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The Pope’s scream continued.
“¡Kaaaaaaaak---!”
And Cheapskate calmly said.
-Ah, sorry. It seems I still can’t purify the Chaos. Heh, heh.
He continued speaking, feigning cuteness.
-I can only attack. Heh, heh.
Cale’s face contorted at the laughter mimicking Raon.
-So, sorry!
Cheapskate hurriedly apologized, but that wasn’t the issue for Cale.
‘Is his body intact?’
He definitely seemed to be suffering the pain of the lightning, but his body didn’t have any lightning burns.
His broken arm was still broken, but his skin was intact.
‘What?’
Cale increased the intensity of the lightning.
“¡Kaaaaaaa-!”
The Pope screamed in pain.
Frrrrrr-
Meanwhile, the reddish-gold light blazed, and the lightning, containing the power of purification, whether it purified the Chaos or not, completely covered the Pope.
“Ah-”
“…….”
Everyone around them was speechless.
The paladins who saw that scene couldn’t help but stare, forgetting to attack Clopeh, approach Cale, or protect the Pope.
The Pope’s Chaos.
The gray wave he created was something only he had created, another Chaos evoking the God of Chaos.
Furthermore, there were mouths that ate anything within it.
But he was pushing against that wave, and his body wasn’t injured at all by those countless mouths.
Although his arm was contaminated by Chaos, he was fine.
And more than anything-
“A, ah-”
“…Ah…”.
A man who had dyed both himself and the Pope reddish-gold, writhing in pain.
Furthermore, a formidable energy was felt from that man.
The ‘Dominating Aura,’ which only someone like the Pope could withstand, emanated from Cale again.
That appearance was another-
“…Ah. A legend-”
A radiant smile appeared on Clopeh’s lips.
Cale wasn’t focused on a particular place, but was displaying all his energy in all directions.
‘Ah. So…!’
So overwhelming was Cale-nim’s energy!
I don’t think it’s always been like this.
‘He has no limits.’
Cale-nim is always growing.
How wonderful is this!
Clopeh couldn’t erase his radiant smile.
“!”
But soon, Clopeh sensed something rising against that energy.
‘A sword!’
The instant he sensed it was a sword, Clopeh turned his head.
A sword flying towards Cale.
Clopeh moved upon seeing the sword, but,
‘I can’t block it.’
He intuitively realized.
That he didn’t have the ability to block that sword.
‘My aura will be cut.’
As Clopeh was a powerful warrior, he could recognize someone more powerful than himself.
Uuu—uuu--
A sword enveloped in gray smoke.
It was an ordinary iron sword, without form or anything special, but in that gray smoke, the determination to take Clopeh’s life was felt.
‘No, it’s a killing aura.’
No.
It’s not a killing aura.
‘Is it madness?’
Something sticky and sinister, indescribable, filled the flying sword.
“…….”
Cale suddenly stopped, with a dazed expression.
He even seemed to be thinking deeply about something, tilting his head to the side.
‘Ah!’
Clopeh became anxious at the sight of that.
‘It’s too late!’
Cale, who also had the Pope.
Although he was still emitting immense energy, his arms were contaminated with Chaos.
Chaos contamination.
Clopeh knew its danger, because he had heard about Choi Jung Gun’s contaminated body.
So he had to save Cale from that sword.
‘That’s a subordinate’s role!’
A hero isn’t born alone.
He always has companions and subordinates by his side.
Clopeh lunged towards the sword as fast as possible.
“!”
He stopped.
“Ah, that’s right.”
Clopeh recalled a fairy tale he had read as a child.
A story with a hero who was clearly a figment of imagination.
In it, there were beings as powerful as the hero himself, as the hero’s companions.
Clopeh, dreaming of being a protective knight, chose a Wyvern as a pet, not a companion.
‘But Cale-nim has companions.’
A very powerful dragon!
A dragon with unimaginable potential!
He does have them.
Kwaaaaaaaaaang!
With a thunderous roar, a black shield blocked the sword.
And a small creature appeared behind Cale, confronting the sword.
“We can’t attack our human from behind!”
A dragon shouting with great confidence and bravery.
The dragon, still small and chubby, had firm determination on its chubby cheeks.
And it wasn’t only that dragon.
Kwaak!
A sword cutting through several layers of shields.
Towards that sword.
Uuu-uuu---
Another black dragon leaped.
Another black dragon beside Cale.
‘…Choi Han!’
A warmth appeared in Clopeh’s eyes.
It was envy or recognition.
Two black dragons.
Raon and Choi Han.
Those two were always with Cale.
Unlike him, who moves according to Cale’s orders.
They are companions.
Clopeh was aware of his situation. To Clopeh, Cale was his lord, but to them, Cale was their family.
Clopeh recognized that great difference and didn’t covet it.
‘Yes, I don’t covet it.’
Clopeh’s gaze sank deeply.
But he recognized.
Because they are there.
Because Cale no longer fears his back.
But-
‘It won’t be easy.’
Kwaaaang!
The sword hilt, enveloped in gray smoke, and the black dragon collided again.
-Cale, Choi Han is losing.
Cale, who seemed to be distracted, had already noticed the situation.
And he slightly frowned.
‘Choi Han is losing?’
As Super Rock said.
The highest-ranking paladin.
Choi Han was barely blocking a sword floating in the air.
“Haah, haah.”
A rough breath escaped Choi Han’s mouth.
“Fuu.”
And on the other hand, Sui Khan slowly exhaled, trying to relax his body.
Sss-
Another sword appeared in front of Sui Khan.
Unlike Choi Han’s sword floating in the air, this sword was in its owner’s hand.
Malicious smile~
Beyond the colliding swords, the highest-ranking paladin smiled at Sui Khan.
“You use a sword technique with unique properties.”
As he said, Sui Khan had the ability to ‘cut anything.’
‘I can’t cut it.’
But he couldn’t cut that guy’s sword.
He couldn’t understand the reason at first, but now he did.
“A sword without substance…!”
The highest-ranking paladin. His sword has no substance.
Although an ordinary iron sword is seen now, the instant the gray smoke appeared on the sword, it’s no longer an existence of ‘this world.’
It can’t be cut, it’s not of this world.
“You-”
And Sui Khan realized the highest-ranking paladin’s identity as their swords clashed.
“…You’re not a living being.”
The highest-ranking paladin. He’s not a living being. But he’s not a dead body either.
“You’re on the boundary.”
The highest-ranking paladin.
He’s neither alive nor dead.
He exists on some boundary.
“You’re wonderful.”
The highest-ranking paladin didn’t spare praise for Sui Khan.
“I was born on the dividing line.”
Death and life.
Although they seem clearly separated.
There’s an overlap on that dividing line.
“To be exact.”
The highest-ranking paladin slightly moved his sword away from Sui Khan, stepping back a couple of steps.
Zhik-
Sui Khan’s body retreated greatly.
The direction he was moving was towards Cale.
But Sui Khan couldn’t easily attack his back.
Because the opponent didn’t let his guard down.
Rather, the instant Sui Khan attacked him, he would cut Sui Khan and everyone behind him.
“I was born in Chaos.”
His birth wasn’t in any dimension or world.
He was a human born in the Chaos possessed by the God of Chaos.
Therefore, a human who always exists somewhere between death and life.
“Your characteristics won’t work on me.”
Even the ability to cut anything.
If it’s not ‘something,’ it can’t be cut.
The highest-ranking paladin hadn’t made anything his own.
Not his name.
Not his age.
Not his family.
Not his affiliation.
He didn’t consider anything truly his own.
He simply remains on the dividing line, able to be anything, anywhere.
He was a very incompatible opponent for Sui Khan.
Furthermore,
“Your blood doesn’t stop.”
As the highest-ranking paladin said, Sui Khan’s blood continued to flow non-stop.
“By the amount of blood flowing, it seems that child has arrived.”
And as he said, the blood flowing from Sui Khan’s arm was worsening.
It meant that the wound that had been bound was opening.
This meant that one of the highest-ranking paladins who had injured Sui Khan was nearby, almost reaching Moraka Castle.
This meant that the current Demon King’s forces were losing.
As time passed, the sect’s forces would arrive like a tide, and Cale’s side would be at a disadvantage.
‘This is strange.’
Sui Khan looked at General Mol, who was gasping to the side, while listening to the highest-ranking paladin’s words.
General Mol, gasping with a deep cut on his side.
He also had an expression full of doubt.
As if he couldn’t understand the situation.
At that moment, leader Sui Khan, who was carefully observing his surroundings, calmly moved away, continuing his conversation with the highest-ranking paladin.
“That child would be a good opponent for you.”
The highest-ranking paladin said that and diverted his gaze.
Sui Khan wasn’t in his line of sight. Just another interesting existence.
“Interesting.”
He extended his hand, and the sword floating in the air returned to his hand.
His gaze, with two ordinary iron swords in each hand, fixed on one person.
“Haah, haah.”
Choi Han, gasping.
It wasn’t that his body was tired.
“A very rare jewel is being created, but…”
Thump, thump.
The highest-ranking paladin walked towards Choi Han, who was blocking the path to Cale.
‘Damn it!’
Even seeing that, Sui Khan gritted his teeth and didn’t move.
Neither the highest-ranking paladin, nor the approaching highest-ranking paladin who had injured him, was a problem for him now.
‘Choi Jung Soo!’
The moment Raon moved to protect Cale.
Sui Khan had to take On and Hong’s precarious position.
Behind the leader were On and Hong, and the unconscious Choi Jung Soo.
‘…I’ll stay behind.’
Sui Khan’s gaze sank deeply.
Cale too.
Choi Han too.
The Heavenly Demon too.
While everyone was advancing with Cale, Sui Khan couldn’t.
‘I was careless.’
Sui Khan gripped his sword at the sight of Choi Jung Soo’s injured body.
And Choi Han also gripped his sword while facing the highest-ranking paladin.
“Haah, haah.”
Choi Han gasped, but still, he was short of breath.
‘Damn it!’
It seemed a bad word was about to escape his mouth.
“Despair and hope.”
The highest-ranking paladin was quite interested in seeing the dark aura subtly enveloping Choi Han’s body.
“It’s surprising that a child like you is already firmly following his path.”
He had clearly seen the essence of Choi Han’s power.
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