Chapter 428 (1/2)
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Kali the Predator loved conflicts, warfare, sacrificial offerings, and bloodshed. She was different from Kalira who was simply fanatical about having a good fight; Kali was far more meticulous but, at the same time, overflowing with just as much madness.
What she wanted to achieve right now wasn’t to simply kill Su-hyeun. She wanted to use him to satisfy her desire at the same time.
Until now, she made the residents of Pangaea offer themselves up as sacrifices, thereby satisfying one of her desires that way. Now, she had initiated a huge war—a battle between trillions of people versus one god.
“What a mess,” Su-hyeun groaned at length.
Crunch, chew, crunch—
Right next to him, Gluttony was busy chewing and swallowing the corpses of two Predators. Unfortunately, Kalira’s corpse was gone; it was melted down by Kali and became a puddle of blood instead.
“So tasty!”
Crunch—
The sight of the clearly excited Gluttony enjoying its meal was quite something else to behold. In the past, it resembled a bull the size of a mountain, but now, Gluttony had taken the outer appearance of an overweight man around two meters tall.
Seeing the humanoid version of Gluttony devouring a dokkaebi and Anubis with a canine head was rather upsetting to one’s stomach even at a casual glance.
“You must be happy being so carefree,” Su-hyeun muttered and waited until Gluttony finished its meal before he got up from the spot. “Altars, is it?”
This was Kali’s world. There were 100 Altars, and 10 of them belonged to her.
“This might take a while.”
Su-hyeun glanced at Gluttony.
After devouring two Predators, it had ballooned in size noticeably. Its height now hovered around 2.3 meters, and more flesh was attached to its frame now, making him look neither a human nor a full-on monster.
“Are you still hungry?” Su-hyeun asked, and Gluttony nodded enthusiastically. “Ah, well, obviously, you wouldn’t feel satisfied already, anyway.”
A Predator whose desire was insatiable appetite would never feel fully satisfied. A Predator that fulfilled its desire would no longer be a Predator but practically a god, after all.
“Still, you mustn’t eat humans. The only thing you can eat in this place is other Predators.”
“Ehhhh…”
Gluttony’s intelligence had developed enough now to express its emotion at Su-hyeun’s command.
That didn’t mean Su-hyeun couldn’t control his summoned creature, though.
“If you devour one, know that I won’t feed you, like, forever.”
This was the most effective threat.
Gluttony’s expression froze up for a little while, and then, it urgently nodded several times. It should’ve understood the gravity of the situation with this, then.
“Nezha.”
Clack—
When Su-hyeun called out, Prince Nezha, who was sitting a bit away, stood up and walked over. His body that was greatly damaged from his fight against Anubis had already finished regenerating by then.
Since Nezha was already dead, he didn’t shed a single drop of blood, and he could be revived at any time as long as Su-hyeun had his Death Aura reserve.
This was not a matter of whether he was weak or strong. A warrior who couldn’t die even if he was killed—that was the current Prince Nezha.
“You and Gluttony work together to destroy the Altars. You can act separately, but make sure to fight Predators together with Gluttony. You two have good compatibility, after all.”
The individual abilities of Gluttony and Prince Nezha had a great synergy during battles as one specialized in defense, while the other, offense. If these two worked together, they should be able to take on two or three Predators on the level of Anubis or Zawucheon.
“Begin right away,” Su-hyeun issued his command, and Gluttony and Nezha nodded simultaneously.
Nezha grabbed Gluttony’s shoulders. The latter let out a beast-like growl and concentrated its power on its legs.
Then, at the next moment…
Booooom—!
Gluttony, carrying Nezha on its back, sprang high into the air and soon disappeared from view.
Su-hyeun watched them leave and then opened his mouth again, “And Miru.”
Grrrr—
His calling prompted Miru to reveal itself, its massive wings proudly unfurled.
Miru was now a somewhat proper-looking dragon that had shed a lot of its immature and childish traits.
“You’re coming with me.”
Gya-aaaah—
It issued a cry that was halfway between that of a kid and an adult. Still, it sounded much more dependable than before. More than anything else, though, Su-hyeun required Miru’s mobility to traverse the huge expanse of Pangaea.
“From this moment on, we will destroy every Altar found in this world.”
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In the Empire of Pangaea, the only nation that existed on this massive land where the sole emperor existing under the gods lived…
The imperial palace where the Pangaean Empire’s absolute ruler stayed was currently mired in an unprecedented level of chaos and confusion.
“God Bergo’s Altar, confirmed destroyed! The target is now moving north!”
“The target’s next goal must be God Niguras’s Altar. The news has been sent, and our combat force is in the middle of amassing in the—”
“At the same time, God Dalos’s Altar has been confirmed destroyed! The target is now moving south—”
“Enough, enough!”
Jiiii-iiing—
The emperor’s enraged roar rocked the imperial palace. In response, the retainers reporting in promptly shut their mouths at his rage.
The emperor was deeply distorting his aged face, adding more wrinkles to what he already had there. “Just why did the noble gods grant such power to someone so sacrilegious?”
All residents of Pangaea believed that their own magical powers were gifts granted by the gods. As such, the emperor thought the power of Su-hyeun who was riding around on a dragon and destroying the Altars was actually acquired through the gods, too.
“What is the total number of destroyed Altars?”
“Including the divine altars that ceased operation, the number of destroyed divine altars is 48, Your Majesty. We predict that majority of Altars will be destroyed within today.”