The onceproud attack power of Helkite was being rapidly erased by the flickering flames.
“……A saint?”
I didn’t respond.
After showing the holy fire, there was no reason to answer.
Holy fire.
Not a simple clergy, but a fire that only a saint can ignite, blazed without regard to time or place.
Even a sword made of ice was no exception.
The holy fire, once regarded as useless since it did not damage people, had neutralized the most infamous ultimate skill in Leodel.
Hades sounded as if he was stunned.
“A saint tries to steal Croitner’s treasure like a petty thief.”
“I’ve lived a life even lower than a petty thief.”
I replied quietly.
I had no intention of groveling to save my life now.
I had resisted all of Hades’ attacks, and destroyed two of his weapons.
He had already used the ultimate skill that can be used only once in battle, so he won’t use it again.
My blood began to boil.
‘I can win.’
Who am I?
The one who had topped all the world’s players and cleared Leodel’s last difficulty first.
It would be a blow to my pride if I couldn’t win after driving Hades this far.
I picked up Denesor from the ground.
The sword vibrated with a wooong a strange sensation of floating filled my body.
The ice that had filled the corridor long disappeared with Helkite’s neutralization.
I struck my sword at Hades, who still seemed bewildered.
……Naturally, it was easily blocked by his arm, raised like a shield.
Strength returned to Hades’ eyes.
“You think you can kill me with just this?”
He effortlessly snapped a tree branch as thick as a human arm from the window that had suddenly swung open.
The branch transformed into the delicate shape of a rapier in a matter of seconds.
“……Heuk.”
I exhaled sharply as I deflected the rapier with Denesor.
“Not bad.”
Hades laughed out loud.
“But it looks like you won’t last long.”
“…….”
I glared at him instead of answering. Who would win had to be seen to the end.
With a whistling sound, the rapier targeted my vital point once again.
Was it because I dodged too hastily?
I, who had tumbled clumsily to the ground, gripped Denesor and assumed my stance, even knowing that it was already too late.
‘Huh?’
I expected an attack since I showed an opening, but I didn’t feel Hades’ strike, which should have come down by now.
Instead…….
“Get up.”
He spun the rapier in the air with one hand.
His posture seemed not only relaxed but also arrogant.
“I have no hobby of killing an enemy who can’t even defend themselves when down.”
I gritted my teeth and rose.
He’s looking down on me and giving me a chance?
Good.
That would be my advantage.
How long had it been?
Neither he nor I had landed a significant blow.
Hades’ critical strikes were blocked and shattered by Denesor, and all I had managed was a few scratches on him.
Before we knew it, we had completely left the hallway where we first fought, moving in the direction I intended.
‘Here!’
I pushed against the wall of the hallway and rolled backward.
Yes.
It was a small secret space in the castle.
A moment later, Hades followed me in with a dumbfounded look.
“You think you can survive by hiding here…….”
Crash!
With an explosion, his whole body was thrown backward.
It was the moment the trap at the entrance was activated.
Did I set it up?
No.
It was a trap that existed on this map from the beginning.
All I did was narrowly avoid the trap and hide in the secret space.
I cautiously emerged from the secret space after the dust had settled.
Hades, now battered, was down on one knee.
It was the same motion of surrender I had seen several times on the monitor.
Relief washed over me.
Hades, even when he became a murderous demon consumed by vengeful fire after his fall, retained the dignity of a nobleman.
He wasn’t one to kill his conqueror by foul means.
So now, all I had to worry about was getting out of the castle quickly….
“You’re the first to defeat me, saint.”
I stopped as I was about to quickly leave the hallway.
I didn’t feel anger or hatred in his voice.
As if drawn, I turned around to find Hades looking at me slightly.
His black hair, soaked with sweat and sticking to his forehead, his white skin still flushed with excitement, his purple eyes filled with heat, all came into my view.
And the sparkling characters at his chest….
50+50 (Complex Emotion)
Status Explanation: My word, he harbors complicated feelings for you! The currently balanced love and hate, which will it tilt towards?
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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