‘There are three sculptures left now. There’s the first sculpture and the eighth sculpture…’
The third was the sculpture of the seventh unranked monster in Cale’s hand.

  ‘I must destroy the seventh and eighth sculptures!’
Those were the two strongest monsters.

  Furthermore, Cale did not have any data on them as he had never faced them before.

  Numerous thoughts flew through Cale’s mind in a short period of time. However, hot breath came out of his mouth every time he took a step and he was having trouble breathing.

  It felt as if his senses were slowly fading away.

  “Ugh.”
However, Cale continued to move.

  He had an ominous feeling after the second sculpture crumbled so easily.

  Craaaaaaack-

  The sculpture of the seventh monster in his hand cracked a little more. Red smoke was starting to seep out from the crack. It was as red as blood.

  One step.

  Cale’s eyes recorded everything as he took another step forward.

  It recorded the destroyed sculpture of the second unranked monster on the ground. The sculpture that had been dyed grey returned to its original color on the ground.

  The eerie smoke that used to come out of the cracked areas was no more.

  Crunch.

  Cale stepped on that sculpture and moved forward.

  He was looking at the eighth sculpture.

  He headed toward the strongest unranked monster.

  “Huff. Huff.”
He was having trouble breathing.

  After having used, ‘Instant,’ his brain had overloaded, and he did not have the strength or focus to use ‘Record’ or ‘Embrace.’
Unlike the other sculptures, a holy white light was coming out of the cracks on the eighth sculpture.

  It felt as if he had seen this color somewhere before, which made him scared.

  That’s right.

  His heart was beating extremely wildly just because he saw the white light flowing out.

  “Huff, huff.”
Cale raised both hands.

  His entire body was shaking.

  The eighth sculpture… He couldn’t even fathom how long it took him to get in front of it. It felt like an eternity to him, but it would have only been an instant for the others.

  – Cale! Y, your body right now-

  – You should only use the Vitality of the Heart! The moment you use anything else…! Ah, damn it, I don’t know!

  – …Shit. Your plate! Cale, don’t use any ancient powers nor other abilities! Forget breaking, your plate is going to melt!

  – You crazy bastard! Why would you use an ability like this?! Do you want to die?!

  The ancient powers were unable to hide their anxiety and screamed at Cale.

  But even their voices sounded extremely far away to Cale.

  Oooooong- oooooong- ooooooong-

  All he could hear was the buzzing noise that let him know that his condition was not normal.

  Squeeze.

  The sculpture of the seventh monster in his hand moved toward the eighth sculpture.

  It was at that moment.

  “You crazy bastard! Noooooo!”
Cale could see a bright light heading toward him. He immediately cast his shield.

  – Cale! Don’t use anymore ancient powers!

  Baaaaaang!

  Cale could faintly hear the Super Rock’s shaking voice and the loud explosion.

  He turned his head.

  Sayeru, who looked like a devil, was screaming and charging toward him from the direction the light spear had come from.

  “Stop him!”
“Aaaaaaah! Kill him!”
The Bears, Arm members, and numerous other enemies approached Cale from all around the circular altar to kill him.

  But none of them were as angry as Sayeru.

  “I will at least kill you!”
‘HOW?!’
Sayeru could not understand how Cale Henituse managed to get on top of the altar in an instant. It looked as if Cale Henituse was moving at a different speed for an instant.

  Once he saw Cale Henituse destroy one of the sculptures…
He became scared.

  This was the first time he was scared of Cale Henituse.

  A fear even greater than his anger made Sayeru rush to kill Cale.

  Sayeru had a light spear in his hand as he charged toward Cale Henituse, who was barely standing. He swung his arm toward the crazy bastard who was covered in numerous injuries and blood.

  Baaaaang!

  “…This stupid Dragon bastard!”
Unfortunately, a small body got in Sayeru’s way.

  The black Dragon was dripping tears from both eyes but still viciously glared at Sayeru.

  Oooooo– oooooo–
Raon, who had cast a teleportation magic circle so that he could teleport at any moment, gathered his black mana around his body and got in Sayeru’s way.

  Raon heard Cale’s weak voice at that moment.

  “…Thank you.”
There was another sharp noise that came from on top of the altar at the same time.

  Baaaaaang!

  It was the sound of a sculpture breaking.

  “…Ah……”
Sayeru staggered.

  The seventh sculpture… It crumbled like glass and scattered into the air. Sayeru lost his mind for a moment seeing that the sculpture was completely destroyed to the point that he couldn’t even gather the pieces.

  “…Fuck.”
As for Cale, he frowned.

  He had struck down on the eighth sculpture with the seventh sculpture.

  However, the seventh sculpture broke even worse than the other sculpture he had broken moments before.

  ‘Fuck!’
He swore internally.

  That ominous feeling had been accurate.

  Cale had felt that it was weird that the second sculpture broke so easily.

  How did that happen when Cale didn’t have much strength in his body?

  The answer was simple.

  ‘The second sculpture crumbled so easily because the seventh sculpture is stronger than it.’
The eighth sculpture was so much stronger than the seventh that the seventh was the one to break when Cale slammed down with it.

  “Cough!”
He coughed up blood once again. Blood dripped down the side of his lips.

  His gaze was still focused on the eighth sculpture despite the pain.

  ‘…I need to destroy it……!’
The moment he took one step forward…
“Motherfucking bastards!”
Cale could see Sayeru covering the eighth sculpture with his body. Sayeru looked terrible right now as well.

  Cale flinched before taking another step.

  – No! Cale, don’t use us!

  The moment he tried to use an ancient power…
“Gasp!”
Cale’s body staggered.

  He clenched his head. His fever was so hot that his head felt like it would explode.

  He was at his limit.

  Cale finally realized his condition.

  It was at that moment.

  “Increase the sacrifices!”
One of the priests shouted.

  ‘The Dark Elves-!’
Cale thought that he couldn’t let any more Dark Elves die.

  The remaining Dark Elves had been shaking in fear while looking at the empty carriages. There were too many Dark Elves here who had not fought against Cale or the Mercenaries Guild to call them all his enemies.

  And even if they were his enemies, he couldn’t let them die as sacrifices.

  “Ugh!”
He heard a terrible scream.

  However, it was not from the Dark Elves.

  The priest who had shouted for them to increase the number of sacrifices… Had taken his own life.

  At that moment…
Screeeeech- screeeech—- screeeeeech-

  A new chilling noise that was much worse than anything he heard earlier pierced through Cale’s ears. The screeching was so terrible that it even made him forget about his headache.

  He lifted his head up.

  The grey mouth was big enough to cover the entire sinkhole now.

  The terrible screech was coming from inside the mouth.

  Craaaack-

  Light shot out from the eighth sculpture that Sayeru was hugging.

  The same thing was happening with the first sculpture.

  The sculpture split in half in what Cale felt was an instant.

  “Kahahahahaha!”
Sayeru laughed maniacally as he moved away from the sculpture.

  It was as if Cale’s attacks would not matter anymore.