Chapter 350.

Prihi incarcerated Puharen overnight and killed the princesses and princes who killed her mother . She executed most of their servants and knights or sent them to exile . The reformation she prepared for a long time was carried out swiftly and cruelly .

When the storm-like day passed, Eren was left alone . The knights who taught him swordsmanship were gone as they had supported Puharen without abandoning him .

However, Eren was different . Because he swore an oath to serve Prihi, he couldn’t be with Puharen . In other words, he had become a traitor .

Of course, he had excuses to tell himself . He was young, an orphan who didn’t know the way of the world, and he wanted to save his master . The knights he read about in fairytales had no experience in war, and most importantly, he never thought a young princess like Prihi would be capable of such cruelty .

Eren spent the first night tormented by worries and guilt .

But on the next day, he was visited by Prihi .

Prihi tapped on his shoulder and spoke, “This kingdom is now mine, so practice your sword without worry… . ”

Eren had already become Prihi’s knight .

That was the start of Eren’s troubles . After acquiring the crown, Prihi held a swordsmanship tournament to encourage her knights, and Eren participated in it and became the winner . Prihi’s most loyal servant, Kindspring, praised him greatly for this result and even rewarded him with a luxury set of armor and sword .

Eren wanted to tell his master about his achievements . However, when he returned to his master, he witnessed something unexpected . He found his master dead with a dagger sticking out of his chest . Clearly, he had been murdered .

The dagger was inscribed with Puharen’s insignia . Puharen’s supporters had punished Eren for his betrayal .

Eren fell to his knees . His legs went numb, and sorrow crept up from the bottom of his heart . Eren embraced his master’s body and cried until he fell asleep from exhaustion .

Meanwhile, Prihi watched this scene from the distance .

—Heroes all over the world are fighting Djinns and devils . They need your support-!

“…!”

Jin Sahyuk opened her eyes as an anchorwoman’s voice rang out from the TV . A severe headache stunned her as memories of her past continuously emerged . She pressed her temples and let out a sigh .

“…What a shitty dream . ”

She was seeing Prihi’s memories . It was the story of Akatrina and Kim Suho .

“Huu . ”

Jin Sahyuk shook her head and raised her body . Then, the anchorwoman’s voice rang out again .

—We have an update! Chae Joochul and Heynckes are supposedly fighting the rank 1 devil, Baal… .

She turned her head towards the source of the sound and saw a TV .

“What?”

It was then that Jin Sahyuk realized what situation she was in . She was lying on the asphalt in the middle of an empty, abandoned street .

“Tsk… . ”

‘Something big must have happened…’ Jin Sahyuk clicked her tongue . Kwang—! The moment she stood up, she turned her attention to the thunderous noises ringing out in the distance .

“…!”

She froze in surprise .

In front of her eyes was Morax, the giant devil that had destroyed Akatrina .

It was the devil wearing the mask of Puharen . With its huge hands and feet, it was stomping on the world once again .

**

[Korean Border]

Baal stared at Kim Suho, who was charging towards him . The youth’s eyes were unshaking, and a golden sword shone in his hand . Baal recognized him . He was a special existence even in Bell’s memories .

The man beloved by the world, the so-called ‘main character’ .

Baal reached out towards Kim Suho .

“Uuk!”

Kim Suho was forced to stop . Baal’s Authority constrained his movements . Kim Suho was bound by pressure no ordinary human could withstand .

“Keuk… . ”

Even the ‘main character’ couldn’t do anything about it . Kim Suho unleashed his magic power and twisted his body, but he couldn’t free himself from the invisible shackles that bound him .

Meanwhile, Baal laughed as he watched Kim Suho squirm like a worm .

“Everything will be torn to shreds-!”

At that moment, Aileen’s Spirit Speech rang out . Baal turned his gaze to the tiny woman .

“Die-! Die-!”

Aileen’s Spirit Speech was directed at the large group of demons on the ground, not Baal . It wasn’t just Aileen either . Other famous Heroes were fighting the demons with all their effort .

Wolf of Valhalla Yoo Sihyuk, Immortal Chae Joochul, Steel Spirit Heynckes, Blitzkrieg Yoo Jinwoong, Conqueror Shin Jonghak, Hellfire Yi Yongha, Elementalist Rachel…

Baal recognized them all . Thanks to Bell’s memories, he knew everything about these ‘characters’ .

Baal found the entire thing funny . He looked at their futile struggles condescendingly, but he also found them pitiful .

Knowing that his feelings and the Heroes’ wills were all made-up, Baal felt anger boiling up inside him .

Baal clenched his fists . It was then .

Kwaaaaaa-!

A huge sword of magic power shot up to the sky, almost reaching Baal’s feet . The sword couldn’t cut Baal, but it succeeded in cutting the hem of his clothes .

Baal furrowed his brows and looked down .

“Get down from there, you bastard!”

A girl was waving her fist around angrily . He instantly recognized her as Chae Nayun . Seeing her, a chuckle escaped his mouth .

Baal tried to constrain Chae Nayun, just like he did with Kim Suho . However…

Tzzzt—

A fierce frictional sound rang out as two magic powers clashed with each other . Sparks crackled into the air before a clear sword strike cut across Baal’s chest .

“… . !”

A pang of pain rose up to Baal’s head . Baal looked down at his chest, now bloodied, then turned to the direction the sword strike came from .

There, he saw Kim Suho aiming his sword at him . He had escaped Baal’s shackles before he noticed . Misteltein was glowing gold . By the looks of it, Kim Suho had cut Baal’s Authority with only his sword .

“…How?”

Baal became curious . But he soon arrived at his answer . In truth, he didn’t even need to think . It was too obvious . Baal knew Kim Suho was the main character and that he himself was just a ‘final villain’ to be defeated by him .

Baal was filled with rage again . Everything happening at this moment and the next… he couldn’t help but wonder if everything was just following a script .

—!

Baal roared and drew another pentagram in the air .

As the second pentagram formed itself, more and more demons appeared . A large army thus descended from the Demon Realm .

**

[Essence of the Strait, Underground Bunker]

Members of the Chameleon Troupe gathered in an instant . Looking at them, I shrugged somewhat proudly . I spent many years of my life with them, but this was the first time I called them all personally .

“Where are we?”

Kaita and Yoo Kyunghwan looked around the bunker curiously .

“Ah~ That must be that Dimensional Entropy~”

“Looks like it . ”

Jain and Setryn walked towards the [Dimensional Entropy] . The Chameleon Troupe’s sole magician, Hirano Arashi, showed interest in it as well .

“… . ”

On the other hand, I kept my eyes on Boss . I met her eyes, hidden deep underneath her hoodie, and asked, “Are you okay?”

Boss nodded silently and glanced at Yoo Yeonha who was standing by me . She looked somewhat bothered . Yoo Yeonha must have felt it too as she let out a dry cough .

“Kuhum, hello, I’m Yoo Yeonha . ”

Yoo Yeonha introduced herself . Boss looked back and forth between Yoo Yeonha and me . But we didn’t really have time to waste . The black water droplets that had been falling from the ceiling bubbled up and came together to form a figure .

—Crayoghoak-!

A 5-meter-tall human-like thing appeared . Its body was muscular, but its face was oval with only eyes and a mouth . It opened its mouth and roared .

—Craaaaaa-!

The Chameleon Troupe eyed the creature curiously . It let out another roar, its black teeth glistening .

I smirked and murmured .

“It must be some kind of a liquid monster . ”

At the same time, I checked what it was using [Observation and Reading] .

[Rank 72 Devil – Andromalius]

My smile disappeared immediately . Rank 72 . Although it was ranked last among the 72 devils, it was still a devil nonetheless .

“I guess so~ This guy’s teeth are kinda pretty, don’t you think~? Almost like obsidian . I can have them, right~? Can you make me a necklace with them~?”

Jain took out a dagger with a grin . Setryn also hopped in .

“Give me half . I want one too . ”

—Drgonak Kazhack-!

The liquid monster shouted again .

“I’ll make whatever you want . Just make sure to capture it for me . ”

“Okay~”

I left it to the Chameleon Troupe and used [Constraints and Amplications] on the Dimensional Entropy .

*Koooong—!”

The second amplification made the celestial bodies shake .

—Craaaaa-!

At that moment, the liquid monster charged forward . However, Boss and Jin Yohan quickly stepped forward and stopped it . While they tied it down, Jain and Setryn’s daggers flew out .

[Dimensional Entropy] activated amidst this chaos .

**

[Korean Borders]

“…Oi, Chae Joochul . ”

Heynckes spoke from behind Chae Joochul .

Chae Joochul focused on circulating his magic power without looking back . Morax was still alive and kicking, quite literally as it stomped from one corner of the Korean peninsula to another .

“Joochul, that’s enough . ”

Heynckes smiled bitterly and looked up at the sky burning with a dark red hue .

‘That’s enough . ’ These two words could be interpreted in two ways . One was that they performed well . The other was that they could no longer stop Morax’s advance .

Over 30,000 Heroes had participated in this sudden battle, and its end was now clear .

Heynckes had lost and so had Chae Joochul . They stood a chance when Baal and Morax first descended . But when Baal’s second summoning completed, everything changed . The tide of battle turned, and they weren’t in a place where they could freely fight .

—Uaaak!

—Kuaaa!

A massacre was breaking out around them . The Heroes couldn’t withstand the onslaught of Baal’s army . Overwhelmed in sheer number and strength, the Heroes couldn’t do anything about it .

“I’ll buy as much time as I can . ”

Heynckes raised his sword and walked forward . Chae Joochul finally took a look at Heynckes, who was imbuing his steel armor with more magic power .

“You deal with the army however you can . At the very least, you have to save your granddaughter . ”

—Kuaaak!

Meanwhile, screams of Heroes continued to break out . Fresh blood dyed the ground red, and severed limbs lay everywhere like rocks .

Chae Joochul gave Heynckes a solemn look .

“This isn’t a matter that can be resolved just by us retreating . ”

Heynckes shook his head in response, “But that doesn’t mean we can all die . If we retreat, a time will come when we can fight back . ”

Click— A metallic ringing resounded, and Heynckes equipped a helmet . It was part of the Steel Armor Heynckes was so proud of . Looking at this, Chae Joochul muttered quietly .

“…Are you not worried about the side-effects?”

Heynckes smirked from hearing Chae Joochul’s show of worry . He then gathered up his magic power .

Chae Joochul furrowed his brows . He could tell Heynckes was using every bit of his remaining lifeforce in this moment’s ‘Steel Spirit’ .

“I’ll take care of my matters myself . You retreat with the warriors who are still alive…?”

At that moment, a strange, mystifying happening occurred .

Jiiing—!

A beam of light shot up from the ground . Soon, even more beams shot up .

Shooooo… .

The brilliant lights broke through the battlefield and traveled upwards into the sky .

“What’s… . ”

Both the demons and the Heroes paused momentarily, curious about the unknown light .

For a split moment, everyone was staring at the beams of light . And a few seconds later, something else appeared from within the light .

Guooo… .

The sound of an engine erupted from the sky . A huge shadow was cast over one end of the battlefield to the other . The shadow soon covered the entire wilderness where the battle was taking place, and the Heroes all tilted their heads upwards .

—This is Genkelope . We have arrived on the orders of the Ship Commander . We will now commence supporting fire .

[Genkelope Vessel], a spacecraft created by science several levels above that of Earth, appeared through the clouds .

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