Leveling With The Gods - Chapter 381
[Level Up with God Episode 381]
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Srrr-.
The eyelids slowly rose.
It felt like my body was floating in the air. The air I felt on my skin and the loud noises around me disappeared.
‘Like a hallucination…’
Yuwon touched his neck.
No voice came out. This place was definitely far from reality.
‘Isn’t it like a hallucination?’
Wiggle-.
Something moved above Yuwon’s head. I looked up and saw a familiar figure squirming.
“Baa-.”
‘Maple?’
With everyone around him gone, only Maple was standing above Yuwon’s head.
It looks like they came here together.
But strangely, unlike Yuwon, who had no voice, Danpung seemed fine.
“Baa baaa-.”
‘What on earth are you saying….’
Rustling-.
at that time.
A new picture appeared on the black drawing paper spread out in front of me.
Blades of grass without a drop of moisture made a dry sound as they brushed against each other. A pitch-black forest spread out before Yuwon’s eyes, and the wind blew through the thick bushes.
There was only one word that came to mind.
‘Black Forest.’
Yuwon had seen a scene like this once.
And maybe that’s it.
Suuuu-.
It must have been when I met this guy in front of me.
Two eyes emerged from the black forest. A goat curled up was looking at the park and the autumn leaves.
Mee mee-.
Meeeeeee-.
Goats living in the Black Forest and baby goats spread throughout the forest.
Yuwon’s mind drifted away peacefully in the echo of those mountain goats.
But then.
Tuk-.
“Baa-.”
The autumn leaves touched Yuwon’s head.
My spirit, which had slowly faded away, returned. Yuwon shook his head once and raised his hand above his head.
Autumn leaves gently rose onto the back of Yuwon’s hand.
“I get it. “Come to your senses.”
A voice came out.
Yuwon walked into the forest. Toward Shub Niguras crouching in that forest.
Jeopuk-.
Mee meeee-.
As we walked to the middle of the forest, the eyes of the baby goats focused on Yuwon.
The red eyes floating around threatened Yuwon. The guys were ready to pounce like a swarm of bees if they made even a mistake in taking a step or saying a word.
So let’s reach the end of the black forest.
Gooooo-.
A huge goat was crouching there.
‘Shub Niguras.’
gulp-.
I thought we would meet here, but I swallowed my dry saliva.
The wall was by no means weak.
I couldn’t help but feel small in front of this being.
Maaaa-.
A goat living in the Black Forest lowered its head and bleated. The madness flowing from his eyes weighed down Yuwon’s body.
It was threatening, but Yuwon clearly knew.
What is in front of you now is not the real Shub Nigguras.
Yuwon is captured in the eyes of a giant goat.
What is the reason you called me here?
Yuwon, who had been looking at Shub Nigguras’ eyes for a while, discovered what was in the very center of those big eyes.
‘Isn’t it me?’
“Baa-.”
As expected, what Shub Nigguras was interested in was the autumn leaves, not the amusement park.
-Just as Nyala said.
It was a familiar name.
Yuwon looked around in surprise. The voice entered his head directly like a system, and the only people around him were young goats.
That’s right.
“Is that your voice?”
It meant that this voice belonged to Shub Nigguras.
There was no answer. It was as if he didn’t care about his own voice.
-## ### has turned into a small bowl like this. Is this a return to the beginning or the next evolution?…
‘Are you talking about autumn leaves?’
Maple had just hatched from an egg. It was born only a few years ago, and its existence was very different from the Outer Gods and Shub Nigguras, who had existed for eons.
I wanted to ask.
What is the meaning of a name I haven’t heard before?
How do you know about autumn leaves that have just hatched from an egg?
What on earth is this guy?
But I didn’t ask.
‘You won’t hear it.’
This is the space of Shub Nigguras.
The guy only saw what he wanted to see, and he wasn’t seeing himself.
Perhaps the voice is not being heard either.
Passsss-.
The trees in the black forest where Yuwon stands began to rot and disappear. The leaves that had lost all their moisture crumbled and became fertilizer for the ground, and the goats returned to the arms of Shub Niguras.
Shub Niguras’ interest stopped there.
The guy raised his head for a moment, then lowered his head again and crouched down.
-Anyway, I confirmed it, so it’s done now.
The world centered around Shub Nigguras gradually disappeared.
And around that time.
“Baat ba-.”
The autumn leaves began to approach Shub Niguras.
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Tick-tock-.
[‘Time retrograde’ begins.]
Goo-goo-goo-goo-.
The collapsed wall began to return to its original shape.
Son Goku, who was forcibly breaking the seal on Gingoa and infusing magical energy into the Yeouibong, looked around.
“Kronos?”
Hwareuk-.
Hwaan Geumjeong, which was nearing completion, looked around. Finding the person he wanted was a piece of cake for him.
Far away.
I saw Kronos coming this way.
Pussss-.
Kronos’ hair color gradually turned white.
It was such a slight change that you wouldn’t notice it unless you looked closely.
But it was visible in Goku’s eyes.
That Kronos is pouring his time into this place.
“Did you choose it, old man?”
“Shouldn’t we put out the urgent fire first?”
I said it as if there was nothing I could do, but it wasn’t.
This was something that, once chosen, could not be undone. Kronos was now prepared to sacrifice his life.
Just like when Yuwon was sent to the past.
Blah blah blah-.
The sound was opposite.
The crack that Shub Nigguras worked hard to create gradually narrowed and the wall was repaired.
But in the reverse direction of time.
There was only one that flowed in the opposite direction.
-Ma- Ahhh-!
A goat from the Black Forest with a thousand babies.
Shub Niggurath was tearing open the rift again, trying to enter.
“Time does not apply to beings outside of this place.”
Incomprehensible beings that are different from the world we live in, space, and even the flow of time.
Shub Nigguras was one of the few Outer Gods.
Even if Kronos had the same power as them, it was not enough to reverse time and return Shub Nigguras to where he came from.
“Push it away.”
“I was planning on doing that even if I didn’t say it.”
Son Goku raised the female baton.
“Grow up-.”
Giiing-.
The long goa on his head shines.
“Yeoui.”
Thump-!
Yeoui-bong pushed Shub Niguras’ body.
That wasn’t all.
Ugh, buzz, buzz, buzz—.
Hundreds of magic circles carved on the surface of the huge Yeouibong Peak.
“It’s been a while since I supported you.”
Odin raised both hands and enchanted Goku’s female staff.
Ka-ga-ga-ga-.
The power that Son Goku held out was strong. Odin decided that it would be better to help Son Goku rather than swinging his own broken fist.
Chronos’s time reversal.
Son Goku’s Yeouibong.
And even Odin’s magic.
As the three top high rankers exerted their strength, Shub Niguras’ body began to slowly push away.
Gigi Geek-.
I saw the body that had not moved until now being pushed out.
“Now is the time!”
“Cover everyone!”
“It’s your chance! “Push that monster away!”
Other rankers who were looking for an opportunity from afar also began to move.
Everyone feels the same way.
To push Shub Nigurath back to the other side of the wall.
Kugoogung Kugugoogung-.
Quauuuu-.
The wall was restored smoothly, and Shub Niguras slowly began to push outward.
On the outside, it seemed like everything would end.
but.
Passsss-.
Kronos’ beard dried, twisted, turned into dust, and scattered in the air.
Kronos’s hair and beard, which had gradually turned white, changed into the completely gray head of an old man.
The wrinkles on my face also increased. Goku glanced at Kronos’ face.
“That old man…”
Kronos’ power was not infinite.
There was clearly a limit to the time he could use. Also, unlike the magic power used by ordinary players, that power did not refill over time.
When all his strength is used up, he will disappear from this world again.
This time, there might be a worse outcome than being thrown out of the tower.
‘That old man might die quickly from old age.’
Continuing to pour out finite power was not only a waste of time, but also a waste of physical and mental strength.
At this rate, it was one of two things.
Either Kronos runs out of stamina or falls down.
Or he will die of old age, having used up all the time he has been given.
Either way, it wasn’t a very pleasant outcome.
-Meaaaa-.
Kddddd-.
Shub Nibras fluttered his purple fur and tore apart the wall that was regenerating around him again.
As Kronos rebuilt the wall, the speed at which Shub Nibras tore the wall and opened cracks was also accelerating.
It’s as if he’s laughing at everyone in the tower.
I cried like that.
‘I can’t help it.’
Sigh-.
Goku caught the long orphan wrapped around his head.
-This is a spell that seals your power.
At Cheonchuk we arrived.
This time, Son Goku could hear the same words as before returning.
– However, it is a spell that must not be released.
The seal of Gingoa placed on his head has never been broken. It was natural since I didn’t know how to solve it before.
But this time was different.
‘I know how to solve it.’
A moment of hesitation.
‘If I solve this…’
Goku shook his head.
That was the end of my thoughts. It would be better to break the seal than to watch Shub Nigguras enter the tower like this.
If Shub Niguras enters the tower, an even bigger disaster will unfold.
The moment when Son Goku was about to release the seal on Gongora.
“Stop it.”
Sigh-.
A hand reached out from behind and grabbed Goku’s wrist.
Goku turned his head. I knew it from the voice, but as expected, Yuwon, who had been lost for a moment, was holding my hand.
“This is the only way.”
Goku was adamant.
In his mind, this was the only way to overcome this situation.
Even Odin, who was actually fighting alongside him, had no choice but to do the same.
But still, Yuwon shook his head.
“That’s okay.”
“Are you saying there is another way?”
“okay.”
Son Goku made a puzzled expression. At Yuwon’s answer without hesitation, the strength in the hand that was holding the long orphan relaxed.
Is there really another way?
Yoo Won’s gaze shifted in another direction as Son Goku asked what that was.
“From now on…”
Above Shub Niguras’ head.
What the heck.
The black mouth bared its teeth towards Shub Nigurath’s neck.
“That guy will take care of it.”