Chapter 158: Beings of the Ancient Era (4)

Chapter 158: Beings of the Ancient Era (4)

Pluto looked at the divine strike that pierced the ground in front of him with a wary expression.

The goddess had returned.

The goddess of order, who had been absent from the world for a while, had come back.

The fact that she was back would have a huge impact on the world.

Philrun was a hero who deserved his name, but Pluto could not ignore the goddess behind him either.

“The goddess of order...”

Order.

The goddess who was in charge of the natural laws and rules of this world.

The laws that she established were the proper norms for everyone, and the immutable principles of the world.

The goddess of order would judge and condemn anyone who violated the order that she had set.

And Pluto would also be a target of her judgment.

Pluto was an immortal who defied the logic of mortals, and an apostle of the evil god who opposed the six goddesses.

Philrun, who had the support of the goddess on his back, was more confident than ever as he aimed his divine weapon at Pluto.

“Why don’t you surrender now? I’ll let you die without pain.”

“...”

No matter how powerful Pluto was, he could not win against the goddess.

He was nothing but a creature who lived under the logic of the gods.

Pluto Astria’s name was eternal, but his memory was not.

But the being called a goddess was beyond the logic of such creatures.

Pluto and her had different lengths of time and history that they had accumulated and remembered.

That’s why humans called them gods and worshiped and revered them.

“But still...”

Pluto’s red eyes, filled with determination, stared at Philrun who stood beyond him.

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But the hero in front of him was a different story.

He could do it.

He could pierce through the divine punishment that the goddess unleashed and kill Philrun.

It was a possibility that only he, not any other apostle, had.

Pluto firmly believed in that possibility.

“If you retreat now, you will disgrace the honor of your lord.”

With that judgment, Pluto gripped Deathscythe and started to move forward.

His flesh, soaked in darkness, scattered and turned into black mist. Pluto’s body charged toward Philrun.

Was it because he had already lost two pairs of wings?

Philrun was wary of Pluto and held his sword while stepping back.

“—-Deathscythe.”

Ziiiiing.

The divine weapon resonated and the shadow of the reaper appeared behind Pluto.

He aimed for a strike that would cross the distance.

With one hit, or two at most, he was confident that he could bring down Philrun.

Kwang!

As Pluto’s body kicked the snow and approached, Philrun swung his light beam and opened his mouth.

From the snow that scattered in all directions, Philrun and the goddess’s voices echoed at the same time.

“Oh goddess!”

-“Do not touch my child.”

A golden curtain spread in the air and blocked Pluto’s strike.

Kagagagak!

The reaper’s scythe, glowing blue, slid along the curtain and moved toward the ground.

There was no doubt that the goddess of order had spread the curtain to protect Philrun.

The curtain, made of dense divine power, was not the kind that could be passed through by mistification.

Pluto, who had turned into mist, quickly changed his strategy and tried to bypass the curtain with his fast mobility.

‘Again.’

His body, which had dispersed like a mirage, slowly coalesced beyond the curtain.

The darkness began to intersect.

The darkness that began to take on a human shape revealed its true form at that moment. Countless beams of light poured down around him.

A foul smell that twisted his nose assaulted Pluto’s sense of smell.

Pluto frowned and hastily restored his body to its original state.

“Huuh...!”

Kwang! Kang! Kaang!

Pluto swung his scythe and fended off the holy light that poured down to the ground.

The arrows of light that collided with Pluto’s scythe twisted their trajectories and embedded themselves in the floor.

Crack.

The arrows that he deflected turned into fragments of divine power and scattered.

The beams of light that the goddess shot all conveyed a heavy sensation.

Indeed, it felt like a huge wall to reach her fully with his power.

‘A little faster.’

Faster. And stronger.

Pluto put more strength into his scythe.

Kwang! Kagagagak!

With one swing of his scythe, three beams of light crumbled.

Kwang! Kang!

With two swings of his scythe, Pluto’s footsteps advanced one step forward.

One step. And another step.

As Pluto stepped forward, Philrun shot a beam of light from Clawsolas at him.

“—-Clawsolas!”

Chiiiiik.

The beam of light bent by Deathscythe stabbed the ground.

Pluto’s eyes followed Philrun’s movement, who was consumed by fear.

A frightened prey was in front of him.

A human hero who had always offered blood to his kin, trembling with fear at the name of his great race, was in front of him.

He could not retreat from such a human without disgracing his ancestor’s honor.

Kwang!

Pluto, who was holding his scythe, swung it and ran toward Philrun.

I couldn’t help but be surprised by the scene.

The one who shot the arrow at Pluto was definitely not the guy called Philrun.

“...This is really happening.”

The goddess, whom I had only heard of, appeared in front of me.

Pluto was blocking the arrows that the goddess shot and advancing forward.

Seeing that, I moved my finger to the <Voice> skill that was heading toward the attack magic.

A hero character who attacked the apostle with the goddess.

Was this a special pattern that manifested by causality correction?

I realized then why the messages had been warning me of causality correction until now.

-Warning: Excessively biased karma in one direction may cause <Causality Correction>.

“Yeah, this is fun. Let’s fight together, huh?”

Pluto had held his own against the boss monster even when his sight was blocked.

If I helped her, there was no reason why we couldn’t defeat the enemy in front of us.

Causality correction or whatever, it would be over if Pluto and I overcame it.

Tuk.

I touched the <Voice> skill and used it to talk to Pluto’s ear.

There was only one command I had to give her with my voice.

“Pluto. You take down that guy. I’ll back you up.”

-“Move forward. I’ll guide you.”

-“If that’s your will, I’ll do anything.”

Pluto could take down the boss for sure.

Because I would help her myself.

Tadadadak–.

Pluto, who gripped his scythe, ran toward Philrun while scattering snow.

In front of Pluto who was advancing, arrows filled with light revealed themselves.

-“Submit to the proper order.”

Countless arrows emitted light and flew toward her.

I created a <Barrier> in the air and blocked the arrows that were shot at Pluto.

My countless <Barriers> overlapped and collided with the arrows that flew at me.

Kwang! Zhezhezhezhek.

The <Barriers> that were hit by the arrows crumbled, but I created new ones beyond them.

-You used <Barrier>.

-You used <Barrier>.

-You used <Barrier>.

My skill control, which I had honed for a long time, was not bad at all.

The spectacle of <Barriers> that the human macro poured out was enough to block the enemy’s attack.

As I blocked the pattern that was made to pressure Pluto by myself, a smile burst out from my lips that were using skills.

I laughed as I thought of the goddess who was spouting nonsense.

“Shut up. I am the order.”

Tuduk. Tuk. Tuk. Tuk.

I tapped the skill icons and blocked the goddess’s attacks one after another.

Crack. The fragments of the broken <Barriers> scattered star dust beyond the screen.

Before I knew it, I had accidentally pressed the <Voice> skill along with it, and a mechanical voice flowed from the speaker.

-“I am the order.”

-“That’s a good word for you, my lord.”

Pluto smiled and accelerated even more than before.

Logracion was the stage that I had prepared for her.

The brightest thing in this stage had to be my apostles.

Otherwise, everything I had poured out until now would lose its meaning.

I gave wings to Pluto’s back as he moved forward.

My trailing touch became a shield to protect her, and my pressing sparkle became a blade to trap the enemy.

-“—-Deathscythe.”

Kwang!

Darkness shot out from behind Pluto who was accelerating.

A crack opened in front of the spreading darkness, and the crack swallowed Philrun.

Philrun, who was mixed with Logracion’s ash, shivered and pushed away the crack.

Zhezhezhezek.

One of his wings made of light burst and a huge speech bubble popped out and covered the screen.

-“Oh goddess!!! Save me!!!”

He shook his pitiful outer wing and widened his eyes.

It was the biggest speech bubble I had ever seen.

It was so big that even though I only saw it with my eyes, I could feel his intense emotion.

Of course, I had no intention of watching his pathetic struggle until the end.

Pluto, who cut through the darkness and moved forward, was already in front of him.

-“Hello.”

Deathscythe tilted greatly and throbbed once.

Kieek.

The reaper who appeared behind her laughed at him.

It was a sight I had never seen before.

The reaper who appeared as the effect of [Divine Weapon: Deathscythe] was mocking the enemy.

-“Guide me!!!”

-“—-Deathscythe.”

His arm, fully tilted, swung at Philrun from a close distance.

Kwaaaaang!

A loud explosion and countless beams of light burst out from there.

Under the scattered light, Pluto and Philrun’s faces froze at the same time.

A black and white world where only shadows existed.

As red blood splashed, a new message appeared at the bottom of the screen.

-[Divine Weapon: Clawsolas] has been destroyed.

-[Divine Weapon: Deathscythe] has grown.