The 9Th Class Swordmaster: Blade Of Truth [EN]: Chapter 474

281. The Tenth God (1)

“Yulla……!!!!!!”

The man screamed and threw a punch at her.

KWA-AAAAANG—!!

A sharp explosion rang out.

The situation had devolved to the point where it was impossible to tell friend from foe. Those fighting were simply wielding weapons to survive.

“Kyak!!!”

The woman with the snake lips lashed her whip once more. Emitting a blue light, the whip targeted Yulla’s blind spot as if it were alive.

Chwa-rrr……!!

As Yulla raised her arm, the whip coiled around her wrist. The snake-lipped woman pulled on the whip with all her might, but to Yulla, who had absorbed the Elder’s Dimension Spiral, her strength felt like that of a child.

“This fight is no longer something for you to interfere in. Do you still not understand the situation?”

“Shut up……!! Yulla, you broke the rules!!”

“Rules?”

“The reason the gods created Exodia [a competition to determine the next divine seat] to determine the divine seat was to prevent killing each other! Furthermore, the reason for leaving power only to the master of the dimension and restricting the other gods was also to prevent a war between the gods! Yet, you are trying to kill us with that power!!”

Yulla, at the snake-lipped woman’s words, let out a hollow laugh, as if she was dumbfounded.

“You’re still running that eloquent tongue of yours. You were the ones who tried to kill me first, not the other way around. You fell for the humans’ trickery and drew your swords against me… What? Rules?”

Her face contorted.

Thwack-!!!

As Yulla pulled on her arm wrapped in the whip, the snake-lipped woman’s body floated up and was dragged toward her. Yulla’s fist struck her face head-on.

“Keok!!”

The snake-lipped woman let out a brief scream and collapsed.

“The words you just spat out are an admission that you are the ones who broke the rules. Therefore, you deserve to die.”

“Keuk…… Keuek!!”

The snake-lipped woman, sprawled on the ground, looked up at Yulla.

“When the Lord died and the divine seat became vacant, we polytheists who remained created the rules as you said. But you were the ones who exploited the loopholes in those rules. To dare challenge me with restricted power……”

“Keok……!!”

Yulla grabbed the snake-lipped woman’s neck as if snatching it up.

Kwaddeudeuk……!!

Then, her fingers began to dig into the woman’s neck, and the snake-lipped woman simply gasped, struggling to shake off Yulla’s hand.

“To you fools, the fragment of a god is like a pearl before swine!!”

But the more she struggled, the sharper Yulla’s nails dug into her neck.

Wooddeuk-!

Finally, when Yulla clenched her fist, the snake-lipped woman’s neck snapped as if a balloon bursting, and her severed head soared into the sky.

Blood splattered everywhere, and only the blue scales of the second god scattered on the ground like droplets.

“……”

Yulla wiped the blood flowing down her face and grabbed the shining Dimension Spiral from the corpse on the ground.

“Keu…… Keuek!!”

The first god, the man, watched Yulla instantly annihilate two gods and stared at her with trembling eyes, unsure of what to do.

“Tsk tsk…… How unsightly.”

Yulla licked her blood-stained lips and looked at the man with cold eyes.

“Now you’re the only one left. He told you to decide who to side with, right? I wonder… Will that guy who wants the destruction of the gods help you?”

“……What?”

“It means you chose the wrong side. From the start, that guy had no intention of saving you. I know you didn’t help him at first to deliberately weaken your power. He’s just returning the favor.”

The man’s face hardened.

“A soul contract? Did the pressure that guy showed you seem so great? To the point where you thought a human could win instead of a god?”

Seeing his hardened face, Yulla sneered.

“You’re gods yourselves……!! To admit defeat for a god! What a foolish thing to do!”

KWA-AAAAANG—!!!!

Yulla’s sword flew sharply toward the man.

“Karyl……!! Even you, with all your cleverness, ended up making a mistake. You probably didn’t think I would actually kill a god and break the rules!!”

Yulla looked at Karyl, who had approached her.

“Leaving me to obtain the Dimension Spiral is your downfall!!”

Swaaaaaak……!!

The sword cut through the air and surged forward.

* * *

“No……!!!”

One of the four gods watching the battle between Yulla and the gods shouted toward the man. But soon, he shut his mouth at the gazes of the other three.

The one who shouted was none other than the last god.

“Now…… what should we do?”

The three gods, who had briefly glanced at the tenth god, spoke in trembling voices as they watched two combat gods die in an instant.

They were gods born in the beginning, but they were all different.

If the previous gods were born for battle, they were beings for balance.

It was obvious, but they were not suited for combat.

All they could do was bestow blessings.

They couldn’t interfere in their fight, nor could they stand by and do nothing.

“If Yulla wins like this? She will never spare us either, for the reason that we helped humans.”

“But there’s nothing we can do now……!! We can only pray that they win.”

“They? That human who received our blessing is doing nothing and just watching the gods die!”

“Damn it……! If only we could fight……! Why, even though we’re the same gods……!”

The gods of balance spoke as if they were resentful that they didn’t have the ability to fight.

“From the start, we didn’t even desire the divine seat. That’s why we didn’t have any complaints even when we were last in line to cause disasters.”

“But unlike us, Yulla had a desire for the divine seat. Even though she knew that her world would be ruined if Exodia started and disasters occurred, she gave up her world.”

“And to think that it would be a human, not a god, who would interfere with her plan……”

“That’s why her anger is even more terrifying. We have to make a decision. I’d rather beg for mercy from Yulla than choose a human!!”

One of the four shouted in a trembling voice.

But they knew.

Even if the ruthless Yulla were to win, she would never spare them.

“I…… I…….”

The last god, for some reason, couldn’t easily make a decision and didn’t answer. But the other three gods coldly sneered as if they knew the reason.

“It’s okay.”

“Yes, we were foolish to ask you.”

“Unlike the other gods, you can’t exist alone. Your future was decided from the moment you lent your power to the first god, wasn’t it?”

“What do you mean…….”

The tenth god’s expression hardened at the cold reaction of the three gods. He tried to say something, but another god cut him off.

“There’s no need to make excuses. We’ve known about your relationship with the first god for a long time.”

“……What?”

“You don’t even deserve the name of a god. A god must reign supreme above all as a unique being… You can’t survive unless you parasitize someone.”

“Pfft…… The God of Regeneration? No matter how much you try to hide it with that title, we know your true divine name.”

“Stop it……!! I’m also a proper god!”

“You?”

For some reason, the gazes of the three gods toward the last tenth god were extremely cold.

“Then how do you explain that belly? Do you think it won’t show even if you hide it under your robe?”

“Th, this is…….”

The tenth god unknowingly covered his belly with both arms and took a step back.

“We endured lending our power to humans for the sake of a true future. But you only did it for your own safety.”

They suddenly cornered the tenth god.

“You’re talking nonsense. You don’t have the power to fight? Power isn’t something that’s given. You end up like this because you gain power from the fragments of the Lord. You can’t possibly know true strength if you borrow from others.”

“……!!!”

“……!!!”

The four gods were startled by the appearance of Milliana behind them and stepped back.

“With that kind of background, now that there’s no one to blame, you’re causing internal strife among yourselves instead of fighting the enemy.”

She stared at the god who had been criticized by the three just a moment ago.

The hidden face under the robe was visible.

She had a delicate appearance, but she had the large eyes of a woman, making it difficult to call her a god.

‘Is that the author?’

Recalling the story she had heard from the Golden Dragon Tosca, Milliana immediately knew that she was the last god.

‘Hmm, but…….’

Milliana, who was looking at the tenth god, also glanced at her belly like the three gods had done, as if she was slightly puzzled.

It was hidden by the robe, so it didn’t seem much different at first glance, but the tenth god’s appearance of covering her belly with both hands looked like a woman with a child.

‘That’s not important.’

But Milliana smirked as if she didn’t care about her appearance.

“How long has the history of humans been deceived by the radiance of the gods…… Now that we know your dark side, we won’t be swayed by your appearances.”

Eight people appeared behind her.

Gulp-

When they felt the gazes of those looking at them, as if they were about to devour them, the gods felt the fear of death for the first time.

“Wh, what are you trying to do……!!”

“You seem to know what it is from your expression.”

Milliana said to the gods.

“At least we don’t entrust our future to others or blame others.”

She raised her sword.

“Y, your lord definitely said he would save us!! Are you going to disobey your lord’s orders now!!”

One of the gods shouted in panic.

“Yes.”

“……What?”

“That’s what I’m going to do.”

The god who had shouted was dumbfounded at Milliana’s response, which was so natural.

“The lord you’re talking about is trying to give up his life to save us right now. Why should we protect your lives in the midst of that?”

“Th, that’s…….”

Milliana’s eyes turned red.

Behind the slightly formed tears, the fury of the hot flames raged as if to evaporate the tears on her cheeks before they could even flow.

“Your lives are not worth more than his life, even if you bring a cartload of them.”

She stared at Karyl in the distance and slowly raised her magic power.

“I will kill the gods. But not you.”

Wooddeuk……! Kwajik!!

Sharp red scales sprouted, covering her entire body, and red eyes shone.

“Karyl, if the godslaying you spoke of is standing on the corpses of the gods and looking down on us, then our godslaying is to cut down all of you before you ascend to the divine seat and face him at the same eye level.”

Cheok-!! Chwa-rrr……!!!

As soon as she finished speaking, the people raised their weapons.

Aiden, Suan Hazar, Kay Rothschild, Serica Loren, Serga, Anchar, Hawat Tashun.

Chwa-rrr……!!

And dozens of magic mirrors appeared around them.

[Good luck.]

Even Israfil, the last of the 10 godslayers.

“We will drag him down to this earth with your lives.”