# 111
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Every time a bear-like hand struck my face, it felt like lightning was swirling before my eyes.
match-! match-!
Even if you were hit with a whip made of thorny vines, you wouldn’t feel this much pain.
“Whoa whoa whoa…!”
Orkiel’s face, in the form of Hyejeong, was full of scars, as if she had been cut by a blade.
In fact, Daesung was heartbroken when he hit him. In any case, the face he was hitting was that of his beloved mother.
So, at the same time as I lamented, I felt angry. I couldn’t possibly forgive the apostle in front of me for doing such a petty trick, so I put a lot of strength into my palms.
‘I don’t mind information anymore.’
After hearing the information I wanted to hear, my original plan to kill him slowly evaporated.
It is very foolish to be swayed by emotions and lose sight of practical reasons.
But you can’t just ignore the fact that your mother was insulted just to get some information.
“You damn bastard!”
Orkiel, who had returned to his normal form, swore harshly and spread his six wings.
Cham-ang!
Daesung involuntarily narrowed his eyes at the brilliant golden light.
Taking advantage of the weakened grip holding her hair, Orkiel flapped his wings and spread the distance between them.
Ahh-!
“Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!”
In the process of forcibly escaping from his grasp, my hair was torn off mercilessly.
The blonde hair that used to flow down as beautifully as silk was now a mess, like trampled weeds.
Perhaps because it had been torn so harshly, part of the skin on his scalp had fallen off, and the area around his temples was soaked with blood.
‘Masks don’t work on that guy!’
I was trying to create an opening, but I couldn’t have guessed that he was a cold-blooded man who could cut off the faces of his own flesh and blood without hesitation.
Orkiel gritted his teeth and covered his bleeding temples.
‘I’m sure that guy came from an external dimension, but how on earth…!’
The more I think about it, the less I can guess the identity of the enemy in front of me.
However, there would be no time to think about a situation where one might die.
‘We must fight back with regular methods!’
Orkiel, holding the sword of light, rushed forward with a force like a roar.
A sword strike that flashed like a flash fell on Daesung’s head.
This is not a sword road that is driven by anger and moves randomly like before. The sword of light clearly and fatally aimed at Daesung’s vital area.
Sigh!
Daeseong raised his right arm to block the sword strike from hitting the top of his head.
‘You idiot!’
The sword of light processed from a piece of Sephira cannot be blocked by anything.
It’s not a matter of being firm or not.
Because physical common sense does not apply at all.
The apostle’s armor will cut even the body of the spiritual body as lightly as cutting a radish.
Suddenly!
“haha!”
Fresh blood flowed like cherry blossoms.
As he had hoped, Orkiel burst into laughter upon seeing Daesung’s right arm cut off entirely.
“It’s going to hurt, right?!”
Bah-ah!
No sooner had the mockery ended than the iron-like right knee dug into Orkiel’s abdomen.
“Phew…!?”
She exhaled loudly from the pain of her lungs exploding and rose high into the sky.
It was more absurd than the pain.
‘Your arm was cut off.’
But why can’t I even blink?
It was a grumpy reaction, as if he had just seen dust falling from his clothes.
At this time, a black object whizzed past in front of Orkiel’s new form, which was surging at an uncontrollable speed.
Daesung, who took a big leap, surpassed her and reached a higher sky.
To his surprise, his left hand held the right arm that had just been cut off.
Sigh-!
Daeseong struck Orkiel’s back with his right arm, as if stabbing a stone with a chisel.
“Ugh…!?”
The severed right arm protruded through the lower back and through the upper body.
Clap!
‘what?’
Orkiel fell to the ground for a moment as an enormous pain struck him.
The floor was wet.
The setting for the 20th tier would be a dry planet without a single drop of rain.
However, Orkiel soon realized that the blood that had soaked the ground was the blood that had flowed from his own body.
‘Is this a dream?’
Sigh!
Orkiel’s body shook once. This is because Daesung pulled out his right arm, which was deeply stuck in her spine.
Through my tilted vision, I saw Daesung walking towards the sword of light that had fallen on the ground. He paid no heed to the severed right arm.
Daesung tried to pick up the sword of light, but it soon broke into pieces.
Unless you are a high-ranking Elyos who has not received the main lord’s mark, even holding the sword of light is impossible.
‘The mask doesn’t work either. Kendo doesn’t work either. He’s a crazy bastard who wields his own severed body parts as weapons. Then how on earth and what…’
Originally, he would have protested not to carelessly set his sights on the sacred weapon.
It was a difficult time right now, and all I could think about was how I could overcome it and survive.
‘There is no way.’
Sigh-! Sigh-!
Suddenly, a rough foot began to roughly trample on Orkiel’s face.
It was a moment when his prestige as an apostle plummeted to the bottom, but Orkiel remained calm.
The awareness that I might die calmed my mind and body.
‘It’s not a situation where you can take care of your pride!’
That moment.
Woe-eak!
A brilliance burst out that was incomparable to when the mask was activated earlier.
A light that will burn your entire retina if you face it directly!
Daesung squinted his eyes and covered his face with his left arm for a moment… then lowered it again.
And
“….”
The background, which was once a wilderness, changed completely.
Inside a temple where the ceiling, walls, and pillars were all carved out of marble.
-I will let go of everything.
“….”
In the middle of the temple.
Crrr-!
Daeseong faced a huge white snake with three heads.
Surprisingly, it was twice as big as the guardian I had seen before.
-From now on, I will become a beast that moves only to kill you.
Orkiel’s voice was flowing from the white snake’s head.
Apostolization.
They are reborn as beings who invite evil into the world of images possessed only by those who have received God’s approval and destroy evil.
With this, she was freed from all potential and bondage and became a gigantic snake that could entangle even the heavens.
Now that I have achieved a great appearance, I have refrained from light words and actions.
-You are trapped in the world I built. Everything here, including me, will become a guillotine that tears only you to pieces.
“….”
– The very fact that a barbaric outsider was let in here is disgusting. But… like I said, now I have let go of everything.
This made it impossible to avoid the pointing of the other apostles.
They will reprimand me for opening up the world of images for the simple task of killing interdimensional intruders, which is not a holy war.
Clueless things.
Let’s see if those words come out even if we are in the same position!
-Kaaaaagh!
Flames began to gather from Orkiel’s wide-open maw.
The moment when the flame of condemnation, which alone evoked destructive power, released intense heat from as many as three branches.
Kwaaaa-!!
Streams of flame spewed out fiercely, dyeing the white temple scarlet.
The flames of divine power will burn through even the enemy’s soul!
-‘If you have overcome the 10th floor ordeal, you would have received the blessing of the Dimensional Beast.’
A blessing that reduces suffering. I also know Orkiel well, as he was once an ascetic who underwent a ceremony of elevation.
However, this is not a dimensional tree, but Orkiel’s mental world.
Even all the miracles and blessings that the Dimensional Tree gives are useless here.
-‘I’ll turn your soul into ashes and take away your chance to become a ghost!’
Flames rained down continuously. The marble everywhere was scorched and melted.
Hwareuk-. Suuuu-.
After squeezing out every drop of his divine power, Orkiel closed his wide-open maw.
-Whoop….whoop….
I was exhausted. So much so that even the person who started the fire had a dry throat.
But with this, he died. It took a lot of spiritual power, but I won anyway, so it was okay.
Jerk.
That moment.
The three heads that were bowing down from exhaustion were shocked.
Even though only the sound of fluttering flames filled the temple, the sound of footsteps could be heard clearly.
– No way…
With those words, Orkiel raised his head and looked straight ahead.
Jerk.
“….”
Evil was leisurely walking out through the flames of divine power.
In one hand, he held a large sword engulfed in karmic flames rather than divine power.
-Why why…?
“….”
-Oh, why, why?
The snake’s face looked as scared as a human’s expression.
This is the world of images drawn by Orkiel. She is an absolute presence here. Even if you search all things, the only person who can rule uprightly is the Lord of Heaven.
The enemy looks a little different.
What is that great sword and what is that black armor covering my naked body?
Even his right arm, which had been cut off, was now sprouting as if it had never been like that.
“….”
Daesung did not respond to Orkiel’s words, which were filled with fear and doubt.
Thanks to her dragging him into the world of images, the dimensional beast’s spell that had suppressed the hellish weapon disappeared.
-Oh, no. Do not come!
Cold sweat flowed non-stop. Orkiel’s expression distorted and he craned his neck.
The spiritual power was exhausted, and the enemy withstood the attack containing all that divine power. No scratches whatsoever, except for the soot.
There is one conclusion.
-‘A being comparable to the Lord God…!’
Otherwise, this mysterious phenomenon could not be explained.
As the distance narrowed, the image of Daesung in her eyes grew bigger and bigger.
My confidence was lost, and my once clear mind became cloudy and stained with dark fear. The most intact image world she drew was distorted and dwarfed.
A swamp appears in my mind.
A deep swamp.
-Ah….
Daeseong’s appearance, which had come very close, had become so vast that it was looking down at Orkiel, who was a huge snake.
No, he didn’t become huge.
All things except him have become smaller.
Sereung-.
At the same time as the great sword is raised.
The barely remaining ray of light illuminated the temple that was engulfed in darkness.
Orkiel, whose eyes were strangely dazzling as he faced the pitch black, muttered.
-Ma…
Why now?
Is that name coming out of my mouth?
-Demon God…?
Suddenly!
The Flame Great Sword burned the image world and cut off the apostle’s head.
***
“….”
Orkiel was now lying on the floor with his limbs cut off.
She, who once occupied the seat of a holy apostle, has now been reduced to a piece of meat whose heart barely beats.
I deliberately cut off two of the three necks, and it ended up looking like this.
When he left the world of images, the shackles of the dimension beast were put back on him, and Daeseong’s armor and great sword disappeared. Instead, the arm, once restored, remained the same.
“The tongue was left behind. “You can at least answer the question, right?”
“…Why… Another new demon…”
“Does he finally recognize me?”
It was a long time ago, but now it became clear. Orkiel did not recognize Daesung’s identity.
“I am the one who lifted the yoke that you placed on hell. I tried to get the answer I wanted through the Transcendent, but every time I tried, you apostles remotely interfered. “And now you’re seeing my face for the first time?”
“…We… didn’t do it… We were born… with an oath of worship… and we were born…”
“An oath of worship?”
“To prevent confidential information related to heaven from being revealed to unauthorized beings…”
The light gradually began to disappear from Orkiel’s eyes.
“There was a lot of chaos… the hell that was sealed in space and time… the Abyss… began to come back to life…” “….
”
“ “I tried… several times… the angels… and some apostles… even descended directly into the Abyss… to… figure out the cause of the situation…”
Impure beings As soon as they realized that they had arbitrarily entered hell, the apostles led their soldiers down.
“But… we were blocked… by the mysterious barrier surrounding the Abyss… we couldn’t even descend… the barrier… even observe the Abyss. .. I didn’t let you do it….”
“….”
“Very insignificant… small soldiers… could have squeezed through the gap in the barrier… and reached you… but… high… Those with divine status… couldn’t enter that rat hole…”
When he first met Fly during the quest to embody the Demon King’s domain, Daeseong was a heavenly soldier who came to carry out punishment. I have encountered it before.
Seeds of Orkiel.
The insignificant little soldiers she spoke of must have meant the squire.
“…an unknown force…a huge system…is protecting the Abyss and giving you a way…”
Orkiel rolled his eyes, squeezing out all his strength and making Daesung. I glared.
“What on earth is… leading you to the Abyss?”
“The question is mine, not yours. “What kind of manipulation are you doing?”
“….”
“Yes. “This is a pledge of worship.”
What I just said wasn’t at a level that could be considered confidential.
If an oath is a plug that fills one’s mouth, then there is no use in having this question and answer.
What can you expect from an incapacitated enemy?
‘I will go directly to heaven and face the answer.’
It felt refreshing to have my options narrowed down. This is a good thing because it’s a situation where you have to only look ahead.
Hehehe!
After crying from the pain of having his limbs cut off and a deep sense of self-destruction, Orkiel disappeared like a mirage.
Clink.
With only one butterfly mask left behind.
“….”
Daesung slowly picked up the mask.
《Orkiel’s Mask》
* A reward obtained by the Fifth Apostle of Heaven, Orkiel, when he completed the promotion ritual.
* Transform into the person the other person cherishes and loves the most.
* If you do not specify the other person, you can imitate the appearance of the person wearing the mask for the first time.
* Perfectly reproduces the abilities of the imitated target unless the imitated target is higher than the user’s level.
What caught Daesung’s attention was the last part written.
If it is the ability to simply copy the appearance of another being, there is one similar power among the powers described in < The Book >.
However, that only copies the form and does not bring in the abilities of the object being copied.
‘It must have infinite value depending on how you use it.’
I decided to keep it for now.
Although it is a bit inconvenient that it cannot be placed in subspace due to the number of dimensions.
It was at that time that Daesung, holding the mask roughly in one hand, was waiting for the portal to the next floor to open.
[The dead apostle’s divine power hovers around this place.]
[Absorbs the divine power of a 6th rank angel of rank. It inherits some of the powerful divine status of an apostle.]
[An error occurred. Because it is not a physical body of the material world, it cannot accept divine power.]
[The moment you leave the spiritual body, divine power is reabsorbed.]
‘Absorption of divine power?’
Daesung, seeing the writing, paused for a moment and looked at his body.
Nothing had changed in appearance.
No, maybe.
‘Is there no change because it is a spirit body like the system said?’
I didn’t expect it and it felt like something I didn’t know what it was rolled into me.
The problem is that there is no way to figure out whether divine power is poison or benefit.
‘It seems to be the power of an apostle.’
It is currently unknown what results it will bring.
First, you will only be able to find out its identity after completing the Dimensional Beast’s ordeal and escaping from the spiritual body.
It felt oddly uncomfortable, but for now it was time to focus on the ordeal.
‘It’s not coming out.’
Daesung erased his distracting thoughts and silently stared at the exact center of the field.
But even though every minute was a waste, there was no sign of a portal being created.
‘Did it matter that she forcibly stopped the ordeal?’
Even a machine that was operating normally will have something going wrong if the power switch is forcibly turned off.
Just when I was about to get annoyed at Orkiel, who was already dead, again.
< Death of a great apostle. >
< Forcible cessation of trials. >
< Chaos fills the dimensional waters. >
The system sent out a message.
It’s also a text window of a type I’ve never seen before.
It is neither burning brightly like the system of hell nor wrapped in a golden band like the system of heaven.
A gloomy form, as if black ash had gathered together and barely managed to create letters.
‘what?’
Is this what the system window left after the fire of hell looks like?
Suddenly a question like that crossed my mind
!
Daesung’s body suddenly sank into a deep abyss.
***
Wheeeeeee!
Suddenly!
The harsh gust of wind that blew even cut the skin of the spirit body.
What use is excellent recovery when blades under the guise of the wind are blowing in real time?
“….”
I don’t even have time to open my eyes properly.
I thought the feeling of falling into a quagmire would continue for a while, but suddenly a sharp wind began to tear at my body.
“Huh…”
Daesung shook off the pain with a sigh and placed his hands on the ground to stand up.
Drop.
Then something caught my hand.
I moved my gaze and saw that it was the bone of some animal.
Immediately after, he realized that the entire ground of this unknown space was buried in the bones and skeleton of some living thing.
“….”
Hwieeeing! Seokkeuk!
Gusts of wind blow constantly.
I looked ahead, dragging my tattered body.
A dark space mixed with twilight stretched beyond the horizon.
Ah ah ah ah ah-!!
I thought the sharp noise that scratched my hearing was a sharp wind.
But that wasn’t it.
I found out that the noise was actually someone’s screams and screams echoing from far away.
Saaagh-.
Ash’s words embroidered the air.
< We have reached the deepest roots of the dimensional tree. >
< Step into Pandemonium. >