Chapter 76: The Goddess Annihilated

“Cough!”

Blood poured from Evan’s mouth.

The alien pain starting from his abdomen gradually spread throughout his entire body.

It was a fatal wound so severe that moving was nearly impossible.

Evan opened his eyes wide and stared at the False Goddess who had stabbed him.

The False Goddess merely smiled brightly and stood still.

Even that sight was so stunningly beautiful that it was almost mesmerizing.

Seeing her up close only intensified Evan’s admiration, pulling his gaze involuntarily.

But within her, Agarrus shattered that illusion.

“Y-You… you want to kill me…”

His desperate screams clashed with the serene image of the False Goddess, creating a disturbing dissonance.

Evan kept thinking.

How to turn this situation around.

Even now, his life force was steadily draining away.

[Creating a contradictory existence. (Progress 85%)]

And the False Goddess before his eyes would soon be complete.

Agarrus’s unstable self remained within the False Goddess for now.

At least, this was the last chance to deal with it.

But once the False Goddess became fully formed, she would wield the divine power flawlessly.

What would happen afterward was unpredictable.

Evan furrowed his brows.

He thought that if he could just pull out the spear of light embedded in his abdomen, he could do something.

But his body refused to obey.

The foreign aura emanating from the spear of light pierced into his belly immobilized him completely.

It was similar to Holy Power but felt larger and heavier.

“Ugh! Damn it!”

No matter how hard he struggled, his body didn’t move an inch.

It was a desperate situation where death was inevitable.

Still, he couldn’t give up on life like this.

If he died now, the chance to save his younger sibling would be lost forever.

That was why Evan gritted his teeth.

Enduring the pain, he tried to find something he could do now.

His eyes then caught the Supernatural Mirror.

‘At least, if I could destroy that mirror…’

It was within arm’s reach.

But he couldn’t break the mirror.

That fact only deepened his despair.

“P-Prince! Hold on!”

Darwen’s urgent voice came from afar.

Yet even that gave Evan no hope.

Even if he escaped with Darwen’s help, he would need time to recover, and the False Goddess would become complete in the meantime.

‘Is this really the end?’

As he helplessly stared at the rising progress bar, a small change began in Evan’s body.

[Willpower activated.]

[Temporarily immune to action restrictions. (00:10:00)]

The Willpower ability Evan had acquired when he first came to this world kicked in.

Crackling.

Slowly, his body, once as stiff as stone, started to recover.

But the situation remained dire.

He needed one more move.

Evan’s eyes flashed as he checked his inventory.

‘There must be some way… What’s this?’

At that moment, he spotted an item tucked away in the corner of his inventory.

A golden crystal glowing brightly.

Jewel of Oblivion.

An item that could change an object’s attributes.

‘Could it be?’

Evan’s gaze shifted toward the Supernatural Mirror.

He didn’t know if it would activate or not.

But he decided to place his hope on this single ray of light.

‘I have no choice.’

Clutching the jewel, Evan’s hand reached toward the mirror.

[Would you like to change the attribute of the Supernatural Mirror? (Y/N)]

The awaited message appeared.

A smile spread across Evan’s lips.

“Use.”

Immediately, a powerful energy shot out toward the mirror.

Just as the Mediator once restored the twisted Holy Grail to its original form, the Supernatural Mirror began to distort.

“Kyaaah! St-Stop! I said stop!”

A ripping scream pierced the air.

Whether it was the False Goddess or Agarrus who screamed was unclear, but it was evident they took serious damage.

[Attribute change complete.]

[Holy attribute granted.]

[Transformed into the Heavenly Mirror, a sacred celestial mirror.]

The mirror, which had emitted an evil aura, transformed in appearance.

Now decorated with an elegant golden frame, it radiated Holy Power.

[The Heavenly Mirror has been bound to Evan and moved to the inventory.]

‘Heavenly Mirror? Then what about the False Goddess?’

Evan quickly turned his gaze.

[Creation of the contradictory existence has been halted.]

[The contradictory existence becomes an unstable existence and will be annihilated.]

The False Goddess writhed in agony, clutching her head with both hands.

“Kyaaah!”

A scream so piercing it seemed to tear ears filled the air.

Then she soared into the sky and began summoning unstable spears of light.

Dozens of spears appeared behind the goddess’s back.

The spears all aimed at Evan simultaneously.

With a gesture from the goddess, they took flight.

Shuuk.

When the spears of light reached the ground where Evan stood, a powerful explosion of light erupted.

Kwak-kwang!

Caught in the blast, Evan’s life force rapidly drained.

[Warning! Life force has dropped below 20%.]

“Kuh!”

The False Goddess’s power was truly overwhelming.

That he had endured at all was nothing short of a miracle.

When his life force dropped to 10%,

[Drakan Armor Set effect activated.]

[Life force cannot drop below 10%. (00:00:10)]

[Total damage reduced by 80%. (00:10:00)]

The item’s effect kicked in.

For ten seconds, an invincible state that prevented death.

Even after invincibility ended, an 80% damage reduction remained.

Enduring through this,

Clink!

Chains activated by Darwen flew toward the False Goddess.

Wrapping her in chains and binding her, the goddess fell from the sky and crashed to the ground.

Thud!

“Prince! Sorry for taking so long! Suddenly, the power suppressing the magic circle disappeared. So the whole structure changed.”

It was probably due to the destruction of the Supernatural Mirror.

Now, the False Goddess awaited annihilation.

Evan, battered and broken, forced himself to steady his body.

“I’ll finish this! Keep restraining her!”

Shouting to Darwen, Evan dragged his iron-heavy body and charged at the False Goddess.

At the same time, he gripped his sword with both hands and began to unleash his Mythic Power.

Myth of the Basilisk Slayer.

The Heroic Myth of Ihan originally meant to be used against Agarrus.

He hadn’t used it even once since the Knights’ Order test.

‘This is the first time I’m using Mythic Power.’

An indescribable force surged through Evan’s entire body.

The power of Ihan he had when he defeated the Basilisk.

A faint golden glow began to shimmer around Evan.

“Ugh!”

Pressure weighed heavily on his body, but it was definitely different from when he first used it.

Now that he was over level 100.

Although he couldn’t fully control the Mythic Power yet, he could contain it.

No severe penalty like a level down occurred, but the pain, as if his body would shatter at any moment, remained.

Evan squeezed every ounce of strength and forced his body to keep moving.

Kuo-ooh!

Soon, a resonance began from the sword.

Veins popped on his gripping hand and arm as they trembled uncontrollably.

The sword felt as if it would tear his arm off, weighing him down.

Blood dripped from his mouth.

Still, he maintained his stance.

…Third Form of Lee Han, empowered by Mythic Power.”

Evan reached right in front of the False Goddess, shouted a roar, and swung his sword with all his might.

Kwaaaang!

An explosion of golden light erupted from the sword, releasing powerful shockwaves and impact waves in all directions.

The False Goddess couldn’t withstand the blow.

“Kyaaah!”

She finally breathed her last.

[You have defeated the contradictory existence.]

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

A massive amount of experience poured in, rapidly increasing Evan’s level.

But that wasn’t all.

[Transcendence Quest ‘The Last of Humanity’ completed.]

[Go to the Mediator of the World to claim your reward.]

[Achievement ‘Transcendence Quest below Level 200’ unlocked!]

As an achievement reward, Equipment Purchase Ticket (Transcendence Grade) has been added to your inventory.

Messages flooded in uncontrollably.

With the achievement unlocked, rewards were pouring in.

Thud!

Like a puppet with its strings cut, Evan collapsed weakly onto the ground.

Pain like his body was being torn apart surged through him, leaving him too weak to move.

Evan barely raised his head and looked at where the goddess had been.

An alien aura lingered there.

The golden glow slowly began to be drawn toward Evan.

He wanted to scream from the unspeakable pain, but he had no strength left.

[Divine Power absorbed.]

A mysterious message appeared before his eyes, and Evan’s consciousness began to fade.

“Prince!”

Darwen’s voice echoed faintly in his ears.

“I-It’s done… the goddess is defeated…”

An unbelievable achievement.

But since he had witnessed everything from start to finish, he had no choice but to believe the reality before him.

Of course, it wasn’t just Darwen—everyone in the square was the same.

As the scenery became clearer, they could watch Evan’s entire feat in detail.

No one moved.

Darwen, the main person on the scene, still had matters to finish, so he hurriedly moved.

Thud!

At that moment, Evan collapsed where he stood, and the light born after the goddess’s annihilation seeped into him.

Darwen felt he could understand what that was.

The alien energy from the Feather of the Goddess.

The divine power was sensed there.

More than anything, Darwen rushed to Evan’s side in alarm.

“Prince!”

Checking Evan’s condition, he sighed in relief upon seeing that his life wasn’t in danger.

‘…So the prince really had that kind of power.’

At first, when he recklessly charged forward, Darwen thought it was reckless.

As expected, Evan was struck by the goddess and stabbed in the abdomen—it was truly despairing.

Until then, his death was certain.

And witnessing the goddess’s power, Darwen honestly thought they couldn’t stop her and gave up.

All that was left was to wait for death.

But Evan purified the mirror while pierced through the belly, then unleashed superhuman strength while burning his body at the end.

This was probably the first time Darwen had directly seen all the power infused with Evan’s sincerity.

He still didn’t understand how Evan purified the mirror or what the superhuman strength that felled the goddess was.

There were many mysteries beyond comprehension.

But ultimately, Evan’s latent power was extraordinary.

‘No, extraordinary isn’t enough. What he achieved could be called a Myth.’

Even if she was fake, who else could stand against a goddess?

Darwen coveted Evan deeply.

There was no one better suited to be with his daughter.

‘Ahem. I better hurry with the engagement.’

Many people were watching nearby.

Evan’s heroic tale would surely spread quickly as rumor, attracting attention from other noble families.

They couldn’t afford to lose such a son-in-law candidate.

As Darwen pondered this, he moved forward.

“It’s time to finish this. Leave the aftermath to me, Prince.”

Though the goddess was defeated, the situation wasn’t yet resolved.

They still had to stop the magic circle in operation.

The fake world and the real world were merging.

Connecting to the real world was only necessary through the Bell Tower’s underground passage.

Darwen focused on the magic circle but soon sensed something strange.

‘The shape of the magic circle has changed.’

At the same time, the entire world trembled violently.

Boom!

It wasn’t just an earthquake—the world itself was beginning to collapse.

“Damn!”

If they stayed like this, Darwen and Evan might be trapped in this fake world forever.

Darwen swiftly turned back, lifted the fallen Evan, and hurried toward the Bell Tower.