Tearing the Gate Apart - Chapter 105

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Episode 105.
After Ha Gyeong fled.
Blight Shaper plotted an invasion in secret.
Korea had four Gates.
Even though the number was small, it was difficult to block them all.
But thanks to Rokan, their forces didn’t have to be scattered.
They had already pinpointed Blight Shaper’s location.
Ha Gyeong drew the Crimson Edge.
‘Something’s off.’
The moment the opponent’s gaze turned elsewhere.
Ha Gyeong moved reflexively as well.
Whoosh!
A purple beam of light shot forth with a sound like air escaping.
It was so thin it was hardly visible.
An incredibly fast attack.
Yet Ha Gyeong’s response was perfectly suited.
He swung the Crimson Edge and knocked the beam of light aside.
Clang!
A sharp sound and faint shockwave burst out simultaneously.
Blight Shaper’s attack was aimed at Rokan.
Probably to execute the traitor.
But Ha Gyeong wasn’t one to let that happen.
Soon after, Blight Shaper’s eyes glinted again.
Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!
Dozens of beams of light wove through the air.
Bending at impossible angles.
Having seen Ha Gyeong’s response, he drastically increased his attack tempo.
At this rate, almost any being would struggle to defend.
But there was not a shred of hesitation in Ha Gyeong’s movements.
[Will of the Core Guardian enhances your physical abilities]
[You cannot use skills while Brutalize is active]
Boom-boom-boom!
For a moment, his form seemed to split apart.
Then he batted away every single beam of light that poured down.
Black plating had sprouted across his entire body.
A flash of emotion crossed Blight Shaper’s eyes.
―That’s… Barkalon’s power. I cannot comprehend it. How can an inferior race wield the strength of the Nobility?
“I never asked you to understand. And why does a Noble have such a long tongue anyway?”
―True. Small talk is unnecessary. I need only split open your skull and extract the secret.
The opponent closed his eyes and brought his hands together in prayer.
Then pale energy radiated outward.
Hissssss!
On the surface, it felt sacred and noble.
But somehow it was deeply unsettling.
Like the very earth was being tainted.
Ha Gyeong could quickly sense the emotion woven into that white light.
‘Malice.’
Uranium looks like an ordinary stone from the outside.
Handle it carelessly and disaster follows.
Ha Gyeong immediately kicked off the ground.
Boom!
‘End this quickly.’
Since he’d already used Brutalize first.
He needed to land as much damage as possible.
Of course, that didn’t mean he was panicked.
He had several skills he could use as finishing moves.
Ha Gyeong closed the distance to Blight Shaper.
“Haaah!”
With a battle cry, he thrust out the Crimson Edge.
A plain attack with no embellishment.
But the power was extraordinary.
Overwhelming force had replaced any technique.
The red blade left a long afterimage in the air.
Whoooosh!
Having gauged the force behind the Crimson Edge.
Blight Shaper’s movements became urgent.
Burst!
He shot straight upward.
Trying by any means to create distance.
A natural response.
Most humans cannot fly.
But Ha Gyeong possessed an Artifact that let him overcome gravity.
[Crosswind activated]
[Second-stage rebound becomes possible]
Boom!
He pushed off empty air and leaped upward, his speed increasing further.
The distance between them, which had been widening, rapidly closed again.
Ha Gyeong brought the Crimson Edge down with all his might.
Crack! Boom!
―Argh!
Blight Shaper’s body flew far away.
From the great impact, he lost his flight ability.
Like a kite with its string cut, he flailed helplessly.
Though he managed to regain his balance, he could not hide his shock.
As Ha Gyeong descended, he muttered.
―How can such a monster exist? In a place with not a trace of Abyss Energy?
But shock aside.
If he wanted to live, he had to respond.
Blight Shaper poured out a torrent of pale energy.
Tsssssss!
Much thicker than before.
A heavy, viscous flow of energy was palpable.
Just then, someone approaching from the side was caught by the white mist.
“Huh, what? Why’s this happening?”
The moment his skin touched the sticky energy, the world spun.
It felt like inhaling a potent poison or contaminant.
Yet even so, the man wouldn’t stop rambling.
“Hey! What’re you doing spitting on the street like that?”
―There he is, the deranged one who steals the Noble’s power. And now he calls our noble essence spit. Nothing about him is normal.
“It’s disgusting, so clean it up. Don’t Nobles follow any public order?”
―Silence, you filthy wretch!
Blight Shaper’s enraged voice slammed into the ground.
Then the pale energy that lay scattered hardened with a crackle.
[Blight Shaper deploys Pale Mire]
The man sank as if into a swamp, unable to move a single step.
“Ugh!”
―I’ll cook you slowly later.
“I taste bad! Haven’t showered in days, I reek like hell!”
―Shut up, I beg you!
But it hadn’t been entirely without effect.
While Ha Gyeong descended.
He’d bought a moment of time.
And even scattered the opponent’s focus with nonsense.
Crack!
Ha Gyeong plummeted down above Blight Shaper’s head.
His downward strike came as if to cleave a mountain.
The Crimson Edge tore through space itself.
Blight Shaper evaded with every ounce of effort.
Whoooosh!
His form slid to the side as if on ice.
Normally, the attack would have harmlessly missed.
But Ha Gyeong’s movement transcended imagination.
‘I predicted this much already!’
Blight Shaper had flight ability.
Not as fast as Rokan, but respectable nonetheless.
So Ha Gyeong had anticipated the evasion from the start.
The overwhelming downward strike was a feint.
This was the real attack.
Slash!
The horizontally-swung blade sang with an eerie cut.
For a moment, Blight Shaper seemed to be cleaved in two.
But Ha Gyeong’s strike had only carved through empty air.
His opponent was nowhere to be found.
Immediately, Dae Hyeonja’s voice sounded through the Whisperer.
―Above!
Brutalize was currently active.
Ha Gyeong couldn’t draw upon Soul Stigma.
So his position awareness was necessarily delayed.
With Dae Hyeonja’s help, Ha Gyeong spotted Blight Shaper.
He was high in the sky, preparing something.
―Confess! Worms!
[Blight Shaper deploys Grief Requiem]
Whoosh!
In that very instant.
Ha Gyeong’s vision went dark.
“What… what is this?”
Of course he hadn’t gone completely blind.
Only the surroundings had become pitch-black.
He looked around quickly.
But only endless, murky darkness greeted him.
He couldn’t find anything.
Ha Gyeong canceled Brutalize.
‘Soul Stigma should let me sense something.’
He heightened his perception, but it was useless.
He was trapped in an unidentified space.
Much like Veil Lancer’s Shadow Chamber.
Ha Gyeong walked slowly forward.
“There must be a weak point in the barrier somewhere…”
Escape wouldn’t be difficult.
He could tear open a gap in the barrier with Fifth-rank Abyss Resonance.
The problem was finding where in this darkness.
But suddenly, the blackness that filled everything began to crumble.
Like water poured onto a painting.
The surroundings melted away in a blur.
And then…
Something both unfamiliar and achingly familiar.
A sight so uncanny it made his blood run cold.
Ha Gyeong’s eyes opened to a horrifying scene.
Boom-boom-boom-boom!
The ground rumbled as rubble collapsed.
Then appeared a monster with five pairs of arms.
The Abyss Sovereign.
It was staring down at Ha Gyeong.
Grin.
Its mouth split open to the ears.
A clear sneer.
Soon after, the Abyss Sovereign turned its body.
[The Abyss Sovereign’s Earthquake authority triggers a massive quake]
[The Abyss Sovereign’s Lightning Strike authority brings thunder and lightning]
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom!
The earth split with loud cracks.
Countless bolts of lightning crashed down, superheating the air.
Charred boulders shattered and tumbled.
Ha Gyeong couldn’t collect his thoughts.
‘What’s happening? Why is it here?’
From the raw power and fury being unleashed.
This was no shadow or duplicate.
Six years ago.
In the Void-rank Dungeon, the Upper-tier King he’d encountered.
It had to be the Abyss Sovereign.
As Ha Gyeong gaped silently.
Voices that made his skin crawl reached his ears.
“Khgh! Ha… Ha Gyeong. You need to run!”
“I’m sorry. This wasn’t supposed to happen, dragging you into this…”
“We were far too arrogant.”
Companions crushed by the Abyss Sovereign’s power.
Uncles who were like family.
And finally, his father.
Beloved people were dying horribly.
Ha Gyeong’s face contorted.
“Argh!”
It felt like his heart was being shredded into a thousand pieces.
He’d forgotten.
No—he thought he’d overcome it.
But facing that memory again, unbearable emotion surged up.
Ha Gyeong’s eyes were already streaming with tears.
‘It’s already in the past. This can’t be real.’
The scene before him had to be an illusion.
His most agonizing memory.
Dragged out by force by Blight Shaper.
Of course he knew that.
But knowing didn’t make the pain any less.
Ha Gyeong clenched his fists tightly.
‘So that’s how it comes at me. Is that it?’
Caught in a cruel illusion, but he could overcome it.
If this weren’t a barrier, then what the opponent would do was obvious.
While Ha Gyeong flailed about.
It would approach and deliver a killing blow.
He raised Soul Stigma’s perception to its maximum.
Hissssss!
Vast Abyss Energy wrapped around Ha Gyeong’s entire body.
Pale-grey light seemed to push back the surrounding darkness bit by bit.
Soon he opened his eyes quietly.
“Found it.”
The sensation was faint, but the discordance was unmistakable.
Ha Gyeong swung the Crimson Edge toward an unexpected spot.
Lower left, behind him.
The red blade stabbed into empty space.
Burst!
Fifth-rank Abyss Resonance bloomed naturally, adding its power.
Then something extraordinary occurred.
Something pale white manifested in space where nothing had been.
Blight Shaper, barely holding back the Crimson Edge with both hands.
―How… how did you…?
His expression was one of utter shock.
Grief Requiem.
He’d caught Ha Gyeong properly in the sorrowful requiem.
Yet Ha Gyeong had broken free almost immediately.
Likely he’d never faced an opponent like this.
Ha Gyeong’s response had been that extraordinarily fast.
“I’m already a man whose heart has been shattered.”
By now, not a trace of tears remained on his face.
With an expression far colder than usual.
He simply swung the Crimson Edge with determination.
Boom!
True Soul Slash, forged with Fifth-rank Abyss Resonance, emitted an ominous light.
He wanted to pour everything into a crushing blow.
But the distance between them was too close.
And time was short, so he simply slashed.
Still, if it landed properly, the damage would be considerable.
Yet as the attack erupted.
Ha Gyeong realized something had gone wrong.
‘This bastard… why is he laughing?’
Gate Ripper
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