Solo Leveling: Ragnarok - Chapter 131

Chapter 131

Flap.
The blue fog that came out of Thomas formed a pair of wings.
The apostle of Itharim that finally revealed their true form was bizarre to look at.
Too vile to look like an angel, but too holy to be considered a devil. It was a large ash colored titan with blue wings.
And in that huge face was a contorted smile.
[It’s an apostle of a higher level than Blood Crazed Tyrant!]
Beru quickly assessed the level of the apostle before anything else.
Beru explained before.
That the monarchs and the fragments of brilliant light are beings created by Itharim, an ‘Absolute being’.
Then since the beings such as monarchs and fragments of brilliant light both got the same rights from Itharim, were of the same nature as ‘Apostle of Itharims’. They just had a different label.
But with different creators, the creations had their own differences.
Just as Sung Jinwoo, the greatest fragment of brilliant light and a shadow monarch were vastly different from other monarchs and fragments of brilliant light.
And so the apostles of Itharim too, had their own differences in power.
And most importantly, one of the most apparent differences was in the ‘numbers’ that were created.
The entity that was created by this world’s Itharim were the 8 monarchs and 8 fragments of brilliant light that was created from the light and darkness of the beginning.
Right.
There were only 16 of them.
On the other hand, the Itharims of the outer universes created from tens to hundreds apostles to distribute their powers to.
And the apostles created like that were naturally weaker than the monarchs and rulers of this world.
Even the seemingly omnipotent Itharim were limited in their power.
Just as the creator of this world was eliminated by their creation, all powers had their end.
In brief, this is what it meant.
Itharim = Absolute being
Fragment of Brilliant Light = Monarch > Apostle of Outer Universe
And in other worlds, the fragments and monarchs of this world were stronger in nature than others in return of being lesser in numbers.
However, the apolstels of Itharim of outer universes were weak individually in return of having a large number of them.
Especially the apostles that hid into this world were even lesser amongst them.
Since any stronger apostles left the battle, Sung Jinwoo would’ve noticed and blocked them off.
[……So what I’m saying is.]
Suho glared at Beru’s words and nodded.
“Right, it’s doable.”
There was a chance.
Even if that giant was a level higher than the tyrant, he had the blessings of the dead monarchs.
On top of Thomas Andre and his mother. There were 2 of the S ranked hunters next to him.
But the issue was not the battle.
Crack!
Rumble!
“The sky is collapsing!”
Sirka shouted while looking at the cracking sky with the apostle in the center of it.
[King of the Snowmen, the Blizzard Monarch is warning that the dimensional walls will break at this rate!]
[King of Beasts, the Fang Monarch explains that they had to borrow the body of humans because of these issues.]
Crack!
Rumble!
[Young Master! The Glacier Dungeon is breaking due to being unable to withstand the presence of the apostle!]
The entities holding great power like the apostles of Itharim had to spend a lot of time to cross the dimensions in order to retain all of their powers while crossing.
It was because the world itself might not be able to withstand its power.
So one of the ways to remedy such situations was to take over the body of another entity.
The reasons why the monarchs of nonexistent timeline had to borrow the body of a human.
And why the apostle of Itharim in the demon realm had to take over the body of the tyrant was precisely this.
At that time.
“I got no clue what you’re talking about.”
Rustle.
Thomas Andre crouched down with a vicious expression after listening to Beru’s explanations.
“So what you’re saying is that we have to kill that bastard ASAP, right?”
Bam!
Without a moment of hesitation, Thomas shot out towards the titan with blue wings.
Swoosh!
He reached the top of the apostle within a blink of an eye and Thomas raised both of his hands to slam them down.
Wham!
Although the apostle raised their arms to block that attack easily.
Grab!
“You dared!”
Thomas immediately grabbed that arm to throw the giant to the ground with an enormous force.
[……!]
Crash!
The giant angel crashed to the center of the Echo Forest.
Thomas followed right on top of the apostle’s head to punch down.
“To make me worship that abominable god?!”
Crash-!
He felt disgusting.
Thomas, who was an atheist, truly worshiped this unknown god named Itharim. And it made him feel contempt.
Bam! Bam!Bam!Bam!
Continuous violence was being poured onto the apostle of Itharim.
However,
Grin.
The apostle let out a vicious grin full of teeth towards Thomas.
And
Fwoosh-!
A light of destruction akin to a dragon breath shot out of its mouth towards Thomas.
“……!”
Thomas instinctively attempted to block it using his arms, but.
Shwooom!
The armor of mana protecting his body melted away.
And at that moment of desperation.
[‘Skill : Blade Storm’ has been used.]
Kroaaaaah!
The blade storm from Suho hit the head of the apostle to have the direction of the light narrowly miss Thomas.
Bam!
Thomas Andre shot out backwards and Cha Haein took his place to continue the attacks.
Suho used that opportunity to feed Thomas some potions.
“……Ugh…. Is she your mother?”
“Yes.”
“Your mother is a S ranked hunter…. But what potion is this?”
Thomas’ eyes widened seeing his injuries heal.
Cha Haein dodged another destructive ray of light to shout towards Thomas.
“Thomas! I can’t do this alone! Make sure you come back after healing!”
“Will do.”
The apostle of Itharim was stronger compared to when they were using THomas’ body.
And due to it, the dimensions were breaking down. However, that must’ve been something that the apostle didn’t want as they were looking for another body to use.
They couldn’t use Thomas or Cha Haein since they used the springwater of Echo Forest, so they had to find a different host.
And in that process, the luscious trees all fell to the ground and they finally found an area with a group of living beings.
“No, no! Our town is over that way!”
Beru looked towards Suho seriously at Sirka’s exclamation.
[Young master, not anyone can become the vessel for the apostle. As weaker vessels break, those who are weak will run out of their life force as soon as the apostle takes over their body.]
Suho thought of ‘Mist Burn’ at that.
Albeit at a different scale, the mechanism of slowly burning to death from the blue fog was the same.
“Let’s have you recover while chasing that guy.”
Suho spoke while looking at Sirka. Sirka then raised her spear of ice tree forward to shout.
“Hold on tight! We’re going to fly using the blizzard!”
Everyone held on to her spear at that.
And in that moment, a strong blizzard came about to send them flying towards the apostle of Itharim.
Swooooosh-!
And during that time, Cha Haein started to gather her powers to use her Sword of Light skill again.
The daggers in her hand from Suho were spotted.
Those daggers were weapons that Cha Haein received from the ice elves after landing in this dimension empty handed.
‘It’s not appropriate for a S ranked hunter.’
Suho spoke while handing her the horns of vulcan.
“Mother, I’ll use the bow so you these…….”
That’s when Beru spotted Cha Haein’s weapons that she’s been using.
Then it widened its eyes to exclaim.
[Kieeeek?! Haein-nim?! Why are you using such trash to fight?! What of your necklace?!!]
“Necklace?”
Cha Haein let out a questioning expression at that, to which Beru slapped on its head.
[Kiek! C, come to think of it, you never learned how to use it after receiving it from our master…… Aigoo!]
“What do you mean? Use the necklace?”
Cha Haein looked down to her necklace in surprise.
This was their 16th wedding anniversary gift, and thanks to this necklace, she was able to communicate with the ice spirits.
‘There was more to this than that……?’
Beru explained while pointing at her necklace.
[This necklace is an artifact created by pouring the blood sweat and tears of the bearded dwarves. Our master had it specially made for you and engraved a special rune in it!]
“A special rune? What is it?”
[Please repeat after me!]
Beru’s eyes glinted as he spoke each syllable clearly.
[Inventory.]
“……I, inventory?”
The moment that Cha Haein muttered those words.
Flash!
“……!”
A half transparent system window appeared before her.
And her eyes widened at the items that it contained.
“T, these are?!”
Indeed.
As one of the apostles of Itharim, the titans invaded Earth, Sung Jinwoo had a hunch that a similar occurrence would happen in the future.
So just in case, he had a special necklace crafted for his lovely wife.
So that even if he was not next to her, Cha Haein could protect herself.
The first function of the necklace made it possible to communicate with other species.
And the second was the inventory function.
[Us soldiers gathered up our own presents for Cha Haein-nim and put them inside the inventory. And one of them is…….]
Fwosh.
A blue longsword emerged on her hand.
“……!”
Suho’s eyes widened at that scenery.
He could see the information of the item.
[Item : Longsword of Demon King]
Difficulty to Obtain : S
Type : Sword
Attack +350
A longsword containing the power of Demon King ‘Baran’. Every swing of the sword activates the ‘White Flame Storm’ effect.
Effect ‘White Flame Storm’ : An endless lightning storm is created within a designated area.
[D, don’t tell me that this is the demon king’s……?!]
Esil, who could recognize the sword without the information window, screamed from within Vulcan’s Horn.
But Cha Haein also knew what this sword was.
……This must be from Igris.”
Igris of now received a better sword from Sung Jinwoo that the bearded dwarves crafted.
Thus, Igris no longer had a need for this sword.
However
This sword was the very first weapon that Sung Jinwoo gave them, and held special meaning.
Igris’ most precious item that couldn’t be traded with life.
And Cha Haein understood what it meant by Igris gifting her it, so she let out a faint smile.
Crack! Crack!
“Beru.”
Blue lighting sparked around Cha Haein’s eyes while she stared at the Longsword of Demon King.
“When you see Igris later on…….”
Bam!
The spear of ice tree reached right next to the apostle of Itharim.
“Can you send them my thanks for the present??”
Swoosh.
THe Longsword of Demon King drew an half arc upwards in Cha Haein’s hands after landing.
At that moment.
The air of the battlefield shifted.