Chapter 290
SWOOSH!
Zeke’s Hersion sliced through the ice storm, its surface freezing, but he did not stop.
His sword, imbued with Astral Sword, tore through the very domain created by the Queen of Ice as he pressed forward.
The Queen of Ice, whose one arm had melted from the white flame, was startled by Zeke’s sword carrying an extraordinary power and stepped back.
[SCREEEEECH!]
As the Queen spread her wings, silver feathers burst out, freezing everything around her.
Even the atmosphere froze, making it difficult to breathe.
Inhaling that air would instantly freeze one’s lungs.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
But Zeke’s sword did not stop, tearing through the domain created by the silver feathers and charging toward the Queen of Ice.
The Queen raised her hand, and ice crystals gathered to form a shield.
CRACK!
The Bahamut imbued with Astral Sword pierced through the shield she had created.
[SCREAAAAK!]
The Queen of Ice abandoned all dignity and let out a horrific scream.
Zeke’s sword had been stabbed directly into the center of her chest.
SWOOSH!
The Queen’s core domain was destroyed by the Astral Sword, and tiny cracks began to spread across her entire body.
Zeke pushed his sword deeper into the Queen’s body.
Suddenly, she removed the cloth covering her eyes.
Where her eyes should have been, two blue gems were embedded.
The gems flashed with light.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Instantaneously, the area the gems were facing completely froze.
It was literally the realm of ‘Absolute zero’.
Feeling threatened by the absolute zero realm created by the Queen’s gaze, Zeke hastily withdrew his sword, stepped back, gripped his sword sheath, and used the spirit manifestation skill.
TSSS! TSSS!
Zeke’s body crossed into the spirit realm’s boundary.
However, the absolute zero realm even permeated the cracks of the spirit realm.
‘UGH!’
Zeke escaped the absolute zero realm while in spirit form and returned to the physical world.
Fortunately, by escaping through the dimensional boundary, he was only left with frost on his armor.
Had he been a moment slower, both his Hersion and body would have been completely frozen.
Zeke, suspended in midair, pointed his sword at the Queen, whose body was cracked.
The Queen caressed her split chest with two hands while covering her eyes with her other two hands.
[How dare you?! How dare a mere human?!]
Ice crystals fell from her body and transformed into small birds.
Countless birds now circled the Queen.
Zeke raised his sword again.
However, having consecutively used Elemental Sword and Astral Sword, his mana was nearly depleted.
While he could have easily used Gluttony against a typical monster, the monsters created by the Queen of Ice quickly dispersed into ice crystals, making it difficult to use Gluttony effectively and slowing his mana recovery.
Zeke gripped his sword and steadied his breathing.
‘If I don’t defeat the Queen here, she will surely grow stronger by expanding her domain and absorbing power.’
Similar to the Four fiends, the Queen of Ice seemed to be expanding her domain and absorbing power to grow stronger.
Zeke gripped his sword and drew upon the full power of his Soul Technique.
WHOOOOOM!
If Astral Sword was a sword that touched the source of existence, the Soul Technique was a skill that struck the soul.
Since the Queen was currently wounded at her core, striking her soul with the Soul Technique would certainly shatter her entire existence.
At that moment, the Queen of Ice shouted at the ice birds she had just created.
[Kill him!]
Thousands of ice birds with blade-like wings charged toward Zeke.
The flock of ice birds, spreading white light, looked beautiful on the surface, but the cold they carried could freeze an entire city in an instant.
Zeke entered the strong body state by drawing upon the power of his Soul Technique.
RUMBLE!
Drawing out the power of his soul while his mana was nearly depleted made him feel the strain on his body.
‘UGH.’
Zeke clenched his teeth and concentrated the Soul Technique’s power into his sword.
He took the stance of Infinite Sword Technique while simultaneously reciting the Soul Technique’s incantation.
Soul Technique
Double Spell
Will of Penetration
Zeke’s body, holding the sword, became a single sword that collided with the incoming flock of ice birds.
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!
Zeke broke through the storm of ice bird blade feathers and charged forward.
“HAAAAH!”
Like a long spear piercing through a storm, Zeke left a trail of shattered ice birds in his wake.
RUMBLE!
Zeke pierced through the ice storm and stood his sword upright, charging directly at the Queen of Ice.
The Queen formed a hand seal with her remaining five hands, and a round mirror appeared before her.
Reflected light from the mirror poured towards the charging Zeke.
SHHHHH!
The light created by the mirror carried not cold, but ultra-high heat.
Bahamut, which directly received the light, turned bright red.
If Bahamut didn’t possess an indestructible attribute, it would have certainly melted.
Bahamut broke through the raging light and smashed the mirror created by the Queen.
“UGH!”
Bahamut’s sword tip narrowly missed touching the Queen.
The Queen looked down at Zeke and spoke.
[Insolent human. You will forever be our slaves.]
A sharp ice knife had appeared in the Queen’s hand.
[Consider it an honor to die by my hand!]
Just as the Queen was about to strike Zeke with the ice knife, a green light flowed from Arataso, the green sword on Zeke’s back.
WHOOOOOM!
The light condensed, summoning Arataso.
CRASH!
Arataso swung its spear, severing the Queen’s arm holding the sword.
Arataso shouted to Zeke.
[Nephilim must be completely eliminated to prevent regeneration!]
Zeke dropped Bahamut and drew Roland, remembering it was a gem sword since he couldn’t generate Aura due to depleted mana.
He activated the gem magic engraved on Roland.
RUMBLE!
[Skill activates randomly.]
[Emerald’s will activates.]
CRACKLE!
Roland unleashed a massive thunderbolt toward the Queen of Ice.
[SCREEEEECH!]
The Queen screamed from the thunderbolt.
Zeke took the opportunity to consume multiple mana recovery potions from his inventory.
However, because he harbored a dragon’s heart, potions couldn’t fully restore his total mana.
He then discovered an item in his inventory.
With a sudden thought, he generated Aura with his recovered mana and gripped Roland, charging at the Queen of Ice.
“HAAAH!”
He drove Roland into the same spot where Bahamut had previously been stabbed.
CRACKLE!
Unable to move properly due to the Lightning, the Queen barely turned her head toward Zeke.
As she tried to remove her hand covering her eyes, Zeke activated another gem sword skill.
[Skill activates randomly.]
[Alexandrite’s will activates.]
Explosions occurred consecutively on the Queen of Ice’s face.
[SCREEEECH!]
In that moment, Zeke retrieved something from his inventory.
WHOOOOOM!
The Godslayer’s spear that pierced the Divine Dragon Poseidon’s heart.
The spear made of Adamantium, the metal that kills gods, revealed itself.
Sensing the spear’s power, the Queen of Ice panicked.
[How, how did you get that?!]
Zeke charged at the Queen with the Godslayer’s spear.
The spear, wrapped in Aura, deeply embedded itself in the Queen’s side.
CRACK!
As the Godslayer’s spear pierced her body, the Queen let out a grotesque scream different from before.
SCREEEEECH!
Her wings lost their light, and she fell to the ground.
RUMBLE!
Zeke slowly descended to where the Queen had fallen.
The Queen’s subordinates had already dissolved into crystals.
With broken wings and twisted remaining arms, the Queen had lost all of her previous majesty.
White blood flowed from her mouth.
Zeke picked up the fallen Bahamut and slowly approached the Queen.
She spat a curse at him.
[Damn offspring. I will not die like this. The wheel of reincarnation will call me back to this realm. As long as cold and winter exist in this land, I shall return…]
SLICE!
Zeke didn’t listen further and swung Bahamut, beheading the Queen.
White blood gushed like a fountain from her severed neck.
Zeke raised his shadow and devoured the Queen of Ice.
TSSS! TSSS!
The Queen of Ice, the legendary white witch and constellation’s embodiment, disappeared into Zeke’s shadow.
Upon devouring the Queen of Ice, messages appeared consecutively:
[Devoured a Nephilim created from corrupted sacred blood.]
[Consumed health, mental power, and mana are replenished.]
[Skill ‘Devour’ ranks up as a reward for devouring a constellation’s source-laden being.]
[Skill ‘Gluttony’ transforms into ‘Absorption’.]
[Acquired the power ‘Freeze’ from the devoured being.]
[By absorbing the Dragon Heart of the Dragon Species, a partial seal of Bahamut’s Heart has been released. The current compression seal level is at 45%.]
[The skill level of Elemental Sword (SS) has increased from Beginner to Proficient.]
[Proficiency in Defense Mode has increased.]
[You have obtained 1,500 Karma Points.]
[You have obtained 1 Special Random Box.]
By devouring the Queen of Ice, Zeke was able to replenish the power he had expended.
Only then did his tension ease, and he slumped to the ground.
‘Why did Master Kaisir seal away such a dangerous entity instead of killing it?’
Even in the chronicles left behind, there was no detailed explanation.
He could only speculate that it was because Nephilim were such a rare existence.
Setting aside his doubts, Zeke recalled that his skill ‘Gluttony’ had changed to ‘Absorption’ and checked the details.
— Absorption Information —
Allows unrestricted absorption of anything using shadows and converts it into energy.
Can absorb entities or items with bloodline abilities to acquire their powers.
The absorbed abilities can be transferred to shadow spirits.
“I can absorb anything without restriction through shadows?”
Previously, Gluttony only allowed him to absorb monsters or artifacts containing mana.
Zeke activated the skill by tossing a fallen ice crystal into the shadows.
TSSSS!
The ice crystal vanished into the shadows.
‘With this ability, I could even absorb trees or rocks while fighting to restore some strength.’
For Zeke, whose skills consumed a large amount of mana, this was an incredibly useful ability.
Additionally, he could transfer absorbed abilities to his shadow spirits.
‘If I absorb abilities I don’t use often, I can just give them to the shadow spirits. Not bad at all.’
The stronger his summoned creatures—such as the Cayman Unit and the Gurab Unit—became, the stronger Zeke himself would be. This ability was beyond beneficial.
He was satisfied with his newly acquired absorption ability.
At that moment, Arataso approached him.
[To think you actually killed a Nephilim. That’s astonishing. They aren’t the type to die just because you kill them.]
Zeke looked at Arataso and asked.
“Arataso, why did you save me? If I had died, you would have been freed.”
Arataso flinched for a moment, then abruptly turned his head and spoke.
[Don’t get the wrong idea. I didn’t save you—I just helped kill that Nephilim bastard. It pisses me off when beings who aren’t even Celestials act all high and mighty like they are.]
Even as he spoke, Arataso seemed embarrassed and kept avoiding Zeke’s gaze.
Zeke looked at him and said,
“Thanks, Arataso. I owe you my life.”
Hearing Zeke’s sincere gratitude, Arataso was so taken aback that he reflexively stepped back.
[Hearing those words from someone who’s more demonic than actual demons gives me chills. It doesn’t suit you at all, so cut it out!]
“Oh? Then maybe it’s time I let you taste some divine flames again?”
[GRIT… Maybe I should have just let you die. I regret my decision now.]
While Zeke and Arataso were bickering, Richmond, barely alive, staggered toward Zeke.
“Uuuugh! Master!”
Richmond collapsed right in front of Zeke.
“What’s with you now?”
Richmond barely managed to prop himself up and spoke.
“I really thought I was going to die this time.”
“You’re a lich and a summoned creature. You can’t die.”
“If Master dies, I die too!”
Zeke nodded at Richmond’s words.
“Well, yeah, that’s true.”
Just then, Arataso’s body grew faint and reverted back into a sword.
[I still can’t stay in this realm for long.]
“You’ll last longer each time.”
Arataso smirked before disappearing as the summoning was undone.
Immediately afterward, Zeke unsummoned all his creatures except Richmond and activated his Dragon Eyes to scan the hall.
Richmond looked at Zeke and asked,
“What are you doing, Master?”
“In my long experience exploring dungeons, places with seals of this level usually have hidden items.”
Zeke carefully examined the pedestal where the Queen of Ice had originally stood.
Tapping the pedestal with Bahamut, he then gathered strength into his arms and struck it with reinforced power.
KWAAANG!
Thanks to his increased proficiency in Elemental Sword, he could now control his strength far better than before.
As the pedestal shattered, a chest was revealed within.
‘Just as I thought, there was something here.’
Zeke stepped forward and opened the chest.
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