CHAPTER 261: I'VE BECOME TOO STRONG

‘It’s definitely on a different level from the lower apostles.’

Shaaaak-.

However, it wasn’t just the apostle whose level had risen.

Ethan too had grown incomparably from before as he made his way to this place. He could easily handle this level of attack.

The 5th Apostle, who had directly received Ethan’s sword that struck back immediately, shook his numbed fist.

Though he didn’t show it, he was greatly surprised by Ethan’s strength, which far exceeded the level he had anticipated.

“No way.”

The 5th Apostle frowned as he examined the aura Ethan was emitting.

That counterattack just now was surprising enough. But the aura emanating from Ethan right now was simply unbelievable.

It was natural to feel traces of the god’s power that had been extracted from Watopia’s holy relic.

But the other aura that could be felt simultaneously was something that shouldn’t be here.

“Ethan Whiskers, did you obtain Tartaros’ holy relic? No, no. Something’s different. How did you…”

The 5th Apostle looked at Ethan with a surprised expression.

This guy didn’t just extract the power of the holy relic. The remaining traces from extraction alone couldn’t emit this level of aura.

“How did you absorb that?”

What dwells in the holy relic is the power of a god.

This divine power that the Dawn Council was aiming for was absolutely necessary for the resurrection of the god.

The Dawn Council was exerting efforts in various ways to obtain this power.

But it didn’t end with simply obtaining it.

The Dawn Council wanted to utilize that power in various ways for the future realization of their plan.

The first thing they thought of was directly absorbing the god’s power dwelling in the holy relic.

However, the power of a god is a mighty force that humans dare not possess.

They had made several attempts to handle this power, but not once had they succeeded.

Side effects kept occurring, such as the body’s interior collapsing from inability to withstand the injected power, or completely losing one’s mana.

They tried to find ways and made efforts to somehow utilize the god’s power, but all experiments ended in failure.

Eventually, the plan to absorb the god’s power and utilize it in various ways was scrapped, and now they were trying to use it solely for the resurrection of the god.

But the man before his eyes had absorbed that divine power and was perfectly fine. Rather, he was using that power perfectly.

“This is impossible.”

The 5th Apostle’s eyes trembled.

What the Dawn Council had failed countless times, a mere academy teacher had accomplished.

Of course, he’s too outstanding to be called a mere academy teacher. He possesses several exceptional abilities. But unlike the Dawn Council, he was alone.

To absorb two divine powers alone.

To be able to move so perfectly while possessing that divine power.

The question of what exactly he was rose to the tip of his tongue, but the 5th Apostle barely calmed his mind with a sigh.

“…You’ve definitely absorbed it.”

Instead of answering, Ethan only smiled.

The 5th Apostle looked at Ethan as if in disbelief.

How on earth did he do it?

From being perfectly fine despite absorbing divine power, to interfering with the Dawn Council’s affairs at every turn, there wasn’t a single element that made sense.

“Do you have future vision or something?”

It was incomprehensible otherwise.

To begin with, Tartaros’ holy relic wasn’t something that could be easily obtained.

If it could be obtained so easily, it should have been in his hands before coming to Watopia.

Even though he had perfectly mimicked Sigma Roadhammer, he couldn’t obtain it.

“I do have it.”

Ethan said with a smirk.

“Now you’re going to say it’s nonsense. Oh, you already did.”

Then he started to spread cold air.

The power of Moonforce, enhanced by divine power, began to freeze a wide area centered on Ethan. Since obtaining the job of Moonforce’s descendant, the cold had never been this strong.

Shaaaak-.

The Frost Sword resonated with the cold air.

“Next, you’ll say ‘how’.”

Ethan took his stance.

“Then you’ll curse.”

“You’re spouting interesting nonsense. Fine, I’m canceling killing you. Instead, I’ll have to dissect your head and look inside. Work for our Dawn Council while alive.”

The 5th Apostle, who had lightly bounced up with a thud, rushed into Ethan’s close proximity in an instant.

Kwaaak-.

The 5th Apostle extends his fist strongly.

“Genesis – Destruction Fist.”

It was a very simple technique. But its power was extraordinary.

This technique gathers mana in the fist and explosively bursts it in one breath, but with the addition of the sticky mana unique to the Dawn Council’s apostles, its power was tremendous.

Ethan Swordsmanship 2nd Form

Moonforce

Ethan Swordsmanship Second Form and the Destruction Fist collided head-on.

Kwaaaaaaang-!

An enormous shockwave spread out centered on the two. Even Watopia’s king, who was quite close, was pushed back greatly by the aftermath of that shockwave.

The Pope moved quickly.

“Please hold on.”

It would be good to join Ethan right away, but if Watopia’s merfolk got involved in a fight of this scale, they could be seriously injured.

Then he had to protect them so they wouldn’t get hurt.

“You need to come quickly.”

The Pope nodded at Ethan’s words.

“Otherwise, I might finish everything by myself.”

Ethan immediately swung his sword to push back the 5th Apostle’s fist. The 5th Apostle staggered and retreated greatly.

One of the 5th Apostle’s eyebrows twitched after colliding with Ethan once more.

Even at a glance, he looked quite displeased.

Seeing this, Ethan shook his Frost Sword once.

Then he gripped the handle strongly and infused power into it.

Shaaaak-.

Frost coiled around Ethan’s sword more fiercely than usual, spreading out.

Eternal Frost.

As its name suggests, frost that will never melt coated the sword and then emitted powerful cold air.

The 5th Apostle readjusted his stance at that cold air. From the sharp aura and stance, Ethan could tell that the 5th Apostle was going to charge in earnest.

“If you don’t go all out, there won’t be a next time.”

As if Ethan’s words were the trigger, the 5th Apostle moved immediately.

He bent his body as if falling forward, and in an instant, he leaped forward.

It was an incredible speed that made his previous display seem like just a taste, as if boasting that he was like a shell fired from a cannon.

Kwang-!

There was a thunderous sound just from charging forward.

“Genesis – Diamond Sky-Shattering Dance.”

His fists suddenly multiplied into dozens. All those fists flew in, accurately aiming for Ethan’s vital points.

Ethan pointed his Frost Sword and Thunder Sword towards those fists.

Then he unfolded the Ethan Swordsmanship like a dance.

From the 1st form to the 4th.

Ethan’s sword, enveloped in Eternal Frost, emitted a blue light.

Kkang-!

The sword and fists collided. The speed of the 5th Apostle moving at an incredible pace was like a beam of light. Watopia’s king, who was watching, unconsciously shuddered for a moment.

The fake Sigma’s figure was not visible at all.

But what’s more surprising is that Ethan, a relatively young man, was keeping up with that overwhelming speed.

“To be able to respond to a speed that can’t be followed with the eyes…!”

Just how strong is Ethan Whiskers?

Kkang-!

Ppagagak-!

Then the sound of something breaking was heard. It was less than 10 seconds after they started fighting.

“No way!”

A bad premonition suddenly arose. Although Ethan was keeping up with the fake Sigma’s speed, the fake Sigma was the one who single-handedly took down the elite dwarf warriors and Watopia’s elite knights.

The Pope was still evacuating the merfolk.

Watopia’s king pulled out a staff from his waist. And as soon as he gripped that staff in his hand, it instantly changed into a trident.

“I have no choice but to step in.”

But there was no need for the king to intervene.

The figures of the two continuing dozens of exchanges in what could be called a flash of time were visible. Even the king couldn’t help but be surprised at that sight.

“Kkeuk.”

The sound of something breaking came not from Ethan but from the fake Sigma.

“…!”

The king looked at the two with a surprised face. Ethan was still emitting fierce cold air, but the 5th Apostle was on one knee, clutching his shoulder.

His shoulder was completely frozen.

Not only that, but as if that cold was continuing to spread throughout his body, the 5th Apostle was trying to suppress the cold through his breathing.

“Huuuuuu…”

The 5th Apostle rose again, exhaling breath. Seeing this, Ethan slightly frowned.

‘This is strange.’

Unlike before, this time they clashed properly.

Nevertheless, Ethan had considerable leeway.

‘He wouldn’t have used a weak technique.’

From Ethan’s perspective, the 5th Apostle was certainly strong.

Just earlier, he had taken down the dwarf warriors in the blink of an eye and toyed with Watopia’s elite, the Pia Knights.

If Ethan hadn’t blocked, there was a high possibility that even Watopia’s king would have fallen to that fist.

Of course, since the Pope was beside him, he would have blocked instead, but at least no one in Watopia except the Pope could handle the 5th Apostle.

In other words, it meant that the 5th Apostle alone could destroy this Watopia.

That power based on overwhelming physical abilities.

If his superhuman ability had been a more aggressive power rather than perfect mimicry, it was hard to easily imagine how amazing it would have been.

But Ethan seemed quite relaxed even against the 5th Apostle’s sincere attack.

Looking at such an Ethan, the 5th Apostle spat out saliva mixed with blood.

“How…”

The 5th Apostle, who had unconsciously spoken, quickly covered his mouth. It was exactly as Ethan had predicted.

“Didn’t I say so? That you would say those words.”

Ethan smirked as he saw this.

“Damn it!”

“As expected.”

The 5th Apostle shook his frozen arm strongly while cursing. However, the frozen arm showed no signs of returning to normal.

‘The effect is tremendous. It’s surprising.’

The effect of Eternal Frost was excellent enough to surprise even Ethan.

If it had been the previous cold air, it wouldn’t have been able to keep freezing like this.

“Tch.”

The 5th Apostle, clicking his tongue, gathered energy in one arm with a resigned expression.

At the same time, someone approached behind Ethan.

“Ethan.”

The Pope, who had perfectly evacuated the merfolk, joined.

“Looking at the situation, there seems to be no need for me to intervene. I saw while evacuating. Ethan, you’re really strong.”

The Pope had clearly seen that fast exchange.

“It was overwhelming.”

Although it seemed like they fought equally, in reality, it was Ethan’s complete victory. All of the 5th Apostle’s Diamond Sky-Shattering Dance was blocked by Ethan, and the follow-up attacks were perfectly intercepted without even being attempted.

Ethan also nodded in agreement with the Pope’s words.

“You saw well.”

To be honest, he was quite nervous.

It’s none other than the Dawn Council’s 5th Apostle. Someone with overwhelming power enough to destroy a small country like this alone.

That’s why he was inwardly surprised at the current result.

‘The Diamond Sky-Shattering Dance was a fierce attack.’

But Ethan was able to deal with it skillfully.

‘Until now, I’ve grown focusing on defense because of Extinction.’

Cautiously, while completely understanding the opponent.

But now he could be sure.

‘It’s not that the 5th Apostle is weak. I’ve become too strong.’

To the point of surprising himself.

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