## Chapter 1403 – The Approaching Darkness

Titan Twelve Warriors.

The words struck my ears with absolute clarity. This wasn’t a physical sound, but a psychic wave emitted by the monster.

A deliberate psychic wave.

“…”

I stared at the object flitting above those giant knights.

A being draped in a black cloak, no more than 3 meters tall at best. Its face was covered by a bizarre, jet-black metal helmet that concealed its identity.

The helmet was adorned with decorations that resembled those worn by ancient tribal shamans, also made of iron and seemingly integrated into the helmet itself.

“Are you a Lich?”

Could this be the Lich who’s been causing so much trouble?

I briefly focused my energy to pierce through its power. However, I didn’t sense any overwhelming strength. It seemed rather weak.

If it’s that weak… it’s not the Lich.
Is it a subordinate of the Lich?

Well, no matter.
I’ll find out once I capture and crush it.

Anyway.

“Titan Twelve Warriors, huh?”

Like that old peddler who never dies and comes back again every year, damn it. Those crazy pushovers. Judging by their appearance, they’re all undead. Does this pathetic race get its warriors defiled by the Lich even after death?

Feeling a tinge of pity, I examined the undead Titan ancient warriors.

「ㅡKukukukukukukukukukukukukung!!!」

「ㅡKwakakakakakakakakakang!!!」

「ㅡPakaaaaaaaaang!!!!!」

They were a mere 5 kilometers tall.

A size that defied common sense. Larger than most mountains, they marched forward, literally shattering the earth and sky.

Tanks that shook the ground and crushed trenches as they advanced were mere cockroaches in comparison.

The Titan ancient warriors advanced as colossal mountains.

「ㅡKuoooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!」

And indeed, their war cry was powerful.

“A warrior’s cry.”

It was absurdly enormous.

The black full-body armor they wore looked as if it were made by flattening several aircraft carriers and icebreakers. The helmets with winged ornaments covered their entire faces, making them appear solemn.

They were literally heavily armored knights.

The metal armor must have weighed an unimaginable amount.

It was as if a mountain, clad in a `mine` as armor, was approaching with a sword and shield as large as mountains themselves.

“So, you brought only twelve of these bastards?”

It was so beyond imagination that I struggled to speak.

Did the Titans lose despite having such a trump card?

Or is it just the Lich’s technique?
Whatever it is, it doesn’t matter.

“Did you think you could defeat me?”

The Heavenly Demon never loses.
I have decided so.

I believe in my decision and accept it as truth.

That’s all that matters.

「ㅡHwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!」

Brighter than anything else.

So bright that it would drive away the darkness hanging in the sky. I spread my wings and unleashed the Heavenly Demon Divine Art. A torrent of power. Burning wings stretching hundreds of meters tried to cover the sky.

At the same time.

「ㅡBUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!」

At the center of the Titan Twelve Warriors formation.

The Titan warrior clad in the most ornate armor roared, pointing a sword tip as large as a mountain at me. A voice that could shatter even thunder.

It was a clear challenge.

Directed at me.

ㅡKukukung!
ㅡKukukung!
ㅡKukukung!

In response, the other eleven impossibly huge Titan warriors simultaneously adopted combat stances. Simply shifting their stances generated storms and earthquakes. Each of their movements was the end of the world and destruction.

“Very well. Try to challenge me, ancient warriors of the Titans.”

ㅡSreung.

I grabbed the scabbard hanging at my waist and drew Vিউgal. ㅡPaaat. The brilliant pure white longsword was drawn, emitting a flash like the sun.

ㅡTuk.

Since the sword was 2 meters long, I discarded the scabbard. As I discarded the scabbard, Vিউgal was fully drawn.

“Real Sword Aura.”

Then, the flash like the sun disappeared.

ㅡHwareureureuk!

The radiance, the sun itself, surged along the sword’s blade. The surging sword aura soared beyond tens of meters, reaching hundreds of meters. It was a waterfall of power erupting from the sword.

“Behold the power of the omnipotent Heavenly Demon Kim Kat!”

Behold this sun, a mixture of love and destruction.

“Kat…”

Claudie, standing behind me, called my name in a dazed voice.
Without turning to look at them, I said.

“Risha and Claudie, stay back.”
“That…”
“That doesn’t mean you have to run away.”

I couldn’t let them miss this opportunity.

“I’ll show you.”

Killing them.

ㅡHwaaaaak.

I raised the pure white Vিউgal.

The darkness in the sky seemed to recede thanks to the flash emitted by my wings, but it didn’t actually recede. I had simply blocked the darkness with a stronger light. Of course, it didn’t matter.

ㅡCheoeok.

I gripped Vিউgal and adopted a familiar stance.

「ㅡKukukukukukukukukukukukukung!!!」

The Titan Twelve Warriors, with their swords and shields raised, began to charge in unison. Their height alone was 5 kilometers, so each step rapidly closed the distance.

The already enormous Titan warriors grew larger every moment as they approached.

ㅡKugugugugugugung!!!

It was an earthquake that occurred simply from walking. What the charging Titan warriors caused could only be described as the end of the world. Lava erupted from all directions. The craters that formed seemed to have unleashed the lava that had been dormant below.

“True Sword Aura Sword Technique.”

I poured the power boiling within me into the sword. Vিউgal, which was already the sun itself, shone even more brilliantly. It contained infinite power.

“Secret Technique Number 2.”

At this moment. There was no need to conserve power. They weren’t opponents that could be dealt with by conserving power. Like when I faced the Demon King Pelerizer Leongreen. I had to pour in all my power.

I can do it.

ㅡKkwak.

So, I put strength into the hand gripping the sword.
And, unleashing my power compressed to the limit.

“Sword Aura Severance.”

I poured all my power into Vিউgal and swung it horizontally.

「ㅡKugugugugugugugugugugugu!!!」

The brilliant streak of light that would have originally cleaved the sky stretched horizontally.

And what was severed was not the sky, but the horizon. The Sword Aura Severance, stretching to the very end and severing the horizon itself. It created a new horizon made of brilliant light.

ㅡKwagagagagagang!!!
ㅡTukakakakakakang!
ㅡKugugugugugugugugugugung!!!

The newly created boundary.

Those who were straddling it did not survive.

「ㅡBUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!」
「ㅡKraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!」

The Titan Twelve Warriors, who had been charging side by side, were sliced apart as they were. Swords and shields were severed, and their waists and chests were simultaneously bisected. The bodies, over 5 kilometers tall, were instantly severed and collapsed.

Even the heads severed on a guillotine would be cut off with more difficulty than that.

Watching that, I withdrew the overflowing sword aura.

ㅡKugugugugugugung!
ㅡTukakakakakakakang!!
ㅡPeoeoeoeoeong!

The aftermath was far from peaceful. The twelve newly created giant remnants fell towards the ground, causing huge explosions. Rocks and giant trees scattered like duckweed in the face of a storm. The scene was so overwhelming that it felt like witnessing the end of a world.

“Jobber.”

Easy.

Too easy.

The Titan Twelve Warriors, larger than mountains?
They can’t do anything before this Heavenly Demon Kim Kat.

Therefore, I don’t feel any tension. There is no being that can face me now. The monsters that appeared. The worlds that are being destroyed. It’s a desperate situation for everyone living in this world, but not for me at all.

It’s the same no matter how many people die.

I’m just doing what I have to do.

“You are too weak. To reach this Heavenly Demon.”

The corpses of the fallen Titan warriors had already become a huge mountain range. Even though they were split in half and collapsed, they were still that large. If their corpses remain. I will definitely make that place my landmark.

“Oh, my god…!”
“This can’t be…”

I heard Claudie and Risha’s voices from behind.

“Now run away. Gather in one place.”

My work is not over.

I consumed a significant amount of power at once. There will be no next Sword Aura Severance. But there is someone I have to deal with left. As it stands, I can’t protect my women if something like that appears again. I just hope that the women I trust will gather together and deal with it.

“Kat… wait.”
“No. Claudie. It’s okay. First, gather together and prepare to respond. I’ll take care of one more and go. It’s dangerous here.”

Turning around, I saw Claudie and Risha with worried faces. But they must have seen it too. Me, who severed the Titan warriors without any tension.

“…I understand.”

Risha answered, and Claudie tried to say something more, but was led into the gate by Risha’s hand. Yes. Go in. I can’t make it dangerous. There’s no choice now.

That bastard who brought the Titan bastards.

That bastard was still left.

ㅡ…

It was floating, fluttering its cloak. Below it was a mountain of corpses of the Titan warriors. Black energy was seeping out of those corpses… Could it be planning to use those corpses to grow the darkness?

Not yet, it seems.
But it’s better to consider the possibility.

ㅡKwang!

Kicking off the ground, I flew towards the flying object in the distance.

ㅡSwaeeeeeeek!

At a speed that transcended space itself, I approached the guy in an instant. A 3-meter-tall cloaked figure wearing a bizarre iron helmet. And it had quite broad shoulders. Is this the Lich’s main body? I don’t know.

“…”

Anyway, the guy looked at me, whether it was surprised or something.

“Heavenly Demon Annihilation Orb.”

I immediately deployed multiple Annihilation Orbs and detonated them behind the guy to cut off its retreat. And I.

“I won’t let you escape.”

ㅡSwaeeeeek!

I swung my sword and slashed at the guy’s waist. ㅡHwulleong. There was no sensation of cutting. As if cutting through the surface of water, the guy’s body momentarily distorted and then returned to its original state.

ㅡChwajajajajajak!

Ignoring that, I unleashed continuous slashes. The guy repeatedly scattered and restored itself within that onslaught.

ㅡKwaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!!

I created a huge Annihilation Orb and detonated it at close range.

ㅡSeureuk.

And the explosion subsided.

“Oh. This bastard.”

The guy was leisurely floating, fluttering its cloak.

Its form had scattered, but it simply returned as if the ripples on the water’s surface had regained their composure. My attack, imbued with this power, didn’t work? Does it have a similar nature to that darkness? Or did it use some kind of dimensional magic?

The moment I thought that.

ㅡChwahhaaaaaak!

The guy raised both arms, and then a gate was created behind it, and two 2-meter-tall black knights crossed over. The guys kicked off the air and charged towards me as soon as they appeared.

“What are you guys?”

I had just crushed giant warriors about 5km tall. These little things were nothing to me.

For now, that flying iron helmet guy seems to be someone important.

“Krrrreureureuk…!”
“Krrrreureuk!!!”

It would be better to deal with these guys first.

ㅡSwaeeeeek!
ㅡPaaat!

The two black knights pierced through space with slow movements and launched an attack. It might be fast to others, but it was slow to me.

Weak.
They are not opponents at my level.

“Slow.”

Let’s throw the Heavenly Demon Annihilation Orb right away.

ㅡPeoeoeoeoeoeong!

A huge explosion occurred.
But.

ㅡHwaaaaak!

The black knights were unharmed even within that.

“This bastard?”

The guys tore through the explosion and approached me.

At the same time, I raised my sword and tried to counterattack. No. It wasn’t even a counterattack. The guys were so slow that I went first and slashed my sword.

I don’t know what it is, but the Heavenly Demon Annihilation Orb didn’t work on them like that guy just now. Then I have to go and kill them by slicing them. As quickly as possible. I have to attack and kill them first.

And the moment my blade was about to split them in half.

ㅡ…!

I felt something strange, so I.

Quickly pulled my body back.

ㅡPasak!

Then, an incomprehensible strike flew from the trajectory I had dodged, tearing my forearm flesh. As if slicing spam, my flesh momentarily caved in, and the flesh was shredded to the point where the bone was exposed.

“This is.”

What happened?

The judgment was quick. These weaklings possess the power to pierce through and shred this Heavenly Demon’s body.

Regenerating the wound, I think.

I can’t get hit.

“Krrrreureureureureureuk!!!”

That unknown attack from just now. It was just the energy that this black knight was emitting in all directions. A kind of aura. In my case, it’s like the radiance I emit.

But something like that has this kind of power? Of course, demons also have their flesh burned when they touch my radiance, but then is it an energy that is the opposite of me? I don’t know what it is, but it can force that much power on me.

“Are you using cowardly sorcery?”

Then I can attack while completely out of the guy’s energy. I didn’t know the form of attack I was seeing for the first time, but I can just judge it on the spot.

ㅡPaaat!

I created some distance for now.

ㅡSwaeeeeeeek!

The two black knights, knowing that their attack had worked, tried to fly towards me with a slightly more intense momentum. Of course, it was very easy to create distance because they were slow. And I can see it. The transparent energy undulating around the guy.

I was hit by that.

I don’t know if it can change its form at will, but it was undulating as if it were burning, and at that moment.

“…!”

That energy expanded like crazy, and then exploded!

「ㅡKwaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!!」

It was a sudden explosion.

But it was easy to avoid because I found out first. I kicked off the air and shot my body back as if slamming on the brakes, completely out of the explosion radius. At the same time, I deployed a barrier and performed a perfect evasive maneuver, dodging all of those intangible fragments.

But.

ㅡJureuk.

“Aww, damn it.”

Blood burst from my mouth.

“Cough!”

I avoided the explosion.
I even dodged all the fragments.

I did everything perfectly.
Because I am the Heavenly Demon Kim Kat.

But I suffered internal injuries?

ㅡHwareureuk.

At the fact that this body of mine was injured, joy soared along with anger. Yes. I was wanting something like this…! A sensation I haven’t felt since killing the Demon King! This is an enemy that seems to be worth killing!

The moment laughter was about to burst out.

「I see.」

The psychic wave of the flying monster was heard from over there.

「Was that it.」

“What, you bastard?”

「You were a being from another world.」

Oh.

This bastard just now.

“KHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!”

At the same time, the one remaining black knight laughed as if rejoicing and spread its wings.