I Never Run Out of Mana - Chapter 189

Chapter 189

189 . Collateral Damage 1

After shuddering for awhile, Karupedan let out a primal scream and charged at Barub .

It was rage for putting herself on the seat of godhood, and for erasing her own memories and forgetting her past .

On top of that, learning everything Barub had done had her extremely worked up .

Her form of a child turned into a blue ball of flame in a split moment, and similar to how a predator charged their prey, she charged Barub with fierce talons to continue her attack .

Looking at the intensity behind her attack, Min-Cheol couldn’t help but subconsciously swallow a marble and cast shields around himself .

“AHH!”

However, Barub dodged the attacks with ease, almost as if mocking her .

The Unrivaled Goddess . And an existence that was beyond that .

Two powers that I couldn’t even dare get in between were facing each other .

It was an one sided attack from Karupedan aimed at Barub, but no one could guarantee that how long Barub would continue to allow this transgression to pass without retaliation .

Barub, who had avoided her attacks without much difficulty, spoke .

“Karupedan . Why are you doing this . I merely did as you desired…”

“AHH!”

“The past you wanted power . So I bestowed upon you power without equal . ”

“Die! You devil!”

Karupedan’s past memories passed through her mind quickly .

No worries or concerns bothered her in her childhood .

Back to the days when she was happy from a piece of bread that Gera, who she trusted and followed, gave to her .

Her head was filled with memories from then until when she understood the weight and sadness behind that very same piece of bread .

Nightmares that would be difficult to face without going insane had been put into her mind all of a sudden .

It was a situation where Karupedan losing her rationality and displaying such rage wasn’t strange .

Every night, Gera had to suffer in the arms of a rugged man who smelled rotten to his core .

The only thing she obtained from enduring through this humiliation was a piece of bread the size of a fist .

It did not give off any sweet scents, nor did it have a magnificent shape, but instead was an insignificant piece made from heating a chunk of coarse wheat .

Karupedan had witnessed the cruel situation of her own growth moving at the same speed as Gera’s approaching death .

In her reality that was like death, Karupedan had prayed continuously .

That if there was a god, to end this current hellish situation . She continued to deny, saying that there wasn’t any reason for why they should suffer .

She wanted power for Gera and her to escape the filthy clutches of that man, and wanted happiness .

But to think that the hand that a so called god offered would serve as a far deadlier poison .

“I had brought Gera, who was like a mother to you, next to you so that the two of you could spend eternity together . Am I wrong!”

“… . . I won’t grant you an easy death . I will rip you apart again and again until you are ground to dust . ”

“How amusing . Did you already forget that you are the same as me?”

“……”

“Look at that human . The reason why an insignificant creature that is a human arrived all the way to celestial plane . And the reason why all the other gods besides yourself had met their deaths… . Have you forgotten that everything is your fault!”

“That’s……”

“To you, who harbored the fiercest resentments and the most desperate of pleas in the world, I granted you a favor . However, you show hatred for the very same? Despite not having any differences between you and I, that is . ”

“……”

“I shall speak with confidence . No matter who rises to the seat that you possess, the results will be the same . No matter how much they claim that they are the best, none will be able to save everyone! Do you understand? Stop struggling already and accept your fate, Karupedan . ”

“Shut up… . . That’s none of my concern . For the young lady who struggled for those long years in pain, I will kill you . As if you never existed in the first place! I will get rid of you . ”

“Poor little thing . Despite it being your fault… . . ”

“YAAA!”

In an instant, Barub’s eyes were on Min-Cheol .

In the eyes of Min-Cheol, who had made good distance ahead of time and was frozen still to where he stood, there was a rage present instead of fear .

He could sense it from frequent battles he went through .

That these existences weren’t something he could approach with the powers that he currently possessed .

He did talk big to Barub before, but it seemed that he wouldn’t be able to do so any longer after seeing this situation .

It was expected of a normal human .

Barub spoke while continuing to defend against Karupedan .

“Human . ”

“… . . ”

“Do you still feel pity for her?”

“Huh……”

A single sentence from Barub and Min-Cheol could also see Karupedan’s past .

Karupedan’s pain and Gera’s wounds to boot . Almost as if he had experienced them himself, these memories came that vividly .

Panting out of breath, Min-Cheol looked at Barub . And he then waited for Barub’s words .

It wasn’t anything like what a normal human would act like .

“This is the true nature of you humans . You must’ve thought that you were different . Looking at Karupedan, who had risen to the seat of godhood, as if looking at a psychopath, you must’ve condemned her . ”

“……”

“Do you think that if I gave you the chance opportunity, things would be different?”

“It would probably be the same . ”

“Kuha . As expected, you really aren’t a normal human . However, do you remember what you said when you sought me out?”

“I told you to stop . ”

“That’s right . However, I couldn’t figure out what you meant I should stop . Answer me . Just what do you humans want from a god?”

“The suffering you created . Most probably seek to be freed from that . Gera and Karupedan . It is probably the same for other humans in the present . ”

“Suffering? KUHAHAHA! Have you concluded that I was the one who created that!”

“……”

“I have never done so . Humans and any other creations for that matter, I did not bestow anything even akin to suffering . You all were the ones to create that . Disease, war, famine, murder . Despite being all human, you take sides and divide by social status . All of you . ”

“I acknowledge that . But you know, warranty is offered even for products . We’re talking about life here . But you’re just going to leave it be? I’m saying that turning all the blame onto us is wrong . Do you understand?”

“Whew… . . You speak words that do not match with your personal feelings . To say something like that, despite not being able to even consider fighting against me . Sure . What will you do? Like what you said to me before, do you plan to fight against me?”

“So in conclusion, you will turn a rare breed of crazy into your enemy?”

“Human . Leave this place . I will kill her . I do not wish for you to get involved as well . ”

I could hear Karupedan’s curt but loud voice .

“Kuhaha! Amusing . So very amusing! Has an enemy of yesterday become my ally today?”

“This is between you and I . I was the one who had that gotten that human involved . He has nothing to do with this . So let him go . ”

“The door is always open . If you go through that door to the human realm, then you will be able live on with only the memory of this place erased as a price . ”

“… . . ”

“Do you worry about what will happen after Karupedan dies? There is no need . I do not wish the destroy the world that I have created, after all . Do your best to survive in it . Who knows? Maybe you’ll be the next one to take the seat of godhood . Kuhahah!”

“It is always open… . . So that means that I don’t have to leave right away, right?”

“That depends on what you want to do . ”

“Since I don’t know when I’ll be able to see a spectacle like this, I’ll just watch quietly from a corner . That’s fine, right?”

“Kuhu . You really are someone I can’t get a read on . ”

With those words, Barub’s eyes that were on Min-Cheol moved away .

Karupedan’s goodwill towards Min-Cheol out of feeling bad after all she made him go through didn’t last long .

That was because a much more intense emotion of rage was consuming her .

Min-Cheol naturally made greater distance between them . The fight between Karupedan and Barub was beginning proper .

Barub, who had only been on the defensive, began to let out their killing intent, as if ready to fight with all their might .

From Karupedan’s form radiated a wave of heat like the sun .

Transparent blue flames covered her form, and the area around her seemed to have its light stolen, with the heat intense enough to bend the air around her .

Contrasting that, Barub’s form was coated in intense frost .

It was powerful enough to freeze the very atmosphere itself .

It seemed like Awakened magicians of two polar opposite elements were facing each other, but the power they were displaying were on another level .

Powers that were contrary to one another . The first one to attack first was Karupedan .

Thousands of flames poured out from Karupedan’s body, heading towards Barub .

The flames that landed on Barub’s body were connected to Karupedan’s body, similar to straws being placed into a cup .

“Do you really think that you have a chance at victory, Karupedan . ”

The pillars of fires that reached Barub’s body began to wane before disappearing .

While keeping the blue glow, the flames had become frozen .

To think that flames had become frozen . Something that didn’t make any logical sense and was beyond comprehension was happening right before me .

The more flames that were frozen, the greater power did Karupedan let out in the hopes that her attacks would reach them .

It was then .

“Ugh!”

“You are but one of my toys . ”

The flames that were used to attack Barub had become like poison to come back towards Karupedan .

In the blink of an eye, the frost had traced the flames back to its original owner .

Letting out a frighteningly destructive sound, the frost traveled fiercely, reaching Karupedan’s body and leaving a dark wound .

From Karupedan’s mouth came a quiet grunt of pain .

From the start, the chance for Karupedan to win was incredibly low .

Her title may be Unrivaled Goddess, but the power was created by Barub, and that title was nothing more than being seated by Barub into that position .

A transcendent existence that created the peerless existence . To fight against that power was impossible to begin with .

It was already amazing that they could trade attacks back and forth like this already .

One might think that Barub would be able to take back the power they bestowed upon Karupedan with ease, but that wasn’t possible .

Since they had given a portion of their powers to Karupedan, just like how Min-Cheol had obtained the power of the other gods, they could only recover their power back from her by killing her and stealing it back .

However, the continued attacks showed the massive difference in power .

It was an indication that it wouldn’t be that difficult for them to reobtain their power back from her .

Karupedan charged forward at speeds which Min-Cheol couldn’t even fully register with his eyes .

Power compressed in both her hands connected with Barub, but they were easily stopped without much effort .

Her hands that were caught in Barub’s grasp cooled before being crushed in a horrifying manner and being pushed aside .

Her body recovered her form in no time, but I could easily notice that her fighting spirit had been cut down by a lot .

At this rate, it seemed that the victor would be decided before long .

It was then .

As if Karupedan had decided on something, she was compressing power with a determined expression .

“Fool… . . If you didn’t learn the truth and lived on, you would’ve been able to keep your life at the least . ”

“… . . ”