An incomprehensible holy power surges forth.
Barely avoiding a threatening spear strike, Karia hastily retreated, unleashing test subjects from the dimension gate.
Years of meticulous work had been put into these test subjects…
“This isn’t the time to be careful!”
The so-called Outsider named Lily Elbrite was merely one of the Strong Humans.
In terms of strength, she was on par with Kazar, the Blood Fight Lord, or Birang, the Cloud Envoy.
Even at that level, she wouldn’t be able to contend with the mighty Three Lords.
THWACK!
“Ugh…!”
But the moment Lily donned the broken Ring, something changed.
It was as if her very existence transformed, radiating profound power that overwhelmed the Magic Lord.
No longer appearing human, she effortlessly flicked her spear, annihilating the test subjects in a single blow and severing Karia’s right arm from a distance.
An overwhelmingly powerful attack that pierced through all the ‘sacrifices’ absorbing the damage.
Not only that, it even obliterated all the magic surrounding her.
“She’s gone beyond anything… That Ring must hold something…”
A magical instrument?
A medium connecting to external power?
Or perhaps it contained mysterious powers…
“My neck hurts.”
Come down.
“AGHHHH!!”
KA-BOOM!!!!
Karia, floating in the air, was suddenly struck by a newly created Clone Spear and plummeted to the ground.
As she crashed down, she gritted her teeth and stared at the approaching woman.
With hair as white as snow and a spear flowing with holy power.
The pure white radiance expanding around her erased the darkness.
Finally…
“What last words do you have?”
Two blue eyes, radiating an aura that could consume even the light, glared at her.
Was this how the test subject in a test tube felt?
Crunch.
Realizing in an instant that she had fallen from predator to prey, Karia glared at Lily in outrage.
“Ha, haha… You’re so full of yourself… If you truly came to stop me by Arne’s command, you shouldn’t kill me.”
“……”
“Do you really think the Duke Huangyeol would allow you to kill me? Nonsense. No matter how crazy Arne is, she wouldn’t kill me—”
SMACK!
“Guh, Urgh…!”
“Why don’t you believe what people say?”
CRUNCH!
“…!”
“I came here of my own accord.”
She twists the White Guardian embedded in her left arm.
Karia screams in agony, thrashing about as the contorted spear scatters holy power.
“Ah, AAAAAAH!!!”
The holy power within her, confronted by its natural enemy, unleashed an attack against it.
Of course, the magic did the same, but the sheer volume was different.
It was the same, but the total amount was different.
If Karia’s magic is a flowing stream, my current holiness is a wave.
It wasn’t something that could be sustained with a handful.
Pssss…
The body is burning, and the soul is fading.
There are only about 10 seconds left for the successor’s casket.
But that’s more than enough time to erase the ‘self’ of a single soul.
‘If it were the past, I would seal it and use it.’
But it’s not worth it.
5 seconds.
“S-saaaah…!”
4 seconds.
“Ugh… ah…”
Izzy is gradually disappearing, and the magic contained in my body is slowly losing its darkness.
Just a little longer…
“I won’t kill you. You’ll just be reborn…”
“How pathetic.”
Kwahahahaha!!!
A sword strike flies in.
It’s a size that’s hard to even call just a sword strike.
The violet sword strike, larger than the castle itself, came crashing down on me.
“Tch.”
I pulled a spear from Karia’s left arm and blocked the sword strike.
Gently.
“…?!”
“You managed to find your way here.”
The sword strike, powered by the sword saint, was literally ‘tapped’ away, and I looked down at the White Guardian, who had lost most of his sacred power.
Creak!
At the same time, the successor’s casket above my head completely shattered.
It’s over.
The sword saint, who had been far away, approached me.
But perhaps shocked by how my previous attack was neutralized, he kept a considerable distance and remained on high alert.
“…How did you do that to the Magic Lord?”
“Nothing special.”
Right now, total ‘annihilation’ is impossible, so I just made it close to annihilation.
It would be nice to seal it, but there’s no power or special weapon for that, and above all, it’s not worth it.
‘A woman using the byproduct of the demon race.’
Although she was born with the innate talent to accept and use magic well, that’s all there is to it.
This level doesn’t really offer much compared to the countless monsters sealed in weapons in the past.
Less than even Karabus, who was a mere crab monster, let alone a pharaoh.
‘…Speaking of which, I also have to release Karabus soon.’
I haven’t used the White Guardian since obtaining it after it was broken and repaired by the copycat.
I should check on the successor’s casket again if I need to use it soon.
‘But…’
Something has been noisy on one side since a while ago.
It feels like I’ve forgotten something…
“…Ah.”
“Lady Lily?”
“Lily is kinda scary.”
“OMG, what the hell?”
“Lily seems like she’s changed as a person.”
“Is it a job penalty?”
“Wow, an angel!”
“Was she really an angel?”
“This feels like some crazy sadistic stuff; shouldn’t we have a 19+ tag?”
“Ugh.”
“That spear attack is terrifying.”
“Why am I the one in pain?;;”
“Chills all of a sudden.”
“Sword Saint is scared, huh?”
“Lady Lily…”
“Is Lily a sadist?”
I glanced at the chat and let out a small sigh.
“Am I a bit too immersed?”
I had forgotten I was live streaming and acted like back in the day.
Well, I could excuse the acting, but I said something a bit… questionable.
As I pondered what to do, I spotted a chat message.
“Is it a job penalty?”
“…Did I say something weird?”
“[?]”
“[A little?]”
“[Don’t remember? You talked about hostages and stuff.]”
“I remember… but something’s off…”
I cocked my head slightly as I mumbled something.
Despite that, I frowned, and my grip on the spear slackened a bit.
Even I didn’t know how to react to myself.
Then the chat started flowing the way I wanted.
“Yeah, it’s a penalty.”
“Seems like it’s a job penalty.”
“I think her personality is changing like the Devil or Leo.”
“That explains why her powers are super OP; a penalty like that should be expected.”
“[OMG, a sadistic penalty.]”
“[Whoa.]”
“Sadistic Lily… that’s kinda rare.”
“[?]”
“[S-type Lily;;]”
“[LOL]”
“Why’s the Sword Saint so confused?”
“Hmm…”
I nodded as if somewhat unsatisfied with my response.
It’s going according to plan.
“Lord Sword Saint?”
“…Who are you?”
“It’s me, Lily. Lily Elbrite.”
The Sword Saint stared at me in disbelief.
No wonder! The me he fought earlier and the one who just easily deflected his attack might as well be two different people.
I wasn’t just different in power; I acted ‘like before’ back then.
Even if I’ve returned to my original self now.
Screeeech!
“First… let’s see if you can take me down.”
“Is that possible?”
“Definitely, right now.”
Got it!
The Sword Saint charged at the ground, swinging his sword.
The sword, infused with magic, targeted the enemy, and I swung my spear too.
The spear and sword clashed once more.
■
It’s dark… so dark!
How long are you planning to keep me trapped?
Grrr…
Swoosh.
Ah. Something is coming into my body again.
How many times has it been?
The human woman outside the glass wall always gives me strange things with a creepy smile.
Every time that happens, pain creeps through my body and my mind becomes hazy, but there’s nothing I can do.
Since the moment I woke up, every element of this body made up of spiritual existence has been under control, and all I can do is obediently undergo experiments.
Hehehe…
It’s painful.
I want to rip them apart.
Once I get out, I’ll crush that human’s face and tear their limbs apart.
And…
‘Spirits and humans… both made you like this…’
…Yeah! Spirits and humans did this to me.
I’ve helped you all so much… and yet not a single one of you has shown your face until this point!
Ungrateful bastards… I’ll make you pay.
‘Kekeke.’
After a while of dreaming about revenge, I felt something strange.
Surely around this time a crazy human came and injected something…
“Why aren’t they coming…?”
Grrk?
My hands are trembling.
This shouldn’t be possible.
When it’s not writhing in pain, my body has always been under that human’s control, and I couldn’t even move a finger.
But now, my ‘hand’ is shaking.
Most importantly.
“It’s gone…”
Words are coming out.
‘The control is gone.’
Doubt turned into certainty, and joy quickly turned into action.
Boom!!
Crash!
The black claws shattered the glass wall that had blocked time for 300 years so easily, and the sticky purple liquid that filled the experiment chamber poured out onto the floor.
300 years of long time.
The liberated black entity then looked down with a satisfied expression as it extended its foot with a crunch! sound.
“……”
Glass shards.
The wall I had declared impossible to break, the wall that had cut off the world and myself for 300 years.
It crumbled with merely a single touch.
“…Yeah. A promise must be kept.”
Joy turned into rage.
The great leader of spirits, the Spirit King of Earth, Nord.
Now, as the Spirit King of Darkness, Sephid, he rose to the sky, destroying all facilities.
“I’ll kill them all. Whether they’re spirits or humans.”
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