The Berserker’s Second Playthrough in the Game - Chapter 88



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Episode 88. Followers of the Forgotten God (10)

Darkness like an abyss, a fall with no end in sight.

Phew – Yeah!

The blade cut through the darkness like a red bolt of lightning. The monster spread its wings and slowed its fall to avoid it. Then, Kadim maintained the momentum of swinging his sword and spun around once, then used that momentum to launch his axe upward.

― …

– Caaaak!

The blow hit the wing stump, sending a clump of flesh and feathers flying away. The monster lost its balance for a moment and spun around precariously. However, the surrounding mucus soon surged in and filled the hole in its wing.

A monster that quickly evades the ax that turns and comes back.

Haha lara laraak, chin!

The monster, which had finally regained its balance, spread its wings wide and descended. The bishop and the crow’s head stuck in its nape shouted at the same time.

“Die, demon slayer!!”

– Kaaaah, kaaaah!

Wedge-aeaek –

The claws flew forward, glowing with a fierce frost. Kadim crossed his sword and the axe head, then released them and struck with all his might. However, since the weapon and his body weight were relatively light, he was unable to fully support the heavy weight on the claws and was thrown back in reaction.

―――――――― Kwa-Ang!

Kadim was thrown loudly against the wall. The impact cracked his skull and broke several ribs, but thanks to the ‘Hydra’s tattoo’, they were quickly healed. Without giving me time to rest, I dodged the onslaught of claws by jumping down again. The claws only scratched and scraped down the wall.

Kagagagagagak – !

Booooooooo –

The wind brushing past your ears, gravity pulling at your toes.

Since they had wings and this side didn’t, it was definitely disadvantageous to fight while hovering. Kadim planted his axe blade on the wall to slow down. The monster that was descending right behind him extended its claws to strike Kadim.

– Caw!

Kwak-Ang!

I pulled out my ax and jumped to the opposite wall to avoid it. His leg strength was strengthened by his blood, and he was able to jump up to 30 meters without difficulty. The monster passed by Kadim and fell to the bottom, but spread its wings and drew a parabola, immediately increasing its altitude again.

– Caw!

Kadim did not avoid this time. A situation where you were on top and the enemy was directly below was an opportunity to attack that could not be missed.

Kwa – Ah!

It descended by kicking against the irregularities of the wall as if jumping. The bishop, who saw the approaching red light, let out a single question-filled exclamation.

“What… … ?”

― …

The axe blade struck the monster’s chest. No matter how much of a difference in weight there was, it would not be possible to take such a direct hit and come out unscathed. The monster’s rib cage sank and split like a volcanic crater, and he vomited out a lot of sticky mucus.

– Keuhak, kahahahahak!

Kadim’s aim was not simply to strike the rib cage. He had clearly seen the object stuck like a spike nearby earlier. He clung to the falling beast and groped for the wound in the shattered rib cage. Soon, he found something strangely hard and round in the crevice of the flesh.

Kadim grabbed it with all his might and pulled it out.

Kwa – Good!

– Cackle, cackle!

Then, the crow’s body began to tremble, the flesh melted away, and the walls of the space became dangerously tight.

It was a natural result, as the source of the magic that summoned monsters and distorted space, the ‘Silver Coin of the Ruined Nation’, had fallen away.

“Hey guy, what are you doing! Even though you can’t give away the relics you have, you’re stealing more!! “Can’t we put it back where it belongs right now!!”

The bishop shouted in anger. The monster’s flesh melted, exposing its body up to its pelvis. It would be interesting to see it being pulled out like sebum and writhing in the air. Kadim lightly ignored the bishop’s words and quickly tried to take another piece of silver.

– Caaaak, caaaak!

Whoosh whoosh!

But it failed. Suddenly, black flames erupted from the crow’s skin and spread from its body to the tips of its wings in the blink of an eye.

The poisonous heat with a pungent aura. The skin that touched shriveled and blackened. Thanks to the power of the tattoo, it quickly regenerated, but if it continued to stick, it would definitely turn into charcoal. Kadim drooled and put some distance between himself.

“Where are you going, demon slayer! Hurry and hand over the holy relics you’ve stolen!! Otherwise, the flames of judgment will devour your flesh, leaving no bone fragments behind!!”

– Kaaaah, kaaaah!!

The situation took a strange turn. After being surrounded by flames, the crow became a much more difficult opponent. Since close combat was impossible, he threw the ax one after another, but each time it only cut into pieces of flesh and did not inflict fatal wounds. Even the opportunity to attack was gradually decreasing as I had to dodge his claws and the barrage of flames.

At that time, a strong impulse throbbed and pierced Kadim’s brain.

The Hydra’s tattoo was running out of effect. Now he had to drink the blood of another demon to continue the fight. And in his arms was a devastating means to crush his enemies and end the battle in an instant.

Blood that can summon the power of the first round.

The blood of the high demon, Pebillatus.

“… … .”

Kadim’s eyes fluttered. He unconsciously grabbed the bottle of blood in his hand.

– Kaaaah, kaaaah!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Flames from the crow’s wings poured down. Kadim reflexively wraps his arms around the bottle and crouching down. The skin on his back burned black and cracked, but he barely escaped the misfortune of burning his canteen in the flames and losing his blood.

Kadim suppressed his impulse and made a rational judgment. He had only grabbed it instinctively because of his thirst for blood, and that blazing crow was not someone who needed this much blood. He firmly took the blood of Pebillatus and took out the blood of another mid-level demon he had taken from Soltana.

As he drank the blood, his buffs and bloodlines recharged. The power of the tattoo still remained. Kadim swallowed the hot breath that was rushing in. He gripped the hilt of his sword tightly and leaped like a cannonball.

Kwak-Ang!

The monster did not avoid. He spread his wings and charged back, as if he was happy. The calculation was that even if he was slightly injured, it would be beneficial as long as he could approach the barbarian and burn it to a crisp.

That calculation was off.

The damage the monster suffered was not just a ‘minor injury’.

―――――――― Boom!

From under the chin to the belly, the red blade drew a thick, straight line. The flabby skin split like rags and the mucus that had been filled up like a dam burst and flowed out in a spurt.

– Caw! Sigh!

The damage was much greater than when I was hit by the axe earlier. With the power of the tattoo and the blood buff added, Khadim’s strength reached a level completely different from before.

If left alone, the mucus would have stuck again, but Kadim wouldn’t stay still. He dug into the monster’s interior and began to rip apart its flesh. When he found and pulled out another silver coin, another sliver of flesh flowed out, and the monster’s body swayed dangerously.

“Ugh! Keuuuuu!”

Meanwhile, the flames could not even spread to Kadim. Because it went deep inside, not the burning outside. And thanks to the moisture of the mucus, it naturally has a flame retardant effect.

Quack, quack –

– Caw! Wow!!

After pulling out about four or five silver coins, there was no flesh left on the crow. Push method, the fire was extinguished on its own. The skeletal monster lost its lift and fell in a spiral. The distortion of space that had been twisted to fall infinitely disappeared, and the destination began to appear on the floor far away.

Hooooooooooo –

“Yes you guy!!! Demon Slayer!!!”

Even as he fell, the bishop did not give up his stubbornness. He controlled the monster while he was hanging on to the bone, and hugged Kadim tightly. He intended to become a coffin made of bone and fall to his death along with Kadim.

That wish did not come true.

Suddenly, the monster’s frame broke like a chicken bone. Kadim easily shattered the bones surrounding him with his bare hands and escaped. I kicked off the remaining structure to gain momentum and violently twisted my core muscles to approach the wall.

Then he drove an axe into the wall to stop the fall.

Quagagagagagagagag – !

“Farewell, pseudo-cultist. I regret that I could not help you eliminate the source of the disaster.”

“… … !!!”

Only the skeletal monster and the bishop fall down with the full force of gravity.

―――――――― KWAAAAHHHH!!!

It crashed down hard on the ground, splitting the road and raising a cloud of dust.

Kadim carefully stepped onto the floor. The wall he scraped down folded horizontally to form a ceiling. The distortion of space disappeared and the surrounding area became like an ordinary room surrounded by bricks.

Kadim furrows his brows after taking a quick look inside. Something was strange. The bishop had fallen, so there should have been blood and flesh splattered around, but all there was was dust and black bone fragments. He approached the center of the wreckage, feeling something not very good.

Indeed, my premonition was not wrong.

In the center, instead of a mangled corpse, there was only a black hole leading somewhere.

Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… … .

… … In the meantime, how did you use the Holy Law to distort space?

But it wouldn’t have gone far.

Kadim raised his ax and threw himself into the hole without hesitation.

*

‘O darkness of truth, which opens a vision wider than the sun… … Grant your power to this lowly servant, grant your power, grant your power… … .’

The Bishop of the Raven Sect clasped his hands together and prayed. In his entire life, he had never offered a prayer with such earnest and pure heart.

He was born as a follower of a forgotten sect that had fallen into ruin. To make matters worse, his qualifications as a priest were also low. If things had gone as planned, he would have been destined to live his entire life as a slacker under other priests.

Unfortunately or fortunately, he had an oversized ego that could not be satisfied with that level.

When the revelation of God came, it was common sense within the Forgotten God sect to interpret it as a revelation of the savior. However, he fell into a false conviction and distorted the savior into the source of disaster, and he lured followers who were dissatisfied with the judgment and actions of the sect to form an independent force. This was the birth of the ‘Night Crow Sect’.

His faction joined forces with the university faction and secured a large number of relics, laying the foundation for full-scale expansion of the religious influence. However, the news that the source of the disaster was in possession of the relics led to this idea.

‘This is a chance to kill two birds with one stone. I cannot miss the chance to destroy the source of the disaster and secure the holy relic. Yes, I will send the avatar of the woman disguised as a scholar, just like I sent it to Senator Vittorio last time… … . Just in case, I will quickly summon the ‘Dark Monster’… … .’

No, actually, the idea itself wasn’t that bad. There was only one reason why things went wrong.

The source of disaster, the ‘Demon Slayer’, has powers that far exceed expectations.

Even with the self-immolation, I didn’t know that I would also be attacked by the ‘monster of darkness’, which was no different from the church’s decisive weapon. Isn’t this truly not a human, but a force close to disaster? If I had known it would be this strong, I would have never approached it until I collected more relics.

In any case, the bishop who had lost all the holy relics could no longer use any holy law. Even the trick of dying together was in vain. As he fell helplessly, all he could do was pray desperately.

‘O darkness of the beginning, whose name has been forgotten, grant this lowly servant your power, grant your power, grant your power… … .’

Was it just a coincidence, or was it a wish that reached the sky?

Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… … .

Suddenly, a black hole appeared in the floor. A basic dark sacred law, a passage that distorts space.

A miracle had happened. The forgotten God had not abandoned him. The bishop almost shed tears of joy. A sense of relief, a thrill, and faith flooded his mind.

‘Thank you, forgotten god, thank you, forgotten god, thank you, forgotten god… … .’

But this was clearly not a miracle given in return for sincere faith… … .

After passing through the hole and entering another space, the bishop realized that something was terribly wrong.

‘… … uh?’

The body rose upside down. The momentum gained from falling did not disappear. A hard brick ceiling appeared at my feet.

As a result, the bishop died in an unprecedented and bizarre manner, jumping from the floor to the ceiling.

――――――― Kwazijic – !

The body spread out like a loose dough. Blood and fragments of the crow mask were scattered everywhere as if they had exploded, and blood was dripping from the ceiling as if there had been a water leak.

“Huh!”

“Ugh!”

An underground passage that was instantly stained with fresh blood. Perun and Atallain warriors waiting there covered the wreckage.

Everyone looked dumbfounded by the unexpected incident. I forgot to even wipe my face and stared at the blood clots stuck to the ceiling for a long time and the limbs hanging out like a gloomy sculpture.

Then, suddenly, I felt a strange sensation and looked down at the black hole in the floor.

From there, a giant emerged, this time wielding an axe.

“What, did it lead here? “Where did that bishop go?”

Kadim deftly flips around and lands on the ground. Perun and Atallain looked up at the ceiling in silence.

After seeing the crushed bishop, Kadim left a brief comment.

“… … “I guess the forgotten God didn’t reveal that the cake was a lie.”

“… … ?”

The warriors who did not understand what was being said gave a blank look.