## C412
Cale headed towards the bottom of the small lagoon.
‘It’s deeper than I thought.’
It was more of a small lagoon than a lake.
But its depth was greater than expected.
Sssss-
However, Cale’s movement towards the bottom was fast.
‘Why is that guy so fast?’
The Saint following him was also incredibly fast.
Sssss-
Both of them were moving quickly towards the bottom, surrounded by wind.
Even though the Saint was fast -
‘I’m faster than him!’
Cale could see the gray whirlwind occurring at the bottom.
‘It’s fascinating.’
The waning moon.
And being underwater.
‘It’s clearly visible.’
The gray whirlwind was extremely clear.
As if it was telling him to find it quickly.
‘It’s a good thing.’
And for Cale, it was a good thing.
- I can push that whirlwind.
Upon hearing the Wind Sound’s words, Cale acted immediately.
“---!”
A sound came from above.
It was probably the Saint, desperate.
But Cale didn’t pay any attention to it.
There was no time to waste.
Sssss-
Cale’s hand moved through the water, towards the whirlwind.
A whirlwind the size of Cale.
At its center -
‘A sword?’
It was a small sword.
I thought it would be some kind of pearl.
But it was a sword the length of Cale’s arm.
Sssss-
Cale’s wind made its way into the whirlwind.
Cale’s hand also moved.
‘!’
And Cale hesitated.
- Wait!
The Dominating Aura shouted desperately.
Cale had sensed it a moment before.
‘This -’
This sword.
‘It’s something powerful.’
It was hidden by the whirlwind, but that sword wasn’t normal.
It felt like it wasn’t an ordinary object.
Until now, Cale had held quite a few sacred objects in his hands.
But -
‘It’s sinister.’
That sword was definitely different from the sacred objects he had touched before.
Will it be because it’s a sacred object of an ancient god, said to be strong among the gods?
Or will it be that this particular sacred object is special?
‘Ah, this is crazy.’
I felt a chill down my spine.
My instinct warned me not to touch it.
‘No, but I can’t leave it here.’
That was the problem.
‘That sword is the result of the rituals they’ve performed until now.’
As long as that sword exists, the God of Chaos’ cult can attempt to summon the God of Chaos into this world at any time.
Destroy the sacred site.
No matter how many other buildings you destroy, the sacred site won’t truly fall until that sword disappears.
Sssss-
Above.
Cale’s gaze went upwards.
‘Damn it!’
The Saint was right in front of him.
The corner of his mouth curled into a mocking smile.
As if he was saying, “You can’t touch it, can you?”, he looked relaxed.
Yes, that guy also knows that this sacred object is dangerous.
- Cale.
At that moment, the Dominating Aura spoke seriously.
- We’re going to use our power.
What?
The Sky Eating Water and the Dominating Aura.
We had agreed not to use these two powers here.
That’s why, even underwater, Cale was breathing with the air that the wind provided him.
- Wrap your body with the aura.
The Dominating Aura, that braggart, was more serious than ever.
- Then at least you won’t die.
A flash of understanding shone in Cale’s eyes.
Bum. Bum.
Cale could still feel his heart beating.
With the Vitality of the Heart and the regeneration power he had, Cale could withstand quite serious injuries.
- I’ll do my best to resist that power. I won’t lose to a sacred object.
He felt sincere.
Then, the Sky Eating Water spoke.
- I’m here too. And here, we’re underwater.
Chaos.
The two ancient powers that had a bit of that power and were familiar with it decided to try.
In fact -
‘I have no choice but to try.’
In Cale’s current situation, he only had two options: leave the sacred object and run, or take it and run.
And given his temperament, the first option wasn’t even under consideration.
Cale lifted his head.
The Saint was so close that if he reached out his hand, he could touch him.
Malicious smile.
Cale smiled back at him.
“!”
The moment the Saint’s eyes, which seemed to be calm, widened.
Sssss-
The wind surrounding Cale subsided.
Sssss-
In its place, the water inside the lagoon churned and enveloped Cale.
And -
“!”
The Saint stopped.
No, his body froze for a moment.
And the Dominating Aura spoke.
- At full power.
An intangible energy enveloped Cale.
It was the Dominating Aura.
The aura wasn’t directed at anyone.
This time, the target of the aura wasn’t a person.
The sacred object.
To protect Cale from that sword.
When the Dominating Aura used all its strength to protect Cale for the first time.
“---!”
The Saint couldn’t move.
No thoughts.
No actions.
He couldn’t do anything.
The immense energy that filled the small lagoon.
Even though it was concentrated on Cale, that energy was trying to dominate everything.
The Saint had to freeze for a moment.
He couldn’t do anything else.
‘Ah!’
And when he could move again.
Sssss-
The gray whirlwind was pushed away.
And in that space, Cale’s hand moved.
Finally, Cale grabbed the sword.
‘No, it can’t be!’
The Saint’s face contorted.
At the same time -
‘Ugh!’
Cale let out a groan.
‘Damn it!’
Damn it!
Shit!
He couldn’t think or speak.
A surge comes.
Death, excruciating pain, cries of sadness, anger, injustice, anguish -
All of that came to Cale.
- Cale, Cale!
Super Rock called Cale desperately, but he couldn’t hear him.
Another surge.
The laughter of those who enjoyed death, the joyful shouts of those who celebrated all night, the cheerful steps of those who danced on the blood-soaked earth -
All of that fell upon Cale.
‘Ugh -’
He held his breath.
Even though Cale had his eyes open, he felt like he couldn’t see anything.
‘-!’
Suddenly, he felt a chill.
Like a death that comes without warning.
A sudden coldness enveloped him.
Cale lifted his head.
“!”
And he saw.
Beyond the gray mist, eyes that were looking at him.
The sadness and joy that filled his mind and shook his whole body.
The cries of pain and the shouts of joy.
Everything was mixing and oppressing Cale’s body.
And the eyes that were looking at him -
They were coming closer.
The eyes beyond the gray mist were getting closer and closer.
They were becoming clearer.
They were coming closer.
He was short of breath.
No, his whole body was shaking between pleasure and sadness.
He felt like he was disappearing, and his place was being taken by someone else’s anguish or someone else’s pleasure.
‘Ah.’
The eyes were getting closer.
‘Ah.’
Cale could finally hear these cries and shouts of joy clearly.
‘Ugh, team leader! You can’t leave like this!’
‘Jeongsu, Jeongsu!’
‘Ugh, father, because of the monsters, because of the monsters! Father, mother! Ahhh -’
‘Please, save us. No, at least save our child, please, please -’
The cries that Cale, and Kim Rok Soo, had experienced reached his ears.
‘Jeje, leader Kim. Why are you acting so rigid? Do you want to end up like leader Lee Soo Hyuk?’
‘¡Jajaja! No, if they die because they’re weak, why does our guild have to go help them?’
‘Ja, jaja -. Mr. Rok Soo. This world now belongs to the powerful. Let’s enjoy it.’
And the laughter he didn’t want to hear.
The memories, the Records he didn’t want to remember, were coming in waves.
‘Ah.’
And the eyes.
Those eyes were getting closer.
It seemed like they would soon be reflected in them.
‘Yes.’
Now he couldn’t even see the gray mist.
He only saw those eyes.
Gray eyes -
‘In them -’
Cale’s reflection, his own image -
‘Eh……?’
Yes. That image.
Cale -
- Cale!
He saw it.
His own reflection in those gray eyes.
His own eyes.
Brown eyes.
The moment their eyes met.
- Cale!
The Dominating Aura. The desperate voice of that braggart reached his ears.
A voice that trembled but kept calling Cale incessantly.
- Cale!
Finally, Cale could see his own image clearly.
Brown eyes.
Except for those eyes that emitted an intangible aura, his whole body was covered in gray.
No, it was being dyed gray.
Like Choi Jung Gun’s body, corrupted by chaos.
But this was different from corruption.
This wasn’t corruption.
It was something more fundamental, something that destroyed people.
- Cale!
But now, the sounds that overwhelmed Cale were fading.
Instead, the Dominating Aura’s voice was getting louder and louder.
Cale lifted his head.
He looked directly into the gray eyes.
Or rather, he looked at the reflection of his own eyes in them.
- Cale!
When the Dominating Aura called him again.
“I hear you.”
Cale opened his mouth and spoke.
And the moment he heard his own voice.
----!
All the sounds in his memory disappeared.
And,
“Ugh!”
He had to hold back a groan.
“Ugh!”
Cale lowered his head.
He didn’t look at the gray eyes.
He couldn’t do it.
‘Damn it!’
Without realizing it, his hands were holding the sacred sword.
‘It won’t let go!’
The sword wouldn’t let go of Cale’s hands.
Probably, the gray-stained hands wouldn’t move according to Cale’s will.
- Pant. Pant.
The Sky Eating Water let out a ragged breath.
He was barely managing to contain the gray wind.
The water enveloping Cale was the only thing that wasn’t stained gray, but remained transparent.
Everything else was gray.
The water of the lagoon, covered in gray.
Cale lifted his head.
The world was gray.
Everything was chaos.
At that moment, Cale couldn’t tell where he was.
If he was at the bottom of the lagoon, in the middle, or near the surface.
No matter how much he looked, he couldn’t see it.
He couldn’t distinguish it.
‘Ugh!’
The pain was overwhelming him.
Still, Cale kept his eyes wide open.
He looked around.
- …I’m resisting……!
He heard the Dominating Aura’s determined murmur as he searched.
The answer.
“!”
And he saw it.
As he lifted his head again, something appeared before him.
In the distance.
Diffusely.
Something that appeared and disappeared repeatedly in the endless gray.
Something that was trying to make its way through the gray.
It was light.
“Ja, jaja-”
Cale couldn’t help but laugh.
Even though blood was flowing from his mouth, he didn’t care.
Even though his whole body ached as if it was falling apart, he didn’t care.
He saw the light.
That light was familiar to him.
It was a light he had experienced before.
It was the Sun.
He also knew very well who that sun belonged to.
‘That -!’
Alberu Crossman, without a doubt, was sending that light through the chaos-stained water.
No, he was struggling to make his way through the chaos.
‘As always -’
As always, he was someone Cale could rely on to find an answer when he wasn’t there.
And Cale found the answer by seeing that light.
‘If this is chaos -’
Up there there is no chaos.
So you must go up.
It’s different from when you don’t know where to go.
That light.
Just follow that light.
Alberu Crossman, the sun, is creating a gap in the chaos.
With that small gap, Cale can get out.
He had a certainty that went beyond intuition.
Drip.
His whole body was trembling and still stained gray.
Only his eyes were intact.
Even moving his body wasn’t easy.
Still.
- Cale.
Cale remembered what he had seen.
Super Rock spoke in a low voice.
- This is nothing more than a small lagoon.
I know.
Because he had seen the shape, the topography of this place.
The eyes that had found the answer shone with more intensity.
- And I am the earth.
The Sky Eating Water reacted to those words.
- The first time we met!
Yes, when he met the Sky Eating Water, the power Cale used wasn’t water.
There was no water back then.
So how did he fight underwater?
The answer was the earth, the rocks.
A wide basin where only green grass existed.
All of that was earth.
Even as everything collapsed and fell, the earth remained.
- This small lagoon, even though it’s full of chaos.
Super Rock spoke.
- It’s wrapped in earth.
He suggested to Cale.
- Let’s go up.
And Cale responded.
“Yes.”
It was obvious where he should go up.
The light that was reflected on the surface.
Towards that sun that was trying to make its way through the chaos.
He just had to go there.
Bum -
The bottom of the lake,
the earth,
the rocks under the earth began to tremble.
Fenomenal, muchas gracias por la traducción, espero con ansias el siguiente capitulo 😍
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