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Arc Deisotos was an Apostle with a particularly tricky superhuman ability among those Ethan knew.

The superhuman ability of Ultimate Hypnosis.

As the name suggests, it was a superhuman ability that put the opponent into a hypnotic state.

It was a powerful ability that could turn truth into lies and lies back into truth by showing illusions, and once caught, it was extremely difficult to escape.

That’s why Ethan had tried to kill Arc Deisotos many times but couldn’t.

‘So in the end, I entrusted it to someone else, not me.’

But now it’s different. The current Ethan has a complete advantage over that superhuman ability.

‘Luna Spirit lowered my survival probability just by standing face to face.’

But now, there was no alarm indicating a drop in survival probability. Above all, he didn’t feel the unique pressure of an Apostle.

‘I’ve definitely gotten stronger.’

To the extent that an encounter with an Apostle wouldn’t lower his survival probability.

As Ethan looked for an opening, Arc spoke faster than him.

“Stay right where you are.”

It was ultimate hypnosis through verbal command. Having used ultimate hypnosis countless times until now, Arc was confident he could hypnotize Ethan with just his voice.

“What are you trying to do by drawing your sword? Don’t tell me you were going to slash me with that?”

As Ethan stopped in place, Arc slowly approached.

The drawn twin swords were elegant, and he even had real green jade somehow.

An interesting toy had walked in on its own.

“All of you, stay back. It seems you were all trying to leave this place, enchanted by him. Moon Mother will judge you. It’ll be quite fun, won’t it?”

At those words, the new devotees of Moonforce trembled.

Having been abused countless times by Arc until now, just hearing his voice brought up the fear ingrained in their bodies.

“Get lost!”

As Arc shouted threateningly, Moonforce’s devotees retreated greatly.

Eventually, Ethan, who had stopped in place, and Arc faced each other.

Arc grinned.

“I don’t know where you rolled in from, but I’ll rummage through that head of yours and pull everything out.”

Arc reached out his hand.

And simultaneously, Ethan’s sword swung.

Slash!

“Huh?”

It was truly an instant. Thinking he obviously wouldn’t be able to move since he was under ultimate hypnosis, Arc hadn’t been very cautious.

Ethan had aimed for that brief gap and swung his sword.

Ethan’s sword accurately blew off his wrist.

Thud-.

His severed hand fell to the ground.

“You, how are you able to move?”

Arc looked at Ethan with surprised eyes.

“Want to know? Cry painfully once. Then I’ll tell you right away. Ah, but you can’t, can you? Because you don’t know pain.”

In an instant, Arc’s expression changed to that of an evil spirit.

Even though one hand had been cut off, he shows only slight surprise without any particular agitation.

This was one of Arc’s peculiarities that Ethan remembered.

He couldn’t feel pain.

‘That’s why he makes playgrounds like this and abuses uneducated devotees. He’s trying to understand through others’ reactions. What this thing called pain that he doesn’t know is.’

So he torments other humans.

Having strong power and high status but lacking what others have, he felt a strange inferiority complex about that difference.

Not knowing pain, he tries to somehow empathize with the emotion he lacks through the pain of others.

At the same time, he even has the disgusting evil taste of enjoying those screams.

‘Disgusting inferiority complex.’

Boom-!

Arc stomped his foot. Then a huge mace suddenly sprang up from under his foot.

“I don’t know what trick you pulled, but it seems my ability doesn’t work on you. Fine.”

Suddenly, intense divine power burst out from his body.

It was the turbid divine power unique to the Followers of the Moon who serve Moon Mother.

“I’ll beat you to death.”

Whoosh-!

He swung the mace with all his might.

“Lyuka.”

“Pya.”

Lyuka, who had appeared on Ethan’s shoulder at some point, transmitted mana to Ethan.

Earlier, he had just swung lightly a few times as a test, not seriously displaying his swordsmanship.

Confirming the transmitted mana, Ethan immediately took his stance.

Ethan Swordsmanship First Form

Frost Lightning

In an instant, Ethan’s two swords crossed and split the mace.

Crack-!

“What is this……”

The mace was a divine item of the Dawn Council given only to Apostles, made of luna adamantium ore said to never break.

He had swung it roughly countless times until now, but it had never cracked like this.

No matter what weapon the opponent had, he had always overwhelmingly won.

Until now, he had never lost to an opponent due to difference in weapons.

Arc didn’t even realize that he had coughed up blood.

Moreover, both his feet were frozen in frost, unable to move.

“You, you……”

“I haven’t even started yet.”

Ethan put away the Heavenly Thunder Sword and began to exert force with his hand.

Counter-Radiance.

“Huuk.”

He strengthened his muscles once more with Immortal Hero’s Breathing.

Ethan Swordsmanship Second Form

Moonforce

And he added Lyuka’s mana.

In that moment, Arc felt an indescribable fear.

He might not feel pain, but he could certainly feel the fear of death.

This attack is dangerous. But with his feet bound by frost and unable to dodge, he had to block it no matter what.

“Spirit Technique – Moon Soul Crash.”

Arc had learned techniques with high risk to take advantage of his physical characteristic of not feeling pain.

Techniques that give powerful strength in exchange for extreme pain when used.

They were techniques with high risk for ordinary people, but Arc could use high-powered techniques without any particular danger.

Arc’s spirit technique was created by combining the essence of such techniques.

Among them, Arc activated Moon Soul Crash, a technique that maximizes power in exchange for pain enough to die from shock.

Even for a body that can’t feel pain, there’s an impact when using this technique, so he had to focus on recovery for about 30 seconds after using it.

Still, the power was tremendous. Even higher-ranked Apostles acknowledged this one blow.

Kwaaaaang-!

It was such a powerful blow that the entire huge cave shook.

“Ugh!”

The impact reached even the uneducated devotees who had retreated back and gathered in fear.

“It, it’s collapsing!”

Crumble-!

The ceiling collapsed and cracks appeared in the walls.

“Damn… Damn it…!”

Arc looked at Ethan with anxious eyes, as if he couldn’t believe it.

Crack-.

Craaack-!

Ethan’s sword shattered Arc’s mace just like that.

With just two attacks.

“My mace……”

As the mace shattered, Arc’s fighting spirit crumbled.

Numerous emotions he had never experienced before enveloped him.

He had always done as he pleased.

No matter what action he took, he always had a firm purpose and clear plan, so he had done many things without any particular hesitation.

But now he didn’t know what to do.

What should he do against that monster-like person right in front of him?

Ethan raised his sword again.

At the same time, Arc’s thoughts, which had stopped from fear, began to race quickly.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

‘No!’

The moment his thoughts finished, Arc bent his waist sharply backward.

Whoosh-!

Perhaps this moment was the fastest Arc had ever moved in all his years of life.

His desire for life broke through his limits.

But there was no time to savor that joy.

Death was lurking right before his eyes.

Crack-!

He moved his body forcefully. A lot of mana and divine power were consumed due to exerting great strength momentarily, but thanks to that, he was able to escape from the frost binding his two feet.

After creating distance, he immediately used his superhuman ability. It was an instinctive action.

“Stop!”

Even though he drew out his superhuman ability to the maximum, Ethan’s steps did not stop.

“Stop! I said stop!”

Arc, gripped by fear, screamed as he blocked Ethan’s sword with his shattered mace.

Of course, he couldn’t block it perfectly. One arm broke right off and he even coughed up blood from the shock of internal injuries.

He was able to save his life for now by sacrificing an arm, but there was no sign of the situation improving at all.

Arc didn’t realize it right away, but he and Ethan had quite bad compatibility.

His main skill is ultimate hypnosis through superhuman ability.

But right now Ethan was perfectly resisting that ultimate hypnosis, so Arc was no different from fighting after throwing away his greatest weapon.

Ethan, certain of victory, smiled with satisfaction as he watched Arc stumble backward in fear.

Although he’s an Apostle relying on superhuman ability, he’s still one of the twelve strongest in the huge organization called Followers of the Moon.

He’s overwhelming such an Arc.

He could clearly see what level he was currently at.

Ethan rushed at Arc to finish him off for sure.

And at the same time, footsteps were heard from far away.

The Followers of the Moon who had gathered together according to Ethan’s instructions came running when the cave shook as if it would collapse and the inside became noisy.

“Wh-What is this……”

“Lord Arc…?”

“Lord Arc! Why are you fighting with the Apostle…?”

“Wh-What’s going on here?”

Arc couldn’t answer the devotees’ questions.

He had rushed back as soon as he heard that an Apostle with green jade had visited, so he hadn’t been able to tell the devotees that this guy was an impostor pretending to be an Apostle.

So the Followers of the Moon could only be bewildered.

A fight between Apostles?

Moreover, Arc, the 11th Apostle, was being completely overwhelmed.

There was no leisure to explain the situation either. The situation was so precarious that his neck would fall off immediately if he paid attention to anything else even a little.

“To think Lord Arc would be pushed back this much.”

“Just which numbered Apostle is he?”

“No, why are the two of them fighting in the first place?”

The bewildered Followers of the Moon blankly watched Arc and Ethan’s fight.

Arc had no leisure to say anything and was desperately focusing on Ethan’s sword.

His whole body was drenched in cold sweat and his eyes were bloodshot, with only the thought that he couldn’t die like this.

The fear from overwhelming power.

He who had made countless people tremble in fear with power until now, became aware for the first time that fear was such a suffocating sensation.

Run away.

His instinct whispered.

He must not fight that monster-like person any longer. It’s not an opponent he can win against alone.

And he realized.

“Luna Spirit was killed by you…!”

Now all the questions were answered. He didn’t steal the green jade. He killed Luna Spirit with those hands and took it!

Arc immediately poured out all his strength. And he used his last resort.

Kwagagaang-!

He threw everything away and ran.

***

“Kuuuh, damn it, damn it-! Just what the hell is that guy!”

It was an opponent he couldn’t handle alone. Neither force nor the superhuman ability he was confident in worked.

The techniques he had acquired by utilizing his trait of not feeling pain. None of those techniques worked at all.

This was the first time he had such a terrible experience.

All he could do right now was squeeze out his breath and run away blindly.

But then, along with the feeling of his hair standing on end, he sensed a presence behind him.

“How……”

How could he catch up so quickly?

Arc hurriedly looked back.

Far away, he saw Ethan running on the ground as if sliding.

“Crazy…… How is such divine technique possible.”

The flustered Arc quickly changed direction. It was clear he would be caught just like this if he kept running.

But that too was the wrong choice.

“Damn it……”

It was a cliff.

A precipitous cliff so deep the bottom couldn’t be seen.

Seeing no more way to escape, Arc turned around in resignation.

“At least I won’t die by your hands. I’d rather end my life with my own hands!”

With those resolute words, Arc threw himself off the cliff.

At the same time, Ethan, who had arrived at the cliff, glanced down briefly and then turned his back.

***

“I must inform them, I must. He will be a great hindrance to the council’s future.”

Splash-. Splash-.

At the bottom of the cliff.

The 11th Apostle, who had emerged from the water flowing there, was walking in tatters.

He had to inform the other Apostles and the council head about him. He also had to inform them that Luna Spirit, one of the Twelve Apostles, had died.

“He probably thinks I’m dead. Foolish guy.”

He would surely think that he had died.

Having fallen from a cliff in a critically injured state, he would naturally think so.

But Arc was the 11th Apostle of the council in name.

Shaaaa-.

The intense life force gushing out from his heart.

It was a powerful healing force that activates immediately when in mortal danger, granted by Moon Mother’s power only to Apostles.

“I need to get out of here quickly……”

Splash-. Splash-.

Suddenly, a sound was heard. It wasn’t the sound of his own footsteps.

Arc stopped in his tracks.

Yet the sound continued.

Splash-.

It was clearly a sound that shouldn’t be heard right now.

Arc slowly looked towards where the sound came from.

Splash. Splash.

A black silhouette could be seen in the distance. That black silhouette was slowly approaching.

“No way……”

No way. It can’t be. Fear crept into Arc’s expression. Even though most of his wounds had healed, his whole body began to tremble violently.

The black silhouette slowly revealed its form from the darkness.

Shaa-.

The Frost Sword that emerged from the darkness showed off its sharp blade. Then Ethan walked out with a smiling face.

“You know, I know very well how cockroach-like you guys are. No matter how many times I kill you, you don’t die and end up surviving in the end.”

Arc’s eyeballs shook greatly.

“So you know. I don’t believe you guys are dead unless I finish you off with my own hands.”

“Moon Mother… Righteous mother……”

“Pray all you want. I don’t know if that prayer will reach, but…”

“Y-You…!”

“Because I prayed to my god too. That your prayer wouldn’t reach.”

Ethan raised his sword up high.

Arc looked at that sight with eyes full of despair.

He no longer had the will to resist.

Seeing such an Arc, Ethan smiled grimly.

“Looks like she didn’t give you strength.”

Arc couldn’t answer. He just kept repeating Moon Mother’s name inwardly.

“Then I guess my prayer definitely reached.”

Ethan swung his sword just like that.

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