0.01 Second Sword Master

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0.01 seconds Swordmaster Chapter 191

Kwaaah—!!

Golden eyes filled the entire sky and earth.

The people knelt before those terrifying and oppressive eyes, begging for their lives, and Karman could not help but tremble in fear at the sight of the eyes that filled the heavens.

“It’s not just the Kingdom of Kalla. They say those eyes are now spread across the entire continent.”

Not only in the Kingdom of Kalla, where Karman stood, but golden eyes appeared throughout the continent, piercing through everything on this land.

And this power was,

“Is it yours, Your Majesty?”

Karman had seen them once before.

Only Aslan could wield those eyes.

But he never imagined that so many eyes could be created.

“Th-the eyes are disappearing!”

The eyes that had instilled fear in everyone began to vanish all at once.

“What on earth… is happening?”

With the torrential rain and thunder that followed, Karman realized that something unusual was unfolding.

* * *

“Cough!”

The body of Terakana, pierced by the sword, leaned back.

He grasped the sword that had impaled him with his hands, but he could not move an inch.

As long as I was applying pressure to the sword, there was no way for him to pull it out.

“Now, surrender that body, Terakana.”

I infused the sword with divine light and thrust it into his body.

Then Terakana convulsed and thrashed about, ultimately bursting out of Laylakan’s body.

“…”

Laylakan’s body, from which Terakana’s soul had escaped, slumped down.

Was it already too late?

No. I could still feel a faint heartbeat within.

I breathed the power of life into him.

Whoosh—!

Then the weak heartbeat began to thump loudly, and Laylakan’s slumped body sprang upright.

“Ugh!”

He looked back and forth between me and Terakana, bewildered by what was happening.

“Your Majesty. What on earth······.”

“Step back.”

I flicked my fingers, pushing Raelakan’s body back.

Terakana, returned to his original form, was in a state of complete disarray.

“Ugh.”

Terakana quickly tried to create a portal behind him, but,

Boom-!!

He couldn’t enter it.

I had cast a barrier over the entire portal, preventing Terakana’s body from entering.

“Terakana.”

I slowly walked towards Terakana and spoke.

“There’s nowhere left to run.”

* * *

Raelakan’s mind was hazy.

Even after losing his body to Terakana, his consciousness remained faintly intact.

Just when he was almost giving up, believing he could never return again, Aslan appeared and saved him.

But now, Aslan’s appearance was······.

‘It’s different.’

In the past, there was always an inexplicable sense of alienation.

A feeling that, alongside that overwhelming power, something was being concealed.

But now, there was none of that to be found.

As if he had finally become complete, Aslan was in a state that could only be described as perfect, surpassing the term ‘strongest’.

The intense power emanating from him was undoubtedly among the strongest of transcendents.

Just by seeing Terakana, frightened and desperately screaming, one could tell how formidable Aslan’s strength was.

“D-Don’t come near!!”

Terakana continued to unleash his attacks.

He spread an atrocious amount of dark magic that could char the entire ground black, yet he could not halt Aslan’s advance.

He simply moved forward slowly.

Terakana could not stop him even a single step.

“It’s futile, Terakana.”

—

Terkana’s body was in a state where it seemed that even the slightest touch would cause it to collapse entirely.

With its body cracking apart, Terkana could barely muster any strength and let out a scream.

“Yes, if it weren’t for you… if it weren’t for you… my perfect plan would have succeeded.”

“Your plan was destined to fail from the very beginning.”

“What did you say?”

“I know the beginning and the end of this world. And I have watched you in every different world.”

“W-what do you mean…?”

“You have always caused chaos in this world, but you have never achieved your desires.”

“!?”

“That is the fate that has been bestowed upon you.”

“Don’t be ridiculous!!”

Terkana made a final desperate attempt to reach out, but was split apart by Aslan’s sword, drawn from above.

“And this too is your fate.”

Terkana’s body shattered into pieces and fell to the ground with a thud.

Those fragments soon turned to dust and vanished, and Terkana could not even let out a short scream.

Thus, Terkana was obliterated.

“Your Majesty.”

Lailakan cautiously approached Aslan.

“Is it over now?”

“No. Not yet.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than black smoke began to pour out from Terkana’s body, which was disintegrating into dust.

It soared high into the sky, shrieking, its grotesque form and wails causing one to frown.

“What is that?”

“It is the soul of Remegaton.”

“Excuse me? Then shouldn’t we chase after it and capture it?”

Lailakan attempted to pursue Remegaton with his still-injured body.

Aslan caught him.

“Enough. I let it go on purpose.”

Aslan placed his hand over the remnants of Terkana’s body, which was slowly fading away.

In an instant, the remaining parts of Terkana were absorbed into his hand.

—

“······?”

As Aslan absorbed the body of Terakana, he repeatedly clenched and unclenched his fists, eventually settling into a look of satisfaction.

“This is it.”

Then, he snapped his fingers, creating a portal behind him.

“If you take that, you should be able to reach the Empire. Go there and rest.”

“Y-Yes? Your Majesty, aren’t you coming with us?”

“I still have things to do. I intend to kill Remegaton and wipe out all the demons in hell.”

“······!”

He was serious.

This man genuinely intended to eradicate every demon in hell.

“Your Majesty. I will go with you.”

“No. There’s no need for that. It would only complicate things. If there’s even one ally, wouldn’t you have to control your strength to avoid sweeping them away?”

“······.”

It wasn’t just bravado.

Aslan was deliberately choosing not to take his subordinates with him.

Without allies, there was no need to hold back his power.

So, had Aslan not shown his true strength until now simply because he was worried about his subordinates being swept away?

“Enough. Return, Lailakan.”

As Aslan drew his finger, a new portal appeared before him.

From within that portal, the screams of hell echoed loudly.

“Your Majesty! I too will go with you······!”

Lailakan resolutely tried to follow behind.

He wanted to witness with his own eyes how Aslan would bring about the destruction of hell.

But at Aslan’s gesture, his body was pulled into that portal,

“Your Majesty!!”

The place he arrived at was not where Aslan was, but the Verak Empire.

In fact, it was right in the middle of a military training ground where soldiers were actively engaged in drills.

“W-What is that!?”

“Terakana!!”

“Demon!!”

“The King of Hell has appeared!!”

If it is the King of Hell, it should naturally evoke fear, and an ordinary person would flee at once. However, the Imperial Knights, knowing that retreat would mean disgrace for a knight, did not back down upon seeing Lailakan.

“It’s the Demon King!! Kill him!!”

“Eliminate him!!”

As a result, they charged at Lailakan, their eyes ablaze, believing him to still be Tercana.

“Ah······.”

Lailakan merely looked at them and let out a short sigh.

Your Majesty. Of all places to open a portal, why here······!

* * *

Swoosh—!!

Finally freed from Tercana’s body, Remegaton.

But he had no time to celebrate his resurrection and hurriedly fled the scene, announcing his return to the world.

“Tercana. What a foolish fool!”

Of all the times to charge, to do so against such a monster.

As the King of Hell, Remegaton felt shame, but Aslan was a foe more powerful than any he had faced before, transcending all common sense.

Even Rahal might have to concede a point to that monstrous being.

“I need a vessel······ a vessel.”

He could not continue to wander in a state of soul.

He returned to Hell, back to his former stronghold.

The demons there were all lowly and unsuitable as vessels, but there were a few that seemed somewhat useful.

“What is this? Huh? aaah!”

He entered the body of a demon that was tilting its head in confusion at the sight of Remegaton’s soul.

It was one of the Babylons created by Tercana.

“Tsk. This won’t do at all.”

Yet, no matter how much of a Babylon-grade demon it was, it could not properly contain Remegaton’s soul. Cracks were already forming in the body, clearly visible as it began to split apart.

“Still, it can hold on for a little while. Until a new body is created······!”

It seemed Tercana was not entirely foolish; he was attempting to create a body that could fully contain his soul.

And it was nearing completion.

If that were to be completed, there would be no need to switch vessels anymore.

However,

[The Lemegaton.]

A voice resonating from somewhere was shaking the very foundations of hell.

[He knows you are here.]

“!?”

The owner of this voice was Aslan.

Lemegaton rushed outside, heart pounding with a mix of hope and dread.

And, as expected.

[So come forth.]

There stood Aslan in the distance, his red cloak billowing as he positioned himself at the center.

Seeing this, Lemegaton couldn’t help but let out a laugh.

“Heh. Foolish one. Have you forgotten that this is hell?”

No matter how formidable Aslan might be, this place was not the human world; it was hell, inhabited solely by demons and monsters.

Here, the magic that surged forth made the demons twice as powerful as they were on the continent, and the number of demons present was staggering.

Even if many demons were slain on the continent, they were being generated infinitely in this realm.

Thus, unless the gates were closed, the invasion of demons could never be halted.

And into this battlefield, Aslan had walked in on his own accord.

How could this opportunity be missed?

“Go forth, my slaves.”

Lemegaton unleashed his magic, commanding the demons to move.

All demons in this world were born from Lemegaton, the primordial demon.

Therefore, no demon could refuse Lemegaton’s command.

As his voice spread, all the demons in hell surged forth, charging madly at Aslan.

Yet, even in the face of such overwhelming foes, Aslan did not flinch.

“Just as well.”

A brilliant light began to emanate from Aslan’s body, sword in hand.

“I intended to erase all of you demons from this world. You’ve saved me the trouble of hunting you down one by one.”

And as he swung his sword lightly,

KWA-aaaH-!!

“!?”

The light spread in all directions, instantly melting the bodies of the demons.

“Today, hell will vanish beneath my feet.”