## Chapter 1428 – The Approaching Darkness
I’m so fucking pissed off that I can’t stand it!
Rage boils within me, to the point where I won’t be satisfied until I smash that Lich bastard to pieces!
The most infuriating type of people to encounter in life are those goddamn sons of bitches who not only can’t understand what you’re saying, but are also downright evil.
Up until now, I, Cheonma Kim Gatz, have shown absolutely no mercy to those kinds of guys. I’ve smashed them to bits in a cataclysmic fashion, willingly accompanying it with extreme threats and shameful personal attacks aimed at their parents, thoroughly crushing them.
Breaking those bastards is the right thing to do, it’s justice. It’s obvious. To the point where even Fusion Confucianism actively encourages children to do so. Even beautiful sprouts of children who will grow up correctly consider it common sense.
I will make sure to do that to this Lich bastard!
“FUCK! Cheonma Divine Art!!!”
ㅡKagh!
Internal injuries continuously stacking up. I spit out the blood that had filled my throat, forcibly pushing back the Lich’s energy that was trying to penetrate my skin, and concentrate power into my fist.
I’m still helpless against the Lich’s power. But if I can just touch him a little more. If I keep experimenting like this, I’ll definitely get a feel for it.
The reason I’m rushing at the Lich and colliding with him, even while enduring this damage, is to figure that out. I’m thoroughly analyzing it. Analyzing the components of this power that’s trying to harm my body!
Because that’s the only way to win!
You always figure things out when you get hit enough! I can’t properly read the Lich’s power yet! But I will soon!
“Cheonma Shattering Sky Palm, you son of a bitch!!!”
Destruction is imbued within my fist. As I charge at supersonic speed as if compressing the space itself, I swung my fist towards the Lich’s shield.
ㅡShweeeeeek!
The Caesarean Sect is blocked. The Cheonma Shattering Sky Palm right now is one where I’ve moderately controlled the power, but even so, it still possesses a very destructive power. Let’s see how far this gets me!
However.
ㅡPaaht!
As if reacting to the speed of my fist, the Lich summoned a gate right next to himself. Fast. As expected of the speed at the pinnacle of magic.
But he’s dodging here?
At the same time.
ㅡPachichichik!
ㅡPachichichichichik!
The Lich’s magic circles floating around me fire bolts of dark lightning to intercept me. While maintaining the Cheonma Shattering Sky Palm, I twist my body and kick off the air, dodging them without much difficulty.
What is it?
Until just now, when I was hammering on the Vigal shield wrapped in Essence Sword Aura, he was completely unyielding. As if he didn’t care about getting hit. But now he’s trying to dodge and block at the same time? I see. Is that it? He’s judging that it wouldn’t be good to be hit by an attack with this much power.
There’s something there.
Perhaps this Lich’s extreme anti-Cheonma stats… have a limit. If that’s the case, I can break him.
“But.”
How dare a mage try to…
Run away in close combat against this Cheonma?
ㅡPaaht!
The Lich was protecting himself inside the shield. The gate summoned next to him. That gate automatically moves and engulfs the Lich. At the same time as the Lich’s energy cleanly disappears with it.
“Is it above?”
ㅡKuuuuuung!!!
Kicking off the air and soaring straight upwards, I deploy the Cheonma Shattering Sky Palm once again. It’s a shame, but if he exists in this real world, I can roughly sense where he is with my energy.
Like that.
“Cheonma Shattering Sky Palm!!!”
As I swing my fist upwards as if throwing an uppercut.
ㅡTuquakakakakakakakakang!!!
An explosion erupts.
“Keuh…!”
I didn’t break the Lich.
My precious fist was blocked by the magical barrier that the Lich summoned. This bastard… daring to interfere with my and the Lich’s physical conversation, even though it’s just a barrier? I felt an extraordinary sense of hatred. An unbelievable killing intent.
“I WANT SKINSHIP WITH FISTS AND BONES!!!!”
ㅡBrrrr…!
I scrounge together the Cheonma’s power inherent in my fist and swing it upwards…! I need skinship! Of course, there wasn’t any particular change.
ㅡKwaaaaaang!
Only an explosion occurred along with the impact reaching its limit. With that, the Cheonma Shattering Sky Palm returned to nothing. But there was a gain. That he’s wary of attacks of this magnitude.
My attacks definitely work.
ㅡPaaht!
Anyway, I created distance again.
「An absurdly… powerful force. Even the Outer Gods’ avatars did not possess such power.」
“What?”
Outer Gods’ avatars?
Come to think of it, the priests of this Otherworld right now. The gods they believe in… back during the Idol War, they sent Valkyries and even took the form of Incarnations and descended upon this world.
“This bastard. He was an Ancient Lich after all.”
He even fought against the Outer Gods’ avatars back during the Idol War? Well, if he fought against enemies that powerful, it’s obvious that he’d be fucked up. There’s no way the Lich’s Seal would be planted on an Outer God’s avatar.
「You are a very dangerous existence.」
“Hehehe, so why am I a dangerous existence, you bastard.”
He’s been saying that since earlier.
“I’m protecting this world from the evil Lich. Haven’t you realized yet? That you’re talking nonsense. If you’ve realized it, admit it and offer your head. Otherwise, you’ll be in for a rough ride.”
ㅡVoom Voom.
I grab the Vigal’s handle and twirl it around, performing a demonstration. The purpose of the demonstration is to buy a little time. A little time to push back the Lich’s power that has infiltrated inside my body.
“Because I, Cheonma Kim Gatz, am someone who can do anything to eradicate you Lich and achieve peace.”
The Lich was silent for a moment.
And.
「Ignorant. Foolish. You think you are fighting for this world. Countless people have done so until now. But you must know. That you are merely puppets of an evil demon god.」
“Puppets?”
「The fragmented Outer Gods floating in the Celestial Realm… are still greedily devouring human souls and trying to recover their power…」
“I KNOW, YOU SICK BASTARD!!!”
I was wondering what he was talking about, so that’s what it was!!!
If Verdego, Ijzermarkt, and those guys are evil sons of bitches who flowed in from outer space, then of course they’re my targets for purification!!!
It’s true that they’ve been lending power to humans, but I, Cheonma Kim Gatz, don’t need to think that far. I can’t do it right now. But fragmented Outer Gods are no match for me. I’ll reveal all the circumstances in detail before executing them!
“The alien gods who suck up human souls!!! Is that what you’re wary of! You’re wary of those monsters in the Celestial Realm who suck up human souls and give divine power in return, you Lich son of a bitch!!!”
The Outer Gods who suddenly appeared one day destroyed the empire of the Titans, who were the existing ruling race. After that, human civilizations bloomed. But the price was human souls? The Lich was talking about that right now.
That’s what it was.
In other words, it looks like he’s saying he’s going to save human souls from the Outer Gods.
That’s just a Kim Gatz knock-off.
He’s trying to burn away the souls themselves that will go to the Outer Gods right now. The idea of destroying the world to cut off the Outer Gods’ food supply. That’s a totally absurd idea. This is just the Lich, who has lived for a long time, being completely consumed by madness and having his thought circuits fucked up.
The Lich truly believed that he was a savior right now.
What a crazy bastard.
「You don’t seem as ignorant as I thought, Alien Demon King. But you are terribly foolish. Knowing that, can you still say that you are doing it for this world? Protecting this world… is no different from protecting the Outer Gods’ farm. It’s the same as saying you’re going to annihilate the souls of countless humans in a horrific and malicious way.」
Protecting this world.
If I had become a demigod without knowing anything and had been considerate of the existing gods, then it might have certainly become as the Lich said.
I might have thought that the gods were just a little strange like Elise or Commander Vakerel, but still kind and good people. But it’s not like that anymore. I know now.
“YEAH RIGHT!!!! I, Kim Gatz, will drive out those Outer Gods!!! I will even protect the pitiful human souls!!!”
That’s why I can confidently declare to that sick Lich in this place!!! I am Cheonma Kim Gatz! I, a seeker of Fusion Confucianism, will carry out righteousness and justice!!!! Fine, I’ll protect the souls!!! Do you think I can’t even do that!!!
“This is something that an evil Lich like you can’t do! So despair! Despair at the fact that I, Cheonma Kim Gatz, who is more capable, kind, and just than you, am the guardian of the world!!! There’s no place for a monster like you in a beautiful and warm world!!!”
ㅡKkieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!
It felt like power was erupting!
I feel so refreshed! So the Lich psycho was thinking that! He’s really just a mental patient!!!
ㅡ…
A moment of silence descended.
The Lich was just looking at me with his glaring red eyes.
We engaged in an eye fight with a distance of about a hundred meters between us.
「The power to… drive out the Outer Gods.」
I’m definitely capable enough.
It wouldn’t be bad to attack the Lich’s self-esteem and pride with this as an excuse to confuse his mind. The emotion that the Lich is feeling towards this Kim Gatz right now?
`Inferiority complex`
There’s nothing else.
“Hahahahahahahahaha!!!”
It was the moment I, who had become cheerful, burst into laughter.
「Kkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikkikikki.」
Uh.
This is.
An incomprehensible kind of… laughter.
“Wow.”
The Lich’s maniacal laughter, which erupted as mental waves, was extremely ominous.
ㅡClack Clack Clack Clack Clack.
ㅡClack Clack Clack Clack Clack.
ㅡClack Clack Clack Clack Clack.
The Lich’s dentures, no.
His jaw started clacking like crazy.
“Hmm.”
I’m someone who knows because I’m from a laughing youth background who laughs a lot, and the Lich’s laughter right now is… really absurd and bizarre. It’s like scraping an iron plate called `the barrier of dimensions` unpleasantly with steel claws.
It’s a very terrible sound.
「The Outer Gods. Are you trying to take the place of the Outer Gods. Alien Demon King.」
The tension of the mental waves surged. The Lich shot mental waves at me with a fluctuating frequency, unable to hide his laughter. A sound that seemed to strongly convey the emotions of a rotten skull.
「Many people who came to know the truth pretended to be heroes and tried to drive out the Outer Gods, but they all failed, and they were just evil beings who wanted to usurp the place of the Outer Gods.」
“Uh, uh… is that so?”
This crazy bastard…
「You are the same. No. All the beings on this earth are like that. Even you, who came from another world, think so, so what do you think the humans of this land, whose faith is deeply rooted, will be like? If faith exists. Eventually, the Outer Gods in the Celestial Realm will regain their power someday. And they will never repeat the same mistake.」
The same mistake?
No.
“So that’s why the New Humans.”
Because the humans of this land have faith.
Was that why he created the New Humans?
「They are bodies that are inherently incapable of accepting divine power. The existing world must inevitably be discarded. I will destroy the Outer Gods’ farm along with the existing human race. A new humanity will take over this land and drive out the Outer Gods. I will create a righteous world made up of righteous humans.」
The Lich, who had fallen into madness, vomited out words while spouting bullshit.
「I will achieve it.」
Is he really trying to kill people with laughter, this comedian bastard!!!
It’s a crude logic befitting a crazy psycho!
“Hehehe! Stop spouting nonsense and just leave it to me, you incompetent Lich bastard! I will kill you and then achieve utopia!!!”
ㅡWhirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
I explode with light once again.
There’s no such thing as impossible for the omnipotent Cheonma Kim Gatz.
I’ll collide once again.
And completely `analyze` the Lich’s power!!!
「No.」
“What do you mean no, you bastard!!!”
「This is something that only I can do.」
For now, I’ll put aside using Caesarean Sect again.
「No one other than me can succeed.」
“You’re so arrogant, you senile old bastard!!! You don’t have to do it!! I’ll do it!! So please just get lost!!!!! You unqualified bastard!!!”
I said that and shot out my body.
And.
「Qualifications… certainly I. I probably don’t have such qualifications.」
It felt like time had stopped for a moment.
「Because all of this terrible thing was… my foolish mistake.」
What the hell is he talking about again.
「At least by taking responsibility until the end, I will achieve eternal atonement.」
That was the moment I thought that.
ㅡFlash!!!
Faster than the speed I was charging, a very black and huge radiance erupted from the Lich’s body. What I saw right before was the Lich aiming his staff at me.
Did the staff flicker?
No.
The deployment of an absurdly great magic.
「ㅡTuquaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!!!!」
What was fired was literally… a destructive ray of a ridiculous level. The moment I saw that dark ray that was fired with the momentum to cover the entire space, I.
“Cheonma Extreme Barrier.”
Instinctively deployed the Cheonma Extreme Barrier.
「To me, who even fragmented the Outer Gods. A mere Demon King is just laughable.」
While clearly feeling the Lich’s mental waves that I was hearing scatter, I unleashed all of my power.
