Chapter 639
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Helchin?
—Just a Dragon Knight.
If he had come here riding his dragon, Elnino might have been more wary and simply called upon Supreme Heaven to kill him.
But a Dragon Knight without his dragon, one who had died somewhere and become a resentful spirit—so what if he had reached the Sixth Tier due to his intense hatred?
Supreme Heaven had revealed to him that reaching the Sixth Tier through “Profession” and “Inheritance” offered far greater future achievements than reaching it through the path of becoming a Phantom Demon!
If one could ascend to the Sixth Tier through profession and inheritance, they would almost certainly become an Apostle of a Pillar God after death. They could even break away and become a Heavenly Envoy themselves… conversely, even Extraordinary individuals with only Third or Fourth Tier power in life had a chance of becoming Sixth Tier or even higher-level Phantom Demons after death.
The level in life was the true level; the level after death was merely combat power!
Helchin had brought chaos to the Kingdom, and he would slay him. That would undoubtedly make him a “Hero”!
[Reputation] is a power! [Faith] is also a power!
“—This is my answer, Supreme Heaven! My great father! This is the gift I give you, another possibility of the Path of Power!”
Elnino closed his eyes and whispered devoutly.
Beside him, the Blade of Infinity continued to emerge endlessly, whistling through the air—shattering, burning, and utterly destroying all enemies before him!
And the priests beside him kept their silence.
For most of them disagreed with Elnino’s defiance of Giant tradition.
And now, they saw it all too clearly—this was a completely different way of using it compared to Utgarðar-Loki!
Utgarðar-Loki preferred to condense swords identical to his main body from Scar Branches, controlling them with nonexistent phantoms. Ultimately, it was as if countless nonexistent, undefeatable warriors were fighting enemies.
Rather, this was the way it had always been used…
But King Elnino used the “least amount of power,” unleashing it from the moment of its condensation!
Because it was small, its cost was also low.
Instead of destroying strong enemies by creating “countless Utgarðar-Lokis,” he directly summoned a meteor shower of fiery destruction, annihilating all enemies!
It was less like combat or war… and more like destruction.
It was terror, it was death, it was deterrence!
It was not only deterring enemies but also deterring them—deterring them, the priests who had warned the Giant King to follow tradition!
The Skinless Ones outside the city were still confused by the sudden disappearance of their enemies, but soon let out roars and found the Night Demon again. Elnino also divided some of the swords, flying towards the Night Demon like a bird, interfering with and suppressing her.
The wails from within the city, the roars from outside, echoed with collapsing buildings and rumbling earth.
—But at this very moment.
“Urk…”
Elnino’s heart suddenly tightened. He felt as if something foreign had appeared inside him. It was like a “second heart” appearing in his lower abdomen, beating rhythmically.
He swayed his massive, armored body. Just a few steps made the ground tremble and stir up dust.
…It was a curse.
When?
Elnino was slightly startled but not panicked.
“Dispel the curse for me!”
He immediately commanded the priests beside him.
As long as Supreme Heaven was there, everything would be fine…
Suddenly, a plume of dark smoke slowly drifted out from the ground he had been relentlessly bombarding.
It transformed into a black spear in mid-air and fiercely flew towards him, piercing Elnino’s abdomen with lightning speed!
The intense curse flooded further into his body, causing the object in his abdomen to instantly swell.
His stomach bulged, and the excruciating pain made Elnino sweat profusely.
“Quick!”
He added to his command, feeling increasingly enraged.
—You took the opportunity to attack me just because I shifted my suppression slightly?
So, Elnino redirected all the attacks aimed at the Night Demon back towards the ruins, bombarding the area where Helchin was.
But at this very moment—
With a flash of lightning, a brave Lizardman warrior, wielding a halberd crackling with electricity, appeared from nowhere—killing all three priests in just two moves!
And in the instant the lightning flashed.
A giant, crimson greatsword silently appeared behind Elnino and swung fiercely towards his neck!
Clang—!
This sneak attack, which should have decapitated him,
Instead, it struck a suddenly appearing red barrier of light!
However, Helchin, who emerged from the void, did not stop attacking.
It started with just one strike.
After the first strike came three.
The speed increased exponentially, forming an impenetrable net of light—as if he were wielding a lightweight dagger rather than a “super heavy” weapon weighing hundreds of kilograms!
In an instant, the light barrier was covered in cracks. Like the explosion-proof glass on the front of a car enduring a violent impact, it not only cracked but even had several pieces falling off.
Elnino’s attention was momentarily diverted by the Lizardman warrior who had suddenly appeared and killed three priests. After all, he had never truly been on the battlefield or fought to the death before. The sudden death of three “cervical spine” level priests before his eyes made him tremble all over, his mind going blank for an instant.
By the time he reacted, it was already too late.
Helchin’s only successful strike, from behind Elnino, sliced directly from his left shoulder to his spine!
Protected by the crimson armor bestowed by Supreme Heaven, this fierce blow, surprisingly, did not even reach the bone!
However, the suddenly injured Elnino was covered in cold sweat, his agonized roars echoing like an elephant’s trumpet.
Elnino knelt down, and the pain and rage fueled his anger. The Giant King endured the torment, enlarged his left arm several times, and swung it viciously behind him—
But even Elnino himself did not realize that he had subconsciously refrained from using the “instantaneous” power of the “Scar Branch.”
Because it was not something that originally belonged to him, he couldn’t recall it at the first moment of sudden attack—
However, Helchin vanished into the void again, evading his attack.
But just then, Elnino clutched his abdomen in pain.
It was the [Internal Explosion Curse] from the Night Demon!
The Night Demon in the distance extended a finger towards him, and the curse within him rapidly grew, feeding on the pain from his back.
But at this moment, he couldn’t counterattack the Night Demon. He could only recall his swords, forming a wall of blades around himself to defend against Helchin’s sneak attacks.
However, “Helchin” had no intention of continuing to fight him. With his distraction, the Night Demon’s curse alone was enough for him to suffer… A Fifth Tier with mere divine gear, unable to unleash the power of a divine artifact.
He held [Caligula’s Right Arm], narrowing his eyes slightly.
He was charging, charging like a dead man in an endless, dim yellow field of vision.
Wielding a giant, crimson greatsword.
It was a weapon formed from the “Tyrant” Caligula, an Apostle of Supreme Heaven!
He had already killed a Patriarch of Supreme Heaven, severely injured a favorite of Supreme Heaven, and taken one of the Supreme Heavenly Apostle’s arms.
And now, Eivass’s target was…
The Sacred Statue of Supreme Heaven, enshrined in the Royal Court!
(End of Chapter)
