## Chapter 414. Confront and Protect
“Haha-”
Cale laughed.
Alberu Crossman, who was also laughing.
Thanks to his sunlight, he was able to move and survive.
But Alberu Crossman.
‘He’s a mess.’
It was the first time he had seen him in such a state.
His whole body was trembling.
His posture, holding the sword, was pitiful.
I don’t know what he would have done, but his hood was torn and his clothes were torn and wrinkled all over.
Moreover, blood was running down his face, neck, and clothes, as if he had been painted red.
‘It’s like me.’
Suddenly, Cale thought he looked like him.
‘Ah.’
Then, suddenly, he realized.
He felt the cold night air.
He realized that his mask was almost destroyed. His clothes were also torn all over.
The gray current and the wind.
The way out, pushing against them.
Until the end, the Sky Eating Water protected him, but in the process, the sharp wind and current tore apart several parts of Cale.
‘Ah, my face is going to be exposed.’
I don’t know if it will be revealed today that I’m Cale Henituse.
“Hey, you-”
At that moment, Alberu’s trembling voice came.
But -
“Ugh!”
Cale realized that it wasn’t the time to think about anything else.
- It’s not over yet!
Super Rock’s urgent warning.
Even though he had come out of the gray water, he was still holding the sacred Chaos sword.
‘Damn it!’
It wouldn’t let go.
And the gray that covered his body wasn’t disappearing either.
‘This isn’t the Chaos corruption.’
It doesn’t purify.
My body can’t solve this in this situation, and it’s not the time to use the acceptance of team leader Lee Soo Hyuk.
Moreover, I have to give the sacred object to Lock, the Blue Wolf, but I can’t just give this damn object!
“Ugh!”
This is crazy!
Cale collapsed on the rock that had emerged.
His body trembled again.
Even though he wasn’t hearing screams or cheers, his mind was intact.
‘This damn sword…!’
The sword vibrated violently, clinging to Cale’s hand.
No, it was trying to stick to his body.
As if it wanted to become one with him.
“Cale-”
Alberu was watching that scene more closely than anyone else.
Because he was the only one who could remain intact on this gray lake.
His pupils trembled.
He didn’t notice it well because of the blood that Cale had shed.
“Your body-”
Everything except his eyes was stained gray, especially where the torn clothes revealed his skin.
Especially the hand holding the sword.
That hand had prominent veins and had turned grotesquely gray.
The Wanderer Choi Jung Gun.
The Chaos corruption that covered his body.
The moment Alberu’s face turned pale as he remembered it and took a step towards the rock that had emerged.
“Ugh!”
Cale groaned.
“Ugh.”
Alberu held his breath and stopped his steps.
The sword.
The moment he approached, staring intently at that sword that looked like a sacred object.
‘Ahhh, save me!’
‘Hahaha, today is the Night of Pleasure! There’s only pleasure!’
Heart-wrenching screams and voices filled with extreme joy came.
Tens, hundreds, even tens of thousands of voices at once.
“Ah.”
Cale Henituse, now that guy is hearing these sounds.
Alberu understood it intuitively.
“Hmm.”
His body swayed. But he managed to keep his balance.
‘Ah.’
The sword that was stepping on the intact surface.
That sword prevented him from falling.
The sun sword.
Alberu was able to regain his composure.
And he realized.
‘The God of the Sun!’
The only power that can repel Chaos here is the power of the God of the Sun.
Wasn’t it Cale who saw that light and went up?
Alberu squeezed the last bit of strength left in his trembling body and lifted the sword.
Then he approached Cale.
Whoosh-!
Emitting a bright, warm light.
“Ugh.”
Cale’s groan of pain weakened for the first time.
A flash of understanding shone in Alberu’s eyes.
Splash.
Water flowed through the cracks of the broken surface, but Alberu didn’t pay attention and stepped on it.
He didn’t worry about falling into the water.
Steps.
Because his feet touched the rock that Cale had created before.
‘Ah.’
Alberu felt it on that rock.
‘It’s less.’
On this rock, the terrible and absolute energy emanating from the lake was less.
Instead, he felt a familiar energy.
‘Cale Henituse’s energy.’
The strong energy that this guy showed from time to time was present.
Alberu realized that that energy was protecting Cale.
And if he gave him more strength to resist, Cale Henituse would overcome this.
Whoosh-!
The sword full of bright light approached Cale.
Cale, trembling, almost leaning on the sword, looked at Alberu Crossman approaching and stared intently at the sun sword.
Light.
The moment he saw that light, the chaos subsided again.
The pain that covered his body subsided.
‘Ah, I think I’ll survive.’
The moment he thought that.
“Ugh!”
Cale groaned again.
‘Damn it!’
The sword vibrated like crazy.
As if it was making a last effort.
It was a reaction to detecting that the power of the God of the Sun was dangerous to it.
Mocking smile~
That’s why Cale laughed.
There’s a way.
“Your, Your Highness.”
Cale opened his mouth.
He tried to speak.
‘Hit me with that sword.’
Then I think we’ll find a way.
If I see how Chaos recedes when the power of the God of the Sun touches it.
‘I, and the ancient powers, will definitely find a way.’
As we have done so far.
But Cale couldn’t continue.
“Your Highness?”
Instead, Cale’s face contorted.
Alberu’s expression had become too bad.
Extremely fast.
His pale face gradually filled with terror.
Like the first time Cale felt terror when he was crushed by Chaos.
What was happening suddenly?
The answer came quickly.
“Ah.”
Cale could see that the sun sword in Alberu’s hand was losing its color.
Flicker, flicker.
The bright light was dimming and flickering.
Like a light bulb at the end of its life.
At that moment, Cale remembered what had happened to the sun sword.
One of his assumptions.
‘That thing is rechargeable!’
Damn it!
Cale’s assumption was correct.
[Battery: 6%]
Alberu heard the warning.
[The battery will run out soon. Switching to power saving mode.]
[When it reaches 0%, it will automatically shut down and switch to charging mode.]
At the same time, the light dimmed and flickered.
Moreover, the screams and cheers reached his ears, and the immense chaos pressed down on him.
Literally, chaos.
Something primitive that has existed since the beginning.
Something that cannot be clearly defined or explained.
That was Chaos, and that’s why it would always be terrifying.
Alberu, the closest to the lagoon.
That’s why, he realized that he was now the most dangerous.
Perhaps more than Cale, who could resist.
The moment this sun sword went out, he didn’t know what would happen to him.
So he chose.
“Cale-”
He called Cale in a trembling voice.
“The, the last-”
The words didn’t flow.
But this cunning guy would surely understand Alberu’s intention.
I’ll give you all the remaining energy of this sun sword.
The rest is up to you.
As if he had understood, Cale’s face contorted.
“Your Highness-”
Ah, seriously.
Alberu swallowed the laughter that came out.
Because laughing now would be a waste.
But it was funny.
Would Cale Henituse know what I felt when I couldn’t stop him even though I knew he was in danger?
He would surely know.
Because he now understood what Cale must have felt at that moment.
[Battery: 5%]
Now he had to use the last card.
Alberu slowly clenched the hand holding the sword.
Cale’s face contorted.
And at that moment.
“!”
“!”
Cale and Alberu.
Both of their eyes widened.
On their faces were surprise, confusion, and then disappointment.
Crack, crack-
The sun sword made a gap.
The hole that the rock had made when it went through.
The frozen surface that still remained around it.
Crack, crack---
But now that surface was breaking.
No, it was melting.
Tremor.
Cale looked at his trembling hand.
The sword he was holding.
The sacred object’s last effort.
Cale now understood what it was.
Crack!
The frozen surface broke completely.
Splash-!
And the gray water gushed out.
A small lagoon.
But it was quite deep.
All the gray water inside started to overflow.
Sssss-
The gray energy rising with the gray water.
“Hahaha!”
Cale heard a laugh.
He lowered his head.
Down there.
The bottom of the lagoon.
The Saint emerging from the water.
He was laughing.
“Idiot.”
The Saint mocked Cale.
“Do you think you can escape Chaos by running away?”
As there is shadow where there is light.
Where there is order, there is also chaos.
Chaos is everywhere.
“Sacrifice, you can’t escape.”
Uuuung.
The sword in Cale’s hand vibrated more violently.
But Cale couldn’t take his eyes off the Saint.
“…Crazy…”
He couldn’t help but say it when he saw the Saint.
“I’m happy.”
The Saint spoke as he emerged.
“To be the first sacrifice.”
The Saint’s two swords were stuck in his neck and stomach.
He cheered.
“To kill myself. It’s the best murder.”
Uuuung.
The Saint offered his life, and the sword made its last effort.
“Night of Massacre.”
The Saint smiled as he saw the gray smoke that began to cover the waning moon.
“But at least I’ll die seeing the primordial Chaos.”
The Chaos that will descend here.
Just thinking about it made him happy.
The 44th ritual.
This is just the beginning.
Cale, seeing the Saint’s smile, turned his head.
And he shouted. To his companions. To everyone around him.
“RUN!”
Splash-!
The gray water overflowing.
And Alberu closed his eyes tightly.
“I’m sorry.”
He left those words for Cale and poured all his energy.
Whoosh-!
The sun sword shone brightly for the last time.
And that sword swung towards the lake.
Slash!
The light emanating from the sword divided the gray water current.
For a moment, the gray water stopped.
“This way!”
Cale shouted.
And in that brief moment, his companions reacted.
Tak!
Tok!
The Heavenly Demon and Eruhaben landed on Cale’s rock.
“Ugh.”
“…”
And they both collapsed.
The gray smoke rising with the gray water.
“This is-”
The tips of the Heavenly Demon’s fingers trembled.
“…”
Eruhaben closed his eyes tightly instead of opening his mouth.
“…Thank you-”
And he held Alberu, who was swaying and about to fall.
Even though it was just to collapse together.
And Cale -
‘Damn it!’
He didn’t have time to take care of his companions.
Splash~
The gray water that had stopped for a moment -
Splash-!
It spread across the grass, across the valley.
[Battery: 0%]
The sun sword was now completely off.
‘Rosalyn, Gashan!’
Cale saw that the bodies of Rosalyn and Gashan, who were trying to listen to his words and flee, were frozen.
They were the two farthest away.
“!”
“…!”
They couldn’t move.
“Ugh, ugh-”
“…!!”
Instead, they covered their ears or grabbed their heads.
The gray smoke spread rapidly everywhere.
The screams and cheers overwhelmed them.
Chaos, all the undefinable, covered them.
But even this was a relatively good situation.
Dammit. It's not like nothing much happened but that chapter felt like it ended so damn fast..
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