Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 418 - Primordial Evil (1)

Whoosh-!

The Prophet’s Flame flickers.

‘I had my doubts, but…’

The flame, initially feeble, gradually began to illuminate its surroundings.

Writhing-.

The darkness, which had consumed countless lights until now, started to retreat under the pressure of the Prophet’s Flame.

The surroundings brightened.

‘It’s working. The Prophet’s Flame is driving away the darkness of the subterranean world.’

The Prophet’s Flame given by Prometheus was indeed incredible.

In MePan, Ethan had tried various methods to drive away the darkness of this subterranean world but ultimately failed.

No matter what he tried, he couldn’t completely dispel it; at best, he could only brighten it enough to barely face the Primordial Evil.

‘The Prophet’s Flame has surpassed that.’

As if the sun had descended, the entire subterranean world began to brighten.

-The Prophet’s Flame devours the darkness. Its power grows stronger!

As the darkness disappeared,

As the light grew,

That power directly became the strength of the Prophet’s Flame.

Shaaaaaaak-!

As the Prophet’s Flame gained even more power, the light intensified, and the flame drove away the darkness even faster.

Kirrrrrrrrk-.

The Primordial Evil growled lowly. No human had ever driven away the darkness in its domain like this before.

The light soon dispelled the darkness and began to illuminate the Primordial Evil.

A massive body.

Hundreds of eyes.

And thousands of tentacles.

It was the very embodiment of concentrated malice.

“All living things should live in the light. You look hideous, probably because you haven’t seen light.”

During his MePan playthrough, Ethan didn’t know exactly what the Primordial Evil looked like.

He had only seen thousands of tentacles vaguely writhing beyond the darkness.

This was the first time he was seeing the true form of the Primordial Evil.

Hundreds of eyes looked at Ethan.

Eyes that seemed to pierce through, trying to discern who Ethan was and the source of his power.

Shuuuuuuuk-!

The enraged Primordial Evil used its divine power.

It gathered the source of hatred it had accumulated over long years in this subterranean world and cast a curse on Ethan.

-The Primordial Evil casts a curse of annihilation on you!

-It’s a powerful curse! You cannot avoid it!

However, the curse disappeared as soon as it enveloped Ethan.

-Extinction devours the curse.

“Kiruk?”

He should have fallen.

Yet Ethan stood perfectly fine, gripping his sword.

It wriggled its thousands of tentacles, trying to assess the situation.

But what it saw was exactly as it appeared.

Its divine power had no effect on the human before it.

This curse was one of the powerful divine powers possessed by the Primordial Evil, which had ended the lives of various enemies until now.

Even those called heroes would either perish immediately when afflicted by this curse or become unable to wield a sword ever again.

Even those at the pinnacle of sacred power could at best reduce its power or block it.

Even then, it was a divine power so powerful that it could cost them their lives.

“Surprised?”

Ethan looked at the dumbfounded Primordial Evil.

‘The power of Extinction is getting stronger and stronger. That’s why I came without hesitation.’

As long as he prepared for the darkness, he could respond to most of the Primordial Evil’s powers.

The Primordial Evil, true to its name, uses the power of darkness.

Dark-aligned monsters and powerful beings all use similar types of power.

But at the pinnacle of that stood Extinction.

“It’s not for nothing that it’s called the King of Curses.”

Extinction’s other name is the King of Curses.

The end of all curses.

All curses are equal before Extinction. As it’s a ritual that creates a vessel to summon gods, it can easily devour most curses.

‘Moreover, this is the original.’

Among all Extinctions, Ethan’s Extinction was the original. No matter how strong a divine power the Primordial Evil possessed, it was powerful enough to devour it completely.

“Kirrrrrrrrrrk-!”

The enraged Primordial Evil shook its tentacles.

It was unthinkable.

How could a mere human.

A mere human not only withstand this divine power but effortlessly nullify it!

Swuuuuuuk-!

The Primordial Evil began to wildly swing its tentacles like whips.

‘This is the real start of phase 1.’

The Primordial Evil’s greatest power isn’t actually those thousands of tentacles.

‘It’s the simultaneous mental attack with thousands of tentacles.’

That’s why he had to taste bitter defeat several times in MePan.

The more raid members there were, the more people were exposed to that mental attack, so they had to enter the subterranean world with a small elite team.

Stab-!

Slash-!

Thousands of whips began to attack Ethan indiscriminately.

The enraged Primordial Evil seemed determined to tear Ethan to shreds completely.

Ethan held up his two swords.

‘With firepower.’

He knew very well how tough the Primordial Evil was.

Shaaaak-.

As Ethan was about to attack, the Primordial Evil once again tried to use its unique evasion ability.

-Infallibility!

-The attack will definitely hit!

Ethan Swordsmanship 4th Form

Eternal Frost of Trust

Kwaddddddddk-!

Ethan used Eternal Frost of Trust while spinning. His strike was so fast that the sound lagged behind.

“Kirrrrrrrrrrrrrk!”

Even though the curse didn’t work, and it launched a mental attack while flailing its tentacles, Ethan remained unfazed and unharmed.

“Your regeneration ability is impressive too.”

The tentacles Ethan had cut were growing back.

But despite its tremendous regenerative power, not all tentacles had regrown.

Half of the tentacles cut by Ethan’s Eternal Frost of Trust couldn’t regenerate properly due to the cold and lightning.

“You’re quite tough.”

Ethan took a deep breath.

‘I need to break its spirit.’

Ethan momentarily put away his swords and drew his bow.

Kwaaaaaak-.

He nocked an arrow and immediately fired.

Swish-! Swish-! Swish-!

In an instant, hundreds of arrows left the bowstring and shot towards the Primordial Evil.

The rain of arrows accurately struck every part of the already massive Primordial Evil.

Ethan then took out Thunder Sword and shot it like an arrow.

Pzzzzzt-!

Thunder Sword struck the Primordial Evil’s body directly.

Kwarung-!

A massive lightning bolt enveloped the Primordial Evil, connecting arrow to arrow.

“Kirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk-!”

The Primordial Evil, its body charred black, groaned. At the same time, Thunder Sword also roared loudly.

Pzzzt-!

Lightning struck once more from Thunder Sword.

Seizing this opportunity, Ethan drew Frost Sword, gripped it tightly, and unleashed another Ethan Swordsmanship technique.

Ethan Swordsmanship 2nd Form

Moonforce

Even in the midst of its agony, the Primordial Evil was watching Ethan’s movements closely.

It had already witnessed that overwhelming speed once. Unlike before, the tentacles learned from Ethan’s movements and moved accordingly.

And.

Along with learning, it began to predict.

‘Thousands of tentacles move freely. They plot the optimal trajectory without interfering with each other’s movements.’

This learning and prediction ability was the Primordial Evil’s most terrifying skill.

‘It’s not just predicting my movements. It’s preemptively occupying the space where I might move.’

This was possible because of the sheer number of tentacles.

‘It’s a strategy that’s possible because losing tentacles isn’t a problem.’

However, Ethan rather enjoyed this situation.

Ethan didn’t come here to hunt the Primordial Evil.

‘My goal is to subjugate it.’

Ethan was attempting to do what no one else had ever achieved before.

-Monsters’ Calamity is activated.

“No matter if it’s called Primordial Evil or whatever, it’s just a monster in the end.”

Which means.

“It should be possible to tame it, right?”

This was Ethan’s strategy. Perfect taming wasn’t necessary.

‘I don’t think I can perfectly tame this Primordial Evil.’

The Primordial Evil is a transcendent being with overwhelming size and power, even among boss monsters.

If he was to compare, its rank is similar to an evil god, and as it plays a major role in the main scenario, its power is considerably strong.

The reason Ethan is easily dealing with the Primordial Evil now is thanks to the skills he’s accumulated so far and the New World.

Without that, it’s a monster that one couldn’t even think of taming through normal methods.

Even in MePan, they couldn’t completely defeat it and had to clear the main scenario in a sealing format.

‘That’s why I’m trying.’

It’s fine even if it’s incomplete. It doesn’t matter if he can’t properly control the Primordial Evil after summoning it.

“I’ll use it like a bomb.”

Who could control an exploding bomb?

The Primordial Evil is a bomb.

A bomb that can wipe out an entire continent in one blast.

“I’ll use it as a trump card for when the moment comes.”

Even if it’s just once, that’s fine.

“As long as I can use that one time effectively.”

Slash-.

Stab.

He cuts the tentacles and strikes the tiny weaknesses activated by Monsters’ Calamity.

The massive Primordial Evil was helpless before Ethan.

And Sandar was watching this impossible scene with his mouth agape.

The battle between Ethan and the Primordial Evil was like a fight straight out of mythology.

The earth trembles and lightning strikes.

Ethan fought alone against thousands of tentacles.

The Primordial Evil was deep, deep despair.

One could tell just by looking.

That pressure emanating from the Primordial Evil.

Despair, frustration.

This wasn’t a being that a tiny dwarf or human could handle.

If this were above ground, it would have been called a god. It’s only called a monster because it’s in the subterranean world.

Yet Ethan was facing this Primordial Evil.

Alone and proudly.

The image of Ethan fighting the Primordial Evil, cutting through thousands of tentacles, was etched into Sandar’s eyes.

How could one forget this moment?

Wriggle wriggle.

The Primordial Evil, exhausted from Ethan’s continuous attacks, entered a brief lull.

‘If I attack once more here, it’ll enter phase 2.’

Ethan intended to test the taming before that.

Shaak-.

A whip for taming magical beasts appeared in Ethan’s hand.

‘First, on the tentacles.’

Whip-!

The whip lashed directly at a tentacle.

“Primordial Evil!”

However, the Primordial Evil showed no response.

Ethan called out once more.

‘I need to call its proper name.’

Ethan called out the Primordial Evil’s true name.

It was a name quite difficult to pronounce.

“Kethrun! Stop!”

As he cracked the whip while calling out the Primordial Evil’s true name, the tip of a tentacle suddenly twitched violently.

-Initiating magical beast taming!

-Failed!

-The target strongly resists!

-Warning!

-Target of high rank!

-Target of high rank!

“It couldn’t be that easy.”

The boss of boss monsters.

There’s no way the Primordial Evil, Kethrun, could be tamed easily.

“I didn’t expect to succeed on the first try.”

The Primordial Evil, bewildered by Ethan’s strange behavior, frantically waved its tentacles.

No way.

Could this human possibly be trying to…?

“Kirrrruk-.”

It’s impossible.

How dare a lowly human try to tame it?

“Untameable wild.”

But you never know unless you try.

“Kethrun, bow down!”

Thousands of tentacles writhed simultaneously.