Chapter 392: 392 The strength of was incredible . The army of the Underworld that entered the 121st regional conflict completely swept away the combatants from both the 'Good' and 'Evil' camps and reverted all 'Good/Evil' within the battlefield to 'neutral . ' [Advance!!] Constellations participating in the 121st regional conflict saw the army of Hell encroaching their battlefield and either they ran away, or ended up being incapacitated .
[121st regional conflict has been forcibly concluded . ]
[Applicable battle's outcome can't be decided . ]
[Lack of will to fight by the participants of the applicable battle has been confirmed . ]
[Applicable regional conflict has been excluded from the category of 'Great War of Saints and Demons' . ]
I glanced at the now-concluded battlefield and without taking a break, shifted my gaze over to the next Gate .
[117th Gate is currently in activation . ]
[119th Gate is currently in activation . ]
[123rd Gate is currently in activation . ]
According to the plan, my companions should be in the middle of a dogfight inside the 117th and 119th Gates right now, having split up earlier . Jeong Hui-Won and Yi Hyeon-Seong were in the 117th Gate, while the 119th was manned by Han Su-Yeong and Yu Jung-Hyeok . Which means, I should help with the situation in the 117th, rather than 119th… .
[Constellation, 'Mass Production-type Maker', says that you must enter the 123rd Gate . ]
… . 123rd? But, there shouldn't be anyone there? I focused on the blurry images of the battlefield that could be seen from the Gate . And then… . "What the f . . . . . ?" … . I immediately issued a new order to advance . "All personnel, we march through the 123rd Gate!" My order prompted 30,000-plus combatants from the Underworld to march through the Gate . The great army of the netherworld riding on the pitch-black clouds crossed the portal and began arriving on the skies of the 123rd regional conflict zone . "Yu Jung-Hyeok, you stupid bastard!" There he was, bleeding profusely and dying . And then, Anna Croft carrying him on her back . I kind of understood why that fool decided to not stick to the plan and participated in this particular battle . "'Demon King of Salvation'!!" I heard her urgent calling and at the same time, I spotted the enemies hurriedly chasing after her and her human cargo . They were Constellations from the very angry and . Most of them were Historical-grade, but there were a few Fable-grade among them, as well .
[Your affiliated camp is 'Evil' . ]
Meanwhile, Yu Jung-Hyeok and Anna Croft were on the camp of 'Good' . In other words, the enemies pursuing them were 'Evil' . If this was the 'Great War of Saints and Demons' of the original storyline, then they would've been my comrades, instead . " . . . . Kill them all . " Unfortunately, my allies in this battlefield were neither 'Good' nor 'Evil' . [For the glory of !]
The Three Judges riding on the Hellsteeds burning in hell's flames roared out in unison and dashed towards the enemy ranks . Aeacus of Mercy and Righteousness . Minos of Wisdom and Law . Rhadamanthys of Impartiality and Incorruptibility . When alive, they walked the path of the king, and now, they tread on the paths of the netherworld's judges . They unleashed the auras befitting the Fable-grade Constellations that they were and began cutting down the approaching enemies' numbers . [How come the has . . . . !!] [Kuwaaahck!!] I landed next to Yu Jung-Hyeok and Anna Croft while watching the enemies bleed out Fables and die . His entire body was covered in grievous wounds . Even his coat featuring strong resistance against heat couldn't withstand the high temperature and had melted half-way down; I couldn't really hear his breathing, either . I observed his left leg, now gone . There were traces of it 'disappearing' due to the internal expansion force . … . This idiot, he must've used 'Shooting Star Slash' . He might be able to fool the others, but there was no fooling my eyes . This was a truly stunning rate of growth . Originally, the 'Shooting Star Slash' was Yu Jung-Hyeok's hidden trump card that he barely managed to learn after going past the one-thousandth regression turn . But here he was, managing to reach that realm on only his third turn . "He's still breathing . " "How did he end up like this?" "He was trying to save me . . . . . " "Yu Jung-Hyeok was saving you??" She quietly stared back at me, but her gaze eventually dropped lower . Her ensuing voice sounded bitter . "He said that my death isn't a part of your plan . " For a moment there, I felt at a complete loss . Why would Yu Jung-Hyeok . . . . . I took over his care from Anna Croft . I pressed his pressure points to stem the bleeding, and after laying him down, I took a better look at his current condition . The 'Shooting Star Slash' was a technique the current him couldn't handle yet . The left leg that somehow managed to withstand the explosive forward thrust was beyond saving . Limb dismemberments couldn't be healed even with [Elaine Forest Essence] .
I sighed for a brief moment there, before pulling out a certain item from my inner pocket . And it was something that reminded one of a tentacle belonging to a dark, sooty-coloured squid .
[Fragments of Squid Kim Dok-Ja's seventh tentacle]
Anna Croft glared at the item with suspicious eyes . "What is that?" "I got it as a gift not too long ago . " "A gift? … . . That?" I was at a loss again as to how I should explain this . Actually, this item was a 'not-for-sale' bonus article available only during the "Kim Dok-Ja Company Collaboration" event held by 'Mass Production-type Maker' just before the 'Great War of Saints and Demons' went underway . I remembered that those who purchased a brand-new [Ferrarghini] received this on a first-come-first-served basis . I can still vividly recall the conversation I had with the 'Mass Production-type Maker' back then . - Thank you . All thanks to you, this season has been a huge success . The tentacles of Squid Kim Dok-Ja were all gone in less than one minute, you know . No matter how hard I thought about it, this just didn't make any sense . There were Constellations who bought Ferrarghini just to get their hands on my 'legs'? The 'Mass Production-type Maker' grinned slyly and asked me . - What's wrong? Do you wish to know who they were? - … . . No, not really . Besides all that, how did you acquire the fragments of my tentacles? - Eh? Of course, they are not your real tentacles . No, those were simply [Kraken legs] . Here, why don't you take one yourself as a souvenir?
I was too lazy to explain all this to Anna Croft, so I simply handed the item over to her and ignored her question altogether . Once she got a hold of it, though, more suspicion clouded up her expression . "Why is your name attached to this [Kraken leg]?" "You don't need to know . Just activate the [Elixir Maker] attribute, instead . Mix your blood with this item and have him eat them . " A [Kraken leg] possessed the effect of healing grievous wounds such as dismemberment, as well as to maximise the user's base self-healing ability, as well . And then, Anna Croft's blood carried the effects of elixirs, so when the two were mixed together, it'd be possible to heal any serious injuries pretty quickly . For some reason, though, she seemed to be hesitating, however . "But, if I feed him my blood . . . . " "He won't become your subordinate . " It had been said before; Anna Croft's blood possessed a power to make anyone who drinks it come under her influence . "Because, the current Yu Jung-Hyeok has higher Status than you . " She flinched slightly when she heard my words . Meanwhile, I observed the unconscious Yu Jung-Hyeok sleeping quietly on the ground . He wouldn't become her subordinate or some such . I didn't see any trace of him activating [Recovery], though . It seemed that he was planning to keep that power to the last possible second . He made a wise decision; if he wasted Recovery in this place, then I'd not be able to borrow his powers when it was really needed later . " . . . . Gotta hand it to this sunfish bastard . " I grumbled a little and turned around to see the sight of the Underworld's soldiers sweeping the enemies away like an incoming tidal wave . But then, upon taking a closer look, I could see that wave falter unstably . As if the ends of the wave were being blocked by a massive dam and were crumbling away . And in the middle of the waves, a stupendous amount of sparks were dancing and exploding .
[Constellation, 'God-King of Thunderbolts', is roaring out in pure rage!]
… . . The God-King of Thunderbolts?
Anna Croft spoke with a stiff expression . "But, that can't be… . I witnessed his Half-God Body getting destroyed, so how??" With that, I could figure out more or less on what had transpired here . It seemed that the 'star' Yu Jung-Hyeok had cut down was that dude over there . "Indra possesses many Incarnation Bodies . He must've called one over here after paying for the Probability . " Out of all the Constellations of , Indra had so many Incarnation Bodies that one couldn't count them using one's fingers . It was a pretty famous anecdote of the three main gods of asking Indra "Which number Indra are you?" all the time .
[Constellation, 'God-King of Thunderbolts' has summoned Star Relic 'Vajra'!]
Along with the loud boom akin to the skies splintering, the front of the army began splitting apart . The 'Vajra', Indra's main weapon capable of shooting thunderbolts containing an incredible amount of magical energy . But, I simply snatched up the incoming thunderbolt with my bare hand . Tsu-chu-chu-chut! And then, I threw it back where it came from . I could see Indra making a stunned face . But, it's still too early for that . [So, you're the 'Demon King of Salvation' . ] "And you're Indra . " [Why is the helping you?] "Do I have a reason to explain that to you?" Indra stared at me with a look of a person discovering a mysterious lifeform . [You are 'Evil' . Behave according to the scenario's rules . I shall overlook your disrespectful manners this time in consideration towards other Demon Kings, so . . . . ] "It was you who caused my comrade to end up looking like that . Right?" [So? What about it? That is the price to pay for an arrogant human when he opposed a Constellation . Do you wish to avenge him, then?] Avenge, was it? "That guy hates it when someone else pays the debt for him . Right, he's the kind of a guy who must settle the score himself even if it kills him . So, the reason why I'm going to kill you now isn't because of Yu Jung-Hyeok . " [A Demon King with a uselessly chatty mouth, aren't you . ] Kwaaa-boooom!! Beams of blinding thunderbolts blanketed the sky and rained down on my position . I managed to deflect a few and defended against others . Some did land on me, but the pain was rather tolerable . Indra did possess many Incarnations, but accordingly, the dispersion of his powers was just as great . On top of this, he suffered irreversible damage from Yu Jung-Hyeok's attack during his Half-God Body state, so he'd be unable to even summon up half of his usual power right now . However, Indra was still smiling away . [Oh, you foolish Demon King . You shall regret this!]
[Nebula, , has blessed 'God-King of Thunderbolts' with its grace!]
The Nebula had spent Probability for him . The power enveloping the God-King was growing even greater . Rapid changes took place on Indra's Incarnation Body, and soon, golden rays of light began shooting out from his entire figure . He grew humongous, and the one thousand eyes he possessed began opening up one by one . "We can't let him continue!"
Anna Croft must've seen something through [Precognition] because she began crying out next . … . Hell, it looked like to me that Indra and had made up their minds for good this time .
[Constellation, 'God-King of Thunderbolts', has activated the Stigma, 'Eyes that Observe Everything'!]
When all those eyes fully open up, Indra would be able to display the power of his true self through an Incarnation Body . Currently, about half of those eyes had opened . Ku-gugugugu! At this rate, every Incarnation participating in the 123rd conflict would be swept away by the overflowing electrical shock . However, I was getting progressively happier watching that electrical energy filled to the brim with < vedas'=""> Probability, instead . "Actually, I have a score to settle with your Nebula . Make that a very big score . " I remembered everything the Nebula did to me . Well, anyone who had suffered that badly would be the same as me . I unsheathed [Unbreakable Faith] and continued on . "Because of you lot, I had to become a Demon King . " During the Dark Castle's last scenario, I became the 73rd Demon King . "I had to order my comrades to kill me, and in the process, ended up inflicting them with terrible memories back then . "
[You have activated 'Demon King Transformation' . ]
The Status I earned after becoming the Demon King flooded out with my heart as the centre . Black wings tore out from the back of my shoulders, and horns broke out from my head .
[Fable, 'Demon King of Salvation', has begun its storytelling . ]
Back when I lost my life to the swords of my allies and was cast out to the scenario's horizon, I looked up at the heavens and swore to myself over and over again .
⸢Wait for a little while longer . Because I will bring all of you down from the damn sky . ⸥
The stars in the distant sky, seemingly out of reach no matter what Fables I managed to acquire . The distance so far away that it induced despair . Now, I could clearly see the locations of the stars that previously seemed so high up . I spoke in my true voice . [Back then, all of you seemed so high up . . . . ] I grinned and stared at Indra . Find authorized novels in Webnovel,faster updates, better experience,Please click for visiting . [But, it seems that you lot were actually located lower then I thought . ]
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