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Chapter 82: Prohiden (1)

Karlstein's clicking tongue broke the silence on the battlefield.

Fine golden cracks spread all over his body.

"Is this the limit?"

Hmm.

Karlstein looked around.

The battlefield was quiet.

The illusion of the unidentified club falling from the sky had disappeared without a trace.

The blurry silhouette swinging down the giant club vanished without even forming a proper shape after Karlstein's single strike.

It was a moment when everyone was speechless, unable to believe the sight before their eyes.

Even the Sephiroth clan trembled and couldn't move carelessly.

Shock, horror, fear, anxiety.

All sorts of emotions were swirling within them.

Thud thud-

With each of his steps, his body gradually turned into golden ash and scattered.

Even as his body was collapsing in real-time, he headed towards where the Murim White Troops had appeared.

The Murim White Troops were already gathered there, lined up in formation.

As if understanding without words, they knelt on one knee and bowed their heads, lined up on both sides.

Clink- Clink-

Karlstein felt a strange emotion as he looked at them, standing in formation without moving or making a sound.

Thus, he arrived at a place where a crack was rippling in the void.

Tztztz- Patztztz-

The crack, which was initially less than 10m, had now expanded to a height of 100m.

Thud-

Thud-

Thud.

The moment he arrived.

A massive metal object began to come through.

Patztztztz-

Patztztztz-

As if the size of the crack was barely enough, the metal object was coming through slowly.

A round metal ring?

A ring that looked like a complex assembly of machines.

Inside the round ring was a smaller ring.

And inside the smaller ring was an even smaller ring.

A huge metal facility that looked like a disk formed by rings came out through the crack.

The Galactic Empire's recently completed masterpiece.

The Galactic Empire's prepared Automatic Interception Turret for the war against Kaiju.

'KAI'.

Woong-

The machine devices forming the metal rings began to operate, flashing blue lights.

Woong-

Right after, a figure walked out of the crack.

The leader of the Galactic Divine Cult.

A Moderator of the Integrated Dimensional Community.

It was Virdel.

For some reason, her entire hair had turned white.

She tried to hide her exhausted appearance as she crossed the crack and stepped on the ground.

Tsupat-

The crack disappeared immediately after.

She raised her head and stopped moving the moment her eyes met his.

"!!"

"You came?"

Karlstein, with golden cracks all over his face, welcomed her.

***What would it feel like to face him directly?

Would the emotions I'm feeling now change?

I won't know until I face him.

"..."

I feel nervous.

What if this terrible hatred for humans doesn't disappear even when I meet him?

That's why I'm scared too.

What if he feels just like any other human even when I meet him?

I would be a little... no, very sad.

Because there would be no human I could like in this world, including myself.

Humans are still so disgusting.

Although thanks to Overhaul Rebirth, memories of the past feel like ancient history, this proposition remains unchanged.

The ashen emotions I feel because of this.

Loneliness? Solitude? Despair?

Emotions stemming from the fact that there isn't a single human I can like, with no relatives left.

The emptiness of feeling like I'm alone in the world.

If there was even one human in this world that someone like me could like.

Then perhaps…

But I still don't know. Emotions are more subtle than one might think, so no answer comes from just thinking about it in my head.

I'll know when I meet him.

I really wanted to meet him.

The being who saved me.

Whoosh-

Her hair began to turn completely white.

As the Dimensional Door activated, the Murim Practitioners began to cross over.

Tztztz-

She had to pour all her energy into maintaining the Dimensional Door.

"Hoo...."

It felt like all the energy in her body was being drained.

But she couldn't end it here.

To go meet him, she had to complete the task he asked for.

After all the martial artists had crossed over, Virdel gripped her sword again.

"Even my full power isn't enough."

She had to surpass her limits.

He had said it was okay to just come over if it seemed impossible, but she couldn't do that. She didn't want to show even a hint of negligence in meeting him.

Hydra, which had only covered her lower body, fully activated and covered her entire body.

It's been a while.

Since reaching a certain realm, she had tried not to use the upper body armor as much as possible to reduce dependence on the armor.

This was possible because she had become accustomed to handling Ether.

[Ether Output - 105%]

[Ether Output - 110%]

[Ether Output - 120%]

.

.

[Ether Output - 148%]

The Ether sleeping in her body circulated inside and outside her body along with the armor's Power Source.

Tztztz-

Behind her was a metal structure supported by hundreds of martial artists.

Its height exceeded 30 zhang.

A crack of moderate size wouldn't be enough to pass that through.

"Hoo...."

The air around her became heavy, and small stones began to float up.

Right after, as she unleashed a strike, the Dimensional Interface split and the crack expanded.

Kuguung- Crack-

Her vision went dark and she felt dizzy.

"Ugh."

She did it.

"What are you doing! Move quickly! The Cult Leader is waiting!"

"Be careful there!"

"Move faster!"

"Pull the rope!"

After transmitting the structure he had asked for, she barely regained her senses and took a step forward, calming her trembling heart.

Woong-

He must be beyond this.

And the moment she met him, she could smile brightly.

Thank goodness. It is such a relief.

***Crack- Crack-

His body crumbled and scattered golden ash.

There wasn't much time left.

The enemies were in a temporary lull, but they wouldn't stay like that forever.

"Virdel. We don't have much time."

"Th-That...!"

"Yeah. I don't think I can hold on much longer."

"..."

Her smiling face hardened when she saw the fine golden cracks on his face.

"...I-Is it p-perhaps that-"

"I'll activate 'KAI' for now. There shouldn't be any problems with defense. You can handle it well, right?"

"...!"

"Then I'll trust you."

His body was already half turned to ash and scattering.

Virdel's eyes trembled uncontrollably.

Karlstein smiled and looked up at the sky. The huge metal structure floating above Virdel was moving.

The numerous rings forming the disk began to rotate, and red energy concentrated in the center.

Woong- Woong-

Beep-

Karlstein set up 'KAI' using the Master Code that only the Emperor of the Galactic Empire could access.

Although he couldn't bring the entire main body, this was good enough to use as an automatic turret.

Beep- Beep-

He set the targets, set the allies, set the attack range, modified the power settings and Virdel's authority, and so on.

After activating 'KAI', Karlstein smiled faintly at her.

"If you look around the battlefield, there should be a silver club. Make sure to get it."

With those final words, he began to turn into golden ash.

Virdel, who watched his last but not last moments...

Felt a hot emotion. An intense emotion felt from each and every cell.

Filled with rage, Virdel looked around at the enemies on the battlefield.

As he, who had brought shock and terror to the battlefield, disappeared, they began to move one by one.

However, faster than that, a rain of destructive flashes began to pour from 'KAI'.

Tztztztztz- Patztztztztz-

Tztztztztz- Patztztztztz-

KAI, shooting thick red lightning as if it had eyes.

[Kuaaak!]

[Keogek!]

[Wh-What is this!]

[This is insane!]

[What is that thing!]

The Murim White Troops began to move quickly in response.

She too gripped her sword firmly and began to move.

Her sword, which had reached beyond the Natural Realm, cut through space.

[Kuaaak!]

[Retreat!]

[Run away!]

[Request reinforcements!]

[Reporting to superiors comes first!]

[Damn it!]

[Keuhaak.]

A silver rain began to fall.

***Near the Barrier of the Galactic Empire.

Boom- Boom-

Kwaaang-

Flash-

Kwaaang-

[Repeating. This is Colony Delta B-7125. Zzzt- We can no longer... Zzzt- Zzzt- hold... Zzzt- Zzzt- on.]

Zzzt-

The communication connection was not smooth.

"How...!"

How are those bastards here!

The person in charge of the colony couldn't hide his despair as he looked out the window into space.

A giant eyeball wrapped in dark red flesh with membrane wings was staring at the colony.

Commonly known as an M-Sight.

A Named Type Entity that rendered all electromagnetic communication devices useless. Even emergency communications using Astral Signals are useless at close range.

What was even more despairing was that...

"How..."

A 15m tall Kaiju covered in smooth full-body armor.

One with a pair of arms and legs similar to a human body.

A starlight mane extending from the crown to the tail.

Prohiden.

A Double Number Kaiju that nearly drove the once-powerful Asteria race to extinction with just its brief appearance.

Ahhh. Why? How?

I heard that one doesn't act in groups, though...

Behind it, he could see three ultra-large Kaiju and countless Kaiju armies.

Shudder.

Despair.

Death.

Resignation.

Why? How?

How could they appear at the Barrier, evading the Empire's eyes? At this time when the Empire's Heroes have advanced beyond the Barrier for territorial expansion!

However, his questions went unanswered.

Because the moment No.17 Prohiden moved, the subjects that were capable of hearing an answer were all but annihilated.

The 《Chaos》 camp had begun to move.