Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 449 - Surviving as Ethan Whiskers

Among horses, Red Hare is supreme; among men, Lu Bu is supreme.

-God of War’s Extreme Sword is activated!

The God of War Lu Bu’s ability was simple.

While Hang Woo granted strength capable of uprooting mountains, the God of War Lu Bu upgraded all techniques related to martial arts.

In essence, when Ethan Swordsmanship was unleashed, the power of God of War’s Extreme Sword took effect, greatly increasing its potency.

And the level of enhancement was substantial.

Clang-!

The Demon Emperor knew very well that he had no chance in a head-on confrontation.

Therefore, he infused his greatsword with mana and created some distance to launch a shockwave.

He intended to take advantage of the moment Ethan dealt with the shockwave to close in.

Knowing Ethan possessed considerable destructive power, he planned to exploit speed.

But the Demon Emperor didn’t realize something.

That in their previous fight, Ethan had only been able to use raw strength.

Ethan’s true advantage wasn’t overwhelming power.

It was speed.

“!”

Despite the situation calling for dealing with the shockwave, Ethan had already shattered it and was right in front of the Demon Emperor.

In this situation, the Demon Emperor had only one option.

“Damn it!”

A head-on clash.

He had no choice but to block Ethan’s sword.

Forced into this choice by Ethan’s movements, the Demon Emperor swung his sword with a curse.

Clang-!

Upon impact, the Demon Emperor’s greatsword shattered completely.

Crack-crack-crack!

“…”

The Demon Emperor stared blankly at his broken sword.

A sword breaking?

It was something he had never even considered possible. But that wasn’t the end of it.

Slash!

After shattering the greatsword, Ethan spun once more and slashed across the Demon Emperor’s chest.

The Demon Emperor, momentarily stunned, leaped back, but it was already too late.

His chest had been cut in a straight line.

The armor he wore shattered into pieces, and a deep wound appeared.

“Damn it!”

The Demon Emperor clutched his chest.

Blood was seeping out.

What he wore wasn’t just ordinary armor.

It was a legendary artifact created by the combined efforts of a legendary mage and a legendary blacksmith from the past.

And that artifact had been cut through in a single stroke.

The sword and the armor.

And then…

“Urgh…”

The intense pain that followed.

With just one clash, the Demon Emperor had suffered a severe injury and was now gasping for breath.

“This is impossible…”

“Did you really think that was my true strength when I was fighting with restraints?”

Ethan laughed as if it was truly ridiculous.

“How absurd.”

“How did you…!”

“The situation was so obvious. I wasn’t sure if it was real or not, but your reaction confirms it.”

Ethan grinned.

“But to think you’d join hands with the Dawn Council. What a foolish move. Demon Emperor, why didn’t you just come to me instead?”

“…What?”

“I would have given you special training. A sure-fire way to defeat the Holy Emperor of the Holy Empire… something like that.”

Seeing Ethan’s mockery, the Demon Emperor suddenly felt a surge of anger.

Forgetting that his sword was broken, he charged straight forward.

“For you, defeat must be a great humiliation. Quite a few of my students are like that too. When such students lose, they react just like you. Do you know what I teach those students?”

Ethan said.

“Defeat. If you keep winning all the time, you’ll be severely hurt by the inevitable defeat that will come later. When you fall, you won’t be able to get back up.”

“Damn you.”

“It suits you perfectly right now. The sight of you not knowing what to do after being defeated by the Holy Emperor.”

Ethan effortlessly dodged the Demon Emperor’s attack with the broken greatsword. Then, he precisely struck the handle of the Demon Emperor’s sword with the handle of his Frost Sword.

Crack-!

The sword in the Demon Emperor’s hand flew into the air.

“You can’t even do the most basic thing. A swordsman letting go of his sword, how pathetic.”

Ethan immediately struck the Demon Emperor’s abdomen.

“Good teachers produce good students.”

“Damn it. Damn it-!”

Ethan put strength into his sword.

‘This is fitting for the Demon Emperor.’

Ethan Swordsmanship Fourth Form

Eternal Frost of Trust

There was no way the broken sword could block Ethan’s blade.

The Demon Emperor’s body was split diagonally.

“Ha.”

The Demon Emperor’s pupils shook.

“Did I take the wrong path?”

Leaving the fallen Demon Emperor behind, Ethan turned around.

Normally, the 1st and 2nd Apostles should have moved while the Demon Emperor was under attack. But the 1st and 2nd Apostles remained motionless.

These two apostles had already died once at Ethan’s hands.

They had been revived by the Moon Mother’s power, but only their bodies were restored.

Their minds remained in the state of their defeat by Ethan.

Therefore, as soon as they saw Ethan with his sword, they naturally recalled their memories from just before death.

They couldn’t defeat Ethan even when he had suffered severe internal injuries from Extinction.

How could they possibly defeat Ethan now that he had fully recovered from Extinction?

A cold assessment of the situation and fear kept them from moving.

Crunch-!

Blood seeped from the 2nd Apostle’s mouth. He had bitten his lip.

If they remained paralyzed by fear like this, they would be unable to do anything.

There was only one thing they could do now.

The 2nd Apostle gathered all his strength in both hands to prepare a wave attack at maximum power.

“Dice of Fate.”

On top of that, he rolled the dice once more to get a value of 6.

“My attack will definitely hit the target.”

The target was the 2nd Apostle himself.

The wave attack would receive the bonus from the value 6.

“It seems running away was never an option for you.”

Ethan rather admired this aspect of them.

“We cannot show a shameful appearance to the Moon Mother-!”

As the 2nd Apostle charged, the 1st Apostle clasped his hands together.

They had already confirmed that they were no match in swordsmanship.

So they had no choice but to use their other abilities.

“We’ve already been saved once.”

Whether they could no longer rely on the Moon Mother or not, at this final moment, they no longer called out to her.

“Yes, that’s right. You’ve never shown an unseemly appearance.”

Ethan had deliberately used the Fourth Form against the Demon Emperor.

That had been saved for this moment.

“Secret Technique.”

For the Moon Mother’s apostles, with Moonforce’s secret technique.

“Moonshine.”

He would end everything.

***

Thud-. Thud-.

Not far from where the Demon Emperor had fallen, the two apostles collapsed.

“Now, even the Moon Mother won’t be able to revive them anymore.”

Ethan took a deep breath.

“There were times when I nearly died from coughing while trying to breathe.”

But now, all of that was in the past.

Ethan had survived.

He had survived as Ethan Whiskers.

“Are you watching?”

Ethan looked up as he spoke.

He had defeated the Moon Mother’s apostles with Moonforce’s secret technique.

Now, there were no more believers of the Moon Mother in this world.

It was as if he had repaid what the Moon Mother had done to Moonforce in the past.

-The goddess Moonforce expresses her gratitude to you.

Moonforce expressed her gratitude to Ethan.

And simultaneously, countless notifications began to appear.

-You have cleared the quest!

-You have cleared the Remnant Elimination quest!

-You have conquered the main scenario.

-You have become the hero of the continent!

-You have earned a title! You are the guardian who protected the continent from the threat of its destruction.

-You have achieved an accomplishment!

-You have achieved an accomplishment!

-You have achieved an accomplishment!

He had completely eliminated the Dawn Council that threatened the continent.

Main quest completed. Thanks to this, he had earned titles and numerous achievements.

‘This is the end of the main quest.’

Now, there were no more threats to the continent.

It could be seen as the end of the scenario.

And finally.

The notification Ethan had longed for appeared.

-Surviving as Ethan Whiskers. You have completed all quests!

-It’s an unbelievable result. You have survived!

-Congratulations, Ethan Whiskers.

Surviving as Ethan Whiskers.

The difficulty of the quest was Hell. Surviving as Ethan Whiskers, the most sickly person on the continent.

-Current survival probability: 99.9%

Ethan slowly raised his head and exhaled.

He couldn’t stop smiling.

“I survived.”

***

“Please stay still. It’s a miracle that you’re even alive right now.”

“Sa-Saintess, what about… what happened to Mary?”

Although the Saintess was not in good shape herself, she was in better condition than Roditon, so she was doing her best to treat him.

“Even in this state, you’re looking for your ego sword first. Don’t worry. Your ego sword is in much better condition than you are, Sir Roditon.”

The Saintess said this and pointed behind her. There, Ethan was taking care of Mary.

“Te-Teacher Ethan…”

“Ro-Roditon! Roditon, no!”

Mary, in Ethan’s hands, suddenly shouted loudly.

Unfortunately, saliva doesn’t work on ego swords, so they used decoction and Lyuka.

Lyuka could produce pure mana that was effective for the ego sword Mary.

Thanks to this, Mary could recover much faster than Roditon.

“Te-Teacher Ethan! What about Roditon?”

“My goodness, you two only think about each other.”

“I’m here, Mary.”

“Roditon, you idiot! I told you to run away!”

“When did you say that? You said we should fight together. That you’d die with me if we died. And then you tried to buy time alone.”

Roditon said with a smile.

“Where do you think you’re going, trying to take all the cool scenes for yourself? The romance is my part, you know.”

“If you laugh, your wounds will open up more.”

“I’m sorry.”

“…”

Although Mary was an ego sword and couldn’t show expressions, somehow Ethan seemed to see its expression.

“Sir Roditon, thank you.”

Ethan and the Saintess expressed their gratitude to Roditon once again.

If it weren’t for Roditon, everything would have truly fallen apart.

“…I thought that since I almost ruined everything, I should at least clean up my own mess.”

Roditon sighed and lay down again.

“But everything turned out well in the end!”

Then he closed his eyes again as if there was nothing to worry about.

“It’s a good thing, isn’t it?”

That wasn’t what romance was about.

“Congratulations, Teacher Ethan. I can’t begin to imagine how grueling it must have been, but you’ve cured that incurable disease, Extinction, and achieved what you wanted. Now you can walk on a path of flowers!”