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Chapter 210 : Chapter 210
Chapter 210
“You better bring as many Curses as possible.”
Rumble.
The Carpe, unfolded with provocation, made the air in the area heavy.
Killian merely deployed the domain and didn't take any stance.
He just observed.
The figure of the one who chose to give up being an Apostle of God and become a piece of the Grotesquery.
Although he maintained a humanoid appearance, it was closer to a form harbouring ominous energy.
His two eyes were covered with Radiance, and his mouth was stretched as if torn at both ends, forming a bizarre smile.
Red and ominous energy flowed from his body, and his arms and legs, dyed with Radiance, writhed like living snakes.
Dark red mud mixed with blood flowed down from the surface of his body.
Riiiip.
The mouth of the Priest dyed with Radiance tore open once more.
[Confidence befitting an 8-star Knight.]
Discussing the level of a knight.
That wasn't something a Grotesquery would show.
“First-Class Priest Colin. Are you conscious?”
Since he mentioned the Curse of Exploration, he thought he would be facing the Grotesquery right away.
But it seemed not.
‘Is it a form where he lends power while settled in the mind image?’
It's the same as with Silvana.
Even then, the bastard didn't reveal his true colors immediately.
Lending power to exhaust stamina before revealing himself.
It was a cowardly but effective move.
‘Does Colin know that fact?’
He needed to check the reaction.
[Only one person dies here today.]
Intoxicated by the mighty power, Colin asserted Killian's death.
“Hoh.”
A curve was drawn on his lips at the bold remark.
[The North is a place where countless people lose their lives to avalanches every year.]
A place where even monsters of the mountain range lay low due to the raging snow and extreme cold.
He continued as if enjoying himself, saying it is not rare for famous Rangers or Walkers, and even Superhumans, to lose their lives.
[Killian Eurasia's disappearance will be processed as an accident caused by a natural disaster. No one will know what happened here today.]
It sounded as if today's event wasn't the first time.
“Interesting.”
Mocking the bastard's plan, he strengthened the Haki forming the Carpe.
Crunch.
[……!!]
The crushed part was smashed as is.
At the same time.
Crack.
The sight of Radiance regenerating the bastard's body followed.
Crunch. Cruunch.
He smashed it several times, but.
Crack. Craack.
The bastard showed endless regeneration.
‘No, this is different from regeneration.’
A sense of déjà vu as if time was distorted.
It felt as if he had entered Escardo's Carpe Illusion.
“Shall I try cutting directly now?”
After cutting off both arms with Sword Energy, he rushed in.
What followed was a one-sided attack that couldn't even be called an offense and defense.
Mud wrapped around the cut and regenerated parts, and Radiance was shining all over the bastard's body.
“I can guess.”
At first, he thought Colin had risked his life to call upon the power of the Grotesquery.
He was wrong.
‘This guy didn't risk his life.’
He merely touched the boundary using a Divine Formula and adsorbed some of the Curses sealed in the sword between them onto his own body.
Compared to the Emperor, his use of Divine Authority and the Grotesquery's Curse seemed unnatural.
‘He spoke as if it wasn't his first or second time…… Is this his first time facing an 8-star level?’
It wouldn't be strange if there was a Formula for moving physical distance among the Authorities of ‘Boundary’.
Those who knew the bastard's identity until now must have been silenced in this way.
Killian burst into laughter.
He had formed an investigation team in preparation for a situation like this.
‘At this rate, it's no different from visiting alone.’
It was an investigation team gathered with quite a few people confident in detection, but thinking about it now, it was a sudden avalanche.
“I haven't heard that there is someone among the Authorities of Boundary who can naturally cause an avalanche.”
[Same here.]
A Human who created two opposing hearts in one body.
[Isn't it a body that the Holy Nation and the Empire would covet.]
“I think so too.”
It was only a short while ago that he called Hazard a freak for forging a Hollyheart.
But now, he himself looked no different.
“Did you pledge loyalty to the Emperor?”
Silence became the answer.
“A bizarre Priest loyal to a Human. Styx would be heartbroken if he knew.”
He said it because Gods don't welcome Grotesqueries.
It seemed he touched the bastard's reverse scale.
[I will tear that mouth apart.]
Colin swung the sword he was holding.
Radiance wrapped around the bastard's arm.
The arm moved as if warping and touched the Sword Membrane.
[Carpe. Once adapted, there are plenty of ways to break it.]
Bang.
The blue Sword Membrane deflected the bastard's blade.
[…….]
“You are looking down on an 8-star Knight too easily.”
A realm reached only when a Superhuman who has crossed the wall crosses the wall once again.
Even if Colin was using the power of the Grotesquery, in the end, the bastard's essence was neither a knight nor a mage, but a Priest.
Clumsy Divine Authority and incomplete Radiance.
With just that, he could never be his match.
“Not all Superhumans are the same Superhuman.”
[Don't be arrogant.]
Ssss.
Pure white Divine Power rose from around Colin's body.
A Formula flowed from his mouth.
The color of the Divine Power was dyed a deeper red.
His body gradually changed bizarrely.
Slide-
The sword pierced straight through the Sword Membrane.
Clang!
Killian swung Anima and deflected the sword that had come right in front of his nose.
[Didn't you say it? That it's not a Holy Object but a Divine Object. You underestimated a Priest who wields a Divine Object.]
‘Radiance decreased, and the power of Divine Power grew even larger. can he control it at will?’
The Divine Power emitted by Colin was greater than Pierre, who used a Divine Object.
‘A guy who isn't even a Chief Priest can use the power of boundary to this extent.’
Arms and legs stretched or shrank elastically, and every time he attacked, they extended two or three times longer and wrapped around bizarrely.
That wasn't all.
Whoosh-
Divine Power flames rose over Colin's body, which had burned the Radiance.
Clang. Clang. Claaang.
Killian struck away the Divine Object that pierced through as if warping.
Every time he struck the Divine Object, the Hollyheart trembled.
As if telling him to use itself, not the Mana Heart.
Slash-!
The sight of the severed arm scattering with the debris of red Divine Power and then regenerating repeated.
He had confirmed enough with mana.
Now it was time to try a new experiment.
“Shall I try using it after a long time.”
The heart on the left.
The moment he awakened the Hollyheart.
Ring.
[The Authority of ‘Barrier’ is activated.]
The voice of the Violet Magic Tower was heard.
Originally, he had to understand the operating principle of the Authority and mimic it with mana.
Now there was no need for that.
Just by manifesting the Hollyheart and recalling Murus's Authority, he felt like he could use the Authority.
He swung his sword.
Divine Power taking the form of a surface surrounded Colin.
An appearance similar to Yulian's Carpe Illusion ‘Red Prison’.
Without a Divine Formula, he created the same effect as Carpe Illusion just by imaging the Authority.
“Nice!”
Killian shouted cheerfully and strengthened the Divine Power.
He saw cracks appearing on the barrier touching Colin's hand.
Whether it was the Authority of Boundary or the Curse of Grotesquery didn't matter.
The important thing was that what Colin could show had reached its limit.
He wrapped mana around the tip of his sword.
Adamas Style.
“Sal (Killing).”
A simple draw.
Colin, cut along with the surface, trembled.
[……!!]
Space wavered at the sight of him still chanting a Divine Formula with his mouth.
Ssss.
Before anything could react, the surrounding terrain changed.
Before they knew it, the two had entered between the boundary and the barrier.
His main body was before his eyes.
Grab.
Colin grasped Adamas.
[Hundreds of years since the sword was placed here.]
The bastard's Divine Power amplified.
Radiance leaked from the sword, and the sealed Grotesquery's Curse was sucked into Colin's body.
Rumble.
The ground the bastard stood on vibrated.
[Can a mere Human withstand hundreds of years of pain?]
While holding the sword, Colin aimed the Divine Object.
Sssss.
Radiance approached like a shadow along the ground.
With just that, he felt like he knew what kind of Curse it was.
“Quite impressive.”
Killian's mouth twisted.
He had no intention of avoiding the Curse the bastard used.
Soon, the Radiance touched Killian's body and the Curse activated.
Curse of ‘Nightmare’.
It was a Curse that dwelled in the opponent's mind, bringing up trauma-like nightmares to collapse the mind.
The first nightmare rushed into his head.
[This is…….]
Colin, who accepted the ancient memories along with Killian, opened his mouth.
The first nightmare was the end of the God-Slayer who opposed the ancient Gods.
A Human's scream against those who achieved the rank of Transcendence.
“With the Curse of Nightmare, the caster also gets a glimpse of the memories. You made a mistake, First-Class Priest Colin.”
The second nightmare was the death of countless close friends.
As the Curses continued, Colin's face distorted with shock and fear.
Because he began to be crushed by the weight of infinite time he couldn't understand.
“This side has thousands of years.”
Unless it's a Superhuman who achieved 8-stars.
It wasn't a time an ordinary Priest relying on others' power could endure.
[Why…… You…….]
Colin's mind, which intended to shake Killian's boundary, began to crumble conversely.
“He raises his physically lacking status by adsorbing Curses.
And uses the Authority of Boundary to destroy the opponent's mind.”
A combat method chosen by Colin, who is neither a knight nor a mage.
“Well, it wasn't a bad method.”
Against a half-baked 7-star Master, that alone would have been enough to deal with them.
“I can clearly tell you've never faced an 8-star.”
Colin's pupils shook, and his face turned pale.
The fear felt by a Mortal facing Transcendents, even if only in fragments.
At this moment, he was showing a more human side than ever.
[As expected, this sword is…….]
Colin reached out towards Adamas with a trembling voice.
Slash.
His hand trying to grasp Adamas fell to the floor by Anima.
“Where do you put your dirty hand.”
Following Killian's coldly spoken voice.
Slash.
Anima cut Colin's neck.
For a moment, the head touched the ground.
Soon, Colin's body couldn't maintain its form and collapsed.
As the medium disappeared, the Radiance spread everywhere lost its place and began to wander.
‘If I leave it like this, it will return to the sword.’
If that happens, the Curses Edan has to endure will increase.
Ring.
[The Authority of ‘Barrier’ is activated.]
He reached out and confined the Curses.
The Radiance surrounded by six surfaces stopped moving in the air.
“Your turn, Grotesquery.”
Squelch. Squeeelch.
The Radiance began to mould a humanoid shape.
It was Colin's appearance.
[A Human using Mana and Divine Power. You are more perfect than ‘Colin de Styx’.]
“Seems you've gathered a lot of information on Humans while I haven't seen you.”
[‘You’ are of the same kind as ‘Us’.]
The regenerated hand of the Grotesquery aimed at Killian.
How ridiculous it was to see it treating itself as a single personality.
“No.”
Killian shook his head and raised his sword.
“I am the one reincarnated to exterminate you.”
The reason he didn't destroy Colin with a single strike was to gather information in preparation for the Emperor he would face again.
‘My body is warmed up enough.’
He also saved enough strength for a full-scale battle.
Therefore.
“Carpe Illusion.”
Using mana lavishly, he implemented three Carpe Illusions.
“Part of the Grotesquery. No need to fear destruction.”
[…….]
Towards the Radiance scanning the three types of mana.
“Soon, the other bastards will become like that too.”
Killian swung his sword.