The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 294

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 294

The Boss Rush on the Star Battlefield was, by and large, an unpopular arena.
To be precise, it was unpopular only among the players, but the Lords found it entertaining to watch.
It couldn’t be any other way.

“Damn it… Cough!”
“The boss monster, that one first…!”
“Hell! They’re attacking from behind! What am I supposed to do?!”

The Boss Rush was a battleground where everyone clawed and bit at each other.
Players were given a common objective: defeat the boss monsters. Moreover, those who defeated all the bosses fastest received corresponding rewards.
Looking at it this way, it seemed like an event where cooperation was paramount. An event where players had to cooperate as much as possible to quickly eliminate the boss monsters.
Of course.

[A special opportunity is granted to all of you on Field 3!]
[Stab your fellow players in the back. Should you succeed in eliminating an opponent, you can steal the ‘contribution points’ they possess!]

There was no way they’d let it work that simply.
After all, this was the Star Battlefield.
Without restrictions, it was a place where death meant nothing.
What mattered most to players here was the reward. Whether they could receive compensation proportional to their suffering on the Star Battlefield or not.
What if they received a reward they weren’t satisfied with?

‘If things continue like this, I can clear the event. The problem is…’
‘My contribution points are too low. The final reward won’t be much. In that case, it’s better to kill someone with high contribution points instead.’
‘Kill them, steal their contribution points, and increase my reward.’

There was no choice but to increase that reward by any means necessary.
Players with low contribution points especially had no choice. If they killed someone with high contribution points, they could seize the reward all at once.
There was no reason to resist this temptation.

“You worthless bastards! You dare attack me?!”
“Don’t you know who’s leading you?! Idiots!”
“I don’t care! Die! Just die! Hand over your contribution points!”
“Aaaaaaahhhhh!”

As a result, chaos erupted across each battlefield.
A complete mess where participants stabbed and backstabbed each other, coveting contribution points.
The participants found themselves forced to be wary not only of boss monsters but of each other as well.
This was true of every battlefield.

[…But what is this?]
[Hmm….]

Well, that is, except for one single battlefield.
The 4th Battlefield.
Unlike the other battlefields, this was the place where ‘humans’ existed. This battlefield began in an extraordinarily peculiar manner from the very start.
Han Yu-sung, the sole human, attacked and eliminated the other players first the moment the event commenced.

[Heh, the boss monster hasn’t even appeared yet, and he attacks fellow players first? Is he a beast devoid of reason?]
[Look at the techniques he’s using. Aren’t those the techniques used by the Martial Arts World practitioners who are at least somewhat competent among humans? That one, in particular….]
[Ah, the Blood Cult, I see. Mongrels using their techniques. I’ve heard the side effects grew worse as the transmission level of their techniques deteriorated.]
[Ah, so that’s why this incomprehensible madness, then.]

The Lords, seeing Han Yu-sung for the first time, clicked their tongues.
The Blood Cult’s martial arts carried a side effect that plunged users into madness. This phenomenon grew increasingly severe as the Blood Cult’s level deteriorated.
They assumed he had fallen into madness due to that side effect.
But the Lords who knew Han Yu-sung were different.

[Madness? Ha! I agree that the bastard is insane, but he’s not foolish enough to fall into madness from martial arts side effects.]
[Seeing how he brought down the Lord of the Dead, he certainly is a madman. But if it’s that human, this was definitely an intentional action.]
[Then, what exactly was he trying to accomplish?]

That question was answered not long after.
The players who had begun killing each other due to the mechanics added by the Battlefield of Stars—only the 4th Battlefield remained peaceful among them.
The reason was extremely simple.

[…Absurd. He prevented them from even thinking of resisting with force?]
[That’s not all. He eliminated those who could become his rivals from the very beginning. He removed those who could serve as focal points.]
[Unbelievable. Did he somehow predict how this battlefield would unfold? No matter how you look at it, such a bold action….]

A judgment and course of action that could only draw admiration.
Unlike the other battlefields mired in chaos, the 4th Battlefield was eliminating boss monsters at an incredible pace under Han Yu-sung’s control.
At a speed the players of other battlefields couldn’t even keep pace with.

[Doesn’t this mean the 4th Battlefield will take the championship?]
[Unless something unexpected happens, it looks like Han Yu-sung will monopolize the final reward.]

It was an unexpectedly amusing turn of events, one I hadn’t anticipated.
But it was also a different outcome than what the Lords had envisioned.
What they’d wanted was a hellscape where the participants, unable to resist their desires with a boss monster before them, would slaughter each other in chaos.
As if reading the Lords’ discontent.

[☆ EMERGENCY REWARD! ☆]
[Eliminate the player with the highest contribution! That player’s contribution will be distributed to all other players!]
[Do it now! Time is running out!]

The Battlefield of Stars presented an enticing proposal.
It was clearly a measure to check Han Yu-sung.
He wasn’t an opponent you could handle alone. So rise up as a group, eliminate that tyrant, and divide the rewards among yourselves.

‘This is… actually good?’
‘No way, after hearing such a proposal, you expect me to hold back?’

It was a proposal the players couldn’t resist.
Discontent toward Han Yu-sung had been mounting anyway.

‘At this rate, that bastard will hog all the rewards.’
‘Let’s wait for our chance! If he keeps fighting like that, he’ll eventually take a massive hit. Or he’ll exhaust himself fighting like a madman. After getting such a proposal, there’s no reason to be a fool and just follow along.’
‘Yeah, if we aim for that moment…’

We could eliminate that irritating human.
It was galling enough that the human would monopolize the rewards, but worse still was the thought of having to submit to a lowly creature like a human. Our pride couldn’t bear it.
And so the players began their rebellion.

Whoooosh!

“…Huh?”
“Gasp! W-what…?!”

Their rebellion never succeeded.
Han Yu-sung, who had been fighting the boss monster, unleashed a barrage of surprise attacks upon the traitors.
The assault came at such an unexpected moment that the traitors couldn’t even mount a proper response.
They simply vanished, their eyes wide with disbelief as they stared at Han Yu-sung.
The players who witnessed the spectacle were horrified.

“W-what are you doing? Why did you suddenly attack your own allies?”
“I said I would kill anyone who didn’t obey.”
“N-no! We were obeying! It was only those who did nothing!”
“You talk too much. What, don’t you want the reward?”

The players fell silent at words as tyrannical as any despot’s.
Naturally, the action hadn’t been made without reason. I sensed killing intent emanating from them, and I detected that it was directed at me.
So I dealt with them as I had warned.
If left unchecked, they would seize the opportunity to strike.

Crash!

“Gaaahhh!”
“Kugh, kaahhh…!”

Han Yu-sung’s assault continued unabated.
While facing the boss monster at the front, I immediately punished anyone who unleashed killing intent toward me.
A battle as acrobatic as a circus unfolded relentlessly.
One misstep and it would be nothing but a tumble—a deadly circus act.

[…A true monster, this one.]
[I’ve heard tales that he’s Earth’s finest player, but I never imagined he possessed such prowess.]
[They say he’s defeated the Descenders multiple times in combat. And when the Lord of the Dead fell, he fought at the vanguard….]

Han Yu-sung never stumbled through that acrobatic display.
The strength to dispatch the boss monster without difficulty, the power to discern traitors who targeted me, and unwavering decisiveness.
The Lords watching erupted in admiration.

[The fourteenth boss monster, 【Great Wyvern】, has been defeated. The final boss monster will appear shortly.]

At last, the event’s conclusion drew near.
Only the final boss monster remained.

Boom! Boooom!

With a tremendous roar, a monster emerged onto the Battlefield.
It was a dragon—wingless.

[The final boss monster, the Earth Dragon, has appeared!]

A dragon of overwhelming stature, its body clad in armor that jutted out like stone.
Scorching flames erupted endlessly from every inch of its form.
The final boss monster of this event—the Earth Dragon.
All the players stared at it, their resolve wavering.

‘A formidable monster.’
‘Can my attacks even pierce that carapace?’
‘Damn it, they chose such a beast as the final boss…’

It was a situation where morale could only crumble.
Yet another thought crossed their minds simultaneously.
Han Yu-sung had demonstrated extraordinary power against numerous boss monsters thus far.
But could he do the same against this creature?

“….”
“….”

The players did not move.
As if to say they would simply watch how he handled this, they stared at Han Yu-sung in silence.
And if he should fail…

‘I’ll kill him first.’
‘Even if he fails, if I can just steal the contribution points…’

Sensing their intentions, Han Yu-sung let out a soft laugh.

[Jackals, every last one of you. Or am I mistaken in thinking you’d prefer my failure?]
‘No, you’ve read them perfectly.’

They were waiting for Han Yu-sung to fail.
Then the course of action was simple.

Saaaaaah…!

Not throwing scraps to those jackals.
Just as I always had, succeeding once more.
A torrential surge of blood qi erupted from Han Yu-sung, pressing down upon the entire area.

[【Blood Heavenly Demon】 settles within your body.]

The blood qi that burst forth converged into the Blood Demon Sword.
The Blood Demon Sword devoured the blood qi with ravenous hunger.
The blood vessels in the arm gripping the blade split open, and even the blood flowing from the wounds seeped into the blade.
The air grew so heavy that breathing became impossible. Everything was dyed crimson. The Blood Demon Sword in my grip pulsed like a heart, thundering with power.
I raised the blade.

Blood Heavenly Demon Path, 【Blood Heavenly Sword Annihilation】.

The moment I swung the sword, the world split asunder.
A colossal wave of blood qi stretched forth, cleaving heaven and earth. Deep crimson fissures carved themselves across the sky like scars, and the ground fractured beneath.
And the Earth Dragon was no exception.

—Kuh, ooooooh…

The Earth Dragon’s eyes snapped wide open.
It could not comprehend what had transpired.
The Earth Dragon tried to move, following its instincts, but—
It could not move.

Craaaaaack!

The Earth Dragon’s massive body was already bisected.
The towering carapace of stone collapsed in a single stroke. The steel-hard skin it protected, the flesh, the bone—everything.
Split cleanly in two with a single blow.
Blood poured from the severed cross-section, dispersing into crimson mist, and the Earth Dragon’s form began to crumble away.
And in the next instant.

Kwaaaaaaah!

The blood essence condensed within the Blood Heaven Sword Annihilation erupted, consuming the entire area in its devastation.
When Han Yu-sung finally withdrew his blade, nothing remained on the battlefield.
Only the traces of Blood Heaven Sword Annihilation carved into the sky and earth persisted.

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