Free Web NovelThe moment the skills activated, the dark battlefield took on the light of red rage, and at the same time white and crimson effects burst across the sky as Valkyries of wrath appeared, clad in blackish-red armor and bearing black wings, and began to blow their trumpets.
Buuuuuuuuuu!!
The sound of the trumpets of wrath blown by the Valkyries.
It was the prelude announcing a festival of blood.
Before long, as the trumpet blasts covered Tartarus—
"Uaaahhhhhh!!"
"Gaaahhh!!"
"Die!! Die!! Die!!"
"You damned bastard!!"
Just as it had been during the Olympomachy, the Titans and the Resentment Soldiers once again began madly fighting one another, thrusting spears and blades at each other.
"This is impossible...!"
A blood-splattered battlefield of madness.
There were only two there who still retained their sanity.
Su-ho, the owner of rage, and Cronos, who had become the lord of Tartarus.
He truly was Cronos.
His eyes had turned red, but with his higher rank and superhuman mental strength, he kept his sanity even amid the sound of the trumpets of wrath.
Su-ho looked at Cronos and laughed.
"As expected, a leader really is different."
"Shut up! I'll show you right now that cheap, underhanded sorcery like this doesn't work on me!"
Cronos, now thoroughly enraged, lifted his weapon high.
Then something astonishing happened.
As though lightning were falling, an energy like black mist came dropping from the sky and began condensing into Cronos's weapon.
Cronos's eyes turned crimson.
Before long, after compressing that energy to its utmost, Cronos swung it out over the battlefield of frenzy, and the black energy spread in all directions before soon halting the excitement of the berserkers.
"Ah..."
"What in the..."
"How..."
The Titans, regaining their senses too late, muttered self-mocking words, but soon steadied themselves and began focusing on recovery.
The destroyed Resentment Soldiers also began regenerating.
"I figured it wouldn't last long."
Su-ho clicked his fingers in disappointment.
At once, the Subspace House opened again, and the Olympian gods who had been forcibly dragged inside came flying back out.
Zeus, fired up, flew over to Su-ho's side.
He too had seen everything from inside the Subspace House.
"What did you just do?"
"You can tell just by looking, can't you? I used on them the exact same thing you all suffered once. But then Cronos did something by himself and blocked it all."
"I was watching too. That was probably Night."
"Night?"
"Yes. The power of Nyx, goddess of night. I knew Cronos had gone over to Nyx's side, but I didn't know he had directly inherited and could wield her power in this way."
Zeus's expression was grave.
It could not be otherwise.
The power Nyx wielded, Night, was a purer and stronger energy than the magic power or divine power they wielded.
But Su-ho did not worry.
"So, you've lost your nerve?"
"Nonsense. I never said I'd lost my nerve."
"Right. That kind of mindset is what matters. Then fight now. Before, I only pulled you all out for a bit because I didn't want you getting caught up in it too."
"Hm!"
Now that he knew Rage Field and Frenzy Valhalla would not work, all that remained was close combat.
But perhaps because he had just seen Night?
With the environmental conditions already leaving him unable to bring out even twenty percent of the power he once had, Zeus lacked confidence.
Still, he could not show it.
He was the king of Olympus.
The leader's momentum breaking would immediately lead to a drop in morale for the entire force.
Su-ho, knowing that well, said to Zeus with a smile,
"You've got a lot on your mind, huh? But don't worry. When did I ever tell you all to fight and win? You're just extras in my fight anyway. At least here in Tartarus."
"What?"
"Seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times. I'll show you right now. Jack?"
- I was waiting for that!
The moment Su-ho called Jack's name, Jack, who had been waiting, leaped out from the shadows and began chanting shadow magic.
[ Umbra's Shadow Legacy is activated. ]
[ Hollow Jack, King of the Shadow Divine Beasts, summons Typhon. ]
A system notification.
The shadow magic Jack had recited was none other than the summoning spell for Typhon, the ultimate weapon in his possession.
Kugugugugugugu!
"......!!"
"......!!"
"......!!"
"......!!"
Typhon's appearance.
At that appearance, Cronos and the Titans were shocked.
"......!!"
"......!!"
"......!!"
"......!!"
And all the Olympian gods at Su-ho's side, Zeus included, were shocked as well.
Among them, there was only one person not shocked at all.
Su-ho, the master of the Shadow Divine Beast Typhon.
Su-ho looked at all their astonished faces and smiled brightly.
"Well? Still not confident?"
"How do you have Typhon...?!"
"I was the one who defeated him, so why wouldn't I be able to summon him? Honestly, I put a lot of work into this. So don't get discouraged so easily. I didn't come here thoughtlessly."
His face was smiling brightly, but the confidence pouring from that smile was truly reassuring.
Then Su-ho shifted his gaze to Cronos and sent him a thought.
- Well? A familiar face, isn't it?
- How dare you...!
- How what? I went through the Gigantomachy, so that's why this is in my grasp. And.
When Su-ho tilted his head, Jack chanted another spell.
[ Umbra's Shadow Legacy is activated. ]
[ Hollow Jack, King of the Shadow Divine Beasts, summons the Black Shadow Dragon. ]
"Kiaaaaaaaah!!"
A huge chunk of True Demon was drained away.
In exchange, above Su-ho and Typhon, the enormous Black Shadow Dragon revealed itself with a mighty cry.
And that wasn't all.
[ Hollow Jack, King of the Shadow Divine Beasts, summons the Black Army. ]
Hwaaaak!
With a blackish-red burst of light, an army of Shadow Knights appeared, far too numerous to compare with the Resentment Soldiers.
- I've got plenty of soldiers to boast about too.
At Su-ho's light provocation, Cronos furrowed his brow.
Then he raised a hand and once more summoned his weapon into his grasp.
"All forces, prepare for battle."
At Cronos's order, the Titans drew their weapons.
And shouted,
"Wipe them all out!!"
"Kuh-ooooooh!!"
The Titans charged forward with ferocious momentum.
The Resentment Soldiers did the same.
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At long last, the full-scale Tartarusmachy had begun.
"Go tear them apart!"
In response, Su-ho's shadow legion also charged at Cronos's forces.
Kwaaaang!!
A massive blast erupted, and some of the Resentment Soldiers and Shadow Knights were sent flying like bowling pins being knocked away.
Since neither side was composed of living creatures, there was no hesitation in throwing themselves in.
"We're joining too!"
"Let's goooo!!"
The Olympian gods immediately joined the battle as well.
No matter how much their power had fallen, they were neither foolish nor lazy enough to entrust everything about themselves to a Player they had only just become acquainted with.
"I'll take this one!"
Kwaaaang!!
At that moment, a giant Titan that had appeared from somewhere began facing off against Typhon.
It was one whose body had been enlarged by Cronos's power, and it was Crius, the Titan symbolizing war and strength.
Thanks to that, the fight continued in a strangely balanced and chaotic melee.
'When he brought out Typhon, I was worried, but...!'
'He's less than I expected!'
'Those Olympians have recovered on the outside, but the inside is still empty!'
'And these black shadow bastards only have numbers. Our Resentment Soldiers still have the advantage!'
'At this rate...!'
Victory.
Those were the thoughts running through the minds of Cronos and the Titans.
And the Olympian gods were thinking much the same.
'We definitely have more people, though?'
'Then why isn't this turning into an overwhelming fight?'
'Could it maybe be...'
'No! I can't think like that...!'
'We have to fight like there's no tomorrow!'
They could not shake the feeling that they were somehow being pushed back.
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Su-ho appeared before Cronos.
"Don't get the wrong idea. The only reason you looked superior was because I hadn't joined in."
"How dare you!"
Cronos swung his huge scythe, his beloved weapon.
In response, Su-ho instantly called out his skills as well.
[ Summoning Heracles's Lion Head Helmet. ]
[ Summoning Heracles's Club. ]
[ Blood Amory is activated. ]
[ Blessing is activated. ]
[ Paladian is activated. ]
[ Divine Aura is activated. ]
[ Mana Detection is activated. ]
[ Endurance is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is activated. ]
[ Eye of the Nightsmith is activated. ]
[ Sword Energy is activated. ]
Raging skill effects.
At the same time, the Blood Sword in his hand, wrapped in Sword Energy, fiercely collided with Cronos's scythe.
Kaaang!!
A tremendous crash, impossible to believe had come from a scythe and a sword.
The aftershock of the collision blasted the surrounding air away.
Su-ho smiled.
He had been a little tense because it was Cronos, but once their weapons had actually met, it seemed more manageable than expected.
'This Cronos seems weaker than the one beside Seolmundae Halmang.'
Of course, he had never directly exchanged blows with that Cronos's power.
But there was something he could feel instinctively.
At the very least, the Cronos here was weaker than the Cronos beside Seolmundae Halmang.
Su-ho immediately used additional skills one after another.
[ Weaken is activated. ]
[ Seal of Pain is activated. ]
[ Enrage is activated. ]
[ Blessing of Rage is activated. ]
[ Curse of Rage is activated. ]
To start with, the rage debuff series.
And then.
[ Corruption Sorcery is activated. ]
He immediately inflicted Corruption Sorcery, beginning to eat away at Cronos.
"You damned bastard!!"
Utterly enraged, Cronos exploded with his power.
Right.
I figured what he was showing now couldn't be all of his power.
But the same goes for me.
[ Rage Mode is activated. ]
[ Foxfire is activated. ]
He immediately activated additional buff skills.
But it didn't end there now.
[ Heracles Mode is activated. ]
Heracles Mode, the new power he had acquired.
The moment he activated it, a stage selection window appeared, and without hesitation Su-ho applied Stage One.
[ Releasing the first power. ]
The concept of Heracles Mode was releasing power.
The instant the mode turned on and the power that had been sealed was released, a degree of explosive power beyond comparison to before surged through his entire body.
Was that why?
Cronos, standing there clashing weapons with him, suddenly looked endlessly insignificant.
"Goodbye."
Kang!
He forced the scythe aside with his sword.
Then, without the slightest hesitation, he swung his blade at high speed.
[ Diamond Cut is activated. ]
[ Enhancement is applied. ]
[ Diamond Cut's power becomes even stronger. ]
Seogeok!
Cronos, forced back, did detect Su-ho's movement, but by then it was already too late to respond.
He was merely an outstanding god, not a master of weapon arts.
As a result, Su-ho's blade succeeded in passing with perfect precision across Cronos's body, carving a deep and long sword wound into him.
The sensation in his hand was heavy.
This much was certain—he had definitely cut him. So cleanly it gave him confidence that he had taken the opponent's life.
At that moment, a welcome notification appeared before his eyes.
[ Godslayer is activated. ]
"Kuhuk...!"
Godslayer had activated.
Thanks to that, he was now able to definitively cut off the breath of the divine race, whose life would normally be impossible to sever, by preventing super-regeneration through the skill's effect.
It wasn't a waste.
One head's worth of difference, one Cronos, in the East-West War.
That much didn't matter.
Just as he was thinking that—
Piiiiing!
From the long, deep sword wound carved into Cronos's body, a light like black darkness suddenly began bursting out.
He had a bad feeling about this.
And then it happened.
[ Nyx, sub-Constellation goddess of night, descends. ]
The goddess of night, Nyx, had begun to descend.
