The 9Th Class Swordmaster: Blade Of Truth [EN]: Chapter 478

283. Finale (1)

“For a human to absorb a Dimension Spiral… Does she think anyone can wield divine power now? Is she asking for death?”

Yulla spoke, her eyes cold, as she looked at Miliana.

“We’ll see who’s right.”

Behind Miliana, a burning mana could be felt.

The overwhelming energy caused even the Archmages to realize their hands were clammy with sweat.

“Incredible…”

“It’s a different kind of pressure than feeling Karil’s. Is it because she’s from the Digon clan, born with dragon magic, that she’s absorbing the fragment faster?”

“She can use both sword and magic, but it’s definitely different from him.”

Nine Darhon and the other mages seemed to forget about the battle, stunned by Miliana’s electrifying mana.

“Intoxicated by divine power, are we? Spouting such nonsense.”

Unlike the others, Yulla shook her head as if she felt sorry for her.

“How pathetic. To think she can control the world with just one fragment.”

“Why? You called yourselves gods with just one fragment. Didn’t you create the world and use humans as pawns as if you were the creator?”

Miliana didn’t back down from Yulla’s words.

“Are you ashamed of your past when you called yourselves gods with just one fragment?”

“…….”

Yulla’s face hardened.

“Ugh… Ughhh…!!!!”

The snake-lipped woman, who had been witnessing the man’s death, seemed to lose her mind and tried to run away.

Thwack-!!

But at that moment, a red stalk sprouted from the ground beneath her, piercing and binding her legs like shackles.

“S, save me…!!!”

The snake-lipped woman, fallen on the ground, tried desperately to escape Yulla’s side, crawling with her arms instead of her unmoving legs.

Thud- Thud- Thud-

But only the traces of her flailing arms remained on the ground. She couldn’t escape a single step and could only meet Yulla’s cold gaze as she approached.

“Yes. Now that even humans have fragments of divine power, we can’t call these bugs with only one fragment gods.”

“Plea… Please…”

The snake-lipped woman begged Yulla, clasping her hands together, but she felt that she had gone too far to turn back, seeing her cold eyes.

Squelch-!!!

Yulla’s sword pierced the snake-lipped woman’s head, starting from the crown.

“Cough… Keuk…”

The snake-lipped woman couldn’t open her mouth and couldn’t even scream properly, merely trembling as Yulla’s sword pierced through her chin.

As Yulla twisted the sword, the stalks that had been holding her legs, along with a red light, swelled up as if sucking the blood from her body.

Whirrrrrr…

The woman’s body, which had been twitching several times, instantly became mummified, leaving only an empty shell.

Clang-

When Yulla pulled out the sword she had stabbed in, the woman’s Dimension Spiral was at the tip of the sword.

[Yulla seems to be getting younger every time she steals divine power. Unlike you, she seems to be able to absorb the Dimension Spiral itself.]

Alun Zavius noticed the difference between Yulla and Karil as he watched Yulla’s appearance change.

Karil nodded at his words.

Although he was using Lanchepot [a magical artifact], his essence was still human. To use the divine power with two attributes, light and darkness, he achieved it through the opposing methods of magic and sword, which might be a shortcut.

In other words, he didn’t make the divine power his own like Yulla, but manifested it through the medium of magic and sword.

“Miliana.”

The Sword of Creation, resembling Agnel [likely a reference to a powerful weapon or being] and based on the power of Polsetia [a source of power or a deity], began to glow blue with his magic.

Karil called her name as he gripped the sword.

“Huh?”

“I have four Dimension Spirals, but the remaining three, excluding the Lord’s, are fused through magic. They’re not exactly my power. Frankly, in the current state, I’m at a disadvantage against Yulla, who has absorbed all three Dimension Spirals.”

“So? Are you saying you want me to give you my Dimension Spiral? I’m sorry, but I can’t do that.”

She said bluntly.

“If I don’t have this, you’ll give up your life.”

Karil smiled bitterly at her words.

“Tosca must have said unnecessary things.”

“Unnecessary things? If you had hidden that, even the Golden Dragon wouldn’t have stood still, regardless of the blessing given to Digon.”

Miliana gripped her sword.

She would never forget the feeling of her heart sinking when she learned that Karil was planning to end his life and destroy the gods.

“Don’t try to do too much. Even if you have the power of God, you’re still human before that.”

Whooooooong…

Her sword began to glow red.

It was the first divine power.

At the same time, the veins in her arm, which was pulling up magic power, stood out vividly with pain as if they were burning.

“Hoo…”

But without even groaning, she clenched her lips tightly and drew up the divine power.

“And I am also human.”

She said, using the power of God in front of Karil as if to show off.

“I can’t stop you.”

“When did you ever think you could stop me?”

Karil smiled faintly at her answer.

“I have a favor to ask.”

“What is it? Anything but what I said earlier.”

“Kill the gods.”

“…What?”

Miliana was slightly surprised by his unexpected answer. But even so, she didn’t take her eyes off Yulla, wary of her.

“As I said, my power is still a little lacking to face Yulla. But if I use the power of the spirits, it’ll be a close match. And if I use the power of the two Master Keys, I can surpass her, but I can only use all that power for a fleeting moment. At best, only once.”

“So?”

“I mean, I want you to create that one chance. Bring the Dimension Spirals of the remaining gods of balance with the divine power you have.”

“Don’t tell me…”

“You’ve even gained the power of God, so you can do it, right?”

Miliana nodded at Karil’s words.

“I’ll wait. I can’t hold on for too long. Five minutes. Kill those three in five minutes.”

The remaining three gods of balance shouted as if they were dumbfounded at Karil’s words.

“Fi… Five minutes?! How dare you…!!”

“Insolent!”

But Miliana, despite their words, lightly drew a circle with her sword as if loosening her shoulders and said.

“Of course.”

Then she slowly turned around.

Clang-!!

As her twin swords crossed and slashed, a sharp tearing sound was heard.

“This is the grand finale of god slaying.”

Fwaaaat—!!!!

As soon as she finished speaking, the two ran in different directions as if they had promised.

“Aaaaaaaaaaa…!!!!”

Karil roared for the first time, raising his sword.

Slash-!!!

As he raised his palm, the Ein Trigger [a device or ability] embedded in the back of his hand glowed red, and flames erupted. The wind amplified the blaze, and a huge flame poured toward Yulla.

Crack…!!

But Yulla’s face remained hardened, and she instantly split the flame Karil had created.

“Shield.”

The sword wind passed through as if breaking the flame and covered Karil, and he hastily cast a spell.

Crash…! The sound of glass breaking was heard, and Karil’s shield was shattered in one blow. Karil, who was floating in the air from the impact, bent his body as if using that force in reverse.

Whooooooooosh…!!!

As if air was being sucked in, a cone-shaped vortex formed inside Karil’s round palm.

Crack-

Karil’s wrist trembled violently as if it was twisting.

Thwack…!!!

As he turned his body halfway and pushed his palm toward Yulla, a blue snake opened its mouth inside the sphere, aiming at her.

“Hmph…”

But Yulla let out a low sigh without emotion, as if she had already expected it.

Crack-!! Kakakang…! Clang!

Yulla instantly grabbed Mael’s face and threw him to the ground, then ran toward Karil.

Her sword moved, and as if time was flowing slowly, the sword was drawn toward Karil very slowly.

Crack-!!!

But when he realized that it wasn’t that time had slowed down, but that it was a speed that even transcended time.

“…!!!”

With the instinctive raising of the Sword of Creation, along with the impact…

It shattered into pieces.

Blue crystal fragments were scattered in all directions, but Karil didn’t care and reached out into the air once again.

Swoooooosh…!!

Then a gale blew, and the scattered fragments combined to form the shape of a sword blade again.

“Hoo…!!”

Karil delved even deeper into Yulla’s domain from close range.

“Dig.”

It was a low-level magic of the 2nd class, but the ground under Yulla’s feet caved in, and her body faltered for a moment.

“Hwaaaaaaaaa—!!!”

Karil aimed for her neck, taking advantage of the gap. But the trajectory of Karil’s attack, with only one arm left, was bound to be simple.

Yulla deflected the Sword of Creation.

Sizzle…!!

But the power of the blade, imbued with divine power, was effective, and hot heat soared from the blade of her sword as if it had been damaged.

“You tiresome bastard!!!”

Yulla roughly pushed him away and threw a fist, hitting Karil’s leg as he jumped into the air to dodge.

Crack…!!!

The sound of bones breaking was heard from Karil’s shin, and his left foot twisted grotesquely.

“Kuaaaa!!!”

But instead of screaming, he roared and delved even further into her, similarly plunging his sword into her thigh.

“Huk… Huk…”

Karil, who had fallen after rolling several times on the ground, struggled to get up and looked at Yulla.

“Cough!!”

Karil coughed and spat out blood.

Each blow was so powerful that it was a miracle he wasn’t dead.

“This is the end. Even if you can use the power of God, your physical abilities are ultimately human, so the gap will eventually widen over time.”

Yulla said to Karil.

“Feel the weakness of humans in the face of the great power of God to the bone.”

[You’re the one who’s drunk on power, not us.]

It was then.

[Karil.]

Alun Zavius said.

[You can’t fall pathetically even without me. Time is on our side.]

“…What are you talking about?”

Karil asked him, unable to even wipe the blood flowing from his mouth as if he was out of his mind.

[Miliana kept her promise.]

“…!!”

Swoooooosh—!!

At that moment, Alun’s dark energy fluttered in the wind and appeared in front of Miliana.

[You did well.]

“…I just did what I had to do.”

Miliana’s face was a mess.

Her eyelids were swollen, and she couldn’t see properly. Her collarbone was crushed, and there wasn’t a single part of her arms and legs that was intact.

“…”

Nevertheless, she raised her middle finger at Yulla as if to show off, and Yulla’s face hardened as she looked at the three gods who had fallen behind her.

[It seems your body can’t withstand that power any longer. Well… You’re the only one who could have done this much as a human.]

“It’s not over yet.”

But there was no strength in Miliana’s voice.

Swooooooosh…

As the scales that had been covering her in dragonification disappeared, her black and vibrant hair surprisingly turned silver-white.

“…!!!”

“…!!!”

Was it because she had burned all her strength?

Everyone couldn’t help but be surprised by her change.

“I’ll take the gods’ heads.”

Thud-

But unlike her words, Miliana collapsed on the spot like a doll with its strings cut.

“Damn it…”

She tried to get up, but her legs didn’t move as if they belonged to someone else.

“I… I have to create an opening…!!”

Miliana hit her legs as hard as she could. But she felt nothing.

“Damn it!!!”

[My child.]

Looking at her, Alun gently stroked her hair for the first time.

“What’s with the cheesy…”

Miliana frowned at him, who was calling her.

[Take care of Karil.]

“…What?”

[He may look young, but he’s lived longer than you—no, longer than us… He’s such a stubborn guy that only a woman like you can handle him.]

Alun bent down, picked up the Dimension Spiral lying on the floor, and whispered in her ear.

[Well, he’s old enough to have a coming-of-age ceremony now, so aren’t you happy?]

“Wh… What…”

Miliana stammered, bewildered by the ridiculous joke in this situation.

[Hahahahaha!]

His hearty laughter echoed across the battlefield.

[It’s a shame I can’t see your future. It’s funny, but I only have regrets in my life after I die…]

Somehow, his laughter seemed to contain sadness.

[But that would be greed.]

Alun closed his eyes and put the Dimension Spiral in his hand into his chest.

[The future ahead is yours.]

Whooooooooosh…!!!!

Sharp magic swirled around him, and his body, which had only been a form of black smoke, slowly transformed into a human form with light.

A splendid robe fluttered in the wind.

[The stepping stone for the future of the living is the share of the dead.]

Alun Zavius, who had returned to his former self as the head of the Council of Seven Elders and the greatest Archmage of the Magic Era, spoke to Yulla in a sharp voice.