novelraw Chapter 206 : Chapter 206
Chapter 206 : Chapter 206
Chapter 206
An evil energy felt out of nowhere.
It was definitely the energy of a Grotesquery.
Not just a piece, but a massive momentum as if at least dozens of Curses were fused.
It was emitting a peculiar Radiance enough to swallow the light Edan was emitting.
“It’s time to work.”
“Work?”
“If I don’t cut it now, the Curses will multiply.”
Edan said that the reason it was merely dozens of Curses was because he had been constantly cutting them down.
“If my power were just a little more perfect, it wouldn’t have multiplied into double digits.”
Blue Mana converged in Edan’s hand.
Lacking to be called 9-star, overflowing to be called 8-star.
An incomplete 9-star.
“You…….”
“I thought we were having a decent conversation for the first time in a while, but I wasted precious time with useless wordplay.”
Smirk.
Edan’s lips twitched.
Before I knew it, my true form manifested with Mana was grasped in his hand.
“Get out of here. Since you connected with the main body while refining the Hollyheart, if you leave, that guy won’t be able to do anything either.”
“What nonsense. I have to help too.”
The Radiance is getting thicker.
It was an energy too overwhelming for the current Edan to handle alone.
If an 8-star Knight was added, it would be worth a try.
That’s what I thought when I said it, but...
“Stop it. It’s not a guy you can deal with while refining the Hollyheart.”
He said reflux would rise if I stepped up for no reason.
He said that even the stabilized Mana Heart, the 8-star achieved with much difficulty, could be damaged.
“But you alone…….”
“Cannot block it alone. Is that what you want to say?”
“…….”
Killian shut his mouth at Edan’s confident gaze.
It was because he recalled that his stubbornness was like iron, and his pride was stronger than anyone else’s.
“I told you. It’s what I chose.”
Edan, with his youthful appearance, showed a harmless smile.
A look not different from the one I show.
An appearance so similar that one would nod if called brothers.
“Didn’t your great master raise you as an undefeated knight?”
Mana began to converge on Edan’s sword.
Rumble.
Huge Haki was overlaid on the converged Mana.
“There is nothing I cannot cut. You must be the same.”
As if Killian’s thoughts didn’t matter, he raised his sword with a relieved face.
Crackle.
Space rippled along the trajectory of the sword.
[ςόόόός!!]
The Grotesquery shouted in an unknown language.
Edan didn’t care and slashed his sword down.
Adamas Style, Ke.
“Sal.”
A smoother trajectory than what Killian had used.
The Radiance was caught at the end of the trajectory.
He merely swung his sword once.
“I will tear you into a hundred thousand pieces.”
Kwa-aaah.
The Grotesquery’s body was ground into pieces by the Haki combined with Mana.
Whoosh.
The fragmented lumps of light merging back into one.
“Tsk.”
Edan clicked his tongue and straightened his waist.
“Adamas Style, Shik.”
Boom.
The Radiance swirled as if scattering at the Mana concentrated on the tip of the sword.
Killian’s Carpe Illusion.
An effect like mixing attraction and repulsion by running the Total Solar Eclipse wild.
“Gae.”
Orbs of blue Mana floated up as if lighting up the surroundings.
Dozens of orbs rushed at the Grotesquery’s Radiance as if they were fireflies.
And.
Kagagagagak.
It showed an appearance of being torn apart again without being able to form one body.
He only swung the sword twice, but Edan’s face was drenched in sweat.
‘At this rate…….’
As if reading his thoughts, Edan swung the sword for the third time.
Adamas Style, Ke.
“Gi.”
The space where it was cut began to collapse.
Beyond the space was a pure white appearance contrasting with this dark place.
One Adamas Style, Shik and two Adamas Style, Ke.
It was not without a sense of being too excessive for a farewell greeting.
“Go quickly.”
Edan said calmly, his gaze still fixed on the Grotesquery.
“Don’t die until I return.”
“Who are you worrying about…….”
“Without fail. Because I will get you out of here.”
“That’s a grateful word.”
At the appearance of finishing his words while ignoring him, Edan smiled once again.
He adjusted his grip on the sword.
“It was nice to meet you, Adamas.”
Saying this isn’t the end.
Blue Mana raged from Edan’s body who said so.
“Carpe.”
Mana like a great ocean occupied the space.
Rumble.
The space trembled as Carpe and Haki fused.
[ςόςςςόόόςς!!]
Ignoring the scream the Grotesquery let out.
“Carpe Illusion.”
Edan muttered in a low voice.
[……!!!]
Leaving the exploding sound behind, Killian stepped into the space Edan had split open.
***
‘Here is…….’
I felt Divine Power before my eyes even opened.
‘Did the refining of the Hollyheart finish?’
I thought the owner of the Divine Power would be Murus.
It wasn’t.
I forcibly lifted my heavy eyelids.
In the middle of the pure white space, the Saintess who should be at the Papal Office was looking at me.
“Lan……?”
[That child is also on the side of standing on the boundary.]
“…….”
[It’s been a while. Is that blank face yours, or the main body’s?]
The face was definitely hers, but the tone was different from usual.
I could figure out the identity of the sense of incongruity at once.
“Styx.”
The God of Boundaries.
The Transcendent who managed the boundary established in the northern frontier since ancient times.
He was standing in front of me borrowing the appearance of Lan de Styx.
[Correct. It seems your intuition isn’t completely dead.]
As if imitating her tone was not difficult either, he swept back his blonde hair and stared at Killian.
“Faces I don’t want to see are coming out one after another. Surely I didn’t die while refining the Hollyheart.”
Styx shook his head at Killian’s muttering.
[You are crossing between consciousness and unconsciousness. The phenomenon like now is the effect of the boundary attracting your unconsciousness.]
It was something not easily understood.
[Your body has also reached right near the boundary. Being connected to me must be for that reason.]
It seems I was swept away by the avalanche and pushed near the boundary.
Or perhaps Murus moved me using some method.
Either way, talking to Styx was not in the plan.
[You are suspecting me.]
“Anyone watching would think we have some strong comradeship between us.”
[It wasn’t before, but now it is different.]
“You’re trying to gloss over it like Murus.”
[Even before, you had never seen beyond the boundary.]
As if Killian’s reaction didn’t matter.
[The boundary is not simply physical.]
Styx, in the form of Lan, poured out the words he wanted to say.
[You are indeed an existence that suits the boundary. I understand why Lord acted that way.]
Seureuk.
Red Divine Power dwelled in Killian’s body.
[I have planted God’s will.]
“By whose permission.”
[No need to refuse. My will also means access rights to the boundary.]
Nonsense.
Just as Killian was about to shout that he doesn’t tolerate touching his body without permission.
[Since you have refined the Hollyheart after much trouble, I shall give you a gift.]
“……!!”
Seuseuseu.
The red Divine Power that dwelled in the body rose up.
A memory surfaced in my mind.
It wasn’t injected, but a memory I had forgotten.
‘This is…….’
“Incompetent bastard. You are the disgrace of the family.”
Slap.
As Julian struck his cheek, the collapsed Killian grabbed his face and rolled on the floor.
“Ugh…….”
“Get up and crawl under my crotch.”
“B-Brother. Why are you doing this…….”
“Why ask? I’m trying to train a bastard like you, who is no different from the family’s disgrace, to be like a knight.”
“But that’s…….”
“How dare you talk back!”
Thud.
Julian’s kicking continued.
Soon, Killian fainted while foaming at the mouth.
“Fainting at just this much. What a bug-like body. Let’s go, Rhodos.”
“Yes, Young Master Julian.”
Right after Julian left.
Haman, who was also in a mess, crawled to Killian.
“Ki, Killi……an…… Young Master!!”
“Kugh…… Sniff, that son…… of a bitch…….”
“Oh my…… Young Master…….”
Haman and Killian hugged each other and started crying.
“I, I…… Sniff, if only I…… Sniff…… refine the Mana Heart…….”
“Young Master…….”
“J-Just wait and see…….”
Thud.
Killian collapsed without finishing his sentence.
“Y-Young Master……!!”
Haman left the room in a battered state to find the family’s physician.
Remaining in the room were Killian Eurasia, called the disgrace of the family.
“…….”
And Killian Eurasia, who had been reborn as a Superhuman of the Kingdom.
***
That was the vivid memory of the Fourth Young Master of Eurasia, Killian Eurasia, whom Killian had known only vaguely.
The Fourth Young Master of Eurasia was incompetent.
He had no talent for swordsmanship, so his swordsmanship didn’t improve even though he was trained by the excellent knights of the family.
He couldn’t even refine a Mana Heart until he was over twenty years old.
The Family Head didn’t give him a glance, and the Matriarchs were busy focusing on their children’s competition for the Family Head position.
And Demian and Paian were busy growing the knight orders and their own capabilities.
Only Julian showed interest in Killian.
However, since that interest was bullying rather than in a good way.
Killian had to taste hell at every moment.
The illegitimate child of the Family Head.
The problem child of the family.
Before he knew it, Killian was being called that.
His only hobby was exploring books.
“I barely obtained it from the merchants coming and going to the family.”
Haman said while handing over the book Killian requested.
“How about becoming a scholar instead?”
“I can’t save Eurasia as a scholar.”
Killian answered in a sulky voice.
“You don’t necessarily have to be the one to save Eurasia, Young Master. There are so many outstanding knights in the family. Isn’t there a rumor that the Family Head will soon reach 8-star? Compared to that, Young Master is…….”
He scanned Killian’s body.
Let alone a knight, limbs more slender than an average adult male came into view.
Haman sighed.
“They won’t let you in even as a regular infantryman, let alone the Knight Order. You’d be lucky to even become a Ranger.”
“But I keep having the dream.”
“Are you talking about that dream again?”
A dream where a blonde woman appears and tells him that he will save Eurasia, and to never give up.
“Wake up from your dream.”
“You…….”
Killian flared up at Haman’s attitude of ignoring him.
Although he flared up, he didn’t scold him.
Because as he said, the current him saving Eurasia was a story with less feasibility than Eurasia becoming an Empire right now.
“At this rate, you’ll be beaten to death by Young Master Julian first. Shall I speak to Sir Escardo?”
“N-No…….”
“Why? Isn’t Sir Escardo the only person in the family who thinks properly of you, Young Master?”
“Sir Escardo is the Family Head’s person. If the Family Head finds out about this…….”
“Even if the Family Head finds out about Young Master Julian’s brutality, he won’t pay any attention.”
Survival of the fittest.
It was the value Eurasia put forward.
“Anyway, Sir Escardo is a no-go. Even if I die.”
“No, I’m saying you’re really going to die at Young Master Julian’s hands at this rate.”
Haman sighed deeply enough to make the ground sink at Killian’s appearance of not listening to reason.
When a few more beatings had taken place like that.
“Haman. I think I received a revelation.”
Killian said with a face full of heat.