The Lord Who Levels Up by Devouring - Chapter 381

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Chapter 381. War of the Gods (1)
The Canonization Ceremony Hall lay shrouded in chaos.
Erdan swept his trembling gaze across the surroundings.
The destroyed Canonization Ceremony Hall.
People fleeing in panic.
The dais stained with blood and ash.
And beneath the crumbling sky.
Isolde hung suspended in the void.
She was noble.
But she was not The Saint.
Beneath Isolde’s feet.
Priests lay fallen, bleeding.
Her eyes gazing down upon them were devoid of compassion.
“Why…”
Erdan’s eyes trembled.
The same was true for the others.
Holy Knights and priests.
All the faithful of the Holy Kingdom who believed in and followed Isolde could not accept her transformation.
Isolde had been the symbol of salvation.
The embodiment of light itself, the divine representative.
And now that same Isolde had begun to render merciless judgment.
Crash! Crash! Crash! Crash! Crash! Crash! Crash!!
A torrent of radiance mingled with shadow poured forth.
The fleeing people collapsed to the ground in unison.
There was no mercy.
Not even compassion dwelt in her eyes.
It was the gaze of a creator who had chosen annihilation rather than salvation.
At that very moment.
A sharp crack echoed out!!
A peculiar wave emanated from somewhere.
A resonant hum rippled through the air—!!
The atmosphere trembled.
Particles of mana spread like light, diffusing throughout the entire space.
Formless patterns radiated outward in all directions.
The judgment of radiance halted.
The force of merciless condemnation froze suspended in the void.
As if this were not this world.
As if some law from elsewhere had briefly bound it in place.
Erdan’s eyes widened in shock.
But it was only momentary.
“The Mental Construct has been… dispelled.”
A voice reached my ears.
I turned my head.
A handsome man with long golden hair stood before me.
Kai, a knight of Whitewolf Territory.
He approached Erdan, dragging his blood-soaked body forward.
His uniform was stained with crimson.
Kai spoke, pressing one hand against his bleeding abdomen.
“The immortal power no longer reaches the people.”
“What do you mean…?”
“There’s no time to explain. We must evacuate the people immediately-.”
Kai’s words were cut short.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Crash!
The radiance that had stopped began moving again.
The frozen brilliance suddenly exploded outward in an instant.
From the sky above.
It plunged down in a straight line.
In that moment, Thud—!!
A fleeting pulse of power met the brilliance head-on.
The radiance was forcibly twisted.
The straight trajectory became diagonal, scattering along a deflected path before vanishing.
Erdan swallowed involuntarily.
“W-what was that just now…?”
“We must move quickly while Iliana holds it back!”
Kai shouted.
Erdan nodded after a moment.
And immediately cried out.
“All Holy Knights! Transport the wounded without prioritizing severity!!”
Erdan poured out orders like lightning.
“First and Third Holy Knight Orders! Guide the lightly wounded toward the southwestern exit!”
The Holy Knights moved in unison.
There was some confusion.
But the orders were clear.
“Second, Fourth, and Fifth Holy Knight Orders! Transport the critically wounded to the Fourth Corridor! It connects to the underground passage beneath the Castle Gate!”
Each Holy Knight Order commander dispersed to their designated positions.
“And the Azure Silver Knights!”
Erdan’s voice rang out sharply.
The knights in blue cloaks then aligned themselves in perfect formation.
Their eyes all fixed upon Erdan, as if pleading for his command.
Yet Erdan could not issue an order so easily.
I should have cut down Isolde.
Whether she had been consumed by the Abyss.
Whatever had corrupted her.
Now Isolde was a heretic who had raised her blade against God.
If left unchecked, she would become a calamity that would annihilate the entire world.
Yet Erdan’s mouth would not open.
He could not bring himself to draw his sword against Isolde.
To Erdan, Isolde was a being more sacred than God itself.
Though that radiance now sought to destroy the world, Erdan could never abandon her.
“…Azure Silver Knights.”
Erdan’s trembling voice never reached completion.
* * *
Could Isolde be subdued?
Iliana calculated the probability.
A deafening boom erupted.
The world shook violently before her eyes.
Iliana gritted her teeth.
As she wielded Draconiir, the dragon’s heart pulsed mightily, warping the laws of reality.
A thunderous crack split the air—!!
[Interaction Manipulation: Weak Force]
[Law Deformation]
[Neutron Collapse]
Collapse at the neutron level had occurred.
All structure unraveled.
And omnipotence itself lost form and vanished…except it did not.
‘Different from Arcanis Rilsein.’
In truth, conceptually they were not so different.
Arcanis Rilsein.
In the Other Dimension, she too was no different from an absolute god.
She defined all things and existed above the laws.
Yet she was not omnipotent.
She remained bound within the framework of the Other Dimension.
She could not transcend that boundary.
Most importantly, Arcanis too pursued ‘omniscience’.
But Isolde pursued ‘omnipotence’—
A violent tremor shattered the thought.
My concentration fractured.
This was no time for idle comparisons.
She was not an opponent who would permit such indulgence. Isolde.
Once the momentum shifted against me, there would be no escape.
Iliana swung Draconir once more.
A resounding clash echoed through the air.
[Interaction Manipulation: Electromagnetic Force]
[Law Transformation]
[Photon Saturation]
Light erupted.
A merciless and expansive force at the photonic scale bombarded Isolde.
But it was insufficient.
This alone could not suppress Isolde.
‘I cannot afford to waste time.’
Iliana extended her free hand forward while gripping Draconir in the other.
A brilliant flash tore through space.
The four separated forces converged and bound into a single point through her outstretched palm.
And in that instant.
The critical force that unified all interactions compressed in a single moment.
[Theory of Everything: Superforce]
[Law Termination]
[Big Crunch]
The world shattered with a deafening roar.
The spacetime born from the Big Bang’s explosive force collapsed in reverse into a single point.
All matter in existence was drawn inward, screaming.
Every particle, every quantum of energy, every trace of information was obliterated.
“This ends it—!”
That was when it happened.
A piercing wail tore through the collapsing void.
Spacetime expanded violently.
From the center of the Big Crunch.
From the point that should have been utterly annihilated, something burst forth.
It was no longer Isolde.
Iliana’s eyes widened as she swung Draconir defensively.
Layers upon layers of shields unfurled.
They shattered like fragile glass.
She immediately deployed a blink.
Radiant light engulfed the space where she reappeared, as if waiting for her arrival.
Could I suppress Isolde?
The answer to that possibility manifested thus.
“Ahhhhh—!!”
Iliana screamed as she was hurled through the air.
Her body twisted as it crashed to the ground.
A bone-shattering impact flooded through her frame.
…It’s impossible.
Omniscience and omnipotence.
While these two concepts encompass each other, the true weight ultimately tilts toward ‘omnipotence’.
And so.
Corruption drenches the earth.
The heavens’ righteous faith erodes away.
That savage corruption knew no end.
Only infinite malice filled the void.
Nothing, no one whatsoever.
Defeating that fallen god seemed utterly impossible….
“Leave what comes next to me.”
This was a battle someone had to endure.
In a single moment, the currents twisted.
Without warning or omen, Iliana could sense it.
“Adrian!!!”
* * *
In a brief instant, shocked gazes pierce my back.
A cry as though spewing blood.
I never hesitated, not even as my body hurtled forward.
What I extended was but a single finger.
The power dwelling within that finger was a monomolecular blade.
Crack!
With the collision came a jarring sensation.
‘The monomolecular blade is useless.’
It couldn’t pierce through Isolde’s radiance.
The concepts of infinity and the ultimate don’t align.
Yet Isolde hadn’t come to understand these two concepts.
Understanding was unnecessary.
The ultimate aura, divine power.
The realm it ultimately reaches.
‘Is this the authority of omnipotence.’
Screeeeeech!!
A tearing wail erupted.
The surrounding radiance engulfed my body in an instant.
Omnipotence can do all things.
An absolute invincible force that realizes everything without questioning any possibility whatsoever.
Therefore, even a perfect being couldn’t resist that power.
But the truth is otherwise.
Omnipotence too has a ‘weakness’.
-Can the omnipotent one surrender their own omnipotence.
For example, consider this question posed to an omnipotent being: “Can you create a stone so heavy that you cannot lift it?”
If the answer is yes?
The moment that stone is created.
The omnipotent being cannot lift it.
Then they are no longer omnipotent.
If the answer is no?
There exists something they cannot do.
Therefore, they are not omnipotent.
Either way, we arrive at the conclusion that omnipotence is impossible—.
◆Activating Concept Skill, Paradox [M]!
Paradox.
The paradox of omnipotence itself.
Wave Spear—!!
The domain of omnipotence crumbles.
The flawless omnipotence merges with Paradox [M], and its power dissipates as logical impossibility is proven.
Isolde’s pupils trembled for an instant.
I did not miss that opening.
Driving inward, I thrust my monomolecular blade forward.
Crack!
This time, it pierced through.
Infinity [M] and Limit [M] could not neutralize it.
Isolde staggered.
Blood erupted, and the radiance of omnipotence vanished.
As the radiance disappeared, Isolde plummeted from the sky to the ground.
Crash!
Isolde slammed into the floor.
Dust billowed upward.
Isolde tried to rise, but her body trembled.
The moment she lost omnipotence, she had reverted to being human.
Finally, Isolde fell to her knees.
“Good… heavens!!!”
A cry of shock erupted from behind.
It was Iliana’s voice.
But the gazes piercing my back were not hers alone.
Everyone in the Canonization Ceremony Hall.
All the people gathered from across the Continent—their emotions converged upon me.
Disbelief and astonishment.
Shock that refused acceptance.
And hostility as deep and fathomless as the Abyss itself.
‘Hostility?’
A premonition from my heightened senses.
I hurled myself forward without hesitation.
A deafening boom.
A tremendous shockwave struck the space I’d just vacated.
I quickly lowered my stance and turned my gaze.
And there, in that very spot, stood figures clad in black hoods.
The Devotees of the Fallen Souls.
Known to the world as the Dark Merchant Company.
But in truth, they were fanatics who worshipped The Abyss Lord as their god.
Therefore, the Devotees of the Fallen Souls had but one paramount objective.
To manifest The Abyss Lord, who dwelt in the Dark Dimension, upon this Continent.
To achieve this, they sacrificed everything and performed any deed required.
In return, The Abyss Lord lent them his power and even granted them connections to his subordinates.
The chosen worshippers.
The three beings who had just attacked me were precisely them.
Invicar, the Watcher of Envy.
Gulak, the Devourer of Gluttony.
Pigress, the Usurper of Sloth.
“…How did you shatter the god’s authority?”
“This wasn’t part of the plan?!”
“No, that doesn’t matter. We must complete the ritual now.”
The same ones who had attempted to plunder Whitewolf Territory before.
They had fled then.
But this time, they showed no intention of retreating.
The three worshippers faced one another.
And in an instant.
Splat! Splatter! Splatter!
The three worshippers exploded.
Literally.
Their bodies burst apart in all directions in a heartbeat.
Silence descended in an instant.
No one in the Canonization Ceremony Hall could open their mouths.
Flesh, brain matter, blood, and bone scattered everywhere.
Shocked by the grotesque spectacle, everyone stood frozen in place.
No one could comprehend what had happened.
Only I.
Knew what was about to unfold.
It comes.
A deafening roar tore through the heavens.
Pitch-black mist cascaded down like a waterfall.
The heavens tore asunder.
Space itself twisted and warped.
And thus, a rift to the Dark Dimension yawned open.
[Sha’gorrnnnn!]
[la! la! Gh’naazul ftaghn!]
[Gnnnnnaaaaaah!!]
The rulers of the Abyss began to reveal themselves through that chasm.

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