The 9Th Class Swordmaster: Blade Of Truth [EN]: Chapter 473

280. Creation Magic (2)

“St… Stop it!!!”

Yulla shouted urgently.

However, the Dimension Spirals, extracted from the hearts of the three dead gods, shot out streaks of light as they were drawn into the Agnel [a magical artifact or construct] created by Karil.

“……!!”

The remaining gods, witnessing the scene, belatedly realized something was wrong.

“Just when……?”

The three gods behind Karil realized that corpses were lying at their feet.

“Damn it!!!”

They had been completely outmaneuvered.

The old man belatedly realized that while they were avoiding the front lines to conserve their strength against Karil, Karil, who had been fighting Yulla, had subtly retreated, moving around the fallen corpses without anyone noticing.

[Kekeke……. Serves you right. That’s what you get for being so cunning.]

Aln sneered at the gods.

‘What do we do now? He’s about to absorb the power of three gods!!’

‘……Surely he won’t break his promise and kill us too.’

‘That can’t be……. He said he would leave Exodia [the world or dimension they are in] after killing Yulla.’

‘Yes, he’s gambling. Creation magic? Even for Lanchepora [likely a powerful being or entity], handling four fragments of a god is impossible.’

The gods’ minds became complicated.

They quickly exchanged glances.

[Even in this situation, you’re scheming to save your own skins. And these are gods……. Tsk tsk.]

Aln shook his head at their hesitation.

Since he was speaking from within Karil’s mind, they couldn’t hear him, but even if they did, none of the gods could refute his words.

“Don’t worry. I keep my promises. I won’t kill you with my own hands. I won’t participate in Exodia anyway.”

“…….”

As if reading their thoughts, the gods glanced at each other at Karil’s words.

“So fight.”

Karil raised Agnel and pointed it at Yulla.

“Before I actually kill you all.”

It was a chilling remark, but the gods knew well that he wasn’t joking.

A situation where they had to fight each other to survive.

Ironically, they, who had used humans as pawns to avoid bloodshed, were now shedding blood to avoid being killed by a human.

And that too, in the middle of everyone watching.

“Damn it……!!!!”

There was no choice.

The first god, a man, didn’t want to admit that he had become a pawn in this situation, but in the end, all he could do was throw a punch.

Kwagagagagang……!!!

His fist cut through the air.

Kwajik-!!

“You…… you moronic bastard……!!! Do you have no pride as a god!!!”

Karil smiled bitterly at Yulla’s scream.

Because the man’s fist was aimed not at Karil, who had turned them into ridiculous pawns, but at Yulla.

“You have three more Dimension Spirals. I’m sorry, but now I have to kill you to survive, not to maintain my divine seat.”

“So what!! This is my world……!! In the world I created, there can be no one stronger than the creator!!!”

Yulla shouted as if possessed.

But instead of an answer to her cry, the old man’s sharp flames and the snake woman’s whip returned to her.

“Kuh…… Keuk! Serves you right. Gods being played by Karil! Isn’t this true god-slaying!”

Miliareina laughed coldly as she watched the gods fighting each other.

But at the same time, her eyes were red. Karil’s arm, cut off by Yulla’s attack, had caught her eye.

‘Karil……. Reversing the situation with the power of a dead god; no matter how divine they are, they could never have known the plan you laid out. I can’t help but admit it. But…….’

She bit her lip slightly.

“It’s even more absurd that the end of this plan still remains.”

Cheoreok-!!

She raised her sword.

“Ten of the Godslayers!! Gather here immediately!! Everyone must have heard Karil’s plan from the Golden Dragon. Failure is absolutely unacceptable……!! We will decorate the end of this stage he created.”

The shout filled with magic power pierced the ears of the others, and they nodded as if determined.

“I will not forgive those who hesitate.”

Suan Hazar and Aidan’s expressions hardened slightly at that one word, and Mikhail looked like he was about to cry.

“We have to do it no matter what. We must plunge our swords into the one god Karil cannot kill.”

Kkwak-

However, Miliareina, who had heard Karil’s last plan from Tosca, encouraged her remaining comrades while unknowingly clenching the twin swords in her hands.

The one god he cannot kill.

‘Is this why you chose us for god-slaying……. Karil.’

She repeated his name in her heart as if soothing her own heart.

* * *

“You……!!”

Yulla knocked away the man’s fist, cut through the old man’s staff with her sword, and shouted at Karil.

Chwareureureuk……!!

As she spread her palm and pushed forward, the snake woman’s whip bounced off.

“If you want to fight, fine! I’ll kill you all!!! Don’t expect any more mercy from me……! I’ll pluck out your hearts and eat them!!”

Yulla glared at them as if possessed.

Heumchit-

Then, the four gods behind her, who had been casting blessings, flinched without realizing it.

“Not a chance!!”

Realizing her intention, the old man drew out his divine power to the maximum. He knew that he could never fight Yulla without their blessings.

Kugeugeugeu…….

As the old man’s staff struck the ground, the earth shook as if an earthquake had occurred, and hundreds of giant rock pillars rose up.

“Be careful!!”

“Retreat the front lines!!”

The stone pillars, densely packed and rising up to several tens of kilometers in radius, appeared so extensively that they even reached the hundreds of Free League soldiers who were laying siege.

“Incredible…….”

“Is this the magic of a god?”

The great mages, Nine Darhon and Kadin Ruelle, were left speechless at the unbelievably massive scale of the magic.

The stone pillars, rising into the sky as if gravity had been reversed, fell downwards as if to crush everything.

Kwaaaaaang—!!!!

The stone pillars, pouring down like a rainstorm, exploded outwards in all directions.

Swish-

However, amidst the rain of giant stone pillars, a flash of light flickered, and the stone pillars were cut down one by one as if creating a path.

“Hmph……!!!”

A sharp blade pierced the old man’s chest.

He hastily deployed a shield against the approaching shadow, but his protective barrier shattered so easily it was almost comical, and he coughed up red blood.

“Did you think you could defeat me with the blessings of the gods? Your thinking is as outdated as your face. A god who once competed with Rod for wisdom? All that’s useful in your old body is this.”

Yulla pulled out the sword that had pierced the old man, and thrust her hand into the gaping wound.

“Gack!! Keoeok……!! Kuaaaaaack……!!!”

Her arm moved violently inside his body, as if squeezing his internal organs. Even as pieces of flesh fell away, Yulla tore at his body as if dissecting him.

Thud-

The old man’s body collapsed.

“S, save me…….”

As he fell, he looked at Karil. Even through the robe that covered his face, the look of resentment in his eyes was frighteningly clear.

He struggled to speak, opening and closing his mouth as if trying to say something, but no sound came out, and the arm he had stretched out towards Karil finally drooped.

“…….”

However, Karil simply stared at the old man’s death.

“Kuaaaaaaaa!!!!”

Yulla stomped on the fallen old man’s head with all her might, crushing it. The first god, the man, screamed with a face contorted in rage, unsure whether it was a scream or a shout, and charged at her.

“You’ve been deceived. You fools. It’s no use regretting it now. Rather than lending your strength to humans, it would have been better to lend it to me, which would have at least protected the remaining honor of the gods.”

“You……!!!”

“Die by my hand, all of you. Useless things.”

Yulla said coldly, looking at the man. His fist flew through the air with fierce force, but to her, who had absorbed the old man’s Dimension Spiral [a source of immense power], his fist seemed infinitely slow.

“The promise is different……!! Aren’t you going to help us?!!”

The snake woman shouted as she watched the old man’s death.

“If Yulla takes his Dimension Spiral, the fight will gradually become disadvantageous!!”

However, even as she shouted, Karil did not draw his sword.

“Damn it!!!!”

Knowing that something was wrong, but unable to turn back, the woman had no choice but to raise her whip towards Yulla.

‘I’m being played by a human……!!’

She knew that even if they fought together, they had no chance of winning, but she couldn’t just stand by and die like a dog.

[Your expression is quite a sight to behold,]

Arun said, watching her run.

[From the start, you had no intention of letting those guys live.]

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

At Karil’s reply, Arun nodded with an expression that said, ‘I knew it.’

[I sensed it the moment those guys made a soul contract. They used it as a way to prevent each other from killing each other. But they only knew one thing and not the other. The soul contract might prevent Karil from killing them, but it doesn’t stop Yulla from killing them.]

Karil watched the desperate fight of the remaining two gods and raised one corner of his mouth.

[But if this continues, wouldn’t it be a bit troublesome? I understand that you want to get rid of those three gods of combat, but if they all die, Yulla might have three Dimension Spirals. Even with the blessings of the gods, she’ll be a formidable opponent. Besides, they might abandon you and choose Yulla instead.]

“Arun.”

[……Hmm?]

When Karil called his name, Arun tilted his head slightly and looked at him.

“Do you still not know who I am? You can’t seriously think that I would have started this without anticipating that much.”

Arun had a blank expression at Karil’s words, then burst out laughing.

[Hah…… Hahaha! Of course! You’re doing something that even a million soldiers couldn’t do on their own. With you alone, four gods have already died.]

“Yes.”

Karil slowly walked forward.

“Now my plan is reaching its end. Arun, look at that. The great gods are engaged in a mud fight, biting and clawing at each other, killing their own kind. I can’t dirty my hands in such a fight.”

He raised his head.

“You wouldn’t be surprised now even if Yulla killing all the remaining gods was part of my plan, would you?”

[Just that much? I know that’s not the end of your plan. You’re definitely hiding the biggest move in your pocket, so you must have hidden something truly surprising.]

“Yes.”

Karil raised Agniel [likely a weapon or artifact].

“By obtaining divine power, I have become able to challenge the divine seat. That means I am no longer within the realm of humans. If you had to define me……. I would be the same as them.”

Karil said, looking at the gods.

“Therefore, I can fight them. If I have to wallow in the mud, then I alone can take on that filth.”

Enmity was felt in his eyes.

The enmity soon became resolve, leading to the anger he had suppressed until now.

“Lamine, Eteral, Maktun, Samiad, Kungen, and Lassis, Duat. Will you follow me?”

[Are you even asking?]

[If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t even be standing here.]

They all answered Karil’s words.

[Use us. If you need our strength, we will give you strength, and if you need our lives, we will give you our lives.]

Karil nodded.

Then he slowly turned around.

“But since this world belongs to humans, the end must be brought about by human hands.”