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nTransator: Ekdud

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nChapter 81 – Racial War (4)

nThe Calamities people knew about were four in total.

nOne at the Sea.

nOne at the Roots.

nOne at the Trunk.

nOne at the Branch.

n‘And a very special one.’

nHansoo mumbled inwardly.

nThe 1st year Adventurers who had searched far and wide in order to explore the new world 20 years ago had seen the four kinds of Calamities but didn’t worry much.

nSince these guys seemed busy eating up the World Tree and didn’t really seem interested in people.

nWhile they were searching all over the World Tree while avoiding the Four Calamities, Keldian and his comrades found something extremely dangerous deep within the World Tree.

nA creature that seemed like it was being sealed by somebody.

nAnd tens of thousands of marks of those who got massacred while trying to seal that creature.

nThe six powers that were controlling the wide World Tree Mountain Range heard the news and then quickly gathered to the location of the Seal.

nAnd they realized.

nThat this thing was more dangerous than the calamities if it were to get released.

nBut this guy looked like a incomplete creature unlike the completed lifeforms such as the Calamities.

nLike something somebody had failed while making it.

nAnd it was weaker than the Calamities because of that but unlike the Calamities who weren’t really interested in people, this thing was showing extreme reactions against living creatures.

nThey hadn’t included it in the Calamities because it was an incomplete product but then if this thing were to go on a rampage after getting out then the people who came after them will just get killed without being able to do anything.

nNo, they would get swept over too.

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nTheir family might come after them.

nThey couldn’t leave this behind and go up.

nBut then they had no methods of killing it.

nSince being slightly weaker than the Calamities meant that it was much much stronger than humans.

nSo they only had one option.

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nThey first put their powers around Six Trunks near the location of the Seal in order to block random people from getting to the Seal.

nSince if they, the strongest, were guarding it then nobody would be able to get to the Seal as well.

nAt the same time they decided to keep it a secret from them as well.

nSince it would be dangerous for them to know about such a dangerous existence and people who get blinded by the greed of reward will come out.

nAnd one of the six people who had gathered had remained behind in order to keep the Seal.

nThe man who had raised the giant power of Hecarim, one of the six Pillars, without the ability of a Lord and with only strength alone.

nNaming the creature had befallen to the one who had chosen to sacrifice himself for everyone else and the man who had chosen to remain behind, Miyamoto, named the creature Akuma.

nHe then realized that it was too much for him to maintain the constantly weakening seal and then gathered people who had the potential to get strong and had the same thoughts as him as comrades.

nThese were the Seven Departed Souls.

nThe protectors who hadn’t gone up and were protecting the seal for tens of years.

n‘I don’t know why that guy had failed in creating this thing but… Kill the Akuma first then take these guys to kill the Ouroboros.’

nBut Sofía’s expression didn’t change while looking at that Hansoo.

n‘What does this kid know?’

nFour Calamities.

nThey were indeed dangerous.

nAnd his confidence would probably be brimming since he had killed two of them.

nBut if those things were natural disasters then the thing they were sealing was like a nuclear weapon created with evil intentions.

nNot as strong as a natural disaster but the fact that humans can’t go up against it was the same and it actually went against humans unlike natural disasters.

n‘But even then… I still can’t ignore him.’

nShe could not ignore a person who had killed two of the Four Great Calamities and also knew the name of Akuma.

nShe had to talk to the leader, Miyamoto.

nSofía set the intention of communicating into her mind and then took out the next question.

n“Ok so we’re set then but what are you going to do about the other clansmen?’

nSofía threw something into the air as soon as she finished talking.

nThe small ball that left Sofía’s hands got bigger and bigger as it grew to the size of a man and then rose into the air.

nThe round object which had risen to the air suddenly opened its eyes.

nThen it started to show the scenery of the Six Trunks above clearly in front of Sofía.

nMichael was shocked as he saw this.

n‘…God’s white of the eye. Such a high level skill.’

nA skill which allowed one to see whenever they wanted in the World Tree continent as long as they fulfilled the requirements.

nThe reason why the Seven Departed Souls were scary was because of that.

nThey had collected and raised the mastery of skills and artifacts for almost 10 years.

nIn conclusion they had numerous artifacts that were hard for anyone to acquire one of and used high-level skills freely.

nAnd battle experience that exceeded others by a few times.

nThere’s no way they couldn’t be strong.

nBut Camille groaned from a different reason than Michael’s.

n“It’s not even a mess…”

nSofía’s skill was showing them the situation above clearly.

nA few of the Six Pillars were reacting in a hurry to the sudden wave of parasites.

nBut on the other hand, the Pillars that were located far away from the Ouroboros’ tail didn’t really care for as to whether the clans in the front were fighting or not as they took everything they needed and were taking their clan upwards.

nThough the Six Pillars who were fighting looked like heroes of justice, it wasn’t really that.

nThe Pillars that were fighting were only doing so because they had gotten close, they still made sure to maintain their power as they fell backwards.

nMichael clicked his tongue as he saw this.

n‘That’s the right decision.’

nTwo days.

nIt was long but at the same time very short.

nEveryone probably realized this.

nThat it’ll take about 2 weeks in order for the Ouroboros to come down.

nThough it won’t be as good as the Library Sofía had, there were plenty of traits that were similar.

nIf they get those traits, experience and combine it with the data handed down through the Six Pillars then it wasn’t that hard to realize that that thing will come down in 2 weeks.

nIf the Ouroboros didn’t come down then there might be some clans who decide to fight.

nBut since that thing’s descent was decided, everyone chose to ran.

nWith as much of their power maintained as possible.

n“What are you going to do. Solve that first. If you show me that then I’ll believe you.”

nIf they couldn’t even block the parasites charging over there then they couldn’t even progress after that.

nHansoo pondered for a moment at those words and then got up.

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n“Goddamnit! The other clans aren’t coming? What about Hecarim!”

n“Damnit! Damage will increase if they get through! We have to block them here! No matter what!”

nTwo of the Six Pillars, Helper Clan and the Triple Lights Union, were blocking the tide-like parasites as they screamed out.

nHooong

nA green-colored skill of one of the Celestial Generals from the Triple Lights Union exploded towards the parasites crawling down from above.

nSomebody who didn’t know every well about these things would have been scared to their wits.

nTo send attacks towards the Ouroboros above!

nWhat would they do if the Ouroboros got enraged.

nBut the Celestial General didn’t even put that into his calculations.

n‘Fuck. If an attack like this worked on it then I wouldn’t even be scared.’

nBooom!

nA circle which was of tens of meters in radius had turned into ashes and tens of parasites had turned into dust but as he expected the Ouroboros didn’t react at all.

nSince the Ouroboros was too lazy to move just because its scales were a bit scratched.

nThough it had worked out as he planned, his expression wasn’t that great.

n‘These damned things. They’re too big.’

nSince the bodies of the parasites were huge, there weren’t many of them who fell in the range of a large area skill.

nAnd killing few tens of them didn’t even dent their numbers.

nThe space that had been emptied by the ones dead had been quickly refilled by those who were constantly pushing down the road to hell upon the body of the Ouroboros.

n‘Bitch…Hecarim, Pillars you despicable bastards! For not a single one of you to show up!”

nBut the Celestial General knew as well.

nThat there was no reason for them to shed blood and come help.

nThe reason why the Triple Lights Union and the Helper Clan were fighting was not because they had a hidden mission or anything.

nThough something like that might’ve existed in the beginning of the Six Pillars but in the near 20 years that the clans existed for, the clan members had been replaced over and over again.

nWhat has been left now were not ideals but rather reality.

nThe reason why they were fighting here was because the damned tail of the Ouroboros that acted as the path for the charging Parasites was located in between the Helper Clan and Triple Lights Union.

nSince their main base would get wrecked if they didn’t block them.

nBut their situation wasn’t something they would curse over.

n‘We shall also guard for a bit and then maintain our formations as we get out.’

nThough they didn’t feel comfortable about the adventurers below but they couldn’t do anything.

nIt was impossible for the adventurers below to raise their strength to the point where they can get through the Mirror in 2 days anyways.

nIt might be possible if all the Clans focused on doing so but no one had the leisure to do so.

nWhile they were grinding their teeth, a huge soundwave was heard in the distance.

n‘Hmm?’

nThough this wasn’t the time for him to get distracted, the Celestial General had been in the Otherworld too long to ignore an extremely strong existence that pervaded all their detection skills.

n‘Monumental Air path… Who has a skill like this?’

nAnd something like this meant that they had increased the mastery to the extremes.

nThe Celestial General heard the sound wave coming from the Base Root and then looked over towards that direction.

n‘Sofía Vargera….’

nThe Seven Departed Souls were in a awkward situation with the Six Pillars.

nTheir relationship wasn’t good but wasn’t that bad.

n‘Damnit. There’s no way someone like her would help either.’

nEven from the start it would be a piece of cake for someone like her to just go through the Mirror when something like this happened.

nAt that time something bulky started to form in Sofía’s hands.

nGreen, white and blue lights intertwined and then turned into a jade colored dot.

nThen the jade-colored marble made a huge noise as it flew over the sky.

nClink!

nThe marble which had flown over the sky while drawing out a jade line on its path landed between the swarming parasites.

nClang!

nSoon the surface started to freeze up along with the explosion.

nCracklecrackle

nIn an instant an area many times larger than the Celestial General’s attack froze up and all the parasites within that area turned into frozen statues.

n‘Oh my god.’

nThe Celestial General saw that scene as his eyes fluttered.

nPeople spoke of the Seven Departed Souls but there was never an occasion where they would actually see them.

nSince they had heard that people like them played around up above.

nBut what he had heard was the truth after seeing it himself.

nThe Ouroboros that didn’t even react to the previous attack trembled.

nWhich meant that they had gotten on its nerve quite a bit.

n‘It didn’t even seem like she went all out.’

nAnd she wasn’t alone either.

n‘Who’s that next to her.’

nA face he had never seen before.

nEveryone’s gazes including the Celestial General’s turned to Sofía and Hansoo next to her.

nHansoo then got lost in thought as he pondered while looking at the countless amounts of parasites crawling down from the giant tail of the Ouroboros in front of him.

n‘Is this decision the right one?’

nIf he went into action then he can hold onto all the people from the Six Pillars in this spot.

nNo, he can actually make them fight more desperately.

nAnd he will help with the relics of the Arsenal.

nThe damage from the parasites would not increase.

nBut the parasites weren’t the important part.

n‘Isn’t there a method of killing the Ouroboros without doing all of this?’

nIt wasn’t a sin to struggle to survive and these guys trying to escape through the Mirror had quite a normal reaction.

nBut if he were to fail at killing the Ouroboros after all this then he will be throwing all of the people from the Six Pillars, who could’ve escaped, into death.

nBut Hansoo made up his mind.

n‘There’s no other way.’

nSomebody had to fight against these parasites.

nIt was arduous enough for him to focus on the Akuma and Ouroboros themselves.

nLight started to shine around Hansoo who was standing above the frozen scales of the Ouroboros.

nKiiiiiiing

nThe huge amount of energy from the fragment that was being controlled by the three relics started to gather on the tip of the Galadriang’s Relic in Hansoo’s hands.

nSoon the light from the Galadriang’s Relic turned into a huge golden hammer instead of a sword.

nHansoo then jumped down as he smashed the hammer down onto the center of the tail of the Ouroboros.

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nKwaaaaaaaaaaang!

nA roar that shook the heavens and the earth resonated throughout the Pillars and the lake and in all directions.

nAt the thunder-like sound Jukma, who was commanding his Clansmen, quickly looked towards the location where the sound and the light came from.

nAnd then frowned.

n‘What is happening now!’

nKurururururu

nThe tail of the Ouroboros which didn’t even react until now started to react quite agitatedly.

nIt then started to aggressively push in its tail in between the Six Pillars as if it was trying to find the rat that had disturbed its tail.

nBoom! Booooom!

nA few more thundering sounds rang out.

nThe tail kept on poking in between the Pillars as if it was trying to find the one annoying it numerous times.

nThe tail that was throwing off the tens of thousands of parasites on it laid down as if it got lazy since the thing that had agitated it stopped.

nThe problem was that the spot the tail landed was the center of the lake, the Mirror.

n“Goddamnit.”

nJukma looked at this scene with disbelief.

nChase until the end if you’re going to chase.

nWhy did it stop in such a place.

nSoon the parasites that had come down on the tail filled up the lake as they crawled out in all directions.

nChirurururuk

nThough the depth of the lake was rather deep, it was just a normal lake other than the single day in which it acted as the Mirror.

nIt wasn’t an obstacle to the 4m-large parasites.

nThe lake was extremely wide but there were enough parasites to fill it up many times over.

nJukma’s expression turned extremely ugly at this scene.

nNow it would be impossible for them to get into the mirror without getting through that with all their strength.

nIn what was this different from a war?

nAnd now all the people on the surface of the Red Zone would get massacred.

n‘Which crazy bastard…’

nAt that time a Carrier Pigeon flew in.

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nJukma, who had heard the message within the Carrier Pigeon, grinded his teeth as he got up.

n‘…I believe some talk is needed.’

n“Let’s go.”

nJukma ordered Amil Stadan and started to gather up a few people.

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