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Translator: ZERO_SUGAR

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Chapter 397: Episode 75: A Certain Emotion (4)

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[A skill has evolved due to an Attribute evolution.]

[The Exclusive Skill Ghost Slaying has evolved into God Slaying!]

[The activation effect of the Exclusive Skill Hour of Judgement has changed!]

Jeong Huiwon looked down at her hands, both covered in aura. One was dazzling white, while the other was turning black.

[The Island of Reincarnators is looking at you.]

The ones cheering her on now weren't Constellations.

[The members of the Island of Reincarnators are looking at you.]

They were the people she had protected.

The Demon Kings stared at Huiwon as if they couldn't believe it.

[An Attribute evolution?]

[Not bad. The Scenario's protection has settled upon you.]

They didn't look flustered, though. No matter what, Jeong Huiwon was only an Incarnation. She couldn't borrow Uriel's power or Eden's protection.

Huiwon stepped toward the Demon Kings.

[You have activated the Exclusive Skill Hour of Judgement!]

The Demon King Hagenti, having caught on to her intentions, sneered.

[You still haven't come to your senses. No matter what your Attribute evolves into, the Archangels will not lend you their power.]

[Hour of Judgement] was a skill that borrowed the Plausibility of the absolute good alignment. It could never be used without the relevant Constellations' permission.

Then, a strange message appeared.

[Hour of Judgement no longer seeks the consent of Constellations aligned with the absolute good.]

[Hour of Judgement no longer borrows Plausibility from nebulae aligned with the absolute good.]

[Constellations of the absolute good alignment are greatly flustered by the change in Incarnation Jeong Huiwon.]

"I don't need their consent anymore."

It was Jeong Huiwon speaking, neither good nor evil.

"We decide whom we judge."

Sparks surged from Huiwon's body as she gripped the Sword of Judgement.

Hagenti instinctively stepped back at the ominous sight.

[What...?]

[The Exclusive Skill Hour of Judgement has received the protection of Kim Dokja Company.]

[Members of Kim Dokja Company have been granted voting rights.]

[Some members are currently unable to vote.]

[Only members who can vote will participate in the vote.]

Then the voting began.

[Incarnation Lee Jihye approves the judgement.]

[Incarnation Shin Yuseong approves the judgement.]

[Incarnation Lee Gilyeong approves the judgement.]

[Incarnation Jeong Huiwon approves the judgement.]

[All currently eligible voters have approved your judgement.]

Huiwon looked down at Hyeongseong, collapsed on the ground. His body was cold and still.

This judgement was for him.

[Hour of Judgement has activated!]

[The skill duration is limited because there are not enough participants.]

[For 4 minutes, your physical abilities transcend the Scenario's Plausibility!]

[For 4 minutes, all your fables transcend the Scenario's Plausibility!]

Huiwon's sword moved. It was too fast even for Demon Kings to see, moving only to judge the target she wanted.

At that moment, everything except Huiwon seemed to stop.

At this speed, you dare call yourselves stars?

Hagenti's eyes blinked in disbelief.

Sparks clawed through the air from the excessive consumption of Plausibility, proving that Huiwon's sword had judged something.

[Ugh, uh, gack...?]

The heart she had carved out throbbed atop the Sword of Judgement's blade.

Covered in the Demon King's blood as it scattered through the air, Huiwon spoke.

"You won't make it out alive."

She had four minutes.

For Jeong Huiwon, four minutes was more than enough time.

Hagenti's head flew through the air with a spray of blood.

[The Demon King Golden-Horned Bull has died.]

[The Demon King Golden-Horned Bull has lost the local battle.]

Ami, the Commander of Fire, murmured in shock.

[Hagenti?]

The power to instantly kill the 48th-ranked Demon King in a single blow. No Demon King here had ever seen a mere Incarnation perform such a miracle.

[That kind of insane Plausibility should be impossible...!]

The stunned Demon Kings couldn't close their mouths. One side's tragedy became the other side's comedy. The Reincarnators, who had been cowed by the Demon Kings' violence, found courage in the miracle before their eyes.

"Let's go!"

"We can win! Let's join them!"

"Protect Jeong Huiwon-nim!"

The Demon Kings shouted as the Reincarnators rushed toward them.

Having lost sight of Huiwon, the Demon Kings frantically retreated. Then the afterimage of a sword appeared as if by magic and shattered Ami's spear.

Crack!

Ami's eyes widened as the fiery spearhead, which nothing had been able to break until now, shattered. With those eyes still wide open, Ami's world shattered in a single strike.

[The Demon King Commander of Fire has died.]

[The Demon King Commander of Fire has lost the local battle.]

It was only natural. If even the 48th-ranked Hagenti had fallen in one blow, there was no way Ami, whose rank was lower, could handle Huiwon.

The Reincarnators' momentum rose even higher, and the battlefield's morale soared.

Huiwon ran through pain so intense it felt as though her eyes would burn away. She cut down Dark Fighters as they charged her, again and again, aiming only for the Demon Kings' necks.

[Incarnation, you truly are a fool. You are not simply borrowing the power of a nebula right now!]

Stolas, the Silver-Clawed Owl, master of the 36th Demon Realm.

His combat strength wasn't especially high, but he was one of the most knowledgeable Demon Kings in the Demon Realm. Having spotted the rings of chaos in Huiwon's eyes, he shouted.

[That is the power of chaos. A power born from the primordial age, neither good nor evil, from beyond the Scenario! If you use that power-]

"Shut up."

Huiwon leaped into the air and tore Stolas's wing apart. Stolas roared, his silver claws raking across Huiwon's thigh and shoulder. In a battle where Huiwon disregarded her own life, torn flesh flew through the air and damaged fables scattered across the ground like blood.

Unfazed, Huiwon swung her sword. Her guts could spill out, her cheek could be torn away, and she still swung it again and again. All she could think about was crushing the Demon King's bones before her and ending his life.

After swinging her sword more than fifty times in an instant, she was holding the dead owl's head.

[The Demon King Silver-Clawed Owl has died.]

[The Demon King Silver-Clawed Owl has lost the local battle.]

Combat strength enough to kill three Demon Kings alone.

[Many Constellations are astonished by the power of Incarnation Jeong Huiwon!]

[Constellations of the absolute good alignment consider Incarnation Jeong Huiwon ominous!]

[Constellations aligned with Absolute Evil feel fear toward Incarnation Jeong Huiwon!]

The stars of good and evil split the sky in two.

On the other side of the firmament, other gazes watched her.

They were beings who hadn't cared about her until now.

[Outer Gods covet Incarnation Jeong Huiwon.]

Under the eyes of countless stars, Huiwon kept walking.

Only two Demon Kings remained.

[Sorry, but I don't like situations like this. I'll be leaving.]

The speaker was the Demon King who had been chanting a long spell ever since Huiwon awakened.

[The Demon King Demon King of Temptation and Barrenness has paid immense Plausibility and withdrawn from the local battle.]

Huiwon threw her sword too late, but Zepar, the Demon King of Temptation and Barrenness, had already vanished.

Huiwon ground her teeth and looked up into the air.

Only one Demon King remained.

[How pathetic. The master of the 16th Demon Realm is running from an Incarnation.]

The Demon King who had killed Hyeongseong.

Barbatos, the Ruthless Hunter Who Defies Heaven, master of the 8th Demon Realm.

Despite Huiwon's extraordinary display, Barbatos didn't flee.

[The Demon King Ruthless Hunter Who Defies Heaven has released his Status!]

Barbatos could follow Huiwon's movements while [Hour of Judgement] was active. He judged and attacked at the same speed she did.

It was an unbelievably skillful and destructive exchange.

Huiwon was slowly being pushed back.

Barbatos smiled as if he enjoyed every moment of it.

[A destructively beautiful fable.]

As the exchange continued, Huiwon realized how strong Barbatos was.

The Demon King wasn't even fighting at full strength.

It was a gulf created by accumulated experience that she couldn't overcome, no matter what she did.

Blood poured from her ruptured side. Huiwon seared the wound with the flames of [hellfire inferno]. Barbatos didn't miss the opening and kicked her in the stomach.

Huiwon vomited blood and barely managed to stay on her feet.

[1 minute remains for Hour of Judgement.]

Huiwon adjusted her grip on the sword with a hand whose bones were starkly exposed.

Was the time I'd lived through not enough?

[Kim Dokja Company's protection has been strengthened!]

Something lent Huiwon strength.

[The Great Fable Kaizenix Archipelago is looking at you.]

They were the histories she had lived through.

[The Constellation Master of Steel is looking at you.]

Those who had loved what she loved.

Clanggg!

Huiwon gripped her sword with both hands and blocked Barbatos's bayonet technique.

Bayonet technique. A man she knew was skilled at bayonet technique too.

「The harder things get in the military, the louder we shout. After shouting our lungs out every morning, I felt like I could somehow make it through that day, too.」

"Haaah!"

Huiwon let out a battle cry like Hyeongseong.

Barbatos's bayonet pierced Huiwon's side.

Huiwon grabbed the bayonet so Barbatos couldn't pull it out.

Stab!

It sank even deeper into her side.

Even so, Huiwon took another step forward.

「There are times when I just go for it, too. I don't calculate everything all the time.」

She found courage like Kim Dokja.

「That is not how you swing it.」

She swung her sword like Yu Junghyeok.

Slash!

The Sword of Judgement cut off Barbatos's forearm.

[Ah?]

Barbatos's eyebrows twitched as he watched crimson Fable Fragments fly up.

For a moment, Huiwon thought she heard Han Suyeong laughing.

「You know, right? The one who laughs last is the winner.」

Huiwon spoke like Han Suyeong.

"If you want my bones, I'll give you my bones. If you want my heart, I'll give you my heart."

She didn't care what kind of attack she took.

It was a fighting style that existed only to destroy the opponent alongside herself.

"But you'll have to put half your fables on the line too."

Every aspect of the fables she had pushed to their limits shone brightly.

Barbatos retreated in alarm and unleashed a barrage of [Star-Destroying Bullet].

Huiwon easily dodged the bullets. Their speed couldn't keep up as Huiwon accelerated.

Still, the Plausibility Backlash gradually consumed her body. Huiwon's hair turned pure white. It was the price of using power beyond her Status.

Jeong Huiwon awakens as a judge amid the battlefield

Even so, Huiwon didn't retreat.

Killing that Demon King was the only thing she wanted.

Huiwon's sword moved like a flash and severed Barbatos's left wrist. Unable to support his gun, Barbatos groaned.

He leaped onto the deck of the battleship he had brought.

[I will kill you. I will erase you without a trace.]

Barbatos's battleship began charging, giving off a bluish light.

Huiwon looked up at Barbatos and smiled.

The fact that he had decided he couldn't face her without relying on the power of a [Fable Weapon] was already no different from defeat.

Perhaps Barbatos knew that, because his face was twisted in fury.

[Disappear.]

Huiwon stood with her sword planted in the ground.

If she could, she wanted to destroy that ship too.

[Hour of Judgement has ended.]

But Huiwon had no time left.

The eagle figurehead on the battleship turned green, and its cannons spewed fire. It had enough power to sweep away the entire local battlefield.

Huiwon pulled Hyeongseong's sprawled body into her arms.

Hyeongseong-ssi. I really did my best.

There was truly nothing left to regret.

I wasn't wrong.

Even if all my Scenarios ended here,

I had lived this moment the right way.

Her slowed perception was returning to normal. Huiwon stared straight at the battlefield as Mana shells rained down.

Her vision kept blurring until she couldn't see ahead.

She had given it everything, so why were tears still coming?

Within her dimming vision, Huiwon burst into tears of frustration.

There was no way she had no regrets.

"Why is everyone in our nebula like this?"

Someone's voice rang out.

[The Constellation Naval Warfare God is furious!]

Startled by the familiar Constellation's Indirect Message, Huiwon wiped the tears from her eyes. Since she hadn't closed her eyes, she could clearly see the miracle unfolding before her.

Rumbblee!

A ship even larger than Barbatos's battleship dominated the sky above the battlefield.

[Someone has joined the 117th local battle!]

Its turtle-shaped shell was made from metal of a future generation. The three people she loved stood atop the ship's figurehead.

Boom!

At that moment, Barbatos's barrage came flying in.

Huiwon stretched out a hand and shouted desperately.

"Get out of the way!"

Her cry was drowned out by the cannon fire.

An explosive roar swallowed the entire battlefield, and Huiwon sank to the ground.

When the pale smoke cleared, the battleship remained without a scratch.

[Kim Dokja Company's influence in this Scenario has grown even stronger!]

Through the acrid smoke of the battlefield, Jihye and the children came into view.

Jihye raised her sword with an expressionless face.

"Load."

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