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After Jin and Ron disappeared into subspace, the battlefield outside became in a state of defeat in an instant.
This is because Glyek has shown greater strength than before he was sealed in the magical seal of Hidden Palace.
Glyek had judged that all the variables that humans could expect were blocked. In a battle that lasted through the day, the giants were unable to do any damage to Glyek.
Like in the beginning, they couldn't even attempt an attack properly. They couldn't cause fundamental damage to Glyek and his energy was strong, so they were in a hurry to protect their allies.
It was like the sea, which eventually regained its true form no matter how much it was cut.
They couldn't make him tired, and they couldn't open the magical seal again, so the war flowed only bleakly.
Until Ron, Jin and Dante return. The only time Glyek stopped attacking was when Ron was cutting the white stone that's left in its abyss.
It was only a matter of time before the giants of Zipfel, Runcandel, and Hidden Palace could have died in battle.
Kelliark had been thinking of retreating, but even that seemed unlikely because of the transformation of the Black Sea.
In such a situation, Ron gained the power of genesis knight and returned to the battlefield. That too with Jin and Dante.
How the hell was Ron able to reach genesis knight domain in such a short time, and what happened while he disappeared with Jin?
The giants didn't know, but one thing was clear.
The fights from now on will never be as absurd as it has been until now.
Glyek is being hit.
The brilliant sword spreading like a whirlwind protected Jin and Dante like a barrier.
The energy of chaos seemed to be unable to approach the shield as easily as beasts in front of fire.
[How... What have you done? Ron Hairan.]
Glyek's gloomy voice still has the energy to terrorize humans by itself.
But giants, no. Even the others on the battlefield who had not yet reached the realm of transcendence felt it.
That there was fear in his voice. Glyek flinched every time when Ron swung his sword.
Glyek's body was about to be comparable to the sword emperor castle that was destroyed, but Ron standing in front of him seemed even bigger.
"That's what I'm going to ask. What have you been doing up until now, to my Hairan."
Whoa-!
Rashid resonated intensely.
The formless sword, the enlightenment that symbolizes the Sword Emperor Ron Hairan.
The sword continued to lose its pure form after the beginning of the Sword Emperor castle battle.
As the situation became more difficult, it lost its transparent color and turned gray, and when he fell in chaos, it was dyed black with chaos and even stabbed his own allies.
Now, Ron's swordsmanship, which had begun pouring from Rashid, was formless again.
However, the reason why his swordsmanship is invisible is not just because his swordsmanship is as great as before.
Just as those who did not climb to the genesis knight realm could not recognize the light of the genesis knight, Ron's new formless sword was the same. Therefore, the current formless sword is just an invisible swordsmanship to the vast majority of humans.
To someone like Chiron Runcandel, it will look like a sword that shines even brighter than that...… Glyek also saw it that way.
Glyek cringed at the bright flash that seemed to blind him. Just by looking at it, he felt as if his entire body would be torn apart and disappear somewhere.
"Answer me."
Ron said while making eye contact with Glyek. Then, following his will, the swords of the genesis knight rushed into his body.
[Kaaaaaaa…!]
Glyek struggled in pain and let out a scream. The formless sword was dissolving the chaos that formed it into particles.
A calm storm.
Those who knew Ron's intangible sword couldn't help but think of such a strange expression. A power as vast as the sea is tearing Glyek apart, but they can't see it at all.
Even the giants couldn't accurately recognize how the formless sword energy was flowing.
"I don't think you have anything to say. If so, I will recite it for you."
Squeak-!
Ron swung his sword and cut off five or six of Glyek's arms, which he reflexively extended.
"White stone, Glyek. You destroyed the territory of Hairan, made the land uninhabitable again, and tried to kill the next patriarch of Hairan. As the Lord of sword emperor castle, I will ask you for the crime and execute the sentence."
Punishment is extinction.
After Ron's words finished, his eyes shone brightly.
And there was laughter mixed in the screams of Glyek. Screams that shook the heavens and earth and ridicule like a bleak wind rang at the same time.
[Puheh...…! That's great. It is clear that you are more special than any human being I have ever met. I praise you for that.]
Glyek's size dwindled rapidly as he began to speak. Ron didn't feel anything special about his relaxed appearance.
[However, you had the power to defy fate... It is not necessarily possible to do so.]
Swoosh...… Glyek's body began to dissipate.
As the unnecessarily huge form disappeared, the chaos lost to the formless sword reduced. It has now become a black wind and scattered all over the battlefield.
The giants were still unable to break through the chaos and enter where Ron is standing
Even though Ron is giving Glyek an essential blow, it's still full of chaos that even they can't bear.
Still, the giants were slowly regaining their composure.
'Anyway, it would be safer for Ron Hairan to take over to protect Jin Runcandel than myself, but... Indeed, the question is whether he will defend Jin until the end.'
'Forcibly securing the youngest is rather dangerous. It seems that the King of Chaos has some other means left, so we should rather prepare for it. If Ron Hairan gives up on the youngest, it's a factor that can't be changed without worrying about it.'
Kelliark and Rosa thought. They were concerned about Glyek's outbursts and Ron's 'abandoning Jin'.
The latter seems to be a matter of no need to worry about, but it was no different for them to think that way.
Although they did not reach the genesis knight domain, they knew well how those who reached the genesis knight lost their humanity.
Those who reach the genesis knight were in danger of becoming monsters for the rest of their lives.
In particular, Rosa had seen firsthand what state Chiron was in right after he reached the genesis knight. The Chiron at that time was no different from a murderer. It was only after a long time that Chiron remained as stable and insensitive as he is now.
There was no law against Ron either. In fact, just like Rosa and Kelliark's worries, Ron was still in the middle of an inner struggle with the mind trying to eat him up.
[Especially if you still have strong mortal feelings like you do now...….]
Glyek's voice echoed in the black wind of chaos.
Although it is true that he made a mistake in his own calculations, and as a result Ron Hairan stood by his side and climbed the genesis knight realm. Glyek still held onto the possibility that Ron might be of his kind. With a premonition that maybe even Ron's rise to the genesis knight might be just a precursor.
Also, even if Ron could eventually maintain human emotions, Glyek was convinced that his combat power was superior to Ron, and he was also aware of the fact that Ron's genesis knight attribute was specialized in 'protection'.
Whoa-!
The scattered chaos of Glyek began to form a vortex in the middle of the battlefield. At the same time, the energy of chaos that had colored the ground was gushing out. It seemed as if a black tidal wave was rising from all sides.
All the humans on the battlefield except for Ron were speechless for a moment. It's been tough enough so far. But now, the energy that Glyek had begun to reveal has far exceeded the power that humans had experienced.
The chaos of Glyek is in full bloom. That meant that the black sea had been completely converted to the amount necessary for him to fight with his natural strength.
Until now, he had been unable to use his power because he was absorbing Jin and stopping them from entering the abyss.
The Orb of Origin is an object made by combining the energy of all the gods, and even the Plutonian tribe in its prime days faced the result of destruction while opposing its power.
And it was the kings of the Black Sea who divided that power into five pieces.
What has been revealed so far cannot be everything. Since the beginning of the war, time has never been on the side of humans. Even up to this moment.
"Ha...!"
The approaching giants stopped charging and caught their breath. The venom of chaos rising from the ground was holding them back.
All humans except for giants couldn't even breathe properly. Even the Black Knights and the Wraiths vomited blood because of the chaos that penetrated their bodies, and the lesser knights and mages quickly lost consciousness.
Talaris' condition was not good either. Since she hadn't unsealed Elona, she didn't have the strength to defend herself.
Still, the reason Talaris didn't fall immediately was because Rosa quickly made a judgment and returned to her side.
"Master of hidden palace, stick to me."
Rosa remembered how Talaris had tried to tell Kelliark that she had one last move left before Jin disappeared.
As Rosa and Kelliark predicted, Jin and Dante were not affected by the poison of chaos rising from the ground. Ron's power is protecting them.
It also meant that Ron would have to keep guarding them and do battle with Glyek.
And Jin was aware of the fact that something was wrong with Dante, who's on his back, as soon as Glyek's outburst began.
'Dante's body... It is being engulfed in chaos again...…!'
He could see Dante's hand wrapped around his own neck gradually turning black.
Ron is also aware of that fact and is furious, but he doesn't express it enough to be noticed by Jin.
However, Glyek was looking out for it. The fact that Ron is in a rage. That anger would soon turn into hatred and seduce Ron again.
[Ron Hairan, if you want to defeat me, you will have nothing to protect....]
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Dante was convulsing. His black blood flowed down Jin's neck.
Jin gritted his teeth as he confirmed that the blood was stained black with chaos. Dante's body against his back was cold and rigid.
Obviously, Dante's pulse was weak right after Ron and Jin saved him, but his body temperature had almost returned.
Clearly, Dante was dying.
How many trials did he have to go through to save Dante?
Jin had no time to even feel anger toward Glyek, thinking that he could not lose his friend, who overcame all that and was finally saved, in vain.
Jin only thought about how he could save Dante.
Jin recalled what Ron had said to him before coming out of Glyek's abyss.
The words that urged him to somehow take Dante and escape while he fought Glyek in their final battle.
'I must go to the rear battlefield and find Madame Talaris!'
He had to ask Talaris if she had a means of sealing Dante, so he could postpone his death.
She will have to make sure and get the means to keep Dante alive, not just her, but also Rosa and Kelliark. If they possessed the Legacy of Numerus, Jin had to tell them to use it on Dante.
Originally, they would never use such a sacred item to save Dante in a situation like this, but not now.
Now that Ron has reached the Genesis knight, the great clans had to save Dante to avoid his wrath.
'It is unlikely that Runcandel and Zipfel have any Numerus's legacy. Even if they had it, considering the current situation, they must have already used it. Still, I need to go there first...!'
Jin urgently turned his head in all directions. Glyek's chaos blocked the path no matter where he looked.
Jin followed the trajectory left by Ron's sword and relentlessly advanced towards any possible opening.
The formless sword continued to dissipate the chaos energy, but there seemed to be no sign of a space large enough to escape.
Moreover, while Ron swings his sword to open the path, there is inevitably a slight gap in Jin's safety. The sword of chaos was rushing into the gap.
Fortunately, it was not to the extent where he couldn't evade yet, but it wouldn't last.
Ron separated a portion of the energy that protected him and layered it over Jin and Dante.
Strictly speaking, Jin was not fighting Glyek, and unlike Ron, who had reached the Genesis knight, he could not accurately read the flow of his attack.
Therefore, Jin did not know that the chaos energy outside his field of vision was also targeting him.
It was only after a black awl flew in from behind and pierced the shield.
"Jin, don't dodge or block, just keep going!"
Jin nodded. Ron sent his energy whenever the awl caused a crack in the protective shield surrounding Jin.
Having the power to defy fate did not necessarily mean that it would happen...
Glyek's words were not false. Humans only got the chance to win the fight thanks to Ron becoming Genesis knight, but victory was not guaranteed.
Full power.
Now Glyek was literally pouring out all his strength.
And the fact that the King of the Black Sea was doing his best meant that the aftermath of the battle was not limited to this place, the territory of the Sword Emperor Castle.
Kwaaah...…!
Everyone on the battlefield except for Ron reflexively looked up at the sky at the sudden roar.
The sky, dyed black in chaos, was opening.
A different level of crack was being formed than when the sky was changed by the Demon God's orb.
A Black lightning strikes through the swirling chaos.
The merciless black lightning claimed the lives of knights and mages barely holding on, creating bottomless craters wherever it struck the ground.
Even within those craters, chaos erupted like lava. In the intensifying disaster, the elite forces of Runcandel and Zipfel were dying helplessly.
Even this wasn't only happening in the territory of the Sword Emperor Castle.
They could see a swirling vortex of chaos in the sky. The chaos extending beyond the battlefield moved towards the Empire, beyond the Empire, and into the territories where other people lived—Runcandel and Zipfel's territories—at an indescribable speed...
'Is he going to attack the entire human world!'
Even Rosa, who had told Jin that it wouldn't matter if the entire world perished as long as only Runcandel survived, was shocked to see the chaos spreading to the world. She wondered if she had ever encountered a more shocking instance in her life.
Even the elite forces of each faction couldn't withstand this chaos.
If something like that was released into the human world at random, ordinary humans would never be able to endure it.
The destruction of the world seemed to be an inevitable sequence of events.
'Is there no choice but to expect the Prophet to come up with something? I don't know what she will ask for in return.'
Kelliark had similar thoughts to Rosa.
'If this continues, the empire will of course be destroyed...… but Zipfel is also in danger.'
Both clans had already suffered severe blows. In Runcandel, the black knights began to lose their life, and Zipfel almost lost its fleet and the number of dragons and mages died was unknown.
The fleet can be rebuilt, and they can find the dragons of the same attribute who were inactive.
However, even if the martial artists of Zipfel were revived with the Demon God's orb, they could never return to their original form once they died because the Demon God's orb was incomplete.
Demon God's orb was affected again as Glyek began to use his full power.
Previously, it only trembled in fear, but now it was showing an unstable state as if it was going to run out of control at any moment.
'… I should have restricted Veradin's rampage from the beginning. I can only hope that Kadun and Hedo will make the right decision without me.'
As Kinzelo first predicted, Runcandel and Zipfel were not without last resort.
However, both clans absolutely wanted to exclude those means. If only they had known of Glyek's existence from the beginning, it might have been different, but now it seemed late to bring it out.
'The land where my daughter is supposed to live... how can I stop that?'
Talaris, who had been sitting down to catch her breath, raised her head and gazed up at the sky with a devastated face.
The chaos that began to spread all over the world and the giants did not have the means to stop it. Glyek didn't say anything, but his triumph feeling seemed to penetrate to the bone.
However, their despair didn't last long. Because the next moment, they saw a huge protective shield that humans had never seen before in their lives.
A huge, dome-shaped shield made of light covered the entire battlefield, extending beyond the coastline far out to sea.
The attribute of Genesis knight achieved by Ron Hairan is protection. That power, no. The 'divine power' reacted to the chaos and started blocking the chaos from being released into the world.
The rate at which the protective shield expanded was faster than Glyek's chaos could spread.
It is unbelievable that one human being created it, and a great power has begun to protect the entire world.
It's something even the gods can't do.
It was a protection that only Ron Hairan could do.
"You said I had nothing to protect if I defeated you."
Saying that, Ron extended his sword forward. Then the scattered chaos of Glyek followed Ron's hand and formed a human-like figure in front of him.
It wasn't something Glyek had created; Ron had forcibly drawn the chaos to fashion a state suitable for eliminating it.
Squeak-!
As Rashid slashed the figure, the entire space tainted by chaos trembled. The growth of chaos escaping from the vortex also stopped in an instant, and Ron forcibly grabbed Glyek's energy once more as soon as the shape was scattered.
"If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have made it this far..."
Ron continued to cut Glyek like that.
If Glyek was dealing with Chiron, it would have been a good decision to take all of humanity hostage. Chiron might be able to kill him faster than Ron, but he couldn't prevent the damage on the human world.
But it was an obvious mistake against Ron. Rather, Glyek should have focused his power on one man, Ron Hairan.
This was not what Glyek did without any calculations. He had expected that when Dante died and the world was on the brink of destruction, Ron's demon heart would accelerate.
There was still a threat of Ron becoming a monster.
However, Ron's light of protection had reached a far greater realm than what Glyek felt.
Ron's protective shield wasn't completely blocking the entire chaos that went outside the battlefield.
Still, the remaining people outside could handle it if this much chaos escaped outside.
There would be inevitable casualties, but the complete annihilation of the world could be avoided.
"No matter what you do, I will never become a monster like you. Even if Dante, my grandson, whom I rescued so desperately, ultimately meets his end at your hands, I absolutely won't."
[We'll see about that.]
At those words, Ron grinned and said.
"Do you think you can see it?"
Glyek did remained silent.
Ugh!
Dante, carried on Jin's back, spat out black blood again. Although the convulsions had completely ceased, Jin could hardly feel Dante's heartbeat.
Thanks to Ron's protection, Jin was considerably far from the battleground between Ron and Glyek. However, it would still take time to reach Talaris, Rosa, and Kelliark.
It seemed unlikely that Dante would still be alive inside.
Regardless of Dante's survival, Ron clearly held the upper hand.
Because Glyek had dispersed his power, he was unable to stop Ron from forcibly forming his body and cutting it down.
Every time Ron cut down Glyek, the vibrations on the battlefield grew stronger, and the amount of chaos escaping the protective shield also decreased.
For the first time, Glyek was on the defensive. Ron was successfully putting pressure on Gliek like a wild beast that wouldn't let go of its grip on the back of the neck.
Finally, those who were fighting outside also had some breathing room. Rosa and Kelliark quickly ordered the wounded to be moved toward the area with the least chaos, outside the protective shield.
And Glyek focused solely on Ron. Observing Ron, who entrusted Dante to Jin, concentrated on Glyek, and Glyek suddenly felt a strange sensation.
Clearly, Ron's goal was to save Dante.
Thinking this, Glyek concluded that what Ron should do first is not attack him, but to share his Genesis knight's energy with Dante.
[Ah.]
Glyek spoke as if he had gained some assurance. The conclusion he reached was this:
[Ron Hairan... you're going to self-destruct with me.]