The 9Th Class Swordmaster: Blade Of Truth [EN]: Chapter 467

277. The Power of a God

“You’ve plotted quite a scheme.”

“It was quite a sight to see a so-called god, drunk on his own power, not even realizing he was being played.”

Yula approached Karil with a distorted expression.

As if rewinding time, they were reliving the scenes they had just witnessed, but neither wore a relaxed face.

KWAH-AH-AH-AH-NG!!!!

KWANG—!!

The clamorous sounds of gods entangled in battle echoed from all directions, yet the two simply faced each other.

However, an even greater tension lingered between Karil and Yula, who refrained from exchanging blows, than among those fighting.

“How did you cast the magic?”

“Asking so abruptly. You seem quite curious.”

“Shut up and answer the question.”

“Why should I?”

Yula’s face twisted at Karil’s retort.

“Who reveals their hand to an enemy so readily? Still, as a courtesy to a god, I let you know I cast magic on you.”

“Don’t talk nonsense! That’s…!!”

Yula stopped herself from saying something.

She couldn’t admit that revealing the existence of magic was meant to unsettle her.

Because it was because of that, she now stood before Karil. That would be tantamount to admitting that a god had been manipulated by a human.

“You cannot win.”

“But I won’t lose either. I’m quite good at drawn-out fights. An eternity means little to me.”

“…….”

Yula knew from Karil’s demeanor that his words were not mere empty threats.

“You’re saying you’ll engage in an eternal battle with me? A mere human?”

“Gods always say that humans are ignorant and don’t know how fearsome divine wrath can be. But does God know?”

“……What?”

“How fierce and tenacious human rage can be.”

Ppatteuk……!!!

Yula’s face contorted as she glared at Karil as if to devour him.

‘That bastard is really planning to fight me for eternity.’

He was truly a tenacious one.

But she couldn’t stand idly by.

The very idea of being manipulated by a mere human was an affront to her pride as a god, but with the Dimension Spiral [a powerful artifact], Karil was no longer to be considered within the realm of humans.

“Your courage to see this through is admirable. But magic is ultimately a mimicry of divine power. If creating something new is the power of a god, then creating a false entity by imitating that power is human magic.”

“So?”

“In the end, it’s nothing more than an illusion unless it’s divine, and no matter how perfectly an illusion is made, there will always be slight differences.”

Yula carefully surveyed her surroundings.

“Your magic will inevitably be exposed.”

But despite her threat, Karil only wore a faint smile.

“You didn’t even realize you were under a spell, did you?”

Karil slowly straightened up, looking down at her. Yula couldn’t tell if Yula’s frame was unexpectedly small or if Karil’s had grown larger, but his gaze looking down at her was nothing short of unpleasant for Yula.

However, she was confused, wondering if even the height of this gaze was an effect of the magic.

“Then find out. See who wins…”

Karil said in a low voice, as if whispering in her ear.

“Let’s.”

“……!!!!”

With a face distorted by rage, Yula reached out to grab Karil by the collar.

KAANG—!!!

But at that moment, Karil deflected her grasp with his sword. With a sharp metallic sound, the distance between him and Yula widened.

“Your attacks are ineffective.”

“I know. I already confirmed that before. It’s only natural that the power of this world is ineffective against you, who created it. Even if it’s Tosca’s magic.”

Polsettia, which Karil wielded, was the strongest magical sword on earth, condensed with the light of the golden dragon.

But his sword, which had desperately tried to cut Yula’s wrist within the illusion magic, had been repelled without fail.

On the other hand, when he stabbed the fifth god in the back, he was able to strike with ease.

Humans, as creations, cannot harm gods.

The immutable rule set by God.

Most would be forced to despair when faced with this fact.

But when Karil confirmed it, he found a possibility within the despair.

“Even though Suan Hazar mastered absolute defense, he couldn’t block your attacks. That means human attacks are rejected by gods, but humans can’t block divine attacks.”

“Of course! Do you think a human’s attack could ever reach me!”

“The first thing I found out.”

At that moment, Yula felt a chill down her spine even before he finished speaking. Just before the illusion magic disappeared, Karil had clearly said that he had found a weakness in her.

“Human attacks don’t reach… Well, then who decides the attack and defense? Do you decide the momentary action I take? Or have you already set that as a rule?”

“……What?”

KAANG—!!!

Once again, Karil’s sword moved and struck Yula’s wrist. She wasn’t injured, but her arm was pushed back, and she staggered.

“Is this an attack?”

Karil spun his body and pressed down with his sword.

The blade of Polsettia falling on the back of her hand bounced up again with a sharp sound, and she braced herself on the ground from the impact.

“Or is this a defense?”

Yula looked at Karil with a bewildered expression.

“Attacks are ineffective, and defense is impossible. Simply put, it’s an absolutely disadvantageous situation. But whether you decide the momentary action that was set as a rule, it’s ultimately a matter of the wielder’s consciousness.”

Karil knew that when he attacked Yula, the blade was repelled rather than passing through.

Although his attacks were ineffective, it also meant that he could block Yula’s attacks in reverse.

Of course, there were restrictions.

Immediately, the intention to attack.

It wasn’t about trying to block Yula’s attacks like Suan, but rather thinking that he had to attack Yula.

But it was by no means easy to think about not defending in the face of a divine attack that could take a life with a single blow.

Defending an attack by attacking.

It was like dividing oneself in two by controlling consciousness and taking actions in reverse.

‘Dividing the ego in a battle where every second counts?’

Yula was dumbfounded. Even a Blader [a warrior skilled in using blades] wouldn’t be able to do this. But the human in front of her was pulling off this ridiculous feat.

“A human who has lived for only a hundred years……?!”

She didn’t know.

That the human named Karil had spent eons in Parell, matching the time of the very creation of God.

“And the second thing.”

Peo-eok-!!!

Yula’s waist bent.

“Keok……!!”

For the first time, a groan of pain escaped her lips. Red blood stained the blue leg armor covering Karil’s leg.

The armor, which had claws like the sharp claws of a beast on the instep, had pieces of Yula’s flesh torn off and stuck to it from the previous strike.

“The power of this world doesn’t work on you, but objects from other dimensions can inflict damage. I could confirm that from the words of the other gods.”

Yula’s face turned cold.

She had forgotten due to the shock of the illusion magic. Certainly, unlike when she used Mael’s power before, she had allowed Karil to strike her when she unleashed the power of the Beast.

“The gods of other dimensions said that unlike you, the master of the dimension, they are restricted and cannot use their full power. But that doesn’t mean they can’t inflict damage on you like we can.”

“Could it be…….”

“Yes. You didn’t make this Master Key [an artifact that grants its user great power]. Lord made it. It means it’s the relic of someone who committed deicide [the act of killing a god].”

Karil said to her.

Paat—!!!!

He ran towards Yula. When he put strength into his leg that stepped on the floor, the ground could not withstand his power, and cracks formed around it. Fragments scattered in all directions.

Karil’s sprinting figure was so fast that not even an afterimage remained.

“No-oom……!!!!”

Yula hurriedly stretched her hand forward and waved it. Then, a red and thick shield was created in front of her.

Pakakang……!!

Pagaak!! Pagagagagak……!!!!

Karil bent his body in the opposite direction and pressed down on the shield Yula had created from above.

Changgeurang……!! Kaang!!

Once again, he stepped on the shield as if doing a somersault, and as he spun around in the air, Yula’s shield shattered with a white light as if glass was breaking, along with a loud sound of air bursting, as if hammering down on the shield.

“No way……!!”

Yula shouted at him in disbelief as her shield shattered and she staggered.

But before she could finish speaking, Karil’s barrage continued as soon as he landed on the ground.

His attacks, which were fast, concise, and rhythmically varied, were so numerous that they were invisible to the naked eye, but the explosions emanating from his legs felt like a refreshing melody, as if playing a tune.

KWAANG-!!!!

Karil’s last fist struck Yula’s cheek. Her head turned sharply to the right, and she staggered, bracing herself on the ground from the impact.

“……!!”

The result was surprising to both the person who was attacked and the people who were watching the situation.

Because they could see that she, who had not allowed any openings until now, had been damaged by Karil’s attack for the first time.

Jureureuk…….

As evidence, when she turned her head back, red blood flowed from the corner of Yula’s mouth.

Wiping the blood from her mouth, her face turned cold. It wasn’t just the problem of being attacked.

It was a fight where fists and kicks were rampant.

Even against Bladers, Spirit Kings, and Dragons, there had never been such a messy fight.

She seemed more hurt in her pride than in her pain.

“No matter how much power the Master Key has, it can’t possibly exert the same power as a god… But how can it break my shield?”

She shouted as if she was wronged.

“It’s only natural. As you know, I have the Dimension Spiral in addition to the Master Key.”

“The Master Key is for Bladers! Bladers are humans chosen by God, so they can use that power. But the Dimension Spiral is a power only for God!! No matter how much you have the Master Key, you can’t possibly use it properly!!”

But despite Yula’s outcry, Karil smiled coldly, as if he had been waiting for her anger.

“No. There is a unique being who can use the power of God even though they are human.”

“……What?”

“Ranchepo, who is called the incarnation of God.”

At that moment, Yula’s eyes wavered.

“That, that’s even more impossible!! I clearly……!!!”

“Don’t limit the world to your own.”

Karil said in a low voice.

“You should know where the Dimension Spiral I have came from. And the fragments you have, too.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the attacks and defenses of the remaining gods who were entangled in battle stopped.

Tuk-

The first god threw the corpse of the fifth god, who had died, to the floor and looked at him.

“God?”

Karil scoffed at the sight.

“Don’t be ridiculous. You’re just acting like gods, picking up a piece of the fragment that Lord died and broke.”

Kwajik-!!

He took another step forward.

“The last third thing I confirmed. I can overwhelm you.”

Uuuuuuung……!!!

Hearthfelt magic was felt around him.

“Yula, you’re forgetting one thing. If you can use your power without restrictions unlike other gods because it’s your world… Then I, who was born here, also have this world as my world. That means I can also use Lord’s power completely.”

Karil said coldly, looking at the remaining four gods behind her.

“Lo…… Lord?!!!”

At that moment, the woman with the snake lips shouted quickly.

It’s hard to know whether it was out of genuine surprise or a reaction from the woman’s quick calculations, but the important thing is that the cry could only come as a shock to the other gods.

“You guys.”

Karil did not miss the atmosphere created by the snake-lipped woman. The remaining four gods standing behind him flinched as their eyes met Karil’s.

“Think carefully about who to side with.”

Ossaak-

Yula sensed it.

The most worrying situation just before opening the gate had occurred.