MTLNOVEL Chapter 164
Squiggly, unpleasant tentacle-like things are targeting me.
But they helplessly disintegrate before 「Chaos Descent」.
If you’re a Transcendent, then so am I.
“……”
Silently, I watch the invader.
They’re launching all sorts of attacks, but it’s useless.
As expected, they must have expended a lot of energy to come here. They’re no match for me.
It feels like there’s a difference in class.
But I shouldn’t delay in killing them.
If I do, it might become harder to finish them off.
More than that, they’ve completely stopped talking.
Have they lost their words in the face of my existence, which is completely outside their comprehension?
No, perhaps they’ve realized something is wrong and decided not to give any more information.
They’re not an idiot either.
If they’re a being who devoured all the universes of their dimension and unified them into a single will, they wouldn’t do something so foolish.
But no matter how smart they are, in front of an existence that nothing works on, everyone reacts the same.
Like this… anxiously testing if any of their all-out attacks will have even the slightest effect.
And then… they try to bring out their ‘trump card.’
I guess this one will end up the same.
“Why so quiet? Am I… scary?”
[……]
I try to provoke them, but still, there’s no response.
They just silently pour out attacks to kill me, but they can’t break through 「Chaos Descent.」
This wasn’t originally the intended use of this technique, but it feels like it’s fulfilling its purpose… meaning I’m stronger than I imagined.
Which means, I can show this invader… the true power of 「Chaos.」
Even though I’ve only just become a Transcendent, the gap feels overwhelmingly large.
To think I’ve become this strong.
“Useless.”
As I unleash my power, the grotesque forms that are part of the invader’s body melt under my influence.
They either disintegrate or twist into meaningless piles of ash.
“…My senior once said. Why not make the technique names cooler, using kanji?”
[…What kind of nonsense is that?]
“It’s a story you don’t need to know.”
Certainly, something like 「Chaos Blast」 doesn’t quite capture the power and intensity of what I’m wielding now.
I can’t think of any suitable English words either.
In that case… hmm, this kind of name should do.
A powerful name that perfectly suits the current me.
“…「Chaos Extreme Flash (混沌極閃)」.”
「Chaos」 surges like a torrent of pitch-black energy, swirling around my sword.
I pour it into the blade and swing, creating a pitch-black flash that tears through everything in front of me, even slicing through dimensions.
The strike that cuts through dimensions completely annihilates the invader’s body, along with the dimensions it occupied.
“…You know, it wouldn’t matter if you were freed from your body, right?”
[……]
Honestly, I’m a bit surprised.
Before I became like this, an all-out strike from me could only shatter dimensions.
But now… even a casual swing can annihilate dimensions, reducing their size.
With this… I could completely erase the Demon Realm.
Beyond that, even if the invader were to free themselves from their body and return to being an energy lifeform, I could still kill them for sure.
“Curious about your downfall? Why this happened… curious?”
[……]
“Then let me tell you now. It was the moment you planted the existence known as the Child of Heo. You provided us with a fragment of a Transcendent. Thanks to that… I was able to use you to surpass you in an instant.”
[…You.]
“Is that all you can say? Or… did you underestimate us so much that you didn’t even consider the possibility we could use you? If that’s the case, then your true downfall was ‘arrogance.’ As I said, your own arrogance led to your destruction.”
[……The passage between dimensions still exists. If we draw power from there, there’s no problem.]
“Oh? So… you’re going to pour all that power into me?”
[Yes. Even you won’t be able to escape the fate of annihilation. The calculations are already complete.]
“Do it if you can.”
[…Don’t regret this, mortal.]
As expected, they’ve brought out their final card.
But… it’s strange.
If it were the old me, I wouldn’t have given them a chance and would have killed them on the spot.
But what is this feeling?
This absolute confidence… where does it come from?
If it had any effect on me, it would be quite a crisis, right?
“……”
…I guess I want to test this power.
How strong it is, how insignificant the invader is…
And, how we, our dimension, had to suffer so much because of this thing… I can’t forgive it.
The first unforgivable being is Pandora, but the next is this thing.
So… I want to crush it thoroughly, kill it at the depths of despair.
That desire… fills my heart to the point of bursting.
[Really… are living beings this stupid? To throw away such a golden opportunity, it’s so absurd it’s laughable.]
As if their preparations are complete, the invader begins gathering energy in one place.
An absurd amount of energy.
An endless amount of energy, concentrated in one place, begins to distort space.
Indeed, it’s an amount of energy worthy of their confidence.
[This is the power to completely annihilate a dimension. Blame yourself for throwing away your chance and walking the path to defeat. And… watch in despair as this dimension falls into our hands. If you survive, that is. And to you, who threw away your own chance and handed us victory, I offer my utmost respect.]
“……”
[Take this. In your terms… [Dimensional Annihilation Cannon (次元破滅砲)].]
…Strangely, there’s still no fear.
My instincts scream that I can block it, and 「Chaos」 screams it too.
So I become 「Chaos,」 preparing to receive the [Dimensional Annihilation Cannon].
No, not preparing, but taking a stance.
I don’t need to prepare for ‘just’ this.
And so, the invader’s [Dimensional Annihilation Cannon] is fired at me.
It instantly engulfs the Demon Realm and me.
But that’s all it does.
The [Dimensional Annihilation Cannon] that reaches me is either annihilated by 「Chaos」 or causes bizarre phenomena, creating a deafening noise.
It distorts, twists, and for a brief moment, the noise alone is enough to shatter minds, while simultaneously ‘regenerating’ dimensions.
[……]
“…What’s wrong? Didn’t you say not to regret it? Didn’t you say I threw away my chance? Didn’t you say this was the power to completely annihilate a dimension? So… what’s this?”
In the end, both the Demon Realm and I are fine.
Only my surroundings have become a chaotic, incomprehensible mess, as if 「Chaos」 itself had taken over.
And the invader, having exhausted most of their power, is devoured by 「Chaos,」 trapped in a small, incomprehensible form.
The Demon Realm itself must have been their temporary body.
But, having exhausted their power and being devoured by 「Chaos,」 their temporary body has been replaced by this small form.
If they hadn’t designated the dimension itself as their temporary body, this wouldn’t have happened. It’s truly laughable.
[What’s going on…? Why are we trapped in this small, black body? What did you do…?]
“You don’t need to know. 「Chaos」 is a 「Concept」 that no one can understand. That’s why it’s 「Chaos.」”
I slowly walk through the air.
And I approach the small body the invader is trapped in.
Fear pours out from the invader’s body.
So this is the feeling of ‘fear’ that I couldn’t feel or understand before.
Even if I don’t feel it myself, I can understand the fear others feel… it’s moving.
Did you have the capacity for fear too?
If so, embrace that immense fear, and despair.
“Perfect timing… I can show you a newly completed technique.”
[……]
“A technique that will annihilate this dimension, the Demon Realm, along with you.”
A technique that erases you, who are akin to a god of another dimension, and the Demon Realm.
Truly… only now does it live up to its name.
Before, I had to pour everything into it due to lack of power… but not anymore.
I’ll show you the true power of 「Chaos,」 invader.
“A slash that annihilates both gods and demons… I just gave it a cool-sounding name, but it’s become real. Thanks to you.”
[……]
“Nothing to say? Then die quietly. Regret, despair, rage… blame yourself as you disappear.”
I grip the sword tightly with both hands.
And slowly… raise it, condensing 「Chaos」 into the blade.
When energy that could shatter dimensions just by existing gathers, I unleash a slash towards the invader’s body.
“「Divine Demon Slash (神魔皆斬)」.”
The slash that annihilates everything… splits the Demon Realm in half, annihilating the invader.
The split dimensions of the Demon Realm are engulfed by 「Chaos,」 and the two dimensions, which should not exist as one, begin to destroy each other, collapsing into a single point… and begin to erase their existence.
If left alone, the Demon Realm will naturally disappear.
Now, there’s nothing left for me to do in the Demon Realm.
With this… everything is over.
Over 20 years of war with the Demon Realm, the witches, Pandora… and the source of all calamity, the invader from another dimension… all the calamities that plagued us are over.
“Haah~…”
By the way, the sight of the Demon Realm split in half, being sucked into a single point and destroyed, is so beautiful.
It should be horrifying and catastrophic, but… perhaps due to the influence of 「Chaos,」 it just feels beautiful.
I want to keep watching this.
But I can’t stay here forever.
I should head back soon.
“…Hmm, it’ll probably take about 100 years to completely disappear…”
Speaking of which, the speed of annihilation is quite fast.
At this rate, it’ll probably be gone in about 100 years.
Even though it’s a separated part of the original dimension, this speed is really…
“……”
…Well, whatever.
There’s nothing left to see or do here.
A naturally disappearing dimension isn’t worth paying attention to anyway.
Time to go back.
“Looks like Pandora was blocking the path between the two dimensions…”
This is refreshing, the [Gate] opens so smoothly.
Then first… ah, before that, I need to take care of that.
That huge [Gate], I need to deal with it.
Crush it with 「Chaos,」 force it closed… and done.
This is so easy now.
“This makes me feel like… I’m some kind of absurd existence… oh, right, I am.”
…Anyway, I’ve destroyed the huge [Gate], so I should head back to the Fairy Realm first.