0.01 Second Sword Master

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0.01 seconds Swordmaster Chapter 190

I have no idea how far this damn game is going to push me.

“C-could this be?”

“How could even Queen Elthih…”

“Have the elves been completely annihilated?”

The once noble and beautiful Elthih was found beneath the massive tree, now a cold corpse, consumed by darkness.

Surrounding her were countless elven bodies, all appearing as if their very essence had been drained away.

“Elthih.”

I gently closed her eyes, which could no longer see, as a hole gaped in her chest.

“Your Majesty…”

My subordinates called out to me with sorrowful voices.

“Just wait a little longer.”

Now I could use all my skills without restriction, but there was no way to truly save them. I could momentarily revive them with the flames of the restless spirits, but it wouldn’t bring them back completely.

Thus, I had to capture Terakana as soon as possible, kill the Remegaton within him, and obtain the powers of darkness.

“I will definitely bring you back.”

The problem was that Terakana never confronted me directly; he kept ambushing me from the shadows.

If he continued to act this way, how was I supposed to respond…?

“Your Majesty!”

At that moment, a knight rushed in urgently to report.

“Demons have appeared near Eli’s Castle! A tremendous number of them!”

I didn’t even need to go look for them myself.

For reasons unknown, Terakana finally appeared right in front of me.

* * *

“Ha ha. You’ve done well to deceive me all this time, Aslan.”

After absorbing the dwarves and examining their memories, it turned out they hadn’t spoken a single lie.

They had seen through the opponent’s strength and abilities, observing Aslan multiple times, and had uncovered his true identity.

He was not the avatar of Rahal, nor was he the strongest in the continent.

He had deceived everyone.

Even the Remegaton within him had been completely fooled by Aslan’s charade.

“Cough cough. You’re quite something in a different sense, Aslan.”

But now that she knew he was a fraud, Terakana no longer needed to hesitate.

“Make him pay thoroughly for daring to deceive me all this time.”

So she stopped attacking those who sided with the surrounding kingdoms and the Verak Empire to absorb their strength, and Terakana stepped forward directly.

There was no longer a need to gnaw away at the power of the Verak Empire to grow stronger.

“Come out, Aslan.”

Perhaps he heard her voice.

Thud-!!

As the demons surrounded the castle, a pillar of light fell from above as if it had been waiting for this moment.

Flap~!

Today, Aslan emerged slowly from the pillar of light, his cloak billowing elegantly.

What was surprising was that he was alone.

“Oh. It seems you’ve finally lost your fear, Aslan. To appear here all by yourself.”

In response, Aslan spoke in a calm voice.

“Do I really need many hands to sweep away trash like you?”

In the past, each of his words had been imposing and terrifying, but now they only seemed like bluster.

“Aslan. If it were the old days, just showing your strength once would have made the demons tremble in fear and flee. But now, that won’t work. We all know the truth now. That you’ve been deceiving us all along. I know you only have two chances to use your power.”

Aslan’s eyes twitched.

But he did not back down.

“You’re speaking arrogantly. My power is infinite, and you can’t even keep up with my fingertips.”

“Heh heh. So you’re going to keep up the bluster until the end? Then let’s see how long you can hold out. I want to see just how far you can continue your pretense.”

At Terakana’s gesture, enormous demons, whose ends were barely visible, gathered around Aslan.

“······.”

Aslan glanced at the demons and then,

Swoosh-!!

He split one in half with a sword strike.

One sword strike for each demon.

Seeing that he had already unleashed two sword strikes, Terakana sneered.

“You foolish fool. In the end, your bluster has exhausted all your limits.”

According to the dwarves’ information, Aslan could unleash his sword strikes only twice.

Though their power was terrifyingly great, if he could only use them two times, he would be at a disadvantage in this battle.

—

Now, Aslan had no power left to stop the demons.

Surely that must be the case—

“How ridiculous.”

Aslan slowly walked into the midst of the demons, his sword sheathed at his waist.

That fool has finally gone mad and is throwing away his life!

Terkanah thought to himself.

But,

Kwah-kwa-kah-!!

The massive bodies of the demons reaching for him were torn into dozens of pieces and fell, while the demons charging at him began to collapse into chunks of flesh.

No demon could approach within ten paces of Aslan.

The moment they tried to close in, their bodies were shredded by some unknown force.

“······!”

Aslan continued to move forward, his steps steady and unyielding.

“What is this······.”

The demons dying before Aslan probably had no idea.

What was killing them.

It was none other than Aslan’s sword.

With a speed that the eye could scarcely follow, Aslan drew his sword from his waist, swung it, and then returned it to its sheath.

“Th-There’s no way he should have any power left to wield?!”

It was an unbelievable sight.

The eyes of the dwarves were not mistaken.

Aslan had already unleashed two sword strikes, so he should have been unable to exert any more strength.

Yet how could this be possible!

Kwah-kwa-kwa-kah-!!

Thus, Aslan slashed and slashed again, drawing ever closer to Terkanah.

He even cut through the droplets of blood the demons spilled, refusing to allow them to taint his body.

At last,

“Who do you think you are to dare to judge my power so recklessly?”

“······.”

Aslan stood before Terkanah.

—

And as he raised the sword high, Terakana quickly pulled back.

“······!”

Cold sweat wouldn’t stop.

I came here today to cut off Aslan’s breath, yet it was Terakana’s life that was on the line instead.

“Do you know why I came alone, without any subordinates?”

From the raised sword, dark energy and light flickered simultaneously, and above it, Black Meteors were forming.

The problem was that it wasn’t just one being created, but dozens all at once.

“Because that way, I don’t need to control my strength.”

Aslan carelessly dropped it to the ground.

“What the hell!”

Terakana immediately raised a barrier to protect himself.

KWA-BOOM-!!

Dozens of Black Meteors fell at once, their overwhelming force spreading out and beginning to sweep away the demons that filled the plains.

“KYAAooo!!”

The demons sensed the crisis too late and tried to flee, but in an instant, their bodies melted away from the tremendous explosion, and the millions of demons turned to dust and vanished.

Yet within that chaos, a red glint still flickered.

It was none other than Aslan’s eyes.

“Terakana. You have committed far too many sins. Today, you shall pay for them.”

“!?”

At that terrifying voice, Terakana hurriedly opened a portal.

“You foolish little dwarves!”

Indeed, Aslan was truly the avatar of Rahal.

It was also true that he possessed omnipotent power.

I almost fell victim to these little dwarves and faced a pointless death here.

Terakana quickly stepped into the portal.

Then, a sinister voice echoed behind him.

“Are you running away again? The so-called king of hell? If you truly possess the power of darkness, come out and fight me.”

Though it was a provocation, Terakana did not take the bait.

He knew that asserting his pride now would be utterly useless.

“Ha-”

—

—

Thus, Terakana barely escaped through the portal.

He had managed to return to hell.

He swore he would never come back to this stinking, foul place again, yet now, the place he deemed the safest was here.

No matter how much Aslan might be, he couldn’t come here…

“Huh?”

It was right then.

Kwaaah-!!

Golden eyes appeared everywhere, frantically scanning the surroundings.

These eyes emitted a fierce light that instilled fear in the demons, and from within them, Aslan’s voice flowed out.

[Terakana. No matter where you flee, you cannot escape my gaze.]

Terakana swallowed hard.

And just as he was about to flee to another place before those eyes could pierce through him…

Kwaaah-!!

One more eye appeared, looking down at Terakana.

[There you are.]

“Ugh, aaah!”

With a terrified scream, Terakana quickly opened a portal and threw himself inside.

“Huff- Huff-”

Gasping for breath, Terakana looked around.

Having opened the portal without properly deciding on a destination, he had no idea where he was.

But then,

Kwaaah-!

An ominous sound echoed from afar.

Looking up, he saw golden eyes beginning to emerge one by one from all directions.

[Terakana.]

And the voice resonating within them instilled immense terror in Terakana.

[Stop hiding and come out.]

Terakana opened the portal once more.

“Damn it!”

He was determined to escape from those eyes forever.

I tried to run to a place where that gaze couldn’t reach.

But—

[Terkana. No matter where you go, you cannot hide from me.]

The eyes continued to chase, and Aslan’s voice shook Terkana’s very core.

How many portals had I opened and fled through?

“Gasp— gasp—”

Terkana, having exhausted all strength in opening portals, panted heavily.

How many pairs of eyes can Aslan create at once?

Upon closer inspection, Aslan wasn’t creating those eyes because he knew Terkana’s location.

He was just haphazardly placing eyes all over the continent to find Terkana.

[So, you were here.]

In the end, there was no way to escape those eyes on this continent.

Terkana looked up at the eyes that were gazing down at him.

From those eyes, bright as the sun, Aslan emerged, his red cloak fluttering.

“How is such power even possible?”

Terkana shouted in despair, as if crying out.

“I am a god just like you! I absorbed the god of darkness, and I possess that power! Yet how is it that I cannot even match your fingertips!”

Aslan spoke in a grave voice.

“Kneel.”

“!?”

And at that irresistible command, Terkana’s body bent involuntarily, crashing to the ground.

He couldn’t move as if his limbs were bound by something.

Aslan looked down at him with arrogance.

“It was decided from the very beginning.”

“······?”

“The difference between you and me.”

Aslan’s sword pierced Terkana’s body without hesitation.