Monter, who was an Absolute, frowned.
He thought, ‘Just a human.’
Absolutes had lived for a very, very long time. They had destroyed many human worlds. To them, humans were weak and insignificant beings.
Usually, humans who met Absolutes would bow down. They would not even try to fight back. But this human was not afraid.
It was absurd.
Annoyance surged within Monter.
Why didn’t the humans of this dimension know their place?
“Yes, you must be full of confidence right now. Roman Dmitry and the White-Robed Wizard dealt with four Absolutes, so you must feel like you’re something special too. That’s the problem with humans. As soon as they get a little breathing room, they forget they are insignificant creatures who can barely live a hundred years.”
The opponent was Chris.
Monter knew he was Dmitry’s man.
Monter thought he needed to show an example. He needed to show what happens when humans fight back.
Despite the existence of an exception named Roman Dmitry, he would show what happens when one dares to defy the Absolutes.
A deep rumble shook the air.
Rumble! Rumble!
Monter gathered his power.
He looked at the human, Chris, who seemed as small as an ant to him. Monter lifted one finger.
“Let me show you the reality of your weakness, human,” Monter sneered.
BANG!
CRACK! CRACK!
The air around Chris exploded. Everywhere he looked, lines like cracks in glass appeared in the sky. It was like the world itself was breaking apart. Then, a wave of dark energy, like a giant ocean wave made of shadows, rushed towards Chris. He knew this attack. It was familiar.
Chris, having briefly grasped the attack patterns of the Absolutes, activated the artifact he had prepared in advance.
“Fly.”
Whoosh!
He soared into the sky.
To reach the Absolute existing in the void, he first had to overcome physical limitations.
Wham!
Crack! Crack!
The tidal wave surged high.
Just as it was about to swallow Chris whole, an intense energy split the tidal wave apart.
Flash.
Fssssssss.
It was a shocking sight.
A tidal wave, water, is not something that can be physically cut.
Yet, as if a solid was being precisely cleaved, the tidal wave was torn apart to both sides by Chris’s strike. It was mana control that was not only precise but overwhelming.
Monter, while showing a surprised reaction to the sight, raised a destructive energy in both hands as if he still couldn’t acknowledge Chris’s existence.
“Die!”
Crack!
Crack! Crack!
It was a force that tore apart space.
The magic power of Fly, which had been supporting Chris, was instantly extinguished by that intense power that destroyed everything it touched.
Pat.
He floated in the void.
It was a truly defenseless state.
Chris immediately activated other artifacts.
“Stone Ball.”
Bang.
Bang, bang, bang!
It was only a 1-circle spell.
After firing hundreds, thousands of Stone Balls in all directions, Chris twisted his body while falling and stepped on a Stone Ball. Then, he jumped up.
The Stone Ball under his feet crumbled, but just by stepping on something in the sky and jumping, he gained the momentum to move towards Monter.
Pat.
Pat, pat, pat!
Chris moved nimbly, like a dancer.
Facing the destructive energy, Chris did not avoid it but rather raised his aura head-on.
Wham!
Crack! Crack!
A fierce clash occurred.
Monter smiled.
It was impressive that a mere human was somehow keeping up, but he didn’t think that the human body could withstand the destructive energy from before.
Absolutes are born stronger than humans. Humans should just accept this and give up.
But at that moment.
Pat.
Flash.
Monter’s eyes widened.
Within the destructive energy.
‘Lightning.’
The past 30 years.
It was not a short time.
Chris lived an ordinary life.
Unlike Kevin, who was immersed only in training, he met people, had lovers, and made a marriage vow on a day when the warm sunlight shone brightly.
He already had three children. One lovely daughter and two sons. Some people said Chris seemed too peaceful, but the reality was never like that.
Whenever he had time.
He visited people.
One day, he asked an old colleague.
To the question of whether Emperor Roman Dmitry would return, the old colleague smiled bitterly and said this.
“Well. I can’t guarantee the return of Emperor Roman Dmitry, but I’m just enduring the years given to me. I don’t know about our next generation, but at least we. We must not forget him.”
And a few years later.
This time, he visited Loren Dmitry.
He asked why he was working so hard when he could be enjoying power.
“You know. Emperor Roman Dmitry, no, brother, is like a mountain to me. He was a reliable support when I was really struggling, and thanks to him, I am who I am now. I don’t want to criticize the situation where other people are gradually accepting reality. But I’m family. I’m Roman Dmitry’s younger brother. So, I just don’t want to give up until the end.”
He smiled silently.
In Chris’s memory, Loren Dmitry was just a fragile boy, but facing a man who had suddenly grown up made him feel strangely touched.
After that, he lived an ordinary life again. Chris, who lived a life that was repeated every day, visited Hans out of the blue while spending an ordinary day.
He was curious.
About Hans’s life.
Hans, even with his noble status, was still cleaning Roman Dmitry’s room every day.
“I don’t know anymore. Whether he can really come back. However, I just miss him.”
Everyone.
Wanted Roman Dmitry to return.
People said Chris was peaceful, but Chris suppressed the emotions that soared from his repetitive life.
He didn’t want to be shaken. He didn’t want to express his emotions honestly.
At this time when so many people were agitated and confused, he wanted to remain unshaken and always stay in the same place.
He swung his sword.
A day, two days… and a year.
It was a repetitive life.
It may have been a time that people accepted as an ordinary day, but Chris’s years were accumulating layer upon layer.
A single purpose. Training to prepare for the future that would come someday. He did not waste that time.
It was not a life completely devoted to one thing like Kevin, but after 30 years, it began to transform into something enormous, like a snowball rolling down a snow-covered mountain.
Roman Dmitry had said.
Chris was.
Undoubtedly Dmitry’s greatest talent.
As he was someone who always made him realize things on his own, Chris entered an unknown world from exactly 10 years later.
A powerful force that could not be compared to before. Not satisfied with that, as he continued to accumulate years, Chris began to understand Roman Dmitry’s world.
Dust and smoke filled the air. Chris stood on a pile of rubble, looking up at the dark sky.
‘From today,’ Chris said, his voice loud, ‘the Flash will be stronger than ever before!’ He changed his Flash power, making it something new and much more powerful. This was not just the old Flash. This was a new Flash, a power that showed who Chris was now.
This new Flash was his power now, stronger than anything he had before.
Samuel watched, his mouth open in amazement. It was like watching gods fight. These were not just strong people; they were beings from another world.
Samuel was Chris’s student, learning to use the Flash power, just like the legendary hero Dimitri had done before.
Samuel had always been proud of his own Flash power. He thought he was very strong, maybe even as strong as Dimitri had been in his prime.
The attack was so fast, it was like lightning. Even the strongest Hunters, the S-class, fell to their knees, unable to even block it.
Then, Flash! Samuel blinked. One moment, Monter was there, about to attack Chris. The next, Monter’s head was gone. It was as if it had been cut off by invisible lightning. Samuel’s eyes went wide. He hadn’t even seen it happen. Only after Monter’s head hit the ground did a streak of light appear, splitting the air where the attack had been.
There was no warning. It was so fast, the light came after the head was already gone.
Squish. Chris stepped on Monter’s head as he fell. The sound was sickening, like stepping on a rotten fruit.
Monter was an Absolute, one of the strongest enemies. And Chris had just killed him in one move. This showed that Dimitri was not just strong because there were many of them. They also had incredible power to destroy their enemies.
Chris and Samuel looked at each other.
Chris put his sword away and said calmly:
“Watch our backs.”
He turned to leave.
He wanted to find another Absolute.
Chris wasn’t happy just killing Monter. He quickly disappeared through the dimensional passage.
Samuel watched Chris go, his heart pounding. He couldn’t believe what he had just seen. He had thought he was strong, but Chris was on a different level. ‘That’s the real Flash,’ Samuel thought. ‘I have so much more to learn.’
He realized he was still far behind Chris, much further than he ever imagined.
Chris truly deserved to be called Dimitri’s Flash. He was the real thing.
While Chris went to hunt more Absolutes, other members of Dimitri were fighting in different places.
In Korea, in the city of Incheon…
In Incheon, the city was in ruins. Monsters with sharp claws and glowing eyes crawled everywhere. But on top of the city walls, two figures stood ready to fight. Rodwell Dimitri and Felix guarded the city.
“Kill them all! Show them what Dimitri can do!”
“Fire Punishment.”
Felix used his magic. It was like a giant firebird, blasting flames at the monsters. He destroyed thousands of them with just one spell.
Rodwell and Lauren Dimitri were from the Emperor’s family. They could have stayed safe in the palace, but they were on the front lines, fighting monsters themselves. Rodwell, the Emperor’s representative, was a huge man with muscles bulging as he swung his sword. Lauren, his younger sister, was just as fierce, cutting down monsters with quick, deadly strikes. They fought like soldiers who had been in many battles.
Incheon was safe again, thanks to them.
Seoul was also under attack, even worse than Incheon. But then, Edwin Hector arrived.
“Hector will take charge of this place.”
Edwin Hector was a mage who was also good at fighting.
Hector raised his hands, and explosions ripped through the monster ranks. He moved through the monsters, blasting them apart with magic. They couldn’t get close to him.
Edwin Hector took control of Seoul, showing how valuable he was.
In Busan, the Arcadia army was there.
Flora Lawrence stood tall, giving orders to her troops. Her voice was strong and clear, and everyone listened to her. She had led Arcadia for years, and people trusted her completely.
“Time is on our side. Now that His Majesty the Emperor has stepped forward, we will push them back.”
In other places too, Dimitri’s forces were solving the problems.
Fabius, old as he was, also fought on the battlefield. And besides Dimitri, each country was using its own forces.
Just a short time ago, humanity was in danger.
But as soon as Dimitri appeared, everything changed.
There were reports of victories everywhere, showing people that humanity could survive.
The Great Disaster…
The war wasn’t over yet.
This was just the beginning of humanity’s fight back. And with Dimitri leading the way, there was hope for the future.
News of Dimitri’s victories reached the Emperor, Roman Dimitri, in his palace.
The news told Roman Dimitri that Dimitri had come from another dimension, and from thirty years in the future. He had followed Roman Dimitri here.
Roman Dimitri finally understood why Dimitri had come. He understood Dimitri’s real reason for fighting.