Chapter 114 : Chapter 114

Chapter 114

'I wasn't careless.'

Killian let out a hollow laugh.

It was a 7-star monster at best. A being that a 7-star knight could cut down at any time.

But the more he cut it down, the stronger it became.

The damaged body disappeared without a trace, and a reconstructed body rushed at him, having become an even stronger being.

Kwaang.

The descending fist was so heavy it was hard to believe it belonged to a goblin.

Kwaduk.

The bared teeth gradually began to possess a sharpness akin to a Superhuman's weapon.

This was why Killian had stopped killing it.

'Surely it's not getting stronger to an 8-star level.'

An 8-star monster that only Simon Eurasia had been able to cut down in modern Eurasia.

Even if he risked his life, the chances of winning were not high.

'I don't think they can just create 8-star monsters at will... but if the Grotesquery is involved, I don't know.'

He recalled the countless curses the being had possessed.

Among them, the ones that could correspond to the current situation were…

‘The Curse of Immortality, the Curse of Duplication, the Curse of Enhancement. There are roughly three that I can see.’

Each curse was comparable to an Authority, and yet it combined them so casually.

"Anyone would think you're an apothecary!"

Kwajik.

The greatsword swung by Killian pushed the goblin back.

"Carpe."

Rumble.

The haki, along with the mana that had spread throughout the area, suppressed the creature.

It was not a knight.

Seeing that it could not prevent the blue mana from taking shape, it also did not have much experience fighting Superhumans.

If so, there was only one answer.

"Carpe Illusion."

Killian formed four spheres made of mana.

It was a Total Solar Eclipse with variations added to match the opponent.

The first sphere was filled with the blue mana that had formed the domain.

The second sphere was sucking in the surrounding mana to maintain the domain.

The third sphere was emitting haki to suppress the opponent.

And.

The fourth sphere was generating an attractive force, indiscriminately sucking in evil energy, poisonous energy, and radiance.

The creature's rampaging movements slowed down drastically.

Rumble-rumble-rumble.

[Let go…]

"That's informal speech."

Kwajik.

As he struck it with the flat of his sword, its head snapped to the side.

'It doesn't duplicate unless its life is in danger.'

It was as if the composition and mechanism of the curse were being drawn in his mind.

"There's no need to use a Total Lunar Eclipse."

It was annoying that it held three curses, but unlike Agnil, it had no proper combat experience.

[I said let go!!]

"I said shut up."

Kwajik.

The goblin's head snapped to the side once more.

[You…]

The creature spat out harsh words that a human might use.

"Where did a hybrid like this pop out from?"

Killian approached the immobilized goblin.

The creature resisted, making sounds that were neither goblin nor human, but it could not shake off the pressure emitted by the Total Solar Eclipse.

Rumble.

The fist it had struggled to raise fell limply.

"Let's see, what's inside that head of yours."

Contact Memorize.

It was a method he had already succeeded with once when facing Agnil.

One step, Killian's greatsword, which had approached the goblin.

Slice.

It cut the creature's skin.

"Look into my eyes."

The two eyes, shimmering with blue mana, met the humiliating monster's.

***

'He' was inherently weak.

Therefore, he had no choice but to travel in groups, and naturally lived hidden in places where the light did not reach.

Otherwise, his head would be crushed by the club of a blind Troll, and his torso would be torn to pieces by the claws of an ill-tempered Ogre.

For goblins, it was an efficient survival method to occupy or seize mines, asserting their numerical superiority.

Such a lowly species could never become a great being.

The strongest warrior among the goblins, the one who had reached the pinnacle of the species and was called Lord, could not become the master of the mountain range.

That was the reality.

One day, the Goblin Lord sent a messenger to the mine.

[Kikikik. Kikkik. Kiiiik.]

The Monster Lord was preparing for war, and would soon rise up and achieve meritorious deeds befitting of it, he said.

If they achieved merit in the war, they could receive even greater power from the Monster Lord, and they would no longer have to be ignored by those Orcs.

The messenger swung his arms and legs, vehemently expressing the Lord's will.

[Kik. Kikkik.]

But 'his' thoughts were different.

Not all Lords were the same.

Goblins would only become arrow fodder if they went to war.

Even after some goblins, inspired by the Lord's summons, left the mine.

[Kaak. Kik. Kaaak.]

A considerable number of goblins, including 'him', remained hidden in the mine.

It probably wouldn't matter.

The number of goblins overflowed throughout the mountain range, and even if a few like him hid, they wouldn't be able to catch each and every one.

A coward who did not answer the summons.

Accepting that dishonor, they thought they would gradually be forgotten by the group.

But that was a great miscalculation.

There were those who came to the mine belatedly.

A strange being that breathed out poison as if it were breathing, and a man with skin so white it was pale.

They finally found 'him', who was hiding in the deepest part of the mine.

[The last one.]

As if it knew where he was hiding no matter where, the strange being mumbled with its poisonous mouth.

[I will not kill you.]

It felt like his body would melt just by facing him.

The man continued speaking, unconcerned.

[I will give you a special opportunity.]

Rip.

Soon, the body of the being without facial features split open, spitting out a lump.

'He' belatedly realized that the split part was acting as a mouth, and that the spat-out lump was a human.

[The body of one who died in the subjugation war, who could not even become a knight.]

As the man raised his hand, poisonous and evil energy gathered there, forming the shape of a thorn.

Plunge.

The thorn soon pierced 'his' body.

Slurp.

Mixing with blood, it was naturally absorbed into the body.

Soon, his body melted.

The body of a lowest-grade monster and a human who could not even become a knight began to mix together.

[You will be reborn as a new species.]

With those prophetic words as the last.

'He' lost consciousness.

***

The memory ended there.

‘The fusion of a monster and a human.’

He thought there were three curses, but it turned out there were a total of four, including the ‘Curse of Fusion.’

"Grotesquery, you’ve been committing some truly horrific acts."

In Agnil’s memories.

In the goblin’s memories.

‘The Grotesquery is experimenting with something.’

It turns humans with Mana Hearts into monsters, and fuses humans and monsters to raise their level.

It had made its move more than 200 years ago.

Agnil had been sealed in the underground of Brussels during that time.

‘And this one?’

Killian looked at the goblin that still couldn't shake off his haki.

A hybrid of an unknown low-grade monster and a human who couldn't even become a knight.

"200 years to fuse and awaken."

Because he had peeked into its memories, he knew. The hybrid in front of him had only recently been completed.

Moreover, what could be called a sense of self and consciousness had only just formed right before they entered the mine.

It was a truly terrible thing.

The master of the curse was already dead and gone, but the one who was cursed could not die even in death.

It would probably be the same for him, who had been reincarnated as Killian Eurasia.

'The Grotesquery's curse is dangerous.'

The things called Pieces, which held its curses, should not exist in this world either.

"I will annihilate you along with the curse."

The space he controlled.

It was possible here in the Carpe Illusion.

Killian raised his greatsword.

[S-spare me!!]

The hybrid, neither human nor monster, screamed, but he paid it no mind and deployed the next form of the domain.

"Total Lunar Eclipse."

The four spheres spread out in a line.

As the absorption was maximized, an unprecedented attractive force was generated.

Whether it was the curse or the body that was its medium.

"I will indiscriminately suck it in and absorb it."

[Gah… ah… aah… aack…]

The goblin's body, which had been making a tearing sound, floated up into the air.

The energy that made up its body disintegrated and escaped.

It was when Killian was timing it to cut off the life of that body.

[Eurasia.]

The goblin's voice changed.

Chilling.

[Adamas.]

As if his blood was freezing just from hearing it.

[Edan Eurasia.]

A voice that made him nauseous just by thinking about it.

"Grotesquery."

The goblin's two eyes seemed to tear apart before merging into one.

[Killian Eurasia.]

The torn mouth created two cheeks.

It was a sight reminiscent of the remnant will of Pantera that he had faced not long ago.

[Ancient Human.]

"Can you guys see me?"

[Adamas.]

“…”

[Eurasia.]

Kekekekekekeke.

The being that had been a goblin uttered his name.

The 7-star monster's evil energy was no longer there.

The radiance shone to dominate the Carpe Illusion.

The Curse of Immortality.

The Curse of Duplication.

The Curse of Enhancement.

The Curse of Fusion.

The four curses seeped in to dominate his Carpe Illusion.

The method was effective.

The Total Lunar Eclipse, which had been sucking in the evil energy and radiance, was shaking.

'I must overwhelm it with greater mana.'

The Carpe Illusion that used Sharle's pendant as a medium.

The problem, as expected, was the amount of mana.

The Violet Magic Tower, unlike the Total Solar Eclipse, required a huge amount of mana to be maintained, so it was not a technique that could be used frequently with an incomplete body.

'Am I supposed to risk my life again?'

Fortunately, he was not alone.

"Hng~ You seem to be in quite a predicament."

Orchid Owl, who had been hiding all this time, revealed herself.

A relaxed voice and the same composure as always.

However.

"You're exhausted."

It was because Killian's Carpe Illusion had absorbed a good deal of her mana as well.

"So this is the Piece of the Grotesquery."

"Yes."

"I don't think my sword will work on a guy like this. You have a way to deal with it, right?"

"Of course."

Kyaruru.

At his unhesitating answer, she burst into a nasal laugh.

She seemed curious as to what kind of move he had left in a situation where even the Carpe Illusion, which could be called a Sword Master's secret technique, was not working.

"There's no rule that says there can only be one Carpe Illusion."

Killian held up the pendant.

Orchid Owl's eyes suddenly widened.

She had realized what kind of image Killian was trying to materialize.

“…!!”

Killian slapped away her hand, which had reached out unconsciously.

"The terms of the contract are to retrieve the Piece of the Grotesquery. The settlement is after that."

"Really!!"

Orchid Owl shouted and raised her mana.

Memento.

It was the technique Crimson Wolf had shown before.

She was also a Night Walker who was not inferior to Crimson Wolf.

"Memento Mori."

Red mana shimmered from her body as she muttered softly.

"The opening will only last a moment."

Her body disappeared in an instant.

Slice. Slice. Slice.

She began to slice the Carpe Illusion in the area to pieces.

The speed at which the curse was encroaching on the space slowed down noticeably.

Thud.

Killian, who had stuck Aether into the ground, released the pendant's mana.

"Violet Magic Tower."

[Name Search Magic is activated.]

The blooming violet mana formed letters along with the Cornelia magic formula in front of him.

Was it because the materialization of the image had become clearer than before?

[Authentication of direct blood relative, Sharle Cornelia.]

As if truly assimilated with the Violet Magic Tower, the magic formula and letters were reassembled here and there.

[Confirmation of the marital relationship between Sharle Cornelia and Killian Eurasia.]

[Confirmation complete.]

The violet mana's magic circle rotated.

[Blood relative authentication complete.]

[Assimilating with the Magic Tower's mana.]

The resulting Carpe Illusion was a structure that was closer to the appearance of the real Magic Tower than before.

Kwaaaaaa.

The raging violet mana flowed into the Total Lunar Eclipse, and the dominance of the space quickly returned.

[Eu. Ra. Si. A.]

The Carpe Illusion sucked in the evil energy and radiance that made up the goblin.

[Kil. Li. An.]

The creature resisted desperately.

Slice!

Orchid Owl's sword, which had appeared from somewhere, grazed its body.

Soon, the four curses embedded in the radiance overlapped and were sucked into a sphere that had formed a single shape.

Crack. Cra-crack.

The space, unable to handle the curse, was about to collapse.

‘It’s not enough.’

Eurasia Style, Total Lunar Eclipse.

Cornelia Style, Violet Magic Tower.

The sight of the two Shiks combining was almost like a single Authority.

"Really~!!"

Orchid Owl let out a ragged breath and calmed her mana.

The radiance that made up the goblin's body, the poisonous energy, and the evil energy were being sucked into the giant Shik.

Watching the scene.

"What an interesting man."

Orchid Owl muttered softly.

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