# 157
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“I can’t see Yud.”
Today is the day when Titanomachia opens.
Countless Titans gathered in front of the giant castle located in the center of Atlas.
Giriak, who would lead today’s ceremony, frowned.
Not only Ray, but also Makleon and Royman had cleaned up their bodies and were on standby since dawn.
Meanwhile, Yud was nowhere to be seen from earlier.
“I searched the entire area this morning, but I can’t find anything.”
“It seems that there are no witnesses who saw the activities after yesterday’s festival…”
Giriak felt his head throbbing as the Titans who were looking for Yud’s whereabouts reported one after another.
What a shameful act on such a monumental day in the history of Atlas.
Moreover, because Yude was someone I trusted more than anyone else, my disappointment could not help but increase.
How dare you even think like this.
“That guy… hasn’t he given up his jealousy and envy towards Ray yet?”
Giriak, unable to contain his disappointment and anger, was massaging his eyebrows.
“….”
Daesung was just silent.
This time, he was hiding in Ugorick’s chest and watching the situation.
A huge altar was installed at the top of the giant castle, which was sharp like a spire.
An altar where the souls of the ascended are offered and where Hecaton Kale is resurrected.
And behind the altar, a ‘ball of thread’ that looked like a cocoon stood tall.
‘Did you say that he was a vessel that would wear the blood and flesh of Hecaton Kale?’
Daesung’s eyes narrowed coldly as he stared at the cocoon.
‘It won’t be long.’
Even achieving the absurd goal of resurrecting Hecaton Kale in order to kill him.
However, the achievement of the goal also meant the beginning of a new fight.
The ultimate goal is to eventually kill Hecaton Kale.
And
“….”
What they will see today will not only be the resurrection and death of Hecaton Kale.
Daesung had already confirmed that fact through the Akashic Records the previous day.
The [advanced information] written there was so enormous that even Daesung was surprised.
‘You can’t relax.’
Daesung’s eyes, recalling the great battle that would soon unfold, shone like those of a bird of prey that has found its prey.
Meanwhile.
“It’s almost noon, Deputy.”
“You better prepare quickly…”
The sun rose high and poured bright light onto the altar of the giant castle.
It is a signal that noon is approaching.
Giriak, who was upset thinking about Yud, pushed away his emotions with a sigh.
‘Just because he isn’t there doesn’t mean any problem will arise in Titanomachia. In this regard, I will definitely be severely punished later.’
Giriak, who had made that promise, winked at Daesung, who was standing at the front of the procession.
Jeopuk-.
Daeseong followed behind Giriak as he climbed the stairs leading to the top.
Several Titans looked at the back and swallowed their saliva.
Some people could not hide their nervousness as they thought that Hecaton Kale, which had only been heard of in legends, would soon be revived here.
yet.
Kiriak, standing in front of the altar at the top with Daeseong, looked down at the Titans gathered below and said.
“The time has come.”
As the representative’s speech continued, all the Titans listened solemnly.
“Our savior will soon arrive here in Atlas. Through the spirit of the great Ascendant Rey right here!”
Thump thump thump thump!
The Titans all began pounding the ground with their soles.
A gesture of respect toward the ascendant.
Everyone looked up at Daesung with eyes filled with emotion and trembled.
“Prosperity is coming! Prepare for victory, compatriots! “May the God of Chaos join us and guide Atlas on the path to glory!”
Giriak shouted, raising his staff, which was longer than the mountain peak, high.
“Now that everything is in place! “I will perform the ritual of Titanomachy!”
Ooooooooo-!!
The Titans’ shouts exploded with a force that tore through the air of the Manchurian plains.
There were many people who shed tears while imagining their reunion with the giant.
Those who achieved victory and thought about the path to glory were filled with excitement.
‘Idiots.’
Daesung laughed inwardly at the heat, which was reminiscent of chaos itself.
The sight of them in ecstasy, not even knowing what was going to happen, was truly pitiful.
Daesung shook his head and suddenly looked up at the sky.
‘Slowly…’
A dark expression appeared on his once grumpy face.
There.
Bubbly -.
A bubble phenomenon, similar to what you would see when water is boiling, was occurring in the sky.
Transparent, round bubbles clumped together in one place, creating larger bubbles.
‘They’re coming.’
Daesung again recalled the contents of the [Intermediate Information] and [Advanced Information] of the Akashic Records that he had checked yesterday.
[Intermediate Information]
「During the Titanomachy, the Legion of Demon Sea is scheduled to invade.」
「Consisting of approximately 2,000 surface troops led by the vanguard Behemoth.」
「Starting with the ‘1st Army’ commanded by Behemoth, 10 minutes later. “The ‘second army’ consisting of more troops is expected to arrive.”
That’s right.
The Sea God, angry at the fact that the ‘Water Dragon’s Treasure Trove’ had been captured, probably sent an army for revenge.
Those huge water droplets floating in the sky were the ‘gate’ for them to land on land.
“What the hell is that…!”
And Giriarch and the Titans who looked up at it were greatly astonished.
The moment when everyone froze like ice due to an unexpected situation.
Puh-uh!
“Kraaaaack-!!”
“Kaaaaaack-!!”
With a huge roar, the water droplets exploded and a swarm of sharks jumped out.
Strange beings that are fine even though they are on land, not underwater, and can even fly like birds!
Fishmen wearing scale armor were riding on the backs of the flying sharks that came in groups.
“Those demonic sea bastards are all the way here…!”
Giriak was extremely embarrassed.
The sky, which had been shining brightly in the midday sunlight, was now as dark as night due to the hordes of demonic seas pouring in.
While the Titans were scurrying around, looking in confusion at their enemies in the sky.
Guuu-!
The sound of a boat horn rang out.
Next, a whale so large that even the Titans were momentarily overwhelmed appeared through the water droplets.
[How dare you kill my comrade Leviathan and steal the Empress’ rib?]
Behemoth.
The commander of the Demon Sea Corps looked down at the Titans on the ground with fearsome killing power pouring out of his eyes.
[As punishment for your sins, your corpses will be buried in the darkest and coldest place in the Demon Sea.]
No sooner has an eerie warning followed.
Pubububung-!
The hand cannon wrapped around the right arm of the fishman soldiers burst into flames.
A dark blue condensation of energy poured towards the Titans on the ground.
A series of explosions followed, and the Titans who were hit by the shells let out a scream.
The surroundings of the giant castle instantly became a sea of fire covered in blue flames.
“Not like today! “Please, at least for today!”
Giriak cried out, looking dumbfounded at the loon in front of him.
It is the day when God is resurrected.
It is a sacred day when our savior descends to earth!
But this…
“Representative!”
Macleon, who was struggling with Royman among the helpless Titans, looked up at the altar and shouted.
He noticed Giriak in a state of panic and shouted urgently.
“We will take care of those guys, so please hurry up and perform the ceremony!”
“If the Great God of Chaos is resurrected, they will be dead anyway! “You just have to hold out until then!”
Right then.
Pubububung-!
The fire sphere spewed out by the gun fell towards the cocoon.
thud-!
When Giriak slammed his staff down on the ground, a translucent defensive shield enveloped the giant castle.
Giriak, who had barely managed to protect the altar and cocoon, swept his face with his palm to calm himself.
okay.
If I collapse here, everything will collapse.
Giriak, who quickly regained his composure, spoke to the strongmen in all directions.
“The ceremony doesn’t take long! “Please hold on just a little longer, warriors!”
Giriak’s eyes shined with desperation, then he turned and approached Daesung.
And then he stretched out his arm and placed his hand on the top of his head.
“From now on, I will breathe your soul into that ‘egg’ that holds the titan.”
“Right.”
“sorry. “For showing such chaos to you who are making a holy sacrifice.”
“It looks like you don’t have time, so why don’t you hurry up and say something like that?”
After hearing those words, Giriak nodded and unleashed his mysterious power.
Ooooh-!
The sound of the soul leaving the body came out softly.
As the gloomy ghost energy seeped into Ugorick’s five organs and six parts, Daesung felt a slight coldness.
And after a while.
thud-!
Ulgorick’s body, whose soul had been extracted, fell like a doll whose strings had been cut.
“Soul of the Ascendant…”
Giriak carefully held the soul flame glowing dark blue with his hand.
Beyond the shield, a bloody war was taking place between fishmen and giants, and
boom! thud-! Damn it -.
Behemoth, which had decided to destroy the altar itself, was frantically slamming its large body into the shield.
However, Giriak didn’t care.
Now, the God who will decide this war to be Atlas’s victory will arrive!
“Please let our savior descend into this world!”
Paaaa-!
He shouted with desperation and breathed the flames of his soul into the cocoon.
That moment.
Exciting! Exciting!
“ah…!”
The still cocoon began to wriggle like a pulsating heart.
Giriak was engulfed in joy with a face filled with emotion as he saw the cocoon shaking as if it was about to explode at any moment.
‘iced coffee! He is coming! He is coming!’
Wow!
The cocoon shell exploded.
hand.
The hand that consumed the soul of the ascendant and finally gained blood and flesh burst out through the burst shell.
Rotten, rotten hands.
“…?”
A liquid that drips like waste water flowing out of a sewer.
A very unpleasant stench emanating from something so rotten that it is rotten.
Fingers so thin that you can see the bones.
Giriak was speechless.
That’s it.
The hand of the savior?
Wow!
At this time, the top part of the cocoon exploded.
And then ‘something’ squirmed through the gaping hole and came out.
“Keueeek-. Kkeek-. “Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa no no -.”
It was an unpleasant cry that made every hair on his body stand on end.
The lump of mud with the colorful boils on it spread upwards and downwards, revealing a black crevice.
It was only after a while that Giriak realized that the lump of mud was his ‘face’.
“Ah ah….”
No matter how much I think about it, I cannot understand the scene unfolding before my eyes.
That monster bursting out of the cocoon is the ruler of Atlas!
That terrible monster is not the Titan of Chaos you knew!
‘All I needed was the Ascendant’s soul, so why…!’
The moment Giriak’s head turned to the side, his complexion pale.
He took a deep breath.
Passu-.
Unusual gray powder flowed from Ray’s body, whose soul had disappeared.
As the powder left Ray’s body, the rotten skin hidden beneath it slowly began to reveal itself.
“Uh, undead…?”
Ray No.
Giriak, who found out that ‘Ulgorick’ was in fact an undead, realized why the cocoon gave birth to such a mutation.
‘The soul of a corrupted and lowly undead… I offered it as a sacrifice to revive the Titan of Chaos?’
Even if you sacrifice your purest and most sacred soul, it will be a risk.
The dirtiest and ugliest soul was offered as a sacrifice for resurrection.
“This, this, this, this… Since when did I become this stupid…” At the
moment, Giriak, who was so shocked, stumbled.
Wow!
The cocoon from which the rotten limbs were sticking out one by one exploded, revealing what was inside.
“Keueeeeek-!”
that.
It was closer to a ‘chunk of flesh’ with raised skin rather than a living ‘life form’.
Where does it start from the upper body and where does it end from the lower body?
Among the extremities that protrude sparsely from above that ‘lump’ covered in boils, which are arms and which are legs?
The only thing that could be identified was the empty eyelids, which were infested with maggots.
“Aaaah-!!”
Giriak wept deeply as he realized that his one-time chance at resurrection had gone in vain.
Even if it lived, it wasn’t alive.
Isn’t it so miserable and terrible that it would be much better to just continue to die?
“Kkiek. “Kkeek. Kkeeek-.”
A lump of flesh that I didn’t even want to call ‘Hecatoncale’ crawled around the altar and cried innocently.
Outside the shield, countless Titans were swept to death by the Demon Sea’s legions.
Atlas was submerged in a sea of fire.
The resurrection of the savior was reduced to a terrible nightmare.
“Nightmare….”
Yes, I wish this was all just a dream.
Giriak, who had lost the meaning of life, was staring blankly at the monster in front of him with unfocused eyes.
Wow!
Another loud noise, similar to when the cocoon burst, was heard nearby.
“Huh…”
Daeseong opened Ugorick’s chest and came out, losing even a handful of his soul and leaving for a world of complete nothingness.
The system floated a message across his field of vision as he tasted the fresh air.
[The giant of chaos, ‘Hecaton Kale’, has been resurrected!]
Even though it looks like that, resurrection is resurrection.
Daeseong looked at Hecaton Kale, which was crying mournfully, and spoke in a proud tone like a farmer about to harvest.
“Your spirit is clear.”