How to Replace Your Dad - Chapter 153

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How to Replace Your Dad

Chapter 153

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“Woohoo—!”

Antonio let out a cheer.

Completely excited, he said.

“How did you think of that! Asking for the crows was to block the view! You’re killing it, Young Lady!”

“Your language.”

Yuise scolded him, but there was also a smile on his lips.

Miliano, Oscar, and Cesar also let out quiet chuckles.

Abel had an expressionless face, but he glanced at me and said.

“I want to change my participation reward.”

“You want something other than snacks?”

“Yeah.”

“What is it?”

Abel wanted something other than snacks?

As I blinked, Abel turned his head and said.

“Put me on your side.”

“…What?”

He meant he wanted to become an Irregular.

Abel said.

“I don’t want to be enemies with you. It seems like it would be really troublesome.”

The Irregulars also widened their eyes.

Yuise, Miliano, and Antonio exchanged glances.

Soon the three of them chuckled.

Yuise said.

“You need the consent of four or more Elite members to join the group.”

“So.”

“Well, given the situation, I’ll consider it a pass if he takes down that thing.”

As Yuise pointed at the GM with his chin, Antonio said while supporting the back of his head with his clasped hands.

“Then I’ll also approve.”

“No objections. Haha.”

Even Miliano nodded with a laugh.

Though Cesar’s expression crumpled.

“Another troublesome one is about to join.”

Abel extended his hand with an expressionless face.

Dark energy rippled throughout his body.

That’s when it happened.

“How harmonious. Unpleasantly so.”

The GM’s voice was heard.

Instantly, the Irregulars’ momentum became sharp.

I faced the GM while surrounded by them.

“You lost.”

“Well, we’ll have to wait and see.”

“Luciano will come.”

“You seem to trust that too much. What if I destroy the transmitter?”

“That’s what I want. Then the Imperial Army will be deployed.”

The GM slowly closed his eyes.

Rubbing his neck, he spoke in a low voice.

“What a pity, Yustea.”

Soon after, he opened his eyes and looked at me.

A sharp gleam like madness flashed in his eyes.

“I didn’t want to earn hatred if possible.”

“What are you talking about—.”

As I muttered, a strange sound came from somewhere.

The Irregulars quickly moved closer to me.

They were trying to protect me, sensing an ominous atmosphere.

Thump. Thump. Thump, thump, thump.

This sound, faint but clearly audible, was like a heartbeat.

‘Where from…’

I turned my head with a start.

“The statues. It’s the statues…”

Right, the sound was coming from the statues.

The statues that had become pillars.

The pillar parts crumbled away, leaving human-shaped statues.

They were easily over 2 meters tall, and in the form of males with even more impressive builds than Antonio with his muscles fully pumped.

Oscar exclaimed with a start.

“You said they were the disappeared protagonists. Those are humans.”

What?

The color of the statues, which had been only white, gradually changed.

Like when they were human.

That wasn’t all.

A beautiful boy with features as refined and lovely as Yuise’s.

A tall woman with flowing golden hair.

A long-haired handsome man with horns sprouting from his forehead.

And…

‘Huh?’

There was also someone who looked exactly like the Emperor.

Patterns appeared on the foreheads of those who had become perfectly human.

Patterns that looked like system windows.

Eventually, the patterns changed into the shape of crossed swords.

The GM said.

“Say hello. The dragon knight who defeated Leviathan, the Knight King, the hero of half-demons, and… the man who would have been called the First Prince originally, Aren.”

The man who looked exactly like the Emperor looked at me.

Once again, I felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

Whoosh, wind blew.

The Irregulars and I quickly covered our eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, what I saw was the vision I had seen before at the crossroads.

“…What’s with that young lady.”

Antonio muttered.

“Can you see her?”

“Yeah. She’s a tall young lady!”

Miliano also said with a bewildered expression.

“Not just a tall young lady, but as if the Young Lady had become an adult…”

He looked at me as if asking what was going on.

The vision was looking at Aren, whom the GM had introduced as ‘the man who would have been called the First Prince originally.’

Aren also gazed intently at the vision.

-Please, Aren.

“….”

Aren slowly reached out his hand.

As if handling something very precious, toward the illusion’s cheek.

However, before his hand could reach, the illusion disappeared.

By GM.

GM looked at me.

“Did you predict my actions after regression and plant thoughts?”

“….”

“But it’s useless. With your current power, you can’t revive their memories.”

“….”

“Are you disappointed?”

“What are you talking about. Shut up.”

“….”

GM’s eyebrows twitched.

The statues that had become human moved.

All at once toward me.

The Irregulars hastily blocked them.

But.

“…!”

I could tell from their movements.

Those ones possessed superior skills.

GM chuckled.

“Useless resistance. These are legendary beings.”

He strode toward me step by step.

The Irregulars’ eyes moved busily, but they couldn’t rush to me.

They were already overwhelmed just dealing with the humanized statues.

GM drew closer and closer to me.

“It’s a shame things turned out this way, I wanted to escort you politely.”

I flinched and stepped back.

GM continued approaching me.

To a distance where he could catch me if he reached out.

I looked around.

‘A way… a way…’

Oscar tried to run to me, but at that moment Aren’s sword slashed his abdomen.

“Run away!”

Oscar, clutching his abdomen, shouted.

GM answered in my place.

“Impossible.”

There was no means to resist.

If only I had even one attack skill…!

GM reached his hand toward me.

I squeezed my eyes shut.

Then.

“Didn’t your mother teach you not to touch a woman without permission?”

I flinched, opened my eyes and looked up.

It was a voice I knew all too well.

‘He’ was visible at the exit.

Though his face wasn’t visible wrapped in backlighting, I could be certain.

“Luciano!”

Bang—!

With a thunderous sound, he reached in front of me in an instant.

‘Ah, it’s Luciano’s scent.’

It felt like my tension was melting away.

GM let out a sneer.

“Did you come looking for a place to die?”

“I came to rescue my lover.”

“You won’t be a match. Do you think you alone can handle this many heroes and me?”

“I don’t plan to face them alone. I brought the strongest ally.”

The strongest ally?

It was when my eyes widened.

Another voice was heard from the entrance.

“Pathetic.”

My expression brightened.

The Irregulars who had been facing the humanized statues, that is, the heroes, flinched.

Luciano had truly brought the strongest ally.

The Clan Leader of the Irregulars.

Father…!

“Irregulars, Seven Formations.”

When Father’s command fell, the Irregulars’ expressions changed.

“Uaaaah—!”

Antonio roared and shook off the dragon knight who had defeated Leviathan.

The others also pushed away their opponents with sharp expressions and moved quickly. Even Oscar.

They found their positions in a hexagonal formation.

When Abel made a dazed expression, Yuise gestured toward the remaining hexagonal position.

Abel pushed his opponent away with a barrier and moved to the remaining position.

‘If it’s Seven Formations, isn’t it a formation deployed by seven people? The remaining one is…?’

It would be Father, but Father didn’t move.

When each planted their weapons in the ground, thud! The Inner Chamber vibrated.

The heroes rushed toward the Irregulars they had been facing, but couldn’t attack.

Because Father’s mana held them completely immobile.

‘Father’s role is the guardian of the formation!’

Tremendous mana pooled within the formation.

‘But didn’t he say Irregular?’

When I looked worriedly, Luciano spoke.

“Don’t worry.”

“What?”

“Father and I finished that conversation on the way here.”

“Father… huh?”

When I looked at Father as if asking what he meant, Father’s face was crumpled.

“Among the flies attached to you, this one is relatively better so I’m tolerating him temporarily. Very temporarily.”

Father sighed and slammed the heroes into the ground.

Bang!

It was tremendous force.

The ground was deeply gouged as if a meteorite had fallen.

Father strode into the formation.

Whooom…

A barrier wrapped around the Irregulars from behind in dome form.

And as it gradually darkened so the interior became invisible, Antonio opened his mouth.

“I’ll take the vanguard.”

Antonio, glimpsed before the inside of the barrier became completely dark, had grown longer hair.

His build had also grown large enough to rival the dragon knight.

And screams filled the air.

‘What’s going on.’

My curiosity was soon satisfied.

After just a few minutes, the barrier was lifted.

And what I saw were heroes lying unconscious and covered in blood.

The Irregulars stood there rubbing their necks or clicking their tongues.

With completely unscathed faces.

‘What happened.’

Weren’t they struggling just to hold back the heroes?

While I stood frozen, an Irregular approached.

They simultaneously aimed their weapons at GM.

GM’s eyes narrowed.

“You were hiding something interesting.”

Antonio said triumphantly.

“We can’t just show our trump card right away!”

“That idiot.”

Yuise shook her head.

I looked at GM.

“Seems there was something even you didn’t know.”

Yuise let out a bitter laugh.

“How could he know. No one has survived when we deployed the Seven Formations.”

“I’ll be the first to survive then.”

Starting from GM, countless holes appeared in the air.

“That’s troublesome, Clan Leader. Especially when he starts controlling time.”

Cesar said.

I startled and said to Luciano.

“Cesar! Please regenerate Cesar’s arm! You should be able to do it with the power of your crest.”

Luciano glanced at Cesar.

In that moment, daisy and hourglass crests appeared on Luciano.

And then…

“…I won’t say thanks. Instead, I’ll be the most active.”

Cesar repeatedly clenched and opened his newly regenerated hand with a grin.

It was at that moment the threads shot out.

“Want to be petrified again?”

“Sorry, but we’ve got one more amazing ally on our side. Right, …Young Lady?”

I widened my eyes and grinned.

“Yeah!”

Centered on my foot touching the ground, a golden fortress spread throughout the inner chamber.

A nullification zone.

It would completely purify the petrification curse.

It was an assault.

The first to attack were the two who had suffered the most from GM.

Oscar and Cesar.

Their combination was truly the best.

Cesar’s threads bound GM.

And Oscar, who could read mana.

No matter where GM moved, he could find Cesar’s threads and attack.

The other Irregulars’ attacks also came like a storm.

GM’s previously relaxed expression changed.

However.

Snap—.

Cesar’s threads broke.

He had used his mana to the limit.

GM’s lips curved up diagonally.

It was then that Father spoke.

“Time control has a 4-second limit.”

“…!”

At that moment, an intense wind struck.

Father was the one with the most mana I knew.

Mana beyond human limits created powerful waves.

At a level similar to GM’s waves.

But what was more amazing was his incredibly precise control.

Not a single attack failed.

GM’s clothes were torn to shreds, and deep wounds appeared on his exposed skin.

He regenerated, but immediately suffered more wounds from the following attacks, repeating the cycle.

After some time, he stopped regenerating.

‘He’s at his limit.’

GM’s mana must be at its limit now too.

Gritting his teeth, he staggered and touched the ground.

“Why!”

He shouted at me.

I silently looked at him.

“Why did you side with them?”

“….”

“It’s me. It should be me. I’m the one who can benefit you!”

“….”

“If we join forces, we can seize all the glory!”

“…But you can’t give me what I want most.”

“What do you want? Money? Honor? The most noble position in the world?”

I slowly shifted my gaze.

The Irregulars’ faces were pale.

They were at their limit too.

They had desperately protected each other like this.

I looked at Father.

And said.

“Family.”

“…Foolish Yustea.”

GM muttered weakly.

“You desire the most trivial thing.”

“But it was the hardest to obtain.”

“Fine. I’ll retreat for now. But I’ll come back for you soon.”

…What?

GM’s body flashed.

“Abel!”

When I shouted, Abel quickly deployed a barrier.

GM collapsed with a thud.

Soon after…

“…?!”

“…!!!”

Everyone in the inner chamber, including the Irregulars, was startled.

His body began rotting like a corpse.

‘She abandoned her body.’

I returned to the system again.

I raised my voice once more.

“Release the barrier!”

And immediately entered inside the barrier.

It was when I touched the corpse.

Would you like to receive the reward?

‘Reward?’

You can collect the traits remaining in the body.

If it’s trait collection, I should accept it but….

While I was contemplating, a countdown began.

And at an incredible speed too.

Receiving reward.

And then….

“Huh?”

I had become younger.

“How am I…? (How did I…?)”

The Irregulars looked at me with bewildered expressions.

“What is this tiny thing.”

-End of Part 1

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