Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 425 - Kethrun

A thunderous rumble shook the earth, causing cracks to form.

Crack! Crackcrackcrack!

As the ground collapsed along these fissures, massive tentacles began to emerge from the gaps.

“What the hell is this?”

“Th-this is…”

The demons were thrown into confusion by the tentacles surging up from the floor.

Squirm squirm

As the tentacles writhed, the demons approached and swung their hands.

Swish!

Blades of wind sliced at the tentacles, but they merely twitched once, seemingly unharmed.

Just then, one of the noble demons’ eyes widened.

“It can’t be.”

At first, they hadn’t recognized it, but the aura emanating from the tentacles instinctively made them realize.

Deep underground.

Even deeper than that.

An evil that had always yearned to reach the surface.

“W-why is this here?!”

“It’s the Primordial Evil!”

“The Primordial Evil! It’s that monster! Those are its tentacles!”

“The Primordial Evil? Why is it here…?!”

“Didn’t we kill it completely when it invaded our land?!”

When one noble demon shouted “Primordial Evil,” the other demons screamed in terror and began fleeing towards the gates of the demon realm.

The Primordial Evil, which had always desired to escape from its subterranean world and rise to any place above, had considered the demon realm as one of its options and had actually invaded it before.

The Demon King who ruled the demon realm at that time had managed to repel the Primordial Evil but couldn’t kill it completely.

After all, the Primordial Evil wasn’t something that could be killed in the first place.

One of the noble demons who had experienced that time hurriedly returned to the gates of the demon realm.

Swish!

Boom! Thud!

But no sooner had they turned their backs than the tentacles surged forward, beginning to grab the demons one by one.

Crunch!

“Aaaaargh!”

“Gyaaaah!”

“Get out of my way! Move, you mongrels!”

As not only demons but also monsters continued to pour out of the demon realm gates, no one could enter the gate and everyone was caught by the tentacles.

Monsters and demons alike died as the tentacles lashed out like whips.

Soon, the limbs of the captured demons began to disintegrate.

“Urrrgh!”

It was truly a scene from hell.

This was the moment when the true nature of the Primordial Evil Kethrun was revealed.

In the face of this calamity that had begun since The Beginning, even the strongest demons could only flee.

Whoosh

Swish!

Of course, there were demons who resisted.

But ordinary attacks couldn’t even scratch the tentacles.

“Grrrr.”

Kethrun continued to swat down demons with its tentacles as if they were mere flies.

‘Impressive.’

It was only because Kethrun was the opponent that the demons seemed weak; they were all powerful beings who boasted considerable strength and authority in the demon realm.

‘This is how you should use a trump card.’

It was worth going to the subterranean world. The Dawn Council’s lord would surely have expected to struggle until the very end in this way.

‘Killing two birds with one stone.’

Boom! Boom!

While Kethrun was rampaging.

Far away, the figure of the Dawn Council’s lord could be seen.

The Dawn Council’s lord, who had been trying to escape by opening the gates to the demon realm, was aghast at this ridiculous situation.

“What… is this…?”

The Dawn Council’s lord could no longer flee and fell on his backside right there.

He knew well how strong and cruel demons were.

They were born strong, possessing strength incomparable to humans.

Moreover, those called nobles of the demon realm had the power to devour life with just a glance or a gesture.

Yet such demons were dying helplessly.

The giant tentacles.

Tentacles pouring out from the floor, walls, and ceiling were crushing, smashing, and tearing the demons to pieces.

Countless massive tentacles.

Tentacles so enormous that it was terrifying to imagine where their main body might be were indiscriminately slaughtering the demons.

It was utter chaos.

Amidst all this, Ethan appeared incredibly calm.

“Wh-what on earth is that? Ethan Whiskers, how did you, how on earth did you…?”

It was unbelievable. The attempt to buy time had failed. Everything had come to an end. The plans of decades had effectively turned to nothing, and he couldn’t even escape.

No matter how things turned out, he should have fled first, but he couldn’t move properly due to the pressure emanating from the Primordial Evil.

It was natural. The Primordial Evil was incomparably stronger than the likes of the Dawn Council’s lord.

When the main scenario characters fight, the weaker one is bound to be devoured by the stronger one.

‘The Primordial Evil is one of the strongest bosses even among the main scenario bosses. Moreover, the Dawn Council’s lord has suffered great internal damage from losing the puppet apostles to me.’

While the Dawn Council is treated as a collective boss, the Primordial Evil is a single entity boss. It would not be wrong to say that all the power of the Dawn Council, or perhaps even more, is concentrated in the single entity of the Primordial Evil.

The Dawn Council’s lord staggered to his feet.

“Not yet, it’s not over yet.”

The gates to the demon realm were still open.

“The highest being of the demon realm will come.”

Just then, a thunderous sound came from the direction of the demon realm gates.

Rumble!

With a sound like thunder striking, jet-black aura shot up like a fountain.

And from within that aura emerged a demon wearing a black cloak.

Red eyes.

Purple skin.

The great demon with golden eyes, the king who rules the demon realm.

It was the Demon King Riscador.

“It’s been a while since a gate to the human world opened. This is why humans are interesting. They repeat their mistakes, thinking they’ll be different this time. That hope sometimes makes humans soar higher, but it also plunges them into deeper despair.”

A deep voice resonated.

The Dawn Council’s lord finally began to flee in earnest. Surely the Demon King would buy him some time.

He was different from the demons who had come out earlier.

He was a demon who had maintained the pinnacle of power for ages even in the demon realm, where the law of the strong prevails.

“…Hmm?”

Demon King Riscador looked at the writhing tentacles around him.

Then he looked at Ethan behind them.

“……”

And he fell silent.

“It’s not, is it?”

Riscador’s eyes shook greatly as if seeking confirmation from Ethan.

“What you know is probably correct, Demon King.”

As Ethan nodded, Riscador, who had been coming out of the gate, turned around as if nothing had happened.

“I’m closing it.”

And with that, he immediately closed the demon realm gate that the Dawn Council’s lord had opened with power gathered over many years.

“We saw nothing, and we will do nothing. So.”

The Demon King looked at Ethan.

“Have mercy.”

Rumble!

With a thunderous sound, the demon realm gate closed with a bang.

“What an excellent judge of the situation.”

***

“Huff… Huff…”

The Dawn Council’s lord ran out of the Dawn Temple.

The first thing he saw were corpses.

The Dawn Council’s lord frowned.

The monsters and demons who had crossed over as soon as the demon realm gate opened.

These guys should have bought time for the chief priest to escape.

Why were they all dead?

Beyond those corpses was a group of knights.

“…The Black Sword?”

He couldn’t mistake them.

As the sharpest sword and the sturdiest shield, the direct unit of Princess Evangeline, the heir to the Holy Empire. He had always been cautious of the Black Sword.

“Why is the Black Sword here…?”

At that moment, the Black Sword saw the Dawn Council’s lord.

“It’s neither a demon nor a monster. The Dawn Council’s lord has escaped. Surround him!”

As the Black Sword shouted loudly, the Black Sword unit moved instantly.

The Black Sword unit quickly blocked all routes the chief priest could use to escape, and the Black Sword moved from the front.

“Chain of Binding.”

As the Black Sword strongly gripped the handle of his sword, a chain with a weight attached came out from inside. The Black Sword swung the chain around and then threw it towards the chief priest.

Although weakened from his encounter with Ethan, the chief priest still had some strength left.

It would be difficult to gain an advantage against the Black Sword unit, but escaping was possible.

“Get lost.”

The Dawn Council’s lord drew upon the power of the Moon Mother to its extreme.

But before that, he sensed a presence behind him.

Step. Step.

He had been running away constantly.

He had even opened the gates to the demon realm to escape.

And from those demon realm gates, even the Demon King, the ruler of the demon realm, had emerged to block Ethan’s path.

“I… I should have succeeded in escaping. You shouldn’t have appeared like this! Ethan Whiskers!”

The Dawn Council’s lord’s body trembled.

“I told you, didn’t I? That I’m quite skilled at tracking.”

“What do you want? Aren’t we ultimately pursuing the same goal?!”

Ethan gestured to the Black Sword unit surrounding the Dawn Council’s lord. The Black Sword unit quickly understood and stepped back.

Only Ethan and the Dawn Council’s lord remained.

“What do I want, you ask?”

As Ethan asked as if intrigued, the Dawn Council’s lord pressed on.

“You want to cure the Extinction, right? I can help. Although our Dawn Council has parted ways with the Cross Society, our ultimate goal is the same. To prepare for the descent of the Moon Mother. That must be your goal too.” (+)TLN: I made a mistake in the last chapter (or was it the last 2 chapter?) Anyway, when the Dawn Council’s Lord mentioned the “Rosicrucian Order,” it should be instead “Cross Society.” I’m thinking that the Dawn Council member used the name “Cross Society” for the “Rosicrucian Order”, or it’s just their true name.

The chief priest said.

“I can tell you everything you’re curious about and don’t know. So tell me what you want.”

In the end, it was begging for his life.

But the chief priest thought that Ethan wouldn’t be able to kill him easily.

After all, he held all the information that Ethan might be curious about.

It was a matter of wounded pride, but it was the only way to survive.

The chief priest thought that if he could gradually reveal information and buy time, he could create any number of opportunities.

“Chief priest.”

Ethan smiled as he looked at the chief priest.

“You know, and I know, that Extinction isn’t a disease. There’s probably no exact cure. If it wasn’t in the Cross Society, how could it be in the Dawn Council?”

Saying this, he gripped his sword tightly.

“And all the information you have.”

Then he stomped the ground hard.

Crack!

“I already know it all. Which means there’s no reason to keep you alive.”

“Ugh…”

The Dawn Council’s lord collapsed on the spot.

-You have conquered the Dawn Temple!

-You have subdued Shandria, the leader of the Dawn Council, the Dawn Council’s Lord.

-You have cleared the quest!

-Your fame increases!