Chapter 459: A Double Loss is Better Than a Solo Win
[You attacked an Outer God's creation. You lost the divine grace of Outer God: Ancient Alien God.]
[You lost the identity of the Blessed One of the Outer God: Ancient Alien God.]
An icy aura surged from all directions. The ghouls turned their heads, seemingly smelling the "scent of living humans" from Kaito Shirogane, and instantly became frantic.
However, Kaito still stood in front of the huge flesh-and-blood tree. He looked at the agonized face of Hideto Suga. His figure floated up from the ground, and he pointed his finger at Suga's chest.
"What's wrong, Hideto Suga? Does my action of wanting to save this country cause you pain?"
"You don't have that thing called a [Heart] either..."
Hideto Suga opened his mouth to explain, but with a pfft, he spat out a large amount of flesh and blood. His body had long merged with this giant tree, and its inside was filled with human flesh and blood.
The Sin ability of [Excessive Slaughter] was very suitable for this kind of physical attack. As long as the attack could break through the opponent's defense, Excessive Slaughter would significantly amplify the damage the opponent suffered.
With just a single penetrating wound, in Kaito's perception, Hideto Suga, who seemed to have merged with the life force and flesh of hundreds of people, was heavily injured.
Amidst the pain, Hideto Suga's face quickly twisted. The icy magic completely destroyed his psychological defenses, and Suga completely abandoned his long-held self-awareness and bottom line.
The reason why Hideto Suga had delayed assimilation was that he always held onto the underlying logic that he was the Prime Minister of Japan and had to serve the country and the people. But after Kaito ruthlessly told him that to break this curse, he had to kill him, Suga's selfishness finally defeated this heroic grandiosity.
He didn't display the "radiance of humanity" that Kaito expected.
"Ugh~ Pfft!"
Hideto Suga spat out a large mouthful of blood again. In the next second, his face was completely covered by that twisted flesh and blood, leaving only ice-blue eyes exposed. Because the surface of the giant tree was frozen, its defense increased significantly.
"It hurts so much, Mercenary Tao!"
"You weren't some kind-hearted person to begin with, hmph... It's really ridiculous that you're pretending to be some hero now!"
The huge and eerie "Divine Tree" pulled itself up from the ground. Its diameter exceeded four meters, and its height exceeded fifty meters. After pulling itself up, its roots were covered with human flesh and severed limbs, like food residues that hadn't been digested in time.
Kaito looked at Hideto Suga, who had completely "blackened" in front of him, feeling somewhat disappointed. He originally thought that this Prime Minister, who swallowed his pride in front of him for the "greater good," would be someone who could let him see a [Heart].
He didn't expect that once his own life and death were involved, he would become so ugly.
Roar!
Hideto Suga let out an unoriginal roar. The surrounding ghouls instantly pounced on Kaito. But immediately, another, even more terrifying roar erupted from Kaito's body.
Boom!
Like thunder.
The ghouls pouncing on Kaito were blown away at several times the speed they pounced. They disintegrated in mid-air, and rotten meat and broken bones hit the surroundings like sharp arrows.
Thump, thump.
The giant tree staggered and tilted backward. Hideto Suga faced Mercenary Tao's power, but was completely unmatched. He shook his body violently, and two new faces began to appear on both sides of the giant tree.
Astonishingly, they were the two heads of Shintoism in this era. The two men had agonized expressions but still maintained their original faces.
"Quick, cast a spell for me!"
"If we don't kill this Mercenary Tao..."
Hideto Suga was suddenly startled. He had lost sight of Mercenary Tao. The eyes on the other two faces had just opened. It was unknown whether these two high-ranking Shinto officials wanted to struggle or cast spells, but they only had time to focus their ice-blue pupils on Kaito.
A pitch-black heavy sword had already torn through the air, carrying two trailing streams of white smoke. Black-red lightning spread from the blade, instantly clashing with the cold air, breaking through the icy power, and directly plunging into the giant tree.
Clang!
The sound of the sword ringing had no sense of crispness at all. It was as harsh as someone forcibly tearing apart steel with a sword.
Kaito had no swordsmanship to speak of. He relied entirely on the extremely high efficacy conversion of the extraordinary characteristic of [Moonlight Silver Wolf] after entering the night at this moment, turning a strength value of over fifty points into a terrifying value approaching one hundred.
And then... chopped down!
Pfft!
The pitch-black sword light was like a crescent moon, instantly passing through the giant tree and sinking heavily into the snow-covered ground.
Rumble!
The ground kept exploding. Snow, dirt, and flesh were all thrown into the air. The manor sank several meters with a crash.
Kaito put away the Dragon Slayer Sword, watching the blue glow condense and finally turn into a Drop Card in front of him.
[You killed the Alien God's creation: Alien Tree. You obtained 1200 Dimensional Points.]
[You obtained a Drop Card (Blue).]
[Your reputation with the Ancient Alien God has decreased. Current: Stranger (34/100)]
The "honeymoon period" between the Ancient Alien God and Kaito ended quickly. After Kaito killed Hideto Suga, he saw ice-blue carvings under the giant tree.
He couldn't recognize the writing, but by touching it, he still got a prompt.
[You touched the contract of the Ancient Alien God (Signed)]
While Kaito's long black hair constantly scattered, he reached out his hand. In his eyes, the text condensed by the icy magic was also composed of a large number of symbols.
Those symbols naturally possessed power.
Because he lacked relevant knowledge, he couldn't read those symbols, but he didn't need to read them either.
Kaito reached out his hand. When his fingers touched the ice-blue symbols, those symbols began to dissipate, and the contract quickly became blurry.
Then, Kaito reached out and wiped randomly. After the contract flickered twice, it directly collapsed.
[You destroyed the contract of the Ancient Alien God.]
[Your reputation with the Ancient Alien God has decreased. Current: Hatred (78/100)]
Almost immediately after he completely destroyed the Ancient Alien God's scheme, in Kaito's Mantra perception, a large number of figures began to rush towards his location.
Those were the believers of the Ancient Alien God and His creations.
This Outer God with excessively strong "self-care ability" was ultimately angered by Kaito and began wanting to clear out Kaito's existence.
The corner of Kaito's mouth hooked up. For him, a situation where only the Ancient Alien God profited was a loss of interest for him. Now, this situation where neither side gained anything was actually better.
"No, it's not necessarily a double loss..."
Kaito suddenly laughed out loud, soared into the sky, and raised his right hand high. The title of [Wild Arrogance Biding Time] shone brightly.
In the sky, dark clouds quickly condensed. Amidst the surging thunderclouds, bursts of muffled thunder began to explode.
This illustrious action, immediately accompanied by signs of the ice and snow beginning to melt and the cold air starting to disperse, attracted the attention of the currently surviving Japanese people.
In places closer to Tokyo, those people could even clearly see a human figure in the sky. Amidst the flashing lightning, one hand was raised high, and the lightning in the sky seemed to respond to him, suddenly exploding.
Masaru Kato, taking his younger brother with him, hid in an old factory building. Following him were quite a few people. This group of people had been protected by Masaru Kato after the heavy snow suddenly covered Japan and various monsters began to appear.
Ultimately, he didn't agree with Kei Kurono's thinking and chose the path he thought was right.
At this moment, he looked at that god-like person in the sky, and a name inexplicably came to mind.
Reincarnation Alien, Full-Score BOSS, Mercenary Tao!
"Is he... going to fight against those monsters?!"
Subsequently, recalling Bonnie's advice before leaving, he put away this thought again. Bonnie said that compared to any alien or any monster in this world now, Mercenary Tao was the true monster.
If only such a guy could stand on our side... how great would that be...
(End of Chapter)
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