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nTransator: Ekdud

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nChapter 82 – Akuma (1)

nJukma looked at his surroundings.

nThere were a few familiar faces.

nPatriarch of Lighthouse, Michael, and Patriarch of Helper, Gichul, and other patriarchs of the Six Great Clans.

nAnd their Guards that they had fought with since the Base Roots.

nThough they had gathered from time to time if there were things to discuss but this was the first time when all six had gathered like this.

nA very rare event if one took account of the patriarchs of the 12 Roots who would arrive soon.

nBut there was no time to chitchat.

nSince the clansmen of the Six Clans were shedding blood while going against the parasites even at this moment.

nJukma looked at Michael as he spoke.

n“I heard that you crawled into the Devil’s Mouth. Is that thing coming down your doing?”

nThe thing which had been quiet for 20 years suddenly went on a rampage.

nThere was only 1 thing that could effect that giant thing.

nJukma grinded his teeth at Michael who didn’t reply.

n“I don’t care if you kill the Calamity Fish and cook it up or make a salad out of the Devouring and Vomiting root but you should at least do it so you don’t bring us harm. You aren’t going to share the things you gained with us anyway right?”

nAt those words a few people who had been quite dissatisfied nodded their heads.

nThe fact that he killed the Calamities was amazing.

nBut what of it.

nIt might be different if they were going to stay here longer but the Red Zone’s peace did not matter to them who were going to go up soon.

nThere wasn’t anything bad but nothing really good about it either.

nIf it ended at the Ouroboros coming down then they wouldn’t have really said anything.

nBut to block their escape hole.

nJukma, who had seen the five to one scenario, made a satisfied expression as he got to the main point.

n“I won’t stretch it out long. Bring that Kang Hansoo guy. Since it wasn’t just your clan’s doing.”

nKang Hansoo.

nThe guy who had acted out without any fear and saying that he will kill the Calamity Fish.

nThey scoffed at him at first.

nBut they could not anymore.

nSince they knew that two of the Four Great Calamities had been killed by that guy.

nBut they didn’t really feel like congratulating him.

nKang Taeho, who held the responsibility as the Union Head of the Triple Lights Union, quietly listened and then spoke out:

n“Bring that guy. If he had killed two of the Four Great Calamities then he should know something about this situation too.”

nFrom the start they had never even considered the fact that Hansoo killed the Calamity Fish with his battle strength.

nSince logic still existed.

nSofía Vargera who had gotten strong at an illogical pace with her trait, Library, still took 3 years to get strong.

nHim getting that strong when it hasn’t even been a month since the tutorial ended had not entered their brains.

nWhich meant that the thing they needed was the intel and the method to solve the current situation.

n‘Hoo. I’m going to go crazy.’

nKang Taeho signed inwardly.

nFor them to rely on one person in solving such an emergency situation.

nThey were that desperate.

nThere was no way for them to drive all of the things from the lake out with their current gear.

nMichael grinded his teeth inwardly as he saw the other clan Patriarchs glaring at him.

n‘That crazy bastard. For him to really do it.’

nHe wanted to block them but there was no way for him to.

nHow could they block one of the Seven Departed Souls with just 150 people.

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nHansoo answered quite simply.

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nOnce logic and reality got too far apart from each other people tended to think of logic more than reality.

nThere weren’t any words more suitable than newcomer to make them drop their guard.

nEspecially more so if the person was an existence that defied all rules like the one in front of him.

nNo one would have thought that this guy would have gotten this strong.

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nMichael, who had finished thinking about the conversation he had with Hansoo, thought of the objects that guy had found after the battle.

n‘This… Is more than enough for the reward for killing the Calamity.’

nMichael finished his thoughts after bringing up the image of the millions of weapons that had poured out from the air.

n“I don’t know where he went. But… I have thoughts of sharing the things I’ve obtained.”

n“What?”

nThe moment his words ended, the clansmen of Lighthouse who had received the orders held onto huge amounts of items as they slowly walked towards the Pillars.

nJukma squinted his eyes as he saw the clansmen of Lighthouse walking towards them from the distance.

n……………………………………….

nChwajajajak

nSofía and Hansoo who had gotten out in the small frame after they had smashed the tail of the Ouroboros hadn’t gotten as far away as Jukma and Michael had thought.

nThey were headed towards the heart of the World Tree that was located above the Lake where the Pillars sprouted from.

nSofía Vergara, who had applied Stealth which was a side effect of mastering the Monumental Air Path to the extreme, felt a cold sweat running down her back from the extreme amounts of mana that she could feel behind her.

n‘This is a newcomer?’

nBut being surprised is being surprised and grasping the truth was grasping it.

nThere was a need to dissect his battle strength objectively.

nSofía looked over Hansoo with her eyes at the same time she used the skill, Monumental Air Path.

n‘Though it’s amazing… There’s a limit to transferring this to his battle power.’

nIt was a huge amount of mana for sure.

nBut there was a limit on how much of this mana Hansoo could actually absorb.

nSince there was a difference between using it for himself and spreading it in all directions.

nLike how a power plant didn’t use all the energy it generated.

n‘…But he should still be stronger than myself.’

nSofía was angry but she decided to recognize the things she needed to recognize.

nShe hadn’t fought him but it had been long since he had gone past the line where she needed to fight him to realize it.

nThough it wasn’t an infinite amount of mana but an amount of mana that had exceeded the limit of a human with that much mana control.

nThough he had only a few gears on, every one of them looked oppressing.

n‘He might really be able to get Akuma…’

nBut Sofía shook her head.

nThis guy was quite amazing too but Akuma was a thing that made one scared the moment one saw it.

n‘The Judgement will be given by the Leader, Miyamoto.’

nThe six huge pillars that towered up from the grounds got closer and closer to each other as they went further up and eventually combined into one.

nAnd there was a very small tunnel in the center of the location where the six pillars connected to each other.

nAn entrance that was covered with various skills and artifacts.

nHansoo and Sofía went past that entrance and then followed the vertical tunnel in the center of the World Tree as they climbed up.

nAt that location the other six people who had received Sofía’s message were gathered.

nMiyamoto Junichi.

nKyle Cooper.

nBaek Jongsang.

nArc Mariangt.

nYoruba.

nTina Charliz.

nAnd Seven including herself.

nHansoo looked over to the thing that was located in the center of the giant area behind the seven people.

nSomething that had been pierced with a giant spear and had been tied down with huge chains.

nIt’s body couldn’t be seen because the chains had tightly and heavily tied him down but the evil aura was spreading out through the chains.

nHansoo mumbled as he saw the thing that looked like an egg of something.

n‘Akuma.’

nWeirdly, there wasn’t a Divine Stone Fragment within the hidden fifth Calamity.

nThe fifth Divine Stone Fragment existed within the located in the top of the World Tree as far as he knew.

nA structure where the energy of the Fragment on the top of the World Tree plummeted straight down onto this place.

nBasically it had a different mana wave than Hansoo’s mana wave.

n‘Maybe the reason why that thing’s so vile is because it doesn’t have a stable energy within its body like the other Calamities.’

nHansoo looked at the tens of thousands skeletons spread around the Akuma.

nTwo of the Five Great Tiger Generals who had came to kill the incomplete Calamity and had gotten killed.

nEkim and Kaghon.

nAnd their relics, the Chain Scythe and Spear.

nThough those two had failed, they had succeeded in sealing the incomplete Calamity, Akuma.

nBy using the energy of the Divine Stone Fragment that plummeted down from the top of the World Tree.

n‘Though it seems like that thing acts as the thing that protects that guy.’

nIn conclusion, they had turned the Akuma into a pause mode with the energy that would’ve gotten into the Akuma instead but on the other hand the seal was acting as a protection towards that thing.

nIf he were to pull out the chains in order to kill him then the energy flowing into the chains will flow into Akuma and cause it to gain back its strength again.

nThe Seven Departed Souls were managing that energy so as much of the energy as possible flowed into the chains and not into the Akuma.

n‘It seems it doesn’t like intruders in the system.’

nAs another person, Hansoo, came into the mana wave the calm breath of the Akuma got slightly faster as the chains shook.

nLike a living creature becoming much more vicious.

nThis might be one of the reasons why Keldian had decided to keep this place a secret.

nMiyamoto looked at Hansoo and spoke with a happy expression.

n“Oh? Is this the friend? The friend our youngest one has brought. Anyways. For you to want to kill the Akuma.”

nMiyamoto laughed with a peaceful expression.

n20 years since he had guarded this place.

nThis new friend was a type that provoked one’s curiosity in numerous ways.

nTo know about the Akuma and even say he wanted to kill it.

nBut there was something he could guess.

n‘Did one of my friends who had found the Akuma with me before leave behind a record somewhere?’

nThe owners of the Six Pillars who had found this place along with him.

nIf one of them had left behind a record and this guy had found it then it was something that he could believe.

n‘Shall we see?’

nHis will was good but if his strength didn’t support it then it was just useless.

nHe understood that this guy called Hansoo was strong but he had seen the Akuma for too long to get shocked by that.

nBut Miyamoto could only be surprised once he saw the relics that were around Hansoo.

n“…The two around the Akuma weren’t the only ones. For there to be three more.”

nThe others were a bit confused but Miyamoto, who had guarded the Akuma for longer than them, knew instantly when he saw it.

nThat the three relics around Hansoo were the same type as the two on Akuma’s body.

n“Good. It seems I can strengthen the seal even more.”

nMiyamoto smiled brightly.

nIt was getting harder to suppress the Akuma who was getting more and more vicious anyway.

nWith those relics he will be able to suppress it with a stronger seal for a while.

n‘Things will become easier.’

nMiyamoto spoke as he looked at Hansoo.

n“Let’s tie down the Seal on the Akuma with those for now. Then our movements will become easier so we will be able to handle the parasites below. You can leave in between then. You haven’t… Seen the Akuma so you probably spoke like that. Look over there. Can you kill that thing?”

nMiyamoto then pointed towards the egg that was giving off an aura that twisted one’s body.

nThere wasn’t much to talk about Ouroboros, that incomplete creature was sending off such an aura.

nAccording to Miyamoto’s logic, killing the Akuma and the Ouroboros was not possible.

nIt might be different once the Ouroboros came down but with this current situation they had to save the people who can go through the mirror before the Ouroboros came down and the Akuma got released.

nHansoo shook his head at those words.

nSince that guy was thinking the exact opposite of what he was planning.

nWhy would he have smashed the tail of the Ouroboros onto the lake?

n‘Well. He might not know that I’ve done that yet.’

nSince he had come up right after he hit the tail, this guy might not know it if he was focused on the Akuma’s seal.

nHansoo sighed quietly.

nThe Seven Worlds that started out from the Red Zone.

nAnd the Seven Legacies left behind by the fallen races.

nRevive them all and use them to strengthen the Human Race.

nThe first stage was the World Tree.

nHe had to kill the five calamities here, collect the Divine Stone Fragments, complete the Divine Stone, revive the World Tree and use the Relic to control the World Tree.

nIt wasn’t anyone’s wrongdoing but their views were different.

nSince he was looking at the bigger picture, the people who were living in the moment could not understand it.

nIn order for them to understand, he needed to reveal the future’s story but then the invasion would get faster.

n‘I wonder how many times something like this will happen.’

nHansoo shook his head and then spoke.

n“I shall decline.”

n“What?”

n“The seal needs to get destroyed. The relic isn’t something to be used that way.”

nMiyamoto’s eyelids were slightly raised at Hansoo’s words.

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