NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 45 - The Holy Sword of Moonlight
Translator: Marctempest
Editor: The Reader
Chapter 45: The Holy Sword of Moonlight
In an instant, the situation was over.
As a result, the amusement park was covered with thick tree trunks like a dense jungle, but compared to the fact that there were no casualties, it was nothing more than a brief incident.
“…Gulp.”
Just in the hands of Lorensky alone, there were about 20 dead monsters.
If you added up the numbers from all six gates, there were at least over 200 that had appeared.
‘He ended all of that…? In just a few seconds…?’
Humanoid monsters were generally much stronger than regular monsters.
Among them, there were occasionally those who could speak human languages, and some were said to have existed alongside human history.
But what could you call that?
It was a being that seemed to be above even the ‘ordinary’ humanoid monsters seen in Jamsil before.
Yes, like those that existed only in records from ancient times before Christ.
An existence of a different dimension that reigned as a ‘god’ rather than just a monster.
That being – Amaterasu – seemed completely uninterested in other humans as she turned her back on Lorensky and the civilians behind him, slowly approaching the fallen Kurumi.
And then, she spoke to the princess, who was barely breathing.
「Then. As per the contract. I will take. All of your remaining. Lifespan.」
“……Yes.”
“What?!”
No one thought that such a powerful being could be summoned just like that.
Even if she was the talented daughter of one of the world’s top 10 families, considered to have the best bloodline of humanity.
But the price being ‘life’ was beyond belief.
Lorensky had swum all the way from the Russian mainland to Korea on the orders of his country to bring back Princess Kurumi.
If the princess died here, all his efforts would be in vain.
But what to do now?
The tree trunk, which was Amaterasu’s very body, began to slowly grow, extending in a form that surrounded both her and the fallen princess.
If the tree trunk completely covered the two, the mission would be a failure.
But even so, Lorensky couldn’t bring himself to act.
He couldn’t dare to even think of fighting ‘that.’
‘There are openings, but… I can’t even dare to touch them…!’
If there was anyone who could move in this situation, it would be someone fitting one of two criteria.
First, someone of equal standing to that god.
Second, someone foolish enough to act without knowing their place.
Unfortunately, Lorensky fit neither of those criteria.
The first was obvious, and the second was narrowly avoided since he wasn’t that stupid.
Yes, if there was someone foolish enough to give up their life here…
It was none other than…
“Don’t you dare touch our company’s advertising model! You wooden-headed bastard!!”
「…?」
“Pink Lady?!”
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Tatadadadada!
Only Yoo Shi-hyun, who acted as if she were the protagonist of this world, could be so reckless.
“Who…?”
Amaterasu, who thought no one would interfere, was slowly growing her body.
In the meantime, Yoo Shi-hyun, who had come to her senses, was initially pretending to be dead out of fear.
‘The princess is going to die?!’
Furious at the thought that Princess Kurumi, whom she had promised to scout as the next advertising model in front of the company’s executives, might soon die, she started running without thinking.
“I’ll carry you on my back!”
“Wait a minute! A person’s back…! Ugh?!”
Most importantly, she was ‘special!’
When Amaterasu turned her head to see what was happening, Yoo Shi-hyun had already swiftly passed by her, carrying the fallen Kurumi on her back and arriving behind Lorensky again.
“Ugh-!”
“Disgusting!? Princess, you’re not going to do that during our CF shoot later, are you…?”
“Ugh…”
“Pink Lady… I must admit, your recklessness? Courage? Anyway, I’m truly impressed by your fearless nature…”
“Hmph. Of course. I’m ‘special.’ There’s no way a pretty, adorable, and cute protagonist like me would die so easily, right? Don’t you think?”
“……”
How self-absorbed could a person be to become this reckless?
Lorensky was just amazed.
But thanks to her, they managed to save Princess Kurumi.
…I guess that was a relief.
「Hand her over. Human.」
“Hmm… Is it a trend among monsters these days to speak human languages? But compared to Little Monster Girl, your Woodman doesn’t give off a good vibe.”
…No.
Even if they saved the princess, the situation was still the worst.
Rather, the price of saving the princess was now having to face Amaterasu directly, and Lorensky felt a chill of death he’d never experienced even in his homeland.
“Ah, sir! You said you were a state-level power in Russia! So you can win, right?!”
“Uh… It might be a bit difficult?”
“Damn! But still, try to win! If it comes to it, I’ll cheer for you from behind!”
“…That would be utterly meaningless help, Pink Lady…”
Anyway, since it had come to this, they had no choice but to try.
As Amaterasu’s body finally began to turn towards them, Lorensky took a deep breath and steadied himself.
Even a worm doesn’t just die when stepped on; it at least wriggles.
“Just… hand me over…”
“Sorry, but this is an order from my country, not my own will. I must refuse.”
“I’m saving the princess of my own free will! So you must appear in our company’s CF later, okay?!”
Kurumi, who had already given up on life.
Two people who couldn’t give up on the princess for their own reasons.
And at that moment.
“That’s right, princess. How would it look for Korea if you die here after being entrusted to us by Japan?!”
Like with Lorensky, now it was another person cutting through the tree trunk blocking the amusement park ceiling, safely landing near the three of them.
Those two… No, to be precise, one of them was someone Kurumi couldn’t fail to recognize.
“…! You…”
“I’m Jin-ah Lee, the head of the Korean Hunter Association branch. …Even though we’re already acquainted, aren’t we? Immortal.”
Lorensky’s mouth formed a smile for the first time at the appearance of a reliable ally.
“Jin-ah Lee?! Why are you here…? No, more importantly, you’re the head of the Korean branch? I remember you were the head of the Pennsylvania branch in the US…”
“I was fired from that position. I got caught entering the Hunter Headquarters basement without the US President and the Hunter Headquarters Director’s permission. So I got demoted here.”
“Sir Lancelot?! You can talk…?”
Jin-ah Lee dismounted from the arms of Lancelot, who had brought her here.
There were many things Lorensky, being of the same generation, wanted to ask.
“Let’s save the small talk for later when we’re drinking vodka in a prison cell. Immortal.”
“…! Damn, no wonder the security was so lax. It turns out we were playing in your hands all along, Jin-ah Lee.”
“Haha. Of course. Even if you’re the daughter of a major Korean corporation, the Korean Hunter Association isn’t some pushover to let you escape so easily.”
“Yikes!”
Yoo Shi-hyun, meeting Jin-ah Lee’s smiling eyes, sweated profusely and fell silent.
“Ugh…”
Meanwhile, Kurumi, whose anthropophobia had flared up again, vomited what was left in her stomach while being carried on her back.
And then.
Step. Step. Step.
Without a moment to feel nostalgic, the god of a different dimension, now fully enveloped by the sun behind her, moved towards them with her wooden body.
「If you. Interrupt my. Meal. You will die.」
“Sir Lancelot. Isn’t that easier compared to the dragons in the Arthurian legends? …Right?”
“……To be honest, I’d rather face the dragons. The thing is… No, that person is of a different ‘caliber’ from me. I can feel it as a fellow humanoid.”
Even Sir Lancelot, who was supposed to be the hope, seemed to be conceding to the aura of Amaterasu, who was revered as a ‘god’ even in the ‘BC’ era, the most powerful era of monsters.
“Morale is dropping before the fight even begins. Sir Lancelot. By the way, Jin-ah, aren’t there other state-level hunters in Korea coming?”
“…One is coming with the military. Rolling went to the association to get the Baekho Armor.”
“Ro, Rolling?! Is Rolling really in this country? Seriously?!”
Hearing that Rolling, a promising talent from the same generation, was in Korea, Lorensky clenched his fist.
“Here it comes!”
Could they hold out until they arrived?
No, even if they came, could they really defeat that thing?
「Oh. Ooooohhhhh!!」
Amaterasu, who had been slowly walking, started bounding towards them like a tree growing after being watered, and the three state-level hunters took their stances simultaneously.
“Yoo Shi-hyun!”
“Yes, yes! Me?!”
“Take the princess and run away!!”
Jin-ah Lee ordered Yoo Shi-hyun, who was standing blankly behind, just before the full confrontation with Amaterasu.
And.
“Lorensky, step aside! Jin-ah, you stay back for now!”
Sreung.
Sir Lancelot immediately drew his sword from his waist.
“Whew…”
Thump, thump, thump!
He didn’t know how much his medieval knight self could do against this ancient god.
But Merlin, the only magician in their Round Table Knights, had told him this.
“Sir Lancelot. As long as your sword lacks light, it can cut through anything.”
“Anything…?”
“Yes. The holy sword that contains the moonlight can wield the power of light only in darkness…”
“A so-called real holy sword that cuts through illusions.”
The witch who always pierced through the essence of the world with her indifferent face.
And Merlin, the only magician of the knightly order.
Because all the knights of the Round Table believed in her, who was longed for by their king till the end.
“Thanks to you, there is no light reaching here because of the trees you grew.”
「?!」
The realm of the sword.
It was a world made of nothing but black and white for the sake of the duel.
In such a world, Lancelot aimed his holy sword precisely at the center of the charging god’s body.
“Whew…”
Timing his breath like aiming.
Flash!
In the now dark amusement park, his sword emitted the brilliant light of moonlight.
“Initiate – Arondight!!”
Like a line being drawn, the moonlight beam from the sword’s tip pierced through the chest of Japan’s worst and most fearsome evil god, who believed herself to be invincible.