Descent (4)
Ryu Han-bin caught his breath and concentrated.
Fortunately, his body had completely recovered. He was full of Aura.
Kybriel’s power brought him back to perfect condition, and the reckless attacks of Leon Hart, Effir, and Artis gave him time to rest.
He couldn’t miss that opportunity!
-Valtara’s Fighting Spirit!
All of his Aura was compressed into one point and spread to infinity. Ninety percent of the fighting spirit turned into a huge fire that wrapped around his body.
“Ugh!”
Han-bin’s fair skin cracked again, and blood permeated. It was because the remaining 10 percent of the Aura became uncontrollable and destructive, damaging his body.
Omphalos clicked his tongue.
“That must hurt.”
He couldn’t help it.
Ryu Han-bin himself was back in the best condition.
But the Four-Power Conversion Belt remained unavailable.
Even the Goddesses of Latna couldn’t control the magic tools created by Omphalos. It was useless unless it had cooled down since it had already been used to fight against Garhan.
‘I can’t use the Heavenly Sword.’
Nevertheless, that was probably the reason why Kibie deliberately kept the Devil in check.
‘While she was getting pushed back, she wanted us to gear up for a fight.’
Han-bin shouted at the man in front of him.
“Come at me, you talkative being!”
For a moment, Omphalos burst into laughter.
“It’s the first time I’ve heard such a unique description of me.”
He aimed his Gigant at the incarnation of the Devil.
“You’re a god, aren’t you?”
Omphalos tilted his head, confused by his question.
Han-bin continued.
“I mean, isn’t your whole body full of divine power?”
Ryu Han-bin dashed forward.
Boom!
Fully concentrated, he executed the Valtara’s Hack.
A scarlet wave cut through the air.
An invisible skill had also been activated, following the concentration of Aura.
-Skill of the Absolute: Lord Throughout Heaven and Earth!
Omphalos’s eyes shook for a moment.
“Hmm?”
He raised his right hand lightly.
The finger of the Devil and the sword of the Sword King clashed.
Han-bin was shoved away not long after, his attack being blocked with ease.
“Argh…!”
Falling through the air, Ryu Han-bin groaned.
A beam of light then turned into a chain and strangled him.
The divinity-controlling skill certainly engulfed the incarnation of Omphalos.
His strength was actually suppressed.
Maybe… for about 0.1 seconds?
The duration was too short to do anything.
The Devil was shaken for a while, not because of the power of the Lord Throughout Heaven and Earth.
“You… Are you one of the chosen?”
He looked up at Ryu Han-bin, seemingly thinking deeply about his existence. He soon found the situation incomprehensible.
“That’s weird. You aren’t on the list?”
Of course, he thought Han-bin was from Latna. Hence, he didn’t even think about it carefully.
Upon inspection, however, Han-bin certainly had a Guideline.
It was Omphalos’s power.
“Were you missed? Your Guideline is a bit weird, though.”
But the question wasn’t long.
The incarnation of the Devil soon calmed his nerves. It was nothing but a trifle.
The chain of light strangled Han-bin even more violently.
“Ugh! Ugh!”
Omphalos looked back at Kibie, leaving the Sword King struggling.
“What did you expect? Did you think the power I gave him would work against me?”
Kibie smiled bitterly.
“It worked, right?”
That was right.
Though it was just for a very short time, it worked.
Just as a sword made by a blacksmith could stab the blacksmith, and just as those who betrayed the Goddesses used spiritual arts in their name, Omphalos wasn’t completely immune to his own strength.
“It didn’t do much.”
Omphalos shrugged.
In this situation, even if the opponents were the six Goddesses of Latna, it wouldn’t have worked anyway.
The power to control divinity didn’t guarantee the death of a god. On the contrary, it was just a faint glow.
The ability to seize the most obvious opportunity after countless struggles and to only succeed if they tried in anticipation of miracles and good luck…
“How could it work if you used it so blatantly?”
Suddenly, Kibie’s expression changed.
“No, that was enough.”
Her smile went from wry to remorseful.
“As expected, Han-bin is great. He’s reliable.”
* * *
Countless shadows stretched from Kibie’s feet.
Boom!
Dozens, hundreds, and thousands of darkness raced over the basin, covering the entire place.
They reached Han-bin’s party, the Upper Draconium’s Ancient Dragons, and the knights.
Darkness broke the magic that bound them.
“Oops!”
“Woo, we can move!”
The skill ‘Lord Throughout Heaven and Earth’ worked for only a moment, but that was enough for Kibie.
She skimmed off his magic’s radiance through a very brief gap and planted the darkness of Latna, which then became shadows that connected everyone.
It was also linked to the night of the world, creating a long path!
“That’s…”
Omphalos frowned.
“… The Path of Shadows?”
The power of the great Kybriel to communicate from darkness to darkness.
“I certainly don’t have the power to do anything to you, Omphalos.”
In a heroic tone, Kibie continued.
“But I can keep my children away from you!”
The basin fluctuated violently. Those connected to the shadows began to disappear.
She was a Goddess.
She loved all creatures and treated all fairly.
Therefore, the more precious people were, the more they were pushed back.
The most repulsive yet irresistible, Upper Draconium’s Ancient Dragons were the first to disappear through the shadowy path.
The knights of the Kaldris and Mado Kingdom, too, slipped through the darkness.
She then took care of her precious colleagues.
Plater, Artis, Effir, and Leon Hart.
There were only two people left.
Ryu Han-bin and Kibie, who were postponed to the end because they were the most precious, were the only ones.
“You can’t do that!”
Omphalos, who had stood in place until that moment, doing nothing but provoking them, finally stepped up.
In an instant, he charged towards Kibie. The power of the mighty Devil quickly subdued her darkness.
“I don’t know anything else, but I can’t let you go. I’m sure you’ll be annoying in the future.”
The chain of light wrapped around Kibie’s neck and lifted her.
“Ugh!”
Despite the pain, Kibie concentrated her remaining strength, barely reaching Ryu Han-bin’s foot.
‘All right, let’s get everyone off with this…’
At that moment, Han-bin jumped out of the shadows!
“Yay!”
Thanks to that, the path she prepared was also blown away.
Kibie screamed in disbelief.
“Hey! Why did you avoid it?!”
He shouted in reply, “What happens to you if I leave too?”
“This is not the time to worry about me!”
“If I’m not worried about you now, when should I?”
Holding his Gigant, he threw himself at Omphalos.
“Haaaaaaaaaa!”
* * *
Ryu Han-bin also acknowledged it.
The gap between Omphalos and him was huge. There was no way they could defeat him if they just joined forces.
Hence, he did what he could.
-Lord Throughout Heaven and Earth!
An invisible force struck Omphalos.
Of course, he knew it wouldn’t work, but there was something he looked forward to.
‘She told me that 0.1 second was enough.’
It was a failure.
Omphalos didn’t allow even that short instant.
“What made you think it would work twice?”
‘Then!’
Han-bin didn’t give up.
“I just have to create that gap myself!”
“What are you talking about?”
“Shut up, you son of a bitch! You talk so much!”
The Swordsmanship of the Sword King combined with Dog-Beating Swordsmanship poured out fiercely through Gigant. Countless attacks cut the Devil.
Omphalos didn’t move.
He didn’t prevent nor avoid them.
He just took everything head-on.
Boom, boom, boom!
In the heatwave, the incarnation of the Devil stirred his finger.
“Your vessel is amazing, but your mind is useless, tsk.”
“I’m not done yet!”
Although he couldn’t use the Heavenly Sword, he still had an ultimate skill.
“Argh!”
The three Valtara’s Swords unfolded at the same time.
Ryu Han-bin’s skills, which had been honed by his strength alone, aimed for the heart of the Devil!
-Triple Cross Attack, Cross Impact!
Omphalos didn’t avoid it either.
Instead, he was laughing.
“You’re trying too hard.”
He faced the attack calmly.
‘Ah…’
Han-bin was in despair.
In the end, Gigant’s blade couldn’t even touch his opponent’s hair.
He couldn’t do anything before a god’s power.
“Shit…”
Korean curses flowed out of his mouth after such a long time.
Instinctively, his right hand moved.
Han-bin’s reasoning told him to give up, but his disciplined body and soul didn’t allow it.
He lifted his sword and stretched it out casually. A normal attack was delivered against Omphalos.
At the same time, Gigant disappeared.
His right arm, which held the weapon, also disappeared.
Ryu Han-bin himself followed suit in that trend soon after.
All that existed was the sharp galactic sword and the apparition of the man holding it.
The Heavenly Sword, which could only be invoked through a pure Valtara’s Fighting Spirit, was activated despite his fighting spirit being infested with impurities.
-Heavenly Sword Diastima.
It was still a formidable offensive, but it could be avoided or prevented.
The problem was that Omphalos did neither.
“What?”
Still, there was no way he could have expected it.
A sea of light unfolded, pushing the Devil back by nearly a few meters.
Han-bin was embarrassed.
‘What’s this? What happened?’
He had been practicing the Heavenly Sword countless times, but he had never done something like that before.
The pushed Devil raised his hand and touched his cheek.
There was a slight wound on it, and his radiant blood was flowing.
‘What’s this?’
It was only a small scratch, but he damaged the body of a god.
Thanks to that, the chain of light broke. Kibie was freed again.
‘I don’t know…’
With a hasty kick away from his waist, she unfolded the Path of Shadows again.
“Think later!”
In an instant, the shadow grabbed Ryu Han-bin’s feet.
“Run, Han-bin!”
He didn’t avoid it this time.
Darkness enveloped the two and dragged them to the night sky.
Ryu Han-bin and Kibie had completely disappeared.
* * *
Omphalos, who was left alone, frowned.
“Damn it. You escaped.”
He was dumbfounded.
That ability didn’t exist in the Guidelines provided to the chosen ones.
Regardless, he cheered up.
He had already achieved his objective.
Missing a goddess didn’t necessarily mean she could become a threat. It just meant a little more annoyance.
“Well, isn’t that a big deal?”
Looking up at the sky, the Alien God smiled with delight.
“Come, my children.”
External beings entered from the cracks.
“This land has been reserved for you.”
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