## Chapter 985 – Ancient Valkyrie

ㅡKWAANG!!

I slam on the brakes, stopping my charge.

The Valkyrie’s reason has returned.

Did the constant impacts unlock some kind of seal on her body?

Earlier, sacred ancient strings of characters had become a ring, wrapping around the Valkyrie’s body. While this lowered her defense, it increased her combat power. If that was a kind of limiter release, then being pierced through the chest might have made her sense a threat to her life, automatically解除ing a seal and restoring her reason.

If that’s the case, she’ll surely show the movements of a skilled warrior, not the doll-like movements from before.

“Sacrilege, is it?”

Anyway, let’s gather information.

That’s what the Valkyrie said as soon as she regained her senses. Seeing that she considered her god insulted even as her reason returned, you could say she’s a Valkyrie through and through. But I can’t agree with that.

To try and distort the act of preventing destruction like that.
I won’t accept it.

“Why is it sacrilege?”

I asked the Valkyrie, pointing 뷔갈 at her.

ㅡDrip, drip.

Sacred, glowing liquids were still streaming down from the hole in the Valkyrie’s chest. The Valkyrie didn’t seem to care at all, wearing a fierce expression as she said to me,

“…You have no manners. Certainly. Times have changed a lot. That humans would say such things.”
“Times are always changing, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong. There’s nothing wrong with bringing down a Valkyrie who’s causing destruction.”

How arrogant.

“Now that your reason has returned, I’ll say this. If you stop destroying things, we can negotiate.”

The Valkyrie only frowned at my words, glaring at me.

“Why are you doing this destruction? Destroying churches is not something a Valkyrie, a religious guardian, should do. So stop this meaningless and harmful destruction immediately.”

I conveyed my meaning properly.

If she stops destroying things now, there might be room for negotiation with the Karga Kingdom. This isn’t like the doll-like situation from before. Now that her reason has returned, she can act normally.

We need to make her make up for the losses.

“…”

But the Valkyrie still kept her mouth shut, as if she was very dissatisfied with something.

“Answer me, Valkyrie. Why are you doing this crazy shit? Why are you destroying religious facilities?!”
“…”
“You don’t want to answer?”

Is she thinking that she can’t talk to a lowly human…? If that’s the case, then such a god can’t be beneficial to humanity. I don’t know for sure, but the Valkyrie will represent the will of the god.

ㅡEvil god.

I recalled the possibility I’d heard before the battle. If it’s a god who really looks down on humans, it wouldn’t be enough to call them an evil god.

“If it’s not that you don’t want to answer, then perhaps.”

So I tested the waters.

“Is it something your god ordered you to do?”
“No.”

The answer came unexpectedly quickly.

“He did not order me to do this.”

Him, is it?
Then why?

“It’s an unusual situation. Have you turned your back on your god?”
“I have never turned my back on him. Not from before my birth, for eternity.”

It was quite a confident tone, and her angel ring blazed again.

“You’re destroying things even though your god didn’t order you to?”

Unlike what I thought, the Valkyrie clearly had reason and free will. It’s clear from the fact that she’s doing this even though her god didn’t order her to.

“…That’s correct.”

But correct?

Is she thinking that she doesn’t even need to receive orders, that she should naturally destroy the religious buildings of other gods?

“…”

That’s not something I can understand.

I’ve always heard that in this polytheistic world, all normal gods except for evil gods are heavenly beings who deserve respect.

But the monotheistic god and those who worship him.

Those evil gods and the heretical bastards who worship them will never acknowledge other gods. There’s no harmony or agreement. They don’t even think about trying to get along or even have non-aggression.

To them, other gods and their followers are all evil beings who deserve to die, so they try to massacre them all for the sake of “righteousness.” That’s why in this other world, those who worship the monotheistic god are nothing but professional serial killers and pleasure killers who are hungry for blood and murder.

Because they have to kill everyone except themselves.

Inevitably, only those crazy bastards worship the monotheistic god.

“Then your god.”

Thinking about that, I instantly filled with anger.

“Wants this destruction.”

Okay, I can’t say for sure that this Valkyrie’s god is an evil god. But he is indiscriminately destroying the religious facilities of other gods.

If the Valkyrie and the god she serves consider that to be natural.

Then they must be annihilated.

“Well… I don’t know if he would want this.”
“What are you talking about, you fucking bitch!”
“…”

No, you bitch!!

“Then what is it, you son of a whore! Who is it! Who is your master! Who is your god that he just lets his Valkyrie run around like this!!!”

Frustrated, I couldn’t help but shout. This bitch seemed to think that she didn’t care about the will of the god at all. Is that possible for a Valkyrie? I don’t know, you fucker!!!

“…”

Then.

The Valkyrie made a strange expression and widened her eyes for a moment.

“What.”

Did she get pissed off from being cursed at?

At that moment.

“…Don’t.”
“What?”
“…I don’t remember his name.”

ㅡSwish.

The Valkyrie stared at me.

“…”

…It was a strange, bizarre, and grotesque expression that I couldn’t possibly describe. The face, which could never be read in a normal way, felt like a completely insane madman had gone even more insane and lost it.

“I don’t remember his name.”

Her voice was like that of a 폐수-spewing 폐공장.

The factory had already gone bankrupt and its operation had completely stopped, but for no reason or causal relationship, that bizarre 폐수 was being spewed out.

“The senses and emotions I have toward him… all of it has disappeared.”
“…”
“My him has disappeared.”

What the hell.

“Are you saying your god has disappeared?”
“To be precise.”

The Valkyrie’s expression returned to normal.

“When I was sealed. He was completely annihilated.”

Judging from the circumstances, the god who created this Valkyrie seems to have been completely annihilated. In the age of the Idol Wars, there were many cases of gods perishing, so he must have been killed by an evil god during such a war.

Did she go completely crazy because of that?

Is that why she’s destroying things?

“What happened to the humans who worshiped him and borrowed his power? Why did they let him be annihilated…? I can’t understand. For what reason did he…”

Suddenly, the Valkyrie started to blame humans and talk incoherently.

“She’s gone mad.”

She’s not normal.

“But it doesn’t seem like you’re answering why you’re destroying things. What does your god’s annihilation have to do with you destroying religious facilities?”

Is she just doing it?

Does a Valkyrie just explode in anger?

“Can you… understand my despair, loneliness, and sense of loss?”
“What are you talking about?”

She suddenly asked that question.

“Do you know the feeling of a Valkyrie who has lost her god in vain while sealed?”
“Of course not. I’m not a Valkyrie.”
“I see.”

The Valkyrie nodded.

“You wouldn’t understand.”

She raised her sword.

“So I’m going to do something you can’t understand.”

ㅡWhoosh.
The Valkyrie’s sword began to burn.

“Since I lost him.”

Even though she said herself that her god had been annihilated, the sword burned very brightly. I couldn’t understand the principle, the method, or anything. Where is that output coming from?

“Everyone else must lose him too.”

The Valkyrie pointed her sword at me, saying that since she lost her god, everyone else must lose their gods too.

“Do you think that kind of bullshit will be tolerated?”
“Probably not. Still.”

She’s definitely a crazy Valkyrie.

“I’m going to get rid of everything. I’m going to cut off everything.”
“For a Valkyrie, you’re acting like an evil child.”
“This is what a misplaced, 부정 emotion is like… Now that I have freedom, I finally have a will. So I declare. I will force this emotion of mine on everyone.”

ㅡFlap!!!

The Valkyrie suddenly spread her wings wide.

ㅡPaaaaaaang!!!

She flew toward me like a cannonball.

ㅡWhoosh!!

The trajectory of the sacredly burning flames riding on the sword’s blade flew toward me. Good. I knew very well that there was no room for negotiation. This is a religious issue of some kind. And an undeniable target for subjugation.

This Valkyrie is no longer sacred.

“To do that, you’ll have to defeat me, Valkyrie.”

ㅡKooong!

I also kicked off the magic circle, using that energy to shoot my body at the Valkyrie. Now aerial combat is not difficult at all!!! I’ll show you a battle on equal footing!!!

ㅡKwaaaaaang!!

With that, I and the Valkyrie collided.

ㅡChichichichichichik!!

The blades touched. My sword flame and the Valkyrie’s flames fiercely scattered fragments and burned toward infinity. Let’s push the blade away like before and aim for that weak point that I can now wound.

ㅡPachang!!

A counterattack came immediately.

Her skill is clearly higher than before. The Valkyrie regained her reason and awakened her warrior’s senses. ㅡClang! ㅡKwaang! Even in the midst of that, she repeatedly counterattacked, twisting her blade to cut off each other’s breath.

“Die!!!”

At that close range, I aimed my knee at her chest, where sacred blood was still flowing,

ㅡFlap!

“…!”

At the same time, the Valkyrie flapped her wings and flew backward as if retreating, randomly shooting sacredly burning feathers at me.

ㅡPuh-ung!
ㅡPuh-buh-buh-buh-bung!!!
ㅡPuh-uh-uh-uh-ung!!

Of course, I easily cut them down.

The feathers, which exploded in vain, disappeared as they lost all their energy. Her spell doesn’t work on me. I kicked off the magic circle again and jumped up, charging toward the Valkyrie who was staring at me.

ㅡKwaang!!

At the same time as I charged, the Valkyrie easily blocked the blade I shot out. ㅡKooong! I used that force to raise my body higher.

ㅡSpinning!

In that state, I spun my body to gain acceleration, and then swung my sword greatly to cut off the Valkyrie’s wings as I descendedㅡ!!!

“Dejaaaaaaaaat!!”
“Keu-eut!!”

ㅡPaat!

But the Valkyrie narrowly avoided my attack. I stepped on the magic circle that appeared as if I had been waiting for it, landed, and jumped up again towards the Valkyrie. Whatever happens, I won’t stop until I kill her.

ㅡHaaaaaaap!!
ㅡKeuyaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

It was then.

A shout came from below.

It was their shouts. Karin and Liztina, who had fallen down, jumped up again. Judging from a rough look, they don’t seem to have any injuries. It’s almost impossible to injure them after all.

If they come to assist like this, I’ll be able to catch the Valkyrie easily. ㅡBuzz! ㅡBuzz! ㅡBuzz! As if aiming for it, footholds are created for them.

“…How trivial.”

Then, the Valkyrie moved as if trying to avoid me.

ㅡPachichichik!!

She swung her sword at them as they were coming up.

“Oh, you fucking bitch!”

It was by no means an ordinary attack. She only swung her sword once, but dozens of giant blades of light and magic circles were created in its trajectory.

ㅡChuwaaaaaaaa!!!

They were fired all at once, as if opening all the gunports.

The power was so great that you could feel it just by looking at it. ㅡChwahak!! I cut down and annihilated all the spell attacks flying towards me. At the same time, I check on them as they are coming up.

ㅡPuh-uh-uh-uh-ung!!!

Just like before.

They couldn’t withstand the explosion and fell down again…! If she uses that spell, can she make it impossible to even approach her! Then, in the end, I was the only one who could stand up to the Valkyrie right now.

Because I wasn’t caught up in that explosion.

ㅡKwaang!

Without hesitation, I kicked off the magic circle again and shot my body at the Valkyrie.