Chapter 282

It was then that the aura around Reed changed.

What was it?

What on earth was about to happen?

At one moment, Carpheios, with only half his body remaining, convulsed in confusion.

“…!”

The great demon’s grotesque pupils dilated. The Chaos Evil God had transformed into a completely unexpected form.

Black hair, dark as sin, turned into brilliant silver.

The color of his two eyes, which had been like a sticky sea of blood, became a heavenly sea where sunlight poured down.

He was purified.

The great power and dignity of evil, which demons admired so much, were temporarily stripped away.

At last, the essence of his soul began to appear.

The being before him was human.

And it was a human Carpheios knew well.

“Do you remember?”

As if worried he might not remember, Reed even brought out proof of his identity.

A pristine white sword, impressive with the blue square jewel on its hilt, was summoned and carelessly plunged into the sandy ground.

“You, you are….”

“You recognize this form.”

“You, why… how, how could this be… that worm-like human… it’s absurd…”

The being before him was clearly the Chaos Evil God. Carpheios’s instinct to obey him proved this conclusively.

If so, shouldn’t the opponent naturally be the purest evil?

Shouldn’t it be evil, refined to its highest form, without a single impurity, from the crucible of all demons and all evil?

A being with dignity before whom even Demon Kings should bow. He had no doubt that this was the Chaos Evil God.

But.

But the being he had believed in and served until now was merely human!

That the will of the great Chaos Evil God had dwelled in a mere human body!

And in that silver livestock he had used for amusement!

“How, how could this be.”

A low, beautiful voice pierced Carpheios’s ears, as he was unable to overcome his shock.

“Come to think of it, is this the fifteenth time?”

“What…?”

“That I’m killing you.”

“…!”

Reed uttered a chilling declaration.

“Since the Tomb is complete, your usefulness is over.”

“Y-you’re joking!”

Carpheios, who had restored his body by consuming demonic energy, rose to his feet.

He tried hard to deny the instinct of obedience imprinted on his soul, attempting to defy the Chaos Evil God.

Veins pulsed all over the great demon’s body, his whites of his eyes turned red, and his voice began to crack.

“You…!”

“….”

“<You are not the Chaos Evil God!>”

“Is that so?”

A storm raged through Sanarak. It was a destructive current created by the clash of the two beings’ dignities. The fierce, yet one-sided battle that threatened to collapse heaven and earth did not last long before it ended.

The tattered black paper doll was beyond recognition. But Reed cleverly found its head and reached out.

“<Keugh!>”

A hook-like hand dug into his hair.

Ruthless demonic force grabbed the great demon by the hair, forcefully pulling his rag-like body upright.

Puh-suh-suh-suk.

It was the sound of something inorganic turning to dust, rather than the body of a living being.

Pah-seu-seu-seu…

The master of Sanarak, Carpheios.

He scattered into a handful of sand, a form befitting his territory, vanishing in vain.

He wasn’t annihilated. That was a good death.

Being reborn as a lowly insect hundreds of thousands of times would be his atonement.

Trampling Carpheios’s finely spread remnants on the ground, Reed moved forward.

In just three steps, the surrounding scenery distorted and transformed into a new location.

It was as if space had come to greet him, rather than him moving.

The place that greeted the great Chaos Evil God was a pyramid-shaped tower, the Tomb of Chaos Gods.

He entered the tomb without any restrictions.

His leisurely steps, as if on a stroll, headed underground and reached the center of the complex labyrinth.

The Chaos Altar looked slightly different from when he had last visited.

Back then, the shape of the circular staircase, spiraling downwards in concentric circles, was clearly visible.

This was because the black well had risen only very shallowly from the bottom.

But now, water had filled up to the brim, making the inside invisible.

The water, now more like a reservoir than a well, slowly rotated counter-clockwise.

The surface area of the water indicated the size of the gate of a dungeon connected to this place.

Confirming the sufficiently open entrance, Reed raised a hand and placed it on the water’s surface.

It was the moment his appearance was once again dyed black and red.

Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang!

When he used the evil authority granted to him, the calm water surface surged. The water explosively expanded its force, as if a water vein had burst.

Even Reed’s body was swept away by the powerful water current, trapped underwater.

However, he calmly waited for something underwater, unconcerned.

Soon, a mighty being spoke to him.

“<Human…>”

It was the moment the enormous true body of the Chaos Evil God finally descended into the Tomb, forcing its way out of the narrow opening.

Water from all directions enveloped Reed as if to crush him.

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