Book 1 Chapter 206
Leo, wandering through the ruins, found a place to shelter from the rain and laid Luna down there.
Then, he gathered some firewood and lit a bonfire with the ‘Fire’ spell.
Crackle- crackle-
Once the building felt warm, Leo looked out the window.
The black rain was still falling outside.
As he gazed out the window, Leo suddenly felt a sense of unease and touched his face.
‘If this were an inscribed world, I should be in Kyle’s form.’
White hair, red eyes.
And the innocent face of a boy was Leo Flob’s.
‘What happened? Is this not an inscribed world? But Luna clearly recognized me as Kyle?’
Pondering, Leo reached a conclusion.
‘Did Luna’s page get damaged and cause an error?’
The Hero Record seals a fragment of Erebus.
Erebus is a being who opposes gods.
Even if the Hero Record is a divine creation, prolonged exposure to Erebus’s power would cause errors.
‘Then… is there a fragment of Erebus in this world too?’
Leo’s face hardened, and he looked up at the sky.
Suddenly, he stopped, noticing something.
‘A crack? What is that?’
The moment Leo felt bewildered.
Kiooooh!
A piercing roar struck Leo’s ears.
“Tch?”
Pain, as if his entire head was throbbing, washed over him.
‘Fear!’
With a strong sense of fear, a massive gust of wind blew.
Seeing a monster in the form of a giant humanoid dragon soaring into the sky, Leo’s face hardened.
‘Zerdiaq!’
Leo, facing the return of a formidable enemy he had defeated long ago, gritted his teeth and looked behind him.
Luna was still unconscious from Zerdiaq’s poison.
‘It’s no wonder, after fighting Zerdiaq alone.’
-Come out! Luna Rubinence! I will finish you, just as I did with Kyle!
Zerdiaq’s roar echoed.
This world was different from actual history.
Zerdiaq, who should have been subjugated by Kyle and Luna here.
But he escaped and survived.
‘…Perhaps I was defeated first due to the interference of traitors.’
Leo approached the unconscious Luna.
With a pained expression, he wiped the sweat from Luna’s forehead and smiled bitterly.
“Leave the rest to me.”
With those words, Leo stood up.
Goooooo-!
Leo saw purple particles gathering in Zerdiaq’s mouth.
‘Poison Breath, huh.’
Kwagagagak!
The terrifying death breath further devastated the crumbling interior.
Indiscriminate bombardment.
Fortunately, it did not reach Leo and Luna.
But it would soon.
Taking a deep breath, Leo opened the door and went outside.
‘I don’t have the strength to defeat a Legion Commander right now.’
Even if I’m possessed by Kyle, I only take on Kyle’s appearance.
I don’t become Kyle.
Right now, Leo only possesses Leo Flob’s power.
‘But for just one moment, I can fight him.’
Creeak-
Leo, who had opened the door, used Fly magic to lift himself into the air.
Reacting to the magic, Zerdiaq looked towards Leo.
And his eyes twitched.
-Human?
“It’s been a while, Zerdiaq.”
-You speak as if you know me well.
Zerdiaq sneered at Leo with a grotesque smile.
-I don’t know insignificant humans like you?
Seeing Zerdiaq, Leo narrowed his eyes.
‘This guy recognizes me as Leo Flob.’
“I know you well.”
-Kuhuhu! Of course! I am the Legion Commander who will bring about the extinction of you humans. Consider it an honor to be sentenced to death by me, Zerdiaq.
Leo curled the corners of his mouth.
“Honor? Don’t make me laugh. I didn’t want to see your grotesque face again?”
Zerdiaq’s eyes flashed.
Hwaak-! Kuaang-!
In an instant, his tail whipped and struck Leo.
Sent flying at tremendous speed, Leo crashed into the ground.
-A brat who doesn’t value his life. How dare you speak such disrespectful words to me, Zerdiaq.
Leo, sprawled on the ground, groaned and pushed himself up.
-Ho, you’re alive?
If it were the original Leo, he would probably have died from this attack alone.
Zerdiaq also grinned as if amused.
-This will be a good warm-up before I kill Luna Rubinence.
At those words, killing intent flickered in Leo’s eyes.
“You cannot kill Luna.”
-Heh, you arrogant human. What can you possibly do?
“I can do many things. For example.”
Goooooo-!
A fresh, light green light emanated from the folium on Leo’s arm.
Seeing it, Zerdiaq’s expression changed drastically.
-This… divine power?
“Kill you, for instance.”
-I didn’t expect a human blessed by a god to remain. But what will you do with it? What will you do with divine power that can no longer even touch this land?
Zerdiaq opened his mouth wide.
Goooooo-!
Seeing Zerdiaq gathering breath from the sky, Leo drew his sword.
-Disappear, human!
Flash-!
A purple flash blinded Leo’s vision.
Seeing it, Leo’s eyes flashed, and he swung his sword from bottom to top.
A massive, gray sword energy shot up to the sky like a wall.
Kwagagagang-!
The breath, split exactly in half before Leo, exploded in both directions.
Zerdiaq, still holding his sword, looked at Leo with a horrified expression.
-This… Kyle’s power?
The divine power that Pibua had contained in the folium as a gift.
It was the power of a god that momentarily restored the power of the past, Kyle’s power.
-Impossible! He was definitely dead a moment ago! How…!
Leo, seeing Zerdiaq’s bulging eyes, rested his sword on his shoulder.
-You… what is your identity!
“Don’t you see?”
Leo’s red eyes flashed.
“I’m Kyle.”
-Nonsense!
“Well, I might be a bit different from the Kyle you know.”
Leo lowered his stance.
Woong-!
Gray aura flickered around Leo’s body.
“I came from much further in the future than you know.”
Kuaang-!
As Leo stomped his foot, the ground beneath him caved in, creating a massive crater.
He had explosively increased the power of his aura by using Arion’s breath to its limit.
Leo had now regained the power of Kyle during his prime.
Of course, it wasn’t the power he had when he defeated Erebus with the strength of all his comrades.
‘If I summon that power, the divine protection won’t last long.’
Pibua’s blessing was to manifest the power of the past for a short time.
If Leo manifested the power he had when he defeated Erebus, the divine blessing wouldn’t last long.
What Leo needed now was not the power to defeat a calamity, but the power to defeat a Legion Commander.
‘Then, Kyle’s power from this era alone is enough!’
Leo, with his red eyes flashing, appeared before Zerdiaq.
Seeing him, Zerdiaq opened his mouth wide to swallow Leo.
Hwaak-! Kuaang-!
-Gulp?
In an instant, Leo slipped under Zerdiaq’s jaw and kicked him.
With the explosive power of his aura, Zerdiaq’s body was sent soaring into the sky.
Despite killing Kyle and inflicting mortal wounds on Luna, he had fled.
This meant Zerdiaq had also sustained considerable damage.
He probably hid after realizing Luna was affected by his poison.
It would be advantageous for Zerdiaq if the fight dragged on, fitting his title as the Poison King.
‘He’s not in his prime condition!’
If so, Leo, who had regained his prime power for a moment, had an overwhelming advantage.
Seeing the staggering Zerdiaq, Leo conjured a fiery aura.
Hwarururuk-!
Zerdiaq’s flames flickered.
Zerdiaq’s attribute was poison.
And fire possessed the power to burn poison, an opposing force.
Leo’s power was maximized by the Breath of the Dragon Slayer.
-That guy!
Seeing this, Zerdiaq reached out.
Goooooo-!
A massive purple greatsword appeared.
Venom, Zerdiaq’s weapon that melted everything it touched.
Numerous heroes had met their deaths simply by touching that sword.
One of the most terrifying horrors of the Age of Calamity.
But…
“It’s useless.”
Hwarururuk-!
A stellar magic array appeared on Leo’s palm.
Magic that did not exist in this era.
Created by elves who respected Luna and sought to follow in her footsteps, in the distant future.
‘Let’s use it, Lunia.’
Leo smiled as he recalled the elf girl.
“Scorching Heat.”
Hwarururuk-!
The flames of the Lundua family ignited in Leo’s hand.
“Crimson Flame.”
And Zerdiaq’s flames bloomed on the sword.
The ultimate flames of two families, inheriting the power of the Phoenix, burned fiercely.
Eventually, the merged flames of the two families formed the wings of a Phoenix.
-The Phoenix’s… flames!
“Perhaps if I could wield this much flame back then… it might have been less difficult to defeat you.”
-You…! You! What is your identity!
“I told you, didn’t I?”
Leo smiled coldly.
“I’m Kyle.”
Kwagagagag-!
-Kuaaaaahk-!
The Phoenix’s wings, like blades, sliced through Zerdiaq’s massive wings.
His heavy, enormous body plummeted to the ground.
Leo flew down towards the ground to finish Zerdiaq.
Towards Leo, Zerdiaq swung Venom.
Hwaruruk-!
Leo swung his sword imbued with the Phoenix’s flames.
Kudak-!
-Im… possible…!
Zerdiaq, bisected with Venom, his eyes wide open, fell to the ground spewing poisonous blood.
Thump! Splish! Chubberberbeck! Chiieeeeek-!
His heavy body and the blood that gushed from it melted the ruins.
Tak-!
Landing on the ground, Leo held his breath.
Zerdiaq’s blood was literally a deadly poison.
‘Did I defeat him with this?’
Leo quickly moved away from Zerdiaq’s corpse and took a deep breath.
It might have been impossible for him to defeat Zerdiaq alone.
‘The divine protection is also running out.’
Leo looked down at his palm.
He could feel the fiery power of Kyle, burning like flames, gradually fading.
“By the way, what is that crack in the sky…”
Leo looked at the crack he had noticed earlier.
Crackle-
He felt the crack in the sky growing larger.
Momentarily…
Crack-! Zap-!
He felt the crack falling.
The bright light that poured through it made Leo’s expression change to surprise.
“What is that…?”
At that moment…
Goooooo-!
A chilling heat was felt.
Leo’s eyes widened as he turned his head to look straight ahead.
Zerdiaq’s dissolving corpse was burning with black flames.
Zerdiaq rose his heavy body.
Kiooooh-!
As Zerdiaq roared, a powerful poison gas surged.
“Tch?”
Leo’s eyes widened.
Flapping his wings, which had somehow recovered, Zerdiaq charged towards the crack in the sky.
Kuaang-! Kwaching-!
Zerdiaq’s massive body shattered the crack in the sky.
Ching-!
Zerdiaq plunged his hand into the crack and began to tear it apart wildly.
“Erebus’s power? No, before that, what is that guy trying to do!”
Leo, in shock, tried to fly towards Zerdiaq.
He didn’t know what was happening, but instinct told him to stop Zerdiaq.
At that moment.
Leo’s face hardened as he saw the scenery through the crack Zerdiaq had widened.
“Sei… Run?”
Leo’s face froze.
The existence of Elsie flashed through his mind.
And he realized what Zerdiaq was aiming for.
“Going outside?”