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Chapter 188: I Know You All Too Well

Arc Deisotos was an Apostle with a particularly tricky superhuman ability among those Ethan knew.

The superhuman ability of Ultimate Hypnosis.

As the name suggests, it was a superhuman ability that put the opponent into a hypnotic state.

It was a powerful ability that could turn truth into lies and lies back into truth by showing illusions, and once caught, it was extremely difficult to escape.

That’s why Ethan had tried to kill Arc Deisotos many times but couldn’t.

‘So in the end, I entrusted it to someone else, not me.’

But now it’s different. The current Ethan has a complete advantage over that superhuman ability.

‘Luna Spirit lowered my survival probability just by standing face to face.’

But now, there was no alarm indicating a drop in survival probability. Above all, he didn’t feel the unique pressure of an Apostle.

Ethan had definitely stepped up compared to then.

‘I’ve definitely gotten stronger.’

To the extent that an encounter with an Apostle wouldn’t lower his survival probability.

As Ethan looked for an opening, Arc spoke faster than him.

“Stay right where you are.”

It was ultimate hypnosis through verbal command. Having used ultimate hypnosis countless times until now, Arc was confident he could hypnotize Ethan with just his voice.

“What are you trying to do by drawing your sword? Don’t tell me you were going to slash me with that?”

As Ethan stopped in place, Arc slowly approached.

The drawn twin swords were elegant, and he even had real green jade somehow.

An interesting toy had walked in on its own.

“All of you, stay back. It seems you were all trying to leave this place, enchanted by him. Moon Mother will judge you. It’ll be quite fun, won’t it?”

At those words, the new devotees of Moonforce trembled.

Having been abused countless times by Arc until now, just hearing his voice brought up the fear ingrained in their bodies.

“Get lost!”

As Arc shouted threateningly, Moonforce’s devotees retreated greatly.

Eventually, Ethan, who had stopped in place, and Arc faced each other.

Arc grinned.

“I don’t know where you rolled in from, but I’ll rummage through that head of yours and pull everything out.”

Arc reached out his hand.

And simultaneously, Ethan’s sword swung.

Slash!

“Huh?”

It was truly an instant. Thinking he obviously wouldn’t be able to move since he was under ultimate hypnosis, Arc hadn’t been very cautious.

Ethan had aimed for that brief gap and swung his sword.

Ethan’s sword accurately blew off his wrist.

Thud-.

His severed hand fell to the ground.

“You, how are you able to move?”

Arc looked at Ethan with surprised eyes.

“Want to know? Cry painfully once. Then I’ll tell you right away. Ah, but you can’t, can you? Because you don’t know pain.”

In an instant, Arc’s expression changed to that of an evil spirit.

Even though one hand had been cut off, he shows only slight surprise without any particular agitation.

This was one of Arc’s peculiarities that Ethan remembered.

He couldn’t feel pain.

‘That’s why he makes playgrounds like this and abuses uneducated devotees. He’s trying to understand through others’ reactions. What this thing called pain that he doesn’t know is.’

So he torments other humans.

Having strong power and high status but lacking what others have, he felt a strange inferiority complex about that difference.

Not knowing pain, he tries to somehow empathize with the emotion he lacks through the pain of others.

At the same time, he even has the disgusting evil taste of enjoying those screams.

‘Disgusting inferiority complex.’

Boom-!

Arc stomped his foot. Then a huge mace suddenly sprang up from under his foot.

“I don’t know what trick you pulled, but it seems my ability doesn’t work on you. Fine.”

Suddenly, intense divine power burst out from his body.

It was the turbid divine power unique to the Followers of the Moon who serve Moon Mother.

“I’ll beat you to death.”

Whoosh-!

He swung the mace with all his might.

“Lyuka.”

“Pya.”

Lyuka, who had appeared on Ethan’s shoulder at some point, transmitted mana to Ethan.

Earlier, he had just swung lightly a few times as a test, not seriously displaying his swordsmanship.

Confirming the transmitted mana, Ethan immediately took his stance.

Ethan Swordsmanship First Form

Frost Lightning

In an instant, Ethan’s two swords crossed and split the mace.

Crack-!

“What is this......”

The mace was a divine item of the Dawn Council given only to Apostles, made of luna adamantium ore said to never break.

He had swung it roughly countless times until now, but it had never cracked like this.

No matter what weapon the opponent had, he had always overwhelmingly won.

Until now, he had never lost to an opponent due to difference in weapons.

Arc didn’t even realize that he had coughed up blood.

Moreover, both his feet were frozen in frost, unable to move.

“You, you......”

“I haven’t even started yet.”

Ethan put away the Heavenly Thunder Sword and began to exert force with his hand.

Counter-Radiance.

“Huuk.”

Arc had no leisure to say anything and was desperately focusing on Ethan’s sword.

His whole body was drenched in cold sweat and his eyes were bloodshot, with only the thought that he couldn’t die like this.

The fear from overwhelming power.

He who had made countless people tremble in fear with power until now, became aware for the first time that fear was such a suffocating sensation.

Run away.

His instinct whispered.

He must not fight that monster-like person any longer. It’s not an opponent he can win against alone.

And he realized.

“Luna Spirit was killed by you...!”

Now all the questions were answered. He didn’t steal the green jade. He killed Luna Spirit with those hands and took it!

Arc immediately poured out all his strength. And he used his last resort.

Kwagagaang-!

He threw everything away and ran.

***

“Kuuuh, damn it, damn it-! Just what the hell is that guy!”

It was an opponent he couldn’t handle alone. Neither force nor the superhuman ability he was confident in worked.

The techniques he had acquired by utilizing his trait of not feeling pain. None of those techniques worked at all.

This was the first time he had such a terrible experience.

All he could do right now was squeeze out his breath and run away blindly.

But then, along with the feeling of his hair standing on end, he sensed a presence behind him.

“How......”

How could he catch up so quickly?

Arc hurriedly looked back.

Far away, he saw Ethan running on the ground as if sliding.

“Crazy...... How is such divine technique possible.”

The flustered Arc quickly changed direction. It was clear he would be caught just like this if he kept running.

But that too was the wrong choice.

“Damn it......”

It was a cliff.

A precipitous cliff so deep the bottom couldn’t be seen.

Seeing no more way to escape, Arc turned around in resignation.

“At least I won’t die by your hands. I’d rather end my life with my own hands!”

With those resolute words, Arc threw himself off the cliff.

At the same time, Ethan, who had arrived at the cliff, glanced down briefly and then turned his back.

***

“I must inform them, I must. He will be a great hindrance to the council’s future.”

Splash-. Splash-.

At the bottom of the cliff.

The 11th Apostle, who had emerged from the water flowing there, was walking in tatters.

He had to inform the other Apostles and the council head about him. He also had to inform them that Luna Spirit, one of the Twelve Apostles, had died.

“He probably thinks I’m dead. Foolish guy.”

He would surely think that he had died.

Having fallen from a cliff in a critically injured state, he would naturally think so.

But Arc was the 11th Apostle of the council in name.

Shaaaa-.

The intense life force gushing out from his heart.

It was a powerful healing force that activates immediately when in mortal danger, granted by Moon Mother’s power only to Apostles.

“I need to get out of here quickly......”

Splash-. Splash-.

Suddenly, a sound was heard. It wasn’t the sound of his own footsteps.

Arc stopped in his tracks.

Yet the sound continued.

Splash-.

It was clearly a sound that shouldn’t be heard right now.

Arc slowly looked towards where the sound came from.

Splash. Splash.

A black silhouette could be seen in the distance. That black silhouette was slowly approaching.

“No way......”

No way. It can’t be. Fear crept into Arc’s expression. Even though most of his wounds had healed, his whole body began to tremble violently.

The black silhouette slowly revealed its form from the darkness.

Shaa-.

The Frost Sword that emerged from the darkness showed off its sharp blade. Then Ethan walked out with a smiling face.

“You know, I know very well how cockroach-like you guys are. No matter how many times I kill you, you don’t die and end up surviving in the end.”

Arc’s eyeballs shook greatly.

“So you know. I don’t believe you guys are dead unless I finish you off with my own hands.”

“Moon Mother... Righteous mother......”

“Pray all you want. I don’t know if that prayer will reach, but...”

“Y-You...!”

“Because I prayed to my god too. That your prayer wouldn’t reach.”

Ethan raised his sword up high.

Arc looked at that sight with eyes full of despair.

He no longer had the will to resist.

Seeing such an Arc, Ethan smiled grimly.

“Looks like she didn’t give you strength.”

Arc couldn’t answer. He just kept repeating Moon Mother’s name inwardly.

“Then I guess my prayer definitely reached.”

Ethan swung his sword just like that.

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