Chapter 719,
Chapter 180. Difus’s body shuddered in the afterimage left behind by their respective fights (9) .
Spirits gushed out like blood from his torn left arm and wing.
From now on, the tangled appearance of the two cannot be called a fight.
Difus managed to wield the Bolgar in a corner, and Jin stabbed the blade without rest in his gap.
Every time that happened, a huge hole was formed in Difus’ body. If Dipus was human, he would have already died ten times over.
Jin was using a ruthless sword. As if Difus’s body would be destroyed without leaving even a single particle behind.
[Memories of Big Dipus! Are you really recognizing me as a different being?]
Quaang-! Greatsword Bolgar blocked Jin’s seed slash and slammed into the ground.
[You’ve been saying strange things since before, like a chaotic bastard who swallowed your older brother. I know you’re excited about winning, but look straight ahead. I am the older brother of Dipus Runkandel.]
“In the Garden of Swords, there is no one who can use the name Runkandel anymore.”
[Keuk-kuk You can do that. However, it’s difficult to keep treating me like someone else. That’s not true, and it’s not courteous for an opponent who doesn’t bow down even when cornered, the youngest.]
The mood of Dipus suddenly changed.
The swordsmanship, which lost its balance due to being on the defensive, quickly regained stability, and Bolgar possessed destructive power like the first time.
‘Is this the last outburst?’
It was always in mind that Difus would have the power he saved.
‘It wasn’t self-destruct, it was reinforcement.’
Nothing mattered. Even if it was a self-destruction at the level of a decisive volcano, it could be blocked, and even if Dipus became stronger, it was the same.
However, Jin soon learned that Difus’s changes were not the only ones.
The Greatsword Bolgar began to retain a pure white brilliance instead of marriage.
‘Come on…!?’
The aura that exudes the ferocious energy unique to Runkandel shone in Bolgar.
Jin instantly widened the distance and met Dipus’ eyes. He was laughing like a maniac and breaking the horns on my forehead.
“Does this still make me feel like I’m not your older brother but someone else?”
The gloomy amplified voice returned to its original tone, and the wings growing on its back fell to the ground like withered flowers.
Hot, red blood flowed from the wounds all over the body instead of marriage.
‘Did the body transformation… reverse?’
Standing in front of Jinui again, Diphus was as old as ever.
Of course, this was not included in Jin’s expectations.
“Answer me, maknae.”
“What the hell…”
“It was inevitable that you and I would become enemies and fight. But at least you should not do anything to relieve the guilt by recognizing me as a different being.”
If Difus showed his old self and begged for his life, Jin would have regarded it as a modification to save his life.
However, the look in Dipus’s eyes, which had returned, was still filled with the fighting spirit of a person who was prepared for death.
On the other hand, Jin’s heart was momentarily shaken.
“While you left for closed training… I had no choice but to fight a pretty tough fight as the 4th horseman of the family. With the merry guy.”
Saying so, Difus struck Jin with a Bolgar.
Jin received the sword attack and did not take his eyes off Dipus.
No matter how many times I looked at it, it was dipus.
“When my mother accepted the chaos, it was literally an instant for the family to change. Many people, myself included, have tried to resist him, but to no avail. Those who resisted Mother were just being chased and dying every day.”
But do you think I would have resented you then?
Jin couldn’t answer the question that followed.
“I didn’t resent anyone. My father, Luna, and sister, who showed no sign of coming back even though the family was inevitably changing, you, who left alone, and even my mother, who oppressed us at the time. Why? It was because I thought it was all the result of my weakness.”
“So what do you mean?”
“But throughout the fight, you resented and hated me. While recognizing me as a monster of chaos, not Dipus Runcandel. Am I not the one who accepted chaos from you? Are you saying that’s something you can decide? Joshua is Joshua even if he is stained with chaos, but am I no longer a dipus?”
“Dare not to compare the dog and the brother.”
“You are still ignoring me. Jin is the youngest. Let me tell you one thing. Sharing the mother’s power is impossible without self-will. Even if my mother tried to forcefully give it to me, I couldn’t accept it. It means that I became a fragment of the body by my own will!”
Jin’s eyes widened and also shook.
However, after a few seconds, Jin soon made up his mind.
Even if everything Difus said was true, nothing would change.
“…I see what you mean. Whatever the reason for choosing Chaos in the end, it’s a pity it ended up like this. Don’t let me resent you either.”
“Okay, it should come out that way.”
The brothers’ swords were intertwined again.
As soon as the battle began, the scars on Dipus’ body increased.
The wound no longer healed. Unlike before, if you get fatally wounded just once, Dipus will end.
Jin’s sword was still not imbued with mercy.
‘Is this the area that my older brother reached before being stained with chaos…’
That’s strong.
Even such a strong person could not defy chaos in the end.
I thought so.
However, being strong is only an objective criterion.
In fact, Dipus’ sword could not be a threat to Jin, who had risen to the ranks of the strongest.
“Ah!”
Bradamante slashed Difus’ back. Clots of blood poured from the open wounds.
After that, Difus’s movements noticeably slowed down.
Monsters imbued with chaos do not care about these wounds, but humans slow down when injured.
The sight hurt Jin’s heart.
Jin silently swung his sword. Every time the blade cut, tore, and penetrated Difus’ body, a terrifyingly vivid sensation was transmitted through his hand. The sense that you are killing your brother.
“My mother can’t even compare to me. Do you really think you can succeed in treason…!”
Aaaagh!
A red mass flowed from Difus’ abdomen. Holding it with one hand, he swung the bolgar like a ghost.
“If you couldn’t even save your family, you said you would save the world? Did you come to Riccarton to save people? Stop talking nonsense. You are a hypocrite and a traitor. Although my mother accepted the chaos, she did not join hands with her nemesis!”
Puff…!
A crack appeared in Bolgar’s blade. The lifespan of the sword is coming to an end as it endures Jin’s onslaught.
once twice three times.
Every time Jin struck Bradamante, sharp fragments flew from the Bolgar.
A few of them grazed Jin’s face. Drops of blood flowed down Jin’s cheeks.
Finally, when the seventh attack followed, the Bolgar was shattered.
Difus was breathing life even with his sword and body all in disrepair.
The ugly eyes that seem like they can’t be broken.
Jin paused for a moment and looked at Dipus.
“come. are you hesitating? Did you stop your sword now because you were afraid of killing me?”
A ray of sword energy shot from the broken Bolgar.
Jin didn’t even avoid it. Because the aura was too light, the sword energy was swept away and scattered somewhere before it could reach Jin.
Even so, Difus shot his sword several times. With each attack attempt, the sword gradually faded, and Bolgar dropped the remaining fragments, causing blood to splatter all over Dipus’ body.
Even if he died like this, he was willing to leave at least one scratch on Jin’s body. If even that was impossible, he had the determination to become a vengeful spirit and appear even in his dreams.
“Or do you want to laugh at me loudly?”
That’s not it.
The reason Jin stopped was because he couldn’t understand.
A person who is so strong, a person who never gives in to death and pain, a person who can fight so desperately… Why did they accept the power of the evil spirits?
Have you succumbed to chaos?
I couldn’t quite comprehend it.
“Why… why did you do that? What made you like this?”
“I am the only one who made me this way. Don’t look elsewhere for the reason. Whatever you say doesn’t change anything. Why do we still need something to complain about? Wrong. If you don’t like this situation either, blame yourself.”
The moment Difus said that.
All of a sudden, confusion began to rage around him.
Jin hurriedly tried to sever the spirit that enveloped Dipus, but at the same time, a white dimensional door was opening in front of him.
[Boong!]
“Jin!”
Mort, Siris, and Valeria were reaching out to Jin from the white portal.
Valeria had been analyzing the records of the battlefield all along and had just discovered the Prophet’s last move.
“Stop, don’t kill the 4th Horseman right now! We have to get rid of the Prophet first…!”
“Valeria, what is that?”
“The Prophet cast a spell on the Fourth Horseman. It is a curse-type magic that is set so that the power he received returns to the evil god as soon as Dipus dies.”
From the beginning, the purpose of Dipus was to restore the body through his own death.
That’s why I’ve been pulling out the camp separately so far, and the prophet has bought time to complete the curse.
If Jin had attacked Riccarton Castle from the beginning all along, the war would have ended before the Prophet cast a curse on Dipus.
It meant that if Jin had killed Dipus without questioning it now, Rosa would have awakened with the power he possessed.
Diphus, who had been caught up in a coma behind the white dimensional door, had disappeared without a trace.
“You have to get rid of the caster first to prevent the curse from being activated. Hurry up and get on. The 4th Horseman has now been summoned to Riccarton Castle. You must go back immediately and kill the Prophet and destroy the 4th Horseman’s power!”
