Chapter 157
But before long, the pain began to disappear completely, as if time had been turned back. And that wasn’t the only remarkable thing. The power suppressed within her body…… was surging explosively, as if each cell was being awakened.
She instinctively felt it.
Now she could control her power. As much as she wanted, without any limitations.
Her fingertips trembled. No, her entire body trembled. While trying to calm the overwhelming excitement that made her head spin, she looked around. In the damp prison, Serdin was looking at her with concern, and Helios was pouring healing energy into her.
Judging by the absence of Rezus and Terche, and the sound of explosions not far away, it seemed the war was not yet over.
Psyche stood up and spoke in a calm voice.
“Thank you, I’ll take it from here.”
“Psyche……!”
“I have to stop my brother.”
“Let’s go together, Phrena.”
Serdin tried to hold her back, but Psyche was already leaving the underground prison. Helios followed closely behind her.
In the middle of the battlefield, Aiden Marta, Tenon Riveus, and Zephyros Rosebel were fighting against Rezus Anocton, Terche Fontos, and Ruon Anocton.
‘Where is Paris?’
The family head of Mathes, Paris, was nowhere to be seen.
The formation was three against three. The situation was extremely tense. Surprisingly, it was Ruon who was facing Zephyros.
The two were evenly matched, and Ruon was forming a small sphere around Zephyros, filling it with water. It seemed he was trying to trap Zephyros underwater, making it impossible for him to breathe.
It appeared he was using such tactics because one of Zephyros’s main abilities was immortality.
‘He’s manifested…… his ability.’
Psyche stared blankly at Ruon. With his manifested ability, Ruon seemed capable of defeating Zephyros. No, if they fought together, they could definitely win.
At that very moment, an attack from somewhere sent Ruon flying far away. Her rushing to him while using healing abilities happened almost simultaneously.
“Ruon, are you alright?!”
“Psyche, how……!”
“……The timing was good.”
Psyche took Ruon’s hand and helped him up. His wounds healed instantly. Judging by how intense the war had become, the timing couldn’t exactly be considered good, but it seemed decent enough.
“Ruon, answer my questions quickly from now on.”
As she spoke with a determined expression, Ruon nodded with a tense face.
“Tell me your main ability and weakness, and how much more power you can use.”
After hearing Ruon’s answer, Psyche fell into deep thought. His main abilities were water and fire, and his weakness was hallucinations. He could currently use about 70% of his original power.
‘In that case…….’
She quickly searched for a way to defeat Zephyros. Then she briefly explained to Ruon what he needed to do. This was possible thanks to Serdin and Helios buying time by facing Zephyros.
It was then.
“Psyche, don’t do something you’ll regret.”
Zephyros, who had belatedly noticed Psyche, spoke in a remarkably calm voice while dodging attacks, which seemed out of place in the situation. Yet a hint of anxiety, characteristic of someone cornered, flashed across his face. He seemed concerned that her ability could pose a threat to him.
“It’s not too late. Even now, if you return to me, I’ll forgive you…….”
“Forgive? The one who needs forgiveness isn’t me, but you, Zephyros.”
As Zephyros tried to say something more, Psyche signaled to Ruon. Following her instructions, Ruon created a sphere, but this time, instead of water, he poured fire into it.
The unexpected flames restricted Zephyros’s movements, and just as he momentarily diverted his attention to break the sphere.
Psyche used stealth to position herself right behind Zephyros. By the time Zephyros realized she had approached so close, Psyche had already explosively released her main ability, ‘Sleep’.
“……! Psyche! You really……!”
“Sleep well, brother.”
Her eyes, as she struck the back of his neck, held no emotion whatsoever.
……It was Arje’s victory.
After everything was settled, Psyche learned the whole story through Serdin. Arje had planned to wait for the right time to strike Mathes if no signal came, but they couldn’t wait any longer when the period exceeded two weeks.
In the end, they entered Mathes territory even though Ruon hadn’t manifested his ability, and consequently faced considerable difficulty.
But was God on Arje’s side? When Arje was driven to the limit and about to retreat from Mathes territory, Ruon, who had miraculously manifested his ability, struck Zephyros from behind.
Afterwards, Psyche regained consciousness, and Paris also joined Psyche’s side.
Later, through Serdin, she heard Paris’s words,
‘……I’m sorry for betraying you like that. I had no choice when I belatedly discovered that surveillance crystal balls were installed in that room as well.’
……That was the situation. In any case, Zephyros finally fell when Ruon and Paris joined the fight. Ruon’s contribution was especially significant.
Zephyros resisted until the end, and without Ruon’s explosive power manifestation, they would not have been able to stop Zephyros with his immortality.
While Psyche was feeling relieved that the situation had turned out well, she suddenly began to worry about His Majesty the Emperor’s safety. To this concern, Ruon told her,
“……That assassination attempt on His Majesty. I think I was the culprit.”
“What? What do you…….”
“Actually, as soon as I manifested my ability, I went to see His Majesty first.”
It was to ask for restraints to limit Zephyros’s abilities.
“But at that time…… strangely enough, parts of the palace became transparent to me, and I noticed hidden potions.”
Ruon said he barely suppressed the desire to steal and drink the potions at that moment.
“Then I realized. I was the one who would assassinate His Majesty in the future. I carefully pondered why I would assassinate His Majesty in another future…… Perhaps that other version of me cursed and resented the world? After cursing the world like that, I might have resented His Majesty for merely standing by despite having power, and in a moment of uncontrollable anger, assassinated him.”
Taking Psyche’s hand, who was too surprised to speak, Ruon expressed his sincere gratitude.
“Psyche, thank you. Without you, wouldn’t I have probably made that extreme choice? I think it’s because of you that the present has flowed in such a positive direction.”
Seeing the peaceful smile that appeared on Ruon’s face, Psyche smiled back. She was truly thankful that everything had turned out well after all.
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