How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 113
Chapter 113
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“I will grant permission.”
The moment Go Johan expressed his consent.
Writhe!
The tattoo inscribed with curse and sloth began to writhe and emit its presence.
At the same time.
Thump!
The heart carrying sins beat.
This was the power from bearing the fate that the apostles should have become vessels for archdemons.
The power that no human could accept or contain, entirely shouldered by Go Johan.
That’s why.
Thump!
The apostles could never refuse Go Johan, nor betray him.
Furthermore, for them to open their true nature, Go Johan’s permission was necessary.
Flaaash!
Energy waves began pouring around Yoon Seung-Ah.
The curse she had to bear was sloth.
And sloth was.
Kwaaaaaaaa!
An existence possessing power and mana far greater than any other curse.
Power so immense that one could simply sit and think to kill and control an opponent.
Crack!
Above one side of Yoon Seung-Ah’s forehead began to writhe.
Crack!
What pierced through was a horn.
One horn, yet completely different from those of demons.
Swish.
Yoon Seung-Ah slowly opened her eyes that had been closed.
The half-open state made it seem as if she were asleep.
“Cr, crazy…!”
Kim Si-on cursed and crossed both arms.
“Noona, you’ve gotten even stronger!”
Flaaang!
The mana pouring from Yoon Seung-Ah collided with Kim Si-on, sending him flying backward.
He tried to twist his body momentarily and release mana to disperse it, but Yoon Seung-Ah’s mana was so vast that even such techniques wouldn’t work.
Her opened mana surpassed even Go Johan’s.
Flaaaaa!
Mana so vast it couldn’t even be converted to numbers began covering the space.
Flaa! Flaa! Flaaaa!
The energy waves bursting from her pushed back the swamp and exposed the devoured land.
The withered twisted trees crumbled from her energy waves and literally disappeared.
This wasn’t a power she possessed.
Merely the result of vast mana.
Swish.
That her moved slowly, extending her hand.
A movement so slow that one would fall asleep just watching it.
Thud!
Something seemed to happen.
“…Really.”
Even Go Johan was impressed.
“Impressive.”
This was her power.
Go Johan, able to use part of sloth’s curse, became the Knight of Sloth and could use the authority “Inaction.”
A power that suppresses the very will of living beings, bringing instant death.
But Yoon Seung-Ah’s true authority “Inaction” differed from Go Johan’s.
Her authority was.
“The trees… aren’t moving?”
Unlike Go Johan, not just applying to living things but also to inanimate objects.
More than that, power applying inaction to space itself.
All space where Go Johan, Kim Si-on, and Yoon Seung-Ah stood lost its strength and fell asleep.
Everything acting in the Forest of Corruption stopped.
This moment, even the absolute maze fell asleep and became peaceful.
Click.
Go Johan moved forward and grasped the Mark of Sin.
Whoong!
The glowing sword of light in his hand, had it grown slightly larger somehow or was that an illusion?
But what mattered now wasn’t such things.
‘The moment Seung-Ah created.’
Opening the apostles’ true power was a great burden for both the apostles and Go Johan.
It was a moment that couldn’t last long.
“Si-on, step aside.”
They had to seize this moment firmly.
“…Captain! Tell me things like that sooner!”
Kim Si-on cried out as he shot up into the air.
Below him.
Whoosh!
Go Johan swung Great Sin.
Half his power, something never shown before.
“Ahhh!”
That heat and tempest crashed down, sending Kim Si-on flying through the air again.
As Kim Si-on fell to the ground in a mess after manipulating mana to roll several times through the air.
“…Wow…wu…”
Everything blocking their path had been cut down.
“Seung-Ah.”
At Go Johan’s call, Yoon Seung-Ah closed her eyes.
The horn that had grown quickly vanished from sight.
Sway.
Her body swayed.
“Are you okay?”
Go Johan caught her in his arms.
“…Yes.”
Her voice, unlike usual, was drowsy, and Yoon Seung-Ah nestled into Go Johan’s embrace, seeming comfortable.
Snooze.
Yoon Seung-Ah fell asleep.
“Noona should remember this.”
“Time’s running short, we don’t know how vast it is. Let’s hurry.”
Go Johan began moving while holding Yoon Seung-Ah.
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The Forest of Corruption began to writhe.
As the power of inaction that Yoon Seung-Ah had unleashed while opening even demonic power faded, the forest awoke.
Her power could suppress space but couldn’t kill it.
Bubbling, bubbling.
The swamp began to rise.
Writhe.
Dead trees began to shoot up.
“Captain!”
Kim Si-on called to Go Johan.
Eventually when the forest fully awakened, it would become a maze again.
Though they had already approached their destination, that short distance could spiral into much longer detours.
[Remaining time: 140 hours]
The goddess seemed to be hurrying him as well.
Moreover, Yoon Seung-Ah wouldn’t be able to open her sloth power for some time.
That power would erode and corrode her the more she opened it.
“Can you go faster?”
Go Johan said while cutting through the forest.
“…Of course…”
Flaaaaa!
Go Johan shot forward like a spear itself with piercing sound.
What blocked the path.
‘Destroy it all.’
Dead trees couldn’t withstand the aftermath and were crushed, Go Johan moved faster than the swamp rising to devour him.
Simultaneously.
Saaaa.
He protected Yoon Seung-Ah with divine power to endure this speed.
Gradually decreasing speed.
Passing through the Forest of Corruption that was dark and murky.
Flaaaash!
When they arrived at the place where bright light poured down.
Thud.
Go Johan finally stopped completely.
There were already visitors who had arrived.
Those standing with bodies completely blackened, wearing tattered clothing.
Of course.
Fwoosh…
Soon it took the form of demonic armor.
“…!”
Thinking about it, it was natural.
Yoon Seung-Ah had suppressed the entire forest through her sloth authority, so the Dark Elves desperately searching for the World Tree wouldn’t have missed that opportunity.
As evidence, there hadn’t even been attacks to slow Go Johan’s pace.
“…You are.”
It seemed one of them had recognized Go Johan.
“From Travania?”
Go Johan walked toward them without hesitation and said.
“Or perhaps.”
Already loaded bows were being aimed at Go Johan.
The reason modern firearms couldn’t become mainstream.
Kwaaaa!
The simplest reason was that the very dimension of energy that could be fired was different.
Dark Elf bows were made of various types, their draw strength easily surpassing tons.
Simultaneously they strengthened the bow itself, made the tension even more taut, and concentrated power into a single arrow that even bullets couldn’t contain.
That far exceeded the power gunpowder could produce.
“Are you the worms who were trampled by me in the past?”
Go Johan continued walking.
Clench.
The Dark Elf who recognized Go Johan raised his fist, warning everyone not to move carelessly.
“It doesn’t matter what comes next.”
“…Il-handra. World Tree, Great One, could we possibly have a conversation?”
The Dark Elf seemed ready to kneel at any moment.
“…If you would just withdraw from here…!”
The Dark Elf who introduced himself as Il-handra spoke as if pleading.
“We Dark Elves will never invade the land where you have taken root.”
As if only the World Tree was their target.
The Dark Elf with four horns spoke pleadingly.
He must have already heard news of countless failures and stories of defeats happening in the demon realm.
That the confrontation with demons that should have ended in the past had regained its power and declared war again.
“Please show mercy…”
Il-handra now knelt completely.
That’s when it happened.
Swoosh!
A sound like air being torn rang out.
“Captain…! Too… pant pant! Fast…!”
Kim Si-on, who had arrived somehow.
He stuck out his tongue tiredly and breathed, and when his gaze turned from Go Johan to Kim Si-on like that.
Sensing something.
Flaaash!
Il-handra, who had been kneeling, spread his fist wide open.
Flaaaang!
With piercing sound like air being torn, Dark Elf arrows were shot without a moment’s hesitation.
Their arrows that pierced kilometer distances in an instant.
At this close range, there was nothing they couldn’t hit and nothing they couldn’t pierce, or so they thought.
Clang!
Sparks flew.
It was as if flames traced a trajectory.
Splaaaash!
Simultaneously, blood poured from the Dark Elves standing around Il-handra.
Clang!
And later than light, a metal sound rang out.
Dagger to dagger.
Kim Si-on and Il-handra stood facing each other, their daggers crossed.
‘What kind of speed is this?’
Was this truly human?
In that brief time, with speed alone, he defeated Dark Elves who weren’t followed by any other demons.
Craaack!
Speed fast enough to target even Il-handra in an instant.
“I’m… really pissed off right now…!”
Beyond the dagger, Kim Si-on’s torn mouth was smiling.
What filled his flickering eyes was.
“…!”
Incomprehensible madness.
And.
“You are…!”
A feeling of jealousy.
Beyond that, sin deep as the ocean floor was glimpsed.
“Captain, can I kill this?”
“It’s a demon that dared negotiate with us.”
Splaaaash!
“Kill it.”
Before Go Johan’s words even fully left his mouth, Il-handra fell, already missing his head.
“Ugh, I’m dying.”
Having defeated the Dark Elves instantly, Kim Si-on sat down as if his entire body was numb, rubbing himself.
In the meantime, Go Johan continued walking forward.
Threads of light visible through Divine Eyes.
And waves formed a barrier spread out.
The Dark Elves, unable to pierce this, had stopped.
And.
[The World Tree denies you.]
Go Johan too had no choice but to stop.
Zzzzzzt!
The World Tree’s power, as if tearing his entire body apart, dug into Go Johan.
[The World Tree denies you.]
But Go Johan wasn’t pushing it away but accepting it.
He was alone bearing even the power that should have been directed at the sleeping Yoon Seung-Ah in his arms.
[The World Tree denies you.]
Drip, drop.
Blood dripped down his torn skin.
Scrape! Scrape!
Wind blades rushed fiercely, seemingly trying to slice Go Johan.
[The World Tree…]
That’s when it happened.
[Recognizes you.]
For the first time, a change occurred.