Sister, I Hit You Because There Was a Ghost Behind You - Chapter 58

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Chapter 58. The Iron Hammer That Shatters the Immortal Heart
The Pope’s grotesque laughter echoed through the Sanctuary as black tentacles erupted in all directions, lashing through the air like whips.
Shattered crosses and marble fragments scattered across the floor dissolved into sickening puddles the moment the tentacles touched them.
The entire space transformed into a hellscape drenched in caustic poison so vile that even breathing became agony.
Kairik von Herzen unleashed a bestial roar and launched himself forward first.
As he soared through the air and carved a crimson X-shaped blade strike downward, dozens of approaching tentacles were severed in an instant.
Kairik bared his sharp fangs and bellowed.
“So the old husk still has some fight left in him! But before the claws of a beast, you are nothing!”
The severed tentacles fell to the ground only to immediately coalesce and swell into an even more massive form.
Revolting pus poured from the severed edges, transforming into hundreds of razor-sharp spines that attacked us indiscriminately.
As the Pope raised his withered hand, the weeping statues hanging upside down from the Sanctuary’s ceiling plummeted toward us in unison.
The holy statues, which should have worn merciful smiles, all twisted their mouths grotesquely and spewed forth chilling curses.
Demian Lyart stepped in front of me and raised his holy sword high.
“By the name of the Goddess, I command all fallen idols to return to ash!”
Pure white divine power formed a massive hemispherical barrier, shattering the falling statues into fragments.
Each time the stone debris exploded against the barrier, Demian’s solid shoulders trembled slightly, yet his feet remained rooted to the ground as if anchored.
Even amidst the tremendous collision of magical forces, Demian never wavered his barrier, ensuring the poison could not reach me.
The sight of his sturdy back completely shielding me was so reassuring it left me breathless.
Yet the magical energy the Pope unleashed was incomparably vaster and more repulsive than anything the Heretic Inquisition or the Cardinal had ever produced.
Simple physical defense alone could not fully block the immense malevolent aura crushing down upon the entire Sanctuary.
The poison seeping through the barrier brought a horrific pain as if my spiritual vision was burning away.
It felt as though thousands of crimson needles were stabbing my retinas indiscriminately.
With each breath I drew, my lungs burned with such revulsion that I finally lost my footing and collapsed.
As I gasped for breath and staggered, Kairik von Herzen, who had been tearing through the tentacles, appeared at my side in an instant.
He smashed the approaching bundle of spines with his bare hands and caught me in his strong arms.
Kairik supported my waist firmly and asked urgently.
“Violetta! Are you alright? Your face is as pale as a sheet!”
Kairik’s crimson eyes confirmed my pallid complexion, and they blazed with savage ferocity.
He radiated murderous intent toward the Pope and growled like a beast.
“How dare you lay a finger on the woman in my domain! I’ll chew that old bastard alive!”
The warm heat radiating from his broad chest enveloped my cold, sweating body in comfort.
That overwhelming body heat, as if I were cradled in fierce flames, powerfully awakened my heart that had begun to freeze.
Yet before I could fully lean into that warmth, Demian swung his holy sword and spoke coldly.
“How dare you direct that revolting magic toward her!”
Demian’s eyes, which had been maintaining the defensive line, had also lost their usual composure and wavered dangerously.
Demian spoke in a chilling voice as if issuing a warning.
“Your Majesty must focus on the front! Protecting Violetta’s body and purifying the poison is my responsibility!”
Kairik growled sharply at Demian.
“Don’t be ridiculous! Your shield failed, and that’s why Violetta ended up like this!”
Demian clenched his lips at Kairik’s provocation, then fixed one side of the barrier with his holy sword and quickly turned around.
When Demian Lyart wrapped an arm around my shoulders, that crystalline, refreshing forest essence flowed through my veins once more.
“Lean on me. I shall bear all of your suffering.”
The splitting headache that had threatened to shatter my skull was washed away by that cool warmth, and the turbulent mana settled into tranquility.
My murky, nauseating vision cleared, and the inexhaustible wellspring of perfect holy power filled my entire being.
I let out a small, hollow laugh at the contrasting temperatures of the two men supporting me on either side.
One was a fierce beast burning with everything to protect me, while the other was a cool forest willing to diminish itself to purify me.
Even on the final battlefield where the fate of the continent hung in the balance, these beasts’ childish and blind rivalry showed no signs of ceasing.
Because of these exhausting yet beloved men, I had to end this tedious hunt perfectly.
I adjusted my grip on the hammer’s handle and gently separated myself from the two of them.
Both men gazed at me with eyes mingling regret and concern, but my resolve was firmer than ever.
I spoke to them both with unwavering determination.
“Your protection has been more than sufficient. Now it’s time to abandon defense and sever the breath of that revolting old man.”
I pushed my spirit sight to its absolute limit, piercing through to The Pope’s true form floating in the heart of the demonic storm.
Within the shadows of The Mastermind’s darkness, a grotesque red core pulsing near The Pope’s heart became starkly visible.
It was the crystallized embodiment of evil itself, thousands of vengeful spirits clinging together and shrieking in horror.
That was undoubtedly the immortal heart that had grown fat on human greed for centuries, the very source of all calamities.
I forced blue mana into the hammer’s head to its absolute limit and spoke.
“Let’s end this wretched curse here and now.”
The blue mana erupting from the head coalesced and swirled to a magnitude that would devour the Sanctuary’s crimson light.
I glared at The Pope with an unwavering gaze and cried out.
“Demian, Your Majesty. Tear those revolting tentacles apart perfectly on both sides and open the path. A single gap is all I need.”
At my declaration, both men launched forward without the slightest hesitation.
Kairik von Herzen’s blood-red sword energy and Demian Lyart’s pure white holy power began ruthlessly tearing through The Pope’s defensive barrier in a cross formation.
The Pope shrieked as he was torn apart, curling his body behind the tentacles as shields.
The Pope poured forth curses in a voice twisted by malice.
“How dare you obstruct me in my quest for immortality! I shall devour your souls for all eternity!”
Yet The Pope’s death throes were brief—the massive chasm the two beasts had torn open revealed a perfect path before my eyes.
Demian cried out desperately, his face glistening with sweat.
“Now!”
The instant Demian’s cry rang out, I kicked off the ground with such force that it cracked beneath me and launched forward with ferocious momentum.
My heavy silk dress skirts fluttered, but my body, reinforced by blue mana throughout, was light as a feather and devastatingly powerful.
The Pope panicked, his crimson eyes flashing as he erected hundreds of layers of demonic barriers.
But they were woefully insufficient to stop my leap, already locked into its perfect trajectory.
I twisted my body in mid-air, raising the colossal mana hammer high above my head.
Then, with a cool and exhilarating smile playing at my lips, I cried out.
“Immortality? Go live it up in hell!”
CRASH!
The steel hammer, brimming with mana ready to burst, descended like a thunderbolt toward The Pope’s chest, toward the place where the red core lay hidden.
With a tremendous roar that seemed to collapse the entire Sanctuary, a massive fissure began to form in the red heart that had seemed unbreakable.

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