SFRW-Chapter 283

Ch. 283 Sword God From The Ruined World

It was like a wave of giant monsters.  

Though the number was in the thousands, the sight of those countless monsters—already dead undead—charging while letting out different kinds of eerie screams was nothing short of terrifying.  

‘Just to confirm… even those low-level undead aren’t resistant to holy power, right?’  

In response to Choi Kang-soo’s question, the Divine Sword replied as if asking such a thing was ridiculous.  

『Of course not. The undead I mentioned that have resistance to divine power are only those above a certain level. No matter how powerful their master is, those low-tier undead will melt before the holy power you manifest.』  

Reassured by the Divine Sword’s confident answer, Choi Kang-soo stepped forward with conviction.  

“Uncle, I’ll handle this cleanly.”  

As if asking for trust, Choi Kang-soo stepped forward, and Seo Do-jun naturally took a step back.  

Against undead monsters, divine power was undoubtedly the most effective force.  

Rather than wasting unnecessary energy, leaving it to Choi Kang-soo was clearly the more efficient choice.  

Choi Kang-soo, with the Divine Sword raised, immediately gathered divine power.  

Hwaaaaak!  

A pure white light began radiating from his entire body, making it seem as though he was engulfed in white flames.  

By appearance alone, one could call Choi Kang-soo ‘holiness incarnate’ without any sense of dissonance.  

“This… exceeds my expectations in terms of divine power.”  

Even Allekuhi frowned at the intensity of the divine power emanating from Choi Kang-soo.  

He had sensed the presence of divine power earlier, but this far surpassed his predictions.  

However, no matter how he looked at it, Choi Kang-soo himself shouldn’t have been capable of wielding such immense holy power.  

“…Is it the sword?”  

Though the armor also emitted holy power, the overwhelming divine energy causing such a massive disturbance mostly came from the sword held in front of his chest.  

“Lucky bastard.”  

Allekuhi instantly assessed Choi Kang-soo’s condition.  

He had pierced through the fact that Choi Kang-soo possessed an incredibly rare holy relic brimming with holy power.  

“If Gettis had seen that, his eyes would’ve rolled back… Wait, no way?”  

Allekuhi’s pupils distorted mid-sentence.  

The reason Gettis had confronted them without a word—perhaps he had found the answer to that.  

Meanwhile, Choi Kang-soo raised the Divine Sword high into the sky and shouted:  

“I shall purify the souls of the impure!”  

Once, Choi Kang-soo would’ve chanted strange spells or even let out ridiculous shouts like ‘Yap yap’, but now, he didn’t.  

『That was the only pure part of him left…』  

The Divine Sword couldn’t hide its disappointment at Choi Kang-soo’s matured demeanor, no longer following its lead.  

The massive holy power surging from the tip of the raised Divine Sword instantly split into dozens of fragments.  

Ziiiiing—  

Jjeo-eong! Jjeo-eong! Jjeo-eong! Jjeo-eong!  

Then, gigantic pillars of light descended from the sky.  

There were 25 pillars in total—so holy that their mere sight made one bow their head involuntarily.  

The 25 pillars of light crashed down amidst the charging undead monsters.  

It was as though the pillars declared this place the domain of a god, leaving all onlookers in awe.  

Immediately after, an overwhelmingly bright white light burst forth from the pillars, powerful enough to swallow all the darkness in this world.  

-Kkwoooaaaah!  

-Keheeeaaak!  

-Kkekekekekeke!  

All kinds of undead monsters screamed in agony as their bodies began shattering on the spot.  

Pssssssssss—!  

Watching the undead monsters crumble and melt at an alarming rate, Allekuhi clicked his tongue in disdain.  

“This isn’t even a warm-up.”  

He hadn’t expected the thousands of undead monsters to be wiped out so pitifully in a one-sided massacre.  

Even for him, dealing with them wouldn’t have been difficult, so sending out such trashy undead in the first place was almost embarrassing.  

“What do you think? Should I step in?”  

As Allekuhi posed the question to the air—  

Kugugugugugu!  

The ground shook violently again, as if mocking his words.  

The 25 pillars of light remained unshaken, firmly embedded in the trembling earth.  

Just as Choi Kang-soo tensely watched the quaking ground, wondering what would happen next—  

Poo— Hwaaaak!  

The earth split open like a volcano erupting, sending dirt flying in all directions.  

And then—  

Chu— eok! Teok!  

Something crawled out from the hole in the ground, gripping the earth as it emerged.  

“…What the hell is that?”  

Not only Choi Kang-soo but even Shinjo and Grichuk couldn’t hide their shock.  

On the other hand, Seo Do-jun frowned upon seeing the creature that had emerged.  

‘Desperaoh.’  

A monster on the same level as Heavy Mountain.  

Even in the ruined world of the past, it had thrown countless people into panic and despair—a top-tier monster.  

The problem was Desperaoh’s trait.  

Kwa— aang!  

The massive mud giant, standing dozens of meters tall, swung its arm not at Seo Do-jun or Choi Kang-soo but toward the 25 pillars of light.  

“…What the—?!”  

Choi Kang-soo was stunned as Desperaoh attacked the pillars of light without taking any damage.  

The overwhelming aura of darkness and death emanating from Desperaoh confirmed it was undead.  

The pillars of light, formed from holy power, should have been untouchable to undead monsters.  

Yet, Desperaoh was trying to smash them with its fists, leaving Choi Kang-soo speechless.  

『To think I’d see that… horrifying monster again.』  

The Divine Sword trembled violently, its emotions flaring at the sight of Desperaoh.  

And for good reason.  

In the ruined world, Desperaoh had been the one to bring the greatest despair to Holy Knights and priests.  

『Be careful. The undead I mentioned that resist holy power… that’s exactly what that thing is.』  

The most infamous undead monster resistant to holy power.  

Desperaoh, in particular, had been the top priority for Mute’s Holy Knights and priests—no, not just a monster, but a demonic entity.  

Though its movements were simple—literally like a walking sandbag—the problem was its defense and near-infinite vitality.  

Countless lives had been lost before even depleting a fraction of its life force.  

Kwa— aaaang!  

Desperaoh mindlessly smashed the pillars of light, its arms and legs breaking in the process.  

Its limbs shattered faster than the pillars, but the issue was that they regenerated almost instantly.  

“How the hell are we supposed to fight that?!”  

Choi Kang-soo was at a complete loss. Even the pillars of condensed holy power had no effect—how were they supposed to defeat it?  

『That’s obviously…』  

The Divine Sword trailed off and closed its mouth.  

The method to defeat Desperaoh was simple:  

Overwhelm its defense and massive vitality with sheer physical force.  

Palaresta, the Divine Sword’s previous wielder before Choi Kang-soo, had been one of the few Holy Knights capable of such a feat.  

After all, he had spent years mastering swordsmanship and honing his body as a true Holy Knight.  

But expecting Choi Kang-soo to muster enough physical force to defeat Desperaoh now was like handing a sword to a newborn and asking it to slay an orc.  

In short—impossible.  

Even if Choi Kang-soo had ten lives to spare, it was practically unachievable in his current state.  

『…Ask the Vandeyan bastard for help.』  

Though Shinjo or Grichuk might manage, the one who could reliably and swiftly defeat Desperaoh was none other than Seo Do-jun.  

At the Divine Sword’s words, Choi Kang-soo’s expression twisted.  

‘Dammit! I stepped forward confidently, saying I’d handle this—what kind of joke is this?! I can’t even take down one of these things?!’  

Even wiping out thousands of undead in an instant should’ve been enough to prove his worth, but only being able to handle small fry infuriated him.  

『What can you do? You’re just not cut out for this fight. Don’t stubbornly cling to what you can’t do—find what you can do. That’s the wise choice.』  

“Dammit!”  

Choi Kang-soo cursed, gripping the Divine Sword’s hilt as if to crush it.  

He wanted nothing more than to charge at Desperaoh right then, but he couldn’t deny the Divine Sword’s judgment.  

“This is just the beginning.”  

As if sensing Choi Kang-soo’s frustration, Seo Do-jun placed a hand on his shoulder before drawing a sword from subspace.  

Seo Do-jun, too, knew exactly what Desperaoh was.  

He had no intention of standing by as the pillars of light were destroyed so helplessly.  

‘Desperaoh’s weakness is…’  

The sword vanished from Seo Do-jun’s hand.  

Flying at the speed of light, it pierced straight through Desperaoh’s back.  

Kwa-jajajajak!  

Poo— aaaak!  

Massive clumps of dirt scattered in all directions as Desperaoh’s enormous body trembled and collapsed.  

The core on its back—  

Desperaoh’s only weakness, the simplest way to defeat it in a short time.  

The only problem was that few possessed the attack power needed to pierce through the densely condensed defensive barrier protecting it.  

But for Seo Do-jun, it was as easy as eating cold porridge.  

Kwa-gagagagang!  

As Desperaoh’s body exploded along with its core, Choi Kang-soo’s respect for Seo Do-jun rose yet again.  

Meanwhile—  

“You figured out Desperaoh’s weakness in one strike?”  

Allekuhi’s eyes gleamed strangely as he stared at Seo Do-jun.  

It was a mix of competitiveness, fighting spirit, and an intense bloodlust he hadn’t felt in a long time.  

And there was another who felt a similarly intense shift in emotions—  

Luam, who had been secretly observing everything.  

‘As expected of the one who killed Vampica and Gettis.’  

With strength like that, it made sense he had liberated so many Guardian Planets and fearlessly swung his sword against the Six Seats.  

Luam gathered magic once more.  

First, he needed to destroy all the pillars of light so his undead could run rampant.  

So, he summoned Desperaoh again.  

This time—seven of them!  

As the ground split open in seven places, revealing the towering figures, Choi Kang-soo couldn’t hold back a string of curses.  

The intent was obvious.  

The enemy was dead-set on destroying the pillars of light no matter what, and Choi Kang-soo’s irritation flared—but what angered him more was his own helplessness.  

Seo Do-jun, too, clicked his tongue upon realizing the enemy’s plan.  

“Let’s see how many you can summon.”  

Desperaoh was a top-tier monster on par with Heavy Mountain.  

That meant no matter how powerful the summoner was, they couldn’t endlessly spawn Desperaoh like skeleton soldiers.  

‘Is Barhaut directly intervening?’  

The thought that Barhaut might appear here made Seo Do-jun’s heart race.  

An existence he once couldn’t dare oppose.  

The insurmountable wall he had never felt in his life until now!  

Though things were different from the past, the helplessness Barhaut instilled in him still lingered, impossible to shake off.  

‘Good, come! This time… I’ll tear you apart!’  

Seo Do-jun’s sword moved like a streak of light as he began dismantling the Desperaoh one by one.  

Kwaaaang! Kwaaaang! Kwang— kwang!  

By the time Seo Do-jun took down all seven, they had destroyed four pillars of light.  

Numerically, it was a victory for Seo Do-jun.  

But then—  

“…Again?!”  

This time, nine Desperaohs emerged from the ground, charging toward the remaining 20 pillars.  

“…Guess we’re doing this.”  

Just as Seo Do-jun coldly smirked and prepared to move—  

Jjeo— eeong!  

His sword, moving faster than the eye could follow, was deflected by something and sent flying back.  

What had blocked it was an utterly ordinary-looking axe.  

Seo Do-jun’s gaze shifted to the one who had thrown it.  

“Watching from the sidelines was making me itchy. It’s been so long since I’ve met someone I genuinely want to fight.”  

Allekuhi.  

Despite Luam’s orders not to interfere, he couldn’t suppress the urge to take down Seo Do-jun himself.  

“Save the talk for after you pick up that axe.”  

Seo Do-jun, not underestimating Allekuhi’s status as a Transcendent, firmly gripped his sword.  

“Axe? I don’t swing around weak pieces of metal like that. I’ve got something far stronger—my fists.”  

Jjeo— eong! Jjeo— eong!  

As Allekuhi clashed his massive fists together, an intense friction sound reverberated through the air.  

Indeed, his fists looked far more threatening than any ordinary weapon.  

But Seo Do-jun couldn’t just stand by as the pillars of light were destroyed.  

Even as he exchanged words with Allekuhi, the Desperaohs were frantically smashing the remaining pillars.  

Seo Do-jun swung his sword, sending dozens of sword slashes at Allekuhi while simultaneously throwing his blade to take down one Desperaoh.  

“Kuhahahaha! Did you really think I’d let you ignore me?!”  

Kwagagagaga!  

Allekuhi threw a punch straight at Seo Do-jun, who had dared to split his focus.  

The surrounding space split apart.  

The sheer force of the punch was enough to cleave the earth—a level of power Seo Do-jun had never seen before.  

“Guild Master! We’ll handle them!”  

“We. Will. Deal. With. Them.”  

Shinjo and Grichuk moved to intercept the Desperaoh, allowing Seo Do-jun to focus entirely on Allekuhi.  

Having seen where Seo Do-jun attacked, it wasn’t difficult for the two Transcendents.  

Trusting them to handle it, Seo Do-jun turned his full attention to Allekuhi.