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VOLUME 2: CHAPTER 86 – TURNABOUT
Status
Race Goblin
Level 3
Class King; Ruler
Possessed Skills Ruler of the Demon Children of Chaos; Defiant Soul; World Devouring Howl; Swordsmanship A-; Dominator; King’s Soul; Ruler’s Wisdom III; Household of the Gods; One-Eyed Snake’s Evil Eye; The King's Dance at the Edge of Death; Magic Manipulation; Soul of the Berserk King; Third Impact (The Third Chant); Instinct; Blessing of the Underworld Goddess
Divine Protection Goddess of the Underworld (Altesia)
Attributes Darkness; Death
Subordinate Beasts High Kobold Hasu (Lv1); Gastra (Lv20); Cynthia (Lv20); Orc King Bui (Lv40)
Abnormal Status Blessing of the One-Eyed Snake; Protection of the Twin-Headed Snake
“GURUuRUUGAAaa aA Aaa AaAA!!”
The Soul of the Berserk King awoke, filling my soul with a great wrath that resonated with the Blessings of the One-Eyed Snake and the Twin-Headed One. Verid throbbed on my right arm, and the jewel affixed into my left hand dazzled a black light as a black flame within it was lit.
—Kill the enemy before you! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Cut him, tear him apart, crush him to pieces, rip him to shreds, ground him to dust, grind him between your teeth, pierce him, severe him, slay him! Kill the enemy! Destroy the adversary!
I couldn’t stop the hate from filling me.
Defiant Soul forcefully pulled out the power of the gods, but with that stolen power came the hate of the adherents.
—Kill! Kill! Kill! Fight! Fight!! Fight!!! Kill them all! All the humans Ativ created! Kill them all! Slay them! Slaughter them! Wipe them out from this world! —Make them pay! Make THEM PAY!!!
The skills activated themselves without any regard for my will.
It felt like the Hell of Avidya when the abyss greeted me.
When a blow landed on me, lifting me from the ground, a blade entered me.
Ahh, yes, an enemy that I’m allowed to kill is here. No, this enemy here is a detestable foe that MUST be KILLED!
The corners of my lips raised. My teeth chattered as I grit them against each other and the winds of the underworld buzzed in my ears.
—There is an enemy before me. An enemy… that I can kill… An enemy that… I can… KILL!
“OOoooOOOOOaaAaAAa!!”
Joy filled me from the bottom of my heart.
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Gene Marlon retrieved his rapier after piercing the monster. It was quite tough, but in the end he was able to slay it after piercing its heart.
He’d chased it from behind, piercing it ceaselessly to whittle down its strength until its whole body was covered with the traces of his beloved Fifire. Any normal goblin would have long died after 7 hits, but this monster just kept on calling the saint’s name.
Its cries were exactly like those of a man whose beloved was taken away. They were wonderful cries. Indeed, there was nothing more pleasing in this world than to take the life of something with awareness.
Such creatures would scream as much pain as they were given, making the moment their lives were reaped just that much more satisfying. Gene was elated.
But that was that. Now that the monster was dead, all that was left was the sweet aftertaste of the hunt. It was time to go home. As for the rest, that Iron-Armed Knight would surely take care of it.
“Hmm… Oh, right, I should cut off its neck as proof.”
The monster before him was a goblin king, whose stamina and strength reached far beyond any goblin lord’s. It was a rare and powerful specimen, and bringing back its head would surely net him a medal from the king.
“Being a holy knight is my sacred duty after all,” Gene chuckled as he brandished his rapier.
But that laughing face of his very soon changed into one of shock, for that sword that he swung down toward the monster’s neck was suddenly stopped by the monster’s left hand in which was embedded a jewel. Even though he’d aimed it properly.
“…Huh?”
He too was a holy knight, however, and he was taken aback only for a moment before quickly jumping back, and then trying to retrieve his sword, but for some reason, it would not budge.
“Don’t tell me!?”
There was a gaping hole over the monster’s back that revealed the guts within, while the holes on its legs showed the white of its bones. Every one of those wounds were fatal.
When the thought of the monster being alive flashed through his head for a moment, Gene froze. That was the mistake of the Lightning-Fast Knight.
His rapier was stuck in the monster’s hand, immovable as if it were held by a vise. He tried and tried to pull it out, and when he thought he finally could, he ended up jumping back, but it was then that the monster’s right arm, clad in flames of black, suddenly lashed out only to graze his chest.
“Whew… That would’ve been really bad if I hadn’t let go… !?”
He thought he was safe, but all of the sudden, a deep wound tore open on his chest, allowing blood to spurt out. Gene was shocked, but the emotions that came after was anger.
“Y-Y-You little!”
To think a lowly monster, a weak little monster, would actually injure the strong Gene Marlo. It was scandalous, it was sacrilege. And he felt his pride shatter because of it. Contrast to him, the monster opened its two red eyes to gaze at him for a moment before bellowing out a howl.
“OOoooOOOOOaaAaAAa!!”
The figure of that monster slowly getting up was truly like that of an enraged beast. There was no awareness in its two crimson eyes as it threw away the rapier in its hand, and ran bare-handed at Gene to strangle him to death.
“You dare, lowly beast!?”
Gene feinted before jumping to dodge the monster, then as he broke through the trees and slipped his arms through, he recovered his beloved Fifire.