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Titaera returned. As her expression was slightly brighter than before, it seemed like Yu IlHan's request had been approved without much difficulty on her side.

[I have returned. I also have a positive answer about the artifacts. One will be prepaid, and the other will be paid afterwards once the war concludes successfully....]

"You won't go back on your promise, right?"

[If it's my life, I can swear on it.]

"This is about a God-ranked artifact. There's no way I'd be satisfied with just the death of a 6th class high angel.]

[...]

Yu IlHan extended his hand to Titaera who had lost her words.

"I want to receive the one Miss MiRae will use first."

[Understood, let us leave together.]

Yu IlHan moved those that would go with him on the Flying fortress, and the ones that would remain behind in the Guardian fortress. Not only the Dragon's Army, even Kang HaJin had to stay this time.

"Although it's very insulting, I guess I can't help it."

"Please take care of Earth."

"I'll also show you that I can reach the 4th class before you come back."

"That's very reassuring."

When Yu IlHan came back after putting the Guardian fortress and the ones on it at Earth, Titaera looked at him from head to toe once in disbelief and muttered with a sigh.

[It will be a tremendous matter once Kang MiRae and your power are combined. I... do not think that is bad, but there will be many who will dislike the giant change that occurs because of you.]

"You know? Usually, the ones that dislike it are usually the ones that say that. Let's go."

Yu IlHan said a line that made wrinkle on Titaera's forehead, and followed her on the fortress along with the others on the group.

The transport was done with the gate made by Kang MiRae, and Yu IlHan was dumbstruck after watching her create the gate that traced Titaera's movement path, and muttered.

"This is not done through the use of records. It's using the traces of mana."

"You're right."

If Yu IlHan's warp worked in a way that absorbed, analyzed, and chased the source of an object or an item, Kang MiRae's gate was closer to forcibly twisting a closed path once again. With the two's power combined, there was nowhere they could not go to.

"There won't be a lot of higher existences with this kind of ability, right?"

"If there are, would Titaera asked Kang MiRae for help? Going to and from worlds is not easy even for higher existences. And moreover, creating gates that allow for mass transfer... as far as I know, Kang MiRae is the first one that can do it."

"At least she is indeed the first one that created gates by tracing mana. It is definitely true since the blessing of the god of magic was bestowed on her that even I couldn't get."

Erta's body, while she explained, was trembling slightly. Yu IlHan caught on that she was feeling slightly inferior, and did not touch on that.

"Well, then. Let's go."

"Yes."

The place they headed to was the main headquarters of the Heaven's Army, 'Heaven'. It was too vast of a world to be called a world at all after it had experienced an unknown number of Great Cataclysms.

"It's been a while..."

[Liera, you're welcome again anytime if you want to come back.]

"No, no. I like where I am currently."

Liera looked at the reminiscent skies above the clouds, with a tinge of sadness in her eyes. She shook her head at Titaera's words. Looking at her locking arms with Yu IlHan, Titaera's expression loosened a little.

[I'm really happy that you have found a reason to be happy. I mean it.]

"I know. Thanks."

Titaera's immediately lead them to Heaven's treasury. In front of it was a male angel with three pairs of wings.

[Lord Leciel.]

[I was waiting for you, human.]

Ignoring Titaera's greeting, the archangel, Leciel, gave a cold glare at Yu IlHan and spoke to him.

"Give me the artifact."

[You will pay for your arrogance one day. Did the mountain you climbed look so high?]

"Give me the artifact."

[...So you are a human that words don't work on.]

He was going to go back without a care for the safety of Heaven or something if this guy talked nonsense one more time, but as expected of a 7th class, Leciel immediately stopped his lecture after noticing that. Then, he closed his eyes and opened the treasury.

A five colored light provoked the group's eyes.

"Wao."

"So blinding."

"This is amazing."

"A sneak eye attack, that's cowardly!"

Of course, Yu IlHan had his eyes wide open even while everyone had closed their eyes. Wasn't this a world where your nose would be cut if you closed your eyes? As long as he was still in the Heaven's Army main quarters, he did not plan to let his guard down.

[The treasury of the Heaven's Army is vast. All items here are those that may pose a threat to us if even one of them gets stolen and therefore, aren't easily taken out, and remember that those who aren't 7th class angels cannot even borrow the items here.]

"And so? Where is this item that is suitable for a mage, that is, Miss Kang MiRae?"

Ignoring Leciel's threats, Yu IlHan offered the perfect words without any room for retreat! Creasing his face, Leciel tapped the ground with the staff in his hand. At that time, another round of light poured out from inside the treasury, before a silver-translucent circlet appeared.

"That's worse than what Mr. IlHan made me!"

"Do you really have to go boasting everywhere?"

Na YuNa retorted, but Leciel wasn't shaken by that and gave the circlet to Kang MiRae.

[The Crown of Wisdom. It accelerates all neural activities, and allows to activate two magic simultaneously without the additional consumption of mana, and even raises the league of mana by a tier as well. Until now, this never made it out of the treasury as no one fulfilled the criteria.]

"Criteria.... Oh."

Yes. The equipment requirements of the circlet was none other than the blessing of the god of magic! Before Kang MiRae could put it on with satisfaction, Yu IlHan's hand lightly touched the circlet.

"What is it, Mr. IlHan?"

"It's nothing. I just thought that they might have tinkered with it, but it looks like the Heaven's Army doesn't do strange things to equipment like these."

[Just what do you consider us as? I have an issue with your impression of us.]

Leciel's expression creased once again. However, Yu IlHan only shrugged his shoulders. Now that the safety was confirmed, Kang MiRae put the circlet on without hesitation, and at that moment, the crystallizations of mana around her started to emit more multi-colored light.

"Amazing, to think the mana I wield can become so different..."

"The option to increase the league of mana is definitely an amazing option, but..."

"Of course, it's an amazing option. It is indeed an amazing option. Eih, eih."

Yu IlHan complained internally that the function of the Crown of Wisdom was slightly lacking for a God-ranked artifact, but seeing Kang MiRae satisfied, he decided not to say it. Meanwhile, Liera swinging her sleeves of the Feather of Temptation was quite... considerably cute.

[You look happy, Liera.]

"Huh? Yeah, I'm very happy."

[How foolish...]

Leciel looked like he had something to say to Liera as well, but didn't say anything. Instead, he only glared at Yu IlHan. Titaera coughed awkwardly and made the group retreat.

[Are you satisfied?]

"Yes, we did indeed receive the prepayment. Now please speak about what you want to request of Miss MiRae. Miss MiRae, will you be alright?"

"Yes. I'm ready."

[Very well, then before we move on, we'll switch locations.]

When Titaera said that, the group and the Flying fortress was instantly moved to somewhere else within this world. This was a show of power that made him realize what the ruler faction can do in their own world!

[This is the entrance to the battlefield.]

Yu IlHan decided hide the fact that he could resist the teleportation with the Dimensional adaptation skill before Titaera could activate that ability, and raised his head.

At that moment, he subconsciously exclaimed.

"...Wao."

"Mr. IlHan, you were completely polluted by me. Like this if your heart can also be... Kyaaaaak!"

Yu IlHan was overwhelmed to the point that he didn't even realize that Na YuNa was being iron clawed by Liera.

A gigantic space that made even the Flying fortress look like a speck of dust in comparison, beyond that was a truly humongous wall. It was too large that the wall itself could be called a world in itself.

[Kyahahahahahahah!]

[It's been awhile... I'm back, o Heaven!]

With the wall as the middle, countless angels and their enemies were going against each other. Amongst the enemies, there were monsters, as well as black-winged fallen angels, and those that looked perfectly ordinary on the outside. Yu IlHan, who had experience fighting them all, could identify them without much difficulties.

"What the heck? You were having a 2nd round here?"

[It's frustrating... but that's a suitable expression.]

It wasn't just the Destruction Demon Army. Not to mention the Army of Brilliant Light, even the ones belonging to the Garden of Sunset were trying to destroy the wall. And naturally, the number of angels paled in comparison to the other side.

"How the hell did that happen!?"

Screamed Liera. Titaera replied with a depressed expression.

[The Destruction Demon Army schemed against us. They brought other factions to their world Elo Katra and are trying to push us back...]

"That doesn't make sense. They tried to bring the other factions in to harm the Heaven's Army? The foolish ones cannot be more foolish like that!"

[That's why the Heaven's Army is frightening, Erta.]

"How can that be...."

The time was truly strangely precise. All factions were very annoyed due to the incident in Dareu, and their hostility towards the Heaven's Army, who received relatively little damage compared to the rest, was boiling. In such a situation, the Destruction Demon Army played a super underhanded move of bringing the others to their main headquarters!

"That means their boss did something?"

[It seems like he didn't actually move himself. However, at this rate... there might really be a terrifying battle.]

"That's a nightmare! You guys, it's really fortunate that you guys succeeded in persuading IlHan..."

Although that sounded positive, in truth, this was no different from Liera drawing a line between her and the Heaven's Army. Titaera realized that there will never will be a time where she would stand side by side with Liera again, but tried her best not to show it on the surface.

[I'm even envious of your endless faith in him.]

"But now that we're on the same side, IlHan will do something about it!"

"Unfortunately, the spotlight isn't me this time, right, Miss MiRae?"

"O, oh, yes!"

Kang MiRae lost her cool after seeing the war of an unbelievably large scale, one that she had never experienced before, but eventually looked at Titaera in a calm manner.

"Now, please tell me what I have to do."

[Kang MiRae, what we want you do is only one thing.]

Titaera bit her lips before speaking.

[Please trace the main headquarters of the Army of Brilliant Light and open a gate to there. At that moment, their alliance will be dissolved all by itself.]

"...Sorry?"

Kang MiRae asked back to confirm. Titaera explained in kind.

[The majority of the Destruction Demon Army are beasts that only want destruction. If you open a gate that connects to their main headquarters, about half of the monsters charging towards the Wall of Chaos like mad will rush there, and the Army of Brilliant Light will try to guard them in panic. Just that will probably fulfill our objective.]

"That means...."

[We're making the enemy divide. And direct their rage at each other!]

Yu IlHan thought when he heard that.

That this may be even more of a mess than Dareu.

Author's notes

Heaven's Army doesn't want frontal collision!

"There are too many traces of mana. I cannot possibly know which one I have to grasp."

[A few tries will suffice with our help.]

"Even if I do find out, I think we need to go over the Wall of Chaos before we open the gate."

[We have a squad prepared for that.]

At the same time Titaera said that, angels appeared. Yu IlHan nitpicked at Titaera after checking them out.

"There are no 7th classes."

[The archangels cannot move so easily.]

"So you aren't sending out any of those archangels even in this war?"

[Isn't that obvious? They aren't sending any of theirs either.]

Yu IlHan asked back in disbelief, and Titaera nodded as if this was natural.

"You should know why they're so angry? As long as an archangel does not come out from your side, their rage will not subside even if you cause an internal conflict."

[The archangels have their own jobs and roles. As I have told you already, once Kang MiRae opens the gate, the situation will subside by itself.]

"That's why I'm saying, there's no way they sit still while we do that."

With Yu IlHan here, they might be able to keep their concealment maintained until the first activation of magic, However, the problem was that it was unknown how many times they had to try before succeeding to open a gate heading to the main headquarters of the Army of Brilliant Light. The fact that Kang MiRae can make gates will be found out, and naturally, she will be the center of attention.

[We are risking our lives for this mission. I understand what you're worried about, but in no scenario will Kang MiRae lose her life. The fact that we gave her a God-ranked artifact up front was a very hard decision for us as well!]

"That's why I'm saying that God-ranked artifact is currently...oh, forget it."

This won't do. Words didn't work. Yu IlHan palmed his aching head. If these idiots were to come out like this, he would have gone into details about the cooperation as well!

However, this was his mistake as well. What was he supposed to nitpick about now? The later he gave up, the more painful it will be – Yu IlHan put away his regrets about the Heaven's Army and declared.

"Since it came to this, we can only split up into two. Angels, I'm going to move while imagining that you aren't here."

[...?]

The angels including Titaera could not understand him and was dumbstruck, but only Liera understood him.

"IlHan, you mean you're going to distract them while Kang MiRae is activating her magic?"

"It's fine. I've got a majority of their records. If it's up to 6th class, I'll still be safe."

"So... so cool."

"I knew you'd say that."

Only after Liera said that did the angels realize what he was planning to do and only shook their heads.

What sort of metal guts did he have in order to rush into a battlefield that even 6th class beings risked their lives in? They knew he was weird in the head, but they didn't realize he was that weird in the head.

"Mr. IlHan, no!"

"If you fall to somewhere like that, you'll definitely die! This is a request from me, so you don't have to take so much of the burden!"

"I won't die. And this is a request for the both of us. I'm going to get mad if you keep making me out to be a loner like that."

Kang MiRae became speechless after hearing Yu IlHan's playful words. At that time, Na YuNa tapped her shoulders and stepped forward.

"It's fine MiRae. Mr. IlHan will never ever die. Oh, you'll take me right?"

"Nope, Miss YuNa, you stay still in the fortress."

"Tch~, you always leave me out at times like these. I'm also going to become something like a battle maiden when I become a higher existence!"

"Instead, Liera and Erta, you girls help me out. Miss YuNa, you can just bless us beforehand."

"Dad, me too!"

While the angels were dumbstruck, Yu IlHan had arranged everything like he was popping popcorn with lightning. The front raid squad was formed, and the support was organised!

However, Yu IlHan shook his head at Yumir's words.

"Mir, you have a very important role. You have to conceal everyone including the Flying fortress until the moment Miss MiRae successfully activates her first attempt at her magic. How is it, can you do it?"

"Umm.... Yeah!"

"Good. You will protect the noonas and grandma."

"Got it!"

[Putting such a wide area under the effect of concealment? That's got to be nons-]

"Eih!"

When Yumir activated his skill while bringing out the power of his title to the maximum, such 'nonsense' actually happened. The angels decided to give up on retorting. This much was just standard procedure for anyone who came into contact with Yu IlHan and his group.

[W, wait! If you really are going to go, receive a blessing from us first. Despite everything, a blessing from us higher existences should be better than one from a lower existence!]

"Nah, sorry to say, but our priestess is the best priestess."

"Ehem!"

Na YuNa winked towards the angels and gave blessings to Yu IlHan, Liera and Na YuNa. After reaching nearly level 280 of 4th class, she had grown to be a transcendental beauty, and had the power to convert her beauty into the power of a blessing which was a form of power she had as the priestess of the goddess of beauty, Leytna!

[All abilities increase by 43% during the next 3 hours. You will absolutely not get hit by a critical hit, and can avoid one deathblow from the enemy. All regenerative abilities increase by 300%.]

[....]

Titaera felt the already monstrous powers of the three increasing yet again, and decided to halt her train of reasoning. Perhaps the talent that she had to bring into the Heaven's Army was Na YuNa? Of course, not that her hopes would become true.

"Have a safe trip, Mr. IlHan!"

"Nothing will happen to us. And nothing will happen to that side either."

Yu IlHan gave a glance at Kang MiRae and Na YuNa, before tapping the grounds of the Flying fortress lightly. As long as 'she' resided in the fortress, no one would be able to lay their hands on any of them.

"She'll appear if she thinks it's dangerous."

"I'll believe in you."

[What is this? What is this 'she'?]

However, Yu IlHan ignored Titaera's question and once again checked that Liera and Erta were within his range of concealment before jumping into the air. The closer they approached the Wall of Chaos, the flashier the battle between the higher existences became. Looking at that, Yu IlHan thought up of something.

"Oh, I guess I didn't learn the Great Cosmos-severing Spear yet."

"It's quite amazing that you think up of that now. So? Are you going to learn it?"

"Yes. I plan to."

In fact, Yu IlHan was thinking that he may be able to reach a higher realm in the spear with the overlap of the Spear of Untraceable Trajectory. What if the Great Cosmos-severing Spear was added on top of that? It would be a Spear technique that was completed with two advanced spear techniques as the foundation!

"That's horrifying just by thinking about it..."

"The fusion of two advanced weapons technique of the same weapon... I've never heard of such a thing happening, but it's scary because it might be possible if it's him."

Yu IlHan looked scrambled around his inventory while flying. He had loads of remains of higher existences, and he took out a 5th class magic stone from a random one and immediately started the fusion evolution process.

Blinding light burst out and enveloped Yu IlHan, making his spirit and body advance forward by a realm. He had reached a realm that Spiera had barely reached by reaching 6th class.

[You have learned the Great Cosmos-severing Spear.]

"What would Spiera think when she found out that he was treating her life's work so lightly..."

"Wouldn't she like it when IlHan makes an even more advanced Spear technique using it as the basis?"

"Well, here's goes the first strike."

Coincidentally, an angel that was facing numerous higher existences at the same time was retreating and the tens of enemies were chasing! Yu IlHan's spear struck out like a tiger that spotted its prey.

The left hand that dictated the direction of the attack, and the right that gripped firmly on the spear. He drew a diagonal line from the bottom right to the top left with the tip of the spear. The sharpness of a sword, the speed of a whip, the weight of a blunt weapon is imbued into the single strike of the spear with the control from the body that had reached beyond its limits – At that moment

An unprecedented aura 'drew' a straight line that cut through space itself, cleaving everything within the trajectory in half.

[Critical Hit!]

[You have earned experience.]

[You have earned experience.]

[You have...]

[The skill, Great Cosmos-severing Spear, has become level 8.]

"Huh."

Yu IlHan tilted his head after putting the bodies of higher existences into his inventory.

"Concealment didn't wear off because they all died at once."

"It's fine, a lot of them have noticed already."

Yu IlHan struck out with the Great Cosmos-severing Spear once again, but this time, even more higher existences died as his Deathgod skill began to take effect.

Even in a battlefield where higher existences were as numerous as bugs, it was a strange thing for many higher existences to die at once without the enemy being discovered. A commotion occurred in the battlefield.

[Just what is it?]

[Something just whisked past me. I definitely felt it! There is one that I cannot see!]

[It's an attack that occurred after an angel retreated. An archangel! Did an archangel finally show up!?]

No matter how much he tried to attract aggro efficiently, the enemies didn't find him, so he couldn't do his job! Yu IlHan sighed and took out a Breath from his inventory and put it in his mouth. As he had made quite a lot during the past few days, he had enough to use throughout this battle.

"Well then."

He gripped on his spear and rushed into the hole on the Wall of Chaos. Then, when Liera and Erta caught up to him, he spread the white flames on his spear and shouted.

"Falling Down!"

White flames containing souls instantly amplified and colored the region. The concealment Yu IlHan was maintaining was dispelled, and the figures of the three was revealed without any protective shields to cover them in that vast region.

[This mana is....]

[Yu IlHan, it's Yu IlHan!]

[He's here!?]

[But how!? Wait... did he join the Heaven's Army?]

[No, he's still a lower existence!]

What was important was not that. What was actually important was that all higher existences will drop by a league within the region of Falling Down!

"It's Guten Morgen, you fuckers!"

Yu IlHan decreased the power output of the Great Cosmos-severing Spear and the Spear of Untraceable Trajectory, to decrease his mana consumption and activated both skills at the same time in many directions. A shockwave akin to a planetary explosion occurred with him as the center and assaulted the higher existences. The strikes that reached the extreme in both strength and speed ripped apart everything in its path.

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical....]

[You have earned....]

"What the hell just...."

Liera became speechless after witnessing what would happen when two advanced spear techniques were fused, while Erta asked in her stead.

"Is this the scene we can see if you fuse two spear techniques together?"

"No."

Yu IlHan replied lightly and collected the dead bodies of the higher existences. The number was exactly one hundred and twenty-one. This should be plenty enough to attract all their attention onto him!

"I haven't even started yet, though?"

[He's... Yu IlHan!]

[Yu IlHan is in this place!?]

[Kill! Kill him!]

[Revenge for Helièna... I'll kill you!]

Hostility, murderous intent started all gathering towards him. Yu IlHan felt them and smirked. Was it a mistake to describe his smirk as one that a farmer in front of a rich wheat field would have?

Liera sighed and raised her spear. The flow of the battlefield had already changed.

From now was a war led by Yu IlHan.

[Kill him!]

[Kill!]

[Revenge for Helièna!]

Numerous monstrous beings, each with enough power to destroy a world by themselves, charged at Yu IlHan. Of course, their league fell as soon as they entered the region of Falling Down, but they didn't realize that as anger had gotten their heads. Even that was according to Yu IlHan's plan.

Just that, there was one thing he didn't understand.

"I can understand if it was just the Destruction Demon Army...."

Yu IlHan entered mana-saving mode and focused the white flames on the tip of his spear while he titled his head.

"Why are even the guys from the Army of Brilliant Light and the Garden of Sunset also shouting out Helièna's name?"

[I'm everyone's idol, darling. A being like the sun! – you'll be burn if you get too close, but you can't stop longing for it when you can't see me! Who was the lucky one that got to monopolize such an idol?]

"Yeah, yeah. You're great. Tch."

Helièna should be in the Flying fortress right now, but as he was connected deeply with her from the moment she became a thought-soul, she could express her will like how Orochi and Mystic could.

Yes, even though he had given back her a body, the liberation he wanted did not come to him!

[Kuaaaaaaaa!]

[Kill, I'll kill everything!]

[I see a familiar face. That resentful face, but dimmer!]

Although there were a few angels before he crossed over the Wall of Chaos, now that he had crossed over the boundary, this was completely enemy territory. Right now, it was the worst since even the fallen angels and the members of the Garden of Sunset were also unrestricted with their powers. They were sure that they were in the advantage and immediately charged to where he and his companions were/

"IlHan, there are quite a few 6th class beings so be careful. You'll die the moment you're careless."

Liera gripped on the light pink-colored spear as she crouched forward. The Wall of Chaos – although she had a lot of experience fighting in this place, this was naturally the first time she did so as a lower existence.

Although she was slightly tense due to the nervousness, she did not plan to back out; the person next to her was her beloved that she had to protect. The moment she thought that, the light in her spear became stronger, and the blessing of the god of love boiled and enveloped her. Pink light protected her.

"I can do something about 6th class with Falling Down. Erta, can you primarily use support magic? Liera and I will take care of the enemies."

"Leave it to me. That's my specialty."

Numerous magic formations floated within the region of Falling Down simultaneously. They were magic formations that defended against enemy magic, decreased their power of physical attacks, interrupted the enemy movements, and making the mana of the enemy berserk in reverse.

However, the already strong magic formations were supported by the white flames that spread on it. When Erta saw that the effectiveness of her magic had increased by at least 2 times, shock filled her eyes.

"This is...!"

"Falling Down is growing as well, you know."

Yu IlHan replied like it was nothing and threw his spear to one of the higher existences that just entered the domain. The Eight-tailed dragon Spear grew in size instantly by 10 times after absorbing the white flames as it flew along its flight trajectory, nicely pierced the enemy.

[You have earned experience.]

[What!?]

A lower existence just killed a higher one with just light movements! A few of those that tried to charge into the domain became stiff on the spot. Of course, they became the next sacrifices for the Eight-tailed dragon spear. Grabbing the spear that came back, Yu IlHan muttered.

"In the end, they only amount to so much. There are so many worlds that it's uncountable. But even if they reached peak in one of those worlds, they are merely one of countless. Why didn't I know this before?"

"IlHan, your thoughts are really daring. Though, it's frustrating that it's not exactly wrong."

One of those 'countless peaks', Liera, replied while gritting her teeth. However, her rage wasn't vented towards Yu IlHan but the other higher existences.

"Haaaaaaaaaahp!"

[Kyak!? My body...!]

One Destruction Demon soldier was instantly ground up by her spear after it was bound by Erta's magic formation and had its magic cancelled. Next was a fallen angel, and next was from the Garden of Sunset! Black and blue blood scattered everywhere. All the corpses were all collected into Yu IlHan's inventory.

"Huh."

Liera soon realized one thing.

"It's much more doable than I expected?"

"It's all thanks to Falling Down. This skill is not from a lower existence...!"

Erta sweated cold sweat after looking at the region of the soulflames that now grew quite a bit to cover quite a portion of the battlefield.

"It even restricts and lowers the league of 6th class beings. I didn't see such skills even with Battalion Commanders!]

"There we go! Isn't that because IlHan is too good?"

Even right now, the flames restrained and damaged the enemies, enhanced Erta's magic, and added power into Liera's spear! It was as if looking at an army that moved according to Yu IlHan's orders.

"That's amazing! As expected of a loner! You made a skill that enables you to do almost everything by yourself...!"

"You come to the rooftop after school!"

It wasn't just a 'distraction' that they were doing. Yu IlHan, Liera and Erta had become a storm that swept the battlefield! Titaera, who watched as the domain of the soulflames became larger and larger as it enveloped more and more of the battlefield, was covered in cold sweat.

[My god... I thought he was only good at ambush attacks...]

"His personality must have changed."

Kang MiRae was also shocked after seeing his incomparably overwhelming power to before, but could easily derive an answer and could tell the angel.

"Before, he liked to hide and be alone, but right now, he has found the room to give us a share of his heart. He's distracting the enemies for me too. ... I think it's definitely because of that."

[That does not make any sense.]

The angel immediately denied her words. However, Kang MiRae wanted to believe that it was like that even if it wasn't actually so. After meeting him again, her heart that had gotten excited was pushing her thought process to be more emotional.

[However... whatever the source of his ability is, he really is doing a perfect job. It's now. This is the perfect time. We shall depart as well.]

[Good, got it.]

Mystic initiated the Flying fortress. Under Yumir's power, the Flying fortress smoothly went over the Wall of Chaos while being concealed, and inside, Kang MiRae opened her eyes wide to find the traces of the Army of Brilliant Light.

[There are many worlds under the administration of the Army of Brilliant Light. Amongst them, we need to find one that leads to their main headquarters.]

"I'm... looking for one right now!"

[We shall help!]

However, what the angels could do was to just differentiate the mana belonging to fallen angels and telling her which. Countless fragments and traces of mana were in the battlefield. They had to find one that connected to the main world of the fallen angels!

"First one... here we go!"

A portion of the mana crystals that swirled around Kang MiRae rapidly flew across the air and arrived at their destination, when a vortex appeared with a strong light burst akin to fireworks. Beyond that was definitely a higher world. However...!

[That's not it! That's not their main quarters!]

[That's!? A gate has opened!]

[What is that island? ...Island?]

[It's angels! They're with a lower existence!]

Naturally, there was no way the concealment was maintained after a grand process of generating a gate. At that moment, Yumir changed into dragon form and roared.

[Kroaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!]

Although it meant 'Dad, we were found out, hiiing', the enemies heard it as an intimidating roar, and the allies heard it as a signal for the start of battle. The angels and the dragon immediately went into battle formation and Kang MiRae hurriedly cancelled her gate and recollected her mana.

[That girl opened a gate connecting to our world.]

[But how?]

[It doesn't matter how. Perhaps maybe... shit!]

[Oho!?]

[That aura was definitely, hmm!]

The fallen angels were all swept by nervousness, while the Garden of Sunset and the Destruction Demon Army became interested. A crack had appeared in the already unstable alliance.

[We need to kill her!]

[Get them out right now!]

[But Yu IlHan is...!]

[Yu IlHan is not of importance right now!]

"No, I will be!"

When the camp of the fallen angels shook, Falling Down once again expanded in area and instantly dragged the fallen angels in, restraining them, while Erta's magic formation also expanded and dispersed their magic power! Yu IlHan and Liera flew side by side within the domain to behead them and pull out their wings.

"This is... I feel like I became stronger than when I was a higher existence!"

"Haaaaaaaap! Lunatic wave!"

"Hhhhhhhp!"

Yu IlHan just poured out all the dragon bone spears in his inventory into the air and grabbed his Thunder hammer.

The hammer expanded with lightning after absorbing his magic power! Even the flames gathered towards it, enhancing it further. He activated God Force to the very limits as if to boast his puffed muscles and shouted while swinging the gigantic hammer

"You say you'd attack who!?"

The souls and flames that made up Falling Down were absorbed by the scattered bone spears and controlled them. The throwing spears were shot precisely at the fallen angels, while the Thunder hammer was being swung in the middle! The overwhelming force generated from the hammer resonated with the vibrating bone spears, which made ordinary higher existences unable to resist. At least those within the domain of Falling Down.

[Destroy the spears!]

[Dammit... this sticky thing is, Kugh!]

Tens to hundreds, hundreds to thousands. It felt like just yesterday when Yu IlHan trembled at the sight of a single higher existence, but right now, he was massacring them like it was nothing. His transformation was extremely dramatic and frightening. Even considering the support from the Record skill which was now over level 60, his movements were too surprising.

[Perhaps...]

[Perhaps he is.]

As if spitting out what it had in its mouth in fear.

Someone, or something, muttered.

[Perhaps he is the Fifth?]

It was like this every time a transcender was born. They crushed beings of equal league or higher like it was nothing, had domineering personalities, and made everything that was around them their possessions, or destroyed them if they couldn't.

Like that, the peculiar, messy beings that didn't die all reached the realm of transcenders. The ones at the realm of absolute that no one could dare dream to pass. Right now, Yu IlHan looked like such a person to them.

[However, not now.]

Someone appeared out of nowhere.

[So we just have to erase him here and now.]

Three pairs of pitch black wings, two eyes glowing in red like rubies. Black fur coat that covered the entire body. He had the appearance of a middle-aged man, but the league from his body was that of an emperor's.

[Lord Satière...!]

[Lord Satière himself has...!?]

[The 4th Wing of Brilliant Light!?]

The battlefield fell into commotion once again. No matter how big of a ripple Yu IlHan had called out, would he be able to surpass a 7th class that descended upon the battlefield? This was precisely why Yu IlHan told them to send out a 7th class, but why did the angels never listen to him!

[You damn pigeons. You really do annoy me. This war has become annoying again.]

His gaze swept over the battlefield. Minor 5th class beings ended up being petrified, with their mana being dissipated. The Flying fortress managed to block it in a desperate attempt with the help of the angels, but this was too strong to be just from a gaze.

[I'll clean you up. Your wings, your hopes. I shall snap them all.]

"That person! That person must be from the main army! I can feel the presence of a strong mana!"

Shouted Kang MiRae. Well, even the angels were sure of that. But how? How were they supposed to approach such a frightening being and grasp the trace of mana!

[Oh my, it looks like it's my turn now.]

A single bud of a flower bloomed above the Flying fortress as if having waited for that moment. The immeasurably potent poison that held the appearance of a beautiful flower. Despite the fact that it was snapped by a brutal man once, it still hadn't lost its vitality and gloss.

[Come play with me, Satière.]

The name of that flower, was of course, the Succubus Queen Helièna.

[...]

[...]

[...What?]

Helièna's appearance cast a wave of frost over the entire battlefield. Everyone was frozen stiff, but it wasn't because they didn't know who she was. Rather, it was due to the fact that they knew her too well.

[Y, you. You should have died!?]

Satière's leisurely expression cracked. He had the confidence to face against any other 7th class beings, but the story changed if it was Helièna. He had come here precisely because he had heard that Helièna had died, but she just showed up right in front of him!

[I did die. But I came back to life. Tada!]

[No way. An undead...?]

[Do I look like one?]

[Eek...]

When Helièna made a tempting smile and Satière's body shrunk back all by itself. Of course she didn't look like an undead. The rosy cheeks filled with vitality, lively eyes and her chest that bounced up and down every time she breathed in and out – everything about her was filled with vitality!

The thick magic power she emitted flowed out towards the battlefield. From that moment, many of the small fry started experiencing difficulties controlling their own bodily impulses.

[How did this happen!]

[I can feel the energy of the Destruction Demon Army. But she is not one of them!?]

[She has entrapped that energy. But how...?]

Whether it was the Heaven's Army, the Army of Brilliant Light, the Garden of Sunset, or the Destruction Demon Army, they could not hide their shock after seeing Helièna alive and well. The only ones that moved under the cover of the commotion were the ones who knew she was alive since the start!

"Since you've shown yourself, hold him still!"

[I'm thankful for your words, darling.]

[She's subordinated to a lower existence as well? ...I don't know what method you used but it disgusts me. I feel like I'm being toyed with.]

Satière's gaze headed towards Yu IlHan – the lower existence that was wiping out the fallen angels even while the battlefield was in commotion; the one that was wielding the flames of souls.

It was him. Everything started going wrong after he interfered with matters between higher existences.

[I really must kill him here and now.]

[Satière, You. Will. Play. With. Me?]

Satière's wings forcefully closed. The distance between Helièna and Satière was being closed very rapidly. It wasn't Helièna that was moving, Satière was moving towards her all by himself.

[Kugh, you damn bitch!]

[Kyaak, I'm so scared.]

When Satière focused his heat energy in his two eyes and shot it, the higher existences that comprised the Destruction Demon Army, the Garden of Sunset, and the Army of Brilliant Light stood in front of her in order to protect her. Tens of corpses appeared instantly.

[How can you so mercilessly slaughter your own fallen angels!]

[...!]

All the folded wings were unfolded, and Satière's eyes glowed once again. Two rays of light aimed for Helièna, but it was once again deflected by other higher existences. However, Satière didn't shrink back and continued on with his next attack immediately. The screams of fallen angels dispersed in the air with pitch black feathers.

[Lord Satière!]

[My apology, kugh!]

[Hmph.]

Satière snorted. He knew very well that her charm would become stronger the more he hesitated. Succubui were the masters of emotions. The best way to win against her was to continuously attack without thinking about anything!

[Shall we bet on whether I'm able to pull your wings out first or if all the higher existences die on the battlefield before I accomplish it!]

[Satière. You're as brave as ever. Though, you're still as hurried as ever too.]

No matter how strong Helièna's charm was, she could not perfectly control a 7th class being. It was also like that with the 8th Wing of Brilliant Light, Natière, and the Chief Gatekeeper Kelatuke of the Garden of Sunset as well. Didn't she shave their will to fight little by little and made them expend their strength on others? Moreover, Helièna's current power was much weaker than before.

Satière lacked the slightest intention to allow her the time to do her thing. This was a battle that had the name of the Army of Brilliant Light at stake. Even if all his subordinates died, he could not damage his reputation!

At that time, Helièna suddenly started giggling.

[Satière, don't you think you're mistaking something?]

[...Mm?]

[Oh, my, you forgot everything because I was too pretty, right?]

[If those are your final words, then I'll kil... what!?]

He only thought of killing Helièna as fast as possible before erasing Yu IlHan, but at that point, he was already being toyed around with. He had forgotten about the most important thing.

Think about it, why did Helièna show up in the first place?

"I found a trace!"

Yes. It was to buy time for Kang MiRae to create a gate that leads to the main headquarters of the Army of Brilliant Light! Satière's expression turned pale in an instant after realizing that.

[This, damned!]

[Kyahahaha. You're so cute when you panic like that!]

How could he forget? He had originally come here to prevent the case where higher existences flocked to the main headquarters of the Army of Brilliant Light!

[You bitch...!]

[Even if you look at me with such heated eyes, Helièna already has an owner. How unfortunate~]

[You dare, you dare toy around with the 4th Wing of Brilliant Light!]

[It's a cheap price for having a look at my face, no?]

Helièna's smile that leisurely looked back at his killing intent was more evil than anything. The Succubus Queen that played around with the hearts of men – There were no words on losing in her dictionary! Kang MiRae soon shouted.

"I'll open it now!"

[Don't you dare!]

Satière, who had realized his mistake a little too late, hurled all sorts of attacks towards Kang MiRae, but Yu IlHan had already returned to the Flying fortress at that point.

"Hbbbbbbb!"

The soulflame chains that comprised Falling Down had tangled itself up to form a gigantic shield and defended against Satière's attack before disappearing. Yu IlHan felt his Falling Down domain being forcibly cancelled and shook his head helplessly.

"Whew, he's insanely strong alright. I can't even touch him for now."

[It's amazing that you blocked his attack in the first place. Darling, you're so cool...!]

"I really don't like her."

"I'm sorry to say this, Liera, but you're not that much different usually."

[Damn... block by magic from a mere lower existence!]

Although it was from Kang MiRae, the gate had formed an independent sentience and formed itself automatically in midair. As long as the magic was complete, even Satière couldn't forcibly destroy it.

Not to mention destroying, it was becoming an even bigger gate by using the magic power he emitted as fuel.

[I, it's opening.]

[It really is opening.]

[The world of the Army of Brilliant Light... The Netherworld!]

All beings in the battlefield were shocked. The Army of Brilliant Light was shrouded in more secrecy than the Heaven's Army. Never did they imagine the world where they mainly resided in was revealed like this! From the moment the gate opened, they could feel a transcendental power twitching beyond it, but the Destruction Demon Army did not care as instinct was on a higher rank than reason for them.

[It's the gate that lady Helièna has opened!]

[Kihahahahahahaha! That side looks fun too!]

[Let's go, let's prey on the flesh of fallen angels!]

[You damn maggots!]

The moment a gate leading to the Netherworld was connected, the alliance crumbled. Although it was unstable from the moment of its construction, who would have known it would have collapsed like this? The fallen angels guarded the gate in panic, but that was no different from raising a shield to defend against the waves. Not to mention the Destruction Demon Army, even those from the Garden of Sunset jumped in on the ride very soon.

[Things are becoming very interesting!]

[Fufu, is this the time to choose the place of my death? Mine will be over there. I think a sunset in the paradise of the fallen is quite a way to die too!]

Matters were enlarged in an instant. When hundreds, thousands and even more higher existences flocked to the gate, an endless stream was formed. The Destruction Demon Army were led by their instincts, while the Garden of Sunset were driven by whim! The fallen angels quickly came to a decision.

[Return!]

[We need to go back and block the gate ourselves... kugh!]

[Destruction Demon Army... we will not forget this!]

The figures of fallen angels started disappearing from the battlefield. They had given up on attacking the Heaven's Army and opted to protect the world they resided in!

The main enemy in the War of the Wall of Chaos, the Destruction Demon Army, had already formed a flood that headed to the Netherworld, and as two factions had given up on the attack, there was no reason for the Garden of Sunset to attack the Heaven's Army as well. They also decided to join and watch what the world of fallen angels looked like.

[Yu IlHan, Helièna...!]

Even Satière who remained until the very end in attempt to block the flow, in the end, decided to give up on it and chose to retreat. Even while his body integrated into a different dimension of space, he glared at the two.

[I will not forget this insult. I shall definitely snap your necks personally.]

[Don't go, and play with me a little more, Satière. You should notice my charm if you stay with me more!]

The insides of Satière's head blanked for a moment when Helièna winked. She hadn't said that for nothing. If he stayed here anymore, he would be affected by her charm!

[Kugh!]

Satière provoked and instead gotten damage, and decided to leave hurriedly. When that happened, the chaotic battlefield had become considerably quiet.

The gate still hadn't closed yet, and the stream of Destruction Demon Army members did not stop, but at least, there were no more that tried to invade Heaven by going over the Wall of Chaos.

[You really did it....]

Titaera muttered in disbelief. Even though she was one of the ones who formulated this plan, she had no confidence in her ability to carry it out! Just as Yu IlHan was about to nitpick with her, Titaera abruptly turned her head towards him even though she shouldn't have noticed what he was thinking.

[And so? What is that succubus!]

[My name is Helièna!]

[E, eek!]

Helièna's demonic charm couldn't be avoided just because one was female. Titaera desperately tried to ignore Helièna and complained to Yu IlHan.

[She should have definitely died! But how can she be alive in this place!? Moreover, I can feel the aura of the Destruction Demon Army from her, but how can she kill those of her own faction without any drawbacks! How is she not chased out of the Destruction Demon Army even though she had gone against their rules!? No, in the first place, why is she listening to you when she's from the Destruction Demon Army!?]

"Think about it, miss high angel."

Yu IlHan shrugged his shoulders and replied.

"Do you think I have any obligations to reply to your question?"

[....]

"Fuu."

Regardless of whether Titaera and Yu IlHan were quarreling or not, Kang MiRae, who now felt her strength draining from her body after the successful mission, collapsed on the spot. Yu IlHan managed to catch her even while replying looking back at Titaera's scary glare with leisurely eyes. This was a small consideration only possible for a professional loner with the skill of wide vision!

"You've worked hard, Miss MiRae. Perfect use of magic."

"...Thank you."

Kang MiRae thought that she may have become too simple. She was in a completely groggy state after using one grand magic after another in the midst of higher existences, but she instantly recovered after hearing that line in his arms!

Na YuNa's smile that looked as if she knew very well how she was feeling made her very annoyed, but Kang MiRae decided to stay still as she didn't want this moment to end. It was unknown whether Yu IlHan knew of her current feelings or not, but he mercilessly took his hands off her after supporting her up to stand.

"Looks like our end of the deal is complete, so let's go get the other artifact."

[Wait. Explain properly about Helièna!]

"I said this already, but that wasn't in our contract. Like how you didn't send out a 7th class archangel while we were doing our mission... huh?"

Yu IlHan tilted his head while coldly replying to Titaera. He could feel two gigantic auras flying straight towards where they were from far beyond the Wall of Chaos.

[Helièna!]

[Kuhaaaaa! Helièna!]

[Oh my, things became difficult again.]

Helièna shrugged her shoulders after hearing the loud roars that filled the battlefield. Yu IlHan narrowed his eyes.

"Explain, Helièna."

[Oh, jeez, it's embarrassing, you know? ... don't ask me twice, darling. Didn't I say there were a lot of men in unrequited love with me?]

There were 7th class beings among them too!? Yu IlHan was about to ask that but became silent. The ones that appeared in that place spoke for themselves.

[You were alive, Helièna!]

[Why is it that you're with them, Helièna!?]

Yu IlHan looked at the figures of the two 7th class beings that he could not touch and shouted with a refreshing smile.

"Let's run!"

Everyone worked lightning fast. The moment he realized that two Battalion Commanders had appeared, Yu IlHan immediately activated Warp and put all his allies within his range, and the 2nd Battalion Commander Hillutonne, who realized that he had activated a skill, cast a wide-area magic which Helièna disrupted with her mana interference, Kang MiRae cancelled her gate, and using that mana Kim YeSeul cast a wide-area slow magic, while Na YuNa prayed to Leytna.

"Help us, Lady Leytnaaaaaaa!"

The changes that had occurred to Na YuNa after she had reached 4th class didn't just number one or two, and to pick out the biggest and strongest change, it was her ability to create miracles. The moment her holy power covered the battlefield, Leytna's power enhanced one skill and one magic in the battlefield.

The enhanced magic was Kim YeSeul's slow magic, and the enhanced skill was Yu IlHan's Warp. Slowing the reactions of the enemy while hastening the activation of the Warp skill!

[Just, what!?]

[Such puny magic won't work!]

"It will!"

Leaving behind Hillutonne to his shouts, Yu IlHan's warp skill activated. Not to mention the group that came with him from Earth, Kim YeSeul, Kang MiRae Helièna was within the range as well!

All of their figures disappeared from the spot as if they didn't exist there in the first place. Including those of angels like Titaera.

[How, can this....]

Muttered Hillutonne in shock as he had missed Helièna at a distance he would have reached her toes if he just fell over. The 6th Battalion Commander Belkatoo that came with him shouted in an excited voice.

[She was alive, she definitely was!]

[However, she was not of the Destruction Demon Army.... Right now, she is merely someone else with the power of the Destruction Demon Army. And it's also...!]

Hillutonne watched clearly that Helièna was acting cute towards him while listening to his orders. It was a very different figure to the Helièna that he knew of. Any time she acted cute towards a man until now was in order to toy around with them or kill them.

[Yu IlHan, it's that man's work. It's his doing...!]

[How is it possible that a lower existence can control her? Is he really the Fifth God or something?]

[It's not important if that guy's the Fifth or the Sixth. He shall definitely die by my hands...!]

Hillutonne's gaze headed to the gigantic wall that stood in front of them. That resentful wall, the wall that they couldn't cross this time either. Was it because the mass of the Destruction Demon Army had disappeared? They could see the holes in various parts of the Wall of Chaos being amended rapidly. They predicted this war to be the biggest war yet, but it finished in the worst way possible.

The ones that headed to the Netherworld would not be able to come back. Instead, their faction would be able to gain the records related to the world – Netherworld. With the main headquarters of the Army of Brilliant Light being exposed to everyone, another gigantic battle would arrive soon, and perhaps the Supremes may actually show themselves at that time. The large scale chaos and destruction that the Destruction Demon Army wanted so much would arrive!

So, from the view of the Destruction Demon Army as a whole, this matter was not actually such a bad thing. The problem was that once that happened, revenge would become impossible. Before that, he had to find Yu IlHan, meet him and then...!

[Hillutonne?]

[Yu IlHan...!]

Hillutonne clenched his teeth and muttered. The black magic power boiling from his body represented emotions clearly.

[You will not be able to run all the time. This damned seed...!]

Meanwhile, the place where Yu IlHan and his group headed to was none other than the place where they first arrived at in Heaven. Warp allowed them to leap dimensions, but also allowed them to leap within the same world!

[H, Heaven?]

[We're alive.]

[To think we successfully escape those frightening beings...!]

The angels each rejoiced while flapping their wings. Especially Titaera, who believed that Yu IlHan would leave them to die, sighed in relief after she realized that they had returned safely to Heaven.

[Thank you for saving us. Even though that wasn't within the contract.]

"Nah, I only gave a service because I might not be able to get my full compensation if I just left you guys there."

[At least try to phrase it in a nicer way...]

That was not one of the things one could expect from a loner. Yu IlHan didn't know how to get in the good eyes of people, but even if he did know, he wasn't one to put it into action! He completely ignored Titaera's sharp gaze and had a look at the faraway Wall of Chaos, before turning his head around to order Helièna.

"Now, go back. It will become annoying if they start messing around again after detecting your aura."

[Darling is so devious.... Fine, I will. I hate the way you look at me like that.]

[Wait, Heliè...]

Before the angels could grab Helièna, she entered the mansion. She wouldn't leave again until Yu IlHan told her to. Titaera stared at him with a sharp gaze.

[Yu IlHan, you don't plan to explain anything, right?]

"The high and mighty ones of the Heaven's Army should have realized the existence of Helièna already. What's important is that she no longer belongs to the Destruction Demon Army. Didn't you see? Well, then. Please give me my compensation already."

[...Understood, please follow me.]

Yu IlHan and his group ended up meeting Leciel once again. However, his attitude towards him had become slightly different from last time. He didn't have the arrogant and sermonic attitude of last time, but instead contained shock and doubt, and a strand of hope.

[...Is that ability, revival?]

"No, whatever you want of me, it's not that. Revival? I'm still a lower existence as you can see."

[Is that so...]

Leciel's head drooped powerlessly. However, after he raised his head up, he was surprisingly no longer hostile towards him.

[We didn't put any conditions on the second God-ranked artifact. Of course, not that there are that many God-ranked artifacts in our treasury... I'll give you the most suitable one for you. This is compensation for decreasing the casualties of angels as much as possible during the conflict, and successfully ending this war.]

The treasury opened again. Looking at what popped out, Yu IlHan subconsciously muttered.

"A magic stone?"

A red jewel compressed into a packet that was the size about Yu IlHan's fist. The raging hot mana inside was provoking the power of fire that Yu IlHan possessed. Pure crystallization of energy, especially the energy of fire, was concentrated to the limits. Magic stone was the most suitable word for it.

However, the archangel shook his head at his words.

[It's an artifact made with a magic stone.]

It looked like someone tried that before Yu IlHan did. Yu IlHan accepted it with a curious gaze... when he realized one thing.

"It wasn't 'made' into an artifact, the magic stone became an artifact by itself?"

[It's frustrating, but you're right. If you are able to discern that much, I guess you will suffice to become the lord of the Heart of Fire.]

"The Heart of Fire...."

It was quite a meaningful artifact for Yu IlHan who had received the blessing of the goddess of fire. No, to be exact, this was meaningless for anyone other than him.

[Heat of Fire]

[Rank – God]

[Durability – indestructible]

[User restrictions – Must be blessed by the goddess of fire]

[The magic stone of a phoenix that had stepped onto the realms of 7th class had absorbed the mana of a higher world for countless years to give birth to this. Just who would be able to control and use the heat stored inside?]

Yu IlHan asked to Leciel with a bright smile.

"Do you guys perhaps have artifacts that are only usable by the ones that received the blessing of the god of curse, the goddess of beauty, or the god of love?"

[I know why you are asking that, but there are no more. No, why is that there are so many beings that have received blessings in your group? Originally, the blessings of a recorded god aren't that common... perhaps.]

Leciel had a look at Yu IlHan's face. It made Yu IlHan feel bad and take a step back, when he snorted with a hmph.

[There's no way that's true.]

"It's suspicious if you keep throwing baits so blatantly, i'd appreciate it if you just be out with it already."

[Hah!]

Leciel raised his middle finger to Yu IlHan since he was so annoying.

[Be on your way already. I'm sending you off like this, but the other archangels may not like you reviving a Destruction Demon Army member and being with them.]

"So they can't make any time to protect the Wall of Chaos, but have the time to see me? I'm quite honored."

[Ugh...!]

Leciel closed his mouth. Even 7th class archangels lacked training to win against Yu IlHan in words! After making him silent, Yu IlHan turned around to his companions and declared.

"Then let's go to Earth. We still have a lot of things to do."

[Go away, shoo!]

"Amazing, he inflicted so much mental damage to a 7th class being!"

Ignoring Liera's awkward impression, Yu IlHan activated Warp again. Since he had reunited with Kang MiRae, it was now time to look for the other people of Earth. This was the true start of what Yu IlHan planned to do!

"Titaera, see you next time!"

[Yes, Liera. May you be happy in the future as well.]

"I really want to get working on my armor right now, but should I delay it for a little more..."

The cooldown was over and the Warp skill successfully activated. That was the moment when Yu IlHan thought up of one thing.

'Huh, now that I think about it, I wanted to decorate the final form of the armor with the DRAGON HEART.'

However, he suddenly acquired an exception material, the Heart of Fire. Then what did he need to do now? Make something else with Echjar's DRAGON HEART?

'...No, I can't do that.'

Both fire and dragons were perfect materials that suited him. If he couldn't let either of them go, he would only use both of them.

That was the moment Yu IlHan decided on making a dual-core artifact.

When Yu IlHan designed the concept of the unprecedented dual 7th class magic stone cores, a literal 'hell' was being depicted in the main headquarters of the Army of Brilliant Light, the Netherworld.

[Kraaaaaaaaar!]

[Huhi! It hurts, HURTS!]

[Kuggggggggah!]

The countless higher existences that flocked to the Netherworld during the short time the gate was open, started messing up the Netherworld as if they had set out to do that beforehand.

First, the predators of the Destruction Demon Army ate all they saw, and the gatekeepers of the Garden of Sunset tried their best in attempt to analyze any information about that world. There were a few angels as well, and their objective was not that much different from the members of the Garden of Sunset.

[You maggots!]

Satière, as well as other 7th class Battalion Commanders of the Army of Brilliant Light had hurriedly wiped them out, but the information leak about the world was unstoppable; not to mention the damage on the residing 5th class fallen angels by the sudden invasion of the Destruction Demon Army.

[Destruction Demon Army, you foolish creatures. Being toyed by the enemy even while knowing you'll meet your doom!]

[Keke, we always head for destruction. Everyone, including our great lord loves that the most!]

It was a mistake to have them join in invading the Heaven's Army after destroying the Wall of Chaos! The fallen angels grit their teeth and attacked them. For the foreseeable future, they would not join hands with them again!

[...It is very noisy.]

And at one moment, a beautiful voice resounded across the battlefield and the entire world suddenly became dark. The already dark world was now devoid of any light, and even the mana in the air were frozen.

[Oh, my.]

Satière, who instantly recognized what was happening, folded his wings and kneeled on the spot. The other Wings of Brilliant Light and the fallen angels all followed him. The other beings, were of course, unable to move from the spot.

[We intended for you to never unfold your wings.]

Spoke Satière as if making an excuse. The beautiful voice replied back.

[No, no. I was only curious about how things came to this. Yes, so the Netherworld has finally gotten guests. It looks like things will become noisy from now on.]

[...There are none that requires the Lord's hands. We shall take care of it by ourselves.]

[Hmmmmmm, but it will be more annoying for me if you all die. Natière's death was unexpected too....]

[No such thing shall happen again.]

Hearing Satière's guarantee, the beautiful voice became silent for a moment. Soon, the voice replied shortly.

[Yes, I shall believe you.]

[Thank you for your grace.]

[And.]

[Give us any order.]

[That guy, don't touch him.]

[By 'that guy', do you mean?]

[Earth, human, Yu IlHan.]

Satière's breath stifled. There was no way their Lord didn't know, but he actually had an interest!?

[He's the Fifth, I'm sure of it... I can't let the lower ones ruin my interest after such a long time. So leave that guy be. I'm really curious about what will come out of this.]

[...Understood.]

[Good, if needed, I permit a full frontal clash with other factions. Especially, those, damned, pigeons.]

[Yes, sir.]

With that, the voice was never heard again. Satière immediately stood up after feeling that their ruler's aura had gone.

The figures of the invaders had all disappeared as if they were never there in the first place, or perhaps as they had melted into the darkness.

"I will now talk about what I have planned for the future."

Earth. Yu IlHan spoke with a voice that was neither loud nor soft, to the ones who were looking at him including his mother and his son.

"As you can feel right now, the growth speed of Earth is very, tremendously, a little annoyingly... fast."

Everyone nodded their heads. It hadn't been long since Earth experienced its 3rd Great Cataclysm, but the concentration of mana on Earth was thicker than most worlds after the 4th Great Cataclysm.

And the concentration of mana was becoming thicker right now as well. From the moment the hell dungeon, where all sorts of demons roamed about, was fused completely with Earth, its growth had accelerated even further. The 4th class monsters which were once considered disaster-level, could now be seen frequently if you walked about.

"Originally, I tried to accelerate the growth speed of Earth. I wanted to give the privilege of returning to Earth for the people of Earth currently residing in other worlds. However, it worked a little too well, and from the current state of things...."

At this rate, Earth would enter the realm of higher worlds in a few years, and the seal on Earth will be lifted, allowing the people of Earth to come back, though, they would be wiped out by the horrifying monsters of Earth. This was the perfect situation of 'too much is worse than too little'.

So, he needed to tweak his plans slightly.

"There are two major things we have to do. First is to slow down the growth of Earth, and I think I can solve this to an extent with the artifact I designed and will create with the help of the mages here. I'm also going to activate the Hourglass of Eternity whenever possible."

"This is about slowing down the growth of an entire world, but you're saying it like it's no hard job, huh?"

"I accelerated the growth like without much difficulty so, it's nothing new to me."

Yu IlHan wasn't familiar with magic before, but right now, he had exceptional mages on his side with Kim YeSeul, Kang MiRae and Erta. Although it was annoying to talk to her, Helièna was also superb in her abilities. He had the confidence to succeed if it was with them.

"The second is to form and raise as much battle force as possible before Earth becomes a higher world. Only like that could we able to defend against any invaders. One of the forces is the Dragon's Army and... from now, I'm planning to go around various worlds connected to the people of Earth to procure allies."

"My dear, IlHan said he'll actually look for allies of his own accord...!"

"Please don't look at me like a child debuting at a playground!"

One of the biggest forces, Kim YeSeul, was quite difficult for Yu IlHan to act against. Yu IlHan retorted to the best of his abilities to his touched mother and continued speaking.

"Naturally, it will be impossible to visit all worlds that the people of Earth were scattered to. First, I'm planning to search the ones belonging to the Front Line Alliance first. Fortunately, that will become a lot easier thanks to Miss MiRae acquiring an ability to move across worlds.

"Does that mean-"

"Yes."

Kang MiRae's expression immediately darkened as she had predicted what his answer was. However, Yu IlHan was merciless and continued speaking without any hesitation.

"I'm planning to split up the members. I will be on the Guardian fortress, and Miss MiRae will be on the Flying fortress. For concealment, Mir will also be on the Flying fortress, and as for the rest, you will be suitably split up between the two..."

When Yu IlHan said up to that point, a fierce battle of wits started. A war-like psychological warfare! As if to pour cold water on all of them, Yu IlHan took out a piece of paper.

"...fortresses as I've listed according to level and class on this paper."

"..."

Yu IlHan won't always be done in. Everyone looked at Yu IlHan as if they've been betrayed, but he did not allow for any objections or arguments.

Yu IlHan made all members that had reached 4th class other than Helièna and Kim YeSeul onto Kang MiRae's side, and he forcefully proceeded with it despite Liera's strong protests.

"Please take care of any danger, Liera."

"Ugggggggh. I'm fine with everyone else but why are you taking that succubus!"

[Oh my, miss ex-angel is quite worried, eh?]

Helièna smirked at Liera when she protested. Her leisurely smile made Liera even more angry.

"Of course I am! Why do I go with Kang MiRae but you take that succbus!"

[Do I really have to put it into words? It's obviously because my darling likes....]

"It's because the very existence of this thing is a bomb so only I can treat it with caution. And since Helièna and I are here, I can only put the majority of the rest with Miss MiRae."

Yu IlHan told her the cold and hard truth in place of Helièna's teasing. Helièna pouted since she was treated like a ticking bomb.

[You should have just said you wanted to protect me. Darling really is embarrassed.]

"Then we'll depart like this. Oh, before that, communication devices."

Yu IlHan distributed new communication devices. Although it didn't look that much different from before, the aura inside it provoked a few ex-angels.

"IlHan, this is...."

"The angel's ring!?"

Just as Liera was about to say something, Erta shouted instead. Yu IlHan only gleefully smiled at the two shocked angels.

"I couldn't find a better alternative to send intentions through dimensions. Thanks to that, we can call each other however and whenever we want even if we're in different dimensions!"

"Yu IlHan, you should really learn what consideration is... uuuu!"

"Hmmm, it does nag me a little, but I guess it's fine since I can talk to IlHan even when we're far apart...."

"No! I can't accept this!"

Things were wrong since he started using dragon made equipment when he was with a dragon, Yumir. Liera thought 'it's fine since we've already come this far', but Erta still couldn't accept it. Yu IlHan licked his lips and extended his hand towards Erta.

"Then you give it back."

"That's...."

Erta pondered for a moment, but she still put the communication device in her bosom in the end. Reality always required one to look away even when you know something. This was such a moment. Yu IlHan laughed and cleared up the situation.

"Then we'll depart immediately. I guess it should be better if Miss MiRae and the others check up on your own families first."

"Thank you for your consideration. We shall do that."

"You must at least give me a comm three times a day. Aside from that, please tell me whenever something arises as well. I'll immediately go there."

"Understood."

"IlHan, I'll kill you if you cheat on me! I'll know with the blessing of the god of love!"

"Needless worry, you're the only one for me."

The group split up. The reason he left the Flying fortress was of course because the gear was better in the Flying fortress, and also because Mystic could control it of her own accord even without him around. The Flying fortress is originally supposed to be under the control of the Flying fortress, but it also had the function to be operated by Yu IlHan if needed be, so there were no problems.

"Then where are you planning to go first, son?"

Seeing Kang MiRae and co. going over the gate on the Flying fortress, Kim YeSeul asked her son. Yu IlHan shrugged his shoulders and replied.

"I'm going to gather the people with the most responsibility I know of, at the same time being as strong as the elite guilds."

"As strong as the elite guilds? Even though you told all of us that you'd gather them first, the first target isn't a guild?"

"Yeah, these guys are the only exceptions."

The people he was referring to was none other than the proud strong friends of Korea, Suppression! If they, who maintained their places to protect the citizens even while being treated poorly by the country, there was no need to doubt about their personalities.

The second criterion of his judgement was of course, battle capability, and until the moment the 3rd Great Cataclysm arrived, Suppression had levels and skills that didn't lose out to any other 1st rate guilds, so there was no need to worry about that either. And most decisively,

"Suppression are relatively cohesive in regards to which troops they are from. So I only have to go around 14 worlds to collect them all."

['only' 14 worlds, huh? Ufufu.]

Helièna giggled when she heard Yu IlHan's nonchalant words.

[It really is surprising. Until now, there was no lower existence that could leap through dimensions like that, you know? But somehow, TWO such miraculous beings were born in the small world known as Earth. How did that happen?]

He shrugged his shoulders and replied.

"Perhaps it was destined the moment humankind of Earth was scattered throughout other worlds."

[Fufu, it really is interesting to be with you, darling. I think it's gonna be much more fun in the future too.]

"Hah, it will be sooo interesting, I know."

"Enjoying everything is a good thing, son. If you don't get into danger because of it, that is."

[Oh my, you understand me, huh?]

The Heaven's Army, the Army of Brilliant Light, the Destruction Demon Army, the Garden of Sunset – just thinking about them made him sick but 'interesting'?

Of course, it was a good thing that he had made her, who can treat all that as 'interesting', into an ally, but he would only make a loss if he was swept by her thoughts and emotions. This was also why he put Kim YeSeul into his group. As long as his mother was with him, he had the confidence to maintain his calm state.

"Let's look for their big guy first then. I really hope he is still alive."

"Son, you've become strong."

"Yeah, though, I feel a little sad because I feel like I'm becoming numb to death."

Yu IlHan immediately activated Warp. His destination was the world Midora, where Colonel Yoon DaeHan and 39 of his subordinates were residing in. This was a world he looked for the first time, but as he had come into contact with the colonel several times, finding that world and recording it was not such a difficult thing.

"This word is a 2nd... No, a 3rd?"

Estimated Yu IlHan when he arrived at Midora successfully, and saw the concentration of mana in the air. Since he had experienced so many worlds, this much was nothing much to him now.

"It really is a different world. Amazing."

"I'm sorry, mom. I don't think we have the time to leisurely go around touring."

"But how are you planning to find them all when it's not just one or two that we're looking for?"

When Kim YeSeul asked in confusion, Yu IlHan raised a hand with a faint smile. Invisible magic power flowed out from his hand and came into contact with the world, when his Record skill activated and started reading the world.

"...Just now, what did you…"

[Oh my... I think I'm falling for you all over again, darling.]

Kim YeSeul was surprised after seeing the absurd ability of the Record skill up close, and the Succubus Queen Helièna made a thick smile. Not so long after, Yu IlHan severed the flow of magic power from his hand and spoke.

"Found them all."

"Did you say you just found them all? All 40 of them?"

"5 of them died, but yeah. They are together as I predicted."

"...Amazing."

While Kim YeSeul renewed her evaluation of her son's capabilities, Yu IlHan activated Warp again to the place where Colonel Yoon DaeHan was battling with his subordinates.

[Kroaaaaaaaaaar!]

"Don't retreat. It's aiming for that opening!"

"We can't kill this. It's impossible for us!"

"We can! The reason we've crawled into this forest is right in front of us. We can do it if we don't give up!"

Battling a 4th class giant snake of level 230, the soldiers shouted all sorts of things. At that place, there were other people than just the soldiers, but Yu IlHan could immediately recognize who belonged to Suppression; they were still using the artifacts that Yu IlHan made.

[What are you planning to do with those humans that are struggling against such a trash, darling?]

"You probably have a hard time believing, but they are within the top 0.0001% of Earth with their abilities."

[Oh my, can we really defend a higher world with those scrubs?]

"Hmph."

Yu IlHan snorted at her and took out a dragon bone spear.

"I'll make them all into 4th class before Earth becomes a higher world, so don't worry."

Then, he threw it lightly without thinking much about it.

[Kuaaaaaaaaak!]

The thrown spear fell like a comet from the air and pinned the body of the snake onto the ground. When the snake struggled while scattering green blood everywhere, the ones that were prepared to receive an attack from it were all put at a loss.

"Where did this attack come from?"

"Ah, look at the sky! The sky!"

Even though Yu IlHan avoided hitting the vitals of the snake on purpose, the snake was put half to death. Anyway, it didn't die instantly so the figure of the Guardian fortress was revealed, and the people doubted what they were seeing.

"Colonel Yoon DaeHan!"

Preparing to jump down from the Guardian fortress with his Ruin Calling open, Yu IlHan shouted.

"Come back with me to protect Earth!"

"No!"

The reply unexpectedly arrived quite soon. It seemed like Yoon DaeHan realized that the owner of the spear was Yu IlHan the moment he saw it on the snake.

But anyway, 'no'? He wasn't supposed to reject so easily. Just as when Yu IlHan tilted his head and was about to shout again, Yoon DaeHan shouted in a confident and strong voice towards the sky.

"I was promoted a little more while I was still on Earth!"

"Ah, I'm sorry."

This was the moment when 'Major-General' Yoon DaeHan and his 35 subordinates joined the Earth defense force.

Needless to say, this was merely the beginning.

Gathering the rest of the members of Suppression went smoothly as well. Since Great Cataclysms normally occurred once in centuries or even millennia, not many worlds had experienced such a big change.

It was just that the contract between the residents of that world and the Heaven's Army which disabled the residents from harming the people of Earth, was broken with Earth forcefully expelling its people, so there were quite a few dead members among the Suppression members in other worlds.

"It still is amazing though. Mr. Yu IlHan, you seem to have... surpassed the realm of human recognition now."

Spoke Yoon DaeHan powerlessly after seeing Yu IlHan operate the Guardian fortress, easily leaping between dimensions, and a frightening succubus that he couldn't even meet eyes with acting cute towards him. However, Yu IlHan's reply had even less power in them

"I was like that from the beginning."

"T, the beginning?"

"Yes, probably from the moment I was born."

"That's amazing...."

"Yeah, isn't it?"

[Pfft, pffffft.]

If any others heard it, they might think that Yu IlHan was boasting, but Helièna, who knew of his concealment ability that he had since birth, and therefore, knew what he meant, ended up in laughter. Ignoring Helièna, Yu IlHan asked Yoon DaeHan again."

"Is it just one place left? Captain Han YeoRang and the others."

"It's Colonel Han right now. She was promoted quite quickly."

"Yes, Guundia, where Cololnel Han and twelve others reside."

"That's right. It's a miracle that Suppression can reunite. And in less than a single day too...."

"It doesn't take that long anyway. More people will join us in the future."

As long as he was in possession of records about the world, there were no difficulties in using the Warp skill. What was more important was to persuade the people in that specific world.

In that aspect, Suppression was an amazing organization. All the members of Suppression he had gathered from 13 worlds with the exception of those that died, expressed their intentions on joining him even after he explained to them the hellish situation on Earth!

So it wasn't like the country was holding their weaknesses or anything and they were just plain stupid – realized Yu IlHan, but in any case, more allies were a good thing. If the twelve soldiers with Colonel Han joined from this last world, they would be able to gather at least 200 people of at least the 3rd class.

[Whew, how are you going to make them into a capable force, darling?]

"There should be much more time than you think so don't worry about it."

"Ufu."

Kim YeSeul seemed to find Yu IlHan's bland reply to Helièna cute as well as she was making a satisfied smile. Yu IlHan ignored her gaze and activated Warp. This time, he had to take Han YeoRang and the others from the world Guundia, which even sounded weird.

The problem occurred there.

"Shit."

"What is it?"

Yoon DaeHan, watching Yu IlHan coming into contact with records of the world which was an unbelievable scene in itself, reacted sensitively. Did Han YeoRang die? Being nervous, he actually was at a loss for words after he heard Yu IlHan's reply.

"Mankind is almost extinct."

"...What?"

"But Colonel Han is alive. And that goes for most of the other soldiers too...."

Yu IlHan stopped explaining and scratched his head. According to what he gathered through the Record skill, it was very likely that things going wrong was very high.

"4 years had passed since the 3rd Great Cataclysm. The people of this place could not adapt to the transformation."

"That's... an unfortunate thing."

The very initial stages after any Great Cataclysm was the most chaotic period of time. As the concentration of mana increased, the number of monsters increases rapidly as well, and all sorts of natural disasters assault all of the creatures inhabiting in that world. Only around 30 years after the Great Cataclysm would they enter the stable period, and only if they endured until then was mankind allowed to continue history.

However, the mankind of this world could not endure that period of time.

"And in reverse, that became a great opportunity for monsters, and as a result, 99.9% of mankind of this world has died in just 2 years."

"...."

Yoon DaeHan couldn't believe Yu IlHan's words even while looking down at the scenery of Guundia on the top of the Guardain fortress. Such a tragedy occurred in this peaceful-looking world? As if having read his mind, Helièna spoke with a cold smile.

[The main source of chaos is always mankind. The mana of this world was too peaceful.]

"However, chaos also induces growth. Like how the world will not grow in the absence of a mankind."

[My, darling. Darling's thoughts are lovely too.]

"Though, it's ironic that mankind became extinct just because they couldn't endure the growth pain...."

[Looks like the Heaven's Army had given up a long time ago too. I can't feel their unpleasant auras.]

"You are right. They aren't here."

Yu IlHan made a bitter smile. Looking at such an apocalyptic world, he felt very strange. He felt that Earth may become like this one day, and he was also feeling very unfamiliar with himself, watching the deaths of countless people without any feeling as if he was watching a movie on a TV or something.

[....]

Having predicted what he was feeling, Helièna stopped being playful and silently retreated. Considering how she normally treated mankind, civilization and worlds, her current actions proved the depth of her love for Ilhan.

"Then what do we do?"

"Unfortunately, there is not much we can do. It is possible to erase all the currently existing monsters in this world, but that does not prevent monsters from appearing again."

Yu IlHan thought for a moment before adding.

"And so... perhaps Colonel Han may not come back to Suppression."

Han YeoRang's level was 190. She had one of the highest levels among the survivors of mankind in Guundia, and was much higher than any of the members of Suppression here. Other than her, the Major-General Yoon DaeHan was level 173 at second place, so it could be seen how much suffering she had been through.

"In other worlds, Colonel Han is...?"

"She may have become the central pivot of mankind here. Let us first go check."

Having checked the current status of the surviving mankind, Yu IlHan immediately activated Warp.

It did not take that long. The place they arrived at was a battlefield where a merciless battle of resistance was occurring.

[Kuhaaaaaaaaaaah!]

"On the right! It's coming over!"

"Eeeeek!"

"Calm down! If our morale stays strong, the enemy will retreat!"

Yu IlHan's predictions were exactly right. She was the woman at the frontline of the battlefield and had the biggest voice. Wearing half-tattered Yu IlHan-craft armor, swinging a greatsword to make the enemies retreat, and a full head of black hair – all of this indicated the woman to be Han YeoRang.

"Colonel is so handsome."

"She's insanely strong... but they're in the disadvantage overall."

The members of Suppression twitched after looking at the people resisting against monsters. Wouldn't they all jump down from the Guardian fortress once Yoon DaeHan shouts 'charge'? – just as Yu IlHan was thinking that, one of the members shouted.

"Major-General, don't we need to help!"

"Major-General!"

"...Mr. Yu IlHan?"

"You don't need to move so everyone stay still."

Yu IlHan made a bitter smile before raising up his hand. At that moment, the Guardian fortress changed trajectories before smashing down towards the ground at frightening speeds!

[Kraaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!]

[Kuaaaaaaaak!]

What Yu IlHan did was simple. He only selected a place where there were no people, and had the most monsters to smash down on!

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical Hit!]

[Critical....]

The Guardian fortress showed itself after obliterating the monsters around the vicinity with its tremendous weight and magic power, and the people who were defending against the monsters with a poorly constructed stone wall were flabbergasted and widened their eyes.

"What, is that...?"

"A comet? No!"

"You should have told us beforehand!"

"It's not like you can prepare for it so it's fine."

"It's not fine!"

"Well, then."

Yu IlHan made a slight smile towards the members of Suppression that were rolling around the ground due to the shock from the impact, and started using the power of the Guardian fortress against the monsters.

Of course, the Guardian fortress lacked artifacts compared to the Flying fortress. That was because the focus of this fortress was not on its own battle capabilities, but to transport troops. However, the miniscule amount of artifacts on the fortress was enough to clean up the monsters in this place.

[Kuaak!]

[Khaaaak!]

[Kgagak!]

Screams of monsters couldn't move Yu IlHan's heart even by one micron now. Akin to a conductor in an orchestra, he lifted his two hands and played a symphony composed of monster groans, shouts, and screams.

The greatest disaster of mankind had instantly become a toy. This happened several times on Earth as well.

"Don't tell me it's..."

Han YeoRang, who was met with such a scene while she was commanding the other people, awakened a woman's instincts after such a long time.

"Mr. Yu IlHan?"

"Who's that?"

"...No."

The ones who heard her mutter by her side, asked in confusion, but she only shook her head.

Not only was there a very low probability that he had appeared, even if he really did appear, she could not show herself shaking as the one at the front most of the mankind in this world. She was no longer the hysterical lieutenant that said "I want to get married" all the time.

"It's nothing. Don't put down your guard and drive out the monsters. And don't approach the castle if possible!"

The battle ended not long after. Well, if you call the Guardian fortress wiping out the monsters without allowing anything to approach, a 'battle', that is.

"They really...."

"Are gone. The frightening horde of monsters, were all...."

Although this was nothing to Yu IlHan, who was used to fighting higher existences, it was no different from a miracle to those residing in this world. The survivors only looked at the Guardian fortress, which stopped moving after obliterating the monsters, with admiration and fear and did not dare approach it.

"We've cleaned up this area. I'll clean up the rest, so Major-General Yoon can go explain to Miss Han."

"I shall."

The barrier on the Guardian fortress was dispelled, and a few members of Suppression including Yoon DaeHan, appeared. The people immediately went on guard, but Han YeoRang stopped them.

It wasn't because she didn't realistically realize that there was nothing good in antagonizing them when they have wiped those frightening monsters so easily. It was because the ones that showed up were so familiar to her.

"Major-General?"

"How can this be, it's the Major-General!?"

The other members of Suppression that resided in Guundia with Han YeoRang until now also recognized Yoon DadHan and rejoiced. Of course, as Han YeoRang's position was very high, she tried not to show her emotions, but she couldn't help but tear up slightly when she saw Yoon DaeHan.

The battle that she had led during the past few years were too cruel for her, when she had many companions on Earth.

"Major-General, how did you....?"

"As you probably guessed, this is not my ability. I'm here with Mr. Yu IlHan."

"Ah...."

The moment she heard that, she could not hide the joy from surfacing on her face. She tried to suppress her expression in consideration of her subordinates, but it didn't work out so well.

Yoon DaeHan wondered about telling her the cruel truth, "It is impossible for you as long as he has the Succubus Queen by his side", but he eventually decided not to.

Let's just let her rejoice – until now, she should have had many more occasions to be sad than happy.

"But Major-General.... Why is Mr. Yu IlHan not coming out?"

"He is…"

Just as Yoon DaeHan was about to say something, the figure of the Guardian fortress disappeared into thin air. Just as everyone became dumbstruck at the scene, he explained with a bitter smile.

"He said he will clean this world up a little."

"This, world...?"

"Yes."

Yoon DaeHan explained to her without the slightest room for misunderstanding, as she could not simply comprehend the vast scale that Yu IlHan worked with.

"You probably won't be able to find any monsters in this world for quite a while. So... let us have a talk until he comes back, Colonel Han YeoRang."

Yu IlHan came back to that place after 13 hours, having wiped out every single monster in Guundia.