Chapter 415: The Beginning Of The End [LXXVII]

For the rest of the week, Aestrea kept on playing around with Kael and Tyrian, visiting every place they could think of and enjoying what little calm time they had.

And now, it was time for them to go back; however, Aestrea had already said goodbye to them as he now needed to go to the Cliff of Despair.

He reached it in a few minutes, and almost immediately, he started looking for the tree that was apparently bigger than the others surrounding it.

He looked around for a while, following the edge of the cliff to its end, but no matter how much he searched, he couldn’t find a tree that stood out from the others.

So, he moved to the other side of the cliff.

And there, almost instantly, he found it.

“Let’s see…”

Aestrea pressed the emblem he had received from Kyora against the tree. In the next moment, a small golden formation spread out beneath his feet, glowing softly.

He closed his eyes and allowed himself to be teleported.

Swish…!

“…Huh.”

As soon as he opened his eyes again, he was greeted by more than a dozen people staring at him with confused expressions splattered on their faces.

But upon noticing that he didn’t have the usual black and crimson jacket that was made for their organization, their confusion vanished, and they instantly unsheathed their weapons.

“INTRUDEERRR!”

Swish!

Several of them rushed straight at Aestrea, while the others quickly ran deeper into the base, shouting warnings to the higher authorities.

“I’m quite unlucky…”

Fwip!

A sword thrust came straight at him. Aestrea ducked under it in an instant, wrapped his hand in divinity, and drove it into the attacker’s chest.

SPLURT!

Crush…

Aestrea clenched his hand, crushing the attacker’s heart before directly moving towards the next ones who were attacking from all sides.

Seeing the incoming attacks, Aestrea jumped backward, directly toward the man behind him, while drawing Midnight at the same time.

Fwip!

“Wha—”

The spear aimed at him was split clean in half by a single swing.

SPLURT!

And the next one was his head that flew from his neck as soon as Aestrea finished his second swing.

He didn’t waste any time and turned around to kill the remaining ten.

“Mhm…”

『 ✯ Winter Series ✯: Mirage Of Ten Thousand Snows! (✯ Godly Version ✯) 』

His body split into countless frozen mirages, each covered in swirling snow, and every one of them rushed toward a different enemy.

“What the fuck?! Is he a god of clones?!”

“Fuck!”

The group instantly panicked, but that was just better for Aestrea as he swiftly executed five more of them in one go, leaving only five survivors.

They were already backed into a corner, so Aestrea decided to finish them all at once.

“Moonlit Ice Lotus Sword Art…”

『 Second Move! (✦ Ice Lotus Barrage ✦) 』

Swisssshhh!

Multiple silver-colored crescent waves of energy were sent towards them, slicing through them before they could even waste another second.

[You’ve killed twelve 4✯ True Gods!]

[You have absorbed all of their authorities!]

[The Authority of Karma has reached the Primordial God Grade!]

[The Authority of Ice has been strengthened!]

“…Oh? My Authority has finally reached the limit?” Aestrea exclaimed in surprise, smiling slightly as he glanced at the notifications appearing before him.

He didn’t waste more time looking at them and started walking towards the center area of the base.

However, as soon as he reached it…

“THERE HE IS! THE INTRUDEEERR!”

“KILL HIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMM!”

Two huge shouts reached his ears, just for him to see a couple of hundred gods looking at him with pure killing intent in their eyes.

But this time, there were quite a few high-level ones, even reaching the 6✯ realm!

Seeing this, Aestrea’s lips slowly curled into a smile.

“Time to test my new sword.”

He took out the Heaven Swallowing Sword and crossed it with Midnight, forming an X.

…He honestly was resisting the urge to say the phrase “Star Burst Stream”.

But that aside, both swords were quickly wrapped in shining silver energy as he shot forward, vanishing from their view in an instant.

Fwip!

He swung them in a crossing slash at the first opponent in front of him.

Crackle…!

To his attack, the man instantly tried forming a divinity barrier to protect himself against his attack, but at that moment, crimson lightning burst from the Heaven Swallowing Sword, instantly erasing it.

Splurt!

The guys were sliced into a few parts, causing Aestrea’s smile to widen in satisfaction.

’It really erases Divinity!’

Zumm~

As if sensing its owner’s happiness, the Heaven Swallowing Sword suddenly hummed happily.

“Not bad,” he muttered, gently tapping the hilt a little.

“Let’s feed you more!”

His eyes locked onto his next victim.

“Surround him!”

“Don’t let this fucker escape, and immediately activate all of your authorities!”

At once, the entire area exploded into chaos.

BOOOOOOOOM!

CRACKLE!

Golden light, crimson flames, black mist, raging lightning, roaring winds with every kind of authority erupted at the same time.

The space itself warped as dozens upon dozens of gods unleashed their full power without holding anything back.

The weaker 4✯ true gods stayed behind, forming barriers and amplifying formations, while the 5✯ and 6✯ true gods stepped forward, eyes burning with confidence and rage.

“This intruder dares walk into our base alone!”

“Kill him and carve his soul apart!”

Aestrea merely tilted his head slightly and smacked his lips:

“So noisy.”

’…I’ll go for the stronger one first,’ he thought inwardly.

“There.”

He vanished from their sight almost instantly.

BOOOM!

Swish!

The place where he stood was instantly swallowed by overlapping attacks, space collapsing inward and exploding outward at the same time.

Dust, broken stone, and shattered formations erupted violently, turning the ground into a twisted mess.

But Aestrea was already behind them.

More than ten high-level gods moved at once, their expressions turning cold and serious as they spread out instinctively, forming a massive suppression array built entirely on experience rather than panic.

Their authorities surged outward in perfect coordination, space compression tightening like invisible walls from every direction, fate binding twisting causality to restrict movement, time drag slowing the flow of everything within the area, and divine corrosion spreading like a poisonous mist that ate away at anything it touched, all of it focused solely on Aestrea, leaving him nowhere to retreat and no opening to escape.

Aestrea stepped forward anyway.

Fwip!

He enveloped his Midnight with divinity and swung it.

SPLURT!

The chest of the nearest god split open.. but it also tipped a few of the others nearby.

Before the others could even react, golden light surged from the wound as the god tried to heal himself using his authority.

But then….

『 Bleed 』

Splurt!

The freshly closed wound ripped open again, wider than before, divine blood bursting outward violently as the god screamed in disbelief.

“Wha—?!”

“My wound!”

Fwip!

Aestrea didn’t wait, twisting his body mid-step, Heaven Swallowing Sword flashing in a clean horizontal slash.

SPLURT!

Another god’s neck burst open, the cut reopening repeatedly even as healing light struggled desperately to keep up.

Each attempt only made the wound worse, flesh tearing further apart as blood sprayed uncontrollably.

Panic spread instantly.

“Don’t let him touch you!”

The suppression array wavered almost instantly. Tiny gaps began to form, invisible to most, but painfully clear to Aestrea.

He stepped into one of them.

His foot landed softly, his body tilting forward at a precise angle as Midnight slid forward.

Fwip!

The blade cut across the wrist of the nearest god, not deep enough to sever it completely, but placed with intent.

The god snarled and immediately forced divinity into the wound, golden light flooding his arm as the flesh knitted itself back together.

『 Bleed 』

SPLUURT!

The half-healed cut tore open again, ripping far deeper than before.

Tendons snapped apart, bone cracked, and blood sprayed outward as the god screamed and stumbled back, his grip loosening before the sword fell from his hand.

Before the scream could fully escape his throat, Aestrea was already past him.

He pivoted on his heel, Heaven Swallowing Sword swinging upward in a tight arc.

The edge slid cleanly along another god’s ribs, slipping through a narrow opening in his armor before exiting near the shoulder.

SPLURT!

The god staggered, coughing out blood, and desperately tried to seal the wound with his authority.

Light flared violently across his torso, however…

『 Bleed 』

SPLAT!

The injury split open along its entire length, the cut spreading wider as if something unseen was tearing it apart from the inside.

His chest collapsed inward, ribs snapping one by one as blood poured out in thick streams.

Aestrea didn’t look back at them, as just one 『 Bleed 』was more than enough to kill them.

And soon, his eyes landed on one of the strongest few, directly throwing a downward slash aimed at the thigh that landed perfectly at the joint.

Splat!

“GAAAAAAAARGHG!”

The god roared and forced his authority to the maximum, muscles swelling as the flesh tried to recover.

But of course, Aestrea wouldn’t let that happen.

『 Bleed 』

The leg tore open from hip to knee.

Blood exploded outward as the god fell forward, his body slamming into the ground uselessly.

Before he could even try to crawl away, Aestrea stepped past him and drove Midnight straight through the back of his skull.

SPLURT!

Another god charged from the side, his face twisted with panic and rage, weapon raised overhead.

Aestrea shifted his stance slightly, letting the attack pass just inches from his face, before thrusting Heaven Swallowing Sword forward.

The tip pierced the god’s abdomen and exited through his lower back.

“ARGHH!” The god screamed and poured divinity into the wound.

『 Bleed 』

SPLUTTER!

The hole widened violently, tearing his torso apart as his insides spilled out onto the floor. He collapsed, choking, his authority flickering helplessly before vanishing entirely.

The suppression array shattered completely.

With the strongest anchors gone, the remaining gods lost any sense of coordination.

Their movements started to turn frenetic and sloppy as fear overtook reason, and they backed away, screaming orders at each other.

At this, Aestrea saw the perfect opportunity…

“Moonlit Ice Lotus Sword Art…”

He suddenly jumped into the air, making a slight spin before holding both of his swords in different directions.

『 Sixth Move! (✯ Moonlight Descent ✯) 』

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