### Chapter 360
In the Golden Realm
Across various parts of the Golden Realm, Ixion’s World Erosions were scattered everywhere.
These World Erosions were planning to ignite the most sinister seeds in the Golden Realm without anyone noticing.
The reason they caused a stir within the Empire beforehand was to prepare for this mission.
The Empire is the country that manages the most of the Golden Realm in the entire world.
As a result of shaking the Empire quite a bit, their focus shifted entirely to their own defense.
This meant that the Empire’s gaze was less attuned to the Golden Realm outside its borders.
So, they took advantage of that, timing their attacks on the outer Golden Realms.
“Huh, what on earth is happening?”
Vardo, the Beast King belonging to Ixion’s World Erosions, showed a bewildered reaction.
He frowned as he looked at the Heavenly Sword, Dalia, appearing in front of him.
“What does this mean?”
Vardo asked, as he never expected Dalia to show up while he was here to cause chaos in the Golden Realm.
Let alone, this place was quite far from the Empire.
His appearance here couldn’t possibly be a coincidence.
It was clear that information had leaked out.
“Maybe he’s come to finish the fight we couldn’t have last time.”
After hearing Dalia’s response, Vardo grimaced even harder.
“Did you get intel from somewhere?”
“We have some useful personnel on our side.”
Dalia answered with a smile, extending his sword.
Then, white energy flared up from his blade.
It was obvious he had come here to settle things.
Unlike his usual attire, he appeared in battle gear, further proving his intent.
“Black Witch.”
Feeling something was off, Vardo quietly called out for the Black Witch.
But for some reason, he didn’t hear any response from the Black Witch, who usually replied quickly.
“…Something must’ve happened.”
This might be the most crucial moment for the Black Witch to hatch the God of World Erosion.
There was no way she wouldn’t answer now.
Something must have occurred on the Black Witch’s side.
Moreover, it was likely that, aside from himself, other World Erosions had also been sent combat forces like Dalia’s.
KABOOM!
The land of the Golden Realm, the transcendent territory, rent open as lava erupted.
Amidst this chaos, a sinister smile appeared on Vardo’s face.
“Well, given the situation, there’s no helping it. I’ll kill you quickly and get back to work.”
“What confidence for a mere monkey.”
“I’ll be even worse than a monkey!”
With that, Vardo’s figure blurred.
Dalia’s too.
KA-BOOM!
As the two collided, the shockwave shook the transcendent land intensely.
And at the same time, in another Golden Realm…
In the Golden Realm of the Flame Tavern, within the maze of an enormous mansion…
“Looks like I’m making an elder roll around.”
The Empress-Goddess, Glaecis Lacroix, strolled slowly through the shadowy halls.
Bizarre objects lunged at her, but she consumed them all with shadows, wiping them out.
“Empress?”
“Jerome, bad news. Something’s tangled up!”
At that moment, twin figures resembling each other appeared at the end of the hallway.
Sun and Moon.
The two World Erosions, classified as the sun and moon, swiftly turned and made a dash for the exit.
However, as her shadow flared up and engulfed the hallway, it blocked their path.
“Where do you think you’re going? I have lots to ask you.”
Need to know what World Erosions have been planted where in the Golden Realm.
Meanwhile…
At the edge of the western world, in the Golden Realm called the Abyssal Cave…
A silver-haired man was slowly descending through an endlessly deep cave.
He observed the swarm of insects filling the cave and stated expressionlessly, “Insects are swarming everywhere.”
The World Erosion, Chungong (Fear of Bugs).
The swarm he unleashed had filled the Abyssal Cave.
“Insects gotta be burned.”
As the bugs recognized him and charged, the man raised his index finger above his head.
Hundreds of magic circles glimmered, producing a surge of blue lightning.
The thunderous magic of Terasius Jeblam struck down.
In another Golden Realm, in the Sanctuary of Swords…
A swordsman with a long sword overheard some footsteps.
Slowly turning his head, he saw a man with dark blue hair fluttering in the wind.
“…”
The White King Balok Balheim.
The renowned swordsmanship legend faced the swordsman sporting a scruffy beard.
“Looks like the Ixion are in trouble.”
The nameless swordsman, who had no moniker and insisted on being called a swordsman, chuckled to himself.
“Since I’ve got to see how far the sword goes in this world, this isn’t half bad.”
Balok responded in kind, raising his sword.
Facing the murderous aura emanating from him, the nameless warrior felt cold sweat forming on his face after a long while.
And thus, a fierce clash erupted within the Sanctuary of Swords.
But they weren’t the only ones fighting.
The Ten Great Lords, along with the world’s most famous figures, spread out to the Golden Realm.
They started an all-out war with Ixion to protect the world.
Thanks to this, the Golden Realm was caught in an unexpected turmoil.
As the conflict between the World Erosions and the strong began, the Erosions within the Golden Realm rampaged, causing the knights and various others to rush out to protect the walls.
Among them were a few students from the Rahern Academy.
Given the situation, they had received requests for reinforcements from the Academy.
“This isn’t good! We might really die here!”
In one corner of the Golden Realm, amidst the pouring rain, a red-haired woman screamed as she faced the relentless tide of Erosions.
Princess Karandis Poseus, the ninth princess of Poseus Kingdom, was struggling against the Erosions while wrapped in a water shield.
“Hang in there! Eventually, this will end!”
Beside her, Glen Diana, the cousin of the Holy Spear, shouted as he swung his spear.
He too was struggling against the flood of rain.
“Get out of the way!”
At that moment, both swiftly dodged upon the sound of a voice in their ears.
In the space they had vacated, a wave of icy breath swept by almost immediately.
KA-BLAAM!
The icy breath that swept in froze all approaching Erosions in its direct path.
Its overwhelming power left Karandis and Glen astonished.
The one unleashing this icy breath was Bianca Hardenhartz, known now more as Kraush’s wife.
Her wet white hair fluttered as she let out a light sigh.
“Pii.”
As if in response, Pi, her ice fox familiar, nuzzled against her cheek.
Bianca gently stroked Pi’s head, then looked up.
‘Kraush, I hope you’re okay.’
She glanced at the darkening clouds, worried about Kraush, knowing he was likely doing something ridiculous again.
“Bianca, they’re coming again.”
At that moment, she turned her head toward the voice beside her.
There stood Haring Lagrain, gripping daggers in both hands.
As she stated, Erosions surged again beyond the frosty breath.
Thanks to his match with the World Erosion, the Ten Great Lords’ Duel King Zaid was creating such uproar.
“Got it.”
Bianca summoned her power anew.
For now, she had to believe in Kraush’s safety and do the best she could.
So, she conjured her ice familiar, the Ice Dragon, gathering her strength.
Thus, the world was waging a massive war against Ixion in various places.
Naturally, the World Erosions under Ixion grew anxious.
Having ignited the sinister seed, if they didn’t capture the sinister seed within the World Erosion’s Holy Grail, they couldn’t achieve their goal.
But time wasn’t entirely on humanity’s side either.
If the sinister seed completely erupted, humanity would suffer irrevocable damage.
With that, a limited-time war between the two sides began.
Simultaneously…
In the Black Witch’s pitch-black space, two figures clashed fiercely.
On one side was the dragon king with dark blue hair, Kraush Balheim.
On the other side was the Black Witch, the leader of Ixion.
The Black Witch pushed to take down Kraush using her kind that destroyed the world.
However, it wasn’t easy for her to bring him down.
Kraush’s speed was problematic, but his White Flame was far too fatal to the Black Witch.
In fact, Kraush had severed her flesh multiple times.
If her spirit wasn’t detached from her body, there were moments her life would have actually been in danger.
That’s how threatening Kraush was.
‘But soon…’
As the Black Witch calmly deflected his White Flame aimed at her, she began to maneuver the space quietly.
She had struggled to manipulate the space quietly up until now.
It was rough going to pull off her spatial magic for the first time in a while, twisting her head.
But the end was now in sight.
Kraush thought he was dodging attacks all this time, but the control of the dark space was ultimately in the Black Witch’s grasp.
Unbeknownst to Kraush, she had been subtly shrinking the dark space this whole time.
And now…
Only one dark space remained where the Black Witch and Kraush were.
When she confirmed only one space remained, the Black Witch extended her hand.
At that moment, her five familiars surged from the black void.
“Constrain him!”
Along with the Black Witch’s command, the power of World Erosion flowed massively into her body.
Instantly, her five familiars became explosively larger and went berserk.
KA-BOOM!
In the face of the sudden rage of the five familiars, even Kraush had no way to counter it.
Kraush had to up his game to match them.
And this became the Black Witch’s prime opportunity.
As Kraush diverted his attention away from the Black Witch, she lifted her hand above her head.
Holding her breath as much as she could, she readied herself.
Simultaneously, the power of World Erosion surged fiercely from her body.
The airflow of her energy twisted the space around her for a moment.
At that moment, as if she were closing in on a dragon’s wing flying in the sky—
THUD!
Then, with a tight fist raised high to the sky, she slammed it down.
GRRRRRR!
At that moment, the last remaining dark space constricted tightly.
The Dark Space…
The Dragon’s Den…
The constricted dark space began compressing everything inside it, shrinking to its limit.
Late to realize something, Kraush saw the White Flame rising among the familiars.
But it was far too late.
No matter how hard he struggled, the compression of the dark space had been executed.
BAM!
Finally, as everything excluding her was successfully compressed, white smoke began to rise around them.
‘Got you!’
With that confident thought echoing in her mind, the Black Witch slowly lowered her head.
Her hair fluttered in the black void.
This place was the Void beyond the Dark Space.
A realm where no one, other than the Black Witch, had ever been.
There, she faced the black cube floating in the air.
This was the compressed dark space that she had condensed with Kraush.
The black cube was eerily still.
The violent fight that had just taken place felt like a lie.
As she held it in her hand, she let out a long breath.
How many of her schemes had gone awry because of him?
And even now, her plans were being disrupted because of Kraush.
He was likely locked in a clash with World Erosions scattered across various places right now.
‘I must support them.’
There was no time to waste.
Gripping the black cube tightly, she tried to open a rift in space again.
CRACK!
Before she could hesitate, a splitting sound echoed ominously from the black cube.
“Eh?”
A short voice slipped from the Black Witch’s lips.
Just then, as she gazed at the cube, she saw a burst of light erupting from it.
Before she could let the thought sink in, it was too late.
The light burst forth, transforming into White Flame and soaring upwards vigorously.
“Ah.”
With that, the Black Witch’s upper body was instantly engulfed in flames, swallowed whole by the White Flame.
She watched as her body began to turn to bones while the sword bursting from the cube soared up.
Momentarily after, Kraush emerged from the shattered cube.
His hair had turned white, and his eyes blazed brightly red.
“God, dis!”
She realized what Kraush had done.
This man—without knowing how—had momentarily crossed into the domain of the demigod.
Demon Fire God.
Kraush had reached the demigod’s territory through every means.
With that power, he split the very space apart.
Emerging outdoors, Kraush was seen holding the sword that was still ignited.
At that moment, the Black Witch understood what Kraush intended to do.
She also realized he had waited for her to traverse into the Void.
I’ve been played.
That thought crossed her mind.
“Stop—”
With her burned vocal cords, she shouted at Kraush to stop.
But Kraush only swung the sword he had raised above his head downwards.
“I refuse.”
And so, Kraush’s sword penetrated into the Void.
Demon Fire Erosion.
Tenth Form.
Demon Fire.
And the Void ignited ablaze with White Flame.
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