chapter 37
37 – Nightfall – Killing Gods (7)
To the creators of Nightfall, Ariandel was a love-hate existence.
It is a boss-level existence that users encounter first in the tutorial, and at the same time, it is the final boss in the normal route.
Of course, Nightfall’s true final boss was the evil god you could face on the hidden route, but most players don’t know that fact.
In other words, at this point, the existence of Ariandel could be said to be a symbolic existence that decorates the beginning and end of the game called Nightfall.
If you think about it, when Powell Software sent out advertisements related to Nightfall, they focused on showing things related to Ariandel.
However, the producers of Nightfall really put in a lot of effort to make the character Ariandel have that much perfection.
Among the characters in Nightfall, except for the puppet, Ariandel took the longest time to set up and design the character.
Especially, Ariandel was a being that had to experience death for players in the tutorial, so the production team especially put a lot of effort into weaving battle patterns.
I visited countless experts or masters who said they had learned swordsmanship professionally, motion-captured their movements, and even taught artificial intelligence their combat data.
As a result, Ariandel’s comprehensive combat ability was born, and the monster itself!
If Ariandel was released in this state as it was, it was clear that most players would be torn apart without even touching it, so the production team came to place considerable restrictions on his abilities.
But right now Eugene didn’t artificially trigger an event that weakens the power of Leruhe’s followers.
Ariandel at this point had regained much of the power that the production team had artificially weakened.
Ariandel, who possesses enough strength that would not be strange even if his entire body would be torn apart the moment he faced the sword, is the current-
Kwakwakkwak-!
Surprisingly, he was sharing swords with Eugene on an almost equal level.
A fierce battle was taking place between the two at a level that ordinary people cannot even recognize.
The scene where the two exchange attacks is so fast that they can only be seen in a white flash!
– What’s wrong with my eyes?
– ㅇㅇ It’s normal because I can’t even see it hahahahaha
– Just like me, it’s comfortable to watch at 0.5X speed.
– ㄴ I’m at 0.3X speed hahahahaha
As Eugene and Ariandel collided, a terrifying air wave formed around them, and vibrations began to reverberate in the vicinity.
Kaaang-!
“Aww!”
And at the end of the clash between the two, it was Ariandel who took a step back first.
In the end, he couldn’t properly receive the holy sword that Eugene was wielding, and he hastily retreated backwards.
– What is that hahahaha
– ㄴ Ariandel is not a crap, but Somajwa is crazy.
– The previous clash is not at the level of a real human.
– I just took a clip of a scene, but I think I’m crazy lol.
“No way… I can’t. No matter how much I receive the power of the Holy Sword, is it possible for me to overwhelm me from the front as a descendant of the Devil God, who received power from him?”
Ariandel muttered something as if he was nervous about something, but on the other hand, as if he had no idea.
And when Eugene saw Ariandell like that, she burst out laughing.
“Of course not. This is my second fight with you.”
In the past, Eugene clashed with Ariandel once in the tutorial, and at the end, she had the experience of defeating him.
At that time, Eugene’s physical abilities were not calibrated with the holy sword as he is now, and he was not familiar with virtual reality games, so the use of his will was extremely limited.
But even so, Eugene at that time was able to fight on an equal footing with Ariandel and eventually succeeded in killing him.
And at the present time, Eugene is in a state where he can wield much stronger power than Eugene at that time casually.
Of course, the current Ariandel also had his overall physical abilities increased as if he had picked up something strange while he hadn’t seen him for several days, and he had even mastered some strange tricks, such as ejecting tentacles from his body.
But even so, there was no way Ariandel’s sword could reach Eugene.
Due to the death struggle that had already happened a few days ago, Eugene was able to fully grasp the level of Ariandel’s level.
I admit it. Ariandel is obviously strong.
After returning from another world, he was one of the few beings who made Eugene, who was immersed in boredom, feel a sense of interest.
It’s just that Eugene wasn’t weak enough to be hurt by the sword of the defeated at best.
“… Cylinder. With this old body, is this the limit?”
Eugene looks at him with hateful eyes as Ariandel clutches at the wound leaking from between his breasts.
“Khehehehe… Do you consider yourself the strongest? Wrong. Because you are a lucky child who was only born at a time when I was old and powerless… !”
Wood deuk-!
At the same time as he said that, Ariandel’s body was enveloped in some kind of aura and began to change rapidly.
[This time, I will tear you to death with the power bestowed by the Evil God… !]
– Is this the beginning of phase 2?
– Just by looking at it, it seems that in human form, it seems that Somajwa won’t be able to rub it, so it’s a quick transformation hahahahaha
– Ariandel Gaolan I caught all the Gao and now the excuses are so ugly hahahahaha
Just like that, Ariandel was on the verge of transforming into a bizarre shape that seemed to be half a human and an octopus.
“Is this here?”
Poo-Hak-!
“… !”
As Eugene’s sword brushed past him, Ariandel realized that a forcible change had taken place in his body.
“This, this… !”
The transformation into a ‘descendant of the evil god’, which was achieved through the authority received from the evil god, was forcibly stopped.
Indeed, it was absurd that Eugene had cut off the power of the evil spirit itself with just a swing of his sword!
– Even when Digimon evolve, villains don’t attack, but Somajwa does.
– ㄴ ㅇㅇ Devimon didn’t attack when Patamon evolved.
– Ah ha ha ha ha ha Wasn’t it originally a national rule to wait for a transformation ha ha ha ha ha
– ??? : To think that someone else is transforming and attacking… Dastardly… !
“This is nonsense… ! For a mere human to cut down the chaos itself of the ‘ruler’… ! No matter how much I borrowed the power of the holy sword, such a thing would be possible-“
“All the guys who got stabbed by me for being careless talk about that.”
Eugene opened her mouth to Ariandel in a calm tone.
“What was that, ‘Those Who Look at the Stars’? He said that to me before he died.”
“… What?”
At Eugene’s words, Ariandel stiffened her body as if she was genuinely surprised.
“Could it be that you didn’t simply defeat the ‘stargazer’, but rather killed it? Was it possible to kill the ‘ruler’ with mere human power?”
To Ariandel’s complaint, Yuria slightly nodded her own head.
“It’s true. My master has succeeded in killing the ‘ruler’.”
Humans lie, but puppets don’t.
Seeing Yuria’s answer, Ariandel made a genuinely shocked expression.
This is nonsense.
Is it possible to kill the ‘ruler’, who can be said to be God himself, with mere human power?
Even Ariandel, who was called the first hunter, could use all means to temporarily make the ‘ruler’ withdraw from the present world.
However, there was no way that such a thing could be compared to the achievement of fighting against the main body of the ‘ruler’ and killing him.
So bye, if what Yuria said is true.
And if it is true that the young Hunter has accomplished the feat of killing a god.
At this moment, who was the one who was drowning in arrogance?
“I can’t admit it…! If it was possible to kill a god with human power, what the hell was my life up to now…!”
An ominous and terrible energy begins to gather in Ariandel’s Greatsword.
It was his original 2nd phase pattern, and at the same time, it was the ‘destroying blow’ that could be called a special move.
Ariandel’s final stage, which emits a wavelength equal to the natural frequency of objects and causes all things to be atomized!
Originally, it was an absolute blow that even Eugene could not block unless he counterbalanced it with his will.
Eugene’s expression as he looked at Ariandel was just calm.
“I should have said. That’s an attack I’ve seen before.”
Last time, due to lack of strength, I had to aim for a counter in the form of countering the opponent’s attack.
But this time it’s different.
Eugene intended to break Ariandel’s ‘Destructive Blow’ from the front.
And there is only one way to overwhelm the blow that destroys everything in the world.
Cutting down the enemy with overwhelming speed before the attack can reach them!
Yam Demon Sword (斬魔劍) Undo (抜刀)
Muwolunyo (無月雲燿)!
Peeing-!
Swords collided with each other, and there was a sound like something being pulled.
… No, it was Ariandel’s misunderstanding that swords collided from the beginning.
Poo-Hak-!
Blood gushes from Ariandel’s chest.
And at the same time, the greatsword Ariandel was holding also split in half.
Before he even realized the situation, the match had already been decided.
“Keuhehehe… That’s right. The sword I used to open the door just before climbing the tower was less than half of its original power, wasn’t it?”
At the last moment, Ariandel realized that Eugene’s attack was an attack he had seen himself once and put his mind at ease.
However, I could never have imagined that exposing one’s attack beforehand was part of the psychological warfare!
“Wonderful… you… deserve to kill a god…”
Damn it-
Ariandel’s body begins to crack.
But Ariandel looks at Eugene without even paying attention to his own body.
“I… Was so weak and foolish that I had no choice but to become a pawn of the ‘ruler’… But you are different. Unlike me… You truly deserve to cut a god…”
The rift spreads throughout Ariandel’s body.
Soon, just before his whole body collapsed.
“Please take care of that child… YuRia…”
With those words, Ariandel’s body collapsed.
That was the death of the first Hunter, Ariandel.
– … So, what was the relationship between Ariandel and Yuria?
– Me too? Molu… ?
… Of course, it was a death that was completely incomprehensible to some viewers.