KFBRV Ch 140
- 6 days ago
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Johan wanted to beat Zion to a pulp, but nevertheless, he temporarily lent his ability so Zion could move above the sea. Because finding Odette was far more important and urgent.
[Zion] "Please, Albrecht. I was wrong."
Where did things go wrong? He continuously looked back on past events.
Is it because I pretended not to know, even though I guessed her abuse? Because I spoke carelessly?
But the more he traced back, the less he could grasp what the problem was.
Not because there were no regrets, but because there were only regrets.
Barging in arbitrarily and trampling on her handkerchief. Trying so hard to make her cry. Persistently tracking her down and brainwashing her.
The more he looked back, the more he keenly realized just how cruel he had been to her.
[Zion] "Damn it, Odette!"
However, Odette. Even if I was cruel to you. You shouldn't have escaped through death.
Even if you escaped, you should have escaped to a place I could follow. So that I could at least grab the hem of your skirt and beg before you.
But why, of all things? Through a death I can never follow—.
If he believed in the afterlife, if he believed there was a possibility of meeting even in death, he would have willingly given up his life.
But isn't the place humans go after death nothingness?
You hate me that much. You resent me that much.
Then look clearly with your two eyes, as I suffer like this. Confirm that you successfully punished me, that you ruined me.
If you want, I can be ruined even further. Because I will gladly accept any pain.
While wandering like that, his steps had returned to the bottom of the Meursault Cliff.
It was a dizzying place even upon second glance. Although the water was deep, it was a place with extreme downdrafts. It was called the cliff of death in the sea, where one would be sucked into the deep sea in an instant if unlucky.
How could you jump into a place like this on your own two feet? How can you consider me more terrible than this place?
He felt as if he were losing his mind. It was so distant that he was suffocating.
[Zion] "Odette—!!!"
Had he ever let out such an ugly, desperate voice in his life?
His own voice sounded like the death scream of a beast.
Devastated purple eyes scanned the sea. It was the moment he thought dying by drowning in the sea might be more comfortable than living like this for the rest of his life.
Rumble—.
A flashing thunderbolt fell on the sea, illuminating the entire beach in an instant. He shifted his gaze to the origin of that thunderbolt.
[Zion] "Your Highness?"
Johan, standing on the cliff, gritted his teeth and poured all his abilities onto the sea.
It was a bold use of ability to the point where his pollution level hit the maximum in an instant.
In his appearance of raining down thunderbolts like a god, a madness could be felt—a madness willing to embrace even a rampage.
The madness that Johan would willingly blow away the Empire he had cherished and loved his entire life, just to find Odette's corpse.
[Johan] "Damn it... Do you have the luxury to get lost in useless thoughts right now?"
Covered in sweat, he ordered in a vicious voice.
As a result of pouring out his ability, the seawater surged up like a massive wall and was pushed to the left and right. Dry land was revealed in between. The sea had been split in half.
[Johan] "Zion!! Find Odette right now!!"
No matter if Johan was an S-class Transcendent, such a reckless act couldn't be easy. It seemed difficult to scan the inside of the sea simultaneously while using his ability at full power.
Regaining his senses at Johan's rebuke, Zion quickly scanned the revealed seabed.
Even as Johan parted the sea several times and repeated similar attempts, Odette showed no sign of appearing.
Was she swept away by the current and sucked into the deep sea?
It was the moment Zion's face turned ghastly.
[Zion] "...!"
A faint scent of peach blossoms was felt from somewhere. The scent had disappeared the moment she fired the pistol at her head.
His heart sank with a thud. No, it also felt like it started beating wildly again.
I-Is she alive?
His ability was like a dog with a sensitive sense of smell. He caught the scent of peach blossoms more acutely than other Transcendents.
[Zion] "Your Highness!"
The voice urgently calling Johan was trembling violently. Overwhelming hope filled his eyes as he moved hurriedly to find the source of the scent.
[Zion] "Your Highness! It is here!"
S-class Transcendents inherently had strong self-consciousness, making cooperation difficult. Especially when using their abilities at full power, cooperation was utterly impossible.
Because the control over the Transcendent's body had perfectly passed to the ability rather than the owner of the body.
But now, Johan's ability willingly followed Zion's directions. To save the Purifier.
Johan, approaching in an instant, dropped a massive thunderbolt with full power again.
The sea split in half once more, and a woman's figure was quickly revealed.
Hurriedly pulling up that cold body, Zion ascended to the top of the wall of the sea.
He checked her breath with trembling hands. He didn't know how many times he prayed to God in that short instant.
[Zion] "Odette, wake up. Please. Odette."
But she was not breathing. He couldn't find any vitality anywhere.
Why...? I clearly felt the scent. She gave off a sweet scent, just like when she was alive.
[Zion] "Odette. Please open your eyes. Please."
But the woman was dead. Zion couldn't believe it. Because he definitely, definitely felt the scent.
[Viktor] "By what right do you hold her?"
A voice full of displeasure was heard. It was Viktor who had found this place following his own intuition.
[Viktor] "Hand her over."
He swiftly snatched Odette from Zion's hands.
Zion tried to take her back but stopped his action upon seeing Viktor warming her body with his own.
[Viktor] "Did you forget it was because of you that she chose death? You son of a bitch who doesn't know his place."
He glared at Zion with bloodshot eyes.
Zion didn't answer. Not because he was reflecting on his actions. Simply because whatever Viktor blabbered about didn't enter his ears at all.
There was definitely a scent. For a brief moment, she was definitely alive.
[Zion] "Albrecht. Please breathe."
He was entirely focused only on whether color was returning to her face, whether that inhalation and exhalation were returning.
Even Viktor, who glared at such a Zion as if to kill him for a long time, eventually hugged Odette's body and began to sob.
Therefore, no one noticed that another Purifier had appeared at the mansion.
Even if they had known, probably no one would have cared.
I must have been swept quite far while I was unconscious.
The time spent swimming on the whale's back was quite long. Still, there was an end eventually. The topography of the distant deep sea slowly began to appear.
Just when she thought the water level might become shallow soon, the whale stopped.
[Odette] "Hmm?"
The inside of the sea was pitch black, but upon shining the light of the status window, a shape was faintly visible.
Right next to the whale, a dolphin was hovering. The whale wagged its body gently as if telling her to transfer.
What is this... There was a transfer system?
The dolphin and the whale stuck closely together so she could move comfortably.
Seeing that, he let out a small laugh.
[Odette] "Thank you for bringing me this far."
Having bid farewell to the pod of whales, she transferred to the dolphin's back. It would soon be a shallow beach.
Just as her body seemed about to emerge above the surface of the water, she called the status window.
Open the Shop.
[Activating 'Shop Function'!]
I want to change my hairstyle and eye color.
At her command, the status window shone.
[Change Hairstyle (Random Change)]
[Price: 100 Atasha / 1 Day]
[Change Eye Color (Random Change)]
[Price: 100 Atasha / 1 Day]
[Would you like to purchase and apply?
YES / NO]
She willingly chose YES.
Carried on the dolphin's back, when her face emerged above the sea level of Meursault Beach, she had changed to having straight brown hair and hazel eyes.
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