**C487**
The sea and the rain collided.
The sea tried to surge beyond the rain, and the rain strived to contain and repel that sea.
"...Ah."
"This can't be—"
The scene of nature clashing against nature.
The demonic beings who witnessed this felt awe, beyond a simple cry of admiration.
The strategist Ed watched as the soldiers of the Demon King's Army, the territory soldiers, the subordinates, and the mages around him lost strength in their legs or staggered at the spectacle unfolding right before their eyes, right in front of the wall.
'Cale Henituse-'
He looked at them, unable to say anything.
Yes, he looked at a human, a being foreign to the Demon Kingdom.
'You-'
Cale Henituse.
'Were you this strong?'
He had been mistaken.
He had greatly underestimated Cale Henituse's strength.
This rain that boldly confronted the Third Emperor.
"Lord Strategist-! It's holding on!"
"No, it's pushing it back!"
As he listened to the voices full of joy and hope from his staff, the strategist Ed only looked at Cale.
"...Truly arrogant."
Cale Henituse's indifferent expression as he extended his hand towards the sea.
It was the arrogant expression of a human confronting grandiose nature.
"No."
It's not arrogance.
Since he had created this rain that confronted the sea, he also—
"...Is he perhaps nature itself?"
Cale Henituse? Is this human nature?
The strategist Ed, surprised by his own thought, instinctively shook his arm. He had goosebumps.
"......!"
Then, suddenly, he saw something.
'Trembling?'
Cale Henituse's two hands were trembling slightly.
'Ah.'
He's pushing himself too hard.
It's true, Cale Henituse is really resisting against the sea!
"Ha!"
Ed was exasperated.
Not by Cale Henituse, but by his own image standing there, stunned.
'Idiot like me!'
He cursed himself and opened his mouth.
"What are you all doing!"
He gave instructions to his subordinates.
"Immediately contact the Demon King's Castle and call the mages! The mages will build shields!"
He couldn't depend only on Cale Henituse.
This is the Demon Kingdom.
He couldn't survive depending on a human.
"The Demon King's Army, immediately begin evacuating the citizens of the territory!"
Not a single moment.
He couldn't waste even a second of this time that Cale Henituse had provided them.
"Move quickly! It's a race against time! Everyone, hurry!"
One of his subordinates approached with a perplexed expression.
"Isn't Lord Cale handling it?"
The strategist Ed, instead of insulting the subordinate who uttered those stupid words, snapped back:
"Can't you see Lord Cale's condition?"
He had been striving for days to purify the gray plague, and now he was also confronting the Third Emperor's sea.
It was a situation in which it wouldn't be strange for Cale Henituse to collapse at any moment.
It was then.
"Lord Strategist."
Someone climbed onto the wall.
"Who is it?"
It was someone Ed hadn't seen before, and the person opened their mouth.
"I am a warrior from the Gray Tree clan."
The Gray Tree clan warrior, with a tense face, spoke urgently.
"The ruins site is shaking!"
"What does that mean?"
The strategist Ed's face paled.
"A strange pulsating wave is surging from the center of the ruins site!"
"Did you immediately confirm what kind of wave it is? The cause?"
"The Tower of Wood protects the ruins site, so we can't see inside! Only the High Priestess can enter, but she is now unconscious-"
Damn it!
The strategist Ed, with the situation already complicated, felt his head ache at another problem.
"Did you already transmit this news to Mikashi?"
"Yes! We sent someone with General Mol and Lord Cale!"
The strategist Ed, who was still looking at the white curtain resisting against the sea, averted his gaze.
"...My god."
*Uuung- uuung-*
The Demon God's ruins site.
There, the four Towers of Wood that protected the Demon God's ruins site emitted light and created a protective shield.
Furthermore, within that semi-transparent shield, in the ruins site, a vibration was occurring.
And this situation was also reported on the wall of Mikashi, where General Mol was.
"Damn it!"
Finally, he uttered a curse.
"You, take soldiers to the Demon God's ruins site!"
Under General Mol's orders, a knight departed towards the Demon God's ruins site with the soldiers.
Mol glanced towards the front.
'Cale Henituse. You must have heard it, right?'
Mol approached Cale.
'Damn it.'
He could see Cale Henituse's figure.
The trembling that started in his hands had transmitted to his arms, and both arms were shaking violently.
*Swoooooosh-*
The falling rain was still abundant, and that rain, without disappearing, created an even thicker curtain to block the sea.
*Kwaaaaaa- Kwaaaaaa!*
But the sea had to flow.
Since it had no reason to retreat, the sea advanced towards the rain.
It tried to devour the rain.
Because rain is also water.
*Kiiiiiiii--*
The situation in which neither the rain nor the sea yielded an inch.
A strange and eerie sound flowed as the battle continued between the rain trying to resist and the sea trying to devour.
"Ah!"
Then, for a moment, the sea retreated.
Just when General Mol's expression brightened.
"Damn it!"
Cale Henituse uttered a harsh word, and General Mol could see two dragons standing next to Cale.
The younger dragon extended his front paw forward.
"The Magic Formation is complete!"
The Magic Formation created with the old golden dragon.
Cale's group had always strived not to depend entirely on Cale.
That's why, the moment they saw the sea retreat, they knew the time had come.
*Kwaaaa-*
The sea that retreated.
That sea crashed again.
Like a wave.
"!"
General Mol was horrified by the force of the impact that arrived in an instant.
The sea had not been rejected.
It had only retreated a step to then run and ram again.
"Human, me first!"
*Uuung— uung--!*
And a black shield created by the black dragon unfolded in front of the curtain.
*Kwaaaaaaaaaang---!*
Several shields appeared, shattered against the sea, and shattered again.
*Kwaaaaaaaa--*
And the sea, which had pierced through, crashed again with the rain curtain.
*Drip.*
For the first time, blood spurted from the corner of Cale's lips.
"Human, I'll do it again!"
At the moment when Raon said he would act again.
'It can't be done like this.'
Cale realized he couldn't defeat the sea this way.
-More!
Sky Eating Water raised her voice.
-More!
The more she did, the thicker the rain curtain became.
The trembling in Cale's body intensified.
*Drip.*
Blood continued to flow from his mouth.
"Kheuk."
He even spat out some blood.
'This is crazy-!'
It's really incredibly strong!
The Five Colors level Innate Singularity is really strong. Isn't this level of power divine?
All the natural forces that Cale had deployed until now, while people called him a god, were false compared to this sea that contained the total power of the Third Emperor.
He seemed to understand a bit what a divine level battle was like.
'Even so, I've become stronger.'
The Third Emperor's sea.
Now Sky Eating Water is resisting it.
*Swoooooosh---*
The rain curtain was so solid.
And it was becoming so thick.
'It's retreating.'
The sea was slowly being pushed back by the thickening curtain.
Due to the clash of such colossal entities, that retreat might not be evident to others, but at least Cale perceived it clearly.
"...It's worth trying."
Yes. It's worth trying.
Just a little more!
If he resisted just a little more, the curtain could repel the sea.
"Human, it's not time to be bleeding!"
Cale ignored Raon's scolding words for now. He felt the gazes around him, but pretended not to notice.
Instead, he paid attention to another sound.
The rumble created by the sea and the rain.
Beyond that, Cale strained his ear.
If the Demon King captured the Third Emperor, wouldn't some signal arrive?
If the Third Emperor was captured, wouldn't the sea naturally disappear?
'Resisting and repelling is possible.'
But he can't destroy or devour the sea.
That is the current limit of Sky Eating Water.
Besides,
'The rain clouds are clearing.'
The rain clouds in the sky were also reaching their limit.
Of course, there was also the power emanating from Sky Eating Water.
'If I use even that, I'll faint.'
Of course, it would be lucky if I faint and manage to block everything.
But that should be saved as a last resort.
"They are evacuating the demonic beings towards the opposite gate of the city! They say they will move to the surrounding hills!"
Choi Han informed Cale about the surrounding situation.
Without avoiding looking at Cale, who was trembling violently and bleeding, fully absorbing his image.
"Ah!"
And Choi Han knew better than anyone what Cale was waiting for.
"Third Emperor!"
Choi Han's cheerful voice.
Cale's gaze moved.
Beyond the curtain and the sea.
The Third Emperor, barely visible.
He was bleeding profusely, even more than Cale, and seemed to have been severely beaten.
That guy was staggering and rolling on the ground.
*Kuuung!*
"The Demon King has captured him!"
"Now it's done!"
The faces of the Demon King's Army knights lit up.
Because they saw the Demon King's flawless figure running towards the Third Emperor.
The Third Emperor, seeing that figure, stood up panting. But it seemed they had no strength, and their trembling attempt to stand up made one think it wouldn't be strange for them to fall at any moment.
"My god."
"Lord Cale."
And seeing this, Eruhaben and Choi Han's expressions tensed.
"Lord Cale, the Third Emperor is coming towards here."
The Third Emperor was now fleeing from the Demon King.
And also, towards here.
"Yes. I see it."
*Drip.*
Bleeding, Cale could see the Third Emperor extending his hand.
No matter how quickly he fled, he wouldn't be able to reach this sea.
Because already the Demon King,
"Where do you think you're going?"
*Caught*, had grabbed him by the nape of the neck.
Even so, the Third Emperor did not withdraw his extended hand.
Instead, he grabbed something and.
*Kwaa…?*
It was the Water Dragon.
They grabbed it and threw it towards the sea.
"Devour it!"
They fed it to the sea.
"And destroy!"
Sweep.
They withdrew that order and instead said to destroy.
*Kwaaaaa--!*
The Water Dragon, crying out at its master's betrayal, was thrown towards the sea.
Although the Water Dragon had been reduced to a tenth of its size, it still contained the Third Emperor's power.
It contained the essence of the sea.
*Kwaaa---!*
The Water Dragon fell into the sea.
And the sea, in an instant, increased its size.
The next step was decided.
"They're coming."
As someone said.
The sea retreated and then rammed again towards the curtain.
*Kwaaaaaaa---!*
"Uuuk!"
Raon's shield shattered immediately.
"Keuk!"
Cale's body staggered and the curtain shook.
*Swoooosh-*
The falling rain began to diminish.
'Damn it!'
Will I be able to block it even if I faint?
Cale's face twitched.
-I can do it! More!
Ah, seriously!
Sky Eating Water had no limits.
Only Cale's body had a limit.
As this situation was also the first, just when Cale's face was twitching.
*Kuuung!*
The earth trembled.
'Damn it!'
Is the earth also going to collapse from the sea?
Will the wall not be able to hold?
Cale's face twitched.
Even so, he bit his bloody lips and took a step forward.
'I must hold on.'
If I collapse here, everyone will die.
Really everyone will die.
This can't be.
Soon the Demon King will capture, kill, or make the Third Emperor lose consciousness.
I must only hold on until then.
"Yes, I said it was worth trying...! Kuluk!"
At the moment when Cale spat out a pool of blood and shouted.
*Kuuung!*
The earth trembled again.
'Hmm?'
Cale suddenly realized that this tremor was something strange.
Due to the dangerous situation, he, who was more sensitive than ever, immediately perceived the variables occurring around him.
'It's not here.'
This tremor is not from the wall.
It's to the side.
'...The ruins site?'
The Demon God's ruins site.
The vibration was spreading from there.
-Cale!
Super Rock's urgent voice arrived.
-A force is coming from the earth!
*Kuuung!*
*Thud!*
*Kuuung!*
The vibration was felt increasingly faster and closer.
*Kuuung!*
And finally, at the moment when that vibration was felt completely under their feet.
"Uk!"
"Don't collapse!"
"What is it, what vibration is this!"
The wall shook, and just when everyone was trying to maintain their balance due to that vibration.
"Lord Cale!"
"Human!"
"Cale!"
Choi Han, Raon, and Eruhaben each grabbed an arm and the back of the staggering Cale, lifting him up. At that moment.
*Crack.*
Something pierced through the wall and rose.
Cale saw it with his eyes.
In the midst of this chaos, with the gale lashing, the sea trying to destroy everything.
*Crack.*
What pierced the stone of the wall and rose was,
'A tree?'
A very small tree branch.
*Whisper.*
In the instant when the leaf swayed in the wind, in the instant when Cale saw that tree.
-I...foun...d.
Cale heard someone's voice.
A strange voice he was hearing for the first time.
Then.
*Kuuung!*
The ruins site trembled violently.
It was an enormous vibration, on a different scale than the previous ones.
Those who were fleeing.
Those who were defending.
Everyone looked towards the ruins site in astonishment.
*Sussurro-*
And the four Towers of Wood of the ruins site deployed a protective shield.
"Gasp. Gasp."
Towards that ruins site, the High Priestess, who had just regained consciousness, was running hurriedly.
"The prophecy, it has changed-"
The prophecy had changed.
"Gray rain-"
It didn't refer to something like the gray plague.
It's not such a simple power.
The High Priestess, who had seen the true prophecy, crying, put strength into her elderly body and ran.
"Ah, Demon God-!"
At the moment when she shouted.
It was too late to set foot inside the ruins site.
*Uu- uuuu--*
From the ruins site, a gray radiance rose.
Never before had such a situation occurred in the ruins site.
The demonic beings of the Gray Tree clan next to the High Priestess were paralyzed, contemplating the marvelous scene.
The gray radiance that all the demonic beings saw moved immediately.
Towards the being they had so long awaited.
-...I foun...d you…….
Cale heard a strange voice.
That voice, which seemed to be only for him, said:
-...You... who possesses... the talent... to kill gods…….
What?
...Kill gods?
...Kill a god...?
Who? Me?
I don't have that talent.
Beyond that, this voice is-
"...Demon God?"
*Sussurro-*
Cale, looking at the gray radiance that was swooping down on him, could hear a voice full of anger.
-Demon God? There is no such thing. There only exists the one who kills the arrogant gods.
The voice that came from the place considered as the ruins of the Demon God said:
From the beginning, there is no Demon God.
There only exists the one who kills gods.
The Demon God, who no longer exists.
The Demon Kingdom that awaits the rebirth of the Demon God.
The being they were waiting for was not the Demon God, but the God Slayer (Asesino de Dioses).
-I cannot allow the Divine World and the Celestial World to call me Demon God……!
A forgotten and distorted memory in the Demon Kingdom for so long.
The truth was that they called the God Slayer (Matador de Dioses) Demon God.
The gray radiance enveloped Cale's entire body.
"Keuk!"
"Uk, human!"
"Uuuk!"
The bodies of Choi Han, Eruhaben, and Raon were thrown backward.
"……."
And Cale, looking at the gray radiance that enveloped his body, heard Sky Eating Water's voice.
-Oh. My power strengthens.
Sky Eating Water began to run wild again.
-I destroy too!
Imitating Raon's way of speaking.
The rain curtain began to be dyed gray.
"Oh."
Cale marveled.
Sky Eating Water's power, enhanced by the buff from the gray Demon God ruins, had become truly much stronger.
'Double?'
No. Triple?
No.
'Four times.'
Sky Eating Water's power had increased approximately four times.
And intuitively, he could feel that this was while the gray radiance remained on his body.
"Human, are you okay?"
Raon, surprised, approached but stopped short.
"Human, why are you smiling like that?"
*Drip. Drop.*
While drops of blood fell, Cale was smiling.
'First, I'll understand what's happening later.'
Anyway, it's four times stronger now, right?
So, for now.
"Hey. Will using this power hurt me?"
Checking the side effects.
-...No... you who possesses the talent…….
"Oh."
Great.
Then the answer was clear.
Sky Eating Water asked with an excited voice.
-Then shall we go?
"Yes, let's destroy!"
Cale responded coolly.
Of course, although the gray radiance had no side effects, he could not measure the side effects from the excessive use of an extreme ancient power. It was not the usual excessive use, but a very severe and extreme excessive use to face a divine level power, and he did not realize it.
*Swoooooosh-*
The white curtain was dyed gray.
And each drop of that rain emitted a gray color as it headed towards the sea.
The curtain that started in the sky, in an instant, overturned its enormous body towards the sea.
The gray curtain completely covered the sea.
*Swoooooosh-*
And it began to devour the sea.
*Swoooooosh-*
The sea and the gray rain began to mix.
Tangling and tangling.
Trying to devour each other.
*Whoooosh-*
Like a whirlpool, the two joined bodies rose upwards, towards the sky.
And gradually they turned gray.
"Ah, ahh— Gray rain, gray rain— it's falling--!"
The High Priestess, seeing that scene, cried out weeping, filled with ecstasy.
Cale, of course, knowing nothing of this scene, was smiling.
*Drip, drop*
Shedding drops of blood.
'This time I don't have to run away.'
He was only satisfied with that fact.
Without knowing that Clopeh Sekka's video storage device was shining and recording intensely.
woah, I've been waiting for this update! and it didn't disappoint. Tho, the chapter update has become... irregular? anyways, thanks.
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