Book 1 Chapter 818
818.
Ku-gu-gu-gu-goong-!
Countless legions of Tartarus descended upon the surface.
As Leo narrowed his eyes watching it.
Wooong-!
The warp gate reacted, and the heroes of each academy began to gather.
“Senior Kar!”
Ar, who came from Azonia, approached Kar.
“What is going on?!”
Runia also approached Rune and asked.
“It seems we have to fight a fragment of Erebus.”
“Have they started their activities?!”
“Yes. Three fragments.”
Everyone’s faces hardened at Rune’s answer.
The news of Erebus’s revival quickly spread to those who came to the battlefield via the warp gate.
“Where are the fragments of Erebus?”
At that moment, Melina, known as the Silent Dragon, suddenly appeared before Rea and asked.
There was nothing visible on the battlefield except for the vast army of Tartarus.
As Rea pondered how to answer that question.
“They went somewhere else.”
It was Leo who answered instead.
“But I’ll bring them back soon.”
“Yes? What…?”
Melina looked at Leo with a bewildered expression.
When Leo smirked, Melina asked Rea.
“Who is he?”
“The Hero of Beginnings, Kyle… would that explain it?”
“Yes?”
Melina’s eyes widened.
She knew about the reincarnation of the Great Heroes.
In the midst of that…
Jeo-jeo-jeok-!
An ice mirror was completed right in front of Leo.
Along with it, someone suddenly poked their face out.
“Leo!”
“Runia?”
“Huh? Who?”
Rea looked surprised when she saw Runia’s face pop out of the ice mirror.
As Runia looked on with a curious expression, Leo said calmly.
“It’s the reincarnated Lysinass.”
“Gasp? Reincarnation?”
“Yes. Anyway, you managed to complete this magic.”
As Leo marveled, Runia said.
“It’s a miraculous situation created by several overlapping circumstances! Anyway, I can’t keep it open for long! Hurry…”
“Runia. The Erebus fragment from this world has come over to our side.”
“What? No wonder! So that’s why the sky became like that!”
Runia’s face grew serious.
“So… can you fly to the battlefield while maintaining this magic?”
“I’d have to try, but I think it’s possible.”
“Then move over there.”
“What are you going to do?”
“What do you mean, what am I going to do?”
Leo clenched and unclenched his hand.
“I have to drag it back to this world.”
“Will that be possible?”
“It will be. Give me a signal when you’re ready.”
“Alright!”
Runia went back.
“Rea.”
“Hm.”
“Prepare for battle.”
Leo looked at Tartarus in the distance.
“It’s going to be a fierce fight.”
“Understood. Let’s go, Melina.”
“Yes.”
As Rea left, Leo, left alone, took a deep breath.
At that moment, Rune approached.
“Leo. Will it be possible to forcefully bring Erebus here?”
“Probably.”
As Leo nodded his head.
-Leo, I’ve arrived in the middle of the battlefield!
“Do you see me on the battlefield?”
-You? What the… Wait, isn’t that Lord Kyle?!
Runia’s surprised voice was heard.
“It seems Lysinass brought him out well. Tell him to blast Erebus towards the mirror.”
-Ah, alright!
Having finished speaking, Leo closed his eyes.
Pa-ji-ji-jik-
White sparks flew from Leo’s body.
Rune’s eyes widened.
“Divine Power?”
This was the power Leo had obtained after defeating the Erebus fragment last time.
It was a trump card obtained by purifying the being known as Erebus.
Leo, with his eyes closed, recalled.
His strongest period throughout his past and current lives.
The moment just before the final battle with Erebus.
Wooong-
Light emanated from Leo’s body, and his appearance began to change.
What was manifested through the divine power was his past life’s appearance.
But Leo was not the only one affected by that divine power.
“Leo, your appearance… Huh?!”
Rune had a bewildered expression.
His voice had changed.
Not a girl’s voice, but a woman’s voice.
A little unfamiliar, but… his own familiar voice.
Rune unconsciously touched his face.
It was not Rune’s facial features.
“…It’s me?”
It was Luna’s appearance.
“Gasp? Senior Kar?”
“Huh?”
Arion’s eyes widened at his regained former appearance.
“What is this…?”
Arion touched his body all over with a surprised expression.
“Why did I return to my past life’s appearance…”
“Nooooooooooong!”
“Hiiiiiik?!”
“Huff! Huff! Lord Arion! Huff! You’re so cool! Huff!”
“S-scaryyyyyy!”
Ar, whose eyes had rolled back, clung to Arion’s foot.
“Gasp! Senior Valharr! Why did you suddenly get so old?!”
Cheong-!
“Aargh!”
At Driana’s words, Valharr, no. Dweno struck Driana’s head with a hammer.
“Look at how you’re talking.”
“No! It’s because your beard suddenly grew so long! Anyway… Huhhh? Lord Dweno?!”
“Hmm… there isn’t much change in power, but… my appearance has changed. Is it the influence of that divine power Kyle is emitting?”
Dweno stroked his beard and chuckled heartily.
“It’s comfortable being long, after all.”
“Lysi… nass-nim?”
Melina also looked surprised at Lysinass’s suddenly changed appearance.
Lysinass silently looked down at his own hands.
At that moment.
Leo, no.
Kyle bent his knees and then jumped straight up.
Hwaaak-!
He reached the sky at an incredible speed.
Along with him, the ice mirror in front of him also moved.
An immense power raged.
‘How did I ever control this power?’
Leo let out a hollow laugh.
The power of the Hero of Beginnings, Kyle—a vessel containing a warrior and a divine blacksmith… the progenitor of the nebula, the King of Wisdom.
An unprecedented power, incomprehensible even to himself who had used it, overflowed.
-Leo! It’s coming!
Runia’s shout was heard from beyond the mirror.
Along with it, Leo unleashed his magic.
Woo-wooong-!
Silver magic raged.
The magic of the progenitor of the nebula.
“Stella Chain.”
Leo, manifesting star magic, unleashed it towards the mirror.
Chae-jae-jae-jae-jaeng-!
Chains of magic made of starlight pierced through the mirror and flew beyond space.
Kwak-!
Something was caught.
Feeling it, Kyle pulled with all his might.
Hwaa-aa-aa-ak-!
A strong sense of resistance.
But…
‘It’s only half of Erebus!’
Kyle grinned.
‘This power now is the power I had when I defeated you!’
It was a power far beyond common sense.
“Come back willingly! To where you belong!”
Simultaneously with Kyle’s shout, Erebus, in Kyle’s form, was dragged out from the ice mirror.
“…Hero of Beginnings! Are you blocking me again?!”
Kyle laughed at Erebus’s enraged cry.
“Isn’t it obvious? I’m your only natural enemy.”
Kyle’s face turned chillingly cold.
Hwa-reu-reu-reuk-!
“It’s also displeasing that you have that appearance. Reveal your true form now.”
Dweno’s flames incinerated Erebus.
Hwa-reu-reu-reu-reuk-!
Eujik! Eujik! Kwa-deu-deu-deuk!
Kyle’s shell burned away, and Erebus’s form began to grow gigantic.
The sound of flesh being crushed and swelling echoed chillingly.
Soon, a giant flame colossus that seemed to cover the entire sky appeared.
This appearance was truly the true form of Erebus, the flame of calamity, eager to burn the world.
-Ky-y-y-y-y-yle!
Erebus swung a giant arm at Kyle.
The space itself distorted just from that.
Hwaaak-!
Kyle charged straight at Erebus.
Diving into its embrace, Kyle maximized his physical strength using Arion’s aura.
Kwak!
Kyle’s small foot, which felt like dust compared to Erebus’s giant body, kicked Erebus in the abdomen.
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gang-!
Erebus’s massive body was instantly sent flying towards Tartarus.
Kwa-ga-ga-gang-!
Erebus’s massive body swept through its own creations.
This collision evaporated one-third of Tartarus’s forces.
However…
‘It probably won’t mean much. He has the authority of creation.’
Kyle landed on the ground.
A fragment’s worth of Erebus’s divine power.
He couldn’t defeat this half of Erebus before all this divine power was consumed.
As it was a power beyond common sense, the consumption of divine power was also rapid.
Ta-dak-!
Kyle withdrew his divine power.
However, due to the aftereffects of using divine power, Kyle’s appearance was still maintained.
The same was true for the other Great Heroes.
“Kyle, battle preparations are complete.”
In a fleeting moment.
A massive city wall had been completed.
Inside, heroes were taking their positions in an orderly fashion.
It was the astonishing command ability of Lysinass, the King of Wisdom.
Besides them, Luna, Arion, and Dweno also came to Kyle’s side.
Gwoooo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-!
At that moment, Erebus’s enraged roar echoed.
Simultaneously, the night sky began to turn crimson.
At this very moment.
The Age of Calamity had returned to this entire area.
The heroes trembled as they saw that sight.
Just as the heroes were gripped by fear, despair overwhelmed them, and their morale was about to break.
“Arion.”
Lysinass called Arion’s name.
“Ku-heo-eo-eo-eo-eong!”
Arion’s howling erupted.
The warrior’s cry pushed back Erebus’s despair.
Everyone’s gaze turned to the Great Heroes.
“That appearance is…”
“Gasp? The Great Heroes?”
“It must be an illusion?”
“But a moment ago, someone sent Erebus flying! Only the Great Heroes and the Heroes of Creation can do something like that!”
“Then are those people real?!”
The heroes began to murmur.
As Lysinass was about to open his mouth.
Kyle spoke first, a step faster.
“Don’t be afraid.”
Everyone’s gaze focused on Kyle.
The heroes held their breath.
Kyle, who was considered a fictional being, was now before their eyes.
Forgetting the desperate situation of Erebus’s revival, everyone present was filled with a strange excitement at the appearance of the Great Heroes… and the Hero of Beginnings.
At that moment.
“I… no.”
Kyle stopped speaking.
Then he drew his sword and continued.
“We have come.”