Chapter 218
Loss and Utter Madness
While Arthur stood not far from his house,
everything happened in a single instant.
A massive explosion.
A deafening roar.
An overwhelming shockwave that violently hurled Arthur's body backward.
His body slammed into a solid boulder, as though the earth itself had struck him without mercy.
He rolled across the dirt, his breathing shattered for several moments.
| Arthur. |
...
| Arthuuuur! |
He slowly opened his eyes.
"W-What... happened?"
| It exploded. |
Before Cain could finish—
Arthur remembered.
Astaroth... Wrath... Kyu.
His eyes widened instantly, and he shot to his feet in madness, sprinting toward the place that had once been called his home.
Rocks.
Dust.
Flames.
Nothing remained intact.
It was as though the sky itself had torn the entire place from its roots and hurled it into the heavens.
The house...
And everything around it...
Had vanished.
"Astarooooth!"
Arthur lifted a massive boulder with his bare hands.
The flames burned him,
but his mind had completely collapsed.
He forgot that he possessed fire resistance.
He forgot his skills.
He forgot everything.
Only one thought remained in his mind—
Find them.
"Wraaaath!"
He hurled the boulder away.
His clothes caught fire.
His skin burned.
His flesh slowly began to char.
"Kyyyyuuu!"
He screamed their names one after another.
With every scream...
His body burned even more.
No answer.
No voice.
No one.
"No... no, no, no, no, no...
Impossible...
Not again...
Not again...!"
He screamed with every ounce of strength he had and continued searching like a madman,
until—
He lifted another boulder.
And froze.
A human body...
Burned...
Charred...
No recognizable features...
No movement.
Arthur stood before it without a single expression.
Without screaming.
Without tears.
The flames spread even further across Arthur's clothes.
His skin was horribly disfigured.
His handsome face had been burned.
A large portion of his hair had been consumed by the fire.
Blood flowed endlessly from his hands.
"Kyu..."
A weak breath came from somewhere nearby.
Arthur turned with terrifying speed
and rushed toward the sound.
He found a man dressed in black, his face covered, his broken body leaning against a distant tree.
"Who are you?"
"P-Please... save me...!"
Arthur stepped forward.
"You...
You're one of Kai No's men.
But Kai No... is dead."
"Y-Yes...
His father found out...
And sent us here...
To kill you."
The man spoke only to survive.
But those words—
Were enough.
The truth reached Arthur's mind.
He raised his foot
and stomped on the man's head with all his strength.
The skull shattered.
"Astaroth... Wrath... Kyu...
I will avenge you."
Arthur slowly raised his head toward the sky.
His face became calm...
Composed...
Terrifying beyond absolute horror.
His face had been burned by the flames, the skin melting over raw flesh.
His hair had been scorched away,
and his clothes were gradually being torn apart and consumed by the flames—
Not ordinary flames,
but blazing green fire.
Arthur looked up at the clear, tranquil sky above him.
He opened his mouth—
And screamed.
A scream that shook the air.
A scream of absolute madness.
The flames surrounding his body flared with even greater ferocity,
and dark blood flowed from his eyes...
It was neither tears,
nor ordinary blood.
It was a revolting dark liquid,
tinged with green.
Then—
The darkness moved.
It wrapped itself around his body,
stopped the flames,
and contained them.
The darkness slowly covered Arthur...
Until a pure, dark celestial armor formed around him—
An armor that could only be described as something forged in heaven itself for the Devil.
"A-A demon...!"
A trembling voice cried out from behind him.
The dark entity turned.
A vast, sickening smile never left its face.
It raised one hand toward the sky...
And clenched it.
The man's head exploded despite being twenty steps away.
The dark entity moved calmly.
It raised its head
and looked around,
as though trying to remember...
Where it was.
| Arthuuuur! |
With Cain's scream tearing through Arthur's mind, he collapsed to the ground,
clutching his head in agony.
| Calm down...
Remember who you are...
Don't forget who you are, Arthur Narin.
You are Arthur Narin.
The Worst King of Death.
The King of Demonic Slaughter.
You are a brother... a friend... and a brave warrior.
Remember! |
Cain screamed in pain as he desperately tried to bring Arthur back to his senses,
but Arthur paid no attention.
It was as though Cain's voice could no longer reach him.
{ I-I...
I am the Shatterer of the Highest Heavens.
The Devourer of Planets.
The Slayer of Humanity.
The Destroyer of Universes.
The High Priest of the Outer Gods.
I am— }
The voice emerged from his body,
then slammed into the ground with unimaginable force.
The entire Earth trembled.
And the body disappeared.
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United States of America
No Trading Company
An elderly man sat inside his office.
Outwardly, he appeared calm...
But sorrow never left his face.
Before him rested a photograph of a handsome young man.
Every time he looked at it, his eyes filled with tears.
"Don't worry, Kai No... my son... I will—"
Before he could finish—
{ The High Priest commands...
Everyone, come forth. }
A thunderous voice echoed,
shaking the skies above the entire United States.
A dark aura engulfed the nation.
The old man's body trembled.
He slowly stood
and looked toward the sky through the office window.
High above—
A grotesque dark entity stood.
Neither human.
Nor demon.
Nor monster.
But all of them at once.
A human head with long horns.
Dark green wings,
with fifty tentacles connected to them.
A muscular body of solid darkness.
And pure celestial blue eyes...
Defiled.
{ You killed Arthur Narin's brothers.
I am here for revenge.
No one toys with our prey. }
Cthulhu roared.
The heavens answered.
The sky itself trembled in reverence before that forgotten entity, whose name had never been recorded even within the curses of this world.
It raised one hand.
A meteor began moving from the depths of space,
tearing through the void at an unimaginable speed.
The meteor answered Cthulhu's will,
coming to destroy and carry out his command.
Within a fraction of a second—
It struck,
destroying everything around it in a horrifying explosion
that shook the Earth and all who lived upon it.
{ You insignificant humans...
Let this be your warning.
Only we...
The Outer Gods...
May toy with him. }
The entity disappeared.
And with it...
A large part of America vanished.
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