Chapter 633

“Such a monster….”

“Khng!”

The faces of the Numbers fighting Del Roa twisted in strain.

Even with every member of the Numbers gathered except for Lee Jung-ho, who had died to Zeon before, they were still being pushed back by Del Roa.

Boom! Bang!

Their attacks were blocked by the hemispherical barrier spread around Del Roa.

It was the authority called Blessing of the World Tree.

A power contained within the helmet and armor made from the bark of the World Tree that he wore.

The World Tree had not truly bestowed a blessing upon him, but there was no denying the unbelievable defensive power it possessed.

What made it even more troublesome was that the Blessing of the World Tree did not merely defend—it reflected the impact back.

The twin sisters attacked with telepathy, only to suffer mental confusion themselves, while Elder Go’s barrier ended up restraining him instead.

Boom! Kwang!

Every time Del Roa swung his hand, terrifying magic erupted.

Against Grain, who attacked with gravity, he countered with anti-gravity magic, and against Sung Ho-yeon, who wielded countless weapons, he unleashed one spell after another, completely shutting off any approach.

The enraged Del Roa was destruction incarnate.

Everything around him was destroyed.

“Kraaaagh!”

“Kuheok!”

People fighting nearby were swept up in his magic and disintegrated.

Not with broken limbs or holes torn through them, but literally turning into dust and vanishing.

Wearing all of El Harun’s items, Del Roa’s power was unbelievably overwhelming.

Normally, he would have controlled his strength while considering the aftermath, but none of that reason remained in him now.

The collapse of El Harun’s awakened ones and the betrayal of people like Riala had driven him to the brink.

“If I cannot have it, then I will destroy everything.”

As Del Roa swung his staff toward the Steel Fortress, a massive fireball flew forth.

The fireball streaked through the sky like a meteor and slammed into the barrier protecting the Steel Fortress.

Boom!

The barrier that had blocked countless magical attacks shattered like glass from that single strike.

Krrrack!

The Steel Fortress shook as if an earthquake had struck.

“Khng!”

“This lunatic!”

The people inside the Steel Fortress widened their eyes in shock.

The impact was so immense that the Steel Fortress, surrounded by Sandstone Mountain, trembled, and the underground reservoir overflowed.

Not only that, the entire Steel Fortress heated up as if it had become a furnace.

It was hard to believe that a single person’s magic could possess such destructive power.

“It’s Hell Fire.”

“Del Roa used Hell Fire.”

The ones who recognized the magic were Riala and Hera.

Hell Fire was the ultimate fire-element spell.

True to its name, it was a terrifying attack magic capable of burning the entire world with the flames of hell.

No matter how powerful Del Roa was, even he could not cast such an ultimate spell repeatedly.

Especially while fighting the Numbers.

He had no excess mana to spare.

Yet Del Roa prepared to launch another Hell Fire.

“Damn it!”

“We can’t let him cast another spell!”

The Numbers had witnessed the power of his magic and desperately tried to stop him.

Sung Ho-yeon attacked with a gigantic greatsword, while Grain amplified the gravity affecting Del Roa a hundredfold.

The twins desperately launched telepathic attacks, and Elder Go tried to completely isolate Del Roa from the outside world with barriers.

Under their combined assault, Del Roa’s movements slowed.

Drip.

Blood trickled from Del Roa’s lips.

Normally, he would have given up at this point and searched for another method of attack.

But no such reason remained in him now.

The kingdom he had built over more than a century had collapsed.

His people had betrayed him and fled.

Dantal, the spiritual pillar of the kingdom, had dealt him a fatal blow after stealing the treasure, and even the World Tree he had desperately protected had fallen.

Nothing remained for him anymore.

A man with nothing left fears nothing.

He no longer cared for his own safety.

He did not even think about what would remain after this battle.

Only one thought remained in his mind—to kill everyone standing in his way and destroy that Steel Fortress.

Del Roa gathered mana, and gathered more.

He squeezed out every last drop remaining in his body and concentrated it into his hand. But the amount was nowhere near enough for what he desired.

I need more mana!

To melt that massive Sandstone Mountain, he needed a Hell Fire several times greater than the one he had just cast. But he no longer had that much mana left in his body.

In the end, he drew mana from the items he wore.

The armor and helmet covering his body were already being used to block the Numbers’ attacks.

Only one thing remained—the necklace hanging around his neck, Kritus.

A necklace within which countless beings unknown even to him had been crumpled up like trash and sealed away.

Del Roa drew out even the mana maintaining the seal.

Crack!

Cracks began spreading across the surface of Kritus.

A sinister energy seeped out from the fissures.

But Del Roa did not even notice.

His mind had already completely collapsed.

The ones who sensed the danger were instead the Numbers desperately trying to stop him.

“Khup!”

“What is this—?”

The faces of the Numbers turned deathly pale after being exposed to the sinister energy leaking from Kritus.

Even though it was only slight exposure, their stomachs churned and their minds reeled.

And all of them were awakened ones ranked at least A-class to S-class.

“Hyaaaah!”

“Stop him!”

They desperately tried to stop Del Roa. But their efforts were useless.

The energy leaking from Kritus had completely swallowed Del Roa. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Kwarung!

At that moment, a massive bolt of lightning crashed down onto Del Roa’s head.

Unable to endure any longer after sensing the ominous atmosphere, Levin had finally stepped in.

The skill Levin unleashed was Thor God’s Hammer.

Levin’s strongest attack skill, several times stronger than Giga Lightning, struck Del Roa directly.

“What?”

But the expression of Levin, who launched the attack, remained dark.

Even though the skill had landed perfectly, the energy engulfing Del Roa did not disperse.

Crunch!

A chilling sound of bones breaking echoed from within the sinister energy.

Something was clearly changing inside.

Levin struck down another Thor God’s Hammer.

Boom!

At that moment, a tremendous explosion erupted.

“Kuheok!”

“Kugh!”

Everyone around Del Roa was swept away by the blast and flung in all directions like bowling pins.

Levin, who had transformed into Thunder God Form, was among them.

The explosion was so powerful that even Levin, who was immune to physical attacks, suffered severe damage.

As if a nuclear explosion had occurred, a gigantic crater hundreds of meters wide was gouged into the ground, and every existence within it vanished without a trace.

Several hundred awakened ones from the Steel Fortress and more than a thousand El Harun demi-humans evaporated.

The battle momentarily halted from the overwhelming catastrophe, and everyone’s gaze turned toward the site of the explosion.

“What…?”

“How…?”

Faced with the unbelievable sight, everyone widened their eyes and lost the ability to speak.

The Numbers and Levin, who had barely regained their senses, froze at the horrific disaster.

Even though they had been enemies trying to kill each other, the instant vaporization of well over a thousand people was shocking even to them.

Then it happened.

Puhwaha!

An enormous energy suddenly churned from where Del Roa had been, and blue flames erupted.

“What is that?”

“Everyone, be careful!”

Levin and the Numbers hurriedly retreated while shouting.

Even as they fell back, their eyes remained fixed on the blue flames.

The flames were blue because they were made of water.

A phenomenon that should have been impossible by common sense was unfolding before their eyes.

Beneath the water-made flames, the ground rumbled and twisted, while blade-like winds raged around them.

At the center of the storm of water, fire, earth, and wind stood something in the shape of a human.

It was Del Roa.

“Huuuuu….”

A bizarre groan flowed from Del Roa’s twisted mouth.

Everyone who heard the beast-like sound felt chills run down their spines.

It felt as if someone were scraping at their nerves with a spoon.

Del Roa’s consciousness had long since vanished.

What had taken control of him were the four primal elements—water, fire, wind, and earth.

Using Del Roa’s body as a vessel, the four elements unleashed a monstrous energy.

“Fuck! What… is that?”

“That’s possible?”

The thing that had once been Del Roa turned its gaze toward Levin and the others.

Levin and the Numbers felt the hairs on their bodies stand on end and immediately threw themselves away.

At that instant, blue flames appeared where they had been standing and exploded.

Kwang!

“Kraaagh!”

“Aaaagh!”

Those who failed to evade in time were caught in the explosion and lost their lives.

But the condition of the corpses was strange.

Though they had all been caught in the same explosion, some melted like water, while others were scorched black and turned to ash.

Krrrack!

This time the earth split apart and swallowed countless people, while blade-like winds swept through and sliced them apart in an instant.

Hundreds more died in a single moment.

Faced with the sudden catastrophe, not only the awakened ones of the Steel Fortress but even the demi-humans of El Harun turned pale.

“Damn it!”

“What the hell happened?”

Their battle with the awakened ones of the Steel Fortress no longer mattered.

The rampage of the transformed Del Roa was far more dangerous.

At that moment, bizarre voices flowed from Del Roa’s mouth.

—I will not let this go.

—I won’t forgive you!

—I will destroy you.

—Uooooo!

Four completely different voices echoed at the same time.

The moment they heard them, both humans and demi-humans felt as if their heads were splitting apart.

Countless people collapsed to the ground and covered their ears with their hands.

Del Roa walked among those who had fallen.

The place he headed toward was the Steel Fortress.

Though he had lost his intelligence and reason, his hostility toward the Steel Fortress remained intact.

Driven by instinct, he moved toward the fortress.

Fwoooosh!

A massive fireball appeared above his head.

It was the manifestation of the Hell Fire Del Roa had so desperately wanted to cast.

But it was vastly different from the Hell Fire he had unleashed earlier.

Within the rampaging flames surged water, while blade-like winds and shattered rocks swirled through it like a grinder.

Del Roa hurled the newly created Hell Fire toward the Steel Fortress.

“N-no!”

“Stop it!”

Levin and the Numbers unleashed their respective skills toward Hell Fire. But Hell Fire erased all of their attacks and flew toward the Steel Fortress at terrifying speed.

Despair filled everyone’s faces.

If Hell Fire struck as it was, everyone inside the Steel Fortress would undoubtedly be vaporized without a trace.

From within the Steel Fortress, mana particle cannons and countless skills were fired to stop Hell Fire.

But they could not stop it.

Just as gloom descended over everyone’s faces—

Kwaaaa!

Suddenly, a diamond spear burst through the earth.

The gigantic diamond spear pierced straight through the center of Hell Fire and exploded.

Kuwaaaang!

A solar explosion erupted upon the ground.