### Chapter 390
Before the Most Terrible Seed in the Giant’s Forest
There stood a Hell Fairy, wearing a mask on one side of her face, all alone in front of the Most Terrible Seed.
Around the Most Terrible Seed, countless magic circles were drawn.
This was the Hell Fairy using acceleration magic to bloom the Most Terrible Seed faster.
As if to show the power of her magic, the Most Terrible Seed had transformed from a meager seed into a massive tree, now rooting itself deep into the ground.
Its roots, sinking deep below, were set to tunnel endlessly down until they eventually penetrated into the world’s interior.
From that moment on, the constraints of being within the realm of World Erosion would cease, and the powers of World Erosion would engulf the entire world.
‘Just a bit more now.’
The Hell Fairy realized that it wouldn’t be long before the Most Terrible Seed fully bloomed.
Moreover, she was well aware of who would ultimately devour this horror.
She also knew that when the seed bloomed, she would be the first to go.
‘It’s soon.’
It had been ages since she had to count down the time.
On the day she first met Abella, she pledged her lifelong loyalty.
For the Hell Fairy, Abella was both a benefactor and a teacher.
For her, she could bring destruction to the world without a second thought.
Long ago, as the World Erosioner, she’d been captured by humans, half her face burned and forced into slavery.
It was to burn them all down, for the sake of Abella who had taken her in.
Even if it meant that Abella used her unique traits to complete reincarnation magic by bringing down her master.
For the one who saved her life, she was willing to do anything.
Just as the Hell Fairy resolutely solidified her magic, determined to burn her own life down, it happened.
Kaaahng!
The hemispherical defensive magic created by the Hell Fairy cracked and shattered.
“What a ruckus you’ve stirred up.”
A voice suddenly echoed from behind her.
She sensed that he was approaching long before.
He was aware of it too and deliberately made his presence known.
After all, all the trap spells surrounding the Most Terrible Seed were already being broken through.
The traps barely delayed anything at all.
But one thing was certain: someone was coming.
Kraush Balheim.
The one called the Dragon King, chosen as the vessel of the God of World Erosion by Abella.
The Hell Fairy wasn’t particularly afraid of death.
It made no difference whether she died at his hands or succumbed to the Most Terrible Seed.
In fact, she was already nearly ready to awaken the horror.
‘The problem is...’
She still needed a little more time.
With the magic already set to trigger, the Hell Fairy turned her body around.
In her grasp, magic activation was held firm.
She would buy even a little time.
Just as she made up her mind to cast her magic, Kraush was already on the move.
A blinding white light filled her view.
He moved fast.
As if everything he had swallowed until now wasn’t a lie.
His speed had increased dozens of times compared to when she faced him alongside the Black Crow before.
It was a speed that had once caught her totally off guard.
There was no way she could respond to it now.
With his white hair billowing, Kraush’s sword lunged toward her.
Kwadadadang!
The defensive magic pendant that the Hell Fairy had relied on as her last resort shattered in an instant.
The power flowing from his sword utterly overwhelmed her own.
But in that brief moment, the Hell Fairy activated her magic.
Hell Asura.
Using her unique trait, Descending No More.
An Asura plucked straight from hell.
The horned Hell Asura surged up from beneath her feet and swung a massive sword toward Kraush.
As the force of the blade imbued with the power of World Erosion stretched toward Kraush to bisect him, he simply raised a hand.
Thuk—
Kraush caught the massive hellish sword bare-handed.
Without the help of the Heavenly King, he would surely have ended up dragged away by Veldo back then.
This was his chance for revenge.
Understanding this, Kraush intensified the White Flame’s power.
‘Crimson Garden, you sly one.’
She must’ve known Veldo fled and simply let him go.
If it were her, she’d surely be preparing for the arrival of Abella after the Giant’s Forest fell.
In other words, she had faith that Kraush would inevitably defeat Veldo.
‘That teacher of mine...’
Always leaving the hard work to her disciple.
While grumbling internally, Kraush began to raise his intensity further.
“I won’t let anyone else run away like the rest.”
“Maybe I’m not the one who’s running.”
No further conversation was necessary.
The moment Veldo’s words finished, Kraush’s energy surged.
Simultaneously, with the addition of his Excel power, Kraush launched forward like a cannon.
The wind rippled behind him.
Kraush, who now wielded divine powers at will, was a ridiculous force to contend with.
Even Veldo, faced with him, realized this stark fact.
His body was already battered from the earlier battle.
Continuing a fight here would make him nothing more than Kraush’s prey, no matter how formidable he might be.
‘I never expected I’d be forced into this position yet again.’
He didn’t think he would ever feel this kind of crisis in his life one more time.
With a twist of his mouth into a sly smile, Veldo felt a thrill of exhilaration.
The glint of madness in his face sent a shiver down Kraush’s spine as his sword lunged toward Veldo’s neck.
Kaaahng!
Veldo raised his right arm to block Kraush’s sword.
The massive bracelet on his right arm collided with Kraush’s blade.
Clang!
Kraush’s strength was such that even the bracelet, looking far stronger than steel, began to crack.
‘No.’
But soon Kraush noticed that it wasn’t solely due to his own strength.
The bracelet had already been unsealed by Veldo before he got here.
‘This guy...’
Kraush had seen Veldo unseal his bracelet once before.
And that time, Veldo rampaged through Starlon, spreading chaos to the point that even the White Dragon Balheim couldn’t control him.
That was the moment of his fatal rampage.
He had anticipated this, but Veldo had chosen to go berserk even faster than he thought.
As Kraush attempted to pivot in mid-air to seize any opportunity before Veldo’s bracelet fully unleashed its power, he opened the Sable and poured all the white flame stored within onto his blade.
With the white flame imbued and energized, Kraush’s sword glowed blindingly.
At the same time, his eyes turned crimson.
The power of the Heavenly Killing Star also added strength to Kraush’s white flame.
Finally, as his sword reached its peak, Kraush swung it toward Veldo.
Annihilation Erosion (滅火浸蝕)
Ten StylesAnnihilation (滅火)
A white flame that annihilates everything engulfed Veldo.
Even within the completely engulfing flames, Kraush did not halt; he surged forward relentlessly.
Confident that Veldo hadn’t perished, he sought to make one more swing of his sword.
Boom!
The gigantic shackles Veldo wore crumbled and fell to the ground.
The Beast King, who had encountered the Annihilation right in front of him and burned to a crisp, grinned with wild eyes.
“Give it your all.”
With that brief line, his white fur began to glow golden.
Along with this, Veldo’s muscles swelled massively, and his face distorted like a fierce beast.
Beastification.
In his eyes, there was no longer anything resembling conscience.
Instead, pure, primal ferocity erupted from his entire being.
The Beast King, Veldo.
This was the moment he revealed his true form.