I Became a Dark Fantasy Villain-Chapter 449

Purple and yellow trajectories tangled around the spinning Ian, drawing chaotic spirals in the air. They were the arcs created by the black sword in his right hand and the Light Sword in his left.

Thrum, thrum—

The black sword hummed fiercely enough to make his palm vibrate, baring its fangs with even greater ferocity as if unwilling to let the Platinum Claws outperform it. It was also drawing in more chaos power as a result, but Ian didn't try to stop it.

Nearly half the chaos power remained within the essence bead, and the surrounding area would likely collapse before he could use it all.

He looked over the slope drawing nearer below him—over the tentacles and flesh writhing like gray smoke, and the demonic beasts rising as if newly born from within them.

Just then, power surged through him. The two differently colored trajectories swirled together in a blinding rush.

The purple-and-yellow light swept through the tentacles and demonic beasts. Ian crashed into the midst of those being torn apart and dismembered.

Fwoom!

In that instant, a purple haze exploded out of him. Chaos had been released from the bead of chaos essence—a phenomenon that began the moment he stepped onto the hill of flesh. It prevented the amalgamation from absorbing him.

Swoosh—

Moreover, as the chaos power blasted away the flesh and fluids of the beasts, Ian rebounded from the impact, seemingly shaking it off. The collision should have broken him apart, but right now, he felt no pain.

Hostility, rage, thirst, bloodlust, and primal instinct had taken its place—another effect of fully unleashing the chaos power. He could feel the remnants of the beings that the bead of chaos essence had swallowed. They seemed eager to devour his soul.

Unlike usual, Ian didn't reject these dark aspects. If anything, he embraced them.

Crack, crack!

Eerie sounds emanated from various points on Ian’s soaring, rotating body. Though hidden beneath layers of armor, he knew he was beginning to mutate, starting from the bottom. His gauntlets and vambraces, his steel boots and greaves—they all felt like they were tightening, constricting him.

Perhaps, like the demonic beasts, his form was starting to fuse.

But none of that mattered right now. He had to use every means necessary to survive. Dealing with the consequences could wait.

Rumble…

Soaring upward, Ian fixed his eyes on the approaching hilltop—on the writhing tentacles and demonic beasts, the newly birthed minions of the amalgamation.

As if wringing himself out, he twisted his entire body against the direction of his spin and then swung both arms wildly. The purple and yellow trajectories, which had been trailing behind him like tails, whipped once more.

Slash! Crash!

He had done it on impulse, but raising his Strength and Agility further now had undeniably significant effects. Swinging two swords simultaneously felt barely different from swinging one with both hands. The partial mutation of his body and the black sword unleashing its fangs more ferociously likely contributed as well.

Clash!

He naturally couldn't wield weapons with his left hand as precisely as with his right, but the Light Sword didn't require much precision anyway—especially not now, with enemies surrounding him.

Pushing purified magic, filtered through his chaos power, into the Mantra circuit, Ian pressed forward. In the span of a few blinks, he tore through the barrier of tentacles and demonic beasts. Behind him, severed, twitching fragments scattered and tumbled wildly.

However, Ian didn't look back at his trail of destruction. He kept his eyes fixed on the hilltop above, the cross-shaped glowing eyes staring back at him, and the arm that the amalgamation held high. From moving sluggishly, the raised arm had stopped and was now emitting a magical gray smoke.

It would surely strike down at him again. And before that, the red eye could unleash another shockwave or magic beam.

If I can endure it one more time...

As he contemplated, the amalgamation's gaze, which had been turning toward Ian, snapped sideways.

Fwoosh—

An orange fireball flew toward it, leaving a long, tail-like parabolic afterimage. Not only the amalgamation, but even Ian glanced sideways.

Clip-clop—

Moro galloped along the warped slope, leaving purple afterimages. Simultaneously, Ian caught sight of Lucia, her right hand outstretched. Behind her, Diana was scrambling up onto Moro's back.

Where is she pulling that divine power from? Has she learned how to handle the Sacred Blood? Ian wondered.

The amalgamation turned and swung its raised arm down diagonally. Looking like a giant demon's hand, the long, black arm carved a gray trajectory through the air.

Fwoom!

Caught in the descending arc, the holy flame exploded. Instead of instantly evaporating, it scattered dazzling sparks in all directions, tangling with the gray trajectory and sizzling as they burned away.

Boom!

A huge explosion erupted beside the hill—the result of the amalgamation's arm slamming into the ground. A gray blast shot up diagonally from the impact point on the slope.

Thanks, Lucy.

Even amidst the earthquake-like tremors that followed, Ian charged forward without pause, tearing apart everything blocking his path.

Thanks to her intervention, the amalgamation had slammed its arm elsewhere. He had to close the distance as much as possible before its focus returned to him.

Fortunately, Lucia wasn't the only one helping him achieve his goal.

Shwoo—

Beyond the rising and falling gray shockwave, a pillar of pure black darkness suddenly surged upward. Hyked, who had somehow broken through and reached the area near the summit, stood amidst melting tentacles and demonic beasts. Gripping his sword with both hands, he raised it high above his head. Behind him, as if lending him their strength, Seren and Gwellrod also raised their swords diagonally.

Boom!

Hyked swung his sword down with all his might, firing a huge, dark arc at the amalgamation's head.

Crash!

The black wave cut through the shockwave erupting from the amalgamation's cross-shaped eye and slashed across the creature's head. A glass-like fracture spread across the surface of its eye.

If not for the shockwave, the blow might have shattered the surface completely and torn through what lay beyond. freēnovelkiss.com

Swoosh…

Regardless, it was enough to provoke the amalgamation’s fury. The red light that had spread from its cross-shaped pupil instantly engulfed the entire eyeball. Smoky magic seeped out from between the cracks on its surface.

Swish! Crash!

Almost simultaneously, the amalgamation swept the arm that it had slammed down across the area. Its upper body, protruding diagonally from the hill, carved a vortex-like path through the flesh mound below.

Crunch, smash!

It then swept its massive forearm around, leaving a huge gray trajectory. Crushed tentacles and demonic beasts burst apart messily, but the amalgamation didn't seem to care.

Hyked looked like he had no strength left to dodge. He staggered and collapsed from the posture he’d taken after his attack, the fierce dark-blue darkness around him faltering and barely shimmering.

"For His Highness!"

"Come on—"

The two Black Lions shielded him. Gwellrod threw aside his sword, embraced Hyked to support him, and raised his kite shield. Seren, fiercely burning with darkness, stepped in front of them, raising her two-handed sword defensively.

Fwoom!

She plunged her two-handed sword deep into the ground. Just as darkness billowed out from her to cover the area, the massive incoming hand swept over them.

Crash!

The impact unleashed a gray shockwave.

Below, Ian saw the darkness waver precariously. He also saw Gwellrod, shielding Hyked with his body and kite shield, blasting off like a cannonball. He tumbled down the distorted slope, seemingly about to fly off it entirely. To Ian, he even seemed to be accelerating, likely due to the area's spatial distortion.

Although the impact seemed significant, the arms clutching Hyked didn’t loosen, suggesting it hadn’t cost his life. The darkness trailing from them like a long tail also continued to blaze.

Fwoosh…

They likely only survived because Seren had first blocked the incoming force with her darkness. Through the dissipating shockwave, Seren slowly came into view, kneeling on one knee. Her sword was still embedded in the ground.

The darkness covering her had faded as if about to extinguish, and her armor was torn in places as if it had burst open.

Letting go of the hilt, she collapsed sideways. The surrounding flesh, imbued with a gray haze, writhed as if intending to swallow her whole.

I'll make sure you don't get eaten, at least.

Ian, who hadn't missed that sight even for an instant, finally gazed away.

Swoosh—

The amalgamation lunged its huge head toward him at tremendous speed. Meanwhile, after relentlessly flying forward, Ian finally reached the summit of the hill of flesh. In mid-air, he unleashed chaos power with all his might.

Thump, thump.

The bead of chaos essence emitted a clearer roar than ever before. The Light Sword in his left hand scattered bright yellow trajectories, while the black sword, as if squeezing out its last strength, explosively emitted a smoldering purple haze.

Gritting his teeth, Ian spun.

Slash, crunch!

The yellow and purple lights sliced away at the sharp black bones protruding along the amalgamation's elongated clavicles. Its eyeball, which had been emitting enraged-seeming mental waves in all directions, snapped toward Ian.

Twisting around once more, Ian broke through shattered bones and kicked off a flying bone fragment almost simultaneously.

Whoosh!

Soaring through the air, Ian looked straight into the amalgamation's cross-shaped pupil, which was now looking back at him. The entity’s gaze almost seemed bewildered, as if only now truly recognizing Ian’s presence. Ian bared his teeth, which had begun to sharpen noticeably.

We finally meet, you bastard.

Shooting toward the eyeball like an arrow, Ian swung his hands down almost simultaneously.

Slice, thud!

The two descending swords pierced into the center of the pupil just as magic began to belatedly boil up within it.

Swish!

The bright yellow blade of the Light Sword tore through the eyeball's surface, and the blazing purple arc of the black sword followed right behind. Ian slammed into it just a fraction of a second later.

Even amidst the dizzying impact and waves of madness, Ian didn't let go of the swords' hilts. Instead, as if trying to scoop out its very core, he shoved them deeper, pushing even his hands in until they were wrist-deep.

Creak—

The pointed ribs protruding like eyelashes closed in as if to trap him, but Ian ignored them. He kept his eyes fixed on the amalgamation's cross-shaped pupil, which was now glowing red hot. With an ominous crack, countless eerie fissures spread across its surface.

With a silent, death-cry-like psychic scream, the amalgamation's eyeball popped, bursting outward. From beyond it, gray chaos erupted and engulfed Ian.

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