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57 The Archduke of Jealousy (1)
light.
One of the essential elements of the world.
In the cradle where such light has completely disappeared, darkness deeper than pitch black begins to take its place.
The moment Spirena, whose legs were relieved of strength from the infinite fear she felt from him, sat down on the spot, Hwa-Ak!
The darkness that seemed to last forever dissipated in an instant, and the light returned to the cradle again.
With the sight slowly returning soon after,
“ Ah… … .”
Spirena’s eyes began to turn dazed.
The appearance of Zion entering her field of vision.
Its appearance was very ordinary.
The universe and stars that had just existed had disappeared without a trace, and the darkness surrounding them was nowhere to be found.
Also, I didn’t feel any power.
But even so, Spirena could not take her eyes off Sion.
Like a moth running towards the light.
Like a fanatic with a god in front.
Her gaze was forcibly fixed on Zion.
And it wasn’t just Spirena.
self-
All the spirits that exist in the cradle.
Those spirits also stopped moving and were looking at Zion.
As if worshiping Zion, who has newly set foot in the immortal realm.
However, Zion’s eyes were not on them, but out of the cradle.
‘I don’t have enough time.’
What was reflected in Shion’s eyes like that was the scene where Jellis, who reached right in front of Diena, raised her hand toward her.
At this rate, even if it moves at the highest speed, it will be late.
But that didn’t mean there wasn’t a way.
If time was not enough, it was enough to increase the time itself.
Grump!
With the sound as if the mainspring had been forcibly stopped, the flow of all time except for Zion began to slow down.
The power of negativity that has reached the Seven Stars of Heukseongha.
The power of negativity, which began to break free from the yoke of fate, was able to touch even areas that were impossible for common sense.
like this moment.
Quad Duck!
In the infinitely slowing time, the new type of Shion, which was shot at its original speed, broke the barrier that existed at the entrance of the cradle at once and jumped out.
And the slash that continues towards Jelles, who is waving her hand towards Diena right in front of her.
Scratch!
The moment Iklaxia cut off the Archduke’s arm without any resistance, quaang!
With the time it took to return to its original state, the new model of Jellys flew away and was thrown into the rubble.
Is it unreasonable to deny the passage of time as soon as we climbed into the 7 castle?’
When Shion, who had blown away the Grand Duke of Jealousy, felt his right arm getting a little stiff, and thought about it,
“… … Zion.”
A small voice came out of the mouth of Diena, who sat down beside her and looked at Shion with an unbelievable gaze.
What the hell happened?
Until recently, the hand of the demons that had been stuck there was tearing off Diena’s own neck, and she had already accepted her death.
But in an instant, things changed completely.
at that time,
“ Master! Why are you here so late!”
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Meanwhile, Riusina, who had escaped from Jellice’s power, turned to Shion and shouted.
Unlike usual, there was a slight sense of relief in her eyes.
And that was also proof that the situation up until now was urgent.
“ To meet someone.”
To be precise, it was a deity, not a human being, but Zion did not dare to say that.
“ People?”
When he was young, he had doubts about the eyes of Liusina and Diena.
“ Are you that Zion Agnes?”
Another voice was heard in Shion’s ear.
With him, a woman with purple hair, slowly walking out of the wreckage, regenerating her arms.
It was Jellis, Grand Duke of Jealousy.
“ I’ve been hearing a lot about it… … Is this your first time seeing this in real life?”
Unlike the leisure in the horse, there was little tension in the eyes of such demons.
She also didn’t know exactly how her arm was cut off and how she was thrown out.
All he knew for sure was that at that moment, time slowed down regardless of his will.
together,
‘ This feeling.’
Although he clearly showed no energy, the strange sense of alienation felt from that man was making Jellice’s hand stronger.
And Jellis didn’t just let that feeling go.
‘ Maybe when I killed Pride… … Did you really use only your own power?’
It couldn’t be.
Because there were too many strange things for that.
‘ I’ll have to find out for myself from now on.’
As long as you’ve come all the way here, battle was inevitable.
at that time,
“ Surprisingly. I didn’t expect to see you like this.”
Shion’s mouth was opened as he turned his head toward Jellice.
“ What?”
“ I thought I would die horribly while being chased by other archdukes like a dog at the horse station.”
“ You… … !”
Even though she knew it was a provocation, Jellis bit her teeth hard in the rising anger.
However, immediately suppressing his anger, the Archduke reached out a hand toward Zion.
“ Are you good at talking? Shall we see where he has the skills to say that?”
With those words, Jellis activates the power of jealousy from the beginning.
However, such Jellice’s power was not fully activated.
Whoops!
“ Then you will die before I see you.”
Because before that, the new version of Shion had already reached her right in front of her.
street denial.
It is not simply moving at high speed or jumping through space.
Spatial interference that negates the distance that exists between the two and makes the distance to zero.
Still, is he an archduke who has already risen to a demigod?
In response to such Zion’s movement, the Archduke immediately corrected the coordinates of his power.
Dude!
The space and time that begin to deviate precisely from Zion.
However, as if he had already known that this was going to happen, Sion strongly grabbed the left hand that focused on Heuk Seong-ha.
Let’s do it!
With the shock wave exploding from him, the power of Jellice shattered like a glass cage.
At the same time, the extinct light sword held in Shion’s right hand was swung.
“… … !”
Surprised by the scene where his power was so futilely broken, Jellis predicted the trajectory of Sion’s sword swinging, and then used his power to distort the path.
But,
Quazy!
As if it was of no use, Sion’s sword cut through the archduke’s shoulder.
It wasn’t like I just pierced the power head-on or slightly deviated from it.
sensory denial.
From the very beginning, Zion’s black Jellies flew in from the opposite direction where she had spread her powers, and it was because Sion denied her senses and made them mistake the sword’s trajectory.
Tuquaah
The new model of Jellis, whose eyes were so wide that it couldn’t grow any longer at the unbelievable phenomenon, flew backwards and was once again smashed into the rubble.
A line drawn along the trajectory of a belated flight and a terrifying shock wave bursting from it.
Before the imprisoned Archduke got up,
Quad Duck!
Shion, who appeared right in front of Jellys, slashed one leg and drove her head deeper into the floor.
“ Hey, this dog-like bastard!”
Close! Aww!
Jelles, who spit out abusive language at that humiliating posture, triggered all the power of his body at once and escaped from Sion’s feet.
Immediately, I wondered if the entire space around Jellis would be dyed purple, quaa!
It began to be shot toward Zion as it was, as it was fragmented into countless pieces infinitely.
A technique of jealousy that uses space itself as a weapon.
Therefore, its power could not even be compared with the space magic created by mortals as spells.
However, those pieces of space did no harm to Zion.
As if not realizing it,
Suga, go, go!
Fragments of space that elude Zion without even being able to touch one of them.
It wasn’t that Shion swung his sword to block it or put on a shield.
bum bum, bum bum.
Even though he was just moving slowly, unlike before, the pieces of space just passed by without matching Zion.
cognitive denial.
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And that influence was also affecting Jellis.
“ Hey, this is… … .”
Even though I’m clearly seeing it with my own eyes.
Even though I can clearly feel its presence.
I couldn’t quite recognize it.
As if the world itself had cast a curtain over the man in front of him.
Even such a sense gap continued even at the moment when Shion, who had come right in front of him, wielded his sword at Jellis.
‘No , you have to stop it!’
Although the jet-black sword that was clearly approaching him was reflected in his field of vision, his body did not move properly due to the sense of not recognizing it.
Scratch!
Shion’s Iklaxia passed by cutting off the opposite shoulder of the Archduke so naturally.
Originally, it was a sword attack aimed at the neck, but at the last moment, it was Jellis who managed to avoid it by forcing it as if pulling out her body.
“… … how!”
Sool from above
The Archduke immediately bounces backwards and at the same time activates his powers to scatter dozens of distortions, and Shion follows them all by slashing them.
“ How could it be that… … !”
Looking at Shion like that with tired eyes, Jellis muttered as if chewing on something.
With the current battle, Jellis was clearly aware that the opponent in front of him had reached the level of a demigod.
But Jellis himself was the same demigod, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Still, I couldn’t comprehend that I was being pushed so far.
Even if he was injured.
‘ For what the hell!’
Actually, the difference in power between Jelly and Shion was not that big.
No, to be precise, Shion, who had not even reached the height of the demigod for an hour, was in a more disadvantageous situation.
Nevertheless, the reason why Shion got the victory was simple.
‘ The difference between experience and application.’
Since the time of the Eternal Age, Shion has already fought countless battles with other immortals, and therefore knew well how to fight.
However, in comparison, Jellis in front of him had only a handful of experiences in battles with opponents of the same class.
In addition, she could never follow Zion in terms of power, application, and even in its use.
So, in a way, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the current situation was decided from the beginning.
But even so, Zion thought that he should not waste time.
‘ This pressure.’
Exactly when Heuk Seong-ha ascended to the 7th star, Shion was feeling the strange pressure that weighed on her body.
No, should we say that it is a constraint rather than a pressure?
It was something I didn’t feel at all until 6 stars.
‘ It’s not a constraint on Heukseongha itself.’
It has a broader scope than that, as if the world itself is putting restrictions on you.
‘ I don’t think there was anything like this in the past… … .’
Shion, who had been thinking up to that point, grabbed Iklaxia even stronger and erased that thought.
For now, I had to deal with Jellis first.
‘ Is it time?’
The enemies that Zion has dealt with since entering the chronicle had one thing in common.
When they were all at a disadvantage or on the verge of dying, they would awaken or make a final move while saying things like that from now on, it’s the real thing, and that they won’t spare any energy.
Perhaps the same is true of the Grand Duke in front of him.
And it seems that Zion’s prediction came true,
“ This… … The bloodline of Agnes to tear and kill!!!”
Jellis, who had become devastated, began to pour out an incomparable amount of power from her whole body, along with a cry filled with great anger.
Ded Ded Dude!
As a result, the surrounding world is distorted and numerous cracks are created.
“ From now on, everything will be completely different. I swear You here today… … !”
However, such words of the Grand Duke did not carry on to the end.
No, to be precise, the expression that I couldn’t raise all of my power was appropriate.
Previously,
Aww!
Because Zion’s sword had already pierced her heart.
“ I’m sorry, but I don’t intend to wait this time.”
Shion, who grinned at Jellis, who looked at her with blank eyes, denied her existence.
The power was activated through Iklaxia, which pierced the heart of the Archduke.