Chapter 51 Part3 (2/2)

”Keuk! Y-You coward...! Are you trying to bear the burden alone again!?”

[Lilaine...?]

Surprisingly, Seagald reacted to that name.

[Lilaine... Ah, I see. You come from a branch family. So they were still alive.]

Seagald's voice resounded far and wide, revealing a secret that he really didn't care for. As expected, there was a reason she could originally wield the light element. ...Though that really didn't matter right now.

[To think I'd have to kill a descendent of a branch family. But I suppose this too is fate. It seems like G.o.d has always given us such a cruel fate.]

”The Retadane name has long since been removed from the family register. You traitor, you're just a terrorist attempting to spread the curse all across the world. Don't get so c.o.c.ky!”

Seagald's words actually reinvigorated the Light General. She raised both her arms, causing the sun's light to subside ever so slightly. She was really trying to fight that giant light crystal with light mana? He was absolutely gobsmacked.

”I've long surpa.s.sed the Retadanes. I'll make you regret using that light against me!”

[You're talented enough to talk big. I didn't think a level 8 would show up in a branch family. Unfortunately... it seems like you haven't achieved 'balance' yet.]

[Sorura!]

His Wild Card skill wasn't entirely ineffective against Seagald. The artificial sun acc.u.mulated mana above their heads, and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, sensing danger, rushed over to the Light General with Jin and stood in front of her.

[Kuooooooooh!]

Pure light shot out from the sun. One single property... the ability to annihilate the darkness that made up the undead, had been maximized.

Even if she could wield light, it didn't matter. The blast could kill her instantly! He covered her, as if he were embracing her, and then screamed.

[Guaaaaaaaah!]

[You're enduring it quite well, Arema.]

”Arema!”

His scream sounded as though the very world was on the verge of collapse; in addition, his outer sh.e.l.l was being melted away by the light! Seagald was satisfied by his newly acquired strength, and the Light General wept as she looked up at Lee s.h.i.+n Woo from his embrace. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo gritted his teeth... and then spoke once more.

[Sorura... I'll be brief... Run away!]

”But...!”

Her voice was even more anguished than Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's. However, he opened his eyes wide and then spoke even louder, so that she wouldn't forget his words.

[I said run away! Aren't you going to get revenge for us both!?]

”Keuk...! But I'm...!”

[When you get back, make sure you take revenge...]

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo opened a gate behind Sorura. He'd obviously created it through the Heaven Door's Key, but she didn't need to know that.

No one would expect an artifact of its kind to exist, as it could infinitely create portals between the underground and the surface; most people would think it was a one-time use item.

”Arema! Are you going to leave me again!?”

[You should be able to do it with their help. ...I'll leave it to you.]

”Arema... Aremaaaaaaa!”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo softly pushed the screaming Light General back. Her body disappeared within the gate... and soon the gate closed shut. Seagald was shocked at the realization that she was no longer here.

[That ability...!?]

[Hoo... You don't need to know. But there is something I've been wanting to ask you.]

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was speaking so calmly, despite screaming so loudly before.

He sighed lengthily as if enjoying Seagald's subtle gaze. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had used every means available to him to a.n.a.lyze Seagald's state after he'd fused with the sun and had come to the conclusion that...

[You can't properly use the Annihilation Flame in that state, can you?]

[Mm...?]

Was he surprised by his question? Or was he surprised that his way of speaking had changed? The sun's light abated momentarily. It seemed like he was using the special pa.s.sive skill 'Arrogance', which was used when a strong opponent 'was sure of their victory', as he obliged him.

[While the Annihilation Flame is indeed my specialty, it's not enough to control this giant artifact, which has condensed light energy for hundreds of years. But this is good enough. I can fulfill all my goals with this light...!]

[Ah, so that's how it is. I was wondering. So you can only wield light in your current state, huh? Only 'light'...]

If that's the case, then this battle...

”This battle is already over.”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, the wielder of Max Light Resistance, shed his golem skin and smiled.

The performer's smile lit up blindingly beneath the underground sun.

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