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At the mont he spent half of his Divine Power...
"Ah, ugh, cough!"
Through Amorphous Chaos, YuWon found Danpung sitting on the throne and stumbled, coughing as if he could barely breathe.
In the face of YuWon's sudden reaction, Hercules and Pandora hurriedly ran towards him. Although it was only an instant, that mont felt longer than ever for YuWon.
"Amorphous existence endlessly repeating destruction and creation."
A voice resonated in YuWon's mind.
Who was it?
He rembered.
Shub-Niggurath.
It was when she broke the wall that separated the Tower and entered.
"Now, he will find his form and appear before us..."
"Please, we ask you not to aim your fangs at us."
She seed to know Danpung's true identity.
Still, she ca.
Perhaps, in the worst case, she ca prepared to fight even against Danpung.
'She must have judged that she could win.'
In the slowly flowing ti, various mories passed through YuWon's mind.
"Nothing will change."
This was also Shub-Niggurath's voice.
When was this?
It wasn't the first ti. It wasn't a mory from the future either.
No...
It wasn't YuWon's mory.
"The Phoenix dies and is reborn from the ashes, but its embers don't light up the sky from the beginning. You are the sa."
Rebirth...
Who?
'Does she an Danpung?'
She seed wary of Danpung. Danpung died once and was reborn through an egg.
"In my eyes, you are still a child. Your enormous power and greatness have collapsed, and the power your Na had has faded, leaving only a shell of your true Na."
True Na...
A single Na that is the essence of existence, which no one else can take.
Danpung had lost everything, and only that Na remained.
"Everything is correct, but there is one thing wrong."
'Is it my voice?'
It was evident that the one who had spoken with Shub-Niggurath was himself.
That was sothing he expected.
He didn't rember cutting Shub-Niggurath's throat or taking away her Na.
That ant that during that ti, he had been acting as soone else.
And this conversation now was a dialogue between that "soone" who could be Danpung and Shub-Niggurath.
"The True Na (Jinmyeong) is not a shell but the core. Your many nas that you cling to are just that."
A Na?
How important was it?
"They are just a pretty and deceptive shell."
Why did they cling to it so much?
"The power of the na is- #@#,......"
After that, the voice barely heard.
Was it because he spent too much Divine Power in an instant, or was it a mistake to try to see through Amorphous Chaos?
The conversations with Shub-Niggurath didn't return to YuWon's mind anymore.
As consciousness slowly faded...
In the last mont, YuWon thought.
Kim Danpung (Autumn Leaves).
If he had known he was such an amazing guy, he would have given him a more respectful na.
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Flash-!
Baaang-!
A golden spear cut through the sky.
For a mont, it seed like the world was split in half. A golden spear divided the sky in two for a brief mont.
And The Goat Who Gives Birth to Madness, being pierced by that spear, finally fell to the ground.
Thud!
At the fall of the goat, Zeus held his breath for a mont.
But that didn't last long either.
Shwaaaaah-.
Suddenly, an oppressive atmosphere squeezed his breath.
The feeling that everything in the world turned into an enemy, strangling his neck. The sky, shining in gold, turned black, and the earth dried up and cracked.
Perverse Fertility Deity.
This was Shub-Niggurath's second na, taken by Foolish Chaos.
"That Na is a bit difficult to handle as well, I must say."
Unlike "The Goat Who Gives Birth to Madness," destroyed by Vishnu, "Perverse Fertility Deity" had a complete form.
Naturally, the more power he used, the more the Na would expand, squeezing Zeus's breath even tighter.
Snap-.
Zeus's skin tore.
Zeus no longer had the strength to stop it.
Or rather...
"...So it was there all along."
Zap-.
"What...?"
When Zeus's figure suddenly disappeared, Foolish Chaos looked around in surprise.
Where did he go?
"There was only one chance."
Puuk-.
"...!"
Foolish Chaos's body twisted with the impact he felt in his stomach.
Zeus's hand, which he had lost sight of for a mont, had pierced Foolish Chaos's body.
"...Luckily, I caught it."
Chance.
It seems that the opportunity he referred to was the fact that Foolish Chaos suddenly used its great power.
While he was fighting The Goat Who Gives Birth to Madness.
Zeus kept looking for Foolish Chaos's location and waited for a brief mont of opportunity.
Kwak-.
Zeus, who had pierced Foolish Chaos's stomach, clenched his fist.
"Kugh..."
Despite having many Nas, he was also a living being with a body. The pain of having his body pierced and torn from the inside would never be light.
However...
"...It's useless."
Zeus still didn't know him very well.
Pain alone wasn't enough to kill him.
The death of an Outer. Among them, his death was different from that of normal life forms in the Tower.
"Boasting about having a chance after piercing through my body? Isn't that too arrogant?"
"Don't worry..."
Sweat ran down Zeus's forehead.
"Now is the beginning."
Craaack-le-!
Bum-!
The Lightning Bolt emitted from Zeus's hand swept across the body of Foolish Chaos and rose into the sky.
What he had just experienced was a level of impact he had never felt before. Although 'Perverse Fertility Deity' continued to wither and kill Zeus's body, he showed no concern for the changes his own body was undergoing as if they were re nuisances.
"Do you want us to die... together?"
"The death of you will an the disappearance of that 'Na,' right?"
Foolish Chaos and Zeus's eyes t.
Although Zeus's body was clearly dying, his pupils burned more intensely than ever.
'This is dangerous.'
Instinctively, the warning signal lit up.
That Lightning Bolt was dangerous.
It was a type of power completely different from the Lightning Bolt he had seen so far.
He had to get out of there.
Chop-!
Foolish Chaos grabbed Zeus's hand. It was to push away Zeus's hand that sohow pierced through his body and to expel the force of the Lightning Bolt that began to flow into his body.
But...
"I didn't tell you..."
Craaack-!
The Lightning Bolt emitted from Foolish Chaos's body spread in all directions.
"I seized the opportunity."
"Ugh..."
Foolish Chaos groaned at the force of the Lightning Bolt spreading throughout his body.
This wasn't just painful.
Zeus made it clear.
The death of you will an the disappearance of the 'Na.'
["The Wandering and Cunning Spirit" is annihilated by the "Lightning Bolt"]
["The Child Who Cannot Cry" is annihilated by the "Lightning Bolt."]
["The Serpent That Treads the Earth"...]
[...]
The Nas were disappearing.
Although Foolish Chaos tried to stop it sohow, he couldn't.
Zeus burned his own Lightning Bolt to erase the Nas within Foolish Chaos.
Zeus's pupils narrowed.
If possible, he wanted to leave a fatal mark on that Na.
It seems that he first had to eliminate the small Nas that overlapped in that Na.
"You had accumulated many ugly Nas."
"Zeus...!"
The force of Zeus's Lightning Bolt was clearly extraordinary.
That power was enough to instantly turn hundreds or thousands of Naless Outers into ashes and destroy them.
Nas.
It was sothing that, although only written with words and letters, ant the essence for the Outers.
From the mont he realized that fact, Zeus set out to erase the Nas Foolish Chaos had.
"Do you really think you can kill just with that?"
"If I can't, at least I can weaken you."
Craaack! Craaack-le-!
The Lightning Bolt struck and erased the Nas.
"Perverse Fertility Deity" was still in effect. On Zeus's earth-colored face, Foolish Chaos realized that he was determined to die.
"Grrr... Aaah!"
[The 'Darkness of Lost Dreams' is annihilated by the 'Lightning Bolt']
[The 'Lost Calf' is annihilated by the 'Lightning Bolt']
[The 'Buried in Desperation...']
[...]
The more the Lightning Bolt roiled through the body, the more nas disappeared from Foolish Chaos.
From the smallest Nas to the largest.
Zeus was trying to die alongside him.
"I tell you, there is... a way for you to survive."
Hope of survival.
Sweet words stirred before his eyes.
First, if he were to stop at that point, he shouldn't have started in the first place.
"You need..."
Coff...
The words didn't continue.
The Lightning Bolt, created using the vitality of the body, was like squeezing a dry towel.
Moreover, 'Perverse Fertility Deity' continued to corrupt Zeus's body.
Crack-!
Zeus grabbed Foolish Chaos's body with his other hand. As if he couldn't afford to let go.
"There is..."
What a terrible guy
He was amazing.
Even if he was a High-Ranker with great physical strength, he should have lost consciousness and fallen.
No, he should have overco that state long ago.
Despite that...
Craack!
'What kind of power is this?'
Foolish Chaos couldn't free himself from Zeus's hand in any way.
Whether it was the force gripping the pierced flesh in the body or the force holding the shoulder.
It was stronger than usual, certainly not weaker.
What the hell was going on?
"...More."
It was at that mont...
Zeus's voice, tilting his head, began to murmur sothing quietly.
Silence...
"A bit more..."
A voice that ca out along with the sound of grinding teeth.
What was he murmuring?
Crack!
As his consciousness clouded, Zeus forced strength into his gums and hands. If there was no more Arcane Power left in his body, he burned his bones and flesh to use them as firewood to generate lightning.
Crack, crack!
The skin of the body tore, and a Golden Lightning Bolts sprouted from within the cracks.
The Lightning Bolt devoured flesh and blood. The pain was indescribable, but it was the only way Zeus could increase his power at that mont.
'If this body is going to die anyway...'
With no strength to resist further, his head fell on its own.
The pupils falling downward gradually lost their luster.
'It wouldn't be a waste to burn this body.'
Erasing Foolish Chaos's Na.
That was the goal in coming here, but his Na was surrounded by too many other Nas.
'However, I don't want my body to burn uselessly.'
That was pride.
As the King of Olympus who had lived for thousands of years, he wouldn't die in vain.
Craack, craaack!
'So please...'
In the last mont...
Zeus's eyes, dying for his pride, shone again with splendor, and Lightning Bolts burst from within Foolish Chaos's body.
-Aaah!
Contemplating the figure of Foolish Chaos screaming...
['Foolish Chaos' is damaged by the 'Lightning Bolt']
Zeus continued with the wish he had desired so many tis for a mont.
'Please endure a bit more.'
As they say, after the storm cos the calm.
The candle burned brighter just before extinguishing.
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