The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 361

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 361

Blades cascaded down like a comet shower.
With a tremendous explosion, the shockwave engulfed Han Yu-sung’s entire body.
Fortunately, Han Yu-sung had deployed Absolute Darkness through his primordial power, and the Black Garment and Nameless Heavenly Demon that covered his entire form mitigated the impact.
And there was one more thing.

‘The situation is set.’

This was the exact scenario Kakasha and I had been waiting for.
The likelihood that Achiros had secured a World-grade item was high.
So before I revealed my hand, I needed to confirm what cards my opponent held. That’s why I waited for him to draw his item.

‘Solitary Dominion. It’s different from what I knew.’

It wasn’t the item Achiros used in my previous life.
Whether his resolve had changed or there was some other reason.
But I could roughly discern what the item was.
Kakasha had provided me information about it.

[Already a monster, and now he’s grown even stronger with that item. To think he’d steal the power I possessed…!]

An item that steals the power of countless enemies and makes it his own.
More than that—it even seizes the forces that drift subtly throughout the world, literally stealing everything that exists in this realm and making it his strength.
That was the effect of Solitary Dominion.

‘I’ve confirmed Solitary Dominion’s power sufficiently.’

Achiros now possessed strength enough to overwhelm all the Lords.
The Lord of the Dead I had faced, Geomson—neither could compare to Achiros. He had grown close to godhood through Solitary Dominion’s power.
Of course, once the item’s effect ended, that power would fade.
But right now, he clearly wielded strength beyond the Lords.

‘There are two ways to deal with him.’

The power I had hidden away for this moment: the Heart Sword.
And the Primordial Blade.
Before beginning this Holy War Battlefield, Han Yu-sung had verified what kind of item the Primordial Blade was.
In that process, I learned the characteristics possessed by World-grade items.
But if there was a problem.

[Primordial Blade (World).]
· It contains the power of ‘Creation’—to destroy and recreate the world.
· Fragments of ‘Rebellion’ and ‘Transformation’ have manifested.

The item’s description was extraordinarily abstract.
Items below World grade had detailed explanations written on them. Additional abilities were clear enough that you could understand how to use them at a glance.
But World-grade items were different.

‘The item does not respond.’

Was it because I, as the owner, had not grasped how to use it?
The Primordial Blade did not respond to me. No matter how hard I tried to wield it, it only emitted a faint light.
Unless I understood its nature, the blade would grant me no power.

[The power of Creation, you say? Quite a grandiose name. But why complicate matters? Simply consider that it changes depending on how you use it, does it not?]

Easy to say.
What is Creation? What does it mean to destroy and recreate the world?
Could I even handle such an abstract concept?

[Did I not tell you? Do not overthink it. There is no need to ponder how to wield the power of ‘Creation’ or such matters.]

It was Kakasha’s words that helped me.

[Think on this: what is ‘Creation’ as you conceive it, and how will you manifest the Creation you envision? Contemplate that.]

What Han Yu-sung understood as Creation.
‘Creation’ is the power to destroy and recreate the world.
What world did I wish to destroy?

– But what meaning could that hold? This world is already fated to perish, unable to overcome the Trial. It will collapse soon.

What comes to mind is the landscape from before my return.
A ruined Earth. A world born from Achiros’s greed. This was the world I had resolved to destroy, even at the cost of my regression.
I would shatter the world created by a Transcendent and deny its destruction.
And.

– I shall ascend soon. Using what I have obtained here, I will reach a station that no one can ever touch.
– Rejoice, for this world will remain in my memory for a long time.

I would create a world free from Transcendents and the Trial of God.
What I desired above all else was ‘freedom.’ It was a conviction that had remained unbroken from my past life until now, never wavering even once.
Thus I defined the meaning of ‘Genesis.’
The Genesis Blade blazed with brilliant light.

‘Kakasha.’
[I understand.]

I had endured countless trials alongside Kakasha.
We knew what the other was thinking without speaking a word.
I grasped the blade tightly.

Whoooooosh!

The blades that had poured down like a meteor vanished without a trace.
At the same moment, an overwhelming force surged through me.
A power so immense that even Achiros could not help but be wary of it.
And through the explosions that engulfed the surface.

[…!]

A slash was unleashed.
A slash fired at a speed that even Achiros could not perceive.
Achiros, who only belatedly sensed the slash, doubted his own senses.
The power contained within that slash was beyond belief.
And in the next instant.

Screech!

With a sharp cutting sound, the Scales of Justice split apart.
Achiros’s eyes widened at the sight.
Those scales were one of his prized powers.
A force that had granted him countless victories.
A power that strengthened his allies proportional to the weight of sin while weakening enemies, and moreover, nullified the buffs granted by Lords to their opponents.
And ultimately, a scales imbued with the power to place the souls of enemies upon it and end their lives in a single stroke called ‘Judgment’.
Naturally.

‘The scales… destroyed in a single slash?’

The Scales of Justice contained immense power.
A level that could not be easily destroyed even by a Lord’s attack.
If strengthened by the power of ‘Solitary Supremacy’ as it was now, even a Lord could not destroy it.
Yet those scales had been severed by a single slash.
Achiros felt intense vigilance surge through him.

‘Who is it? The Lord of Justice? Or Han Yu-sung?’

Either way, it didn’t matter.
Both had to be killed with certainty.
Achiros summoned the power of ‘Solitary Supremacy’ once more, absorbing its force to unleash an even stronger ability.
And the moment he was about to release that power.

[Uuuugh…!]

Another slash was unleashed.
An imperceptible sword aura split the world. Just as Achiros had done moments before using the power of ‘Solitary Supremacy’.
But the result was far too different.

Ssssshhhhh…

Mystical power flowed from the slash that divided the world.
A force intertwined with ‘Genesis’ and ‘Primordial Chaos’. That power pushed back the ‘Solitary Supremacy’ that had blanketed the Sanctuary.
And it did not stop there.

“Th-this is…?”
“Wh-what am I witnessing right now?”

The fractured and crumbling world began to restore itself.
As if time itself had been rewound, the power of Genesis repaired every trace Dokjon had left behind.
And as it absorbed the remnants of Dokjon’s power lingering in those traces, it transcended mere restoration—it recreated the world in an entirely new form.

[You… what are you doing…!]

Dokjon’s power faded, and the brilliant light that had filled all directions dimmed.
In its place bloomed an intense crimson flame. Countless weapons scattered across desolate earth. The landscape evoked the image of a Battlefield.
The world that had been destroyed by Dokjon’s power was restored by the power of Genesis, and recreated into the landscape that remained in Han Yu-sung’s consciousness.

[The Primordial Blade has reversed causality.]
[Everything destroyed by the Lord of Justice is being restored. The domain created by the Lord of Justice is absorbed and reborn as the domain remaining in the owner’s consciousness, and all facilities of the Sanctuary of Justice lose their effects.]
[Our forces are granted the Blessing of Genesis. The Blessing of Genesis grants our forces the power to stand against Transcendents. This blessing will continue to be maintained as long as the power of Genesis does not extinguish.]
[The Primordial Blade suppresses the enemy Transcendent. The enemy Transcendent’s power weakens, and this effect grows stronger as time passes.]

This was the result of the Primordial Blade’s activation.
A will to reject Transcendents and break free from their grasp.
That will manifested through Genesis.
Denying the Transcendents and granting those who would be players the power to oppose them.

Kuuuuuuung!

“Ugh, kh…?!”
“Wh-where did our strength go…!”

The Oath Keepers of Justice felt an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.
All the power the Lord had granted them vanished, and beyond that came the sensation of even their original strength slipping away.

“This power is…”
“Did that blade… give us this strength?”

In stark contrast, the War Covenant Members felt an intense surge of power.
Simultaneously, an indescribable sense of liberation washed over them—as if something that had long bound them had finally shattered away.
Achiros stared at the sight in disbelief.

[…A World Item. How could you possibly…]

It was a sight I couldn’t believe even with my own eyes.
An item so rare that few in the entire universe possessed one.
Even those Lords who did own such items used them solely as their own weapons.
How could a mere human possibly have such a thing?
And how could a human even wield it?!

‘No, there’s no way a human could wield it.’

Achiros denied the possibility.
Even if he could use it, it would only be momentary. Wielding a World Item required immense power.
It was beyond what any human could endure.
It was foolish. It would have been better for the Lord of War herself to wield such an item rather than entrust it to a human like Han Yu-sung.
Han Yu-sung—that human would destroy himself soon enough.

‘But I must remain vigilant.’

The power contained in that blade was extraordinary.
Achiros watched Han Yu-sung’s movements with absolute caution.
Han Yu-sung slowly raised his head, his grip firm on the blade.

[…!]

In that instant, Achiros felt an overwhelming sense of danger.
A dread he had never experienced facing any Lord before.
He relied purely on instinct, summoning his power.

Crash—!

[Guh—?!]

But the blade reached him first.
A grayish-white blade composed solely of will, brimming with the power of primordial chaos.
Han Yu-sung’s power—the Heart Sword—tore through his arm.

Shhhhh—!

Achiros’s right arm dissolved into light and vanished.
Had he not summoned his power, even belatedly, the damage would have been far more catastrophic.
And yet, he could not believe it.
Because he had just realized who had unleashed this power.

[A human wielding ‘power’? Impossible.]

It defied all logic.
Power was a force granted only to transcendents.
A Player—a mere human—could never wield such a thing.
But if such a human existed…

[Could such a being even be called a Player?]

They had already transcended the boundaries of what defined a Player.
Should they not be called a ‘Transcendent’ instead?
Achiros’s pupils trembled as he gazed upon Han Yu-sung.

“….”

Amid the shock and disbelief that washed over him,
Han Yu-sung simply stared back at Achiros in silence.
Unlike with Kakasha, Han Yu-sung had nothing particular to say to him.
The emotions I harbored were directed solely at the Achiros of my previous life.
They held no relevance to the Achiros who had returned after regression.

[These are emotions I need not feel now.]

And so I decided to cast them aside.
What I needed now were not the negative emotions from my past life.
I had accumulated enough power to face an enemy I could never reach before, never even dared to approach.
And now I could stand against Achiros, a transcendent force of overwhelming strength.
I had seized the opportunity to achieve ‘victory’—to bring about his ruin.

[That is enough.]

As always, I would fight and claim victory.
And I would seize the power of the fallen Achiros.

[Kufufu! Look at that fool’s face, Achiros! What a delightful sight!]
“Then, shall we begin?”

Flames blazed forth.
Time had been defied, and much had changed.
Yet still, the fire that refused to be extinguished burned on.

“Let’s go.”
[Ugh…!]

The inferno surged toward Achiros.

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