Book 1 Chapter 822

822.

Lysinas gasped for breath.

Kneeling before her was Nyx, in a wretched state.

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

Nyx glared at Lysinas, eyes wide.

Looking at Nyx, Lysinas pulled out a shard of ice embedded in her shoulder.

"Yes, I am merely a spirit."

Clink-

The ice shard fell to the floor, shattering into pieces.

Then, pulling out an ice shard that had pierced her thigh, Lysinas said.

"But at least I think I'm better than a loser like you, don't you?"

Nyx gave a wry smile at Lysinas's sneer.

"Don't be so arrogant! There's no one in this world who can destroy me now!"

"Why not? Kyle is here."

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

Nyx's shattered and scattered body began to return to its original form, as if she was gradually recovering her power.

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

"Nonsense!"

Nyx scoffed overtly.

"Leo Flobe's soul went to the world he most desired. There's no way he'd turn his back on that world and return here!"

"…"

The wise Lysinas could easily guess what world Nyx was referring to as Leo's most desired.

'It must be the world where all of us were reincarnated.'

Lysinas made a bitter expression.

"If he was the kind of guy who cared about himself that much, I wouldn't have called him an idiot."

"Ha, what useless faith! No matter how great a feat he achieved, a mere mortal…!"

"No."

Lysinas looked up at the sky.

"He'll come. Look."

At Lysinas's words, Nyx looked up at the sky and her eyes widened.

There, Leo was looking down at this place.

"H-how… How!"

Lysinas said, watching Nyx cry out in astonishment.

"You'll never understand."

With those words, pure aura gathered on Leo's body and plunged towards Nyx at an incredible speed.

Crunch-!

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaak!"

Leo's sword pierced Nyx.

Nyx shrieked in pain, as if her body was burning.

Nyx had already expended enormous power in her battle with Lysinas.

Leo's gaze turned to Lysinas.

Seeing Lysinas covered in wounds and blood, Leo stabbed Nyx's body with his sword once more.

"Kyaaaaaaak!"

"Quite an undignified scream."

Leo, who had spoken coolly, raised his sword.

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

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

Leo said blandly.

Slice-!

Leo's sword, imbued with pure mana, cut Nyx's neck.

"This can't… be… I… by a mere mortal…!"

Nyx, with a hollow expression, melted and seeped into the ground.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah."

Lysinas nodded at Leo's question.

"Kyle."

"Why?"

"Come here."

"…"

Leo smiled bitterly at Lysinas's words.

Then he looked at the battlefield.

The demonkin of Styx on the battlefield had all been dealt with as well.

Whoaaaaaa-!

The heroes who achieved victory shouted in triumph.

***

"This can't be…!"

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

"Nyx… Nyx couldn't possibly perish so futilely…!"

He stared wide-eyed, denying the current situation.

For him, the loss of a god was more shocking than ever before.

"Styx's army still remains! Wake them all up…"

Thump-!

Acheron's movement, which was revealing his anger, stopped.

What he saw when he lowered his gaze was a bone blade piercing through his body.

"So, Nyx was defeated after all?"

Then, a bored voice was heard from behind him.

"Just one fragment of Erebos-nim needlessly perished."

"You…!"

Acheron looked at Hell Kaiser with hateful eyes.

Hell Kaiser looked at Acheron with a pathetic expression and said,

"This is what happens when a loser who disappeared into the annals of history tries to step up."

"Graaaaaaah!"

Acheron roared and attacked Hell Kaiser.

But before his attack could even reach, bone blades savagely mutilated Acheron's body.

Crunch! Crack-crack-crack! Splat-!

Thud-!

Acheron's head rolled meaninglessly on the ground.

Hell Kaiser picked up Acheron's head and said,

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

The Necromancer King, having spoken indifferently, disappeared into the darkness.

***

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

"Lady Lysinas! Lord Kyle!"

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

The Hero of Genesis who stopped and defeated the sudden appearance of Erebos's fragment.

And the summoning of countless spirits that enabled them to fight an equal battle against a massive number of demonkin.

Witnessing a legend right before their eyes, they

could not hide their overwhelming emotions.

Everyone rejoiced and praised Kyle and Lysinas.

"They're calling for you like that, why don't you show your face?"

"…Indeed."

Lysinas nodded.

And then appeared on the crumbled city wall.

"Gasp! It's Lady Lysinas!"

"Ohh! Great King of Wisdom…!"

When someone discovered Lysinas and shouted, everyone's gaze turned towards her.

Lysinas looked back.

Far beyond the mountain ridge, light began to appear.

The time when night ends and morning arrives.

Perhaps when the sun rises, light will shine here.

'The timing is just right.'

Thinking so, Lysinas turned her head towards the battlefield.

"I am proud of all of you."

It was a small voice, but Lysinas's words spread wide enough for everyone to hear.

At those words, everyone who had fought risking their lives made moved expressions.

The recognition of none other than the King of Wisdom.

"5000 years ago, my comrades and I risked our lives for the world. And today… I felt that you all are not so different from us. Heroes who have achieved great feats in this battlefield. I will leave you with a word about a history unknown to the world."

At those words, everyone's expressions became tense.

A history unknown, told by the King of Wisdom!

As everyone swallowed dryly, Lysinas said.

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

"…"

Silence instantly fell.

When everyone didn't understand Lysinas's words and didn't know what expression to make.

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

Everyone's mouths fell open at the shocking confession.

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

'These two are a pair…'

"But on the other hand, as you can see today… he is also a needlessly cool person. That's why he is the person I loved."

Lysinas smiled gently.

Everyone was mesmerized by her beautiful smile.

"He is a man who never gave up for the world even after we all died. He is a person who moved forward even in a desperate situation where he was left alone."

"…"

"Genesis… Yes. He is the starting point of this era. So…"

Lysinas said solemnly.

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

She instilled pride in everyone's hearts.

All who heard her voice followed her as if enchanted.

'That charisma that leads people, that must be Lysinas's true power,' Leo thought.

She was a leader that couldn't be imitated, no matter how hard one tried.

"Darkness is returning to this world."

Lysinas closed her eyes.

"A situation like 5000 years ago could unfold again. Although we barely managed to stop it with our legacy… there's no guarantee how long our legacy will be effective."

Unrest seeped into people's hearts at her dark words.

"5000 years ago… Before gathering 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 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 also why I am the only one recorded as 'King' in the Hero Record."

She cleverly mixed lies and truth.

At her sudden words, Leo also wore a puzzled expression.

"And… this era is also like 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 a being recognized as king by the gods today.

From historical records.

Hearing a story is different from directly seeing and experiencing a legend.

They could keenly feel how great the King of Wisdom was, even through a single battle.

It wasn't just because she was a powerful hero.

It was because they keenly realized how great a potential a single being who could be trusted and followed, a being who could unite people's strength, could bring forth.

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

The King of the World is not a hereditary position.

But it didn't matter.

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

Moreover.

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

"Leo Flobe."

Lysinas looked at one spot.

Leo was standing there.

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

Step- Step-

Leo walked silently down that path.

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

With him, Lysinas opened a subspace and took out a small crown.

It was a crown that had been passed down through generations of Dragon Lords.

A symbol of the Dragon Lord that had not been passed down to future generations due to Lysinas's death.

Lysinas jumped down from the city wall.

Slowly descending in front of Leo, Lysinas landed softly on the ground.

"Kneel."

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

"Do we have to go this far?"

"If we're putting on a show, we should make it believable."

"…You're a fraud."

"You knew I was a lying trickster, 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."

Just as she spoke and was about to place the crown on him.

Something appeared before Lysinas's eyes.

[Do you want to record the hero's story?]

"…"

It wasn't difficult to tell whose story it was asking to record.

'Kyle… It must be Leo's story.'

Currently, Leo had his name recorded in the Hero Record under the name Leo Flobe, not as the Hero of Genesis.

But there was no alias.

It had to be that way.

Leo was the master of the Hero Record and a being greater than the gods.

If there was a being who could bestow an alias…

'It would be me.'

"Leo Flobe. You have now… become the King of a new era, as the King of Genesis."

[The story of Leo Flobe, King of Genesis, is recorded.]

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