he would at least grind down half of humanity.
It was then…
Crack!
"… Uhk?"
Barmamunt looked down at his Coreheart from the sound.
Through his own black mana, which had not been scratched by the attacks of Eres and Kiriel, there was a hand that was gently penetrating through his chest that was surrounded by that powerful black energy.
Beat! Beat! Beat! Beat!
The sound of the beating Coreheart reverberated everywhere from the hole in his chest.
"Ugh…Ugh…"
When Barmamunt looked at the hole in his chest…
Hansoo frowned and spat out.
"I have to use the method long ago again."
At the same time…
Crack!
Hansoo, who pulled out the shining Coreheart from inside Barmamunt's body, swallowed it into his mouth.
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Thuuuuuuuuuuuuumo!
'… What's happening?'
When Tales had a dumbfounded look, the man approached Barmamunt and took out a heart. No, he took out something similar to a heart and swallowed it.
It was a sphere that had enough energy to wipe out all of the human residential areas.
What came out from the mouth was a small smoke.
Ssssssssssssssss!
These series of events ended in an absurdly simple manner.
The man, who swallowed the Coreheart, spoke briefly to Barmaumnt, who was staring at his chest in a daze, "We've dragged on for too long. Let's go."
At the same time…
Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuumble!
Barmamunt, who was staring blankly at his chest, was roughly pushed down into the crevice, toppled upon by the darkness.
Darkness filled the empty hole where his Coreheart originally was.
Before long…
Barmamunt, whose pupils turned black, slowly began to walk down below through his own will and feet.
Ruuuuuuuumble!
The black hole that had swallowed Barmamunt began to slowly close.
The man, who had caused all of this brief scene with his own hands, spoke briefly to Tales, "Please take care of the rest."
"Huh… Huh?"
With those final words…
Ruuuuuuumble!
The man, like a lie, went through the air and disappeared from the spot.
Tales was absent-minded, recalling the series of events.
'… Is this a dream?'
The species that had turned humanity upside down over and over again, and Barmamunt, who supposedly was about to destroy humanity, and the man who ate him, had all disappeared as if it were a nightmare.
However, what had unfolded before his eyes, and the broken ark that had resulted from this proved that it was not a dream.
Tales, who rose from his seat, suddenly remembered the fairy tale that had been passed down orally.
This would be the story of the fallen angel.
It was a man who deserved God's favor but had given up all of that and had chosen to challenge God with that right.
He had skipped by it thinking it was a ridiculous fairy tale.
It was merely a fairy tale to give hope to mankind who had endured and struggled in war endlessly.
But, now that he thought about it… At the time, his father that had spoken this tale was too serious and too sentimental about it.
'… I don't think he was a fallen angel.'
Barmamunt, who claimed to be the Devil, was swallowed up along with hundreds of millions of monsters and creatures.
This was why he was extremely curious about that strong man and for what reason he was leading that great army.
'… No way.'
Tales, who was looking up at the sky, laughed.
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Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuumble!
Realm.
It was the highest realm in the highest place.
In the great white space, Hansoo who had arrived looked ahead.
There were hundreds of thousands of white angels crowded in the air.
In this vast space, it might seem to be a small number, but they were all of God's shards that had shaken worlds by themselves.
The amount of energy and aura that they emanated was extremely intense that it wouldn't be weird if it burst out.
The Administrators that were floating in the sky in an organized manner was staring down below.
Some had a look of disbelief, and others extremely nervous.
Seeing a few familiar faces among them, Hansoo chuckled.
There was an Administrator that had managed their realm one thousand years ago.
It might have been a love-hate relationship at the time, but he couldn't feel any emotion of it anymore.
In the first place, they were in different positions.
The opponent he was looking at… was a different one.
Hansoo's glance shifted to the front. The man sitting on the couch, frontmost of the angels, stood up with a smile.
"It was close. It would not be good if you're late for the appointment."
He was wearing something different from what he used to wear.
He was armed with armor shining in bright gold with a brilliant spear.
No, he was not holding a spear, but thunder.
The thunder was so great that it could be justified as the thunder of the world, all of his strength shards were configured into that one hand.
With one strike, it was certain that ten dimensions and 5 layers of realms would be crushed sideways.
How about the armor?
Each chain of armor looked to be like it was intertwined by dimensions.
There were hundreds and thousands of those chains, woven in three layers, that comprised that armor.
The man that walked forward fully armed looked at Hansoo and asked, "What would you do if you were to beat me?"
Hansoo laughed at the remark.
"Just like you?"
"Like me?"
At that remark, Hansoo raised the darkness in his hand and spoke, "Yes. I will desperately work hard… to be happy."
The movement of the two, who were walking slowly toward each other, began to steadily pick up speed.
Crack!
Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
The solidly-built dimensional realm that was beginning to crack under the great pressure trembled.
Soooooooooooon!
"Ahahahahahaha! You'll have to be worth waiting for!"
Boooooooooooooooooooom!
The man's rough laughter began.
The huge space began to roar with a mixture of white and black.
The manager, Einkel, who was watching the scene, murmured, clutching a white spear in his hand, "I will kill you."
For a fallen angel to be looking above…
He deserved to die for that sin alone.
However, the Administrator, Einkel, realized that there was no gap for him to throw his spear.
"Huh…?"
Boooooom!
The black darkness spread around the collision between the two.
Something popped out of the darkness that was dyeing the entire place black and penetrated his heart.
It was Barmamunt, a man with black eyes and a black heart.
"Uhuh… Uhuhuh?"
Einkel, who was looking at his pierced heart, touched Barmamunt's hand that was in his chest.
Starting from there…
Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumble!
The darkness began to devour the white space as something began to pour out without hesitation from the darkness.
Barmamunt and Mormat.
The 108 Dragon species that had crystals.
Mad Demon that had wandered the Abyss.
Soon…
Boooooooooooooom!
Einkel looked on with a look of disbelief as he watched the demons crawl out of hell from the crevice.
'Damn… No way.'
Then, the gaze of Einkel, who was slowly fading away into the light, saw the great clash of light and darkness that engulfed all demons and angels.
Chapter 492: Return
Translator: Ares
Editor Group: Liber Reverie
'It's been a year. Already.'
Looking up at the sky, Kiriel shrugged.
'Will it take another thousand years again.'
She will not expect anything from the start.
That way, she wouldn't be disappointed.
Then…
Rustle
Kiriel screamed from the sudden appearance of a person outside.
"… Hey! Minsoo, I told you not to come through the garden!"
She had told him repeatedly to come up from below.
Kiriel, who rose violently from her seat, headed for the door before momentarily pausing.
In front of Kiriel…
"I kept my word."
A man who was carrying ten thousand flowers on his back in full bloom smiled quietly at Kiriel in the garden.
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According to the fairy tale passed down orally, there was a man who was born as a human being and had killed God.
The man, who hated the world created by God, became the Devil himself.
Amazing, the world where the Devil stood tall… it is said that the world was much more peaceful than what God had created.
Author's Remark:
The novel is complete:
Truthfully, since this chapter is extremely short, it wouldn't matter if I had combined this with the previous chapter, but since I feel like it is best separated due to the flow of the chapter, this is why I had decided to make an extra chapter.
I do have a few supplementary biographies that I am contemplating for my next novel, but I will carefully and steadily take my time to think about it!
I would like to express my condolences and gratitude to all of my readers that have taken the time to read my long book. I am truly grateful to those that have endeared my book and read what I've wrote in this long journey.
Also, I cannot hide my deepest regrets to my readers that have been disappointed by what I have wrote. T-T
All of this is due to my shortcomings as a writer. T-T
I am reading all of the comments and replies that are posted below this, so I will read all of this with care, and truly work hard to ensure that my next book will be even more exciting and pleasing to the eye.
I hope to see all of you in my next book on Munpia.
I hope that all of you have a pleasant day, and thank you once again!