The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

494 – True Apostle

Crunchy―――!

Seeing the abnormally open mouth, the leader reflexively pulled away, but the hand holding the torn off arm was eaten. Literally. Teeth marks remained on the priest’s wrist, as if he had eaten soft pudding. The religious leader saw this and muttered without realizing it.

“… how?”

The religious leader’s doubts were natural. The current cult leader’s body was not just a body. Because it contained chaos, it had a hardness that could not even be scratched by something like a blade. The skin that can easily hold the shadow that Ross wields… Ross ate it as easily as if he were taking a bite of dessert.

That’s not all. The religious leader, who had a fragmentary understanding of chaos through God, suddenly began to feel traces of ‘chaos’ in Ross’ body. It’s not an illusion. Both the missing arms and the wounds on the body were instantly regenerating, spewing out pure white smoke as if a potion had been poured on them.

“it’s good… “But it’s not enough.”

The cult leader felt extreme discomfort as he raised his head and met Ross’s gaze. Giving a greedy smile as if he had insight into his own worth was something that no being other than God would dare do to him.

However, although the religious leader was clearly angry, he did not act hastily. He simply used the effect of ‘reversal’, the source of chaos, to reverse the emotions and grasp the situation more calmly than ever.

“… “Is it the ability to absorb the abilities of the object eaten?”

Saying that, the leader who regenerated his hand confirmed his condition. There is no problem. He feels like what was taken away was meaningless to him. The situation did not change. It’s just that the opponent’s struggle took a little longer.

“Hehe, do you dare think that a scum like you can completely digest me, who is chaos itself?”

Although it is an unknown ability that has never been seen before, there will definitely be a limit. Unless we understand the nature of chaos, we cannot endure the feeling of separation between the soul and the body that dare to embrace chaos. Even the religious leader could only understand it fragmentarily due to the setting being ‘ambiguous’. The cult leader coldly judged that it was impossible for Ross, who had barely reached the realm of transcendence, to absorb chaos and use it for himself.

“Are you saying things you don’t mean? fearful?”

The cult leader burst into laughter as Ross’ unblinking eyes looked right through him.

“I’m afraid, are you saying that you can make me feel emotions that not even Roel of countless worlds could give me? Hehe, do you still not understand your character? Ross is just an expendable extra who will advance the story. “If you were going to become someone I fear, you should have given up on Ross a long time ago.”

At the cult leader’s words, Ross tilted his head exaggeratedly and raised the corners of his mouth.

“But you’re scared of me, right?”

“If that’s what you want to insist on, that’s okay.”

“No, I’m not insisting. If you really aren’t afraid… I thought he would proudly extend his arms to me. What he said was not wrong. A consumable like you can’t absorb me. Eat until your stomach explodes… “I thought it would be so cool.”

What Ross said was true. If it had been a normal religious leader, he would have obediently handed over his arm to Ross’s final struggles. He must have smiled in satisfaction as he looked into the eyes of Ross, who was unable to withstand the chaos he had absorbed and was collapsing from helplessness.

However, it didn’t act that way. As Ross said, I didn’t feel afraid. This is because it was clear that Ross, who was born from a lie, was clearly still hiding something and harbored a clear risk of turning the situation around. In fact, even the current conversation could be a ruse.

“Just because you can kill a tiger at any time, you usually don’t do something foolish like sticking your arm into the cage where the tiger is confined.”

“I see, that’s a shame.”

Ross, with a truly regretful expression on his face, continued speaking.

“I thought that the transcendent Ross, with his immense power, was a being who could transcend even such common sense… You’re just like me, right? “You’re still Ross.”

“Bullshit!”

In response to words that could never be ignored, the religious leader unknowingly unleashed the power of chaos outside. The club room, which was precariously maintaining its shape due to the huge shock wave, began to completely collapse. The cult leader, who used his power of chaos to levitate himself, escaped the collapsing building.

“… !”

At that moment, the leader quickly turned his body and swung his chakram at the feeling of a creepy presence behind his back.

Kang-!

Ross escaped from the building using space magic and targeted the cult leader. As Ross continued to swing the spear using space magic while falling under the influence of gravity, the cult leader once again used the power of chaos to collapse the surrounding space, eliminating all spatial coordinates recognized by Ross.

The leader, who had safely landed on the academy grounds, opened his mouth while burning all the dust on his clothes with his magic power.

“I still don’t know that there is no point in fighting the same fight.”

Shuuuk―――!

The leader, who dodged the spear thrown by Ross with a nod of his head, thought that he would no longer talk to the rude beast. However, he had no choice but to open his mouth to the boundary created by the lines around him. Although the leader of the cult was not a wealthy person, what Ross did just now was so stupid that it could not be ignored.

“Are you using the decisive spear on me just now?”

“That’s right, I’m afraid you might run away because you’re scared. “I locked him in a cage so he couldn’t escape.”

Seeing Ross smiling mischievously, the leader eventually let out a cry full of anger.

“Shut up!”

A huge shock wave swept through the inside of the battlefield. Exuding a tremendous sense of intimidation, the religious leader completely unleashed his power of chaos. Like a typhoon that sweeps away everything around, the unleashed power of chaos shatters all of Ross’s skin as he faces it.

However, Ross ignored all the pain and ran across the ground, instantly burrowing into the arms of the cult leader. Pushing away the chaos surrounding the cult leader, the spear blade aimed for the heart, but the cult leader’s hand easily blocked the spear blade.

Ross measured the distance by moving his legs and fired another attack, but it was all blocked by the cult leader’s chakram and hands. Rather, the more he stabbed his spear, the more the chaos scattered around began to create straight lines of scars on Ross’s arms. It was like sticking out his arm in a place where blades were scattered in the air.

The religious leader did not overdo it. Rather, he was thoroughly blocking his opponent’s attacks and using his power of chaos to change the battlefield to his advantage. Seeing Ross step back after realizing that his body was being scarred with each attack, the cult leader once again created a shockwave and cornered Ross in a corner of the battlefield.

“… “Ugh!”

Ross, who was trying to attack by walking back and forth, was eventually driven to the edge of the border. Taking advantage of the scattered chaos and using spatial magic to prevent them from escaping to the other side of the border, Gyoju smiled a victorious smile and held out the chakrams of his two hands forward, making them appear overlapped.

“Legs, arms… “After that, use your head.”

In the face of the cult leader’s presence, which would not have been surprising to an ordinary person if he died immediately, Ross unleashed magical energy throughout his body and took out the World Tree Spear from the space warehouse. And he swung two spears at the religious leader. Even though he knew that the act of attacking meant harming his own body, it was an inevitable choice in a situation where he had no place to retreat.

Spewing out the light of destruction, the spear of the World Tree pushed away the chaos and headed towards the cult leader, but Chakram, which contained chaos, brilliantly blocked the wooden spear. The window of the World Tree even had visible cracks due to the collision with chaos.

The cult leader did as he said. He pushed back a spear that bent at an incomprehensible angle and blocked a fatal blow aimed at a gap in the defenses, ultimately cutting off both of Ross’ legs. Without hesitation, he threw a chakram at Ross, who lost his balance and was rolling around on the floor, cutting off both of his arms. Seeing Ross tossing and turning in pain on the floor, with only his body and head remaining, the cult leader smiled as he retrieved the chakram and trampled on Ross’ chest like he was trampling on an insect.

It’s a complete victory. In this state, I couldn’t swallow no matter how much I opened my mouth. It is the same situation as holding a violent dog by the scruff of its neck and squeezing it down.

“Okay, any last words?”

Ross, who was struggling in pain at the arrogant words he would naturally say if he were the winner, stopped moving.

“… “Would you believe me if I told you that you were acting like this?”

The cult leader, who was about to laugh at him for talking nonsense, saw something expanding in Ross’ body. The leader who saw this instinctively released the power of chaos and swung the chakram, but nothing happened. He had no choice but to do so. What appeared around Ross was an encroachment barrier, a barrier that is considered the most powerful among the magician’s barriers, enough to nullify even the cult leader’s attacks in an instant.

“Is this the fairy king’s staff?”

The last Ellie used was sacrificed to the Holy Grail, and Ross kept what was left in his bosom. Ross, who used his magic to activate the encroachment barrier, smiled at the cult leader.

“That’s right, in the novel, it’s an object made so that Bella can have a relationship with the religious leader. “A barrier with a [setting] that can nullify all your attacks, albeit briefly.”

“… It’s lame until the end. “Are you trying to save your life, even if just for a little while?”

As the cult leader frowned with a face full of displeasure, Ross smiled faintly.

“No, I acted like Bella too.”

“what… ?”

“To beat an opponent you can’t beat, you have to risk your own life.”

Only then did the leader realize that his leg, which had been stepping on Ross’ chest, was trapped within the encroachment barrier.

“no way… !”

Seeing Ross’ mouth open like a snake, the cult leader hurriedly unleashed all his power and tried to break through the encroachment barrier, but he could not overcome the encroachment barrier’s [setting] on the cult leader.

Seeing Ross writhing like a bug, crawling across the floor toward his chest that was trampling on him, the leader was able to feel emotions he had forgotten for a very long time.

awe.

I don’t know why, but I felt afraid.

What if this was really all planned? Then, he absorbed Bella and became a vessel of God… !

“… !”

The leader let out a voice filled with despair without even realizing it. I now felt like I knew what Ross was planning. This waste… By absorbing himself, he is trying to usurp the role of descending the God of Chaos into this world!

“How dare you try to replace me!”

The religious leader misinterpreted what the God of Chaos had predicted. He is not an apostle who will erase the boundary dividing the human world and the demon world and bring in the devil, but rather a god of chaos who will descend on his behalf… He was an apostle in the true sense of the word.

“I am not a hero. “I just have to protect Luna, who is precious to me.”

The mouth, which had become huge like a monster, drew an arc.

“Whoever it is, won’t you grant Ross’ wish for helping you win? “From God’s perspective, both are indistinguishable bugs anyway.”

Crunchy―――!

“Don’t be ridiculous!!!”

Seeing his leg being eaten away, the cult leader hit the encroachment barrier with all his might. But Ross, whose arms and legs had been regenerated, held on to the leader’s legs and moved his mouth even louder.

Crunchy―――!

Ross, who ate the leader’s leg, smiled ecstatically.

“Ah, now I understand.”

The cult leader wanted to somehow silence Ross. But as long as the encroaching barrier existed, he could not stop Ross. He could only watch as he summoned the God of Chaos, his only role, without going against the odds.

Because Ross was already a vessel of God!

“no… .”

Amidst the cult leader’s screams, Ross quietly called out the true name of the god who had fought endlessly with Roel.

“Nyarlathotep―――.”

***

Roel, who was looking at the sky in the imperial palace, grabbed the holy sword.

I felt the chaos hiding in the abyss rising up to destroy the world again.

The time I’ve been waiting for has finally come.

The moment when a hero appears to save the world.