The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 168

How much longer would it take for that being to notice the anomalies on the ground and descend?

‘Tsk, so slow.’

Kiraxus wasn’t here to kill the Pope in the first place.

His intention was merely to draw attention to himself so that the Pope wouldn’t focus on Florin.

The monsters pouring out of the hole created by the Pope acted without reason.

They instinctively engaged in destruction and massacre, but that wasn’t scary at all.

Because they weren’t targeting Florin.

But if the Pope used some trick to attack Florin… that would be very troublesome.

That was the only thing he had to prevent.

‘I don’t really want to die again.’

Now, Kiraxus’s wish was simple.

He wanted to watch Florin grow old.

He wanted to see her have a cute child who resembled her and live happily.

‘I’m quite old now.’

He had lived his life again, so if he added up all those years, wouldn’t he be old enough to be a senior citizen?

It wouldn’t be strange to want to see his grandchildren.

Kiraxus thought as he burst the head of a giant insect trying to stab his shoulder.

He couldn’t understand how other worlds were made for such things to live in.

‘I’ve exceeded the scale I can handle, so the damage will gradually increase.’

As far as he could tell, the black hole seemed to be concentrated only in the capital.

But that didn’t mean the things that came out of it were only in the capital.

He had already contacted the Magic Tower to provide support around the capital, but he still couldn’t prevent all the damage.

Since he didn’t know anything about alchemy, he didn’t know if the hole would disappear if he eliminated the Pope, the culprit.

If the hole disappeared when the Pope died, or even got bigger, all that would be left was destruction.

So he couldn’t act rashly.

Until the King of Arcalik, who knew a lot about alchemy, arrived, his job was to buy time.

While paying attention to ensure that the situation didn’t get any worse.

“Show yourself! You cowardly bastard!!! Come out!”

The Pope burst into laughter and shouted.

The chaotic world seemed to be quite enjoyable.

Kiraxus attacked with meticulous care so that he wouldn’t accidentally kill the Pope, but also so that he wouldn’t realize he was being watched.

How much time had passed?

Suddenly, a ray of light shone down from the darkened sky.

The dazzling light spread wider and wider, illuminating the world, and the monsters that touched it burned to death with a sizzling sound.

“Kieeeeek!”

“Kiyaaaaaaaaak!!!”

The screams of monsters now spread through the alleys where only the screams of people had been heard.

After that very simple and clear solution called ‘sunlight containing special power’ came down.

Kugugugung!

Suddenly, thunder and lightning struck the clear sky.

‘He’s finally coming.’

Kiraxus slowly raised his head.

The deafening roar that seemed to split the whole world in two struck his eardrums, and a few seconds later.

The sky opened.

The sight of the king and his vassals with silver hair wrapped in brilliant light appearing was like the descent of a god, and the world was silent for a moment.

* * *

I was watching all that from inside the shield.

If I died, everything would be messed up. So no matter how much I wanted to help, the most important thing I had to do now was ‘stay still.’

“Wow. My dad is really like a god…”

I couldn’t help but admire my dad as he spread his arms and performed alchemy.

‘Is it possible to maintain Arcalik [his floating city] from falling while doing that?’

I could feel the atmosphere heating up.

Dad could alchemize ‘gravity’ with invisible ‘air.’

That’s why Arcalik was floating in the sky.

Dad himself was already a huge alchemy circle. That’s why he couldn’t come down to the ground carelessly.

The fact that Dad had come down to the ground like this was proof that something that shouldn’t have happened had happened.

‘Pope, you won’t die peacefully. No, I don’t know how long you’re going to suffer even after you die for doing this.’

The monsters that came out of the hole floated into the air and floundered.

Dad swept the monsters into each hole, and as soon as he did, the owner of Wall Island, who was standing next to Dad, burned the hole with sunlight.

It was a scene that would be described in history books as a god descending to earth to save mankind.

‘No matter how the Pope acts, he can’t be a match for Dad and Father [referring to Kiraxus].’

So I wasn’t worried at all.

It just felt like a problem that had been going on for a long time was finally being resolved.

Rather, my concern was Raheen.

I was so out of it that I missed it, but Raheen wasn’t anywhere in my sight right now.

“Ian, do you happen to know where Raheen went?”

“If it’s that woman, she was crawling over there.”

Ian shot a gun into the mouth of an attacking monster. The place he pointed to was none other than behind the broken pillar.

What the Pope had extracted from Raheen wasn’t a heart of condensed malice. I couldn’t stab Raheen’s heart either.

Then, was Raheen alive or dead now?

I was worried, but I couldn’t see her here.

Bang!!!

At that moment, the Pope and Dad clashed in the sky.

I inadvertently looked up and gaped.

“Ian, that! What is that?”

“It looks like they combined all the black holes and increased their size. It looks like they’re planning to swallow everything…”

Could it be that they’re trying to suck up Dad, this whole world?

Even from here, it’s such a big black hole, how much bigger would it be in that sky?

Goosebumps ran all over my body and I felt nauseous. And that anxiety soon became a reality.

The black hole began to greedily suck everything in with tremendous suction.

“Florin!”

Ian, who had shot the last monster running towards me, reached out his other hand to me. I grabbed Ian’s hand with my trembling hand and threatened the heavens in my heart.

‘If I lose even one of my precious people here, I’d rather die. So know that I’ll start all over again.’

I can’t live without everyone now.

So take responsibility and give this life a happy ending, you damn god!

“Wait, wait a minute. Save… me. Save, save me too!!!”

Just as my body was floating up, unable to overcome the gravity of the black hole, someone crawled out from beyond the pillar.

I couldn’t recognize who it was for a moment.

‘Could it be… Raheen?’

Gray hair, protruding cheekbones, sunken eyes.

Her skin was wrinkled and age spots were blooming everywhere, making her look like a skeleton.

Raheen reached out a withered, twig-like hand towards me.

“I, I was wrong. Protect me too. So I… save meeeeeee!!!”

Raheen screamed and scratched the air with her missing fingernails.

The protective barrier that Father [Kiraxus] had placed around me surrounded me in a dome shape. So Raheen, who had hostility towards me, couldn’t even come to my feet.

No matter how much she scratched, she would only scratch the air far away from me.

“Everything that was yours should have been mine. Everything that was…”

There was something eerie about Raheen’s obsession and stubbornness.

Seeing her still saying such things even in that state made me think that she was a human who could never repent.

“There’s nothing to see, Florin. It’s the end of someone who coveted someone else’s life.”

Ah, to the sky. Flying to the sky.

I looked up at Ian, who was floating above me, and briefly met the eyes of my dad, who had a really scary look on his face.

Dad jumped as soon as he saw me and seemed like he wanted to run over right away. But he couldn’t, because he seemed to be struggling to bring the things that had risen due to the black hole back to the ground.

‘While maintaining Arcalik… he must be using a lot of strength.’

The sucking power that the Pope summoned and the pulling power that Dad emitted.

As the two clashed fiercely, a chilling wind blew.

“Your father is called a god, and he really is. I respect him.”

Ian gently pulled me up and held me in his arms.

Since Dad was blocking it, the black hole hadn’t sucked anything in yet, and we were still floating in the air.

But I’m not worried because…

‘Because there’s this arm holding me now.’

Isn’t it because there are people over there trying to protect the world?

And also, because my job is clear.

I have to survive in this place now.

And I had to engrave the name of the great hero in history, and I had to tell my children about their grandfathers.

And I have to make the world that the people who cherish me have protected a better place to live.

With Ian and me together.

“It looks like we’ll be able to go down soon. There might be an impact when we hit the ground. I’ll hold you.”

“Like this?”

“Yeah. Put your arms around my neck, baby.”