Chapter 278 : Chapter 278

Chapter 278

Serena ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍looked around.

The ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍space that should have represented Yulian’s Mind Image had become like a canvas painted black.

Ruuuumble.

The ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍world shook, and cracks spread through it.

That ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍was because Yulian, the owner of the Mind Image World, had ceased to exist.

Whoooooosh.

Evil Energy flowed into the cracks throughout the world.

“When the owner of a Mind Image World suffers a shock, you will eventually be expelled back outside. From the owner’s perspective, it is a double-edged sword.”

Commander Killian had told her that shortly after they returned from Elvenheim.

He had said that in future battles, there would be no shortage of situations in which she might enter an opponent’s Mind Image World. Likewise, there would be many who tried to invade her own.

“Once you enter, cut down the enemy without fail. The same applies in the opposite situation.”

She had entered Yulian’s Mind Image World and cut him down.

She had not merely shocked him. Using Silvana’s Authority, she erased the immortality Formula and made him cease to exist completely.

Normally, that should have returned her outside immediately.

And yet, the world only continued to collapse. It did not connect to the place where Killian waited.

Whoooooosh.

‘This is dangerous.’

Evil Energy flowed into the cracks in the Mind Image World.

It was easy to imagine that nothing good would happen if it touched her.

“Ghk…….”

Serena grimaced when she tried to move.

Eurasia Style, Explosive Flash, unleashed at 7-Star, had left a wound deep enough to expose bone.

‘Yulian, this is far too much for a farewell.’

She had achieved her objective of lessening the Commander’s burden, but at this rate, she would follow Yulian into death.

[How disgraceful you look.]

“…….”

The voice of the God residing within her sounded inside her mind.

[After I went to the trouble of lending you my power, do you now contemplate death?]

“Are you trying to take my body?”

She asked because Silvana had once taken her body after waiting until Serena was weakened.

If Silvana resolved to do so, Serena no longer had the strength to resist.

[Impudent creature. Now that your business is finished, you display the same insolent attitude as that wretch.]

“…….”

She knew the wretch in question was Killian.

[Child who inherited my color. You are already no different from my Apostle.]

Child.

Silvana called her that because she had inherited the Mana of the elves.

After accepting Cronis’s advice, Silvana had chosen the elves, lesser beings who would worship her.

She encouraged their tendency to dwell in forests so that the Authority of Life could be activated at any time.

Following Cronis’s advice, she had them use Mana rather than Divine Power.

However, she also put measures in place so she could descend into them whenever she wished.

The elven royal family, though that aptitude had faded over generations, remained the most suitable vessels for her.

She had remained in Wigdrazil and descended through them for ages.

Now that her defeat to Killian had left her with only the trace of a fragment, she glimpsed a new possibility through Serena.

‘So this is the new vessel Cronis spoke of.’

The laws of the world had changed drastically after Adamas committed Godslaying.

The Seed she had sown passed through the elves and finally reached a Human.

[I would take that body if my heart alone were enough.]

Fwoooosh.

[But I no longer possess the power to do so.]

Serena’s body shone with pure-white light.

‘This is…….’

The pain gradually diminished.

Hisssss—

Her skin regenerated, and the wound deep enough to expose bone began to close.

“Why……?”

[The owner of this place is not the one named Yulian.]

“……!!”

[It must be connected to Isaac Heinrich’s Mind Image World.]

His power did more than manifest a space through Carpe Illusion. It turned living beings themselves into high-ranking Undead.

[I am loath to admit it, but that wretch wields power akin to an Authority.]

He had fused with the Magic God Stone, created by combining a Fragment of a God and a Fragment of the Anomaly.

[Judging by the present circumstances, his Mind Image World must be connected to his creations.]

“Are you saying I can cross from here into Isaac Heinrich’s Mind Image World?”

[If you possess the will to do so.]

Silvana answered kindly and withdrew her Divine Power.

In that brief moment, Serena’s body had completely healed.

Faced with healing abilities surpassing those of a High Priest, she flexed the hand holding Aether.

‘Even if I return outside, I’ll have difficulty helping the Commander.’

Whether it was the Dark Dragon facing Hazard or Isaac Heinrich facing her commander.

With her own strength, she would have to worry merely about preserving her life.

Then she needed to find a way to inflict at least some damage upon Isaac Heinrich from here.

‘I won’t let Yulian’s sacrifice go to waste.’

Even if the Holy Nation had intervened, the Empire must have dispatched an army by now.

‘We have to defeat Isaac Heinrich here.’

She did not need long to think or agonize.

After all, a Fragment of a God that did not wish to cease existing was beside her.

“What must I do?”

Bzzzzzz.

The faint Divine Power flowing from her body drew a line through the air.

[Cut it. Doing so will connect you to the location of another Divine Power.]

It would connect to another Fragment of a God used as material for the Magic God Stone.

[Rather than using Divine Power, Isaac Heinrich uses it by controlling it.]

With Evil Energy, he imitated immortal life. With Mana, he merely pretended to be a knight and a mediocre mage.

[Is it not time he paid the price?]

“In that case.”

Without hesitation, Serena swung Aether.

SLASH.

She cut through the line of Divine Power.

Riiiip.

Space split apart like soft flesh.

It was a feat Serena could never have accomplished at her level.

Another world was visible beyond the tear in space.

She stepped through without delay.

And then.

‘This is Isaac Heinrich’s Mind Image World.’

Sensing cold that seemed to freeze her skin, she looked around.

A wasteland.

The wreckage of the collapsed Black Magic Tower and ruined fortresses jutted up like skeletons throughout the landscape.

The dead rose and walked across the ruins of everything that had collapsed.

Rivers stained with black blood flowed across the ground, while a black moon poured darkness from the sky.

[Oh. What a fucking wretched landscape.]

True to her title as the God of the Forest, Silvana made no attempt to conceal her disgust.

[That moon is the Core.]

At Silvana’s words, Serena looked up at the moon.

A vast, black moon hung in the sky.

It poured down darkness rather than light, and the Evil Energy beneath it was even denser.

[Judging by what I see, the moon must have destroyed the castle and Magic Tower that once formed his foundation.]

The castle represented the Mana he had accumulated as a knight.

The Black Magic Tower represented the Evil Energy of monsters.

The moon represented the Magic God Stone created by combining a Fragment of a God and a Fragment of the Anomaly.

[He is ‘one who abandoned life.’]

The immortal legion, having detected Serena, advanced toward her.

“Death Knights.”

They were those Isaac had defeated in the past, resummoned according to his will. They were not simple Undead, but past champions reborn in the form of death.

“Did you dream of an immortal knight order?”

Even the weakest Presences she could sense were at least 6-Star.

Numerous Superhuman-level beings were mixed among them.

Cutting down so many would be beyond even her.

[Do not worry. I am beside you.]

Gentle Divine Power enveloped her body and Aether.

[I am Silvana, the God of the Forest.]

She possessed the Authority of Life and held an exalted Presence even among the superior Gods.

[There is nothing here for my child to fear. You need only devote yourself to reaping their lives.]

Serena felt as though vitality were surging through her.

SLASH.

She began cutting down the Death Knights.

Those struck by her sword had their lives reaped.

The effect was the same as it had been with Yulian.

The difference was that Yulian had regained his Human form only after being cut down dozens of times, whereas the creatures here could not achieve even that.

‘These things aren’t real beings.’

However.

CRACK.

[Cutting them down will at least leave a small scratch upon Isaac Heinrich’s Mind Image World.]

Silvana continued in an utterly satisfied voice.

[Cut them down. Cut them down again.]

And then.

[Cut down that profane moon that insults a God.]

Her excited voice rose.

‘Hehehe. For a Human, her Presence is rising quickly.’

That was because Silvana resided within her, and because she was accumulating karma by cutting down an old companion.

Humans who lived less than a hundred years were different from elves who lived nearly a thousand.

Unlike the passive fairies, Humans pursued strength by any means necessary.

‘And if she cuts down that thing, which is neither God nor Human.’

Serena Constantine, her Apostle, would grow dramatically once more.

[Now then, let us see what you can do.]

Dozens of Death Knights fell before Aether, which was shrouded in Divine Power.

Before long.

CRUNCH—!

The hundredth Death Knight split in half.

‘Adamas, this child will become far more than you imagine.’

Whether Silvana ceased to exist or Adamas did.

Either outcome would provide Silvana with entertaining diversion.

***

CRACK—!

After blocking Isaac’s sword, Killian was pushed backward.

‘His sword has become lighter.’

It felt as though they had crossed swords for an entire month.

There was only one likely explanation.

‘Did Serena cut Yulian down?’

That would mean she had made him cease to exist completely.

Then.

Sssssss—

The Death Knights bound by Wigdrazil’s branches and vines crumbled away.

Ripple.

The world under Isaac’s control wavered.

“So much for an immortality Formula.”

“…….”

Isaac lowered his sword, and his gaze sank.

“The difference between the Second Sword and the First Sword must have been considerable.”

This was not something an ordinary Superhuman could accomplish.

‘Serena Constantine. Why can she wield Divine Power?’

Tial Salamander’s intelligence had mentioned nothing about it.

Nor was she merely imitating it.

It resembled Killian Eurasia and Krusty Heinrich.

‘She wields a God’s Authority freely.’

Serena Constantine had still not regained consciousness.

Green Mana embraced and protected her.

‘Green Mana connected to the elves……. Silvana?’

He realized that Serena Constantine had invaded his Mind Image World and that a God was attached to her as well.

‘You bastards from the Extermination Squad—how many times do you intend to surprise me?’

What had they sacrificed to wield Divine Power after cultivating Mana Hearts?

They had endured horrific experiments.

And even after all that, they could not use a complete Authority, only suppress Divine Power.

Yet not only Killian Eurasia, but even this wench Serena wielded an Authority while retaining the Mana Heart of a Superhuman.

“A mere ghost of the past.”

To Isaac, who sought to become a true transcendent, the Gods were nothing more than fragments.

The army in his Mind Image World would deal with them.

“It seems the time has come to end our entertainment.”

Defeating Killian Eurasia here would resolve everything.

He would obtain the strongest Undead, then use that power to conquer the Continent once more.

The more blood was shed, the stronger his army would become.

And once again.

‘I will challenge the Sun of the Empire.’

He looked at the dragons confronting each other in the distance.

The Dark Dragon, twice the size of the Mixed Dragon, was now battered beyond recognition.

It had failed to kill the Mixed Dragon completely, but it had bought more than enough time.

“Come to your creator.”

THUD.

At his command, the Dark Dragon landed beside him.

“Hazard!”

[Dragon……!!]

Flap.

Hazard belatedly landed behind Killian.

Not a single patch of scales on his body had escaped damage from his vicious battle with the Dark Dragon.

“You did well. We end this here.”

[Roar.]

Mana compressed inside Hazard’s open maw.

It was his final breath, wringing out every bit of Mana he had left.

Its power surpassed 8-Star magic.

Evil Energy gathered inside the Dark Dragon’s open maw.

“I am a God.”

At Isaac’s will, his three domains began to run wild.

He intended to detonate the rampaging domains and reap Killian’s life.

WHOOOOOOSH—!

RUMBLE—!

Mana and Evil Energy.

The two compressed powers collided, making space waver.

Their Mind Images showed through the rippling space.

Eight spheres clung to the black moon.

The opening created by the collision of the breaths.

The opening created by the collision of the domains.

“I am a Human who cut down even the Gods.”

Killian swung his sword at the intersection of the two openings.

“Palantir.”