[… … Ugh!]
The Apostle of Paradise barely managed to avoid Cha Hae-in's attack, but he couldn't look all that bad.
One third of the torso.
One arm and the entire body from shoulder to waist were cut off.
Even lightning!
Passover.
The attack was so brutal that the severed parts were scattered like black charcoal and ashes.
Of course, this body could be changed at any time.
But the problem is something else.
'Why on earth is that woman's power also mixed with the aura of a ruler!'
The aftermath was devastating.
In the end, the apostle of Paradise suffered damage not only to his severed physical body, but also to his
spiritual body within it.
[How on earth do humans… …!]
Kiaaaaak!
A black shadow fell over the sight of the bewildered apostle of paradise.
As expected, my teeth were chattering when I saw it again.
I feel the energy from that shadow dragon!
That was definitely 'his' power!
I don't know how things work, but what I can do here hasn't changed at all.
Somehow or another, I need to escape from here right now!
[Mouth of the Void!]
The apostle of paradise let out a final cry.
And then he moved his one remaining arm hastily, tearing apart the dimensions surrounding him in all dir
ections without any order.
Crackle! Crackle!
Tzuyuu ...
Then, dimensional holes opened up here and there, and dimensional storms that started from those tatter
ed dimensional cracks began to swirl and intertwine.
WH ...
A terrible storm swept across the dimensional rift, engulfing Seong Il-hwan and Cha Hae-in.
If you get caught in this storm, you will become cosmic dust and drift forever.
[In this gap… … !]
but.
Swish!
Seong Il-hwan jumped upwards to avoid the dimensional storm as usual.
Movements that make it seem like this isn't the first or second time he's been in this situation.
Okay!
His feet landed lightly on the back of the shadow dragon that Cha Hae-in was riding.
"Father!"
"Thank you, my daughter-in-law."
Seong Il-hwan smiled happily.
And then, flashing the daggers in both hands, he leapt forward without hesitation, glaring at the Apostle o
f Paradise.
When the sight overlapped with Sung Jin-woo's appearance that he had once seen in outer space, the ap
ostle of Paradise completely lost his will to fight.
Seong Il-hwan's dagger swung mercilessly, and powerful sword pressure spread out in all directions.
Choke choke choke choke choke!
[Kkaaaak… … !]
A desperate scream burst from the mouth of the apostle of paradise.
His fingers were cut off joint by joint, and even his remaining arm was cut off.
Next are the legs.
In the end, even his torso was mercilessly cut off.
A true five-body experience.
And in the end, even his spirit body that was hidden inside that wretched body was mercilessly stabbed b
y Seong Il-hwan's dagger.
[… … !]
No more screams came out of the mouths of the apostles of paradise.
A rift in dimensions.
In the midst of this chaotic universe, only the sound of flesh being torn and bones being crushed resonat
ed.
Passover.
Eventually, the fragmented body began to crumble and scatter into pieces in the air.
Then something amazing happened.
Swoosh-
The remains of the Apostle of Paradise, reduced to mere crumbs, began to be sucked into the outer ston
e of Seong Il-hwan.
Seong Il-hwan looked at the sight indifferently.
"Is it being absorbed?"
Seong Il-hwan's wounded body began to regenerate by sucking up the energy of the Apostles of Paradis
e.
The cracked skin began to heal.
The bones that were crushed inside were healed.
So slowly his body returned to its original state.
Just as the cracks in cracked pottery are filled and restored.
His physical condition, which had been eating away at him by twenty-three foreign stones, began to impr
ove.
'I guess we can rest assured for the time being.'
As the constant, agonizing pain that had been following him began to lessen, Seong Il-hwan let out a soft
sigh of relief.
'Run away! Run away!
Meanwhile, the Apostle of Paradise, who had been torn to pieces and was now only a handful of spirits le
ft, desperately turned his eyes to find a way to survive, even though his life was still hanging on like a wee
d.
Swoooooooooo-
A dimensional storm that swirls wildly.
Countless holes visible beyond the dimensional rift that had torn everything apart.
Beyond that chaotic void.
The Apostle of Paradise managed to find the energy of the flowerpot he had planted in advance.
Whoosh!
And without hesitation, I jumped towards it.
Choaaaaaaah-
The dimensional walls shook.
[… … I did it!]
The Apostle of Paradise, who had barely managed to cross the dimensional wall, was greatly relieved and
happy.
I gathered all my remaining strength and barely managed to tear through the dimensional wall and escap
e!
And the bastards couldn't keep up with him.
It was a natural thing.
In the first place, the hole he had just passed through was such a small gap!
Because they were so small that even strong beings like them could not pass through.
This actually meant that the power of the Apostle of Paradise himself had been greatly weakened, but so
what?
What matters in the end is that you survived, right?
[If you gather your strength again, it will be enough!]
In any case, he was just a fragment broken into small pieces from the main body.
Although it was weakened for now, it could easily regain its strength by finding and fusing other fragment
s that had crossed over into this universe.
Of course, that wasn't necessarily a good thing.
The process of finding each piece one by one is cumbersome.
When they actually merge, the one with less strength ends up having its ego eaten.
Although I was not happy with that fact, it was not a big deal since all of those selves were ultimately deri
ved from one entity.
Because the most important thing was survival.
But the real big problem was the Shadow Lord.
[… … Could it be that we really lost the war?]
The Shadow Lord won the war and returned here?
Winning the war against all those Itarims?
Oh my god. It was horrible to even imagine.
But if that were true reality, then his future was only inevitable death.
I never even imagined such a hopeless future.
Besides, why are there so many humans on this planet who have this much power as rulers?
The son of the Shadow Lord!
The father of the Shadow Lord!
And what about his wife?!
It was a family without a single truly normal person.
But it's okay since I survived.
[… … Haa. I almost got eaten whole.]
okay.
Let's be satisfied with that for now.
And I looked around.
He used his last bit of strength to connect the dimensional coordinates and arrived at the villain city in Chi
na where he had prepared a base in advance.
Just like in North Korea, there was a hidden flowerpot in this land that he had lovingly raised.
Push-
The remains of those torn souls appeared above the city of Chinese villains.
however.
[What, what is this? This is… … .]
The problem is that the cityscape reflected in the Apostle of Paradise's eyes was quite different from wha
t he remembered.
The city was already reduced to ashes.
Buildings collapsed and the streets were a sea of blood.
'Could it be that they found out here too...?'
An ominous feeling came over me.
No! What on earth is the cognitive inhibition spell I put in place that keeps causing this to happen!
Because of what he had been through, the Apostle of Paradise thought of the worst case scenario at this
moment.
First of all.
'The Shadow Lord's presence is not felt!'
It was a blessing.
And then the shadow soldiers led by his son disappeared from sight.
'Then what the heck?'
Who the hell did this!
Booooooooo-
At that moment, there was a noise coming from the sky.
When I looked up, I saw countless flying drones covering the sky.
Those drones looked down on the whole earth from high in the sky through numerous camera lenses.
[What… … .]
It was just disappointing.
Even if they were crude objects, if they were looked down upon from up there, even the cognitive inhibiti
on magic would be useless.
That was the moment.
Snap!
[… … ?!]
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a strong hand appeared and grabbed the spirit of the Apostle of Paradise from
behind.
"What are you?"
[… … Who are you!]
The apostle of paradise could not help but be perplexed.
It was because he felt a familiar energy inside the human body that had captured him.
It was sudden and welcome.
Isn't this just perfect!
Even though the stone was not set in stone, this human was also a great vessel for a high priest!
furthermore.
[Human! A fragment of my true self resides within your aged body! Submit to me immediately and offer
me your power… … !]
Crunch!
[...uh?]
Before he could finish his words, the old man, without a second thought, mercilessly bit the spirit body of
the apostle of paradise.
It wasn't an abstract expression, but he literally started biting, tearing, chewing and swallowing.
[Ah! What, what are you doing!]
The remnants of his soul, already ruined, began to crumble and break down inside his mouth.
The energy entered his body intact and was digested.
Gulp, gulp… … Gulp!
An old man who swallowed the apostle of paradise whole.
China's six-star hunter Liu Zhikang muttered, his mouth watering.
"Hmm. It tastes familiar."
[You bastard, don't tell me that you are... ... !]
Being eaten by him in real time, the apostle of paradise finally realized.
That something was wrong.
Now I see that there was another guy like Seong Il-hwan here.
An absurdly vast vessel of the soul!
Even inside this old man, there was an empty space where the ruler had once resided.
And the fragments of his own body… … .
It was quietly sleeping in a corner of the bowl.
Rather than having the bowl taken away, he lost his self and only had his strength taken away.
[Oh, why is this happening?]
What unknown power was at work? This old man was also a being who was accustomed to using the po
wer of the apostle as his own!
The Apostles of Paradise, who had no idea of the existence of the 'Spring of Echo Forest' that Suho had fo
und, were simply confused and had no idea what was going on.
[What on earth… … is the human race… … .]
Gulp, gulp, gulp!
Even the old people I pass by are of this kind…
The apostle of paradise, who had usually ignored the human race itself, died in vain, feeling disillusioned a
nd fearful of humans.
Swoosh-
"Huh. So you were really an apostle of Itarim? Your presence was too weak for that to be the case."
Ryu Zhikang tilted his head, licking his lips.
It was too weak to be called an apostle of Itarim, and the energy it absorbed was also too minimal.
He immediately took out his cell phone and contacted Seong Su-ho.
"Ah, yes. It's me, Ryu Zhi Kang. As you said, I persuaded our government to launch a flying drone and fou
nd the villains' city. Right now, I'm looking around to see if there are any more, and I happened to find and k
ill one of Itarim's apostles… … ."
Cell phones are really good these days.
Since it is a real-time interpretation, it is actually easier to communicate than when we meet in person an
d talk.
As Suho had requested in advance, Liu Zhikang was searching for and destroying all the 'flower pots' hidd
en in China, one by one.
It was a natural idea from Suho's perspective.
Anyway, didn't China illegally fly a lot of drones to film Suho while he was in India?
They figured that if they recycled a bunch of cameras like that swarm of bees, it would be easy to find the
pollens of the apostles of paradise in the sky.
Of course, there was the cumbersome process of having to persuade the Chinese government during the
process, but from Liu Zhikang's perspective, that was not difficult at all.
Of course, Liu Zhikang, who had spent his entire life cultivating, did not have the political power to persua
de politicians.
But if you destroy just one important building, wouldn't it become more persuasive where it wasn't befor
e?
"… … Ah, right. Elvenwood has its own uses? I see. Then let's just cut off the roots and set it aside."
While talking on the phone with Suho, Ryu Zhikang glanced up and looked at Elvenwood.
Elvenwood, which had been desperately resisting until just a moment ago, had become quiet as if it were
a lie.
Perhaps it was from the moment I chewed and swallowed the apostle of Itarim just now, but it was a goo
d thing.
Anyway, he was in the process of using his outstanding(?) political power to summon all the Chinese hun
ters and completely wipe them out.