Episode 211 – The true appearance
It is still faint.
The same goes for the purple halo-like light, and the probability of me defeating the nightmare alone is also the same.
But.
There is a world of difference between an impossibility that does not exist at all and a possibility that is close to impossible.
If you see the possibility, you just rush like crazy to realize that possibility.
The halo floating about 11cm above the head becomes increasingly clear as time passes.
As you do this, the wounds on your entire body heal at a faster rate, and you feel omnipotent as if you can do anything.
The moment Halo was created, I realized it instinctively.
I just said that I surpassed humans not only in magical power but also in all aspects.
Its status as a living thing has risen vertically.
Halo, which was created with the Mana Circle in mind, was different from my plan and turned into something higher than the Circle.
Located outside the body, it seemed to connect me with the world.
Is it because I am absorbing the magical power of the world rather than the magical power inherent in my body and replacing it with my own power?
At this moment, the whole world was my sense organ.
Sky and earth, water, wind and fire were my eyes, ears and skin.
So it was naturally visible.
A world of illusions created by the power of nightmares. It was not just felt, it was seen.
This does not mean that the fantasy space of nightmares is poor.
Rather, it was so elaborate that it took my breath away. Although I instinctively recognized it, there was a reason why I was unable to shatter the illusion.
‘This is not a complete fantasy.’
This is, so to speak, augmented reality.
The fantasy of a nightmare and reality overlapped.
And that adds even more realism to the fantasy, making it difficult to recognize that it is a fantasy.
A fantasy so elaborate that it can barely be seen once it reaches this level. I didn’t hold the title of Four Heavenly Kings for nothing.
But.
‘If you can see it. It’s not difficult to break it.’
Due to the influence of Halo, the whole world became my senses and gave me strength, but rather than feeling dizzy, I felt refreshed.
The reason was simple.
Halo is a huge mana circle, a link connecting me with the world, and at the same time a computing device.
And the computing device understands all surrounding environments at an incredible speed, calculates them back, and provides the most correct answer.
It was no longer a calculation, but closer to the will of the world.
It was as if the sky was whispering to me, saying, ‘This is what you should do.’
So, following Halo’s whisper, I slowly extend my hand. Stretch out….
I just captured a ray of magic that was only visible to my eyes.
Originally, it was almost impossible to interfere with another person’s magical power.
In the first place, magical power is like a part of one’s own body.
Therefore, recklessly interfering with another person’s magical power was only possible if the person was fluent in magical power, or if the skill gap between the two was far superior.
Therefore, what was happening right now at my fingertips was clearly an anomaly.
Something that cannot happen based on common sense.
However, with the existence of Halo, it became possible to do so of course.
I am not good at magic. It is not overwhelmingly stronger than Nightmare.
However, due to the influence of Halo, all the magic power in the world was visible. The magic power permeating a single ray of wind and the magic power flowing along the water.
The magical power that creates the illusion of nightmares surrounding me.
I caught it when I saw it.
When I caught it, I just grabbed it and tore it apart.
Cheeek─!
A ray of magical power is torn away like a weed.
As soon as the magical energy was ripped away, I felt the nightmare hiding within the magical energy flinch.
However, the illusion that was torn away along with the magical power was quickly restored. There was no way Nightmare would leave that alone.
‘Then….’
Reach out again to the restored spot and grab the magic power.
And then, I began to flow my magic there.
Then, the purple magic power that began to mix with the dark red nightmare magic power quickly spread to all directions,
What a mess.
Cracks have begun to appear in the false sky.
It was located in every space where the purple magic passed, and after that, it grew on its own and repeatedly connected with gold that started in other places.
Wow!
It exploded in an instant.
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And the scenery outside comes into view.
Quaaang!
As expected, a battle was taking place outside.
“Oooooh——!”
Before we knew it, Jasangnam, who had torn off his shirt and exposed his muscles, jumped into the sky with a wild roar.
It seemed like he had the intention to crush his enemy, no matter who they were.
If a handsome man with that kind of size and muscle rushed at you, most people would be scared and run away.
But this time, Sangnam chose the wrong opponent.
That’s right, because Leon was the king of the Demon World, one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Leon did not back down at all. He threw out his strong fists instead.
That fist collided with Jasangnam’s fist.
Wow!
With a huge explosion, I was thrown back again.
If Dina had not stretched out her hand in a split second to protect the stabbed man’s arm with her magic, he would have lost the stabbed arm.
While Jasangnam is flying into the sky, Kania and Stia pull out their weapons and rush towards Leon.
Although those two people would never have joined forces against a distant enemy, they moved flexibly and crashed like waves as if they were one body.
This could have happened because they were strong people who had reached a certain level.
While everyone is fighting so fiercely.
The only person who realized that I had broken through the illusion was Dina.
Dina, who was checking the condition of Scarlett, who had already been beaten and stretched out, looked at me and smiled brightly.
Her But Her Her “Tadaima.” There was no time to give the same response.
That’s right. Because there were now two Four Heavenly Kings here.
Wow!
A nightmare suddenly appears from behind, swinging its sharp claws.
If I had not been able to avoid it, my body would have split like tofu.
However, even as he was looking at Dina, he was already aware of the nightmare’s movements thanks to Halo’s supernormal ability.
In addition, the scent of magical energy emanating from the nightmare showed in advance the trajectory of the arm it was swinging.
The realm of foresight beyond prediction.
Halo’s calculation function showed me how the magic power would move at the next moment, based on the current movement of the magic power and the slightest twist of the body, and the number of all possible cases.
Therefore, avoiding it was never difficult.
‘This….’
If I have this Halo, I can outsmart myself… No, I think we can discuss the odds of winning even against a strong player two levels higher.
I don’t know about the Demon Lord or the Demon God…. At least for now.
‘We win.’
As long as Leon doesn’t suddenly jump in this direction, Nightmare can be defeated alone.
By the time I finished calculating in my head, I was already swinging Durandal towards Nightmare.
An honest horizontal cut without any tricks or abilities.
But the sensation was different from usual.
It feels as if the process of “Cutting” Has disappeared and only the result of “Cutting” Remains.
Tuk.
As if to prove that statement, one of Nightmare’s many arms was rolling around helplessly on the floor.
Nightmare looks at me with a surprised expression, as if he didn’t feel much pain.
Then, here’s a question.
Illusion, the ability that allowed the nightmare to become what it is now, does not work on me.
So what happens to nightmares?
What would a nightmare be without nightmares?
The correct answer is….
“Die!”
“Gaaah.”
The weak spears fired in succession shoot out like a flash of light and pierce the nightmare’s body.
The nightmare screamed inconsolably and twisted its body in pain.
Just as I was about to finish him off by piercing his head.
Woah!
In an instant, the nightmare that covered his entire body with black clothes suddenly grew in size.
His body was a few heads taller than me, but now it’s the size of a car. Make it the size of a truck. As big as a house. And soon it grew like a mountain.
Grumble!
The black robe, which was also known for its size, disappeared in black fire and his ferocious whole body was revealed.
That’s… It was so disgusting and grotesque that I could never have even imagined it.
There is no trace of what it was like before.
Black veins are connected all over the body, and they change shape freely, sometimes like a blade, sometimes like a flail, sometimes like a hand.
And the body was covered with the facial skin of all kinds of monsters, beasts, and humans, and thick, black blood was constantly flowing toward the ground from countless black veins.
Chii Iik──.
When it hits the floor, it melts everything.
Grass, trees, even rocks.
‘This is the true face of nightmares….’
Only then did I feel the weight of the name Four Heavenly Kings.
A king who divided the heavens of the Demon World into four and was given one of them by the Demon King.
The Demon King is the current strongest in name and reality, and there is no way her insight could have been inaccurate.
And when Nightmare, the least powerful of the Four Heavenly Kings, reveals his true form, it means that Leon and the other Four Heavenly Kings appear even more monstrous.