Lord of the Skill

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“Looks like the fever finally kicked in. ”

“He deserves it. He's really trying to figure it all out on his own. Knowing better than anyone that war can't be fought alone. ”

“Don't overdo it. That's a nasty cut."

The man who spoke in a worried voice in a moving wagon was an elderly man.

He wrapped his whole body around a blanket and looked at Kato Chizuka lying down.

Glug glug...

Kim Hosung carefully raises the heat of the burning day of punishment.

“Thank you.”

“Don't tell me. We already know what we have to do. ”

Kim Ho-Seong said, looking at Kato Chitsuka, who has become rapidly weakened since meeting Diago.

“He would have run as soon as the perforated castle appeared. ”

“His power cannot kill the Nephilim. ”

“But I'm still going. ”

At the words of Seung-hyun Noh, Kato Chitsuka smiled as if he was reminded of a feeble face.

"That's amazing. I've only had a few interactions, and I'm counting on him. ’

It was an accident.

He who was not interested in the throne thought he should treat this place with sincerity.

But what he still cared about was not the throne. I had no intention of standing on top of anyone in the first place.

It's just...

I was just curious to see the walk of a man.

I never imagined that curiosity would produce this outcome.

‘It was when Yu and I raided Class A dungeons, when I first met Diago. He told me about the existence of the crack and allowed me to have the power of corruption. ’

Everything was his plan.

‘Diago's thoughts are obvious. He wants to be a god. I thought it was a risky plan, but maybe we don't have the tools to avenge the elusive gods on our own. ’

Kato Chitsuka has teamed up with Diago to defeat a common enemy.

‘I was surprised, to be honest. You had the same goal, but you made a completely different choice. ’

Heatless also met with Diago.

However, unlike Kato Chizuka, he refused Diago's offer.

No, I don't.

I despised him for refusing.

‘I have no regrets about my choices. Corruption is a powerful force, and it is also known that it is the only weapon that can strike God. ’

Kato Chitsuka trembles as if she feels a chill. White breath flows from his mouth, as if the hot heat of the burning bee could not help the cold inside his body.

‘Spirit.' Not a bad choice. They were born in rifts, too. But people don't die of cold. ’

As Diago has said, we cannot end God's breath unless it is pure corruption.

Kato Chitsuka accepted Diago's offer because he knew.

Because someone had to.

He left his father's last name and came to Korea. He has lived under the name Park Jong-Hyuk.

A hidden child born of a common charlatan's mistake overnight.

Tired of the struggles of those who were trying to use themselves as tools from birth, he lost the reason for life.

He had just lived the world convincing himself that it was inevitable. He was a peculiar creature I had never seen since I was born.

‘I don't even want to be a hero. ’

“Don't fall asleep. If you die like this, you won't see us fighting. ”

“You're strong enough without me. ”

Kim said, impressed by Kato Chizuka's words.

“Do you think we're fools? You know, the only reason we were this strong was because of your corruption. ”

Then he turned to Kato Chizuka and saw the bracelet on his wrist.

“I thought it was just evidence of a pact, but it was a token to use the power of corruption. To be honest, your pride is deteriorating when you become a vessel and take away all of our repulsive corruption. ”

Kim Hoseong grabbed Kato Chizuka's shoulder and said.

“Have a little faith in us. I don't know what you think you picked me for, but at least they pay for their meals. ”

Bloop...!

The room crumbles around the wagon, and people in hoods appear.

“ ……. ”

They were completely invisible, like chameleons, to the surrounding colors, and they were completely different from the assassin's hideout.

But they were also wearing the same bracelet as Kim Ho-jung.

“It's a trick you've worked so hard on. At least I won't see him fall before I stab him that day. ”

“Phew……. ”

Although he was expressionless, Kato Chizuka smiled as if he knew what he was feeling.

“Youna, speed up a bit. ”

Knng.

Kato Yu-na, who was driving the wagon outside, gripped her lips tightly with a face that seemed to burst into tears right away.

* * *

Province of the constellation YGG.

Baikal Garnard rushes out with a sudden change in the essence of Lasis.

He tried to move the essence to a safe place because he didn't know what was going to happen.

If it is the safest place in the Holy City, there was the soul glands of the Cult.

“Wait!! ”

The moment I walked out the door.

There was an urgent voice calling out to him.

Baikal Garnard turns his head and looks at the man standing in front of him.

“Ma'am... ”

The woman with wrinkled eyes and worried eyes was like a feeble mother. And the one who was raising her like she was about to collapse was a feeble sister.

The two of them seemed exhausted as if they could not sleep well.

I had to.

Only one family is fighting on the battlefield, and who can sleep comfortably?

It wasn't just conscripted, it was a feeble battle with only the most powerful enemies.

* gasp *

It was then.

Like.

A huge portal created in the air as if trying to brutally trample their hopes.

The translucent mirror-like door gradually faltered and began to scatter images across the continent.

Boom...! Boom...!

Kwaga River...!!

There was dark smoke in the sky with a loud thunderstorm. On the ground, a cloud of mushrooms rises up, and there is a big hole that looks like a bomb exploded.

But…….

There was only one of the many dimensional doors where the eyes of the people in the castle were drawn.

Toot-toot.

“Mom...! ”

The trembling legs eventually lost their strength and settled down. Baikal hurriedly supported the fallen mother of fever.

“Are you all right?”

But already, she slumps and falls unconscious.

“Mom!! Mom!!! ”

Her cheeks were covered with tears.

Her head is tangled and her legs are shaking and she can barely stand up straight.

Kuaang...!

Kuang...!

What I saw through the dimensional gate was a feverish struggle.

“No... ”

I felt like my sister would collapse if I let Baikal do this.

“I'll carry her. Let's go inside. ”

Looking at the blue face, Baikal tries to move the two to the cult where the healers are.

Due to the nature of the location, YGG is a safe area far from where war is currently occurring.

However, the safety of this saint was not formed by itself. It was without heat that made it safe.

‘Kang Woo Yeol……. You predicted all this. ’

Baikal puts her to bed and thinks nothing.

This place would have already been the first battlefield by the Horses if it had just waited for the tribes to be summoned inside the castle to defend itself right after the Race War had begun.

‘Please don't die……. ’

It's like everyone here owes their lives to heatless people.

* * *

Quadruple...!!

Heatless gnaws Judex's neck with its teeth. The ragged arm is no longer strong.

How many fights did he have?

I couldn't fathom the time anymore.

The three minutes in which the cloak of devotion was expressed were long enough that I don't even remember.

“ ……. ”

Your arms were wrapped in bandages, but it was just a fixation to keep the sword from falling out of your hands as if it were no longer healing.

But without that bandage, he would not have held the sword long ago.

“Give up.”

“Shut up. It's going according to plan. ”

“…… I can still bluff like that. Humanity's foolishness is astonishing. ”

When I covered the wound with my hands that had been bitten by fever, Judex's wound healed clean as if it had never been from the beginning.

[There is no victory after fighting like this. It's suicide to stand up to the four archangels who have immeasurable healing powers.]

“I know. ”

“That's exactly what I said. You thought only humans would triumph over the perforated castles alone. The War of the Races is a sacred battlefield made by God. It's not just a human being that can change the outcome. ”

Judex bites the three angels behind him.

“But this is the reward for the human king who fought so far. You will take my own life. Accept happily as fuel for perforation. ”

“ ……. ”

Heatless looked down at the perforated castle for a moment.

“Are you deaf? Or did you live a long time and not have a good memory? I thought I made it clear that a battle alone is not a war alone. ”

Waaaahhhh...!

Screams from afar on the ground.

It was not one.

The size of the Seven Thorns was enormous, and the human voice could not have penetrated the continent.

“Rocksmouth did something worthless. Did you really think we'd be desperate to show him that? ”

Heatless points to a dimensional door that illuminates itself in the air.

It's happened before.

Even at Exordiar, Rocksmoothie opened the door like this to show people cruelly dying.

‘He must have enjoyed watching Humans tremble in fear. ’

God's shit is already done.

The more dangerous he is, the more he thinks he's going to do this.

And as you can see, I used that idea.

“ ……. ”

I can finally understand the source of the scream.

The screams of the victorious Humans in the battle against the Demons, Demons, and Elves have been heard through the portal.

The feverless smile with a raging face.

“You won't make it to the ground. Thank goodness you're tied up here. ”

“You…!!! ”

Judex shouts in a furious voice, realizing that he had been planned by a feeble plan.

‘Lakshmoor, you wanted to see people die for me and for people to see me die. ’

I'm not afraid of death.

“Tsk.”

Heatless said, spitting out the flesh of Judex that remained in his mouth.

“But without death, there is no war. Because that purpose is to live. ”

For the first time, Judex felt a chill in the heat of his eyes.

When he realizes that this feeling of fear, which he now feels, a near-immortal being blessed by God, his unacceptable anger rises.

It was then.

Kwaga Gaga Gaga Gaga Gaga!!!

A black lightning bolt that cuts through the sky falls towards the perforated castle.

Like a drop of water on a pure white shipyard, the black lightning absorbed the perforated castle in no time.

Heatless looked at the light, and only then could he sigh low.

The light of corruption swept through the perforated castle.

The fever slowly turns his head and looks back. Covered in black smoke, he could tell who was enough.

“Kato Chitsuka. ”

With a pale face, he swipes his hair toward the heat.

“Who said that...... I heard it's hard to build a civilization, but one day of destruction is enough. ”

His eyes turn black beyond comprehension.

Like a person who has never been subjected to sunlight, his skin is white enough that the blood vessels look clear.

Kim Howa and Noh Seung-hyun who were standing behind Kato Chizuka watched without saying a word.

“The time it takes a human to bring down a perforated castle.... ”

Tuck.

He slowly descends to the ground.

Then he tapped the tower that was erected in the castle.

At that moment, the force of corruption that was filled with perforations was absorbed into Kato Chitsuka's body as if it had been sucked in.

Like.

Like a burning candle right before it goes out.

He said in a lively voice, as if it were when.

“I don't need a day. ”