The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 279

"What!"

Lee Shin's spear, which had been continuously advancing while cutting through the Sword of the Sea's waves, finally pierced his chest.

Seeing this, the Sword of the Earth's eyes widened in disbelief.

Basically, the only thing that could counter the power gained by ascending to the realm of the absolute was the power of another absolute.

This meant that the power possessed by the two techniques, Sword Aura and Armament, was that absolute.

'But what is that guy?'

Until the very last moment, what was on Lee Shin's spear was a materialized form of ki, even if its form was a little strange.

In other words, Lee Shin had defeated the Sword of the Sea even without the weapon of sword aura.

'That guy's spear is dangerous.'

He didn't know how, but the fangs Lee Shin possessed could reach him too.

If the Sword of the Sea had felt fear seeing Lee Shin's ki, which was violently shaking in fusion with his killing intent, then the Sword of the Earth felt fear at Lee Shin's actions, which seemed to deny everything he had built up until now.

'I have to kill him here and now.'

Although his chest had been pierced by Lee Shin's spear, the Sword of the Sea was not yet dead.

Since Lee Shin also knew about the power of divine power they possessed, he would surely not leave the Sword of the Sea alone.

The moment to decide the match would surely come.

The Sword of the Earth decided to move the moment Lee Shin was about to deliver the final blow to the Sword of the Sea, and cut off Lee Shin's head along with the Sword of the Sea's.

And the moment Lee Shin put more strength into the hand holding the spear and was about to split the Sword of the Sea's body in half, the Sword of the Earth was about to kick off the ground and rush toward him.

But the Sword of the Earth's intervention was thwarted by a shower of light that fell from the sky.

The Sword of the Earth clicked his tongue quietly and looked at Cheon Yuhwa next to him.

"Weren't you going to not interfere in this fight?"

"That was the original plan. If I interfere in his fight, he gets sulky for quite a long time and gives me hell."

Cheon Yuhwa said so and waved her hand lightly.

At that, a halo of pure white light rose from her fingertips into the empty air like an aura.

"But he seems to be in a good mood now, and he also looks unusually full, so I'll just take you."

Cheon Yuhwa said so and looked at Lee Shin, who was standing with his spear planted in the ground like a staff.

"You seem to know a lot about that guy."

"I naturally got to know him well after being constantly pestered by him."

Cheon Yuhwa said so and gave a light nod to the Sword of the Earth.

"I just got here, so I don't know the details of what that guy has done again... but since I have a promise with him, let's just say you guys are the bad guys for now."

"I don't know what promise it is, but it seems to be a very flimsy one. I am a being who sets the laws of this world right according to God's will."

"The name of evil suits unbelievers like you, not me."

Cheon Yuhwa thought quietly as she listened to the Sword of the Earth's words.

'This time, the enemy is a fanatic of a pseudo-religion? I really don't know where that guy finds these people.'

Cheon Yuhwa thought so and gathered her aura, wrapping it around both her hands.

"Since you asked me a question, I will ask you one too."

The Sword of the Earth, who had taken a stance watching her, asked.

"Are you the hero chosen by Gaia?"

"...Who knows?"

Cheon Yuhwa, having said that, created wings of light from her back and spread them wide.

"What do you think?"

"Somehow, I think you are."

"What, why do you think so? Ah, is it because of these wings?"

"Yes."

"Because you are trying to deceive everyone with such wicked wings."

At Cheon Yuhwa's words, the Sword of the Earth said as he cloaked his sword in sword aura.

"Consider it an honor to be able to die under the name of God and the great sun, and die."

"Yeah, well, do it as much as you want if you can. I don't know if you can do it, though."

"That guy too, is provocation your specialty or something?"

"Hmm? It wasn't really a provocation."

Cheon Yuhwa said as if asking why she would have to do such a troublesome thing.

"I just said what I saw as it is."

Grin-

"But Lee Shin, it's a good thing that guy chose the blue guy and not you."

"Did I look weaker than that guy?"

"No? I didn't particularly think so. It's just..."

Cheon Yuhwa, having said that, looked at the Sword of the Earth and smiled slightly.

"You look sturdy, so I thought I could play with you for a while."

Lee Shin, by leaving Earth and coming to this world, had been freed from the system's constraints and was able to raise his realm with his own capabilities and enlightenment.

And the one who had cast off such constraints was Cheon Yuhwa as well.

That was precisely why Cheon Yuhwa was now smiling at the Sword of the Earth.

Because it was the first time she had felt such a sense of liberation in a battle since returning to the past from the future.

"It's been a really long time. For the thought of wanting to fight to come first when I see an enemy."

The one in this place now was not Cheon Yuhwa.

The one who was spreading her two wings wide in front of the Sword of the Earth now was Ellis, who was once called one of the Ten Kings in the Pantheon.

The Sword of the Earth clicked his tongue quietly as he watched the dense aura emanate from Cheon Yuhwa's entire body and envelop her.

"Armament? Even so, your power is not enough to face me."

"That's not for you to judge."

The Sword of the Earth said with an unwavering, firm appearance.

"You may not know, but even the Sword of the Sea, who was at the same realm as you, could not defeat me head-on. The opponents you aura users can display your abilities against are not martial artists like me. It's mages who use spells."

Hearing the Sword of the Earth's arrogant declaration, Cheon Yuhwa sneered at him openly.

"What, you're overflowing with confidence, so I thought you had some hidden trump card, but was that guy from a moment ago the source of your confidence?"

"That idiot who was full of vanity and self-satisfaction, without even the skill to properly handle his Armament?"

"What did you say?"

At Cheon Yuhwa's words, the Sword of the Earth wore a look of disbelief.

The Sword of the Sea was strong.

Even the Sword of the Earth, though he disliked him, had acknowledged the power he possessed.

But now, Cheon Yuhwa was describing such a Sword of the Sea as an idiot who had no skill and was engrossed in self-satisfaction.

"Right. Since I'm in a good mood, shall I tell you a little? About aura users?"

After the game disappeared and monsters appeared in reality, those who had reached a high realm felt frustrated.

And among them, the one who felt the greatest frustration was Cheon Yuhwa.

It was understandable, as she, in the future that had now become the past.

"Watch carefully, I'll shatter that confidence of yours without a trace."

Was a skilled person who had reached a higher realm than anyone else, LV. 8.

"Armament, [Angel Of The End]."

At the same time as Cheon Yuhwa muttered so, her body was enveloped in a pure white light, and her wings grew in size, spreading wide enough to cover the sky and spewing forth a brilliant light.

"What..."

The Sword of the Earth, feeling the torrent of power from Cheon Yuhwa, looked at her with a shocked expression.

And in the sphere of light, Cheon Yuhwa quietly changed her appearance.

A pure white uniform, the same color as her hair, was wrapped around her body, and a ring of pure white light formed above her head and behind her spread wings.

Cheon Yuhwa, with an emotionless expression, cloaked in light and divinity, floating slightly in the air, was literally an angel.

"Hooo..."

In this place now, the angel who had lived in the past ruined world and resisted that ruin for the sake of humanity had revealed herself.

The Sword of the Earth, feeling his instincts ring the alarm bells at Cheon Yuhwa's changed appearance, did not hesitate and rushed toward her.

'I have to go all out from the beginning.'

He had already experienced Cheon Yuhwa's speed a moment ago.

At that time, it was not Armament but just the opening of her eyes, but even so, her flying speed was slightly faster than the speed at which the Sword of the Earth could step on the void.

'In a state of Armament, her speed must have increased even more than then. If that woman drags this fight into an aerial battle, I have no chance of winning.'

Because the Sword of the Earth had judged so, he intended to not give Cheon Yuhwa an opening to fly up into the sky.

"Don't worry, I have no intention of running away to the sky."

Cheon Yuhwa said so and pointed at the Sword of the Earth with her finger.

"Rather, you should be worrying about how you can survive."

Cheon Yuhwa flapped her wings greatly.

At that, countless bullets of light poured down from Cheon Yuhwa's wings toward the Sword of the Earth.

The Sword of the Earth frowned as he parried the baptism of bullets pouring down on him with his sword cloaked in sword aura.

Because he felt that the power and speed contained in the bullets had increased to a level incomparable to before.

'I have no choice.'

There are too many to parry one by one.

Therefore, the Sword of the Earth swung his sword greatly and parried the bullets along with the space, then took the minor ones with his body cloaked in a protective aura and rushed toward Cheon Yuhwa.

"You're much tougher than I thought."

Cheon Yuhwa, satisfied with the Sword of the Earth's appearance, moved her hand.

At that, a sword made of light was created in the sky and poured down like a guillotine, aiming for the Sword of the Earth's neck.

"What the hell!"

Each and every one was a world of difference from the appearance the Sword of the Sea had shown.

At that, Cheon Yuhwa said with a smile.

"Aura users are beings who cultivate their minds. We are ones who can only grow by walking a thorny path full of hardships ourselves."

Grin-

"But that Sword of the Sea guy was satisfied with his own power and got cocky about his weapon's performance, so he left the thorny path on his own. It's a relief his power didn't drop, let alone rise."

Also, Armament is the power to manifest the ideal within oneself into reality.

That also meant that the power contained in the Armament could be drastically divided depending on the time and experience needed to adapt one's ideal to reality.

The Sword of the Sea, after sitting in the position of one of the three swords of the church, had continuously rested on his laurels and had been toying with others instead of fighting.

Unlike such a Sword of the Sea, Cheon Yuhwa had continuously fought against enemies of the same level as herself and had fought to save the world.

Naturally, the power of the Armament possessed by such two people was bound to be vastly different, even if it were the same technique.

"I won't kill you. I need an informant."

Cheon Yuhwa said so and lightly brought her hand down.

At that, a huge sword of light that fell from the sky poured down like a missile, aiming for the Sword of the Earth.

At first, the Sword of the Earth resisted somehow, but soon he was crushed like a bug by Cheon Yuhwa's sword and was trapped in the tomb of swords she had created.

Cheon Yuhwa, watching him, lightly clenched her fist and then clenched it even harder.

At that, the tomb of swords that was enveloping the Sword of the Earth gradually tightened.

The protective aura enveloping the Sword of the Earth's body has a strong resistance to blows.

But in a crushing battle like this, it was bound to be a contest of pure endurance and power.

And in a battle of endurance, Cheon Yuhwa, an aura user, was overwhelmingly more advantageous than the Sword of the Earth, a user of finite internal energy.

"I have to send it as a gift, so I have to wrap it well."

With those last words from Cheon Yuhwa, the Sword of the Earth was trapped in a small box and lost consciousness.

It was the moment the long, long battle of the forest came to an end.

(End of Chapter)