221. Fate Changed
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Sasasac!
As the ice runs endlessly across the ground, the distance between the apostle and the apostle gradually narrows.
I could feel the apostle moving as if he was trying to run away from me, but since I had caught his presence, I had no intention of missing it.
And finally, I reached
good.
When the ice suddenly broke, I also straightened my body and slightly narrowed my eyes.
“…”
And at once, they recognize the presence of the apostles surrounding them on all sides.
All in the form of strange monsters.
A gargoyle embracing white light, an ogre with skin dyed red and in a state of berserk, a troll with five arms… In addition, I saw an apostle in various forms.
The number of apostles that can be felt is eight.
The apostle who retrieved the traces of power existed beyond that, as if being protected by those apostles.
“An apostle wearing a human mask…”
What I could see was an apostle with a human appearance. It also took the form of a little silver-haired girl.
“Don’t you dare think you can run away.”
It was cold, but I thought it had to be finished in a short time. I was already digging into a shape that protruded from the wire into a large hole.
Enemies among enemies.
I could feel it just by looking at the group of apostles who were waiting in ambush.
As soon as he finished thinking, he raised his sword and kicked the ground at once.
At the same time, countless pieces of ice that were manifested according to the will began to fall in all directions like heavy rain.
Sha-sha-sha-sha-sha-shak!!
“Quoo!”
“Ugh… … !”
***
Stand up!
The head of a red ogre that is separated from the body and floats in the air.
However, the ogre’s head never reached the ground.
As it floats in the air, it crumbles and scatters into the atmosphere like fine powder.
And at the same time, the very existence of the apostle disappears with a very small trace.
Saaa
The ‘apostle’, who had the form of a girl but was never a human, captured the scene that was close to the mystery with his eyes.
‘The power of a human being that this can be compared to mighty beings.’
Anastasia.
I don’t know how many times I remembered that name. And now that the longed-for moment had arrived, I felt weaker than I had imagined. Even so, the presence captured my senses very strongly.
As a strange accident continued, I knew it naturally.
The human essence in front of me now. Anastasia didn’t show her full strength right now.
Even so.
…The sight of a mere human dealing with as many as eight apostles and showing their power alone to overwhelm them was the height of unreality.
Quaang!
Even though the tails of the dragon race that will split the ground try to break the ice wall with intense force, humans with chills wrapped around the ice wall that can never be broken through, walk through the eight apostles and demonstrate overwhelming power.
Huge destruction as if it would mercilessly crush space.
Passasak.
damn… !
Even though the level of the apostles surrounding humans is not low, most of them are unable to inflict even the slightest scratch on the human body… .
dying one by one
cooong!
Saaa
A troll with a huge body was severed and tumbled across the ground, dying, and a gargoyle embracing the light, despite its absolute strength, was shattered into powder and scattered into the air.
The extreme freezing was executing the apostle so easily as if ignoring any conditions.
As I looked at them one by one, my heart was calm.
I just act according to orders.
I wasn’t even afraid of the death that would come to me as if it were certain, and I have no doubts about the outcome that will follow.
The orders given are absolute.
That, too, was a directive given by Lady Yusilia, who was on the throne among the nine apostles.
—-Enticing Anastasia, entangle her existence forever. that’s your mission
It is a directive, and at the same time, when I recall my mission, one side of my heart is once again dyed with great joy.
‘finally… .’
The moment finally arrived.
Great-!
With the sound of the ice breaking, Arachne’s legs were all shattered and she fell helplessly.
The appearance of the apostles dying with screams was heterogeneous, but rather made me realize the difference in existence.
‘It’s so insignificant.’
Although the eight apostles in my field of vision are like me, they are just inferior species.
That’s why there is no great meaning in existence even if it is alive or dead.
death without meaning.
In that sense, those apostles and I were completely different.
I received power, albeit weakly, from the mighty apostles, and Miss Yusilia gave me direct orders.
And now I’m perfectly ready to continue the order.
Looking back… it was a very long time.
To think I had to spend years for just one moment.
And since I had been waiting for this moment, my heart was happy.
“… … !”
ㅡ!
The ghastly glow of human eyes was now completely out of the human category.
As his blue hair turned completely white and he embraced the extreme cold, even the nearby air froze and even the last remaining apostle, Dyurahan, was driven to death.
coo!!
Even Dyurahan’s thoughts disappeared, and as soon as the white-colored armor fell to the ground, countless pieces of ice were scattered and the end was announced.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡ!
After all the eight apostles I had prepared died, waves of monsters rushed in to protect me.
But even that
It was fleeting.
Great!
damn!!
The sight of them freezing to death without even reaching Anastasia’s vicinity was quite mysterious.
Despite such a scene, I was able to look at it calmly.
With this, ‘all sacrifices’ were completed.
Along with the fragments of my power, the power of the eight apostles that left their mark on the ground. That will be the catalyst for my power.
And at the end, it will become a powerful force… It will bind that human here forever.
Sasasac!
As countless pieces of ice rushed down the blood-stained ground, he reached out his hand.
ㅡ!
The thoughts that spewed out swallowed the space as it was.
Before the ice even touches my hand, it disappears and disperses into the atmosphere.
“… !”
Unlike the way he executed the apostles without hesitation, when I narrowed my eyes, even that scene was laughable to me.
‘I wonder if he thought he could damage me that much.’
Even though my strength is not as strong as the nine absolute beings of the apostles… I am an apostle who has received different powers from the nine apostles.
It was different from the apostles who died without even leaving a trace on the ground.
ㅡOnly.
Because Anastasia was an apostle who lived to bind humans.
***
saaa
Anastasia’s whole body, which went beyond the first opening and even opened the second opening, was stained with pure white cold, and even the appearance had changed significantly.
The blue hair floating in the air was completely dyed white, and it wasn’t just the silky hair.
Eyebrows, pupils, lips, everything she possessed had turned white as if it had absorbed pure white light.
It looks like a human being made of ice.
In addition, the sword she held was reinforced with dozens of layers of ice, and she was expressing extreme cold herself.
Even though she was manifesting the power of ‘second opening’ that even the officers who had been on the front line with her for the past several years had not easily seen, Anastasia was hesitant.
‘how… .’
deja vu.
intimidation.
unnaturalness.
What are these sensations I feel?
A strange sensation that is hard to explain in words continued to flow through his body.
It became a sensation that could not be explained even with the five senses, and informed me of the crisis to come.
From the moment he executed the eight apostles and faced the main body of the apostle with strange powers, a sense of incongruity continued to rise throughout his body, and his thoughts deepened.
For sure.
There is something you don’t know.
Even now, the power that the apostle in human form could see was close to unheard of.
The slimy thoughts bursting out of his small hands engulfed the space, erasing the ice as it was.
I was returning all my attacks to nothing.
In addition, even the apostle’s presence did not feel like something to be wary of.
An apostle who just stood in his place and didn’t budge, just erasing the offensive that I could see.
“… … .”
Even with the secondary opening, in the end, I had to think of the next move.
softly… .
Gradually raise both hands in front of you and grab the sword body you were holding with both hands.
“…”
Even when you open your mouth, the breath that leaks out decorates the air in pure white and calms you down.
Blasphemy!
As if the air reacted to my will, pure white light gathered so that my hands were cold. And as if the cold air that enveloped me collapses, it loses its shape.
And the cold air that lost its shape began to float in the air and surround me.
Chi Chi Chi Chi!!
In the gap of vision, as if the space was distorted with a rupture sound. The cold air dwelling in the sword body… condensed and embraced power.
‘If you can’t execute an apostle even with the power of the second opening… .’
It only crushes and crushes the apostle with a force stronger than that.
Even so, the apostle was still looking at my actions. It was the moment when he was about to develop his skills in the hope of erasing stronger powers if he could.
“… !”
ㅡIf you happen to encounter an apostle with a power you’ve never seen before, and an extremely powerful one, I’d like to ask you just once. Mr. Anastasia. I want you to avoid that place.
It was a voice that came to mind unconsciously.
I couldn’t even figure out why.
However, it restrained me as if I was trying to deploy the skill.
The faces of Cadet Han Chun-seong came to mind one after another.
Despite being a cadet, his understanding of the front line was extraordinary, and even I was a cadet who showed amazing growth.
And even though you told me that you could ask for it, the way you said to me as if you cared about me as a request that wasn’t a request… .
Slowly, the cold air that dwells in the sword takes shape again, and the foreshadowing of the skill disappears.
The ice wall that surrounded me completely faded, and the momentary gap was filled, and I began to build an absolute defense again.
“…uh?”
And then I saw it for the first time.
The apostle, who had been leisurely looking at me as if he was watching me, showed a different reaction.
Gently looking at the surroundings, I saw the bodies of the apostles that existed like a mountain of corpses.
All of them are located on the ground, leaving minute traces. And even the fact that that terrible thought remains as it is.
‘Was this?’
I realized it belatedly.
Unprecedented power that an apostle had radiated.
That it was manifesting power from the corpses of the apostles I had killed.
Carefully keeping his eyes on the apostle in human form, he recognizes signs of power as if they were engraved on his body.
good!
Spur the ground as it is, widening the distance.
…a voice that came out of nowhere.
And the serious face of Cadet Han Chun-seong.
In fact, it couldn’t have changed anything about my behavior.
But I thought the biggest thing was that my body ‘reacted’.
An incomprehensible bodily sensation that kept me out of death at any moment. I trusted my body, my senses.
‘Remembering the words of Cadet Han Chun-seong at this moment… .’
It was like my body was warning me with a sensation I couldn’t understand.
You should avoid this place.
While facing the apostle who must be killed, he said that he should not face it as it is… … .
There was no hesitation when the thought was decided in an instant.
swish
Turning the body, the power that was opened as it is is expressed in the air at once, as if exploding the space.
Awesome!!
As if destroying a monster in a radius of several tens of meters at once, leading it to death, it also expressed its strength to leave the spot immediately.
Sasasac!
And I could feel
…A bizarre scene of unbelievable thoughts swelling up.
“No—- I can!”
The space was greatly distorted with a grotesque cry that would tear the ears apart.
“… … !”
Even as I opened my eyes, I could see the space I had left me literally mingling with my swelling thoughts.
If I hadn’t deviated.
If only I had hesitated a little longer… … .
A bizarre and terrifying sight that even I would have been caught up in.
In the center, even the death of an apostle in human form… was visible.