Act 1: Chapter 62: 《God of Fear; Zorophilia》

Act 1: Chapter 62: 《God of Fear; Zorophilia》

TN : A Cliche, true final boss come after final boss

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「I-Impossible... aah, even though the new world is right around the corner... even though I am the last descendant of Nigredo...」

Notes fell on all fours. He raised his face, looking at me while breathing shakily.

「... Surely, I won’t be so kind as to just capture you. Though I’ve no idea what you’re up to... you’re going to die in this place.」

I readied my 《Hero Sword: Gilgamesh》.

Notes was far too dangerous of a person to be left alive. Not only did he plan to kill everyone within Aarburg city with 《Sacrifice》, it also seems like he has another plan in mind.

「My goal, is it... fu, fufufufufu...」

Notes laughed in a low, creepy voice.

「You... don’t tell me...」

「Though I feel bad for being unable to fulfill my duty as a priest since I’m going to die in this place... I think my life is cheap compared to what will come next. I used 《Sacrifice》 to gather mana in order to perform an even higher ranked magic which still beyond my reach...」The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

Notes’ words indicated that he didn’t care about losing his life. Or maybe it’s just a bluff?

No, I don’t think that Notes is that kind of person.

「Before... you come to this place, I used the mana that I gathered with 《Sacrifice》 to activate 《Nirvana(Seal God Release’s Ceremony》. Thanks to your clump of mana and the fact that you came to the center of the barrier, the mana I needed has been filled faster than my expectations. Zorophilia who’d been sealed by those foolish humans... will return to this world again.」

Notes’ eyes opened wide as a creepy smile formed on his face. It was an expression filled with malice and hatred.

So the 《Sacrifice》 barrier wasn’t being used to attack the humans in this city. It seems that his real goal is to use the gathered mana in order to activate 《Nirvana》 and unseal his God, Zoro-whatever its name is.

「Now, no one can stop this... Zorophilia will paint this world with fear. Not a single blade of grass will be spared. Fu, fufufufu... soon, Zorophilia will be released from its seal... and awaken in this world!!! Haa, haa, I’ve finally accomplished the dearest wish of our clan from time immemorial! The world is going to change from this point! My life... is but a cheap of a price to accomplish our clan’s goal!」

At that moment, the entire basement shook violently.

The ominous presence that I’d felt when I’d arrived at the basement wasn’t coming from Notes. It was something that had already been in this place.

Zorophilia’s body spun in circles too as it used my body to break down the walls.

As I regained my bearings, I twisted my body to sever its tentable with the 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》 and got out of its grasp.

Numerous cracks had now formed on the wall and were crumbling like an avalanche all around me.

「AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THAT WAS CLOSE BUT, I’M SAVED! OOH, ZOROPHILIA, OUR DEAREST GOD OF FEAR! I, I’M BORN TO WITNESS THIS MOMENT! ZOROPHILIA, PLEASE GUIDE THIS DISTORTED WORLD TO IT’S PROPER PATH! AHAHAHAHA.」

Notes’ laugh was caught by my wars.

I swiftly repelled the collapsed wall and stepped outside through the rubble.

「Let’s... p-...-lay」

Zorophilia’s giant mask had already approached right in front of me.

「... Around level 2000 huh.」

I brandished the 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》 with my full strength. The blade ran across the surface of the mask and dug into Zorophilia’s gutter-like flesh and tore off its tentacles.

「AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!」

Zorophilia let out a hair-raising warcry as it flew upwards due to my attack. Its body crashed against the ceiling and created a huge hole in it. The wreckage of Zorophilia’s flesh and tentacles were splattered around that hole.

「AHAHAHAHAH— HAH?」

Notes, who was looking up at the ceiling as his eyes followed after Zorophilia, suddenly stopped laughing and looked at me with a dumbfounded expression on his face.

Its appearance had caught of off-guard, but that’s all there was to it. It didn’t change the fact that Zorophilia was far weaker than me. It was just surprising to see such a grotesque appearance outside of the 《Distorted World of Cursed Mirror》. But besides that, it was barely qualified to be called a God of Fear.

「I’ve met more powerful monsters than this one several times in 《Cocytus》. You think that kind of power is enough to rule over this world? Appearance wise, it’s not even scary enough to scare me.」

I looked up at Zorophilia who was wriggling in pain.

「P-P-P-P, LA... Y...」

Regardless of how I felt about it, it was still a threatening existence for the citizens of Aarburg city. If I’d left the city back then, this city might have been destroyed by this monster. I need to finish it off as soon as possible.