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Chapter 209: The Plan Is
"Ruin!"
As Black unleashed a sword strike with an urgent expression, the space in front of him distorted as if twisting.
Heart Void Style, Dual Blades.
The trajectories of the two sword energies that appeared simultaneously, transcending space, overlapped and slashed through the spot where Vassago was, but only the sensation of cutting through empty air was felt.
Black, furrowing his brow, turned his head.
The blade of Death Ice, fearsomely extended from the fingertips of Vassago, who had already left his position, had already pierced through Ruin's heart.
Kiiii—!
As a chilling melody resounded, the demonic creatures rushed towards Ruin like hungry beasts, and an ominous fog billowed, covering the sky.
[Devour.]
An arrogant voice, devoid of any sense of joy.
Only the expected result appeared from the natural expectation.
[I will personally confirm how a lowly being mimicked authority.]
The billowing fog completely covered the sky, and the gluttonous sounds of the demonic creatures echoed.
Fog of Annihilation.
One of the terrible powers that completely eats away at the opponent's spirit.
Vassago muttered in an arrogant voice.
[You're next. Human of the Divine Clan.]
"……."
Vassago turns his head and looks at Black.
[The prophecy is inevitable. The same goes for my manifestation here. Even if lowly beings notice fragments of the prophecy, nothing will change— Hmm.]
Suddenly, Vassago stopped talking and tilted his head.
It was because there was no emotion of disturbance in the eyes of the human in front of him. Looking at the human's gradually changing expression, Vassago asked.
[Are you laughing now?]
It was at that moment.
Vassago, feeling a strange intuition, turns his head and looks at the sky.
The sound of subordinates gluttonously devouring something still echoes from within the fog that covers the sky.
[……No way?]
An ominous possibility flashed through the suspicious Vassago's mind, but he immediately shook his head.
There's no way it's an afterimage.
He clearly witnessed the moment the lowly being's heart was pierced with his demonic eye.
The power of a noble was something unquestionable and certain, but Vassago chose to confirm it with his own eyes once more.
As soon as he waved his hand, the fog of annihilation that filled the sky cleared, and the human surrounded by demonic creatures was revealed.
Vassago, confirming the human's body, which was completely frozen pure white with the blade of Death Ice embedded in his heart, nodded and crossed his arms again.
[Indeed. That's impossible.]
It was the moment the fog rose again, and Vassago turned his head towards the successor of the Divine Clan.
Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, and a subtle suspicion formed in Vassago's pupils.
With a swish— he turned his head towards the frozen human in the air and stared intently, his pupils gradually growing larger until they filled his entire eyes.
Vassago extends his pure white finger towards the sky.
Paaaang—
When the extended blade of Death Ice pierced the human's body once again, Vassago's pupils began to shake violently.
[Not an afterimage…….]
The human form scatters as if collapsing.
The demonic creatures, suddenly losing their target, wander around, and then a cry close to astonishment erupts.
[An illusion, you say!]
Vassago's expression, which had been arrogant throughout, becomes distorted.
It was a surprise stemming not from the technique itself, but from the fact that his expectations were once again off.
Rather, that point came as a greater shock to Vassago.
Something unbelievable.
All the techniques the human used were already within Vassago's calculations, along with the prophecies accumulated over hundreds of years.
The Divine Clan's techniques were no exception, and neither was magic.
Vassago clearly did not sense any flow of mana that would create an illusion. But what was this spectacle unfolding before his eyes now?
Something beyond his expectations had already happened twice.
And that meant…….
Swoosh—
Vassago quickly waves his hand and throws a palm strike towards the left.
The sword strike, aiming to cut through space, freezes in place. A sword strike blocked so easily it's almost anticlimactic.
However, that point irritated Vassago even more.
As soon as he quickly turns his head, following the sensed energy, a small black dot appears only a few centimeters away.
[……!]
It was at that moment that the explosion erupted.
Kwajijijik—
[No way!]
Lightning erupting right in front of his heart without even having time to gather demonic energy.
Vassago's palm, hastily drawing a semicircle, strikes the Dark Heavenly Thunder.
Thud—
Was it because it was deployed in a hurry?
Unlike before, soot and a cloudy light appear on Vassago's pure white palm that struck the lightning.
However, the result will not change.
The moment the shattered lightning wave scatters in all directions, an arrogant emotion once again appears on Vassago's expression.
No matter how much it deviates from his expectations, Vassago will not be defeated by a mere imitation of authority.
It only took a moment for that expression to change to bewilderment.
[……What?]
Another small black dot appears from the center of the scattering lightning.
The moment Vassago's questioning gaze rests on the black dot.
Paaaaang—
A crazy wave of lightning extends from the extremely concentrated black dot, directly hitting Vassago.
Vassago hurriedly extends both hands and manifests the Ice White Hand in front of him, but this time the result is completely different.
[……Kaaaaa!]
The lightning, erupting in hundreds of strands, engulfs the cold air and covers Vassago.
The trajectory of the sword energy, emitting refined energy, cuts vertically through it.
***
'Magnus' Illusion.'
A move I thought would definitely work once if Vassago didn't remember the past.
In that fleeting moment when the five layers of heat were neutralized and the shock wave erupted, I activated the illusion and hid myself in the blind spot of the fog.
In fact, at the point when Vassago didn't notice, I conversely became convinced that this guy wasn't lying to me.
No matter how much he underestimated me, if he remembered the past, there's no way he would have fallen for it.
Kwajijijik—
As I landed near the raging aftereffects of the black lightning, Black slowly approached me.
"Ruin."
I briefly made eye contact with Black.
Indeed, the successor of the Sword Saint is indeed a successor.
The fact that he noticed the 'illusion' that even Vassago didn't, just through his senses, felt truly amazing.
This is because Magnus' illusion was originally a tool whose effect varied depending on the user's skill.
Of course, if someone with superhuman abilities focused their senses, they would be able to notice it, but it's a completely different story to notice it in a situation as urgent as this.
In fact, it took even Vassago a long time to notice something strange.
"Huu."
Suddenly, a sharp pain surged in my heart, and I forcibly clenched my teeth, but a groan escaped through the gaps.
"Did you overdo it, Ruin?"
Lightning within lightning.
Dark Heavenly Thunder hidden within the black dot where Dark Heavenly Thunder was concentrated.
And it was concentrated to the limit to maximize its explosive power.
Was it because I forcibly manifested mana from the Yin dimension in that fleeting moment? An intense pain continues to surge in my heart.
Fuck.
I looked straight ahead, where the lightning was gradually fading, and a strange light flickered in Black's eyes as well.
Both I and Black naturally prepared for what came next.
Even if he's weaker than in the past, Vassago wouldn't be annihilated by this much.
It was just a matter of hoping that a gap would be exposed after landing a blow.
Black looked ahead and asked.
"Is there a next plan?"
Before I could answer, a strange sound came from ahead.
Chuck—
The aftereffects of the lightning completely disappeared, and a faint shadow flickered. Immediately afterward, a heavy footstep was heard.
[You dare…….]
Vassago's figure, taking a step forward, is fully revealed.
Soot from being directly hit by the lightning could be seen all over Vassago's body, which had stopped with his head bowed, but as expected, there didn't seem to be any major damage.
Saaa—
Nothing had changed, but I instinctively felt it.
A premonition.
Black smoke rose from his trembling body, and the moment the remaining demonic creatures simultaneously prostrated themselves on the ground.
Vassago raises his head towards the sky.
A silent scream erupts from his mouth, which is grotesquely mixed and has grown to half the size of his face, as it splits open wide.
Suddenly sensing something, Black swings his black sword towards the direction where Vassago is standing.
A threatening sword energy extends as if to cut Vassago, but he doesn't even turn his gaze, just looks up at the sky defenselessly.
Saaa—.
In that fleeting moment when the sword energy seems to collide with Vassago's face.
The energy is torn to shreds as if compressed from empty air, and a tremendous roar immediately resounds.
"……The energy exploded?"
"Evade."
I rotated the circles of my heart and looked at Black.
"Now it's the real deal."
Kiiiii—!
Ultrasonic waves.
As soon as I felt the sensation of my cranial nerves being scraped, I immediately created wind pressure, striking both ears, and leaped into the air.
Thud—
An irresistible pressure immediately surged in.
A crazy sonic pressure, as if to crush all the organs in my body from every direction, rushes in.
A form on a completely different level than before.
Even moving my head was difficult, but a laugh escaped me instead.
'It's finally here.'
Black's slightly strained voice could be heard from close by.
"Can you withstand it, Ruin?"
"For now."
"What's the plan?"
As soon as I rolled my eyes downwards in mid-air, I met Vassago's gaze.
A shameful emotion on his face, his pride through the roof.
It couldn't be helped.
The overwhelming sonic pressure currently crushing my entire body indicated that he was determined to use all his power.
Vassago's second true secret skill.
Roar.
Kiiiii—!
As soon as another ultrasonic wave erupted, scraping my cranial nerves, a pressure like being crushed under a giant rock weighed down on my entire body.
There's not much time.
Saaa—.
The moment Black unleashed sword energy towards the space in front of him, the energy was once again torn to shreds.
In that gap, I used Space Acceleration to break through the momentarily weakened pressure.
Weeing—
With all the heat swirling within my body concentrated in my right hand, the moment I thrust it towards Vassago's face, cold air surged as if waiting, neutralizing the heat.
While my wrist was freezing, I unleashed the last remaining heat and threw a powerful punch.
Dark Claw activated, with a shock wave hidden within the heat exploding.
[Humans have no learning ability.]
Where have I heard that before?
Without even a moment to think, something disgusting surged from within, and my body floated into the air.
Paaaa—
As soon as I felt like I was floating for a while, I crashed to the floor several times faster.
"Keugh!"
Piiiiiii—
It felt like my eardrums had burst.
When I spat out the saliva that had pooled in my mouth, black blood came into view along with a disgusting smell.
Still in the same spot, Vassago was looking at me with an arrogant expression.
[Is it over?]
At some point, Black had approached and formed a sword barrier in front of me.
Thanks to that, I was momentarily freed from the overwhelming sonic pressure, but this too is only temporary.
Black's hand gripping the sword was trembling.
I spat out the blood that was welling up and looked at Vassago.
"It's over."
He's right.
The circles of my heart are on the verge of breaking down.
Even after doing everything I could, I couldn't land a single proper blow on him.
[With just this, you dared to speak of annihilation?]
"……."
I could feel Black checking on my condition from the corner of his eye.
I carefully watched the handle of the scabbard that Black had gripped at some point.
It's not like I don't know that qi Breathing stance.
The reason he can't switch to offense must be because of me.
[Seeing that you can't speak, it seems you have nothing more to say.]
Saaa—!
The fog of annihilation slowly surges in, as if to engulf me.
Vassago, who was slowly walking through it, suddenly stopped and stared at me intently.
[Are you laughing?]
I looked around for a moment.
My eyes first met Black, who was standing a step away, and I saw my reflection in his pupils.
I turned my head.
The demonic creatures burned by the curtain of fire, and the corpses of demonic creatures, piled up like mountains, burst apart by the sonic pressure, came into view.
Crimson flames like wildfire were erupting amidst the pitch-black darkness and the encroaching fog of annihilation.
"It's red."
[What?]
A laugh escaped me involuntarily.
[Petty tricks won't work anymore.]
"It took you long enough."
[What?]
"Tch, it was too comfortable a fight until now."
It was only now that it felt familiar.
Those damn moments, where even after pouring out all my strength, all I felt was despair and frustration, finally feel vivid in my body, even if only a little.
Because those countless situations, where only death and fear consumed the battlefield, which were considered impossible, were too familiar to me.
"……What are you thinking, Ruin? I can't fathom it this time."
"The plan is."
I looked at Black and said.
"Me."
[Just be absorbed.]
Paaaang—!
Looking at the fog surging along with the blade of Death Ice, I opened the circles of my heart once again.
A pain that felt like my whole body was breaking immediately surged in.
I reversed the rotation of the circles that felt like they were about to break down at any moment.
Weeing— Pajijik—
As soon as I felt the prelude to a rampage, laughter erupted.
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