Episode 990 Empress (2)
Life is not equal.
There are countless factors that differentiate individuals, such as appearance, social status, wealth, military power, and luck. True equality does not exist. That is why the world has been a continuous series of changes.Had it not been for the jealousy and envy stemming from inequality, we would not have been able to escape even primitive societies.
However, not just anyone can be a pioneer of change. Heathril believed that one must be qualified to do so.
Every being is born with a vessel.It is both individuality and a limitation.If the contents are insufficient, it is merely lazy, but if it overflows, it shatters. As those sharp fragments scatter, they leave unsightly traces in the surroundings.
Hisril was from the northern part of the Eastern Continent before it was named Delharun. He was also of the bloodline of a highly prestigious count family.
Grandfather, father, mother, two older brothers, and one older sister.As the youngest child born late in life, Hisril was exceptionally bright from a young age, and whether thanks to or because of this, she realized early on the true nature of the family members who were respected outside the home.
Kin murder, corruption, debauchery, luxury, bribery, solicitation… … an incompetent bunch who can’t grasp the place.
Is this common sense?
Lost in disillusionment, Hisril repeated the day of discreetly taking a walk alone nearby and returning. Then one day, he met an extraordinary beastman.
The monster, covered in blood from head to toe and displaying overwhelming violence… … was the sprout of a king who would come to be called the Beast King as time passed.
Starting with an unexpected encounter and conversation with the next King of Water, she began to immerse herself in the wild.A society of nature where, though cunning and cruel, one does not conceal their true nature, and where one who knows no bounds eventually pays the price.
Logic by pure power.
It was a truly terribly beautiful world to her, even more so than the current human society filthy with nauseating pretense and greed.
Thus, Hisril, who had become interested in power for the first time, held a sword for the first time at the age of 13.
That was when I was 17.
Hisril massacred the rest of the family overnight, with the exception of the younger brother, who, no matter how flawed, had never lived beyond his means.The corpses of the parasites—including the knights, merchants, and villagers—who had clung to the family’s power were also scattered across the estate.
On the day he committed his first murder, Hisril stained his sword with the blood of a total of 487 people.It was the beginning of the journey.
If his sword strikes were ineffective, he willingly entered the monster’s mouth and tore its internal organs to pieces, even while being covered in stomach acid. In territorial battles, he went to the front lines and mercilessly hunted down opposing nobles.
She, more elegant than anyone, did not hesitate to roll around in the mire.
Human, yet possessing a ferocious wildness surpassing that of a beastman.
Hisril became a monarch through a way of life that humanity considered uncivilized. Including beastmen and humans, she is recorded as having killed the greatest number of sentient beings with her own hands in the history of the official Transcendents.
Ss
Hisril, having surpassed the speed of sound in an instant, raced furiously through the desolate forest. The ground exploded with every touch of her hands and feet.Her movements, shifting direction moment by moment, were like an unpredictable future.
The earth’s axis shaken by the loud noise.
The small mountain visible before my eyes vanished along with the scurrying horde of undead. It was the result of the clash between the Art of Skill and the Sun of Annihilation.
Sword energy swirling like a whip devastated a radius of tens of meters, and
A dark red glow emanated from Verden’s staff as he stood in place.
Kwag
She thrust her two swords against the massive beam of destruction that filled her vision. The Transcendent’s concentration directed at a single point.
Shortwave
The moment the earth crumbled from the clash of forces, another light of destruction immediately followed flashed before her eyes and shattered the sword barrier Hythril had reflexively wrapped herself in. Shefelt a sensation of floating.Planting her feet in the ground to brake her body, she lifted her head.
Magic bombardment cast across the front and sky.
I can’t see a strategy.
Even for a transcendent being who has surpassed transcendence once more, the magic does not stop.Is his magical power infinite?Even the Beast King from three centuries ago, whose stamina seemed endless, would at least catch his breath when unleashed such a fierce attack.
Verden, maintaining distance with his unique magic, and Hythril, attempting to approach despite the risk of damage.
It is a typical pattern of a wizard and a warrior.
If they didn’t close the distance somehow, they would be helpless and simply defeated. Feeling his life threatened by this, Hisril’s blood flow accelerated to an extreme degree.
The mind converging into one.
───Tsukak!
He sliced the void in two with the sacred sword and light sword wrapped in crimson energy. The massive thunderbolt that had fallen from the sky, along with the cold air and the forest, split apart.
‘okay…….’
A body that moves before thinking.Instinct that transcends the constraints of reason.A sense of liberation that completely escapes the restraint of the intellect.
This is how I feel.
Hisril Del Roharun entered the ‘awakened state’.
Season: Mansal
Will is embodied in the tip of the sword to become the spirit of the sword, and the spirit of the sword reaches its ultimate state to become the ultimate. The murderous intent that transcends even the ultimate state inevitably harms all mankind.
Crossing twin swords.
Sword marks rose simultaneously upon all living creatures throughout the desolate forest, killing them instantly. The magic was severed and struck the surroundings rather than her.Even without direct contact with the sword energy, the killing intent could not be avoided.Her very presence, having dominated the area, was already a weapon of murder.
“……!”
Kagagagagagang!
Verden, with his face covered, faced countless sword strikes that flew in in an instant.Cutting through the shield of destruction and forcing his way in, they battered [Einber] and [Interis] in a flash. A very small part of his ash hair was cut off.
“So, martial arts can be used like this. It’s just like magic.”
In the belated aftermath, the forest surrounding Verden and Hisril became a flat plain.It was silent, as if the world were dead.Seeing Verden’s gaze, Hisril let out a heated breath.
“It sounds like magic, doesn’t it? If you master the concepts of the Magic Path and reach the next hierarchy, we acquire ‘Pure Will’ and ‘True Will’—which reflect physical instincts entirely in our will and actions—and enter a state of awakening. Even the martial arts transcendents who wielded countless weapons could use it, couldn’t they?”“You mean Master?”“Seeing as you are hearing this for the first time, you don’t seem to be very close. Then again, even if you were close, it’s not something you can take lightly. To enter a state of awakening like me, you have to be completely immersed. And the conditions for immersion differ for everyone. Well, anyway, the point is that Draven, which borrowed only a portion of the power of the ancient transcendents, was insufficient for you, Master.”
When the first servant, Draven Lemarque, reinforced his power with a super-level magic combination, most transcendents were pushed back in one-on-one battles.Even Verden, a high-ranking member of the 7th tier, could not gain the upper hand alone, even though he inflicted significant damage with his Destruction trait.
Only Master… … Vendie Caenarman overwhelmed Draven head-on. If Vendie had possessed a power akin to destruction, the resurrection of the Old King might have been stopped right there.
“Adrian isn’t perfect, but…”
Hisril suddenly parted her lips, then quickly trailed off. Kagagagagak. She sharpened the blade of the sacred sword with her light sword.
“Now, you said you’d smash my mouth first? Do you think you can handle that?”“Did you lock Adrian up with Gareth?”“Killed him… Ah, I guess I’ve been found out already. I’ve been talking too much.”
Hisril slightly lowered the dignity of her presence, no longer intending to hide it, so that Verden’s insight could penetrate part of her inner self.
“I amicably put them in a prison somewhere among the Lower Beastmen tribe. I even made sure to feed them regularly. Still, it’s not like I did nothing.”
truth.
I left an unforgettable mark on Adrian.
Another truth.
An unforgettable trace?
He would have to verify it in reality to know for sure, but in any case, Hisril believed it was so. Hisril gripped his twin swords in reverse once again and assumed his stance.
“That’s all I can tell you right now. Listen to the rest after you’ve subdued me. My blood, which has just heated up, is about to cool down. Isn’t it about time you pulled out a trump card?”“…….”
Verden calmed his magic circuit and grabbed [Interis] in reverse.
I’ll hear what your purpose is later.
Sound vanished from the world.An enforced silence.Only a gray storm raged quietly across the sky, turning crimson. The concept of destruction seized the surrounding skies.
[Einber] gave the concept of a chain to destruction.
It is still unfinished as the realm has not yet been fully reorganized, but…
The liberation of divinity based on divine power is, after all, the power of God. Unlike super-level magic, this is akin to an inherent ability that is naturally realized even without reason.
There is a separate realm of pure 8th order.
It cannot be called perfect because there was insufficient time to leisurely build new magic, but it is not so inadequate that it cannot be used in actual combat.
If the martial arts world is centered on nature,the magic world is based on reason.
Eighth-tier magic, which is almost non-existent in the world, brings a price commensurate with its power, but even that is the result of the caster’s thorough calculations.Clear intellect overwhelmed the destructive instinct gained by mastering the concept of destruction.
Super-level magic.
Extinction
A single bolt of lightning descended from the sky to the ground, striking Verden’s entire body. The ground sank significantly. His blue eyes rapidly turned crimson.Thunder struck his eardrums.[Interis], having transformed into the crimson lightning itself, violently spewed out residual lightning.
Magical Manifestation.
Verden’s greatest power that has not revealed its divinity.
All outputs of the 8th hierarchy completely and simultaneously unleashed
Rrrrrrrrr…!
The area surrounding Verden, which looked as if he were holding a living thunderbolt in his hand, began to disintegrate. As even the smallest units vanished, destruction was imminent on the desolate land.The earth slowly cracked open, and a light of ruin rose from beneath.
Constant use of the super-tier magic that finished off Draven? This is beyond expectations—
Hisril reflexively turned his head.
─────────!
[Interis], passing by the temple at an invisible speed, completely obliterated 30% of the desolate forest from afar.
The next one won’t miss.
Crackle crackle!
Countless thunderbolts swarmed into the hand, and [Interis] returned to Verden.The lightning of destruction stole the light from the entire area.
“Get ready.”“It hasn’t even been a few dozen days at most since you ascended to Rank 8… Have you almost fully adapted already? Anyway, it’s good to see you.”
Hisril controlled his breathing.
One of my transcendent abilities is also an enhanced type.
A massive energy erupted from her entire body. Unable to withstand the shock, some blood vessels burst along with her skin, flowing down her entire body.Hisril’s blood, with the whites of her eyes stained red, soaked the blades of the light sword and the sacred sword.
Non-human wildness.
Wild Soul
The naturalness of Hythril, fully understood and internalized through the wildness of the beastkin. A mad beast bared its ferocious teeth toward a god.She slowly raised her arm and covered the corner of her mouth with the hilt of her light sword.
Clashing gazes.
Kwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwang!
In an instant, the Thunder Spear of the Demonic Path flew in and the slash of irrationality clashed. A massive explosion finally completely obliterated the desolate forest.
Verden is like lightning.Hisril is like a beast.
Moving at super-high speeds in their own ways, they successively damaged the continent. The aftermath of the 8th-rank battle spread across the entire southern part of the Eastern Continent.
Stop, Spin, Compression, Trigger.
Verden utilized the magic of destruction individually with the endless possibilities of the magic of infinity.Destruction:
Extinct: Fulmora
The swirling thunderbolts rapidly narrowed their area and concentrated at a single point. Verden gripped his gauntlet. The concept of destruction exploded in space.The reverse thunderbolts originating from the ground reached the crimson sky, spreading the electric current.
Tshaaaak.
Hisril, appearing as if sliding out from outside the magic’s range, scraped the ground.
“Try to follow me if you dare.”
Season: Wild Waves and Raging Fields
As she went berserk with her body enhanced by transcendental energy, the barrage of sword energy tore apart the sky and the earth without distinction.On the vast rocky cliff at the edge of the desolate forest,sword marks overlapped obliquely, and then overlapped again, shattering the center of the rocky terrain she stood on.
The battlefield is collapsing.
Verden, looking down at her from the void, reacted to her movement and unleashed divine punishment. Destruction and savagery intersected, exponentially expanding the battlefield.
They began to cross the world from north to south in the southern conflict zone of the Eastern Continent.
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Western Continent
“Hahahahaha! It tickles, it tickles!”
The worst dwarf on earth—Grimmel Gromfar—was being tortured by the Inquisitors, yet far from feeling pain, he mocked them.Even the excruciating agony caused by the Inquisitors’ unique miracles could not compare to the dwarf’s madness.
“Do you want to hear information from me? Hahaha, if you want that, bring Verden! Verden, who severed the hands of the dwarf’s everything! I will speak only with him!”“A mere dwarf.”“Fanatics who believe in a ‘fool’, get lost.”
Further suffering followed for Grimmel, who had blasphemed God, yet only his maniacal laughter never ceased. The leaders of Eon, the Empire, the Magic Kingdom, and the Holy Kingdom silently watched the entire scene from atop the torture chamber.
And, secretly, one dragon as well.
He’s seriously the worst dwarf on earth.
The sky dragon Aerodon looked again and again at the appearance of the dwarf it had seen long ago, and opened its mouth in disbelief.
“How did that crazy dwarf come back to life? Wait, but they captured him? They say he isn’t as prepared as a dwarf as he used to be… but still, he’s the one who destroyed a part of the Eastern Continent?”
Through the eyes of the Sky Dragon, I watched the decisive battle between the worst dwarf on earth and the Beastman of Massacre. They were, without a doubt, overwhelming and historic monsters.
‘Was Verden that strong? Has he gotten stronger? Even if he possesses a first-class talent like ‘you’ and Oldarc, already… …? And if the worst dwarf on Earth has returned, it wouldn’t be surprising if the Beastman of Slaughter had also been resurrected. The Saint of this era fell unconscious after engaging a certain beastman. Given the circumstances, the one who fought the Saint must undoubtedly be the Beastman of Slaughter, Barcazel. Yet the Saint is here, while he has vanished. If he were unharmed, he wouldn’t just sit idly by. Could it be, could it be that the Saint defeated the Beastman of Slaughter… …’
Aerodon pondered the matter repeatedly until he reached a conclusion.He froze, frozen in place.
I was mistaken. I was buried in a turbulent, distant past. I underestimated it just because it was said to be the most peaceful world I have ever seen. That is why I failed to see this era properly…!
The vertically split pupil contracted.
On this land.
The fellow, who had been looking around from a distance, eventually gazed at the world. It was the same world as always, but today it felt somehow more eerie.
“How many monsters are there… just how many?”
Perhaps the resumption of the Battle of Destiny, which had been suspended for a very long time, was not far off. Above all, even Oldark’s insane plan.Aerodon had only one goal: to leave this continent as quickly as possible.
“Hahaha, hahahahahahaha!”
Just as I was growing weary of Grimmel’s laughter and feeling dizzy, messengers from each faction arrived from outside. Approaching in a hurry, they reported.
“Urgent message from the Kingdom of Itel. Currently—”
An unavoidable anomaly has occurred in the southern region of the Western Continent.
The signs are gradually becoming clearer.
