Chapter 277 : Chapter 277

Chapter 277

THUD. ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍THUD.

Even ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍standing beyond the door, she could feel immense vibrations.

Tial ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Salamander had spoken the truth. She had not encountered a single trap on her way here.

Beyond ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍the door were likely three people: her commander, Isaac Heinrich, and Yulian, who was no longer Human.

‘I’ve ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍already made my decision.’

Bzzzzzz.

When she poured Mana into the door, the engraved Formula activated.

She stepped inside and found a training ground that looked as though the Extermination Squad’s own had been moved here.

The only difference was that this one was more than five times larger.

A battle that seemed possible only in legends unfolded across the training ground.

[GRRRRRRR.]

[ROOOOOOAR.]

Two dragons bared their fangs at each other.

The Dark Dragon formed from Evil Energy and Radiance, and the Mixed Dragon in which green and black intermingled.

They repeatedly tangled in midair and broke apart, each trying to drive its claws into the other’s scales. Their maws spewed masses of something that might have been Mana or Evil Energy.

As though restraining the movements of their enormous bodies, the two manifested Magic Towers had spread curtains resembling barriers.

And below them.

Two men traded sword strokes while six overlapping domains surrounded them.

Her commander cut Isaac Heinrich again and again, only for Evil Energy to rise and regenerate him.

And then.

Whoooooosh.

The Death Knights sprawled across the training ground rose and approached to hinder her commander.

Whenever Killian created an opening by cutting them down, Isaac Heinrich’s sword wounded him.

CLANG.

‘Is it because of the domains?’

The dragons’ battle was one thing, but the wounds her commander inflicted dealt no meaningful damage to Isaac Heinrich or the Death Knights.

‘The Commander must know that too, so why……?’

Shff.

She strengthened Direction.

Tens of thousands of Mana lines and strands of Evil Energy spread across the area in a complex tangle.

Every one of the six Carpe Illusions was intertwined with the others.

CRACK. CRUNCH. CRUNCH. SLASH. BOOM.

Serena imbued Aether with Haki and cut down the regenerating Death Knights.

They unquestionably radiated the Presence of 7-Star knights, but she could cut down four of them without much difficulty.

Only the Death Knight wielding Aether stood apart.

“Serena?”

Realizing she had entered the domain, Killian turned his head.

At the reproachful look asking why she had come, she shook her head.

“I carried out your orders.”

Gala had been rescued safely.

“The others will be rescued soon as well.”

Everything she did in this battle from this point onward was of her own free will.

“I’ll handle Yulian. Focus on that man, Commander.”

“It seems a commander’s orders carry little weight these days.”

“You told me to inherit your position, didn’t you?”

“…….”

Seeing Serena respond as she always did, a faint smile touched Killian’s lips.

Just as he had kept her from coming out of concern for her, she had come out of concern for him.

“The Curse of the Anomaly has likely been engraved into a Curse of Immortality.”

He told her what he had learned after cutting them down hundreds of times.

“Cutting only the body won’t end it.”

In other words.

“You’re saying I have to enter the Mind Image World.”

Serena frowned.

Not one, but five.

If she entered a Mind Image World in the middle of this chaos, someone would cut off her head in moments.

She understood why the Commander had been unable to settle the battle.

“Another doll has arrived to decorate the stage.”

Whoosh!

Isaac’s sword came down upon Killian.

The five Death Knights ignored her and tried to circle behind Killian.

“Carpe Illusion.”

Bzzzzzz.

Serena drove Aether, brimming with Mana, into the ground.

“Wigdrazil.”

The Divine Tree rose from the thicket that had sprouted under Elvenheim’s influence and withered under the influence of The Sinner’s Guillotine.

Ding.

[Two domains resonate.]

[‘Elvenheim’ and ‘Wigdrazil’ overlap.]

[The dormant ‘Fragment of a God’ awakens.]

The Violet Magic Tower’s system informed them of the phenomenon that had arisen in response to the two sources of green Mana.

Sssssss.

Branches bursting through the ground bound the Death Knights.

Vines emerging from the thicket drained the Death Knights’ Evil Energy.

Their Presence rapidly fell from 7-Star to 6-Star.

Then to 5-Star.

The only one who resisted was the Death Knight wielding Aether.

“Yulian, your opponent is me.”

Serena pulled Aether free and approached the man who had once been her companion.

CLANG—!

Aether collided with Aether.

Clang, clang, clang.

Their sword points drove toward each other as though seeking the heart.

“Your swordsmanship became crude when you lost your reason.”

The blades of the Extermination Squad had to be more discreet than anyone.

“How many times did I beat that lesson into your body?”

CRACK.

Serena deflected his sword, then drove Aether into the Death Knight’s neck.

Grip.

The Death Knight’s hand seized Serena’s Aether.

“Idiot. You’ll lose that hand.”

SLASH—!

She applied force and cut through the Death Knight’s hand.

She was draining his Evil Energy through Wigdrazil.

Yet there was still no sign of his Presence falling.

‘First, I have to subdue him. Then I can enter his Mind Image World…….’

As she thought that.

[He is a being created by blending the Anomaly, Evil Energy, and Divine Power.]

“…….”

[Unlike the others, crude Mana cannot subdue him.]

Someone’s voice echoed inside her head.

Serena was flustered for a moment, but her gaze quickly calmed.

‘Are you the God Silvana?’

[So you knew of my existence.]

Of course she did.

The inexplicable sense of disharmony she felt every time she used Mana.

The anxiety that someone might seize her body whenever excessive training caused backflow.

Her Presence had risen abruptly after the incident in Elvenheim.

[You are a perceptive child.]

Adamas had not told her the truth, yet she had realized it on her own and detected Silvana’s existence.

[What a desirable body.]

“…….”

Serena’s expression stiffened at Silvana’s true feelings.

She knew that if Silvana seized her body under the present circumstances, Killian would be in even greater danger.

[For such a perceptive child, how is it that you cannot read the feelings of the one who gazes upon you?]

“……?”

[I speak of love and hate.]

“What are you……?”

[Do not worry. Defeating your superior here would hardly secure a good future for me either. More importantly, that insolent wretch.]

Silvana’s voice brimmed with displeasure.

The sight of the Human named Isaac Heinrich filled her with something close to revulsion.

[He dares profane divinity with such a crude imitation. Moreover, I can sense even my own Authority within him.]

Had she possessed a body of her own, she would have torn him into tens of thousands of pieces.

Silvana did not conceal her hostility.

Serena’s wavering gaze regained its reason.

“Please help me.”

[Unlike a certain someone, you are a truly admirable Human.]

Whoooooosh.

A faint Divine Power surged from Serena’s body.

[This power is no more than a fragment.]

Silvana.

Her Authority was ‘Life.’

With only a fragment of her power remaining, she could neither appoint Serena Constantine as her Apostle nor cultivate a Hollyheart within her.

[I cannot grant new life. But I can help reap a crude imitation of life.]

“That is enough.”

Serena stared at the immortal being walking toward her.

And once more.

CRACK.

She drove Aether into the place where his heart should have been.

“Yulian.”

Fwoooosh.

The Divine Power radiating from her sword made the Evil Energy wrapped around the Death Knights’ bodies flicker.

[GRRRGH…….]

[GRRRAAAH…….]

[GAAARGH…….]

[GRAAAAAH…….]

The four Death Knights she had subdued erupted into flame, screaming.

And then.

[Now.]

At Silvana’s signal, Serena revolved her Mana Heart.

Mana and Evil Energy intermingled.

The Fragment of Life wrapped around the Curse of Immortality.

Using Aether, buried in the Death Knight’s heart, as the medium.

“It’s time for you to die.”

Serena entered Yulian’s Mind Image World.

***

The barren eastern Frontier.

A boy who survived the destruction of an entire village in a Monster Wave.

It was a harsh life in which he learned the meaning of death before he learned the meaning of life.

After losing his parents, siblings, and friends, he survived by picking pockets.

Then a man caught him.

He trembled in fear, thinking the man would beat him half to death or perhaps truly kill him.

But the man merely examined his hands and legs closely.

“You have a talent for the sword.”

The words were delivered indifferently.

“Will you follow me? If you learn swordsmanship, you will not need to fear starving to death.”

He would not starve.

As though bewitched by those words, he followed the man down the road.

Eurasia had fallen from a kingdom into a mere Family.

Its Extermination Squad was an organization whose members could die at any time without surprise.

The man had not lied. Not only did they receive three meals a day, but they were also regularly given delicious foods the boy had never seen or heard of.

If only that had been all.

Brutal training followed every meal.

He came to understand that the high-quality food provided only the minimum nutrition required to survive their grueling training.

He truly had talent with the sword.

And he had the tenacity to endure without falling behind.

Before he knew it, he had cultivated a Mana Heart and was carrying out missions as a member of the Extermination Squad.

Then a girl caught his eye.

A blunt, cold girl his age.

It was an open secret among them that she was the daughter of the man who had brought him there.

If Yulian had talent, the girl possessed an even greater gift.

In his eyes, the young girl who silently wielded her sword and completed missions for her father seemed to shine.

Time accumulated.

Controlling Mana, wielding a sword, and carrying out missions all became part of his ordinary life.

And before he knew it, Serena Constantine had become a woman and was walking several steps ahead of him.

“Give up. You cannot defeat me.”

When he reached 4-Star, she reached 5-Star.

When he reached 5-Star, she reached 6-Star.

She always advanced one step ahead, as though proving her words.

Yet he did not hate it.

“You intend to catch up with Serena? Well, it might be possible…….”

“What is that supposed to mean? Why is your answer so vague?”

“Then again, perhaps it won’t be……?”

“…….”

Around that time, he also met a new commander, and his skills improved by leaps and bounds.

Killian Eurasia.

The man who had gone from the insignificant Fourth Young Master of the Eurasia Family to an indispensable Superhuman of the Eurasia Kingdom.

His words and actions could be rough, but the warmth he held for them surpassed anyone’s…….

“……li……!!”

“……?”

“……ian!!”

“…….”

“Yulian!!!”

The thunderous voice snapped his eyes open.

“Ah…….”

Yulian looked down at his chest.

The pain arrived a moment later.

“Cough…… cough…….”

Blood leaked from his mouth.

Through Serena’s sword buried in his chest, the memories he had forgotten returned to his mind.

‘Right.’

Isaac Heinrich had killed him and resurrected him as a Death Knight.

It seemed he had been modified several times and turned into a monster equivalent to a peak 7-Star.

Thanks to that, he had managed to hinder Commander Killian several times.

And this place was.

‘A Mind Image World?’

He was dressed as a member of the Extermination Squad rather than appearing as a Death Knight.

He had the form of a Human—a knight.

The battle he had just fought against Serena Constantine, now a full-fledged Superhuman, returned to him.

“Did I reach 7-Star?”

“Yes.”

Serena, who had driven her sword into him, spoke in a flat voice.

A wound deep enough to expose bone had been carved into her waist.

Eurasia Style, Explosive Flash, enveloped in Carpe Illusion and Haki.

It was the devastation Yulian had wrought by unconsciously crossing the wall as he crossed swords with her.

After finally breaking through the wall as a knight.

His first target had been Serena.

And this was the end.

She already carried every comrade who had died within a corner of her heart. Now he had to burden her with his memory too.

“I’m sorry.”

“…….”

She lowered her head without answering, and tears ran down her chin.

The pain faded.

As the pain faded, his body faded with it.

“The first Superhuman produced by the Extermination Squad shouldn’t cry like that.”

He placed a hand on her head as she remained unable to look up.

“Serena.”

He stroked her beautifully grown green hair.

“Take care of Commander Killian and the others.”