Chapter 33 – Pure White Tail

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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What the returned Black Sun would do was obvious.

The Dark Light stretched straight out, crushing all light sources other than starlight. The world submerged into a suffocatingly heavy darkness.

It was to the point where objects could only be distinguished beneath the light I scattered.

Naturally, the Dark Light that swallowed all directions made the boundaries of the world thinner.

The monsters popping out by tearing the paper-thin skin connected by shadows had familiar appearances.

Dark blue dead, Draugr, who fought like humans by maintaining the memories and experiences of their lifetimes with cold chilliness.

A dead that hid itself with hair swaying like seaweed and beastly fur grown all over its body, Kelper.

A dead that waddled with a body filled with decomposition gas and flapped wings connected by skin, Corrupter.

She definitely brought them here considering that ordinary Corpse Demons couldn’t break through my defense. Human tactics shone more when facing humans. I fully understood the reason for bringing Draugrs with memories of their lifetimes or Rotters capable of completely nullifying tactics.

However, leaving aside the others, the fact that Kelpers appeared was a somewhat serious problem.

Kelper was a rare amphibious Corpse Demon. It knew how to swim, didn’t get swept away, and specialized in stealth maneuvers.

The bastard mimicked objects in the shade with its bushy fur. Naturally, it didn’t work on my eyes at all.

What I worried about was the people. The mimicry of the Kelpers worked well on human eyes.

To an excessive degree, that was.

Having noticed the composition of the enemies, I orbited the stars inside my flesh without hesitation.

-Punishing miracle, Sound of a Thousand Thunders

Stretched out my hand and shot the snake of lightning.

If she only sent Corpse Demons or Corpse Demon subspecies, I was confident I could easily repel them.

However, the enemies weren’t idiots to just take the hits.

Seeing the lightning shot, the Corpse Demons turned their backs and ran away just like that.

Cough, kkeoheok, kkeureuk.

While alternately letting out screams and moans uttered at the moment of death.

Of course, I had no thought of going easy on them with a relaxed mind just because they ran away at full speed. Leaving them be would only result in them coming to harm people eventually.

No matter how excellent their footwork was, they were slower than lightning.

The snake of lightning split into a thousand branches in the blink of an eye. And not long after, the moment it reached the backs of the Corpse Demons, I clenched my hand.

BOOM!!!!!

The Corpse Demons were left as scorched marks or degraded into very tiny pieces of flesh.

It was the punishment for aggressively popping out first without knowing how the situation was turning out.

Those who Degraded into Corpse Demons wouldn’t have wanted to continue living as monsters harming people either.

It was fine even if there were guys who wanted such a thing. It meant tearing apart those deranged bastards completely on this occasion.

I glared beyond the densely rising dark dust cloud.

“So empty.”

[…]

“Are you so scared that you can’t even come?”

Eudeuk-.

The Great Demon wailing after losing a right arm was extremely enraged, but couldn’t actually approach herself.

She knew. The fact that she couldn’t win against me in a head-on clash.

I doubted there were bastards more dominated by the logic of power and the providence of the survival of the fittest than demons. Demons were bastards who grew boundlessly weak against opponents they felt were strong.

And the Holy Mother of Stillborns was feeling fear towards me. Only the people tightly huddled together and trembling while chasing the light didn’t know.

I would maintain this standoff and then ambush her in a single breath to finish it.

I intended to continue acting relaxed so that she wouldn’t realize I was pressed for time but.

“Heueueueueum! Heuum! Heueup…. Aaaaaaaak! Kkiyaaaaaaak!!!”

A horrifying scream rang out among the people.

Did I let one slip? Did a victim occur because I was truly careless and missed a few?

I stopped glaring at the Holy Mother of Stillborns and directed all my attention there. Wondering if some bastard might have gotten in.

However, the conversation heard and the scenery captured in my vision made my entire body cool down.

Because I saw a woman grabbing her swollen belly and sweating profusely, and the flustered people around her.

“Oh my, what do we do!”

“Heueueup! Heueueueu… Heueup!”

“Father, don’t just stand there, hurry up and bring some water and something to wipe with. Hurry!”

“E, elder. Don’t tell me.”

“At this rate, we’ll lose the mother too! I said hurry up and bring them!”

……

…This trash.

[I warned you that you would pay the price.]

The Holy Mother of Stillborns flashed her deep blue ghost fires and received my gaze.

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“Aaaaaaaak!!!”

“Theon’s mom’s water broke too!”

“Heueup, heueueup…”

“Honey… Honey! Why, why now of all times!”

Labor pains struck in the midst of trembling in fear from the attack.

The moment everyone was stomping their feet not knowing what to do, the experienced midwives and Bartol made their moves.

“Bring something for the mother to hold onto. There is water created by Star Creation, so use it with peace of mind!”

“Y, yes!”

“Women, help the midwives! It would be good… if the children helped too.”

“Yes, grandpa!”

Although the people found it bizarre, they didn’t know the detailed circumstances yet.

They merely thought of it ominously. An unprecedented situation where even pregnant women who weren’t full term experienced labor pains simultaneously.

The culprit stretched out her intact hand and showed the souls grasped in that hand.

The golden dusts floating around having not been given the time to even get a speck of dirt, let alone knowing what would happen in the future.

The Holy Mother of Stillborns, perhaps thinking she had shown enough, clenched her hand again and withdrew the young souls.

[Come.]

Her intent was obvious.

Her calculation was to separate me from the people and attack simultaneously.

The Holy Mother of Stillborns was even holding the mothers carrying children hostage.

[If you do not come, the mothers will suffer from labor pains and die.]

Between the severed arm and the gouged-out shoulder, a dark smoke cloud rose in place of blood.

The Holy Mother of Stillborns showed no mockery or carelessness, and only revealed cold anger.

[The children will be offered as sacrifices and meet their end.]

My choice was only one.

“You’re dead.”

The second method to overcome the dilemma of sacrifice.

I just needed to become stronger without the need to sacrifice.

I stepped on the bizarrely twisting world and flew towards her.

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Sacrificial Ritual, Conception was notorious for being vicious in Last Comet.

Because it not only killed the survivor you painstakingly saved, but also the soul of the stolen child was offered as a sacrifice during the attack to strengthen the enemy.

I had to kill her before that.

The opponent harboring murderous intent was the same.

The Holy Mother of Stillborns, having noticed me rushing in, swung her huge hand like swatting a fly.

Sigh…ng-.

A menacing sound cutting through the air was enough to make the skin tremble.

If a person was here, their eardrums would have been torn by the sound of the wind being cut.

However, narrowly, I approached the demon before the swinging arm.

This was my chance.

The trajectory left by the stars inside my flesh orbiting drew overlapping lightning bolts.

-Punishing miracle, Sound of a Thousand Thunders

Zap!…!!

It was the miracle possessing the greatest lethality among the miracles I could use right now.

The snake of lightning flowing down my arm twisted its body fiercely. Hissing twice as sharp as usual.

I aimed at the demon in front of my eyes as the opponent for the snake to bite and tear to its heart’s content.

I considered that the snake stretching out along my fingertips could split apart a weakened demon.

That was until an unexpected interference came in.

…A pitch-black Dark Light intervened between us.

The lightning flying while sparking its charge disappeared as if plop, falling into a deep well.

It was the moment I acutely felt the fact that the enemy I had to face was not just one.

And the enemies never missed the time when my attack was frustrated.

[Now, kill them!]

The Great Demon, who had been gigantic enough to completely fill the entire sky until just now, turned into a black cloud of smoke.

Simultaneously, the attack towards Santiom and the people began.

The monsters, who had been busy running away in fear when I was there, were running while coveting the souls and flesh of the living.

I could not be too far from the Holy Mother of Stillborns.

Conversely, it would be putting the cart before the horse if I neglected the danger of the people saying I would kill her.

I prepared for the upcoming pain and orbited the stars inside my flesh.

The shape drawn this time was three lightning bolts stretching out through clouds.

-Punishing miracle, Follower of the Rainstorm

“I will absolutely not let you do that.”

Although its power was said to be weak, it was an instant-kill skill against regular Corpse Demons, not even demons.

An existence called a god was that powerful. The problem was that the enemies to face were equally strong.

The miracle used right now, Follower of the Rainstorm, had the problem of a long post-delay despite its long range and wide area of effect.

It was right at this time that the scattered black smoke cloud took shape.

The Holy Mother of Stillborns manifested only her upper body and face, and shouted with a voice soaked in ecstasy.

[Finally!!!!]

When she turned into that smoke cloud, I had to use sunlight or bizarre methods.

Sunlight was already used, so only bizarre methods remained… I didn’t need to think too hard.

Jjeoeo-ok-.

The demon covered in dried, bluish-gray skin lavishly revealed the hunger she had hidden beneath the black veil.

It was teeth full of scars as the chewed-up victims had struggled and scratched at them.

The Holy Mother of Stillborns, while vomiting out a laugh confirming her victory through those teeth.

Swallowed me.

Naturally, I had no thought of being chewed up.

I recalled when I faced the kneading fin, Omotl. And I kicked off the sky before it was too late.

Ttaaaaak-!

Like a sound echoing in a cave, the sound of teeth clashing also rang out inside the demon’s mouth.

[It is useless. Now that you are eaten, you are finished.]

Ggulleong-ggulleong…

The Holy Mother of Stillborns tried to swallow me whole without chewing. Her uvula and tongue squirmed simultaneously, narrowing the empty space.

Of course, I didn’t come in without any plan.

As the Black Sun rose, the stars in the sky fell below the horizon.

Except for one.

Except for the one star that refused to be fixed to the sky itself, and even refused to fall to the ground.

“Come!”

Kugugugung.

Because it was inside the Holy Mother of Stillborns’ mouth, I couldn’t see outside.

However, I could tell what was happening just by the sound. The star was coming to my side.

A star that remained silent because there was no light, but could shine to its heart’s content again if it came to my side!

“Atonement Star!”

[Wh, what!?]

Tugwaaaaaaak-!!!

The transparent glass star broke through the closed lips and shut teeth, and returned to my side.

The comet it embraced inside had already burned up and disappeared a long time ago.

I pointed at the young star, shot out a comet from my fingertips, and shouted.

“Orbit around me!”

The glass star, receiving the shot comet and carefully holding it in its embrace, twinkled fiercely. The glass star that could not twinkle without light, but shone brightly anywhere as long as there was light, followed my will.

The glass star refined by guilt burned pure white once again and flew.

To draw a star’s trajectory-.

-Star Protection miracle, Trajectory of the Atonement Star

…For a very short moment, sound stopped in the world.

However, the trajectory passed by the Atonement Star was revealed with a vivid white light.

A long oval accurately drew a line between the upper jaw and lower jaw, between the supports that connected each other.

Presently.

Jjeojeojeojeojeok.

Following the trajectory drawn by the Atonement Star, the demon’s flesh began to split.

To the point where even the barely connected flesh could not support the weight of the lower jaw.

Drip, tudududuk.

Presently, the moment the dried-up muscles, nerves, and blood vessels could not handle the weight and snapped.

[….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

Beyond the silent scream and groan full of pain, a familiar sight was seen.

It was the sight of Santiom protected by the light I scattered.

The lower jaw, cut out in a single breath, fell as it was, turned into a black smoke cloud, and scattered.

However, the Great Demon didn’t end with this much.

Vuuuung-.

That huge hand swept through the empty air once more.

She intended to shove me in with her hand instead of the severed jaw and tongue.

However, it was also a foolish move, having forgotten who cut her jaw.

I slowly faced the approaching palm together with the Atonement Star orbiting around me.

“Tedious bastard.”

The Atonement Star also emitted light through its chipped surface, as if responding to this.

“Let’s cut it off once more.”

The Atonement Star rejoiced more than anyone at these words, and began to orbit rapidly.

-Star Protection miracle, Trajectory of the Atonement Star

What the pure white comet tail left behind was only the demon’s scream.

This time, there was not even a need to move.

When the Atonement Star returned to my side again, the demon was wailing, having lost even her remaining intact hand.