Episode 709

“Master Kaishir?”

Zeke was taken aback by the sudden message from the legendary Hero King, Kaishir.

While he was still reeling from the surprise, more messages appeared before him.

[The Hero King expresses his opinion.]

[The Hero King calls the transcendent god a fool.]

[The Hero King demands to know when you’ll use the Fairy King’s Tear and Chronos’s Report.]

Zeke recalled the items stored in his inventory at Kaishir’s words.

“If I use the Fairy King’s Tear and Chronos’s Report together…”

It finally dawned on Zeke why Kaishir had sent him these messages.

He glanced at the hundreds of corrupted celestial beings lined up before Metatron and retrieved the Fairy King’s Tear and the key to Chronos’s Report from his inventory.

Using Chronos’s Report allowed one to summon a hero from the past through a medium.

Zeke turned his gaze to the Fairy King’s Tear and the key to Chronos’s Report, then began to imbue them with the power of origin.

A brilliant, primordial light enveloped the Fairy King’s Tear and Chronos’s Report, amplifying their power beyond their original strength.

[The power of origin enhances the Fairy King’s Tear and Chronos’s Report.]

[The enhanced Fairy King’s Tear creates a passage between the physical world and the fairy realm.]

[The enhanced Chronos’s Report summons a spirit related to the Fairy King.]

A massive portal transcending dimensions opened before Zeke.

Sensing the unusual concentration of power, Metatron commanded the corrupted celestial beings to stop him.

“Crush him immediately!”

The celestial beings, following Metatron’s orders, charged at Zeke with terrifying cries.

They bared their tentacles and sharp teeth, exuding corrupted divinity.

Screech!

The celestial beings, empowered by a twisted causality, were each a calamity in their own right.

Despite the hundreds charging at him, Zeke remained focused on maintaining the connection to the fairy realm.

Screech!

The leading celestial beings attempted to unleash their corrupted powers on Zeke.

But just then, a massive barrier appeared, blocking their attack.

Guardian Innocent, wielding a staff and wearing a black mask, had come to Zeke’s defense.

Created from the soul of a great sage, the shadow avatar’s barrier was formidable.

Yet the celestial beings relentlessly assaulted the barrier with their powers.

Boom!

Their powers, twisted by causality, were unimaginably potent, and soon cracks appeared in Innocent’s barrier.

Crackle!

Plasma currents sparked from the cracked barrier as the corrupted divinity gnawed at it.

As the barrier shattered, the black smoke from the celestial beings threatened to engulf Zeke.

But then, a massive storm erupted.

Boom!

The black smoke was swept away by the storm, and something flew toward the celestial beings.

Elemental Sword

Field of Gravity

Anti-Gravity Blade

A sword imbued with powerful gravitational force suddenly emerged, slicing through the celestial beings in an instant.

Slash!

The sword, infused with gravity, didn’t stop at one strike. With each pass, the organic bodies of the celestial beings exploded with a deafening sound.

Screech!

The celestial beings roared at the mysterious entity swiftly destroying their bodies.

Amidst the chaos, the figure moving swiftly among the celestial beings halted, raised his sword, and murmured softly.

Elemental Sword

Field of Fire

White Flame Dance

Hundreds of white flames shot from his sword toward the celestial beings.

The purest fire, capable of erasing even souls, incinerated the corrupted bodies of the celestial beings.

Screech!

Crackle!

Screech!

The celestial beings, having abandoned their original divinity for corrupted forms, were reduced to ashes by the pure white flames.

Amidst the white flames, the figure holding the sword gradually revealed himself.

A handsome man with shining sky-blue hair, resembling a fairy.

Despite his delicate appearance, he was the legendary Hero King Kaishir, known for his martial prowess and great achievements.

Kaishir had descended directly into the physical world.

He twirled his wrist, holding his sword, and spoke to the burning celestial beings.

“You ugly bastards.”

Though history didn’t record it, the Hero King was known for his foul mouth.

Raising his sword imbued with white flames, he shouted at the retreating celestial beings.

“You filthy celestial bastards! I always hated your guts, but this is perfect! Let’s have a showdown today!”

With a wild laugh, Kaishir charged at the celestial beings, cloaked in a storm and white flames.

Boom!

The pure white flames carried by the storm incinerated the corrupted bodies of the celestial beings in an instant.

The celestial beings, each a calamity, couldn’t withstand the Hero King’s onslaught and were scattered as ashes.

Had they descended with their original divinity, even Kaishir wouldn’t have been able to overpower them so easily.

But they had chosen corrupted forms, abandoning their divinity. Against them, the pure elemental power was their nemesis.

Thanks to this, Kaishir could single-handedly face hundreds of celestial beings.

Metatron, witnessing the sudden appearance of the Hero King and his overwhelming might, was understandably displeased.

He had been trying to eliminate the disruptive Zeke and bring about Ragnarok, but obstacles kept appearing.

Metatron began to worry that he might not achieve his goal.

“Zeke Draker, I won’t let a mere mortal like you disrupt the divine plan.”

He resolved to unleash his final, reserved power.

A strange wave began to emanate from Metatron’s body, connected to ancient beings.

Rumble!

Zeke sensed that Metatron was about to do something different.

To counter Metatron, he summoned all his guardians.

Lilith, Innocent, Caligula, Brontos, Ashvin, and even the shadow avatars created from the celestial beings he had absorbed were all called forth.

Rumble!

The beasts of the apocalypse, Abyssal Hela and the primordial dragon Tiamat, also appeared.

Zeke commanded those gathered around him.

“Shadow avatars, protect me.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zeke, wielding Excalibur, charged at Metatron, followed by his guardians and divine beasts.

Boom!

Metatron’s corrupted ancient form swelled, and from within, bizarrely shaped abominations emerged.

Dozens of external beings, each with the power of a celestial being, flew to block Zeke’s path.

Boom!

In response, the guardians stepped forward, launching attacks at the external beings.

Empowered by Zeke’s divinity, the guardians matched the strength of the ancient beings’ creations.

The powers of the apocalyptic beasts, Rahel and Tiamat, were particularly astounding.

Rahel unleashed flames of the abyss in all directions, while Tiamat exhaled the darkness of the abyss.

The external beings, caught in the powerful attacks of Rahel and Tiamat, faltered and were struck head-on by the guardians’ assaults.

Boom!

The fierce attacks of the guardians caused the bodies of the external beasts to explode.

Yet the external beings, created with the power of ancient beings, didn’t vanish easily.

The remnants, thought destroyed, began to regenerate, soon returning to their original forms.

The regenerated external beings charged at the guardians again, but the outcome was the same.

They were repeatedly destroyed and regenerated.

While the apocalyptic beasts and guardians engaged the external beings, Zeke flew straight toward Metatron.

The closer he got to Metatron, the more clearly he felt the spreading waves of power.

Initially unable to identify the power, Zeke realized its nature as he approached.

“This is… a unique domain?”

Every celestial being possessed a unique domain.

Zeke had assumed Metatron’s domain was the celestial realm itself, but it seemed there was a separate domain.

In the current stalemate, if Metatron unleashed his unique domain, the tide could quickly turn.

“I must stop him from fully manifesting his domain.”

Zeke accelerated through the waves toward Metatron.

As he neared the fusion of Metatron and the ancient being, he judged he was within range and, without hesitation, launched a strike at Metatron.

Boom!

The divine power infused in Zeke’s sword strike flew straight toward Metatron, who was deeply focused.

Yet once again, the ancient beings connected to Metatron extended their tendrils to block Zeke’s attack.

In that moment, the corrupted ancient beings conveyed their desperate will to Zeke.

—We need a place to exist.

—A new world is necessary.

—Drifting through dimensions is lonely.

—And terrifying.

These corrupted ancient beings, having torn through dimensions from a vanished world, sought to root themselves in this reality through Metatron.

Zeke aimed Excalibur at these tainted entities.

“This place is not for you. Forgotten beings.”

At his words, the corrupted ancients let out a deafening roar of defiance.

—We will remain here!

—We refuse to be forgotten!

—We want to continue existing!

With a thunderous noise, the forgotten beings launched thousands of tendrils at Zeke.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The tendrils wrapped around Zeke, attempting to absorb his divine essence.

But Zeke was not one to let them have their way.

Soul Fusion

Triple Spell

Will of Annihilation

As the divine Triple Spell activated, a massive will of annihilation surged through Excalibur.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The light imbued with the will of annihilation spread out.

The tendrils that sought to ensnare Zeke turned to ash the moment they touched the light.

Simultaneously, the corrupted ancient beings, struggling not to be forgotten, were exposed to the annihilating light and began to vanish in agony.

—No!

—We want to exist here.

—We don’t want to be erased!

Despite their desperate cries, the ancient beings were swept away by the annihilating light and faded into nothingness.

Rumble!

Though the ancient beings disappeared, Metatron, who was connected to them, remained standing, motionless.

The waves emanating from Metatron’s body had ceased.

Zeke, gripping his sword, slowly approached Metatron.

To his surprise, Metatron’s form began to crack and crumble.

“What is this?”

As Metatron’s body disintegrated, Zeke sensed a rapid transformation in the space surrounding him.

Rumble!

A city, unlike any he had seen before, began to rise from the scorched, abandoned continent.

Typically, a unique domain would summon an isolated dimension to encroach upon the area.

But now, Metatron was directly summoning his unique domain into the physical world.

Rumble!

The fully formed city revealed its grandeur.

From above the city, Metatron, with radiant wings unfurled, looked down at Zeke and spoke.

“Zeke Draker, now that you’ve stepped onto my ‘stage,’ there’s no hope for you.”

Metatron had regained his original divinity, no longer the corrupted form that had thrown itself into twisted causality.

Zeke recalled the word ‘stage’ that Metatron had used.

“So, the true nature of his unique domain is…”

At that moment, a message appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

[You have recognized Metatron’s unique domain: .]

A domain where any problem on the stage could be justified through its narrative.

Metatron had undoubtedly considered this when he plunged into twisted causality and summoned the corrupted ancient beings.

In the realm of , everything could be reversed.

As the master of this stage and the god of machinery, Metatron extended his hand toward Zeke.

“Now this tragedy ends, and a new stage shall unfold.”

With those words, Metatron snapped his fingers.

Instantly, Zeke began to disintegrate, vanishing from the stage Metatron had crafted.