Book 1 Chapter 822

822.

Lysinas gasped for breath.

Before her, Nix knelt in a pathetic state.

"A mere mortal… a mere spirit residing in mana…! How dare you…! How dare you…!"

Nix glared at Lysinas, his eyes wide.

As Lysinas watched Nix, she pulled out a shard of ice lodged in her shoulder.

"Yes, I am but a spirit."

*Clang-*

The ice shard fell to the floor and shattered.

Then, pulling out a shard of ice that pierced her thigh, Lysinas spoke.

"But at least I think I'm better than a loser like you?"

At Lysinas's sneer, Nix gave a sinister smile.

"Don't get cocky! There is no one in this world who can destroy me anymore!"

"Why not? Kyle is here."

"Huh? Do you think a fake summoned by that record system can do anything to me?"

As if regaining strength, Nix's fragmented body began to return to its original form.

"I'm not talking about the Kyle of the past. I'm talking about the Kyle of now."

"Nonsense!"

Nix spat out an obvious sneer.

"Leo Flove's soul has gone to the world he desired most. He has no reason to turn his back on that world and return here!"

"……"

The wise Lysinas could easily guess what Leo's most desired world was.

'It must be the world where we all reincarnated.'

Lysinas wore a bitter expression.

"If he cared that much about himself, I wouldn't have called him an idiot."

"Ha, a futile belief! No matter how great the feat, a mere mortal…!"

"No."

Lysinas looked up at the sky.

"He will come. Look."

At Lysinas's words, Nix looked up at the sky and his eyes widened.

There, Leo was looking at them.

"Wh-why… How!"

Seeing Nix let out a cry of shock, Lysinas said,

"You'll never understand."

With those words, pure aura gathered around Leo's body, and he descended upon Nix at tremendous speed.

*CRUNCH-*

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Leo's sword pierced Nix.

Nix screamed in agony, as if his body were burning.

Nix had already consumed immense power in his fight with Lysinas.

Leo's gaze turned to Lysinas.

Seeing Lysinas covered in wounds and blood, Leo pierced Nix's body again with his sword.

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

"Quite an unrefined scream."

Leo said coldly, raising his sword.

"I, I can promise you eternity! I, I…! I…!"

"Erebos didn't at least beg for his life."

Leo said indifferently.

*SLASH-*

Leo's sword, imbued with pure mana, severed Nix's neck.

"Impossible… I… by a mere mortal…!"

Nix, his face full of disbelief, melted and seeped into the ground.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes."

Lysinas nodded at Leo's question.

"Kyle."

"Why?"

"Come here quickly."

"……"

At Lysinas's words, Leo smiled bitterly.

And he looked out at the battlefield.

The demons of Styx on the battlefield had also all been dealt with.

*ROAR-*

The cheers of the heroes who had achieved victory could be heard.

***

"This can't be…!"

Acheron, the first saint who had escaped the battlefield, gritted his teeth.

"Lord Nix… Lord Nix wouldn't perish so easily…!"

He glared, denying the current situation.

The loss of his god was a more shocking event than ever before.

"There are still Styx demons left! Wake them all…"

*THWACK-*

Acheron's movement, filled with rage, stopped.

He lowered his gaze, and saw a bone blade protruding from his body.

"So, Nix was defeated?"

A bored voice was heard from behind.

"What a waste, only one fragment of Lord Erebos has been destroyed."

"You…!"

Acheron glared at Hel Kaiser with eyes full of hatred.

Hel Kaiser looked at Acheron with a look of pity and said,

"This is what happens when a loser who has disappeared into the annals of history steps forward."

"Kuaaaaaaaah!"

Acheron roared and attacked Hel Kaiser.

But before his attack could land, the bone blade brutally mangled Acheron's body.

*CRUNCH! CRUNCH-CRUNCH! CRACK-*

*THUD-*

Acheron's head rolled on the ground in vain.

Hel Kaiser picked up Acheron's head and said,

"The remaining Styx demons… well, they can probably be recycled."

The Necro King said impassively and disappeared into the darkness.

***

"Long live the King of the World! Long live the Hero of Origin!"

"Lord Lysinas! Lord Kyle!"

The heroes who achieved a great victory chanted the names of the great heroes.

The Hero of Origin who blocked and defeated the fragment of Erebos that suddenly appeared.

And the summoning of countless spirits that enabled them to fight on equal footing with a huge number of demons.

They had literally witnessed legends before their eyes.

They could not hide their overwhelming emotions.

Everyone rejoiced and praised Kyle and Lysinas.

"They're calling you so much, why don't you show your face?"

"…Right."

Lysinas nodded.

And she appeared on the ruined city wall.

"Gasp! It's Lord Lysinas!"

"Ooh! Oh, Great King of Wisdom…!"

When someone spotted Lysinas and shouted, all eyes turned there.

Lysinas looked back.

Light began to appear beyond the distant mountain range.

The time when night ends and morning arrives.

The light would probably shine here when the sun rises.

'Good timing.'

Thinking so, Lysinas turned her gaze back to the battlefield.

"I am proud of you all."

Though her voice was small, Lysinas's words spread to everyone.

All who had fought with their lives were moved by her words.

The recognition of the King of Wisdom, not of anyone else.

"5000 years ago, my comrades and I risked our lives for the world. And today… I feel that you are not much different from us. Heroes who have achieved great deeds by playing an active role on this battlefield, I will leave you with a word about the unknown history of the world."

Everyone's expression became tense at her words.

An unknown history told by the King of Wisdom!

As everyone swallowed dryly, Lysinas said,

"I liked Kyle, the Hero of Origin, before Luna did."

"……"

Silence fell for a moment.

Unable to understand Lysinas's words, everyone didn't know what expression to make.

"And Kyle is also a person who didn't notice my feelings, nor Luna's."

Everyone's jaws dropped at the shocking confession.

Leo, who was listening to Lysinas's speech from afar, had a terribly contorted face.

'These two are really… a pair…'

"But on the other hand, as you can see today… he's also unnecessarily cool. That's why he's the one I loved."

Lysinas smiled softly.

Everyone was mesmerized by her beautiful smile.

"He is a man who never gave up for the world, even after we all died. He's someone who moved forward even in a desperate situation, left alone."

"……"

"Origin… Yes. He is the beginning of this era. So…"

Lysinas said solemnly.

"You are all descendants of Kyle, the Hero of Origin. Please remember that fact."

She instilled pride in everyone's hearts.

Those who heard her voice seemed to follow her as if entranced.

'That charisma, the ability to lead people, must be Lysinas's true strength,' Leo thought.

He thought of her as a leader who could not be imitated.

"Darkness is returning to this world."

Lysinas closed her eyes.

"The same situation as 5000 years ago might repeat itself. We barely managed to stop it with our legacy… but there's no guarantee how long our legacy will be valid."

Her dark words instilled anxiety in people's hearts.

"5000 years ago… before I gathered the great heroes, I was recognized by the gods as the King of the World."

It was a lie.

Lysinas was recognized as the King of the World only after she became the hope of the world.

But Lysinas didn't care.

She had always been a liar.

"I was given the mission to save the world from despair. That is why I am the only one recorded as 'King' in the Hero Record."

She skillfully mixed lies and truth.

Leo also had a puzzled expression at her sudden words.

"And… this era is the same as that time. This world needs a king now."

Everyone began to murmur.

But no one could refute her words.

They had experienced the greatness of someone recognized as king by the gods today.

Through history books.

Experiencing a legend directly was different from hearing it through stories.

They had keenly realized how great the King of Wisdom was, even from a single battle.

Not just because she was a powerful hero.

A single being they could trust and follow.

They keenly realized what great possibilities could be brought forth by a being who could gather the strength of people.

"I declare here and now, that the successor to my position has been born."

The position of King of the World was not inherited.

But it didn't matter.

She had already packaged it as a position that could be inherited.

Even more so.

'Because he deserves to inherit this more than anyone else.'

"Leo Flove."

Lysinas looked at a certain spot.

Leo was standing there.

Then, the crowd parted, creating a path between Lysinas and Leo.

*Stomp- stomp-*

Leo walked down the path without a word.

After a long walk, he reached the city wall where Lysinas stood.

Along with him, Lysinas opened an interdimensional space and took out a small crown.

It was a crown that had been passed down from Dragon Lord to Dragon Lord.

The symbol of the Dragon Lord that was not passed down to posterity because Lysinas died.

Lysinas jumped down from the city wall.

Lysinas slowly descended in front of Leo and landed lightly on the ground.

"Kneel."

At those words, Leo knelt on one knee and whispered,

"Do I have to do this?"

"If we're going to put on a show, it has to look convincing."

"…This is a fraud."

"You knew I was a liar and a swindler, didn't you?"

Lysinas said with a mischievous smile.

"At this very moment… I solemnly declare that you have become the King of the World, succeeding me."

As she said this and was about to place the crown on his head.

Something appeared before Lysinas's eyes.

[Would you like to record the hero's story?]

"……"

It was not difficult to know whose story it was asking to record.

'Kyle… it must be Leo's story.'

Now Leo's name was recorded in the Hero Record as Leo Flove, not the Hero of Origin.

However, he had no epithet.

It couldn't be helped.

Leo, who was the master of the Hero Record and had become a being greater than gods.

If there was anyone who could give an epithet…

'It would be me.'

"Leo Flove. You have now become the King of a new era… as the King of Origin."

[The story of Leo Flove, the King of Origin, will be recorded.]

It was the moment the second King of the World, succeeding the King of Wisdom, Lysinas, was born.