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'Paellito didn't exert his full power against Sir Hedo. He attacked Sir Hedo while concentrating all his killing intent on me.'
However, Hedo almost suffered a fatal injury.
Or he could have died. If Paellito had directed all his killing intent toward Hedo, he would undoubtedly have suffered a fatal injury or even died.
Naturally, Paellito is stronger than anyone currently on the battlefield.
However, the reason the gap feels so significant is because Jin's group doesn't know Paellito at all. They have almost no knowledge of the swordsmanship he uses or how he uses his power.
They heard some information from Visepps and Orgal, but it wasn't very detailed.
'His swordsmanship has the ability to disrupt the senses that almost killed Sir Hedo just now. Sir Hedo perceived that his posture was crumbling and forcibly tried to fix it, revealing an opening.'
Before Hedo explained, Jin had looked into the characteristics of the netherworld sword. All four of them facing him were thinking the same.
Ayula's spear, which had just been cut in half, completely disintegrated into particles and disappeared. The remaining spears circled around Paellito as if they could be fired at any moment, and Hedo checked for any injuries as he distanced himself.
Fortunately, there was no sense of venom in his wounds. The battle could continue without any problems.
Kooddoo...!
Whenever Paellito released his demonic energy, the ground trembled. Rocks flew up like dust and shattered, and the group felt their bodies growing heavier.
Ayula's spears reacted as soon as Paellito's sword moved again.
The spears, plunging at a speed that distorted space, were clashing with Paellito's unleashed sword energy.
He was strong.
So strong that Jin felt like he wanted to show respect and admiration if it weren't for the fact that he is Zito's dog. Jin couldn't comprehend how someone this strong couldn't overcome Zito's brainwashing.
"For the sake of Lord Zito, I am willing to sacrifice anything, not just Sakiel. Because that is the most righteous fate for our True Demon World demons."
As two more spears disappeared, Jin dug into Paellito's side and launched a light-speed thrust.
A faint flash grazed Paellito's ear. Jin missed it by mere millimeters, but it was not the result of narrowly missing the target.
Jin missed his head by a huge margin to the extent that it was questionable whether he could call it an error. It wasn't just Jin's attack; it was the same for Murakan, Hedo, and Dante; all their attacks were missing by such a margin.
It felt like an illusion.
The group was being overwhelmed by Paellito in every aspect, be it strength, speed, or destructive power. This was exacerbated by the constant disruption of their senses due to the netherworld sword.
Those who faced the netherworld sword had to doubt themselves every moment.
Were their cognition and perception intact right now? Even the four beings who are called the transcendent among transcendents couldn't be sure of their perception and cognition.
So, just like Hedo, there were moments when their postures collapsed. Every time that happened, others and Ayula's spears protected them, but if the battle continued like this, Paellito would eventually gain the upper hand.
"I heard from Orgal that you were once the leader of the Anti-Zito army. Such damn philosophy is nothing more than a means to rationalize your own corruption."
Tsukk-!
Jin parried Ayula's spear that bounced toward him. As he barely managed to block Paellito's blow that immediately came rushing in, Jin could see his eyes glimmered with anger and resentment.
'...evil eye!'
It was unclear what kind of effect the evil eye had.
The signal of imminent danger sensed by his body is clear that he has to avoid eye contact. So Jin distanced himself, while his comrades threw themselves in to fill the gap.
"Kuh...!"
However, it was not completely avoided. Suddenly, purple spears formed in the air. Those spears were aimed solely at Jin.
Mimicry.
It was the inherent authority of the Belgasyum family, the "Gaze of Hades." What Paellito had mimicked now were Ayula's spears.
'Was he mimicked it using the evil eye? Their power is not the same as the real spears. I can still fend them off. However, the problem is the fact that he can continue to mimic other powers through the evil eye.'
As Jin thought that, Paellito was already replicating the shadow force shield that Murakan had used. The black shadow force shield and the purple shield overlapped, causing the two forces to be distorted.
The mimicked shield was emanating the same black chains. It may have been weaker than the original, but it was by no means something to be ignored.
It fell short of the real but was powerful enough to be called a technique that would be life threatening for superhumans.
"I am corrupted; I found my rightful place. In the first place, if the world's order hadn't been distorted, Sakiel would never have died. Let alone by the hands of humans."
Now, only one Ayula's spear remained.
Even that didn't hold much significance. During the destruction of the other nineteen spears, Paellito had never received a single effective blow by the spears.
The replicated spear also couldn't inflict injuries on Jin, but if Paellito were to fight Jin directly, Jin won't be able to avoid injuries.
We need more people to defeat Paellito.
That thought was passing through Jin's mind. He didn't believe they could finish off Paellito with the support of only the four who had come to the Holy Kingdom.
Looking back, "Genesis knight" was such a domain. A domain where you cannot imagine being outnumbered under any circumstances.
Chiron and Vahn are like that too. Even if all the superhumans in the alliance were to face Paellito, Jin couldn't imagine him being pushed into a disadvantageous position.
In reality, the outcome could be different when they actually fought, but based on their expectations and perceptions alone, such a scenario was beyond their imagination.
An existence of immeasurable strength, that's the domain called Genesis knight.
'I, too, am on the verge of becoming the Genesis Knight, so I thought that I might be able to defeat him with these comrades. But, we are indeed living in different worlds.'
The different worlds.
No matter how close Jin came to its level, no matter how similar their power was, the Genesis knight and everything below it belonged to a different world.
Even the same things looked different, and the same phenomena felt different. There was such a significant gap between Paellito's fighting sense and Jin and his group's fighting sense.
But Jin had experienced the senses of the Genesis knight, especially the senses of the strongest of them all, Vahn. So he could somewhat read Paellito's gaze and senses. Jin was also confident.
'While the power of mimicking abilities through the evil eye or disrupting senses with that sword technique is undoubtedly dangerous, but I can't shake off the feeling that they are crude compared to my father or sister battle god. The brainwashing has lowered his level.'
If he kept digging into that fact, he would gradually find the answer.
'For now, we'll have to endure while avoiding fatal injuries until my sisters and the other superhumans of the alliance clear the territory and come for support.'
Chiiing-!
Dante's Heaven-Splitting Sword blocked Paellito's attack that was aimed at Jin. Dante defended the attacks coming his direction with his Dragon Sword Armor and once again swung Rashid.
Everyone in the group was thinking the same thing as Jin. Dante was thinking of his grandfather, Hedo was thinking of Chiron, and Murakan was thinking of Temar, trying to gauge Paellito's strength.
Everyone felt somewhat relieved that Paellito was weaker than them. If that was the case, they would find a way to break him, whether by waiting for reinforcements, stimulating his brainwashed mind, or creating an opportunity to break him head-on.
The first thing that came to their minds was Battle God Fusion. If Jin used Battle God Fusion, the overwhelming power of Battle God could turn the tide of the battle in an instant.
However, Paellito had sought out the Holy Kingdom with that fact in mind from the beginning.
Blocking communication and spatial jumps meant that "Wavelength Tracking" was entirely blocked. Battle God Fusion was based on the principle of Wavelength Tracking, so attempting it was impossible until the blockade was lifted.
"Even when facing the evil god, who was born in the human world, you humans borrowed the immense power of the Plutonian tribe's battle god, Vahn. I can acknowledge that the Plutonians have a lot of power as they are born with such fate. However, how dare you humans go beyond me, the Supreme Demon?"
Cheoreong-!
Paellito's attack crushed Jin. While trying to block the attack, Jin's posture was momentarily fixed, and he felt the two replicated spears brushing against his side and thigh. If his comrades hadn't altered their trajectory, it would have resulted in a severe injury.
"Kaaah...!"
The powers of Paellito and Jin were clashing. Amidst the continuing explosions that wiped out the surrounding terrain, Jin's comrades desperately rushed forward to try and pry Paellito away.
"It took us countless centuries to reach the Supreme Demon level. More than 10,000 years. We have been building up my strength since before the appearance of your kind in the world, and we have been constantly fighting even as humanity goes through cycles of destruction and rebirth. In this long and distant history, those who have reached the Supreme Demon realm, including me, are only a handful."
Kwadduk! The ground collapsed as Jin landed on it.
"However, in human history, there have already been more than four Supreme Demons. You humans are born with such frail bodies and have a lifespan of barely a hundred years... if this is not the disorder then what it is. You humans might feel it is unfair. You've just been living your life naturally, and suddenly someone comes and speaks of order and wants to persecute you."
"Uh, you know well... Paellito."
"But you humans are the same. If a horde of ants settles in your city, you'll exterminate them, and if slaves rebel, you'll crush them. You may deny fate and order, but you still accept it narrowly when it benefits you. That's why an absolute order is necessary."
Kwaang, Kujijik!
Finally, Jin's comrades pierced through Paellito's sword energy and reached Jin.
Jin took that moment to push Paellito away, and even in that moment, Paellito swung his sword at Jin's face. The blade grazed his cheek, drawing a thin line of blood.
As Paellito retreated, Jin amplified the lightning energy of his Illuminating Heart.
He has to use the Plutonian Reign sword. First, he had to get rid of the mimicked spears using the Plutonian Reign sword and further limit the battlefield to prevent Paellito from rampaging recklessly.
However, a moment later, Jin couldn't help but grab his illuminating heart in shock.
'The lightning energy is not formed!'
-[His name is Paellito Belgasyum. He's known as the Sword Demon in the Demon World, and his sword, Bascala, possesses the ability to block authorities. I couldn't even use my cards properly and got caught.]
Suddenly, Jin remembered Orgal's words.
Jin had been aware of this fact throughout the battle, but he never thought that Bascala could block the power of the illuminating heart.
In Jin's perception, that wasn't an authority but his own power. In fact, he had been able to use it without any issues during the battle just now.
As if he saw through Jin's thoughts, Paellito said with an expressionless face.
"I told you just before, Jin Runcandel. Humans have no right to possess such power or to use it."
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