Chapter 132

Squeak! Gurrrrrrr

A storm of white flames is gathering.

'Thunderbolt...'

He looked up at the sky and saw dark clouds wailing in his eyes.

"Take care of your son."

Cha Hae-in smiled and walked towards the center step by step.

"This mom is younger...."

Or should I say a past life?

I don't know what the hell this feels like.

It's been a long time since I've seen my son, and I want to show him how cool he is.

Pajik! Crackle!

A flurry of blue thunderbolts swept along Cha Haein's blade.

Then Cha Hae-in moved.

Skill "Kenmu"

- Storm of White Flames

Wowahhhh

The flash of light from the tip of her sword splintered into hundreds of pieces.

And then it rained down and slammed down on the Apostle of Itarim.

Suho looked at the scene as if possessed.

I haven't seen my mother in a long time... It was truly awe-inspiring.

'Strong.'

Those were the only words I could think of to describe the scene in front of me.

Countless thunderbolts striking the Apostle of Itarim.

Zeng!

Gurgling!

Each lightning bolt slammed into its massive body, causing the forest to rumble with a heavy roar.

How dare you be a lowly creature!]

The Apostle of Itarim writhed in agony, waving his blue wings.

Kuwaaang!

It wasn't just a flapping of wings.

A sudden gale tore the air apart and the spirits screamed.

The strong wind, which embraced a bitter chill, soon swept over the Chahae people like a tidal wave of giant ice spikes reminiscent of stakes.

Disasters.

It was the kind of calamity that no human being dared to face.

But.

Rumble!

[...!]

The Apostle of Itarim widened his eyes.

Cha Hae-in held aloft the demon king's katana.

The lightning bolt that had split into hundreds of branches along the tip of the sword suddenly became a flash of light, shooting up into the sky.

And.

'Cut.'

Skill "Sword of Light"

- Storm of White Flames

A massive bolt of lightning turned into a sword and struck in a straight line.

A dazzling flash of light sliced through the sky, engulfing the heavens and the earth, and then a huge tidal wave of ice swept down in front of it.

And the power doesn't stop there.

Aa

Even the blue-winged giant was cut off.

* * *

"...."

"...."

There was a heavy silence in the frozen forest.

A blue-winged giant who was completely split in two by Cha Haein's sword and died.

The enormous corpses were gradually dispersing and disappearing in a cold blizzard.

Annihilation, not death.

Because he was an apostle in a spiritual state, he had returned to nothingness at the time of his death, leaving no corpse behind.

Suddenly, Suho saw the system message in front of him.

[Killed the Apostle of Itarim.]

[Level up.]

[Level up.]

'I didn't do anything this time...'

The role of the guardian itself in this battle was not great.

Since the contribution is small, it is natural that the experience points coming in are low.

Even so, I leveled up twice.

This was a testament to how strong the Apostle of Itarim had been.

But to kill such a guy in one fell swoop.

He couldn't believe it, even though he had seen it with his own eyes.

Unlike himself, who inherited some of his father's power and became stronger with the protection of other monarchs.

She had reached this point on her own.

"Is this the power of an S-class Hunter?"

Suho's body, which had never missed a moment of his mother's battle, was still filled with the thrill he felt at that moment.

Whoops.

'Someday, too...'

Suho's eyes lit up with determination as he clenched his trembling fists.

But it wasn't just the guardian who felt such a strange feeling.

Thomas Andre had a puzzled expression on his face, his brow narrowed.

[Kiek?]

Ber narrowed his eyes at the changes in Thomas Andre's body.

As the Apostle of Itarim vanished, some of the energy that flew through the air inhabited Thomas Andrew's body.

And Suho noticed it, too.

"Did you level up like me?"

[It's not a level-up, but rather a little bit of the power I've lost.]

"Lost power?"

[In the now-defunct timeline, Thomas Andrew was a "state power-level" hunter who transcended S-class.]

The Kamish Raid, which was the first S-class gate and the worst raid on earth.

The U.S. succeeded in the raid that nearly destroyed its country, and gave the five survivors equal status with the rest of the world as "living nations."

That was the beginning of the title of "state power."

But there was a secret to the strength of the first state powers.

They were vessels chosen and empowered by the rulers.

Simply put, one of them, Thomas Andre, was exceptionally stronger than the other S-class Hunters because of the power of the Dominator.

[Not now.]

Today's Thomas Andre was just an ordinary S-class hunter, not a state power level.

To get back everything you had to lose in the fight.

Sung Jin Woo goes back in time through 'Cup of Reincarnation'

He alone endured all suffering, erasing all traces of the monarchs and rulers from the world.

As a result, there are no Demons or Hunters in the new timeline.

Thomas André and other first state-powered hunters were no longer granted the power of the rulers.

But that's just the emptiness of the vessel that was filled.

Thomas Andre's vessel didn't disappear.

This was the identity of the 'emptiness' that Thomas André felt and lived with all his life.

[However, it seems that the energy of the Apostle of Itarim has flowed into the void, and since it is a vessel that could contain the power of the ruler, it must also contain the power of the Apostle of Itarim.]

Suho nodded, understanding the situation.

"Thomas Andre can accept the power that others have to throw away because they don't have a vessel to accept. So your mother was also a state-level hunter?"

[Kiek?]

Hearing Suho's words, Ver belatedly turned his gaze to Cha Hae-in, and his eyes widened.

Cha Hae-in's body was permeated with the apostle of Itarim who fluttered in the air like Thomas.

"... What's this energy?"

"Are you okay?"

"yes, I'm so fine."

Ver fussed and checked on Cha Hae-in's physical condition, but Cha Hae-in seemed to be fine.

Originally, they were the first state-power-level hunters to be chosen because they possessed a vessel that could hold the power of the ruler.

Unlike them, if an ordinary human took the power of a higher being into his body, his body would not be able to withstand it and would perish.

However, to his surprise, Cha Hae-in was still intact and received the apostle energy of Itarim in his body.

I couldn't figure out how this was possible.

That was then.

[The King of the Yetis, the Lord of the Frost, clicks his tongue as if it is natural.]

"Do you know anything about Szilard?"

The guardian's question came from the Lord of Frost.

[The King of the Yeti says that this is because the Lord of the Frost has already come out of her body, just as the other humans have the power of the rulers.]

Suho asked, startled.

"What? That someone similar to the rulers was in my mother's body? Who's that?"

[Oh.]

"Oh."

"...?"

At Suho's words, Ver and Cha Haein turned their heads at the same time to look at Suho.

Then they looked at each other again and nodded in agreement.

"Huh?"

The two of them looked puzzled for a moment.

Then, suddenly, he realized something and pointed to himself.

"Could it be me?"

Ver nodded in assurance.

[The Little Lord is the son of the Great Shadow Lord, and it seems only natural that Cha Hae-in, who had such a great being in his belly, had a large vessel.]

Cha Haein nodded at that.

She is probably the one who knows better than anyone that her son is unusual.

"He was exceptional, though. He was kicking in the stomach so much that I thought I was going to give birth to some kind of dinosaur."

Cha Hae-in smiled mischievously but looked at Suho with a warm gaze.

"He's my son, too."

* * *

After some time.

When the Apostle of Itarim's enormous body was completely annihilated, the glacier dungeon that seemed to collapse at any moment fell silent like a lie.

The entire plane was already almost in rags, but the wounds were healing at a noticeable rate.

But there was still something unsettling.

Although Sirkha had been recognized as the next monarch, he still lacked a vessel.

[The King of the Yetis, the Lord of the Frost, snaps his tongue that it is not enough for Sirka to embrace the primordial darkness.]

The primordial darkness was the primordial force that created the monarchs of the now-dead gods.

He needed a vessel to inherit that power.

"Are you a bowl again? Everywhere you go, you have to have a big bowl."

"Do you need a big bowl? I'll go to the crockery store and buy a bowl for you!"

"...."

Liao Xing, who had come to the side, proudly took out his corporate card.

... Looking at that, I thought I knew why I hadn't been promoted by the guild until now.

Unlike the seemingly idle Rio Singh, the Scavenger Hunters were busy at the behest of Thomas Andre.

He had come to attack the dungeon, but he couldn't go home empty-handed.

However, they were not in the mood to hunt the ice elves in the village of Sirkka, so all they could do was pump water from the Echo Forest.

"Don't spill a drop! It's a very effective detox potion!"

"Yes boss!"

After all, the spring water in the Echo Forest was groundwater, so no matter how much it was pumped, it would not decrease.

This would go back to the Scavenger Guild's profits, so they were excited that their hard work would be worth it.

In addition, Sirka found the gate where the ice elementals had crossed over to Earth in the Echo Forest, giving them an exit back to Earth.

For the Hunters who were injured there, it was a perfect ending with no injuries thanks to Suho's potion feeding them.

"It's just as Grandma prophesied."

Thomas Andre nodded, remembering Norma Selner's prophecy to take the Holy Guardian to the glacier dungeon at all costs.

Thomas Andre, who had been pampering his men with a satisfied expression, approached Suho and said,

"I'm going to take this spring water and go and feed the people who were at the level of state power."

"Oh, that's a good idea."

Suho nodded in agreement.

This time, those who had embraced the power of the rulers, like Thomas Andrew, were equally likely to be targeted by the Apostle of Itarim.

On top of that, they'll be S-class Hunters this time around, and if they side with the Itarim, they'll be a significant threat.

If Thomas Andrew had visited them and force-fed them with spring water, such a danger could have been prevented.

There was only one concern.

"Oh, but just in case, there are people out there who are already possessed by them, so be prepared... Huh?"

Suho, who had been talking to Thomas Andrew, suddenly realized something and looked at his face with wide eyes.

"Why are you so bunny-eyed?"

"Thomas, you can't...."

Protecting Guard's expression made Thomas grin and bared his teeth.

"Yes, I remembered. Everything."