Ubermensch - Chapter 194 - Lightnovelasia

Chapter 194

The Destroyer growled.

“Obsession? You say it’s just a nightmare?”

Even if ‘Mason’ was with Oztalon, the Destroyer was also an emotion that Mason had harbored.

Rather, now that the conflict in his heart had disappeared, his rage had become even denser and purer.

“Even so, I am not some shadow of yours. You are just a delusion and an illusion, while I am the truth and reality!”

The Destroyer spread his arms wide.

Simultaneously, a giant double-headed axe emerged from his silver arm. It was the Destroyer’s divine artifact, imbued with malice, capable of tearing apart reality and cleaving the universe.

As Mason stretched out his hand, the broken greatsword, Red Girl, came into his grasp.

The moment he gripped the sword, a blade of light sprouted anew from the broken part.

Red Girl was the sword of retribution. A cursed sword, forged from the resentment and condensed into a curse, born from the atrocities committed by the Destroyer.

Furthermore, imbued with the will and divine power of ‘Mason’ and Oztalon, it was truly a divine blade.

The Destroyer and the Guardian Deity stared at each other.

And in the next moment, they folded space and charged towards each other.

Clang!

“Tsk…!”

A clash of power against power, divine power against divine power.

The two gods pushed against each other’s strength, their double-headed axe and double-edged sword locked together.

However, there was no clear victor.

‘Strength is…’

‘…Equal!’

If Mason had ‘Mason’, the Destroyer had the believers who worshipped him.

He had compensated for the weakness of being an Empty God with the faith of his devotees.

A simple contest of strength wouldn’t decide the outcome.

‘If this is how it’s going to be…!’

Both the Destroyer and Mason were Greater Gods. Omnipotent beings who transcended the laws of physics.

A battle between those who could do anything wouldn’t be a contest of strength, but rather a battle of judgment and imagination.

“Great Old Ones! Evil gods! Engulf the universe!”

“Lend me your strength! Elder Gods!”

As the Destroyer manifested the most horrifying beings from the depths of imagination, Mason summoned his allies to stop them.

The universe instantly transformed into a battlefield for evil gods and benevolent deities. Both sides were evenly matched.

While wielding their axe and sword, the Destroyer and Mason simultaneously imagined and negated each other’s creations.

‘How can I exploit my opponent’s weakness?’

‘How can I create something they can’t even imagine?’

The Destroyer gritted his teeth.

“Laughing God! Seize control of all Battlestars!”

“Serious God! Stop the Laughing God!”

The Battlestars were currently in a state of inactivity, their command authority divided. As pure machines, they couldn’t perceive divine beings, and lacking emotions or faith, they only accepted logical commands.

‘Then the key is…’

‘…To make the machines recognize me as their master!’

On the circuit of electrons, logic and theory clashed and neutralized each other, flowing in opposite directions.

The machines were impartial judges, and the two gods were in a situation where they had to persuade them with their words. It was no different from a courtroom, except that everything was in machine language.

“You were created to destroy! Then obey my command to destroy!”

The Destroyer shouted.

Mason countered,

“You were created to entertain humanity! I, who forbid killing, am the one who truly aligns with your purpose of creation!”

Both the Destroyer and Mason’s arguments had their merits and were persuasive.

And if both sides were right, the machines had no reason to lean towards either one.

They remained immobile, taking no action.

The Destroyer gritted his teeth.

‘If this is how it’s going to be, I need to open a new battlefield!’

He began to grow larger, concentrating his divine power.

Clang!

His size increased, and with it, his mass and striking power.

“Tsk!”

Mason couldn’t afford to be pushed back unilaterally. He had to gather his divine power and grow larger as well.

The Destroyer had challenged him to a battle of divine power.

Confidently, the Destroyer declared,

“The entire universe fears me! Can the hope you rely on withstand the fear directed towards me?!”

Seeing the Destroyer grow larger than a galaxy, Mason gritted his teeth.

His words were true.

Everyone who knew the Destroyer feared him.

But not everyone who knew Oztalon worshipped him.

There were those who worshipped Nodens, Borbados, and other Elder Gods.

When comparing the sheer number of followers and the intensity of their faith, Mason couldn’t help but fall short of the Destroyer.

Compared to the exponentially growing Destroyer, Mason’s growth rate began to lag.

If the Destroyer was an adult, Mason was only the size of a child.

“Die!”

Having seized the advantage, the Destroyer swung his axe.

A monstrous slash that cleaved the galaxy in two!

Clang!

The collision alone sent a massive shock through the center of the galaxy, shattering countless stars. The stars that weren’t destroyed were thrown off their orbits, scattering in all directions.

The universe was expanding due to the impact originating from its center.

This was truly a battle that transcended the laws of physics.

“Oztalon!”

Nodens rushed to help Mason, but Azathoth still clung to him.

“Damn it!”

Helplessly bound, Nodens had no choice but to concentrate all his divine power to sublimate Azathoth into matter.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Every time the Destroyer swung his axe, Mason’s body staggered. No matter how well he defended, he was at a disadvantage in terms of mass.

‘How ridiculous.’

Mason laughed.

To think that even after becoming gods who transcended the laws of physics, they were still resorting to a sword fight?

Clang!

With a sharp metallic sound, Red Girl was flung from Mason’s grip as his strength faltered.

Certain of his victory, the Destroyer unleashed a lightning-fast slash.

But at that moment, Mason took a half step forward. Twisting his body and adding rotational force, he launched a strike towards the Destroyer’s abdomen.

A human technique, created by humans for humans, passed down through generations.

“Heavenly Demon Divine Palm!”

Boom!

The strike, created to defy gods, pierced the Destroyer’s body.

The Destroyer’s body faltered.

‘What is this power…?!’

An incomprehensible force was coursing through his body in an incomprehensible way.

Even an omnipotent god couldn’t control a power he didn’t understand. The impact of the Heavenly Demon Divine Palm, unleashed as divine power, surged through the Destroyer’s entire body without any resistance.

“You wouldn’t understand, would you, Destroyer? You wouldn’t be able to comprehend it?!”

Mason roared.

“This is the Heavenly Demon Divine Palm! A martial art created by humans to defeat you! The Heavenly Demon Divine Palm!”

As Mason stretched out his hand, the cursed sword Red Girl was drawn towards him.

It was the Weapon Recall Rune that Yekaterina had cast on him.

Mason spun around, gripping Red Girl as it flew into his hand, and using the momentum, he unleashed a slash towards the Destroyer’s body.

“Ugh!”

The sword that slays gods was hurtling through the air.

Even the Destroyer couldn’t guarantee his survival if struck by that sword.

But it was already too late, even if he swung his axe.

“Silver Arm!”

The Destroyer extended his Silver Arm, a weapon made of early nanomachines. The Silver Arm. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t part of the ‘Destroyer’s body,’ and thanks to that, he could withstand at least one blow.

‘Victory is mine!’

The Destroyer was certain.

Block the strike with the Silver Arm, then crush Mason’s head with the axe.

A simple but surefire tactic.

“Ronan! Are you listening?! Ronan!”

But at that moment, ‘Mason’ roared.

The one who sacrificed his life to give him the Silver Arm. Bound to ‘Mason’s’ soul, ‘Mason’s’ friend. Highlander Ronan.

“He’s not your friend! I am your friend!”

“?!”

The Destroyer was taken aback.

He had forgotten after being together for so long.

The fact that Ronan’s soul was fused with the Silver Arm.

And that was his final mistake.

“Do the right thing! Fight the Destroyer!”

A subtle rejection occurred at the point where the shoulder and arm were joined.

“?!”

Before the flustered Destroyer could focus his mind and suppress the rejection, the shield formed by the Silver Arm began to open a path along the trajectory of Red Girl’s sword.

‘You were there, Ronan.’

Inside Mason’s heart, ‘Mason’ sobbed.

‘Even while I was committing those terrible acts, you alone remained by my side.’

The Destroyer was horrified.

“N-No…!”

The Destroyer trembled in fear.

The cursed sword was approaching.

The karma of the massacres he had committed throughout his life. The retribution, taking the form of a blade, was flying towards him.

The Destroyer mobilized all his abilities. Space, time, gravity, even luck – he used everything.

But every attempt he made was countered by Mason, a god of equal power.

“Receive my hatred, Destroyer.”

Only one thing remained. Just one, very simple and clear conclusion.

“My lord’s enemy!”

The conclusion that he couldn’t avoid the approaching blade!

Thud!

The moment Red Girl pierced the Destroyer’s body, the curse poison that had accumulated over eons began to seep into him.

“Ugh… Uggghhh…!”

The Destroyer’s body began to crumble.

Red Girl wasn’t just a simple blade. She was the karma of his deeds, the price he had to pay.

“Just… Just because of a few mortals…!”

Heavenly Demon Seo Yeonhee’s Heavenly Demon Divine Palm stopped him.

Highlander Ronan’s righteousness shattered his shield.

And, Red Girl.

The loyal servant of Yekaterina, whom the Destroyer destroyed before the entire universe, was now bringing him down.

The Destroyer looked at Mason in disbelief.

“Everything must be purified… Everything must be cleansed!”

“Yes. So you, too, shall be purified.”

A galaxy-sized black hole began to form in Mason’s hands.

“Return to nothingness, Destroyer! To a place where there is neither time nor space!”

The Destroyer, starting to fragment, couldn’t resist and began to be sucked into the black hole.

“Don’t forget, Oztalon! As long as death exists! As long as destruction exists! As long as despair exists! I will never be extinguished! One day, I will break through this seal and descend again!”

“You, of all beings, should remember this.”

Bang!

Mason punched the Destroyer’s face.

“I am Oztalon, the Guardian Deity. If there are those who tremble in the face of unjust violence and yearn for protection, I will stand before you, anytime, anywhere!”

“Hahahahaha…”

The Destroyer’s crushed face. His last fragment wore a sneer.

“Yes. Then… I’ll see you again… Guardian Deity…”

The enemy of all existence.

The moment the Destroyer fell.