The 9Th Class Swordmaster: Blade Of Truth [EN]: Chapter 483

283. Final Chapter (6)

“Open the gate to the Demon World? What other scheme are you plotting now…!!”

Yurin Huggard snarled at Hagane, who had suddenly appeared.

He had been like a docile lamb in front of Milliana, but as he lifted the Hell Hammer from the ground, he looked every bit the madman.

“Wait.”

Milliana stopped him.

“If you don’t trust him, you can just use the armor. As you know, demons are beings outside the realm of the gods. That means they have some immunity to divine power. If it’s due to excessive use of divine power, the power of a demon will be more helpful than a priest’s blessing, at least.”

Hagane shrugged with a faint smile.

“Well… if you still find it hard to believe, there’s nothing I can do. But the armor’s effectiveness is real. At least, my lord wouldn’t leave me alone if I let you die.”

He continued.

“He might even turn the Demon World upside down.”

“Do you think Khalil will win? We need to survive here to destroy or save the Demon World.”

“A demon’s deal is an equal exchange. We never do business at a loss. That’s why Kaie Essir kept the Dimension Spiral in the Demon World.”

Hagane replied to Milliana’s question, slightly revealing one of his fangs.

“And the fact that I gave that fragment to my lord means there’s a chance of winning.”

At his answer, Milliana stared at him intently.

“Fine.”

“Milliana-nim!”

Yurin Huggard exclaimed in surprise.

“I will open the gate to the Demon World. I don’t know why you, a Demon King, aren’t doing it yourself… but I don’t care if you have ulterior motives. As always, if anyone stabs me in the back, I’ll return it twofold.”

“Haha, truly befitting of the Godslayer who killed three gods.”

“Not three, but two. Alun finished the last one.”

Hagane tilted his head slightly, as if it didn’t matter.

“You. Are you stronger than a god?”

Milliana snatched the remaining two relics he was holding.

“If not, you better think carefully. Because that Alun is still by Khalil’s side.”

Hagane grimaced, understanding what she meant.

Clatter-

Then, without hesitation, Milliana put the Necklace of Revelation around her neck.

Whoosh……!!!

“……!!”

Yurin Huggard and Hawat stared at her in surprise. Red scales, vibrant as skin, enveloped her body once, then covered the Extreme Armor.

Then, the red scales became one with the armor, and the remaining scales fell off like she was shedding a skin.

“…….”

As if reborn, she slowly opened her eyes above the armor that had turned red.

* * *

“Aaaaaaaah—!!!!!”

At Yula’s scream, the black mists that had been rampaging through the area rushed back into her body.

Crack……! Crackle……!!

Aidan tried to pull out the sword he had plunged into her neck, but the black mists being absorbed into Yula’s body tightened around his sword as if gripping it.

[Drop the sword. Yula is awakening.]

“But……!!”

[Now!!]

At Kungen’s shout, Aidan reluctantly released his grip on the twin swords.

Boom—!!

At the same time, a hot current erupted from Yula’s body, and a violent explosion burst forth.

“Keuk!!”

The moment the fierce black flames threatened to engulf Aidan, the puppet strings connected to Jarkae wrapped around his body and pulled him back.

“This way!”

Whoosh—!!

Yula’s sharp sword narrowly grazed past Aidan’s front.

Bang-!!

However, the black mist gnawed at the taut puppet strings, and Aidan’s body fell helplessly from the air like a kite with a severed string.

“Cough……!!”

His body convulsed as he hit the ground, and a dark red clot of blood flowed from his mouth.

Chiiiik……!!

The clot of blood emitted smoke as soon as it touched the ground, and the blood vessels throughout his body had all turned black.

[Divine power poisoning this quickly… Using two Dimension Spirals was something a human should never have done.]

The Thunder Lord gnashed his teeth as he watched Aidan’s transformation.

[Hey! Get a grip. That’s the black blood symptom that appears when you’re poisoned by the aura of corruption generated from the fragment. If you don’t stay focused, you’ll be consumed by the power of the gods!]

“Ptooey……!! Keheok……!!”

Despite his words, Aidan vomited blood as if spewing water from his mouth.

[…You guys are really funny. You, the Golden Dragon, and the Elf, weren’t just trying to create an opening, you were really trying to kill Yula yourselves, weren’t you?]

The Thunder Lord said with a dumbfounded expression, as if he finally understood their intentions.

[Even deceiving your lord… You wanted to save him that much.]

Aidan gave a bitter smile at Kungen’s words.

[It’ll hurt like hell, but get up. Yula is coming.]

“Damn it……”

Having the Dimension Spiral, Aidan could also feel Yula’s energy.

“To end up like this with just one try… I’m ashamed.”

He barely lifted his upper body with trembling arms and said in a low voice.

“Suhan.”

Boom—!!!!!!!

Just before Yula’s sword pierced through the black mist and struck Aidan, a blue-glowing gauntlet blocking his path slammed into the ground.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang……!!!

Stone pillars rising from the ground around the gauntlet blocked Yula’s sword.

“Not a chance……!!!”

However, as Yula put strength into her sword, the barrier containing the power of the Stone Giant Lord collapsed in an instant.

[Hmm!!!]

At that moment, the massive form of the Stone Giant Lord appeared, and Kungen scattered sharp lightning as if to protect Aidan.

“Aidan.”

Suhan Hazar’s voice, coming from behind Maktun, was filled with resentment.

“Going off on your own like this. You could have at least said something.”

Suhan Hazar said to Aidan.

“Then you should have gone first.”

“Of course.”

Aidan gave a bitter smile at his unwavering answer.

“Give it to me.”

“……What?”

“You wouldn’t have missed that moment.”

“The fragment of Toska.”

Suhan held out his hand.

“Stop it. You can’t escape death if you have the Dimension Spiral. You should stay by our lord’s side.”

“I don’t think I should hear that from someone who ate two fragments knowing that.”

He said, ready to punch him at any moment.

“Our lord is waiting.”

“Crazy bastard……”

Even as he said that, Aidan took out the fragment he was holding between his fingers. Seeing it, Suhan nodded with an ‘I knew it’ expression.

“Thanks to my attack, Yula’s power has weakened a bit. But that’s not enough. To get our lord’s sword to reach, we need to divert her attention here first.”

Aidan said, handing the fragment to Suhan.

Whoooo…….

Suhan grabbed it. The moment the fragment permeated him, he snatched Aidan’s wrist and pulled him.

Whoosh……!!

Aidan’s Dimension Spiral instantly escaped as if abandoning a dying body and seeking a vibrant one, and was absorbed into Suhan’s body.

“Hey……!!!!”

Aidan shouted at Suhan at the sudden loss of divine power.

“Even a fool like me knows. If you kept the fragment of God, you would die immediately. The least I can do is give you time to say goodbye.”

“You son of a bitch……”

Suhan Hazar pushed Aidan’s back.

“Lightning Spirit King [Kungen’s title]. I have a request for you. Please, return him to our lord’s side.”

Explosive magic power was felt from Suhan, who had absorbed three Dimension Spirals.

Clang-!!

As the gauntlets clashed, a round shield formed around his body with a sharp shockwave.

It was Gordon Fabian’s absolute defense technique, Automata.

But unlike the previous barriers, its majesty was completely different from before, as it was combined not only with Maktun’s power and Suhan’s magic power, but also with divine power.

Whoooo……!!

The stone pillars that had been destroyed a moment ago floated up like shields, surrounding him.

“Suhan……!!!”

Aidan called his name.

However, as Kungen wrapped around him and left the front line, only Suhan’s back was visible in his eyes.

* * *

Khalil slowly opened his eyes.

Having divine power, he could also sense the movement of the Dimension Spiral, so he knew all of their movements now.

“Alun.”

Nevertheless, he did not move.

“Was it greed after all?”

He said with a bitter expression.

[How can wanting to live like a human be greed? We tried to achieve it only with us dead, but… we are just sorry for making you suffer due to lack of power.]

Alun replied.

[You have made many comfortable battles difficult to save many people. That was the case when you killed the two emperors of the Empire, and when you absorbed the Duchy and unified the Three Kingdoms.]

He recited as if reminiscing.

[Sometimes I was frustrated with you. Because you alone were anxious and worked hard to save everyone, which sometimes caused misunderstandings and resentment. But it’s different now. I thought I knew everything because I watched from the side… but I know how hard this path is now that I’ve done it myself.]

Alun placed his hand on Khalil’s shoulder.

[It’s really not something to do. Turning away from the easy path.]

“Yes. I made them suffer because of my greed.”

[But just because it’s easy doesn’t mean it’s the right path.]

Alun replied.

[Why didn’t they bring you into the fight and fought while eating the fragments themselves? In the end, it’s to keep you as a human. It might be easier for you to become a god and kill Yula as you initially planned.]

He shook his head.

[But what does it mean? Losing you as a person. Just as your desire to protect them is not wrong, their fighting to keep you by their side is not your greed either.]

“But… I…….”

[What I said about turning away means something else. It wasn’t that the path of keeping you human was difficult, but that it was truly difficult not to make you bear everything again.]

Alun let out a low sigh.

[It must have been really hard all this time. My disciple.]

“…….”

Khalil said nothing.

He was grateful for their hearts fighting to protect him, but on the other hand, he wondered what meaning there would be if he lived on their deaths.

Crack……! Crackle……!!!

Lightning swirled in front of him, and Kungen, torn here and there by the black mist, collapsed in front of Khalil as if he had exhausted all his strength.

“Aidan……!!!!”

Khalil shouted his name in the storm.

“I’m sorry. My lord. I couldn’t kill Yula……”

As Khalil hugged the fallen him, Aidan, not caring about his own wounds, said with a tearful face as if he was wronged.

“Suhan is in front of you.”

“You guys…….”

“I’m sorry. I guess Suhan and I only learned to be stubborn from you, my lord.”

Looking at his tearful face, Khalil could tell. The Dimension Spiral that had escaped from Aidan was with Suhan, and his life was rapidly draining as a price for using divine power.

“I should thank Suhan. Thanks to him, I was able to see my lord.”

[Funny guy. I’m the one who brought you.]

Kungen said bluntly at his words, but he knew that it was a word deliberately uttered to forget death.

“I wanted to achieve it this time instead of my lord… but I’m leaving it to you again.”

“Stop talking.”

“But isn’t it the first time? It’s not that you are following the path created by my lord, but that you are walking the path we created.”

Aidan said as if he was proud.

“Death is not scary, but parting is truly sad.”

His voice was gradually getting smaller.

“Don’t become a god.”

Aidan’s arm, which had been holding Khalil’s hand, drooped and fell to the floor.

“Please, remain human.”

It was Aidan’s last greeting.

“No…… No……!!!!”

Khalil held his shoulder tightly.

“There’s no time to grieve.”

It was then.

Milliana, wearing red armor, appeared beside him. Her eyes held both sadness and gratitude.

“Aidan. Thanks to you taking my Dimension Spiral, I was able to live.”

As if her throat was choked, she took a moment to exhale and uttered her last words.

“……Thank you.”

She closed Aidan’s eyes in Khalil’s arms.

“The Digon clan will remember your name forever.”

“Milliana…….”

“Never forget his last words. We are fighting to prevent you from ascending to the throne. We can grieve our deaths, but we cannot allow you to abandon humanity to prevent our deaths.”

She said firmly.

‘Even if I abandon humanity, you alone…….’

Whoooo……!! Whoooo……!!

At that moment, a huge gate opened in the sky, and the four Demon Knights appeared as if they had been waiting.

“Demon army.”

Milliana slowly exhaled and slowly raised her hand as if she had made up her mind.

“Wipe them out.”

Following the direction she pointed, thousands of demons and monsters poured out.