Chapter 120
Land of Peace (3)
At the gates of the small castle, everyone stopped and silently looked at Arthur, who was still in his giant form.
Fear was evident on the faces of the dwarves and the small humans at first—cautious, trembling gazes, as though they were standing before yet another disaster.
Arthur let out a quiet sigh, then canceled the bracelet's effect.
At that very moment, the scenario's penalty took effect.
His body began to shrink gradually, at a visibly slow pace, until he became the same size as the others.
Only then did their expressions settle, and the fear recede.
Arthur and the others entered the castle.
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After a night of heavy rest, and with the break of the next morning, everyone stood before the gate of Veronica Castle.
"Are you sure about this, Kim Dokja?"
Lee Hyunsung spoke respectfully, looking at him steadily.
Kim Dokja nodded.
"Yes. I want you to protect Veronica Castle until the end of the scenario."
Then he continued in a serious tone:
"If the first participants or the serpent appear… don't fight them. Run, even if it means abandoning the castle."
A moment of silence passed before he added:
"As for me, Arthur, Han Sooyoung, and Asuka Ren… we'll head to the Eastern Rock Region."
Kim Dokja gave a few secondary instructions to the companions, then left the castle with the other three.
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The group moved forward.
Han Sooyoung looked at Kim Dokja and asked,
"Are you planning to find the Disaster Ruler?"
"Yes. As you saw, the scenario has been updated. Arthur killed the second disaster… only the Disaster Ruler remains."
Asuka Ren's expression changed immediately upon hearing that.
"Wait… do you know who the Disaster Ruler is?"
Kim Dokja turned to her.
"I'm relying on you to answer that. Tell me… why did Izumi Hiroki become the Disaster Ruler?"
Asuka Ren's face froze, her eyes widening in shock, before she began to explain in a low voice:
How, when they first arrived in this world, they received a scenario to exterminate the dwarves.
Izumi Hiroki tried to refuse, but Yamamoto Hajime began killing, growing stronger when he turned into a disaster.
And to stop him…
Izumi killed a single dwarf.
At that moment, his sponsor manifested within his body… and took over.
"The Eight-Headed Lord."
Kim Dokja's heart trembled at the name.
'His true name… Yamata no Orochi.
In the original third regression, Izumi's sponsor was the Snake Slayer… but I never expected someone like him to have the serpent itself as a sponsor.'
Kim Dokja spoke seriously:
"He's an extremely powerful opponent… and he can't be defeated by ordinary means."
Han Sooyoung scoffed and looked at Kim Dokja, then at Arthur.
"Even with Arthur with us?"
Arthur looked at Kim Dokja, waiting for the answer.
Even he wanted to know.
"Even with Arthur… we won't defeat him."
Arthur smiled faintly, while his blood began to boil with pure excitement.
His thoughts drifted for a few seconds, imagining the battle.
"Hey! Stop that damned aura of yours!" Han Sooyoung shouted.
Arthur snapped back to reality quickly.
The two girls were trembling under the pressure of his aura,
and Kim Dokja was standing, but cold sweat poured from his forehead.
Han Sooyoung looked irritated.
"Are you telling me this demonic monster… can't kill him?"
Kim Dokja smiled lightly.
"We need to find someone else first."
"Who? Yoo Joonghyuk?"
"No… someone stronger than him."
Han Sooyoung frowned.
"Does someone stronger than that bastard even exist?"
"Yes. The Master of the Land of Peace."
Han Sooyoung exploded in anger:
"Are you kidding me? Someone from the Land of Peace? Do you even realize how weak they are? There isn't even a third-grade swordsman here! There's barely any magic! This world is nothing but a gathering of weaklings… why did the dokkaebi even choose this planet? Just to collect coins?"
She suddenly stopped.
She was looking at Kim Dokja, whose face held a strange expression,
and at Asuka Ren, who had completely stopped moving.
Kim Dokja spoke calmly:
"Calm down… this world wasn't created by the dokkaebi."
"What?"
Tears began to stream from Asuka's eyes, her face reddening.
"I… I'm sorry."
"That can't be…"
"The Land of Peace… is a story I created."
Han Sooyoung launched into a heated argument with Asuka about this world and why she designed it so fragile.
Meanwhile…
Arthur disappeared.
A massive shuriken appeared in the air—
No, it wasn't that the shuriken was massive…
It was because everyone else was small.
A fierce battle broke out.
The companions suffered consecutive injuries, until Asuka Ren activated her attribute and saved everyone.
Arthur descended from atop a tree behind them and looked at Kim Dokja.
Kim Dokja smiled faintly, and they continued forward.
"Arthur… if the serpent's followers attack us on the way, I want you to hide and not fight."
"Why?"
"Because I want to develop Asuka Ren's attribute."
Arthur recalled the plan and did not object.
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{Who are you?}
A calm… low voice echoed—
yet it carried a destructive aura that shook the ground.
Arthur and Kim Dokja raised their heads.
Before them stood a small figure, beautiful in appearance,
but his power… was unbelievable.
"Kyrios Rodgrim."
{In recognition of your courage… take your companions and leave.}
Han Sooyoung and Asuka lost consciousness immediately.
Kim Dokja remained standing thanks to the Fourth Wall,
and Arthur remained standing through sheer will.
"I have something to say to you."
{Do you think you are in a position to address me?
I am the Seer of Purity.}
A terrifying aura exploded.
The two of them trembled violently, Arthur's feet nearly sinking into the ground.
He endured it…
but blood began to flow from his mouth and eyes.
"We are here to ask for your help."
{My help… to save this world?}
"Yes."
Kyrios sighed.
{Every world has an end… and this is no exception.}
Arthur exploded in anger:
"Damn you and your sermons! Get off your sacred throne and look at your world as it shatters! Don't you feel any pain?
I didn't come from another world to carry out some damned scenario!
I'm here to save my world too!
If I fail… I'll die! And who will save my world then?
Don't think everyone is a bastard like you!
If you've abandoned your world… then why are you still here?!"
Silence fell.
Then—
The air trembled.
It shrank into nothing.
Arthur could no longer breathe.
{Very well… I will grant your wish. You will die.}
'Damn… I'm going to die. I have to do something.'
In a fraction of a second, Arthur activated the bracelet.
Kyrios was surprised by the sudden enormity of his body,
and the pressure dropped for a fleeting moment.
Arthur swung his sword and unleashed his aura with everything he had.
The two auras collided with force and madness.
One was a pure, terrifying blue aura—like a heavenly beauty descending from paradise itself.
The other…
was dark, bloody—formed from blood, souls, and hundreds, no, thousands of battles Arthur had fought in his life.
Battles against humans.
Battles against life.
Battles against himself—his self that screamed to shatter and break in order to unleash its bloody power, yet Arthur restrained it and remained on the right path all along.
The auras clashed violently and madly, and the ground trembled beneath Arthur's feet as he raised his sword, blood pouring from all seven of his openings.
"You damn bastard who doesn't care about his own world!" Arthur growled, his voice filled with killing intent.
Arthur stepped forward, while the blood continued to pour from his body.
"Scum like you, with absolute power, do nothing under the excuse of reason or concealment…
They should be killed.
I will kill them all."
Behind him, Kim Dokja's body trembled as he felt the Fourth Wall begin to shake from the clash of auras.
"A-Arthur… stop."
At Kim Dokja's words, Arthur's body trembled—he could no longer endure it.
His legs shattered, and he collapsed to the ground.
His bones were broken, and his eyes bled.
Kim Dokja realized the situation had completely collapsed…
but he couldn't move.
"Damn… damn… damn…"
Kyrios's pressure suddenly lessened, then disappeared.
"If Kyrios releases all his power… the consequences of probability will crush him,
and then the constellations can descend."
Kim Dokja quickly moved toward Arthur.
His body had returned to its original size due to the bracelet.
His legs were completely crushed,
and blood was flowing from his eyes.
Arthur lost consciousness…
in a harsh and humiliating way, befitting only someone who had faced the champion of an entire world.
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