Gourmet Gaming-Chapter 1272

Chapter 1272

In the Beyond the Heavens Empire, Conir wielded the purest sword. Because of this, he was the only Sword God in history to have ever mastered and wielded the Heart Sword.

Sword God Conir had completed the final chapter of the Heart Sword in the past when they went out to rescue Herakel, who Hera had forced to support the sky. Back then, the final chapter of the Heart Sword cut down all of the enemies even though they were thirty kilometers away from them. It could deal with all enemies and completely ignored allies.

When Conir completed the final chapter of the Heart Sword, Minhyuk received the following notifications...

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[Your vassal Conir’s skills will be updated.]

[You can now check the newly updated information on Heart Sword’s Final Chapter, Ten Thousand Li Sword.]

(Ten Thousand Li Sword)

Active Skill

Type of Swordsmanship: Heart Sword

Mana Required: 25,000

Cooldown: 48 hours.

Effects:

•You can cut down your enemies no matter where they are.

•You can deal an additional 15,000% damage and annihilate any target the system perceives as your enemy.

•The Sword God can invoke this skill when the people they want to protect are in danger. However, activating the skill will be very difficult.

•You are Sword God Conir’s master.

•The chances of Sword God Conir activating the Ten Thousand Li Sword will increase when it is for your sake.

•The condition for invoking the skill is when the system determines you are in danger. Once in danger, the system will assess the level of enemies you are facing, the number of enemies, and many more.

•You will be informed of this fact ten seconds before the Ten Thousand Li Sword will be activated.

According to the skill’s information, it could cut down any enemy wherever they were. Nonetheless, it was perhaps only limited to the sky, earth, Heaven, and Gaia Continent. Minhyuk held certain doubts and wondered if Sword God Conir’s Ten Thousand Li Sword could be triggered here. After all, this was like an event stage.

To his surprise, a notification rang in Minhyuk’s ears while his army was swept away. Only at that moment did he realize the answer to his question.

[Sword God Conir has sensed that you’re in danger.]

[The Ten Thousand Li Sword will soon be activated.]

The Ten Thousand Li Sword was Conir’s power. However, it could also be considered under him, hence, his power. In the first place, the chances of the skill being triggered when Minhyuk was facing a crisis were much higher than others, which was already enough for it to be considered one of his defensive skills.

‘However. There’s always a chance of the skill failing to activate.’

Fortunately, the activation did not fail this time around.

[The Ten Thousand Li Sword will annihilate all of your enemies.]

Ting!

With the loud cry of the sword, all the enemies standing before Minhyuk were cut down.

The shadowy figures of the assassins that had been springing up from all sides and slaughtered Minhyuk’s army turned into ashes that disappeared with the wind. Even the soldiers under the command of the seven Pillar Candidates died. But unlike the black shadowy figures of the assassin clones, they died without even being able to raise their weapons and just fell with blood spurting all over their bodies.

“...?”

Pillar of Death Boleyn looked at the scene in disbelief as he hurriedly twisted his body to avoid the unknown and mysterious energy sweeping the battlefield. Unfortunately, he was not left unscathed. His left arm had fallen on the ground.

Standing right next to him was Master of Nature Verodun. He was screaming from the overwhelming and terrible pain caused by the deep cut on his flanks. Even Harvard, who had taken on the form of a two-legged lion, fell on the ground with blood spurting all over his body after being cut down by the same mysterious force.

Meanwhile, Paladins’ Pope Eris was more fortunate, and did not suffer the short end of the stick. He only had one of his fingers cut off. He stared at the finger that had fallen on the ground as he quickly activated his power.

[Pope’s Recovery.]

[The body part that has fallen off can...]

Alas, a shocking notification interrupted his skill casting.

[Injuries inflicted by the Ten Thousand Li Sword cannot be healed.]

“...!”

“...!”

Eris’s fallen finger could not be reattached. That was the system’s answer to his attempt.

Although Named NPCs at the level of a Pillar Candidate could not compare to Named Monsters' natural regeneration and healing power, their healing power was still several times higher than that of players and ordinary people. On top of that, they possessed at least one power that could help them recover if they suffered tremendous damage.

Alas, it was to no avail. Even if they used that power, their injuries would still not be cured immediately. Fortunately, there was good news.

[After the Pillar Wars end, you will recover and return to your original state.]

In the end, this was still an event. Just as death here did not equal actual death, all of their injuries would be restored once they left this place.

“MINHYUUUUUUUUK!”

The Pillar Candidates had never suffered such severe injuries from anyone before. Today’s events were akin to a slap across their faces, and their anger boiled.

[Twisted Disaster]

Rumble–!

Master of Nature Verodun unleashed his power, making the earth twist and turn and devour Minhyuk’s soldiers.

Jeim and the soldiers, who were being sucked underneath the ground, looked at Minhyuk’s back. Even at this moment, none of them had any regret at the fact that they served Minhyuk. After all, Minhyuk had kept the promise that he made to them.

‘You may not be able to save us, but you promised to destroy all the enemies to avenge us, and you did.’

‘Your Majesty, forgive us for being unable to protect you.’

Jeim’s eyes never left Minhyuk’s back. A bitter smile appeared when he saw Minhyuk not backing down and running toward the other seven Pillar Candidates. He watched him until he got devoured entirely by the ground beneath him.

***

Chaos said...

[...If you want, you can immediately walk the path of a Pillar Candidate. You naturally have enough qualifications to become one.]

In the past, Captain Evaluator Ruba had offered Brod the position of a Pillar Candidate. However, Brod rejected that offer back then. To become a Pillar Candidate once again, he had to meet certain conditions. That was only if things turned out as he said they would.

Brod was already aware of what would happen next. After all, everything was proceeding as Nerva had planned. Unfortunately, there was just one hiccup.

‘The Beyond the Heavens Empire’s vassals have attacked the imperial palace.’

‘Prince Rudin had staged a coup d'état, and is also in the palace.’

If Emperor Cardin was sane and could make rational judgments, then he would have already chosen to avoid conflict and escaped. Unfortuantely, he was still under Boleyn’s brainwashing, so he decided to face them head on.

‘Will Emperor Cardin die in this head-on battle? Is this how the scenario will unfold?’

This was where the problem lied.

Emperor Cardin led the Luvien Empire’s strong powerhouses and charged straight at the long corridor outside the audience hall. Before they could contact the rebels, they encountered the vassals of the Beyond the Heavens Empire, who came here to take down Emperor Cardin.

The worst part? Boleyn’s underling, disguised as Prince Rudin, had appeared on the other side of the corridor. So basically, Spear God Ben, Assassin and former Sword of the Gods Luo and Supreme Rundalk–the three most potent and fastest among the people of the Beyond the Heavens Empire were given the task to take down the enemy commander–were sandwiched between Emperor Cardin and Prince Rudin’s forces in this long imperial corridor.

‘Why did the situation turn out like this...?’

Ben could not understand the current situation. Based on common sense, Emperor Cardin should have chosen to avoid and escape the Luvien Empire in the case of treason while Duke Vakkaman and the rest of the troops were on the other end of Athenae. So, why did they suddenly choose to confront the enemy head-on?

‘This is beyond common sense.’

Of course, if they chose to attack Emperor Cardin, they could suppress him since he was taking them head on.

‘The quickest way to end this hopeless war where we have no odds of winning is to take Emperor Cardin as a prisoner.’

Now? They were standing between the emperor and the rebels. Yet it seemed like that was not the end. Something even more outrageous happened.

“Hyung-nim.”

“...”

Cardin should not know or recognize Rudin’s voice. Unfortunately, he was under the effects of brainwashing and was forced to listen to two people. These two people were none other than Boleyn and Rudin.

“Let’s first kill these bastards from Beyond the Heavens Empire before discussing our situation.”

It was a very ridiculous proposal. Who would even work with traitors and rebels to kill the enemies from an enemy state? If they did that, then the ones to die next would be them.

“That’s a good idea.”

“...!”

“...!”

“Y-Your Majesty!?”

Even the knights who were protecting Cardin were shocked. Cardin intended to cooperate with the Rudin, who wanted to rebel and become the emperor?! This choice was no different from stepping down from the throne and his position as the emperor.

“Your Majesty, we implore you to make careful decisions.”

Nerva stood right next to Cardin. At the end of it all, he was still Emperor Cardin’s father. He had to stay by his side and protect his son’s life.

“You had once thrown this emperor away, and now you’re worried about me?”

“...”

The deeply brainwashed Cardin was beyond control.

“Instead of worrying about me, I suggest you start trying to appease their anger first,” Emperor Cardin said, his gaze lingering on Spear God Ben and his bloodshot eyes.

Each of the three people present was showing anger of varying degree. Supreme Rundalk has not spent much time with Brod to form a deep bond. However, the helplessness of losing one’s commander to Nerva had made his anger boil. This was more so the case for Ben. He was holding tightly onto his spear and shaking from repressed anger.

“You will pay the price for killing Brod.”

Brod smiled bitterly when he saw Ben like that. At the same time, he felt very grateful. These people remembered him even after his death and even went so far as to fight for his sake. He also felt great respect toward Ben.

“Hoo...” Ben breathed out as he suppressed his anger again.

Ben was not the type of person who would make the wrong judgment because he was overcome with emotions. Although he wanted to jump at Nerva immediately, he still decided to stop himself and swallow his anger for the time being.

“Let's focus on getting out of this predicament.”

With those words, Ben, Rundalk and Luo jumped out and used their powers to attack the rebel forces.

Bang!

Ben released a strong spearlight that shot out in a straight line and cleared a path for them. Then, Supreme Rundalk used his power of the Supreme and tore the rebels apart. Meanwhile, Luo appeared behind the dozens of people surrounding Rudin and slashed their throats all at once.

Rudin had tens of thousands of troops behind him while Emperor Cardin had a 100,000-strong army guarding him. What the three wanted to do here was to create a gap in the rebel forces and escape through that.

“Help Rudin and kill the vassals of the Beyond the Heavens Empire,” Emperor Cardin ordered when he saw the unimaginable scene before him. It looked as if there weren’t just three people attacking the rebel forces.

Nerva stopped Cardin. He shouted, “Take that order back! None of you can move!”

Nerva had to stop Cardin. They could not and should not cooperate with the rebels.

‘The plan has gone completely awry.’

Emperor Cardin stubbornly pushed through. He said, “What are you doing?! Kill them right now!”

“Yes!”

In the end, Nerva was nothing but a former emperor. He no longer held any influence over the army.

The Luvien Empire’s powerhouses moved to carry out Cardin’s orders. Just as Cardin moved to run with them, Brod spoke, “Your Majesty, you cannot go. Are you saying that you will jump in the frontline yourself?”

Emperor Cardin replied, “I’ve been thinking about this for a while but why does your voice sound like shit.”

Brod replied bitterly, “I have vocal cord nodules...”

At this moment, the thought of wringing Emperor Cardin’s neck flashed in Brod’s mind. However, he held himself back. If Emperor Cardin jumped into the frontline, then those three would die. That was how strong Cardin had become. So, he had to stop him.

“Get lost, before I kill you myself.” Emperor Cardin’s voice was cold and detached.

Brod stretched his hand out and grabbed Cardin by the wrist before he could walk past him.

Emperor Cardin snarled, “How dare a mere eunuch—!”

“You cannot go there, Your Majesty. That place is dangerous.” Brod replied, aware of only a tiny part of Nerva’s plan. It was because Nerva had not given him all the details of the plan. So, this was the only thing that he could do right now.

“I will kill you...”

Not long after, Emperor Cardin realized that he could not move. He was utterly immobilized after being held by the wrist by the eunuch in front of him.

Meanwhile...

Thud–!

“Kghhk...”

They saw Rudin piercing through Ben’s chest with his sword.

“Yikes! I missed. I wanted to pierce through your heart.”

At this moment, Brod realized that Rudin was much stronger than he thought. This was because the person who disguised himself as Prince Rudin could also be considered a Pillar Candidate. However, he was an underling that Boleyn had raised personally since he was a child and his ultimate goal was to help Boleyn become a Pillar.

Blood spurted out of Ben’s chest while Luo’s body was pierced through by hundreds of daggers sent by the assassination techniques of the assassins hiding among the rebels.

Shwaaaaa–!

“How come the rebels are using assassination techniques...?”

The Luvien Imperial Army might not know, but the rebels were the people who belonged to Immune.

Fortunately, Supreme Rundalk was strong. He could protect the two by himself while killing the rebels that came their way. Regardless, when the people of the Luvien Empire joined, he began to get pushed back too. In the end, the three were forced to be on the defense.

Emperor Cardin was finally able to get out of the eunuch’s grasp. He immediately ran and moved to cut off Ben’s head. Even in this situation, Brod could feel Nerva’s eyes on him. There was an unspoken pressure on that gaze.

‘If you move here, all of our plans will go awry. Endure a bit more. Just a bit more!’

Nerva had told Brod that their plan had three stages in total. Of course, each stage held a different operation name.

Brod once again made eye contact with Nerva. In the end, Nerva sighed. He realized that they had to carry out their operation right here and now.

***

Ben could not understand the situation.

Why were their enemies using assassination techniques? On top of that, why could Rudin not use the Luvien Empire’s imperial swordsmanship? And why did Emperor Cardin issue such a ridiculous order?

He did not know the answer to these questions that went beyond common sense and were threatening to drive them to their deaths.

At that moment, he saw Emperor Cardin running toward him. He seemed to want to take his head. Ben thought, ‘Brod died in Nerva’s hands and it seems like I will die by Emperor Cardin’s hands.’

Ben smiled bitterly. If this were the usual him, the first person to come to his mind was Minhyuk. Today was different. The face lingering in his mind was the face of his dear friend, the very same friend who was once the candidate to become an emperor and the person who had given up his position to protect Minhyuk. Ben knew that it was his friend’s long-cherished dream. Alas, he was never able to fulfill that dream.

“I’ll see you soon, Brod.”

Of course, he knew that their meeting would be unpleasant.

Emperor Cardin raised his sword and aimed for Ben’s neck.

“Your Majesty, you can’t do that.”

“...?”

Someone pulled Emperor Cardin by the collar. This led to his sword cutting through nothing but air. And this someone was wearing an eunuch’s uniform.

‘What’s wrong with this eunuch’s voice...?’

Why did it sound so weird?

The eunuch was very conscious of the question in the gazes of everyone present. As if answering their doubts, he said, “I have vocal nodules...”

‘What nonsense?!’

Anyway, this left Rudin furious. This strange eunuch was constantly getting in the way of their plans.

What was funny was Emperor Cardin’s position. He was being hugged from behind. Rudin could not stand the scene any longer.

He raised his dagger and made his move. He wanted to deal with this eunuch with vocal nodules, feeling thoroughly annoyed at him. It would be easier to kill someone than try to win them over after all.

Rudin’s dagger aimed for the eunuch’s neck. At that moment, he saw someone pat the eunuch on the back. It was Nerva, who seemed to be nodding his head at the eunuch. At that moment, the eunuch moved. He easily avoided the dagger aiming for his neck. Then, he raised his hand and punched Rudin hard on the abdomen.

BOOM–!

The single punch sent Rudin rolling on the ground far away from them. When the fist struck Rudin, hundreds of Immune’s assassins appeared and moved to strike the eunuch.

The eunuch grabbed a sword and swung it once. At the same time, blood spurted out of the bodies of the Immune’s assassins and dyed the ground red.

The trembling Nerva looked at the horrifying scene as he whispered the name of their operation. “Supreme Eunuch.”

The eunuch began slaughtering and annihilating all enemies when Operation Supreme Eunuch started.