Chapter 588
Kwa-rururung!!
The lightning that suddenly fell toward Antonio was something he had copied from Zeus.
It was a relief.
He had worried it might be judged unusable because it belonged to another god, but perhaps because the system still recognized it as divine, the lightning struck magnificently as a hidden card at an ideal moment.
“Cardinal!!”
Startled, Silen screamed Antonio’s name at the top of his lungs.
But at that moment, Su-ho’s club approached the side of Silen’s turned head.
[ Enhancement is activated. ]
[ Diamond Cut is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is applied. ]
[ The power of Diamond Cut grows even stronger. ]
Kwaaaaang!!
A roar as powerful as lightning.
He had swung with the force to cut him down, but unfortunately, it did not cut him.
Because it was not a sword?
No.
Even if it had been a sword, it would not have cut him.
His opponent was a holy knight.
And among them, one who had reached the peak, an existence so known for his uniquely tenacious vitality that people had even given him the derogatory nickname cockroach.
Silen’s head turned back toward Su-ho like that of a berserker.
“You bastard!”
[ Radiant Strike of Holy Light is activated. ]
A powerful flash exploded, and his greatsword shot toward Su-ho.
Swung at close range, it seemed utterly impossible to dodge.
Silen was certain of that.
But the moment he reflexively turned his head and thrust out his sword, he had no choice but to doubt his own eyes.
Because in front of him, countless Su-hos were holding Heracles’s Club and aiming at him.
“Hello?”
“Hello?”
“Hello?”
“Hello?”
“......!”
Su-ho’s own voice echoed from all directions like a ghostly reverberation, enough to send a chill down even the spine of a holy knight at the peak.
The true identity of the countless Su-hos was clone soldiers created through Army Tactics.
The multiplied Su-hos each raised their clubs and thrust them toward Silen all at once, like a magician’s greatsword-piercing trick.
[ Point is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is activated. ]
[ Hundred Strikes is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is applied. ]
[ The power of Hundred Strikes grows even stronger. ]
Kwaaaaaang!!
A raging skill combination.
Like dynamite exploding the moment it was shoved in, an enormous blast and skill effects erupted.
And also.
[ Lightning is activated. ]
Lightning fell on him once more.
Overwhelming force.
But a holy knight was still a holy knight.
[ Radiant Strike of Holy Light is activated. ]
Papapapang!
Su-ho burst apart.
More precisely, Su-ho’s clone soldiers burst apart.
He had clearly stabbed into a blind spot with perfect timing, but the Silver Cardinal was still the Silver Cardinal.
Silver effects surged from his body, and holy protection poured out to defend him.
“Did you think something like this would be enough to do anything to me?!”
It was tremendous force.
Su-ho had clearly poured in everything he could, yet he had not expected Silen to endure all of that and even counterattack.
But at that moment, another sight entered Silen’s eyes.
Far away, Antonio and Wolfgang were surrounded by Su-ho’s clone soldiers.
They were holding their clubs like lances, just as they had done to him.
Silen cried out urgently.
“Wait...!”
[ Point is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is activated. ]
[ Hundred Strikes is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is applied. ]
[ The power of Hundred Strikes grows even stronger. ]
Kwaaaaaang!!
Before Silen could even finish trying to stop them, countless Hundred Strikes erupted once again.
Thick clouds of dust.
There were far more clone soldiers there than the number that had gathered around him.
Silen dashed toward the two of them in desperation.
But before long, he was able to slow down.
Because when the thick dust cleared, Wolfgang, called the strongest shield of the Pantheon, had proudly protected Antonio with his protective holy spell.
Joy flashed in Silen’s eyes when he saw it.
“As expected...!”
Of course.
How dare he, when the strongest shield of the Pantheon was here!
Thinking that, Silen immediately swung his sword again and cut down the clone soldiers.
But just as the clone soldiers burst apart, a sharp cutting sound came from somewhere.
At the same time, Antonio shouted,
“Lord Silen!! Above!!”
“Above?”
At Antonio’s cry, his head turned automatically.
His gaze landed on the sky.
And the sky was.
Astonishingly, split in two as if it were a lie.
More precisely, the two yellow and white crosses spread beneath the sky—the skill effects of White Zone and Sacred Zone—had been cut in half.
And at the center, the real Su-ho was lingering in midair after cutting the crosses with the club as though it were the Blood Sword.
[ Enhancement is activated. ]
[ Soul Slash is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is applied. ]
[ The power of Soul Slash grows even stronger. ]
Su-ho cleared away the system notifications floating before his eyes and looked at Silen’s face.
A dumbstruck expression.
Haha, so you can make that kind of face too?
You kept acting so solemn for someone like you.
So now, I’m going to give you a gift.
Freed from the seal, Su-ho shouted,
“Everyone, get out here!!”
- Okay!
- Your command is received!
[ Roynan is summoned. ]
[ Shuraia is summoned. ]
[ Seorio is summoned. ]
[ Periotin is summoned. ]
[ Umbra’s Shadow Legacy is activated. ]
[ Hollow Jack, King of the Shadow Divine Beasts, summons the Black Army. ]
[ Hollow Jack, King of the Shadow Divine Beasts, summons the Black Shadow Dragon. ]
[ Hollow Jack, King of the Shadow Divine Beasts, summons Typhon. ]
Kwaaaaaaaaaa!!
Impure things exploded onto the battlefield.
Bearing their master’s True Demon, they burst out like starving beasts.
Had hell descended?
The countless Cardinals watching the fight opened their mouths as wide as their eyes, as though they had received a tremendous shock.
The three Cardinals were the same.
Having seen a collection of unholy things through a single moment of carelessness, they began madly unleashing their ultimate techniques the moment True Demon wrapped around the battlefield.
[ Radiant Strike of Holy Light is activated. ]
[ White Valkyrie is activated. ]
[ Morning May Cry is activated. ]
[ Blue-White Judgment is activated. ]
......
Everyone struggled desperately.
But a single moment of carelessness had caused an irreversible result.
They had all known the Blood Cardinal’s power well from the start, which was why they had tried to bind him with Sacred Zone and White Zone no matter what, but who could have known that one mistake would lead to this?
At that moment, among summons like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, their king revealed his true form.
[ Dominion Core is activated. ]
It was Su-ho, having regained all his power.
“Ah, this feeling. It was only for a moment, but I really missed it.”
Soon, skill effects surged over Su-ho’s body.
[ Blessing is activated. ]
[ Paladian is activated. ]
[ Divine Aura is activated. ]
[ Mana Detection is activated. ]
[ Endurance is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is activated. ]
[ Eye of the Nightsmith is activated. ]
And.
[ Blood Armory is activated. ]
Swaaaaak!
With a burst of blood-red energy, the Blood Sword was summoned into Su-ho’s grasp.
Right, this is it.
No matter how good a weapon skill Heracles’s Club was, could it really compare to the Blood Sword, his cherished weapon?
After landing on the ground, Su-ho slowly approached the three Cardinals.
Their expressions were those of people cornered.
Of course they were.
White Zone and Sacred Zone, which they had trusted so completely, required quite a long cooldown once used, and if they were destroyed while active, their power flowed backward and dealt a serious blow to the caster.
Su-ho approached them.
Su-ho’s subordinates only surrounded them and did not attack.
Because he had told them to get out here, not to attack.
At last, Su-ho stood before them and said with a cold expression,
“I’ll offer this only once. Withdraw.”
“Ugh...!”
“......”
“......”
Silen clenched his teeth.
The other two only twisted their faces, unable even to open their mouths.
Su-ho looked at them with the same cold expression for a while, then continued.
“I don’t really know what part of me is seditious and filthy, but it’s all over now. I seized my qualifications through your method.”
“......”
“You’re not even answering. I did my part. You called this a vote, teamed up, and tried to kill me, and yet I still gave you this chance to withdraw. And you are the ones who ignored it.”
Su-ho raised his sword like an executioner.
Then True Demon energy gathered on the blade and began exuding a savage aura. When he took a step closer to cut them down, Antonio, now deathly pale, shouted urgently,
“W-withdraw! I’ll withdraw!”
“Too late.”
[ Enhancement is activated. ]
[ Diamond Cut is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is applied. ]
[ The power of Diamond Cut grows even stronger. ]
Pu-kwaak!
Blood sprayed everywhere in a lavish scatter.
It had been a single swing, but the effect was certain.
Because for Su-ho, who had regained all his power, even Cardinals who could be called representatives of their respective classes were not stronger than him.
The heads of the defeated rolled across the floor.
Su-ho shifted his gaze toward the Cardinal voting bloc, who were still so shocked they could not even open their mouths.
They seemed fairly shaken.
Of course they were.
To people who cried out for mercy as vast as the sea, Su-ho’s actions were those of a tyrant and an executioner itself.
Stained with sweat and blood, Su-ho turned his head and swept back his hair.
Then, after looking once around at the dazed voters, he called Jack.
“Jack.”
- Understood.
[ Umbra’s Shadow Legacy is activated. ]
At Su-ho’s command, Jack used magic.
Then a large number of Shadow Knights were summoned in front of the voters.
“......!”
“......!”
“......!”
The Cardinals froze in shock at the sudden appearance of the thugs.
But none of them ran or screamed.
Because every one of the summoned knights was holding a blade to their throats.
Only then did Su-ho smile.
“Now then, shall we proceed with the next vote? According to the rules of the Conclave, I’m the only candidate left now.”
It was the moment the second vote of the Conclave began.