The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 63

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 63

Wind tore across the Battlefield in violent gusts.
Each time the blood-reeking wind swept through, Destroyers fell, and soon after, a new Destroyer ranker beyond their ranks breathed their last.

Crack! Snap!

“Grraaahhh!”

My predator’s instinct continued to reveal the presence of new rankers.
The Destroyers gathered together to block me, attempting to mount a unified defense.
It was meaningless.
Bound to the Dragon Lord, an EX-grade dragon soul, I had become the sole apex predator of this trial.

“Ugh… ugh…”
“No. My name on the list… my name on the list…”

This was no ranker list.
It was a death register.
Those whose names appeared were destined to die.
The 1st and 2nd ranked fell, the 3rd surrendered. The 4th died fleeing. The one who was 5th surrendered the moment they saw themselves become 1st.

“Oh, he comes. He’s coming!”
“Surrender! I surrender! I won’t fight!”
“Wait, we have to do something… cough!”

Death or surrender.
Those were the only two choices given to the Destroyer rankers.
As the rankers died or helplessly surrendered, the axis that led the Destroyers crumbled.
The Guardians did not miss this opportunity.
Leo Edelman and the Guardian rankers charged forward.

“Guardians with manifestation skills to the front!”
“Now is the time to move while that man draws their attention!”
“Kill every Destroyer in sight! Let’s go!”

The Destroyers’ formation had completely collapsed because of Han Yu-sung.
Watching the rankers—their greatest assets—being hunted down so brutally, and realizing there existed someone capable of hunting them, the Destroyers lost all will to fight.
Pushing back the demoralized Destroyers was not difficult.

“The Guardians…!”
“Y-yes! Dragon souls! Dragon souls are approaching!”
“Stop them! Somehow, no, how can we even…!”

The Guardians advanced with the manifested dragon souls at the vanguard.
The dragon souls cultivated by the rankers attacked the Destroyers from the front, and those Destroyers—whose rankers were still being hunted—could not stop them.
And there was yet another factor: the existence of the ‘slaves.’

“Y-you, Lee Sung-ah! You betrayed us!”
“…I had no choice if I wanted to live. If you want to survive, surrender too!”
“Filthy and vile… gaaaahhhhh!”

The Destroyer slaves who had surrendered to the Guardians.
Lee Sung-ah and others who had once been rankers on the Destroyers’ side now fought alongside the Guardians, attacking their former comrades.
As these multiple factors converged, the battle line began to crumble.
Countless Destroyers fell, and new slaves were born.

[Over 20,000 Destroyers have been eliminated. The Dragon Lord has been strengthened by one tier. The buff granted to the Guardians is enhanced.]
[Over 30,000 slaves have been created. The Dragon Lord has been strengthened by one tier. The buff granted to the Guardians is enhanced.]

This translated directly into the Dragon Lord’s power.

[The Dragon Lord grants a buff to allied Guardians.]
[All stats +40%, Speed +25%, Wound regeneration (Medium) outside combat, Skill damage +40%, Skill mana consumption –25%.]
[Skills of dragon souls contracted with Guardians are enhanced by 1.5x.]
[Manifested dragon souls are enhanced by 1.5x.]

Simultaneously, the buff granted to the Guardians was strengthened.
But that was not all. As the Destroyers’ numbers plummeted, the buff the Colossus of Destruction granted them weakened.

[The buff granted by the Colossus of Destruction is weakened.]
[All stats +20%, Attack power +10%, Speed +10%. If a Guardian’s dragon soul is absorbed, the buff’s effects are temporarily enhanced.]
[The buff is further enhanced as the Colossus of Destruction grows stronger.]

As these two factors converged, the gap widened at a precipitous rate.
The Destroyers had already lost their will to fight.
When the Guardians, strengthened further by the buff’s effects, pressed their assault, the Destroyers could only suffer the onslaught helplessly.
But in stark contrast—

—Kuaaaaaaah!

The battle between the Colossus of Destruction and the Dragon Lord unfolded differently.
The Dragon Lord, its entire body carved with deep wounds, unleashed a torrent of magical power.
Countless spells and breath attacks surged toward the Colossus.

—Hmph…!

Crackle and snap!

The Colossus’s left hand tore through space itself.
From the rift, a torrent of dark energy poured forth, nullifying the incoming attacks. In response, the Colossus swung its colossal blade in a wide arc, and the Dragon Lord, unable to mount any meaningful defense, was forced to accept the full brunt of the strike.
As the Giant swung the colossal sword with great force, the Dragon Lord had no choice but to take the blow without any proper defense.

—Kuhaaaaack!

Blood erupted from the Dragon Lord’s body.
In the battle between Guardians and Destroyers, the Guardians held the advantage.
Yet in the clash between the Colossus of Destruction and the Dragon Lord, the Colossus maintained dominance throughout.
The scars etched across the Dragon Lord’s entire form bore witness to this truth.

—Kaaaaaaah!
—Ruin descends upon you… young dragon…!

It was an inevitable outcome.
Though the Colossus of Destruction had weakened since the days when it laid waste to this world, the same held true for the Dragon Lord. Moreover, unlike the Dragon Lord of old who had commanded countless dragons in battle against the Colossus, the Dragon Lord now stood alone.
And it had only just awakened.
He’s just awakened to it himself too.

Kuaaaah!

For the Dragon Lord, it was a crisis. For the Colossus, an opportunity.
The colossal sword strike deeply slashed one of the creature’s wings. The Dragon Lord, having lost one of its four wings, staggered violently through the air.
For him it was a crisis, but for the giant it was an opportunity.

– I shall send you to join your fallen brethren!
– Kuuuuuh…!

The distance closed in an instant.
The Dragon Lord hastily unleashed countless spells, yet the Colossus of Destruction’s colossal blade cleaved through them all, hurtling toward its target.
Straight toward the Dragon Lord’s heart.
Swift and lethal. There was no blocking it, no evading it.

[The power of the fallen Destroyers flows into the Dragon Lord. The Destroyers, enslaved to the Guardians, grant their strength to the Dragon Lord.]
[The Dragon Lord is enhanced by two stages.]

The Dragon Lord from moments before would have been overwhelmed.
Crimson energy surged from the ground, swiftly enveloping the Dragon Lord’s form.

– Whoooosh!
– Grrgh, ugh… Kuooooo…!

The dragon’s breath thrust back the approaching colossal blade.
Countless magical formations unfurled in succession. Massive spheres of flame materialized endlessly from the formations, engulfing the Colossus.
The impact brought the Colossus’s advance to an abrupt halt.
Magic that should have been dismissible moments ago!

– What is this, these cursed creatures…!

But why could it no longer be ignored?
The Colossus of Destruction quickly grasped the reason. The Dragon Lord had grown stronger, and I had grown weaker.
Something was draining my power away.
Then where did this phenomenon originate?
The Colossus of Destruction realized it at once.

– Powerless, incompetent… worthless insects…!

The Battlefield.
The Colossus’s wrathful gaze turned downward toward the Battlefield.
The Destroyers were being pushed back one-sidedly by the Guardians.
Those who received my power were retreating so pathetically?
The Dragon Lord’s buff shouldn’t even be stronger than mine.

– No, I see now. That creature… that human….

The Colossus of Destruction quickly grasped the cause.
I could see a Guardian rampaging across the ground.
A Guardian who single-handedly destroyed countless Destroyers while enslaving them.
The Guardian, Han Yu-sung, noticed the gaze fixed upon me.
And then, an expression bloomed across his face.
A clear and blatant sneer.

– This bastard!

A mere insect of a human daring to mock me!
The Colossus of Destruction raged at this, but now was not the time to be distracted by such things.

Boom!

– Grraaaaaah!

A violent impact crashed down upon the Colossus of Destruction.
The Dragon Lord, wings spread wide as it dove, rammed into the opening the Colossus had revealed, unleashing a barrage of magic in rapid succession.
Both the momentum and the power were distinctly different from moments before.

‘I must eliminate that human, no matter what…!’

The Colossus of Destruction reached this conclusion, yet found no means to act.
The Dragon Lord was unleashing relentless assaults, refusing to grant any opening.
And Han Yu-sung did not miss that opportunity.
I grasped the blazing sword, ‘Flames of War’.
And then.

【Prominence】.

Whoooosh!

The 【Calamity Flames of War】 released by the blade swept mercilessly over the enemies.
A colossal inferno advancing like a tidal wave, scorching even the air itself, incinerated every Destroyer that stood in its path.

‘That human has become the focal point of the Guardians. But….’

From lofty heights, certain truths become visible.
The Guardians moved with Han Yu-sung as their center of gravity.
But the Destroyers possessed no such unity.
While Han Yu-sung hunted the rankers, the Destroyers lacked anyone capable of serving as their focal point.

– No one… is there no one to stop that insect? No one at all!

The Colossus of Destruction finally understood.
Time was not its ally.

– Roooaaarrr!
– Cough…!

The fact that it was at a disadvantage.
Danger. The Colossus of Destruction, now bearing a desperation unlike before, unleashed a barrage of attacks upon the Dragon Lord.
By any means necessary, this battle had to end swiftly.
But it was too late.

[The number of Destroyers is decreasing at an accelerating rate.]
[The Colossus of Destruction and the buffs it provides are significantly weakened.]

The tide of battle had shifted decisively, with no means to reverse it.
There were no Destroyers left to turn the tide. Countless Destroyers fell in vain, and witnessing their deaths, the remaining Destroyers surrendered to escape annihilation.
With each passing moment, the Dragon Lord grew stronger, and the Colossus of Destruction grew weaker.

Crack!

– Gahhhhh!

The Colossus of Destruction, pushed back beyond its limits, could barely hold its ground.
Sharp talons tore through flesh of stone and metal, and the dragon’s breath incinerated the encroaching aura of destruction in its entirety.
Beams of light from countless magical formations struck the colossus with devastating force.

Boom!

Unable to withstand the relentless assault, the colossus dropped to one knee.
From its body, the aura of destruction flowed ceaselessly like blood.
Even as this transpired, its power continued to wane.
Why was it being defeated? How had things come to this?

– Human… human…

The reason was absurdly simple.
A single human. A situation brought about by Han Yu-sung.
There were scarcely any Destroyers left on the surface.
Dead or surrendered—most had capitulated.
The Guardians, having lost their opponents, shifted their target.

Crash!

“Attack that colossus!”
“Do not approach! Maintain strict distance and attack from range!”

A torrent of Guardian attacks descended upon the Colossus of Destruction.
Weakened though it was, the Colossus of Destruction remained a mythic entity.
Their assaults could inflict no meaningful damage.
Yet as water droplets falling endlessly pierce stone, so too did the unceasing barrage of Guardian attacks carve wounds across the colossus’s form, bit by bit.

– Aaaaahhhhh…!

The Dragon Lord’s magic bound the colossus’s limbs.
Breath after breath scorched the creature’s left arm, while torrential mana completely severed any counterattack before it could manifest.
Descending claws tore through its legs.
Cries of agony filled heaven and earth.

– No… this cannot be… it cannot end this way…!

In an instant, the Dragon Lord launched skyward from the ground where it had landed.
Moving at an impossible velocity for such a massive frame.
The colossus realized someone rode upon the dragon’s back.
There was no question who it was.

– Roooaaarrr!
– Gack, hack, aaaahhhhh!

Han Yu-sung.
The colossus’s desperate blade strike shattered against magic.
The Dragon Lord obliterated its right arm, then tore through its chest where the heart lay, and bit savagely at its neck.
Its body of stone and metal crumbled, and the heart was laid bare.

“It’s over.”
– In… gan…!

Han Yu-sung charged toward the Colossus of Destruction’s heart.
In his hands were two blades.
The two swords, their magical power compressed to the limit, cleaved through the Colossus of Destruction’s heart and erupted in a violent slash.
Under normal circumstances, it would have dealt no damage whatsoever.
But to the Colossus of Destruction, now weakened beyond measure, it was fatal.

Crack, crunch…!

If the opponent was a Dragon Lord strengthened to its absolute peak.
And if that opponent was Han Yu-sung, drawing power from him, then all the more so.
Fissures began to spread across the Colossus of Destruction’s steel-like heart.
The cracks that started at the edges rapidly propagated toward the center.

Crack, crack, crack!

– Ugh, haah, aaaahhh!

The heart, pushed beyond its limit, was utterly destroyed.
It was then that the Dragon Lord tore away the Colossus of Destruction’s neck.
The severed head was hurled to the ground, and the headless body collapsed.

– In… gan… Worthless humans not even worth observing…!

The Colossus of Destruction gazed upon those who had slain it with hollow eyes.

– My… destruction…!

A deep rumbling echoed across the land.

The Colossus of Destruction’s body, embedded in the earth, crumbled to dust and vanished.
As though it had never existed from the beginning, leaving no trace behind.
And what that signified was simple.

[The Final Trial has concluded.]
[Congratulations, Dragon Lord and the Guardians who follow you!]
[You have emerged victorious from this trial!]

The end of the trial.
Han Yu-sung closed his eyes as thunderous cheers erupted from all directions.
Cheers celebrating victory.

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