I'm the Only Totem in Another World - Chapter 186

Chapter 186: I’m the Only Totem in Another World （5）

The Evil God Shamishur. A female giant with three pairs of wings on her back.

The only peculiarity is that she is floating in a state of zero gravity without moving her wings once? It seemed like she was using her power, not flying up with divine power like me.

I stared at the Evil God to gauge her power.

She didn’t have a strong will to reveal herself like the Seven-Headed Dragon Demon, so I couldn’t read everything. Still, I can definitely feel her energy.

She is definitely stronger than the Dark Cloud Demon. However, she was not as strong as the Seven-Headed Dragon Demon. It feels like she’s somewhere in between.

Good. I was about to give the Evil God a full-body slam as a preemptive strike.

Whoosh━!

With a strange sound, a huge dimensional gate appeared behind the Evil God.

━ …!

I briefly debated whether to chase after her or not. Of course, it could be a trap.

But what if it’s not? What if Karon is gauging my power and running away, saying, ‘Hmm. I can’t do it now! I’ll have to get stronger and come back!’?

What if he didn’t set any traps on the way to the Capital to leave room for escape?

He’ll secretly increase the number of zombies while continuing to hone the Evil God’s power, becoming stronger, and when he’s sure he can defeat me, he’ll reappear.

And I’ll have to be in a state of high tension, shadowboxing until that day comes.

Let’s chase after him. We have to finish this today.

Anyway, I’ve gained momentum, so it’s hard to stop now. I increased my speed and entered the dimensional gate.

This isn’t going to send Rake and me to some strange space, is it?

Whoosh!

It was an unnecessary worry. After passing through a black space for a while, my head popped out of the exit. In front of me were the Evil God and Karon.

━ Karon. How long are you going to keep running away? Didn’t you say you wanted to see this through to the end?

I chased after the Evil God who was retreating while floating.

“Malak, do you know where this is?”

Karon said.

I rolled my eyes and looked around. It was a wasteland with nothing.

“This is the world ruled by the fallen gods. They called it the ‘Abyss’.”

The world where the demons came from. I’ve heard the Pope and Saint explain it. They said it was a world that was destroyed by the long rule and strife of demons.

“I read their memories and watched the world perish. It was horrible.”

Karon continued.

“Demons waged wars to gather more followers, to gain more divine power. The scenery you see is the result.”

I glanced sideways at the world, which no longer showed any traces of civilization.

━ What are you trying to say?

“What if there comes a time when divine power becomes scarce? What if you can’t maintain your power and are forced to exploit your followers?

Malak, if you are a true god for humanity, you must leave their side. You must give humanity freedom.”

So, you’re saying I should kill myself?

It’s not that I don’t understand what he’s saying. There’s no guarantee that I or Jin Malak won’t suddenly go crazy and do something like that.

But, still.

━ The surface needs me now.

Freedom. Freedom is good. I would have understood if it were 21st-century Earth. But this is not Earth, and it’s not the 21st century.

As a 2nd-year possessed person, I can confidently claim that the help of a god is absolutely necessary to rebuild this world that has become a mess.

Just by me growing crops with the ‘Power of the Wind and Rain God’, the food problem is solved. I can end what countless people have to achieve through sacrifice with my small sacrifice.

But you want me to give that up? For an uncertain future?

Get rid of ‘someday’ crap. The most important thing is the present.

And.

━ At this moment, the greatest threat to the surface is not me, but you.

One senile madman is enough to die.

Whoosh!

A new dimensional gate was created. I was about to follow the Evil God into the gate when.

“Close it!”

Karon waved his hand and instantly narrowed the dimensional gate.

Ah, was he aiming for this? To cut my body off while I was crossing the dimensional gate?

━ Hmph.

No way. I drew out my divine power and wrapped it around my entire body.

Whoo-whoosh…!

As soon as the narrowing dimensional gate enveloped my body, it stuttered and stopped working. Thanks to that, I was able to safely exit the dimensional gate and return to the Capital.

━ You fool.

The dimensional gate is also a divine power that can only be used by consuming divine power. In order to close the gate and cut my body off, he needs to consume that much divine power separately.

Even if he consumes it, if I, the opponent, have wrapped my body with more divine power than that, it will be in vain. Thanks to my hard work in recruiting followers, I have an abundance of divine power. I can’t lose in a divine power fight.

“Indeed, it was too much.”

You bastard, were you expecting it?

━ It was a useless act.

After a long time, I scratched Karon once and continued my attack.

…That being said, his trick wasn’t entirely in vain.

I used up quite a bit of divine power just now. This means there’s a slight chance I’ll be at a disadvantage if this fight becomes a long one.

Thinking I should move more carefully, I dropped a lightning bolt on the Evil God. It’s a jab to test her out.

The Evil God stretched out both her hands and created an opaque protective barrier. It was a spherical protective barrier large enough to cover the entire body of the Evil God.

Zzzt━!

The lightning bolt heated the outside of the protective barrier intensely. Sparks flew out here and there, then disappeared as if being sucked into the protective barrier.

No, it was when I thought they had disappeared. Lightning bolts shot out of the protective barrier and were fired at me.

Is it a reflective protective barrier? It must have absorbed and released the attack. I twisted my body to avoid it.

A follow-up attack came immediately. The Evil God had gathered her divine power into the shape of an arrow and fired it.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

I couldn’t avoid this one because I had just moved my body greatly. I moved forward, taking the hit moderately.

It stings a little, but it’s not too painful. I can still bear it.

The battle continued.

I wanted to see if the others were fighting well and still alive, but I didn’t have the luxury to do so.

This was because the Evil God kept widening the distance by pouring out tremendous firepower whenever I tried to get closer.

It’s almost like the final boss of a bullet hell shooting game. The moment I think her ammo is running out, she pours out more.

Ah, this is annoying. This is the first time I’ve encountered this type of enemy, so I’m not good at dealing with it.

If I’m the tank position that absorbs all the attacks and gets close to beat the enemy to death, the Evil God is the mage position that blocks the approach with various skills, pressures, and wears the enemy down to death.

Aside from strength, it can be seen that our compatibility is bad. It’s also because this is her field.

Is there no other way?

It was when I was looking for a breakthrough while exchanging attacks with the Evil God.

“Malak-nim.”

Rake, who had climbed on top of my head at some point, whispered. She was further down just a moment ago, but it seems she moved to talk to me.

“Once. Just once is enough. Please get as close to the Evil God as possible. I will climb on the Evil God’s body and deal with Karon.”

I’m reminded of the time we fought the Tunnel Demon. Back then, Rake climbed on the Tunnel Demon’s body and fought.

━ Will you be able to do it?

“Just because you handle a fallen god doesn’t mean you can become a god. He’s just starting to learn how to handle divine power. If I can just get close, I can kill him.”

Well, in a way, it’s only natural. He’s dangerous because of his soul manipulation ability and necromancy, not because of his outstanding individual combat ability.

Rake, who even received the Guardian buff, might be able to defeat Karon in a one-on-one fight.

━ Alright.

I charged towards the Evil God again.

This time too, she unleashed relentless attacks, but I didn’t stop and continued to advance.

Ah, it’s starting to hurt. No, it hurts like hell. Getting hit in the same spot over and over again makes my whole body ache.

Just a little more. Let’s try to hold on a little longer. It was when I was flying, gritting my teeth.

“Ha!”

When I felt I had closed the distance enough, Rake shot up like a rocket.

No, she shot up like a meteor. Even for a moment, it was faster than me.

“Hmm?!”

Karon controlled the Evil God to activate the reflective protective barrier, but Rake was faster.

Thud!

Rake, who had landed safely after embedding the Meteor Sword into the Evil God’s body, moved towards Karon, climbing the Evil God’s body.

“Half-god, half-human…!”

Karon’s attention was entirely focused on Rake. This is my chance too.

Boom!

I slammed my body into the reflective protective barrier.

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“I can’t understand. With such power, you choose to be a slave to a Loa.”

Karon clicked his tongue as he saw Rake climbing up the Evil God’s body.

“I’m not serving a Loa. I’m serving the one I love.”

Rake, who heard his words with her superhuman hearing, replied.

Karon frowned. Rake’s movement speed was much faster than he had anticipated.

Since the Evil God was dealing with Malak trying to break the protective barrier, he would inevitably have to confront her directly.

“Don’t you want to gain freedom? The freedom to choose what you want, the freedom to not be bound.”

Karon asked, trying to buy time while quickly drawing up divine power.

“The freedom you’re trying to force upon me?”

Rake scoffed, deflecting the red energy shot from Karon’s fingertips with the Meteor Sword.

“If it’s not the freedom I choose, what’s the point? That kind of freedom is worthless.”

“How foolish…”

Karon, enveloped in red divine power, faced Rake. Behind him, the ominous shapes Rake had seen before were writhing.

“I agree. You ghost clinging to the past.”

Rake mocked the man who spoke of freedom but was actually more bound than anyone else.

Atop the Evil God’s body.

The woman born as a demigod and the man who became a demigod clashed.