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Translator: ZERO_SUGAR
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Chapter 367: Episode 69: Archangel Hunt (2)
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I headed straight for the battlefield with Anna Croft.
Michael, consumed by madness, was tearing apart and killing every Constellation and Incarnation around him.
Evil born solely to destroy evil.
As a fallen angel, Michael was no less formidable than Poseidon or Hades in pure combat ability.
[A considerable number of Constellations are paying attention to the situation on Middle Island 3!]
[The Constellation Demonic Judge of Fire looks at you with concern.]
One by one, Constellations who had already entered Main Island or had yet to join the Great war of Angels and Demons turned their attention our way.
Just as we were about to enter Michael's range, Anna said, "It's dangerous if we go any closer. With my [Prayer Concealment] skill..."
I grabbed Anna's wrist.
[The fable Stone and Me begins its story!]
[The fable Stone and Me finds the existence of Anna Croft strange.]
"Take care of her too."
[The fable Stone and Me looks at you with slight displeasure.]
[The fable Stone and Me has shared its effect with Anna Croft.]
We boldly strode through the battlefield.
Neither Michael nor the other Constellations noticed us. To them, we probably looked like two stones rolling across the ground.
Anna asked in surprise, "What is this fable?"
"A fable that turns you into a stone."
There wasn't time to explain more than that.
Constellation corpses lay strewn across every path through the battlefield. A few were still alive.
Belial, the Demon King of the 68th Demon Realm, Worthless Darkness.
Struck by Michael's attack, Belial was barely staying upright as fables poured from the Demon King. Come to think of it, Belial had been after me too.
Pshhk!
Calmly, I drove Unbreakable Faith into Belial's body.
[You have killed the Demon King of the 68th Demon Realm!]
[This Demon King's rank is lower than yours, so there is no change in rank.]
[The modifier necklace Worthless Darkness has been acquired.]
[You have killed five Demon King Incarnation bodies.]
[A possibility for a new Attribute has opened for you!]
"You're a Demon King. Is it really okay to kill them so freely?"
"I'll just quit being a Demon King."
Anna looked dumbfounded as I spoke so casually.
Rumble!
I heard Michael's Status rampaging behind us. If Second-generation Plausibility had been even a little weaker, the entire forest would've been blown away.
"We don't have time. Let's move. Asmodeus is probably in a similar state."
Demon King Fable Fragments lay near the forest path. They were traces of a high-ranking Demon King, incomparable to Belial. It was obvious who they belonged to.
After pushing through the grass for a while, I saw a figure leaning against a massive old tree.
[Just as I thought.]
Asmodeus smiled as though he'd known I would come.
One arm and one leg of his Incarnation body had been severed, and its chest had been completely crushed. He was barely alive.
[So Michael possessed the authority of Fall... You knew from the beginning, didn't you?]
Asmodeus looked as though he had finally understood everything.
[Now you'll take my necklace.]
"That's right."
Asmodeus's modifier necklace glimmered where it lay overturned.
If I gained every letter on that necklace, Asmodeus would be eliminated from this Great war of Angels and Demons.
[Get it over with.]
Asmodeus's Incarnation body was a girl who looked about sixteen. Even if I killed this body, Asmodeus's true body wouldn't die. But this Incarnation body certainly would.
And she was Department Head Han Myeongoh's daughter.
"I'm not going to kill you. Instead, let's make a deal."
[A deal? What kind of deal could you possibly offer now?]
"Transfer one Mythical fable to me. Then I won't eliminate you from the Scenario."
Asmodeus burst out laughing. Blood spilled from his mouth.
[What an amusing thought. Are you threatening me now?]
"Yes."
For a moment, tension hung between Asmodeus and me.
A faint lament flickered in Asmodeus's eyes as he stared at me.
[You've become a perfect Demon King. None of the 72 Seats can deny that you're a Demon King.]
"Thanks for the compliment."
[But there is a problem with your offer. I'm your target. How are you planning not to eliminate me?]
"As long as you don't lose every letter, you won't be eliminated from the Scenario. I'll leave you one letter."
The letter I intended to leave was [ui]. I happened to have an extra one.
Asmodeus said, [I'm touched by your generosity.]
I reached for his modifier necklace.
One syllable after another began transferring from Asmodeus's necklace.
[You have acquired the modifier syllable jeong.]
[You have acquired the modifier syllable yok.]
[You have acquired the modifier syllable gwa.]
[You have acquired the modifier syllable gyeok.]
...
About halfway through the transfer, Asmodeus looked at my modifier. More precisely, he was probably looking at the [won] in my modifier.
[Now that I see it up close, that really is a desirable modifier.]
I hid my modifier necklace beneath my clothes.
"Don't try to kill Michael. Just take one letter from him. You can manage that much, can't you?"
[One letter... Are you referring to this?]
Then I saw the necklace in his remaining hand.
[Hunter of Resentment].
His Target Necklace, with every letter gathered, shone brightly.
[The Demon King Demon God of Lust and Wrath has fulfilled the Scenario Clear Conditions!]
[Scenario transport has begun.]
I reflexively checked my modifier necklace.
[Demon King of Salvation].
In other words, that wasn't the [won] I possessed.
[I knew the moment Michael fell that this was a trap.]
In that brief moment?
Asmodeus's Incarnation body began scattering as Scenario transport started.
[Did you really think I hadn't prepared for a situation like this?]
Asmodeus had fought Michael from the beginning with the intention of obtaining only [won].
I reached for him too late, but Asmodeus was already beyond my ability to interfere.
[Good luck, Demon King of Salvation. You only have one letter left to gather as well.]
Asmodeus's body vanished in a brilliant burst of light.
All that remained were the modifier letters he had left behind.
[Demon □ of Lust and Wrath]
Damn it. Of all the syllables, it had to be God...
I had badly underestimated Asmodeus.
When I turned around, Anna was glaring at me.
"The promise you made me..."
"Shh."
I instinctively put a finger to my lips. Something was wrong. The grass had been filled with screams and chaos until moments ago, but now it was too quiet. As if every living thing around us had died.
The nearby blades of grass rose all at once, and the hair on my body stood up with them.
I shouted almost instinctively, "Activate [future vision]!"
The Arch-Demon's Eyeball glowed red. Anna grabbed my wrist, and we began to run. After sprinting over a hundred meters in an instant, Anna looked back.
I saw the same sight.
Kwaaaang!
A colossal explosion erupted in the exact place where we had just stood. A violet semicircle, formed like a barrier, warped in an instant and crushed everything within it.
[Judgement Field].
The demon-destroying authority that could only be gained through Fall.
Anna said in despair, "There is too much noise. I can't see the future!"
"You don't need to read all of it. Just read Michael's attack patterns."
"You still intend to fight? If we use that 'Let's Become a Stone' or whatever fable and run..."
"Didn't you see him attack the stones just now?"
The Archangel who intended to kill me walked out of the crater, purple smoke rising around him. Michael's fable, triggered by the Fruit of Good and Evil, had taken over his entire body. The fallen Archangel had already lost half his reason.
[Demon... King... of... Salvation.]
A chilling constellation's declaration, even from far away.
"He's definitely not in his right mind."
"Damn it, everything is ruined because of you!"
"Let's go with Plan B."
"Plan B? You never told me there was one!"
"I'll make it up right..."
I couldn't finish my sentence. A violent gust blew Anna far away.
Michael's huge body raced toward me at a terrifying speed.
[You have activated Demon King Transformation!]
Crack.
My body began to change.
Black wings rose from my back, along with a Demon King's horns.
My Status had grown in step with Second-generation Plausibility.
Of course, if I clashed with him using only this much Status, I would die a pointless death.
[The Attribute Scenario Interpreter has activated.]
But it wasn't me who would clash with him.
[The Great Fable Spring of the Demon Realm begins its story!]
[The Great Fable Holy Flame That Devoured Myth begins its story!]
It was the fables I had built up.
Kwaaaang!
"Spring of the Demon Realm," carried in my left hand, collided with Michael's left hand. At nearly the same time, the holy flame contained in Unbreakable Faith targeted Michael's body.
[The Great Fable Holy Flame That Devoured Myth lets out a delighted scream!]
Startled, Michael twisted his body and retreated.
The power of a Great Fable was incredible. Even with the limits imposed by Second-generation Plausibility, it was strong enough to face that monster. The training I received from Yoo Hoseong hadn't been wasted.
[The fable Evil That Destroys Evil begins its story!]
[The Great Fable Demon of Eden begins its story!]
I wasn't the only one with powerful fables.
Rumble!
An enormous pressure poured from Michael, making all my fables groan. My Status was just a little too weak to face him head-on.
[The Great Fable Holy Flame That Devoured Myth roars resentfully!]
I'm sorry. If I had been a little stronger, you wouldn't have had to endure this.
The fierce attacks that followed struck me hard enough to make my insides churn.
[The Great Fable Holy Flame That Devoured Myth protects you.]
[The Great Fable Spring of the Demon Realm protects you.]
[The fable King of a Kingless World protects you.]
[The fable One Who Opposes the Extraordinary protects you.]
...
My fables were enduring his attacks in my place.
Brief thoughts flashed through my mind.
What if I used "Eternal Hellscape"?
What if I activated [Electrification] and [Way of the Wind] at the same time?
What if I activated [Bookmark] and called other people here?
No plan offered a clear solution.
So that really was the only way. I didn't want to end up like that again.
As I staggered back, vomiting a bucketful of blood, Michael strode toward me. Purple aura flowed from one of his hands, as though he had decided to finish this.
A violet semicircle of a barrier formed around me. A Stigma that could never be reversed once activated. [Judgement Field], the court that punished all evil, was unfolding.
It seemed I was to be crushed to death.
"Michael."
Did Michael know that I had been waiting all along for him to activate that Stigma?
"No, fallen angel Lucifer."
[The Demon King King of Fallen Angels dislikes that name!]
Lucifer had originally been one of the figures who would bring the original Great war of Angels and Demons to ruin.
「No evil in the world can defeat the King of Fallen Angels.」
Evil that grew stronger when it faced evil, until it eventually became a monster that devoured all evil.
Even a high-ranking Demon King in the top ten couldn't kill him, because when facing evil, he became stronger than any being in the world.
「But what if his target isn't evil?」
Every great power had a price.
With Judgement Field less than ten meters away, I slipped a hand into my clothes.
I took out an apple.
A Star Relic Fruit of Eden, given to me by the Scribe of heaven just before Gigantomachia began.
"Don't you miss this taste?"
Michael's gaze wavered violently.
He had probably recognized this apple. After all, he must have eaten one before.
"When an angel eats the Fruit of Good and Evil, Demon King Transformation begins. Then what happens when a Demon King eats the Fruit of Good and Evil?"
Michael stretched out his hand in panic.
But it was already too late.
That was the moment [Judgement Field] began crushing my body.
Crunch.
My teeth bit into the Fruit of Good and Evil.
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