God’s Nemesis Returns - Chapter 83



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God’s Natural Enemy, Returns Episode 083

62. The King’s Trial (5)

“The fifth trial… … .”

Sihyeon raised the corners of her mouth.

The fifth plague, however, was one whose content remained unchanged by the being who administered the test.

No, to be more precise, it was something that could not be changed.

Because was about fighting with oneself.

“progress.”

[You shouted ‘Go!’]

[Hidden Quest, Acquire .]

Objective: Defeat the ‘Unknown Person’.

Rewards: Added rewards that can be obtained through .

If failed: fails.

Broadly.

When Sihyeon was looking ahead.

A giant lotus flower has bloomed.

The moment he saw the lotus flower, Sihyeon knew who was in charge of this ordeal.

‘Is the ultimate king Vishnu?’

God of preservation.

Vishnu.

One of the three supreme gods of the Indian region.

He was a being who, along with Shihyeon, tried to protect humanity without yielding to the threats of other absolute gods.

‘There were differences of opinion, but the goal was the same.’

However, both Shihyeon and Vishnu ultimately failed to protect humanity on Earth.

That was true.

Still, it was a vision in which he learned a lot from Vishnu.

My feelings toward him were closer to pity than hatred or resentment.

Despite that, he is also a believer.

[A king is someone who must lead all people.]

The lotus flower is fully blooming.

I heard a voice that made me feel drowsy just by listening to it.

[To lead all people, you must know yourself better than anyone else.]

Slurp.

A silhouette of someone appeared within the blooming lotus flower.

Because of the light coming from the lotus flower, I couldn’t see the other person from here.

Sihyeon knew her opponent.

The final ordeal, .

The person who came out of there was none other than himself.

“It’s what is commonly called a mirror match.”

Sihyeon, who was muttering like that, lifted up the Cheonjongun Sword.

An opponent is someone who has the same stats, items, and skills as you.

‘But he is just an avatar controlled by Vishnu.’

The Avatar that appears in the final trial is not a being that moves with its own will.

It’s just a dummy controlled by the supervisor of the final trial.

‘Of course Vishnu is a powerful god.’

Sihyeon raised the corners of her mouth.

‘I know my body, my items, and my skills best.’

Because the one who knows and uses Sihyeon’s power the best is Sihyeon herself.

There was nothing to be scared about, nor anything to be nervous about.

[Lee Si-Hyeon, the fallen demon.]

Vishnu’s voice rang out.

Unlike the previous absolute gods.

The guy seemed to know who Sihyeon was.

[Are you a ghost from the past? A player living in the present? A pioneer moving into the future?]

“Of course.”

Sihyeon lowered the Cheonjongun Sword.

“All three.”

[… … That’s wise.]

Then the voices of two gods were heard behind Vishnu.

[No matter what, it’s just a ghost of the past.]

[Hello? Did I see you last time in Valhalla?]

‘This voice… … Could it be?’

Soon, Sihyeon looked around in confusion, which was unusual for him.

‘Brahma and Shiva? Could it be that there are three supervisors this time?’

[Lee Si-Hyeon, you are a natural irregular, someone who does not fit into the system.]

[Starting off with an EX-rank trait… … and a trait that’s deadly to gods. Does that mean you’re the natural enemy of gods?]

[I came back from the future, you know. Does this mean I came back from the past?]

As if he knows everything.

The three absolute gods talked to each other.

“… … How much do you know?”

[I know enough. That you are no prophet at all. And that you have used the power of the King of the Olympian Gods.]

[There will be gods who are gradually noticing this.]

[Did you write Yggdrasil well?]

“… … .”

Is it because they are the three absolute gods of the Vedas?

It seemed like he knew about Sihyeon.

‘Do you know that you regressed using the power of Kronos? But… … .’

[Don’t worry too much. I don’t plan on talking about it for the time being.]

[For the time being, that is.]

[Hehehe. Then let’s begin the ordeal.]

Percussion!

With a snapping sound of fingers.

Swish.

The lotus flower fully bloomed, and the avatar inside it walked out.

“That?”

Sihyeon’s eyes widened as if they were going to tear when she saw her opponent.

Thud thud.

Curly hair, pale skin, and golden lightning surrounding her entire body.

Armor with a good mix of blue and gold, and gold earrings.

In his right hand he holds a pure white greatsword.

In his left hand he holds a hammer that shoots blue lightning.

With an emerald trident on his back and a lion skin cloak.

The man’s name is Lee Si-Hyeon.

He was the only human who survived against God.

[The opponent’s (avatar) stats, items, and skill power are adjusted to a level where the current player can win.]

[The opponent (avatar) is controlled by Vishnu.]

[Good luck!]

The opponent, ‘Lee Si-hyeon’, was not simply herself.

The opponent was himself, who had fought against the ‘gods’ during the last disaster before the regression.

[Try it well.]

[Yes. If you can overcome this ordeal… … you too will attain the status of a ‘king.’]

[I wish you good luck.]

With the words of the three supreme gods of the Vedas.

Sihyeon chuckled.

“Yeah, it has to be at least this much to be a trial.”

[Item, ‘Astrape (B)’ is infused.]

[Item, ‘Cheon-Gong-Un-Geom (C)’ causes a bloody storm.]

“come in.”

[Activates skill, ‘Lightning Tier (S)’.]

[Activates skill, ‘Unfair Judgement (A)’.]

The black lightning of the vision and the golden lightning of the Avatar collide.

The two slowly walked towards each other.

And then.

Pfft!

Kwaaaaaaaang!

The clash between the Thousand Sword Sword and Excalibur marked the beginning of a battle.

“Ugh… … !”

-… … !

The vision and avatar collided with each other and were pushed back.

But that was only for a moment.

Kwaaaaang!

Soon the two clashed their swords.

‘……This.’

Sihyeon raised the corners of her mouth.

‘Vishnu. That’s him.’

Even if you have Sihyeon’s body and items.

Vishnu controls the avatar.

The swordsmanship of a conservative and safety-oriented guy was intact.

“Vishnu.”

[……Please speak.]

“My body and items aren’t meant to be used like that.”

Suddenly.

A bloody storm arose from Sihyeon’s Heavenly Sword.

The avatar’s entire body was squeezed.

Crunch.

A bloody storm passed through my body.

The Avatar simply swung Excalibur, seemingly incapable of feeling any pain.

Kwaaaaang!

Excalibur.

This is the sword used by Arthur, the King of Britain who rose to the position of a mid-level god while still in human form.

It had the property of being unbreakable by anything and emitting divine power in proportion to the user’s will.

Because it was a sword whose durability was comparable to that of any other weapon.

It was not easy to confront this head on.

‘… … That’s what Jongcheon said.’

Kwaaaaang!

Receiving Excalibur, which was drawn honestly from the front, with the Thousand-Handed Sword.

Sihyeon muttered.

‘The weight of Excalibur was so heavy that even he, a master of swordsmanship, had difficulty enduring it.’

Sihyeon also knew it well because she had wielded it herself.

The fear of Excalibur’s weight and destructive power.

But it was necessary to confront it head on.

Kwaaaaang!

The bloody storm of the Thousand Sword Sword and the white light of Excalibur collide.

The Colosseum floor was shattered.

“this.”

Sihyeon raised the corners of her mouth.

“It’s a D-class?”

Excalibur’s C-grade special effects.

.

It was an effect that could control the gravity of an opponent or weapon that came into contact with the sword.

Sihyeon uses this to make the other person feel pressured.

Some parts of the body were made heavy and some were made light, which was used to upset the center of gravity.

There is no way a god of Vishnu’s stature would not know these basic uses.

This meant one thing.

‘Even though you made my appearance into an avatar right before I returned… … I guess you adjusted all the items to be D-grade.’

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Sihyeon then swung her Thousand Sword Sword and deflected Excalibur.

The Avatar swung Excalibur as if he would not back down.

As Excalibur is a great sword, its speed is bound to be slower than that of the Cheon-chong-un-geom, which is a sword.

And to complement this, what he was holding in his left hand was Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir.

Flash!

A blue lightning burst out from Mjolnir.

It soon came to Sihyeon’s attention.

Hooooooooooo!

It wasn’t just blue lightning.

Because the avatar was using the secondary weapon, the Astrape.

In Mjolnir, Thor’s blue lightning and Zeus’ golden lightning were mixed together and covering Sihyeon.

[Item, ‘Fallen Glory (C)’ shows its teeth.]

[Item, ‘Astrape (B)’ is infused.]

Red tentacles sprouted out from Sihyeon’s white shirt.

Kkwaduk.

He swallowed both of the lightning bolts coming out of Mjolnir.

All the electricity they had swallowed was embedded in each and every one of their fallen tentacles.

Thanks to this, the tentacles could more easily absorb and devour the opponent’s lightning.

That wasn’t the end of it.

Some of the absorbed lightning bolts were converted into magic due to the ‘Divine Annihilation’ effect.

The magic that was thus transformed quickly circulated around Shihyeon’s body thanks to the special effect of Balrog, , that the tentacles of fallen glory had just obtained.

The magic energy flowing through Sihyeon’s body entered the Cheonjongun Sword again and became the material for the C-grade special effect, .

[Item, ‘Thousand-Gun Sword (C)’ increases the amount of fatigue damage absorbed by 13%.]

[Item, ‘Cheon Gun Cloud Sword (C)’ increases physical and magical penetration of absorbed blood by 2%.]

In this way, the Cheon-chong-un-geom continued to be strengthened.

The improved Thousand-Choong Cloud Sword cut down the Avatar’s items.

‘Before the return, I thought it was good to have a lot of weapons, but… … that was a mistake.’

Even when dealing with avatars.

Sihyeon was recalling and learning from her previous failures.

‘Having many weapons is not necessarily a good thing. A sword as a main weapon is enough. More important than that are items that can support my body and other parts.’

Flash!

The black astrape and the golden astrape collided.

However, the Astraphe that Sihyeon has is a B-rank.

The opponent’s Astrapha is D-rank.

There was no way they could be a match.

[This theory definitely won’t work.]

With Vishnu’s words.

The armor the avatar was wearing began to emit a blue light.

The blue color of the golden-blue armor worn by the Avatar is the ‘Battlefield Song’ of Brunhilde, the leader of the Valkyries.

Among the blue armors, the one in charge of gold is the armor taken from Karna, an Indian hero and mid-level god.

Kavacha.

In other words, the armor that the avatar is wearing now is a combination of Brunhilde’s ‘Battle Song’ and ‘Kavacha’.

The special effect was that the more you hit, the more physical and magical resistance increases, and the longer the battle time, the more buffs you get.

[Warning! The opponent’s physical resistance is… … .]

[Warning! The opponent’s main stat is… … .]

Kaaaaang!

With a brilliant light, a buff began to surround the avatar’s body.

The reason why Sihyeon was able to communicate with the gods before returning.

It was thanks to that fraudulent buff effect that adjusted to the opponent’s strength.

“Surely this is… … not easy.”

Kang!

Even though the Avatar’s buffs were gradually accumulating, the situation remained tense.

Some of Shihyeon’s items had effects higher than C grade.

This was because Shihyeon’s swordsmanship and ability to utilize divine items were far superior to Avatar’s.

But Avatar wasn’t easy either.

Even though he’s a D-rank, he has a whopping 11 items.

It was difficult to achieve all those different effects with just six items.

‘Sure… the more items the better.’

Muscles bulged out of the lion-shaped cape the Avatar was wearing.

A power of a different dimension than before came over Sihyeon.

Saaaaah!

thud!

Excalibur glowed and struck the Heavenly Sword of the Vision.

Sihyeon couldn’t help but be pushed backwards by the force she felt in that moment.

“Ugh!”

This was because the mantle he was wearing, Hercules’ ‘Nemean Lion Skin’, had increased his Strength stat by a huge amount.

That wasn’t the end of it.

Tsk tsk.

The Avatar threw Mjolnir at Shihyeon, and it was so strong that it broke all the tentacles and came at Shihyeon.

[Item. ‘Kibisis (A)’ opens its eyes.]

[Item, ‘Kibisis (A)’ has opened a total of 20 eyes.]

[Magic increases by 100.]

[Activates the special effect of the item, ‘Kibisis (A)’.]

[20 Eyes: begins.]

Starting with the vertically slanted, crimson eyes.

A total of 20 eyes opened.

Soon, Kibisis’ special effect, , began.