The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 167

At that moment, the sky over the capital suddenly darkened.

“Mommy, what’s that?”

A child playing in the square tilted his head, looking up at the sky with sudden curiosity.

But the child’s mother couldn’t answer.

A pitch-black hole appearing in the clear sky was a sight she had never seen before.

“W-What is that?”

“Monsters! It’s a monster!”

“Shouldn’t we run instead of just standing here?”

“Nah, it’s probably fake.”

Soon, winged monsters poured out of the hole.

Some people were alarmed and ran home, but others didn’t take it seriously.

They confidently judged that there was no need to be scared of something they were seeing for the first time.

“Kkyaaaaak!!!”

But it was a misjudgment, a reckless act.

A man who approached one of the creatures that had fallen to the ground had his arm torn off.

People blankly watched the fountain of blood erupting, then screamed and started running.

“Aaaagh!”

“Agh!!!”

“Save me!”

However, the monsters that had already spread throughout the capital had no intention of letting go of their prey.

People who froze in fear were the first to be sacrificed, followed by those who were screaming in panic.

The hole was born of malice. The monsters that emerged from it moved only by the instinct to devour, attacking everything in sight.

“G-Get away! Do you know who I am?!”

“Kyaaaak! Honey!”

Was it fair, in a way?

Not only ordinary people but also nobles were targeted.

The monsters tore off the tops of carriages as if unwrapping a gift, pulling out the trembling humans inside.

“Mom! Mom!”

A woman struck by a monster’s tail collapsed powerlessly, and a child who lost hold of his mother’s hand wailed.

A dark shadow fell over the child, who was trembling and shedding tears in front of his unconscious mother, bleeding.

“How dare you.”

It was then.

A pure white light streaked through the air, and the monster’s arm fell off.

The monsters, who had only been hunting easy prey, were momentarily flustered and stopped moving after being attacked.

Since they were driven only by instinct, they realized that those blocking their path were higher predators, more dangerous than themselves.

“It’s okay. We’ll save your mom, so follow that sister.”

“Mom, what about Mom…?”

“She’s being put on a stretcher and taken to the shelter. There’s nothing to worry about.”

Similar conversations took place all over the capital.

People with blue cloaks draped over one shoulder and wearing white uniforms.

They were the ‘Paladins’ who happened to be staying in the capital of the Magic Empire.

The Paladins were a global knighthood comprised solely of Sword Masters.

The reason they were here without a trace was all because of Dante.

If Dante had failed to inherit the Driblyane family, all the members had gathered to recruit him as a Paladin, a fact the Pope was unaware of.

“Wow, this is no joke. The holes are increasing?”

“I’m going to lead the security forces.”

“Then I’ll start by blowing the heads off the big ones!”

The number of Paladins was not that great.

But each one was stronger than a hundred ordinary knights.

Also, in the event of such a national disaster, they had the right as Sword Masters to lead the national security forces or knights.

“The Imperial Palace is collapsing!”

“Watch out!”

But just then, a roar that seemed to herald the end of the world echoed, and part of the Imperial Palace collapsed.

Heavy stone walls and massive debris shattered into pieces and flew into the streets.

In a situation so dangerous that one hit could be fatal, people who sensed their fate closed their eyes in resignation.

If the tree roots that had risen from the ground hadn’t acted as a shield, everyone in that street would have died.

“Are you alright?”

“……!”

It was a woman with snow-white hair who had protected the people.

The woman, who exuded a somewhat lonely aura, looked around with red eyes and reached out to the fallen.

Then the tree roots moved according to her will.

In fact, this was a high-level form of ‘Renseijutsu’ [錬成術, a type of alchemy or magical manipulation], but no one realized it.

“Everyone, get out of here. I’ll stop them.”

“T-Thank you…”

The woman’s name was Mokhee.

The owner of Mok Island in Arkhalik, a country that exists in the distant sky.

People were surprised that Mokhee was an albino, but since she had saved their lives, they bowed deeply and disappeared.

Around the time the surroundings were cleared up.

The sky opened.

That was the only way to describe the scene.

* * *

Rewinding time from the moment the sky opened to the present.

‘It was the same last time, but whenever we try to win, something else planted by the Evil God tries to kill Florin.’

The Imperial Palace was in ruins.

The ‘something’ that the Pope took out of Raheen immediately turned into a passage connecting another world to this one. Then, in an instant, monsters appeared from within.

Kiraxus immediately created over a thousand layers of barriers around Florin.

Physical force, magic, the power of spirits, divine power, or explosions.

It was a powerful protective barrier that could not harm Florin in any way.

“Don’t come out of there, Florin. If you die, we have to start all over again.”

Kiraxus gave a stern warning and then nodded to Ian.

“You protect her.”

“Are you going to face him?”

“I have to. Dante, you follow me. I’ll drop you in the most dangerous place, so get rid of the monsters.”

Dante, who had easily dealt with the monsters rampaging in the banquet hall, nodded with a grim face.

Just before leaving, Dante walked over to Florin but couldn’t bring himself to look her in the eye.

The shame of being deceived. The guilt of not recognizing her. Apologies.

All those emotions were mixed and stained his eyes, which trembled with sadness.

Dante, who seemed to want to say something, eventually clenched his fist and turned away.

“Take care of Florin, hyung [older brother or respected male figure].”

“Come back safely.”

“…I’ll wipe them all out.”

Dante couldn’t meet Florin’s eyes until the end.

And Ian, who stood in front of Florin, snapped his fingers. At the same time, the members of Joker, who had been hiding, revealed themselves and surrounded Florin.

They were trained solely to protect Florin, and Ian had raised them as he gradually took over Joker.

“When all this is over, let’s get married, baby.”

Ian glanced back and smiled.

The wind blows.

It was the kind of wind that blows on the day an era ends and a new history is written.

* * *

The first thing the Pope, who unleashed Renseijutsu with explosive power, did was to throw away the ‘Inpimyungu’ [인피면구, a mask made of human skin] he had been wearing uncomfortably for his entire life.

He soared with six wings made of divine power and smiled contentedly as he looked at the world in chaos.

‘Now, what are you going to do?’

The King of Arkhalik had the duty to resolve major upheavals on Earth in exchange for enjoying eternal life like a god.

He didn’t want to admit it, but he was like an agent of God.

Killing the Saintess of the Magic Empire had failed, but that wasn’t the main purpose, so it didn’t matter.

In any case, the world was in a mess, and with this level of chaos, the King would have to come in person.

As long as his daughter was on Earth, he couldn’t help but do so.

“Indeed, it’s a great malice. I didn’t expect you to create so many holes.”

Bweeek!

With a strange sound, something made of metal poured down from the air.

From another hole, seawater overflowed, and soon a wriggling giant leg appeared.

Jorj spread his arms towards the results he had created with a face full of joy.

“Behold, this is my Renseijutsu!”

Each hole was connected to a different world.

This idea came from Raheen.

If he could connect this world to another world. If he could summon all the evil things that exist in other worlds to this place!

“Stop there. It’s too ugly to watch anymore.”

What appeared in front of the Pope, who was bursting into mad laughter, was Kiraxus.

Kiraxus stood in the air as if it were the ground.

Jorj narrowed his eyes at that great ability.

He didn’t like that someone was throwing ashes on the moment of glory he had achieved.

‘But I’ve already thought about how to deal with him.’

The time it took for their eyes to meet was only one second.

The attacks prepared by the two opponents unfolded in the blink of an eye, rushing towards each other.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!!

Kiraxus quickly dodged the holes that opened at close range as if trying to swallow him, and with a wave of his hand, he annihilated the monsters that came out of them.

He couldn’t eliminate the holes themselves created by Renseijutsu, but he could annihilate the monsters.

“Ha, that’s all you can do. How will you respond if I open tens of thousands of holes?”

“You’re playing tricks.”

He answered leisurely, but in fact, the Pope was right.

Kiraxus was already using most of his power to annihilate the monsters as soon as they came out of all the existing holes.

The knights on the ground were dealing with those that fell without being annihilated.

In addition, the holes that opened in the corners, avoiding his magic, were being dealt with by Dante and other capable knights.

It’s difficult to take that guy’s head with the remaining power.

However, if he were to summon another Sword Master with outstanding abilities here, they would not be able to fly.

In the end, the Pope had to be killed by ‘someone who came down from the sky’-

‘If that’s the case, there’s a suitable man.’