Chapter 131: GODS Headquarters (1)
“Block them! With all your power! Even if you have to sacrifice your lives, block them!”
“Waaaaaaaak!”
Angels with pure white wings aimed their spears and bows and shouted.
Four people looking up at them from the ground.
“You understand without me saying anything now, right?”
At Jin-young’s words, Eun Ji-eun nodded and released red mana.
Jjeojeojeojeojeok-
The angels in the air froze solid in an instant.
Quite a few angels resisted by emitting holy power, but.
Shuuuuwuuu-
Liu Qinglong, who had already flown into the air, charged at them along with a gale.
Kwakwakwakwakwa!
A blue storm swept through the angels and passed by.
Angels whose wings were broken or who lost their strength were finished off by Eun Ji-eun’s freezing.
“Reform the ranks!”
The angels who had successfully avoided Liu Qinglong’s storm and Eun Ji-eun’s freezing and descended to the ground began attacking again, but.
Srung-
Tachibana Yutaro slowly drew his Japanese sword and slashed through the air.
The angels who had been rushing in a crowd suddenly stopped in place.
“What…?”
They didn’t even know why they had stopped.
Seogeuk.
Their necks were cut cleanly and they spewed white blood like a fountain.
When the vanguard angels were beheaded without a sound or trace, the rear angels fell into panic.
They tried to raise their holy power even more to thicken their protective barriers, but.
Susususut…
The white blood the angels had previously spewed suddenly gathered in one place.
Tszkwakwakwakwakwa!
It struck the angels’ protective barriers and caused an explosion.
It was a strike befitting Yutaro, who was renowned for handling any moisture, whether water or blood.
“As expected, they aren’t Zero-grade for nothing.”
Jin-young nodded in satisfaction as he watched Liu Qinglong dominating the air and Yutaro dominating the ground.
They had been creaky in the early stages of the Dungeon, but they quickly adapted after receiving Jin-young’s guidance.
There was no need to mention Eun Ji-eun, who was born with demonic talent.
Of course, as it was a Disaster-grade Dungeon, the number of angels was large and their level was quite high.
There was no one as strong as the Throne-class angel Anariel whom Jin-young had met in Hell, but occasionally there were powerhouses around the level of the Left Angel Veroniel, who had led the Holy Grail excavation team.
The Left Angel of the 3rd hierarchy was quite powerful for Zero-grade Hunters to face.
So when those appeared, Jin-young would adjust the difficulty using psychokinesis.
Jin-young’s group continued their offensive in an environment where the Left Angels had been excluded.
Kwakwakwakwakwa-
“Retreat! Retreat!”
“Return to the castle!”
The surviving angels gave up the battle and began retreating quickly.
Toward the giant castle where they had first flown from.
[Main Objective Updated]
[Main Objective: Capture the Fortress of the Heavenly Tribe]
“Huu… Huu…”
“It’s harder than I thought.”
Yutaro and Liu Qinglong looked quite exhausted.
Eun Ji-eun didn’t show it, but she had also consumed quite a lot of mana.
The opponents weren’t as individually powerful as in the Dragon’s Labyrinth, but as expected of a Disaster-grade Dungeon, the attacks continued without pause.
Even taking a breather like this had been a long time since the early stages.
“Shall we rest a bit?”
“Good.”
“Yes!”
At those words, Yutaro and Eun Ji-eun answered with bright faces.
“I will only follow the will of the great hero.”
Liu Qinglong spoke while cupping his fist.
At that moment, the tentacle’s voice rang in Jin-young’s head.
『Wait.』
‘Why? Do you sense something?’
Jin-young thought the tentacle had felt something suspicious beyond the castle walls.
『Little sister is in danger.』
‘…So-young? What are you talking about all of a sudden.’
Jin-young’s face hardened.
There was no way his younger sister Chae So-young would suddenly jump into danger, so perhaps someone had invaded Korea.
『I can’t tell the details. We are practically in another dimension right now. I can only faintly feel the emotion.』
Last time when training Chae So-young’s psionic energy in Hell, the tentacle had engraved a mark on her consciousness.
It was not a powerful engraving deep in the consciousness like with Jacob or Dmitri, but a light one left on the surface.
Because the remaining power was faint, it could not grasp exactly what had happened.
The biggest problem was that they were in different dimensions.
‘Returning now is too late… The only way is to clear it as quickly as possible.’
The current Dungeon Raid had entered the final stage.
To give up clearing and exit the Dungeon, they had to return to the starting point.
That would take too much time, and everything built up until now would collapse.
Continuing to push forward like this might be faster.
『I have a method.』
‘What method?’
『A way to help little sister right now. Of course, it’s the first time trying it, so I don’t know what will happen.』
‘Just try anything.’
The tentacle moved the giant sphere that had been left in the sub-space.
The suspicious artifact containing dimensional power that had been taken from the Prophet Zhang Weiren.
The monster heads that had been attached like hideous things on the sphere’s surface had all been pushed inside and were no longer visible.
At first, not knowing how to use it, it had been shoved into a corner and only analyzed.
And now, after becoming somewhat familiar with Void energy.
Tsztsztztzts…
The giant sphere began to rotate rapidly.
When Void energy was infused into the sphere, small cracks began to form on its surface.
Beyond those cracks there was only Void with nothing existing.
It might have seemed like showing the inside of the sphere, but that wasn’t the case.
Endlessly spreading Void.
The tentacle continued injecting Void energy into the sphere and explored the Void inside the cracks.
And finally.
『Found it.』
A dimensional window existing somewhere in the endlessly spreading Void.
It looked like a single transparent orb floating in a space filled with dark matter.
Looking inside the orb, familiar scenery of Earth was reflected.
Following the danger signal, it finally located Chae So-young’s position.
The tentacle touched the surface of the dimensional window and emitted Void energy.
Kudeudeudeud…
The transparent barrier began to ripple.
As expected, it did not open easily.
If it wouldn’t open with gentle methods, there was no choice but to use rough ones.
Chyuchut…
Tentacles transforming into hammers and blades.
Kwang! Kwakwang! Kajijijijik-
The result of pounding the dimensional surface with blunt weapons and slicing it with blades.
Jjeojeojeojeok!
Finally a crack opened, and the tentacle stretched straight toward Earth.
Kwakwakwakwa!
The tentacle that sent Edgar Malone, who had been about to engulf Chae So-young, flying instead.
『Succeeded in meeting little sister. The Guild Master and Advisor are together. But the talkative demonic sword is nowhere to be seen.』
‘Really? Wait, focus a bit.’
Jin-young, who had been holding the Heavenly Tribe’s fortress with psychokinesis.
Kwatztsztztsztz-
Psionic energy and Cyclic energy fused in his body and wrapped around the entire giant fortress.
Jjeojeok- Kwarurur…
When he applied pressure with psychokinesis, the castle walls split and debris began to collapse.
The moment Jin-young’s arms, spread to both sides, moved downward.
Kwakwakwakwakwakwang!
The giant fortress collapsed futilely like a sandcastle hit by waves.
“…….”
The Hunters excluding Jin-young all blinked and watched the scene.
[Main Objective Updated]
[Main Objective: Defeat the Guardian Colossus of the Heavenly Tribe]
The System Board was not even visible.
‘Tell my sister to combine her power with Yoon Soo-ho. If she combines that guy’s white mana with psionic energy, it can cause the explosion I showed last time.’
Since telepathy with his sister was impossible, Jin-young asked the tentacle to deliver the message.
『It’s long. I’ll tell her myself.』
Jin-young felt relieved for now thanks to the tentacle.
With Yoon Soo-ho and Choi Hee-yeon together, there probably wouldn’t be a major accident right away.
The problem was that the opponent was the Prophet of Wrath Edgar Malone.
Even though they had become stronger, completely killing a prophet in the contaminated zone was difficult.
That was why Jin-young pushed forward quickly.
Kudeudeudeud…
A giant figure rose from beneath the collapsed fortress.
A massive stone statue made entirely of white rock took a step forward.
Kwaang!
A force powerful enough to shake heaven and earth.
Jin-young looked at the giant statue before him and recalled something similar.
The enormous monster that had circled around Gehenna.
It was a bit smaller than that one made of dark red lava, but the atmosphere it gave off was similar.
Jin-young tried to break the statue’s leg first with psychokinesis to destroy its balance.
Tsztsztztz……!
The Cyclic energy protective barrier flowing from the giant statue’s leg resisted the psionic energy.
Jin-young then reversed the energy’s rotation.
Tzukakakakakang- Peobeobeong!
The protective barrier exploded and shattered in an instant.
At the same time, the statue’s leg bent and it lost balance, dropping to one knee on the opposite side.
Jin-young, seeing this, opened his mouth.
“I’ll give you exactly 5 minutes. Attack.”
At the completely changed atmosphere from Jin-young, a grim determination appeared in the Hunters’ eyes.
***
Edgar Malone, who had been helplessly pushed back by the suddenly appearing tentacle.
「What the hell is this…」
Because it possessed power so similar to Father’s, confusion arose in his mind.
But Edgar quickly shook his head and denied it.
「No. This is fake.」
If it were truly Father, there was no way it would interfere like this.
The thought that he had been deceived made his anger surge even more.
Tszkwakwakwakwa-
He shot dark red lightning in all directions and shook off the tentacle wrapped around him.
Seogeuk-
He swung the scythe widely and sliced the tentacle.
But the severed tentacle regenerated in an instant, and its tip transformed into a large shield shape.
Pachachang!
The tentacle blocked the scythe and charged.
Choi Hee-yeon and Yoon Soo-ho also attacked from different directions.
Edgar blocked and countered all the attacks alone.
Originally, he had planned to abandon defense, deal with Chae So-young first, then finish off Choi Hee-yeon and Yoon Soo-ho in that order.
But the unexpected appearance of the tentacle had completely ruined the plan.
For a moment, the Prophet Liliana, who had said she would accompany him, came to mind, but he quickly erased it from his head.
「I… will not die……!」
Kwatztsztztsztz…
The large amount of Black Mana and small amount of red mana circulating inside his body.
Until now, the two manas had not mixed completely, so they had not shown much synergy.
It was also because the amount of Black Mana was greater, but fusing the two manas from the beginning had been an enormous gamble.
If successful, he would gain even greater power than now.
If it failed, the power would flow backward, shaking his body and driving him insane.
Of course, even if he was defeated here today, the latter situation would occur.
In that case, it was worth taking the gamble.
The driving force of red mana was wrath.
「Kwaaaaaaaa……!」
Edgar let out a roar of rage and amplified the amount of red mana.
In an instant, the amounts of black mana and red mana became roughly equal.
Just the release of that explosive power pushed the tentacle, Yoon Soo-ho, and Choi Hee-yeon backward.
“Ugh…….”
Choi Hee-yeon, whose ability was relatively lower than Yoon Soo-ho’s, ended up dropping to her knees.
It was because she had taken the blow after already exhausting a lot of strength.
Just enduring this much was a miracle.
Even Yoon Soo-ho needed time to regain his stance.
In that brief opening.
Edgar focused and began mixing the two manas into one.
Tsztsztz… Tsztsztztsut!
But because of the rage dominating his body, stability was low.
On top of that.
Chit- Chijijijik-
The mental attack that had been irritating him earlier started again.
「This… damn bitch…」
The thought of Hannah Adams, toward whom his feelings had turned from love-hate to even greater hatred, made him even angrier.
Tszuzut… Tszuzuzuzuz-
Yet, the black mana and red mana swirling around Edgar began to show signs of fusing into one.
Wrath had become the trigger.
Because of that, the surrounding air began to change ominously.
Just getting close felt like the body would be torn to shreds.
The tentacle, with its tip blunt and clumped, shot toward him.
Susususut…
The moment it touched the fusing dark red mana, part of it vanished.
Because he had forcibly crossed dimensions from the Dungeon, he could not use powers like Void energy.
Yoon Soo-ho, wrapped in pure white mana, thought he might be able to break through once.
At that moment, Chae So-young’s shout was heard.
“Now!”
Receiving the signal, Yoon Soo-ho charged in with Lightning Flash.
Kagagagagak-!
The moment it touched the dark red mana, the holy power barrier began to be torn apart madly.
The wicked energy that penetrated the barrier even made his skin sting.
Nevertheless, Yoon Soo-ho charged toward Edgar without caring.
The barrier completely disappeared, and even his reinforced suit was torn and damaged in places.
His skin was blackened as if burned by fire.
But his eyes were still fiercely alive.
Tak-
He raised high the Destroyer hammer, which was now half destroyed.
Bwoong- Kwakwakwakwakwakwa!
He slammed it straight down toward the ground and activated Rupture.
The ground vibrated, and a holy power wave that distorted the air rushed toward Edgar.
「That again.」
Edgar made a sneering smile at the holy power Rupture attack he had experienced since their first clash.
At first it had been quite threatening, but now it was so obvious that it was laughable.
「Now such obvious and weak attacks…」
The moment he tried to shoot the fusing mana toward Yoon Soo-ho.
Edgar suddenly felt an ominous premonition.
Sure enough.
Tzukakakakakang-
The moment holy power and psionic energy met, a tremendous roar erupted.
Edgar had no time to dodge.
Kwaaaang!
With a huge explosion, his body was sent flying far backward.
Uuuuung-
The black mana and red mana, which had almost finished fusing, separated again.
“Cough……!”
Edgar, whose body was half destroyed, sprawled on the ground and spat blood.
His dragon transformation was also half undone, revealing his human face.
“These damn… bastards dare…”
But this was the depths of the contaminated zone.
The highly concentrated Creep continued to supply him with nutrients.
Of course, because the shock was quite severe, it would take time to fully recover.
The three would not miss that gap.
Edgar felt rage at having to acknowledge his defeat, but his survival instinct took priority.
“That annoying mental ability user… I will definitely come back to kill you…….”
Susususut…
His figure disappeared as if melting into the Creep.
Tszkwakwakwakwa-
Choi Hee-yeon and Yoon Soo-ho’s attacks rushed toward Edgar belatedly, but they only brushed past his body.
“…We missed him.”
“Damn it.”
Both of them were heavily injured and exhausted, so even the final strike they just launched had been with all their strength.
Still, they had missed, so there was nothing to say.
“Still, we succeeded in repelling him.”
Chae So-young, who was quite exhausted from raising her psionic energy to the limit, said.
She also looked as if she had lost a lot of weight.
Rotating psionic energy to create that small energy explosion was nothing short of torture.
Moreover, because it was holy power instead of Cyclic energy, it was twice as difficult.
“Since he went back alive, he will definitely come back for revenge as soon as he recovers.”
Yoon Soo-ho knew what kind of person Edgar was.
If he targeted Chae So-young with full intent, even Psycho might not be able to prevent disaster.
“I don’t think we need to worry about that.”
“……?”
The three Hunters turned around at the voice suddenly heard from behind.
“Psycho junior?”
“No, when the hell did you…”
Psycho did not reply. He stood above the spot where Edgar had disappeared and opened a simple portal.
Chywaaaak-
The tentacle that shot out from the portal dove into the Creep as if submerging.
Guruk- Gururuk-
The tentacle, wriggling as if sucking the nutrients from the Creep, spoke.
『I have located where he ran away to.』
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