Chapter 185: Chapter 57. An Incomplete Awakening (3)
My enhanced emotions made Rage shake. For me to explicitly show off my exact military might would probably be good information for Pandemonium, but, on the other hand, it could have that much more of a deterrent effect.
Pandemonium’s next actions couldn’t help but be hesitant—he had even forgotten about Martin. The damage he had accumulated until now must be beyond imagining, and so he would focus only on restoring that.
During that time, my goal was to beat him back some more and get out. It was even possible for me to wait for a chance and gobble up Pandemonium if I wanted to. Without Martin, it would be impossible for him to “foresee” his end!
“If I do it alone, the chances of getting caught in his foresight will go down, too.”
I could roughly predict the same things that Martin would foresee. If I had attacked together with many monsters, he wouldn’t have shown his face here. But since I moved alone, he had put up with just a bit of danger to come to this place.
However, this was also a significant gamble on my part.
If I didn’t get Martin today, then Pandemonium’s attacks would become more tenacious, and he would use methods that would be harder to prepare against. So then, I just had to get Martin no matter what, since I could also be caught in Martin’s predictions if I moved with a larger force later.
“Get out of here, you little pests!”
Crash!
I unleashed the mana of my entire body and diffused it in the area around me. My influence spread out within a radius of up to several kilometers. At the same time, Martin and all of his monsters shuddered and ceased to move almost immediately.
Then, all the monsters that couldn’t endure my mana during that time began to peel off by themselves from the others. In the first place, Martin and I were masters of the same dungeon. As soon as I exercised the same authority with completely different power, the low-level monsters simply couldn’t take it.
Those of the low level and the lowest level were scared stiff and began to retreat. As they did so, the vast majority were trampled by the other monsters chasing after them and met their end.
Just then, I began to move my feet. With each motion of my legs trampling the ground, I released a wave of mana—the appearance of the area around me swayed back and forth like a vision. Whenever my mana got excessively concentrated, this kind of phenomenon appeared.
This was evidence that the density of the mana I possessed was truly high, but the Flame of Pride only became gradually larger. Before long, great wings formed out of these flames grew as large as an entire mountain, so that each time I flapped them, they swallowed up tens of monsters.
The way I appeared now, after releasing all my mana, seemed to be my final form. Of course, this mana also exerted its influence on the Lightning God.
Zap!
The Lightning God literally became a deity of lightning. Whenever it passed by, thunder violently swept through the nearby area. Tens, hundreds of gales of thunder burned the enemy instantly, and the Lightning God continually facing the sky and in the midst of forming more thunder.
The Lightning God in the heavens, and the Flame of Pride on Earth!
The only one who was controlling them was me and me alone.
Clang!
The first monster to reach me was the two-headed ogre. It smashed down on me with overwhelming strength, but my Flame of Pride stopped its fist. On the contrary, it brought a strong flame to the two-headed ogre.
Burn!
As long as I didn’t command it to do so, the Flame of Pride never went out. The flame, which was eating away at the two-headed ogre’s torso, began to spread little by little to the rest of its body. I held Rage and pierced the heart of the ogre as it writhed.
[The Power of Domination has been activated. The two-headed ogre, which has lost one of its two hearts, will follow Randalf Bruciel from now on.]
[This power slowly erodes the opponent’s mind. At first, it may be a bit rebellious, but the affected monster can never inflict harm on its master. Over time, it will become completely obedient.]
This was lucky.
This power had been manifested in the first monster I laid my hand on.
I removed the Flame of Pride from the ogre’s body. When it eventually got up from where it lay, the two-headed ogre had a very perplexed look in its eyes.
Though it was still opposed to me, its body did otherwise.
“Attack the ones who are attacking me.”
The moment I put this command into its mind, the ogre immediately began to act. Its face was nervous because its body was being unruly as if it had a mind of its own, but its huge fists were already moving toward the monsters around it.
Thunk! Thunk!
The orcs who came out to meet its repeated blows were beaten to a pulp. The other monsters didn’t know how to respond right away since they were being attacked by one of their own.
“This is fun.”
Was this the way to do it?
And I could do even more fun things depending on how I used this strategy.
If I wanted to do so, then I would need to draw in many more monsters under my power.
Since this meant I was just obtaining monsters for free, it seemed to have an even more enjoyable feeling.
I moved Rage and the Sword of the Emperor together all at once. The swordsmanship of Highendall smoothly unfolded. My swordsmanship used the same motions as Highendall’s, but, unlike him, who was always reaching for the moon, mine was more vicious.
I moved as though I were trying to split the moon in half.
The monsters that lunged at me from all sides were split apart like an unruly mob.
Thanks to the fact that my skill had progressed enough to allow me to insert my will into the original appearance of the swordsmanship of Highendall.
Yet, I was still annoyed. And so I stepped out into battle. As soon as I firmly set my foot in the earth, the ground itself was lifted in the aftermath of my power.
After this, the earth shot up like one great wall and divided the monsters. After I repeated this about two times, two divided paths appeared. As the monsters attacked following these towpaths, things seemed much more orderly.
I smirked, but it was incredibly livelier than my usual smile.
This sense of freedom!
That’s it. I was feeling freedom now. After facing off with Oculus, this was the first time I had been able to unleash the power of my entire body in a fight.
I had not had any opportunities to do so since becoming an overwhelming one.
How much could it be? If I were to release everything I had all at once, how much destructive power would it have?
I just imagined this every day. And now, that dream was becoming real.
“Nothing’s impossible for me.”
I truly had that much power.
If anything, I was overwhelmingly stronger in reality than in my reduced imagination.
Was this the power of the overwhelming ones?
I caused myself to shudder.
I could imagine somewhat Martin’s mood now that he was finally beholding me.
He must feel hopeless. His heart would be thumping, and his vision would go white.
I had a few similar experiences during the previous life. This was mainly when fighting with the Archdukes.
“And I claimed victory.”
Before this started, I was half-doubtful of my chances.
However, now it all became certain.
This battle would end with my victory!
With each move of my sword, my power was also made obvious. The more this happened, the number of monsters killing those of their own side also increased.
A great confusion amassed, and, before I knew it, I was in the position of arriving within a short distance from Martin.
“You bastard…Randalf Bruciel!” Martin spat out a scream filled with astonishment.
It was unbelievable.
This level of mana… This type of presence…
The overwhelming power that the Archdukes must have felt when I was in Devildom!
After coming to this world, they had all become weak. They were recovering their strength quickly. But still, no one could surpass that wall.
Well, I had surpassed it, then gone a great distance further.
“Why didn’t I foresee this?” Martin asked himself.
“My foresight keeps reality on the edge to a certain extent when it operates. An unreal being like an overwhelming one… Is there any way I would be able to foresee…”
It could easily have been possible if Randalf had struck with a large number of monsters.
But, almost as if he could see through my predictions, the bastard had moved completely alone.
Randalf Bruciel…
Martin honestly hadn’t fully understood why Oculus positioned him as someone important or why Ariel Diablo was so concerned with him. He was powerful enough that even Pandemonium was brooding over him.
He had more points than anyone else, but in Devildom, power was, in fact, the law. And he didn’t actually consider his power to be that great anyway.
No, that wasn’t it. I hadn’t looked properly. It was possible to foresee it—he could immediately see everything—and now Martin wanted to dig out these eyes that he had been so proud of.
Randalf was already a one-man army. He couldn’t tell how it had happened, but each time he swung his sword, the monsters who were hit started fighting on his side.
Though he tried to command them in the authority of a dungeon master, the ones who had already joined his side didn’t adhere to his instructions whatsoever.
“I can’t believe it,” Martin said, astonished.
This power had overcome the authority of a dungeon master!
It was unthinkable that a single demon possessed this much power.
But then, here it was in front of him. Then this must be reality.
He was angry. His stomach also ached. Despite the fact that to obtain this one thing, perfect foresight, Martin had to take on all kinds of dangers and risks—Randalf, since he had first appeared, sneering at the other demons, continued to get things beyond imagination, one by one.
How in the world?
He couldn’t figure it out.
If Martin had just become stronger, or obtained something, that in itself had its limits, of course. In particular, if Randalf was moving in and using the same time as Martin, it was obvious that he would still be within Martin’s sight no matter how fast he was.
As it was now, Randalf had not only run out of Martin’s field of vision, but even far past the finish line.
So how could he easily believe it?
“You bastard…Randalf Bruciel!!”
He truly let it out.
Just then, a single prediction came to him.
An immutable prediction that stated, “You will die here.”
Martin clenched his teeth. If that was the case, he could not just die quietly.
‘I’m going to change the scale of time. I’m going to make my flow different from yours,’ he contemplated.
The most powerful skill that Martin possessed, the ‘Scale of Time (Epic)’, was activated.
It was a skill that mixed up time for everyone within a three-kilometer radius. Some people would become faster, some would become more sluggish, and others would not move at all. As this skill had the potential to leave him as the only person within the original timeline, it was unable to specify an opponent, and it was also a bit of a gamble. However, the possibility that he could survive also went up.
But then…
[The skill ‘Scale of Time (Epic)’ was detected by the Mind’s Eye.]
[50% defensive rate.]
[13% defensive rate. Due to compensation for your opponent’s high intelligence and mana, the ‘Scale of Time (Epic)’ has become totally ineffective.]
“What?”
I had rendered it totally ineffective.
I turned back a skill that had already begun to be activated as though it had never happened.
‘Was this even possible, barring a Spell Breaker?’ Martin wondered.
But I was laughing as if to say I knew this would happen.
I simply swung my sword and came toward Martin.
Would he dodge it?
It was already too late.
Martin waved the wand he had been holding. Phantoms that had the appearance of a real form appeared and blocked the way in front of me.
[‘Phantom Skill (Epic)’ has been detected by the Mind’s Eye.]
“He’s crazy…” Randalf said.
He could see everything.
In other words, this was the worst possible matchup.
On top of that, there was such a huge difference in their power…
‘I just can’t die before I obtain perfect foresight!’ Martin thought this and gritted his teeth.
***
I swiped across him with Rage and the Sword of the Emperor.
I had Martin. At the same time, the other monsters began to become unruly.
I scooped out both of Martin’s eyes.
‘Gaparam would love it if I gave him these,’ I thought.
These eyes made it possible for one to have foresight. It was said that when one died, the eyes lost their effectiveness. Yet, if I purified them again, I could fully expect this ability to be restored. I thought Gaparam would enjoy it quite a bit to use them as part of the ingredients for making a homunculus.
I put out the Flame of Pride after putting the eyes in my magical pocket. The Lightning God also returned quietly to my coat.
“Now I should go see the Holy Woman.”
I had gotten sidetracked suddenly in the middle of her transformation. I had to stealthily confirm what the result was.
Kim Youra was lying on the ground.
Her body was completely restored, and the mana and godly power appeared to have found peace after being mixed up before.
I thought she would have been an anxious sight, but, on the contrary, she had become very harmonious.
“So she’s the Holy Woman of Harmony.”
I chuckled to myself after opening my status window and confirming things.
The idea of a ‘Holy Woman of Harmony’ that was written in my profession irritated me.
I had half-expected something like Depravity, but something completely different had come.
“The contract is complete. You are now mine.”
However it happened, I got the Holy Woman. This was not a bad harvest.
I set Kim Youra and Kim Minji on both of my shoulders and returned to my dungeon. Since this was the first time I had unleashed the power of my entire body, I had some slight fatigue.
“I’ll have to leave it to Lyhee to wrap this up,” I remarked.
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