Book 1 Chapter 808
808.
‘What is this?’
Nyx’s eyes were filled with confusion.
‘Is this truly a mortal?’
It was unknown how much time had passed since being engulfed by the Flames of Disaster.
Absorbed by Erebus, Nyx hadn't even had consciousness.
But for some reason, the consciousness as the Freezing of Death awakened.
The fall of the Flames of Disaster.
It was an opportunity for the Freezing of Death.
A golden opportunity to once again make the world immortal.
It was now possible to fulfill the long-cherished wish it desired.
The world Nyx saw after regaining consciousness had changed.
Impiously, the inhabitants of the Lower World had forgotten the grace of the gods.
It was necessary to once again inform the ignorant inhabitants of the Lower World.
Who their master was.
That’s how it should have been…
Flash-!
A golden line was embroidered before its eyes.
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-gak-!
Ice that would never melt scattered into powder.
Kwak-!
Karu kicked the ground.
Moving at unimaginable speed, Karu’s sword embroidered the air.
Then, Karu’s sword first filled the space where the ice could extend.
Nyx’s face stiffened.
‘Future premonition? Unbelievable! Isn't that literally the realm of gods?!’
How on earth had the world changed for such a monster to exist as a mortal?
Chwa-ak-!
Karu’s sword slashed Nyx’s body to pieces.
“How dare a filthy beast!”
Nyx’s rage surged.
Tak-!
“Huu- huu-”
Karu, who had landed on the ground, gasped for breath.
Even if one could use extrasensory perception freely, maintaining it at its extreme limit consumed an enormous amount of mental energy.
Furthermore, processing information conveyed through extrasensory perception and moving the body consumed unimaginable physical strength.
A realm that even Leo, who was second only to Karu in handling extrasensory perception, dared not attempt.
It was a battle in a realm only possible for Karu, who possessed overwhelming skill and physical strength, enough to be called a "War God."
But…
‘As expected, I can't defeat it alone.’
At best, it was just enough to delay Nyx.
If the teachers and students of Azonia hadn't fought hard against Styx's legion, they wouldn't have been able to endure.
Karu stared down at his own hand.
In this urgent situation, someone's image flashed through his mind.
‘Valharr.’
The divine blacksmith, Dweno's reincarnation and a trustworthy advisor.
He recalled Valharr's appearance he had seen before.
A developed appearance compared to his past life.
It was clear at once that Valharr's flames were the fruit of his anguish and efforts to move forward after reincarnation.
When Leah saw those flames, she was shocked, but Karu merely admired them, saying they were amazing.
‘I… was complacent.’
For Kyle, he had vowed to completely defeat Erebus this time.
But he himself hadn't changed from his past life.
He had merely been treading water.
‘Pathetic.’
Perhaps he had been more intoxicated than anyone by a peace he had never experienced.
The hero Arion had lived a life where he had never felt peace before.
His innate extrasensory perception had always made Arion fearful, forcing him to live a life more closely intertwined with fear than others.
That's why the peace he was experiencing for the first time captivated Karu even more.
But…
‘It's just an excuse.’
He had never deeply thought about the one who had brought him this peace.
That's why he had been complacent.
‘I… will change.’
Go-oooooooh-!
The aura emanating from Karu's body was refined.
‘If the people of the world call me a hero…’
Karu's eyes became clear.
‘I will no longer be someone unworthy of this title.’
As a truly courageous person.
‘I will become the bravest beast-man in the world.’
He would become a hero capable of great courage even without comrades.
‘No longer… do I want to be consumed by fear. To do that…’
Karu and Nyx's eyes met.
‘I will kill it.’
Flash-
Karu's transformed eyes flashed with clear murderous intent.
The moment their eyes met with such a Karu.
Nyx felt a chill run down its spine.
Murderous intent binding its entire body.
‘Is this the murderous intent an inhabitant of the Lower World can emit?!’
Dangerous.
The endless potential of the beast-man before it made Nyx, an immortal being, feel the fear of ‘death.’
‘It must be eliminated here.’
Go-oooooooh-!
The range of the frigid air emitted by Nyx widened even further.
At that moment.
Deong-geong-!
Its vision flipped, and Nyx's face was tinged with astonishment.
It was on a different level from all previous sword strikes.
Before Nyx, the evil god, could even perceive it, Karu's sword sliced Nyx's neck.
It couldn't follow a mortal's sword.
No, it couldn't even tell if the sword had been swung.
There was no process, only a result.
Nyx knew better than anyone what this was.
‘Divine Authority…?’
A phenomenon that occurs without any restrictions when one wishes to perform it.
If death had existed for it, it would have died now.
Nyx looked at Karu with a bewildered expression.
He too was feeling bewildered by his own sword now.
‘Is it unconsciousness?’
Nyx did not know.
How much of a coward Karu had been.
That he had been such a coward that even at the moment his life was extinguished, he was too terrified by the deaths of his friends to harbor murderous intent towards Erebus, who killed him.
Therefore, Nyx could not possibly comprehend how terrifying it was for such a person to possess ‘murderous intent.’
‘I must kill him. By any means necessary!’
Seeing Karu reaching for the realm of gods, Nyx's alarm reached its peak.
‘I'll kill them all!’
The moment Nyx's eyes flashed, and a cold chill was about to erupt like an explosion.
Hwa-reureuk-!
Golden flames created a massive wall.
Kka-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gang-!
The golden flames disappeared for a moment.
They had lost power against the overwhelming frigid air.
And at the center of the Freezing of Death stood a dwarf.
‘To block the Freezing of Death… Why are there so many monsters among the mortals of this era?!’
Nyx frowned.
But in any case, the dwarf before it was dead.
Frozen like that, there was no way he could possibly survive.
Jjeo-jeok-
“…!”
Jjeo-jeo-jeo-jeok! Ku-gu-gung-!
“Hmm.”
Valharr, breaking out of the Freezing of Death, lightly exhaled.
“It's cold.”
At the simple comment, Nyx's face was tinged with astonishment.
“How… it should be ice that never melts!”
Seeing the astonished Nyx, Valharr said calmly.
“This ice certainly resembles the Flames of Disaster.”
He walked out, pushing through the ice.
“But you're a bad match. My flames can resist the Flames of Disaster, you see.”
When Valharr spread his palm, golden flames erupted.
“Ice melts in flames. I don't know what you are, but you're not a good match for me.”
It was true.
Dweno's golden flames were flames that endured even against the Flames of Disaster.
Of course, he eventually succumbed and lost his life, but the very ability to resist was a power close to a miracle.
That's why they could also resist the Freezing of Death, which held a natural advantage.
“By the way.”
Valharr looked at Karu with surprised eyes.
“You have a good look on your face.”
Karu nodded at Valharr's words.
“I won't hesitate anymore.”
“That's good.”
Valharr chuckled and looked at Nyx.
“So? I came because of a request for support… but what on earth is that?”
“It looks like a fragment of Erebus. But it's not Erebus.”
“That's quite an abstruse story.”
Even with a puzzled expression, Valharr summoned his battle-axe.
Seeing that, Nyx's face was horribly contorted.
‘There's no good to come from fighting those two monsters.’
Having thought that far, Nyx snapped its fingers.
With that, Styx's demons disappeared.
“Are they running away?”
At Valharr's words, Nyx spat out, its face full of murderous intent.
“Next time we meet, I'll stomp all of you to death, you lowly insects…”
Kwak-!
“If you're going to leave, then leave. Don't babble trite words.”
“I'll kill you as painfully as possible! Dwarf!”
Nyx, with a hand-axe thrown by the dwarf stuck in its forehead, revealed its hatred and vanished.
Seeing that, Valharr, with his arms crossed, asked.
“So, what exactly was that?”
“It introduced itself as an evil god. Said it was the Freezing of Death and its name was Nyx.”
“The Freezing of Death… what a strange name, sounds like Erebus's cousin or something.”
“Another evil god… Nyx… Hmm… where have I heard that before?”
Until just now, he had simply been too frightened and thought it was another form of Erebus, but looking back, it was a name he had heard somewhere.
Karu, who had been contemplating, opened his eyes wide.
“Ah! It's the evil god Kyle mentioned!”
“Kyle did?”
“Yeah! He said there used to be several evil gods, and Erebus was the one who swallowed all of them. And that evil god detached from a fragment of Erebus. No wonder! I said I'd heard it somewhere before.”
“Hmm, I see. So? How did Kyle tell you that?”
“Oops! I meant to keep it a secret!”
Karu covered his mouth.
Valharr narrowed his eyes, looking at such a Karu.
“I thought it was strange ever since you met Leah… now tell me what you're hiding.”
At those words, Karu opened his mouth.
“Just now, the evil god of a parallel world…”
“You mean he summoned Kyle? I see.”
“No, I haven't finished explaining…?”
“If the story of a parallel world came from your mouth, the explanation is complete. I understand.”
“No, I can't understand even after Kyle explains it to me thoroughly, so how does Valharr understand it immediately?”
“Well,”
“Well?”
“Aren't you a fool?”
At those words, Karu made a tearful face.