Chapter 15
CHAPTER 15
The Majesty from Another World (4)
[Effect: The distinction between allies and enemies is erased.]
Ten minutes before the lightning struck...
The team members were glaring at one another.
In an instant, their eyes turned crimson.
The comrades standing beside them no longer looked like allies.
They were no longer people they had to protect—
They had become enemies that had to be killed.
BOOM!!
The moment the Helmet of Ares struck the city, a crimson shockwave exploded outward.
The blood-soaked aura spread like the lingering phantom of an ancient battlefield.
"KILL HIM!!"
"That bastard's the one responsible!!"
"Boil him alive and eat him!!"
[Divine Relic Activated: Helmet of Ares]
Dozens of weapons were simultaneously pointed at...
...the cup noodles.
[AAAAAAAH!! You lunatics, it's me! Yoo Jae-Ha!! Stop calling me Cup Noodles!!!]
The ground exploded as stone fragments flew everywhere.
Then Ju-Heon's Privilege activated.
The cup noodles screamed in panic.
But none of the team members could hear him.
Just as they were about to charge—
"STOP!!!"
Ju-Heon's voice thundered across the battlefield.
Domajul shot forward like lightning, snatching every weapon from their hands and driving them into the ground.
[The current world belongs to the Divine Domain of the Chief God Zeus.]
[Within the domain of a Chief God, divine relics of equal or lower rank cannot function normally.]
[Divine Relic has been neutralized.]
[Effect Removed: Loss of ally/enemy distinction canceled.]
[Status Effects Removed: Madness, Rage]
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The crimson madness blanketing the city vanished as though it had never existed.
The team's blood-red eyes returned to normal.
The murderous intent with which they had been glaring at one another disappeared instantly.
They stood frozen.
Only then did they fully regain their senses.
Their faces turned pale.
"I-I almost killed the Cup Noodles..."
"No... Yoo Jae-Ha...!"
Ju-Heon glanced at the cup noodles and said flatly,
"Shut up."
"You're splashing broth."
[...?!]
[YOU PSYCHOPATHS!! STOP TREATING ME LIKE INSTANT NOODLES!! I'M A PERSON!! A PERSON!!!]
The cup noodle container trembled violently.
[NO ONE'S EVEN ADDED HOT WATER YET!!! THERE ISN'T ANY BROTH!!!]
A moment later, after Ju-Heon had gathered Yoo Jae-Ha and the others together, he coldly glared at the team.
The members awkwardly took a step backward.
Seizing the opportunity, the cup noodles immediately tattled on them.
An awkward silence fell over the group.
No one knew whether they were supposed to be serious...
...or laugh.
But the team wasn't paying attention to Yoo Jae-Ha's heartfelt outrage.
[Captain!! Punish them!! I almost died!!!]
"...So which comes first?"
"The seasoning packet or the water?"
"Obviously the seasoning!"
"No, you pour in the water first!"
From inside the cup noodles, Yoo Jae-Ha erupted.
It was a scream filled with rage, despair, and humiliation.
Ju-Heon's eyebrow twitched.
BANG!
Domajul slammed into the ground like a bolt of lightning.
"Enough."
Everyone immediately quieted down.
"Sorry."
"That was careless."
"...We'll stop talking about ramen."
[Majesty Mars O'Connell of another worldline has been shocked.]
[The Divine Relic 'Helmet of Ares' has been destroyed due to a collision with the Chief God's Domain.]
[Majesty Mars O'Connell's Authority -20%]
Ju-Heon spoke coldly.
Then he quietly sneered.
"Seasoning packet or not..."
"You need to boil the water first."
[I'M A PERSOOOOON!!!]
"A mere minor god trying to step into the domain of a Chief God..."
"You're the real sacrifice here."
Meanwhile, Mars O'Connell flew into a rage upon realizing that a Chief God-class relic had been used.
He's clearly the type who invested everything into offense...
"So the Majesty was alive after all!"
If I don't have a powerful defensive relic...
Then—
[The invasion relic's coordinates are being recalibrated.]
[Majesty Seo Ju-Heon's heart signature detected.]
[Immediate retrieval attempt initiated.]
[Activating the Absolute Targeting Relic that seeks the opponent's heart.]
The team held their breath.
This time...
The target was Ju-Heon's heart itself.
Instinctively, Ju-Heon searched for a defensive relic.
Fwoooosh...
Golden steam began rising from Cup Noodles Yoo Jae-Ha.
It was faint.
Ju-Heon's eyes narrowed.
"...Steam?"
"Who poured in the hot water?"
But can he really evade an attack from a Majesty?
Cup Noodles Yoo Jae-Ha screamed hysterically.
[I TOLD YOU NOT TO BOIL ME!!!]
The incoming attack lost its direction inside the mist and dispersed.
Yet that steam unmistakably carried a mysterious power comparable to a Divine Relic.
Sure enough—
The golden steam exploded outward.
[Majesty Seo Ju-Heon's coordinates have been concealed.]
[Heart retrieval attempt has failed.]
"...!"
Ding—
[Yoo Jae-Ha's Trait 'Survival Instinct' Activated.]
[Blessing of Emergency Rations — Defense and Concealment functions have been activated.]
The team looked around in shock.
Ju-Heon was nowhere to be seen.
"...A concealment... function?"
BOOOOM!!
Someone muttered.
At the same moment, Ju-Heon understood.
As the golden steam burst outward, the entire city was instantly swallowed by mist.
The invisible Retrieval Spear that had been flying toward Ju-Heon's heart...
...lost its target.
"So it's a survival ability."
"A survival ability?"
"Emergency rations..."
"A pathetically fitting tool for Yoo Jae-Ha."
"What?!"
"A worthless emergency ration actually blocked my Authority?!"
Ju-Heon burst into laughter as he held the cup noodles high above his head.
Cup Noodles Yoo Jae-Ha screamed as though he were dying.
Meanwhile, Ju-Heon only laughed harder.
"Then let's drive him out."
"Well, the outcome isn't bad."
"Let's see how far we can get fighting with noodles that don't even have any broth."
Ju-Heon pulled something from his pocket.
It was Isis's Venom Fang, wrapped in a dark blue poisonous aura.
Cup Noodles Yoo Jae-Ha screamed again.
Mars O'Connell sneered.
[I'M A PERSOOOOON!!!]
"You think a mere dagger can bring down a conqueror?"
"My very name is the name of victory!"
Mars ground his teeth.
Ju-Heon simply smiled and raised the dagger.
"Idiot."
"A conqueror's power comes from his name."
"Your conquest exists because you're called Mars."
"Mars O'Connell has won!"
"Mars O'Connell has conquered!"
Suddenly—
Poison seeped from the fang like a blue serpent crawling free.
The serpent slithered up the Arc of Triumph and coiled itself around the engraved words.
Crack...
Craaack...
[Isis's Venom Fang Activated.]
[Target: Conqueror Mars O'Connell]
[Effect: True Name of the Majesty erased → Authority lost.]
"Mars O'Connell..."
"Conquer..."
"Conq—"
CRACK!!
The words engraved upon the Arc shattered apart.
One after another.
Every record was destroyed.
Until at last...
Even the name Mars itself ceased to exist.
At the same time, cracks spread across Mars' body.
His horrified scream echoed through the battlefield.
"No!!"
"My name...!"
"My Authority!!"
A system window appeared.
While casually searching through Mars' belongings, Ju-Heon suddenly paused.
Then the corner of his mouth rose.
[The Conqueror's True Name has been erased.]
[The Majesty Authority of 'Mars O'Connell' has been extinguished.]
"For a thief..."
"You've got some pretty nice loot."
Instantly—
The crimson helmet and the Arc of Triumph shattered into countless fragments, scattering like sparks.
Mars and his relics crashed heavily onto the ground.
Ju-Heon leisurely walked toward him with a smile.
The gigantic Arc had reverted into nothing more than a postcard depicting the Arc of Triumph.
The crimson helmet had become an ordinary red baseball cap.
Among the items taken from Mars' robes was...
A keychain shaped like a celestial sphere.
Inside the pitch-black orb, starlight shimmered.
Miniature continents and oceans slowly revolved within it like a tiny universe.
"That...!"
Mars O'Connell's eyes widened in terror.
"So you had this all along..."
"But you never used it."
"I guess you lacked the Dominion and Authority required to wield it."
[Punishment Relic Activated.]
[Divine Relic Activated: Atlas' Sphere]
[Effect: Forcibly transfers the weight of the world.]
THUD!
Mars collapsed to one knee.
The overwhelming gravity made it impossible for him to stand.
CRACK!
"But maybe..."
"I can use it."
"Since I wield the relics of Zeus."
Ju-Heon sneered as he activated the keychain.
A magnificent sphere materialized.
At the same time—
The air itself became unbearably heavy.
The entire battlefield was crushed beneath suffocating pressure.
As though the heavens themselves were falling...
The weight of an entire world descended upon reality.
"You tried to steal a world."
"Then bear its weight yourself."
The sound of bones breaking echoed like screams.
His knees slammed into the earth as blood splattered across the ground.
What pressed upon Mars' shoulders wasn't merely physical weight.
It was...
The burden of endless ages.
Countless wars.
Countless histories.
The cries of all humanity.
Everything descended upon him at once.
His bones shattered.
His eyes bulged from the unbearable pressure.
Crushed beneath the heavens themselves, he ground his teeth.
"This is impossible!"
"Even I couldn't meet the conditions to use that relic...!"
"You couldn't meet the conditions?"
Ju-Heon laughed.
"A Majesty..."
"Should already be someone capable of bearing the weight of an entire world."
BOOOOM!
The pressure increased even further.
"So..."
"You weren't even qualified for that much?"
"Ggh...!"
"A rookie Majesty..."
"...actually satisfies those conditions...?!"
Atlas' Sphere
Usage Requirements
- To bring the judgment of heaven down upon an opponent, the user must possess the appropriate qualifications.
Requirements:
- One capable of bearing the weight of an entire world.
- Or one who already bears it.
Ju-Heon let out a cold laugh.
"Why?"
"Isn't that only natural for a Majesty?"
"...!"
"If you're a conqueror..."
"Try carrying the weight of the world for once."
At last—
The body that had tried to uphold the heavens finally gave way.
THUD!!
Mars' arms and spine were torn apart under the crushing burden.