Chapter 279: 279
Chapter 279 – Triton (4)
Kwang!
“Hup!”
Benteke subconsciously raised Triaina . When he did, he found Vigrid at his neck . Yeon-woo was right in front of him .
He felt shivers down his back .
When had he gotten so close? Benteke was even more bewildered because he hadn’t felt anything .
“As I thought . ”
A smile grew on his face .
“This will be fun!”
Benteke looked at Yeon-woo with beast-like eyes . The mask in front of him looked like a demon, but it fit with Yeon-woo’s overall combative atmosphere .
“You’re like me . ”
Benteke was able to know as soon as he met Yeon-woo’s eyes .
The guy in front of him was also a beast .
Everything about them was the same .
He was brutal and violent, and even though he looked apathetic on the outside, that wasn’t how he truly felt .
There was a beast hidden inside of him that had to rip everything apart . The eyes under the mask expressed that .
“… . . Maybe . ”
Yeon-woo didn’t deny Benteke’s words .
On the 16th floor, Urd had said he was a monster . A beast that couldn’t be tamed .
She had said that it was just hidden on the outside, but in reality, he was more vicious than anyone else . She also said that he couldn’t have anyone else in front of him, and he had to cruelly punish those who took what was his .
That acting like he was solitary, sad, and regretful was only a psychological defense because he didn’t want to acknowledge the beast inside of him .
Additionally, she had told him if he released the beast inside the cage, he would be able to feel freedom that he hadn’t felt before and take everything he wanted .
However, Yeon-woo denied it .
He didn’t want to be manipulated by Urd, and he didn’t want to become an embarrassment as Jeong-woo’s brother .
But looking back at it now, he knew that she wasn’t wrong .
He had begun everything for revenge, but he felt exhilarated when he became stronger by the second . The more he grew his nails, bared his teeth, and hardened his body—the more he could see his prey, the more Yeon-woo felt happy .
It became clear when he fought against Apophis’s shedding and the Cannibal Monster King .
Originally, he would’ve been focused on killing the hidden boss and taking the Karma and hidden pieces, but he was disappointed that they were weaker than he thought .
He wanted to use his new power .
Like how a beast wanted to show off his power and climb higher in the hierarchy .
The beast hidden inside Yeon-woo wanted to do that . As the cage slowly opened, the beast was getting ready to come outside .
Yeon-woo decided not to deny this anymore .
A beast?
So what if he had one inside him .
All Yeon-woo had been afraid of was the beast escaping the cage and moving freely . However, if he could have a proper leash on it, there was no need to deny it .
Keegigigigi—
Yeon-woo pushed Vigrid even closer . The black Aura flamed up, exuding a sweltering heat wave .
“Yeah . Then it’ll be more fun . The necklace around your neck… . . sure . It’ll be more comfortable to think about that after I get you . Right?”
Benteke reflected the heat wave with an ice wave . He pulled Triaina below him to push Vigrid away, and he stuck the edge of his spear into Yeon-woo .
Shishishik—
Like a series of consecutive bonds, he aimed Triaina aimed at Yeon-woo’s chest and head . The River of Souls below his feet exploded from the water pressure .
Puupung!
Yeon-woo met the attack head on . He hit, pierced, and split . The sound of the weapons clashing against each other couldn’t be heard over the explosion .
‘He’s not opening easily . ’
Yeon-woo continued to spew his attacks out . With the ability to control Consciousness, he was an expert, and his Eight Extreme Swords were showing an improvement .
He thought that unless you were of a warrior level within the One-horned tribe, you wouldn’t be able to stop this easily . Normal players couldn’t be compared to this .
However, Benteke blocked Yeon-woo’s attacks well . No, rather, he even reflected them, even pushing back .
It meant that his martial arts abilities didn’t fall short of Yeon-woo’s .
Kwakwakwang—
[Time Difference]
In the slowed-down world, Yeon-woo looked for his Focal Points .
The flaws pointed to two different areas .
Benteke’s Achilles tendon of his left ankle and his right waist .
[Wind Path]
When he activated his Draconic Eyes, he could see different paths from where the Achilles tendon and his right waist were connected .
Yeon-woo stepped on the path that led to his right waist . Following the direction of the wind, he swung Vigrid .
When Vigrid’s options were added on top of this—
[Sword Purification]
[Hero – Unyielding]
Yeon-woo’s combative power increased as Vigrid recognized Benteke as an enemy .
It was a calculative attack that happened in an instant . Yeon-woo knew that this attack would leave a deep injury in Benteke’s waist and chest .
However… . .
Kwang!
Triaina was blocking Benteke’s waist .
. A large tsunami smacked Yeon-woo’s chest .
“Kup!”
Yeon-woo couldn’t breathe, like his heart had been beat with a hammer . Benteke slid down the surface of the water, and wind blew around his spear as he thrust it forward .
. Benteke’s signature skill from before he became Poseidon’s apostle exploded .
It was a skill that blew Aura around, and it was known to be tricky to deal with because it could attack from both close and far range .
With Poseidon’s Authority on top of it with the River of Souls, it was powerful enough to create a hole inside a rock .
There were tens of those Vortexes . They looked like long thorns, coming down like rain .
Yeon-woo stopped all the Vortexes spreading his Aura apart . It was a skill called Sword Block in the One-horned tribe .
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Kwakwakwang—
The fancy explosion made the air chaotic, and below, Benteke had reached right in front of Yeon-woo . He smiled brutally like a beast that had found prey running away and swung Triaina around him .
The sapphires on the spear shined . The Authority covered Yeon-woo .
Yeon-woo clenched his teeth, thinking that it would be really dangerous if this kept up . Fluttering his wings of fire and dragon wings, he caught his balance in the air, and he brought his left hand down on the ground .
Boom—
A deep ripple spread out along the surface . Ceto’s holy artifact, the Sea Water Charm, flashed .
A great amount of the holy power inside the artifact was used .
Suddenly, tens of sea king monsters jumped out and swallowed Benteke .
“These annoying things!”
Benteke crumpled his face at the large shadows that came at him and pulled the territory of the storm to him .
A tornado spouted up with Benteke at the center . The sea king monsters that had been after him were swept away, like a banana in a mixer .
Flesh without any form was blown away . The River of Souls turned red .
When the tornado settled down, Yeon-woo suddenly appeared from behind Benteke . Benteke tried to move away, but Vigrid pierced through his right chest .
Puk!
“Ha! Haha!”
Benteke’s face crumpled . However, it wasn’t a face of anger . Glee . Joy . It was a face that showed his entire body was pumping with adrenaline .
“Yeah . This is it! A fight like this . I needed this . Didn’t you need it too?”
Yeon-woo momentarily forgot he was wearing a mask and almost touched his face . Was he smiling right now? Or was he expressionless like always? He wanted to see a mirror .
“Your eyes are smiling . I’m curious about your face beyond that mask . ”
However, he could check that anytime .
He didn’t want to lose an opportunity like this . Yeon-woo held Vigrid in his left hand and pushed it in even deeper .
“I’ll take your mask off . ”
Just then, the jewels on Triaina began to change color . A navy blue hue was spreading inside of the clear transparent jewels . Once again, holy power was released .
Benteke didn’t care about Vigrid inside his body; rather, he pushed himself forward . Then, he extended his left hand to take off Yeon-woo’s mask . A maniacal laughter rang out .
Kwaang—
Yeon-woo and Benteke both fell together . As the surface of the water split, both of them reached the bottom of the sea .
Benteke who was pushing Yeon-woo down, and Yeon-woo was pushing him back . Their fight of strength caused shock waves to ripple out .
Authority clashed against Authority . The River of Souls tossed and sea monsters mixed together messily . Sea king monsters and sea monsters crashed against each other, and their bodies were ripped apart . Blood flowed out .
As the Authorities of Azrael, Agares, Athena, and a few other powerful gods and demons were released, the water of the River of Souls was pushed away . The River of Souls turned into pandemonium in an instant .
As time passed, Benteke’s strength became greater . It was a result of using more holy power as the jewels in Triaina turned navy blue .
When the jewels were completely navy blue, the rest of the holy power in Triaina was released . At that moment, Benteke’s level was increased exponentially .
. As an apostle of a greater god like Poseidon, he had an unbelievable amount of strength . Also, through Channeling, he was able to use an immeasurable amount of power .
Benteke focused Poseidon’s Blessing that he had shared with his subordinates all on himself, and the Blessing became even more destructive in a short amount of time .
On the other hand, although Yeon-woo had the Authority of greater gods and greater demons, because he wasn’t an apostle, there were limits to how much he could Channel .
The Authorities that had been protecting Yeon-woo broke .
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Benteke’s left hand grabbed Yeon-woo’s mask . Snap . And as he applied more force, the mask began to crack .
[Athena bursts up and shouts . ]
[Athena urges you to quickly run away!]
[Athena gives you a Blessing . ]
[It fails . ]
[Azrael’s eyes widen . ]
[Azrael frantically offers you an apostle position again . ]
[Hermes looks at you . ]
[Poseidon bursts out laughing . ]
[All the gods within the godly society, ‘Olympus,’ are watching you . ]
[Ceto silently watches you . ]
Messages noisily popped up . The emotions that came from the gazes became intense .
‘It’s too loud . ’
Yeon-woo was in a dangerous situation, but he just muttered in annoyance to himself .
He pulled out the remaining holy power in the Sea Water Charm and blew it inside Vigrid . Black Aura exploded . Like how a volcano exploded, a tall column of fire soared up from the sea bottom and reached the sky .
Within it, Benteke was swept away .
“Hew… . . hew… . . ”
The Disaster that looked like the sky might come falling down settled down .
Yeon-woo appeared above water . He was panting roughly to himself, depending on his Wings of Fire .
His Magic Armor and mask were mostly ruined . The Sea Water Charm lost most of its holiness and was now only a simple necklace .
The fight with Benteke was too hard . He couldn’t guarantee victory even though he fought with all his strength .
However, even though his body was tired, he felt the frustration from dealing with Apophis’s shedding and the Cannibal Monster King fading away .
Also, Yeon-woo was able to judge his abilities once again .
It was true that Benteke was skilled enough to be called the Ruler, but there were still people who were as powerful as him on the higher floors .
He had met many rankers and high rankers in countless battles, but above, there were players who didn’t care about the lower floors . Benteke was nothing more than one of those players .
That was why Yeon-woo was grateful . As great as his potential had become, he felt motivated to become stronger again .
He looked in front of him with still eyes . While his mask and Magic Armor was being restored, something strange was happening in front of him .
Above the boiling River of Souls, the steam took on the form of a human . Bones were created, and muscles and flesh stuck together to become Benteke .
He was smiling brutally, holding the now black Triaina .
Yeon-woo frowned looking at him .
“Monster . ”
“Kahalhal! The pot’s calling the kettle black . I can regenerate because I have Poseidon’s Blessing, but that’s not the case for you . ”
The River of Souls was water . It was Poseidon’s territory . It was an advantageous battlefield for Benteke, and his regeneration ability was also outstanding .
However, he also looked exhausted . The aura he gave off was definitely lacking from before . The dark Triaina proved it .
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“We weren’t able to have a victor, and I still haven’t heard about the necklace you have around your neck . Or who you are . Shouldn’t we continue?”
Poseidon aimed the end of Triaina at Yeon-woo again .
Yeon-woo lifted Vigrid as well . But he didn’t have as much strength as before . The Philosopher’s Stone was overheating itself, putting more firepower in him, but it couldn’t chase away his mental exhaustion .
Still, Yeon-woo felt a strange emotion .
Joy .
Because his body was tired, his instinct as a beast was waking up . It moved the cage that had been trapping it aside and slowly tried to step out .
Yeon-woo might’ve been smiling . His enemy didn’t disappear, and he was able to fight again .
“You lost your holy artifact . With Poseidon’s curse, your Authorities have been weakened . The same goes for me . All the holy power has been used, and my body is too messed up to accept Poseidon’s Blessing . ”
Benteke seemed to replicate his feelings .
“Without any help from the outside, we can fight each other with the power that we actually have . Wouldn’t that be fun?”
Yeon-woo just nodded silently .
Benteke looked flabbergasted .
“You’re such a quiet fellow . Well, I suppose it’s better than a chatterbox . ”
Just before the two ran at each other like they had planned it beforehand… . .
“……Hm? What’s this?”
Benteke stopped . Triaina shook in his hand . It should’ve been no different from a normal spear now that all the holy power was gone . He frowned at the strange phenomenon he had never seen before .
Then—
Checheche—
Triaina crumbled like a sandcastle being swept away by a wave, and the fine particles moved through Benteke’s fingers towards Yeon-woo .
While Benteke and Yeon-woo were both looking at it with widened eyes—
Urrrng, urg—
Suddenly, the Black Bracelet on Yeon-woo’s right wrist, the bracelet of the Black King, vibrated .
Like iron powder following magnets, Triaina’s fine particles whirled around the Black King’s bracelet and wrapped around his left ankle .
Chrak, chrak—
Clunk! Clunk!
It became a black chain that was as dark as the night sky .
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