“…The Usurper has vanished.”
The man known as the Nameless.
The leader of the Priests of Darkness, massacred by Yena, and a Dark Priest aspiring for a grand resurrection frowned.
The Outsider’s power is on par with the greatest masters.
Just by swallowing the Stone of Reversing, which he couldn’t even use but was merely sealed away, he could wield it as if it were his own.
The fact that he didn’t go mad or suffer a significant mental breakdown was the biggest surprise.
Of course, there was the common flaw of a drastic drop in rank and mental strength, but the increase in power was worth considering that.
While plans seemed to be proceeding smoothly, things started to derail due to the Usurper of the Earth, Lily.
Not only did she possess powerful strength, but she also specialized in mental attacks.
To face Lily, it was necessary to compensate for the dropped rank and mental strength.
“I prepared everything only for it to suddenly vanish. Tch.”
What the Nameless created was a monster that gained the power of reversal without lowering its rank and mental strength.
Of course, reverse itself was a being born from sacrificing rank and mental strength for powerful power.
The structure meant that power and rank could not coexist, but the Outsider’s power made it possible.
The Nameless had gathered more than a hundred ‘powers’ together, minimizing the penalties.
The Outsiders were turned into a single formidable reversal, mentally controlled by the Nameless, reborn as a powerful weapon to pierce the Usurper.
That power was not only close to the upper but also bore ranks higher than the Users.
When the Usurper momentarily emitted ‘light’, there was some surprise, but a monster that could die from just that was not weak.
It only experienced a brief moment of blindness and was fine now.
The Nameless glanced at the flickering 200 eyes for a moment and then turned his gaze elsewhere.
If the Usurper had disappeared, what remained was…
─Where is this again? No, a new space appears every day.
“You arrogant Outsider.”
Having given a chance to become one with ‘Darkness,’ that Outsider named Yena foolishly kicked it away.
Not only that, but she also dared to kill all the Priests of Darkness and the reversals that were being prepared for that day.
The most hated ‘enemy’ for the Darkness.
“I owe you a great debt. Today, I shall repay it.”
As the Nameless gestured, the eyes blinked once more and vanished into the darkness.
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“…?”
[Why?]
[???]
[Lady Lily is gone again…]
[Yena, you really don’t know?]
[Yena Yena…]
[You’ve dropped the formal talk.]
[But where is this place?]
“I had a weird feeling for a moment… Lady Lily? You vanish all the time. You must have gone to some strange space again, just like last time.”
Yena shrugged as she walked through the darkened vast plain.
Although it had been a while since Yena’s race changed to Beastman, she didn’t always speak in a cat-like way.
In moments of deep focus, emotional outbursts, or when using techniques, she typically spoke like an ordinary user.
When she first arrived here, she was a bit on edge and maintained her cat-like speech, but not now.
“This place is ridiculously vast. Hey, guys.”
[For real, lol]
[Agreed]
[Is there no end even if we fly?]
[Lady Lillililililili]
[Li..ly..is..here~]
A dark night sky and a flat, featureless plain.
Yena’s vision was quite developed, so determining her surroundings wasn’t difficult, but the problem was that knowing didn’t help at all.
In fact, it made her feel even more lost.
“There’s nothing here.”
Not even a single mouse or a blade of grass existed.
Yena tried running, flying, and even jumping high using various techniques, but nothing turned up.
She even tried digging into the ground, but to no avail.
And amidst all this, now Lady Lily had disappeared again, so Yena shook her head with a look of despair.
“I think this road is a dead end. Let’s go back and try a different path.”
[Okay]
[Let’s go go go go]
[When will we get back?]
[For real, there’s nothing here.]
“My point exactly. It would be better if at least a monster showed up… huh?”
Yena turned her head and soon noticed a change in the sky.
In the darkness-filled night sky, a deep blue flame began to flicker.
A strange phenomenon that created the illusion that the sky itself was undulating.
Instinctively, Yena corrected her posture as she prepared for the Green Hermit.
“Why does it always show up right when I mention it?”
Though she complained, Yena actually felt relieved.
It was much cleaner and more convenient to confront it outright than to awkwardly turn around without it showing up.
The black and pink energies began to manifest around Yena.
One was the aura, a fundamental energy like mana, that Yena had steadily honed as a user.
The other was a unique energy bestowed by Myeosin.
“Myeosin Technique. Pink Black Sword.”
Kugugugu…!
One side was pink, the other black.
The two energies came together in harmony.
While they didn’t mix perfectly, it made for an even more distinctive and powerful strike in her hands, and Yena soared forth.
The target was that shimmering sky.
The sky shot out a rough energy towards Yena, as if in wrath, but Yena swung her dagger smoothly, almost mocking it.
‘Fast but not too flashy, slow but not too monotonous.’
She infused the teachings of Myeosin into her sword.
Whoosh!!!
─…!
The sky was split apart.
[Wow]
[Insane lol]
[Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa]
[Sky-splitting!]
[Great Yena]
[Wow]
[As expected of rank 2 lolololol]
[That was dope]
The split sky seethed with anger.
To be precise, it wasn’t the sky itself.
It was merely the “eyes” created by the Nameless Man, mimicking the sky and pressuring the opponent.
However, the fake sky was split by Yena’s dagger, revealing the true entity that had been covering the sky.
“Ugh!! Gross!!”
It was eyes.
Almost two hundred eyes were glaring at Yena.
Each one was moving its little pupils, fixated on her.
Yena, finding it disgusting, flailed her Green Hermit around, raining down strikes.
It looked random, but in reality, it was all part of the technique.
“Myeosin Technique, Rampaging Flower.”
Countless strikes unleashed into thin air formed a shape like flowers, and that form dealt lethal damage to the opponent.
Dozens of eyes were struck and shut tight.
Some were completely smashed, making it hard to recognize them at all.
The eyes blinked once more.
Boom!
“Ugh?!”
One of Yena’s knees buckled.
Under the powerful pressure of the eyes, Yena trembled and let out a “Nyaa…” but couldn’t escape.
Of course, if it were an “attack,” she could have used her hidden attribute, parrying, to fend it off, but what the eyes did was not an attack.
By now, her other knee had buckled, and as she barely lifted her head, the largest eye among the others transformed into a mouth.
The great enemy knelt down to the knees, and as they barely lifted their head, the largest eye among the multitude transformed into a mouth.
─I’ve increased the power affecting this space.
“Nya… Evil?”
─They call it gravity, according to the Outsider. Yena. This means your abilities no longer work.
The Priests of Darkness were powerful.
They drew immense strength from their master, ‘Darkness,’ and their reverse capital was quite sufficient compared to other sects and continents.
In case of emergency, they could even use the ‘Stone of Reversing’ sealed within the Black Dragon’s body.
Despite this, Yena’s side had been brutally wiped out simply because they hadn’t grasped the full extent of Yena’s abilities.
The nameless figure beyond the eyes sneered.
─A power that deflects everything and accumulates strength. I’ve seen many Outsiders, but I haven’t encountered such a special power aside from the Usurper.
“Pu… Pullyan!!!”
─With that power, I believe it could be quite useful to my master. How about accepting the proposal from that day? You could become truly great…
“Get lost, nyang!!!”
─…Well, if that’s how it is.
Kugugugu…!
The eyes began to stir.
The eyes filled with blue fire started to blink incessantly, each blink gradually dimming Yena’s mental strength.
Yena was overwhelmingly strong compared to other users, thanks to Myeosin’s teachings, and being a Beastman granted her considerable mental strength.
While her mental power regarding ‘Beastman Transformation’ might be weak, she had substantial defense against other mental attacks.
However, the opponent was a monster that had devoured the powers of a hundred users and hundreds of Stones of Reversing.
“Ugh… Nyaaah…”
Even Yena found it difficult to withstand the level of pressure.
─I have no choice but to take you by force.
“Nyaaah….!”
─Resistance is futile. The mental weakening isn’t coming from you; it’s being applied to this space. That means your reflection ability is meaningless.
[Watch out!]
[Yena, dodge!!]
[Isn’t this game over?]
[Huh]
[Wait, what about Lily now]
[No, crazy Yena, don’t!]
“Ugh…”
─When you wake up, it’ll be easier…
“It will be easy.”
A spear flew in.
