Monsters Die When Killed

Next, he used his Gale Seed to control the Gale, demolishing a nearby house. Su Zhou then unleashed the full force of the Gale to carry the hundreds of tons of debris and cram it into the city gate. Soon, he destroyed a second house, and then a third.

Hundreds of tons of earth and stone could be seen swaying in the air, tossed about by Su Zhou as if they were mere toys. This was simply superhuman strength, the power of the Extraordinary Tier. He had reached the absolute pinnacle. It was impossible for any other at the Extraordinary Tier to ever replicate what Su Zhou was doing.

Gradually, as Su Zhou furiously plugged the city gate with the debris from the houses, the current slowed. The gate was blocked once more.

After a while longer, the water from the other side stopped flowing completely.

The torrent was completely blocked.

"...I did it."

Standing in the now-calm water, the young man gasped for breath, his hands trembling. He gazed at the city gate before him, his eyes shimmering with the light of joy.

At that moment, Su Zhou’s regeneration reserves were at thirty-five percent.

「High above the sky.」

As the Giant Whale manipulated the waters of the three lakes to explore the Maze, it keenly sensed that someone on the ground seemed to be resisting its power, blocking a portion of the torrent.

So, it cast its curious gaze downward in that direction.

Then, the Water God discovered that the one blocking its torrent was the very human who had killed its believer. In that moment, curiosity turned to rage, and a surge of anger was accompanied by the determination to kill him.

But it was a God, after all. It understood that its believer had sacrificed himself precisely so it could recover its power. His life’s final prayer had been for it to come and fulfill its purpose.

Therefore, it could not allow its believer’s sacrifice to be in vain. The matter of killing this insignificant human could wait until its main objective was complete.

When the time came, it would make this entire city a funeral offering for its believer!

HUUUUUU!!

With a loud cry, the Water God suppressed its rage and resumed its exploration of the Maze.

Meanwhile, in a place that neither the jubilant Su Zhou nor the furious Water God had noticed...

「Naisel Duke’s Mansion, underground secret chamber.」

Before the entrance to the Elemental Array control area.

"Do you really have to do this, Your Grace?"

One of the guards who had escorted Elias Naisel here knelt on one knee, his expression complicated. He bowed his head slightly to the gray-eyed youth before him. "Reversing the Elemental Array..." he said in a low voice. "Your Grace, if you do this, there will be no turning back!"

The Elemental Array was also known as the Sheltering Array. It was a giant magic array capable of maintaining a normal rate of elemental conversion within a certain area. It was the primary reason humanity had managed to survive the apocalypse on the Tartadis World, preserve their civilization, and even establish Shelter Cities.

Its principle was to artificially control the speed of elemental conversion—accelerating or decelerating it—to ensure the elemental balance within its effective range remained stable. It was a Divine-level Array that, in ages past, could only be constructed by a Near-God Powerhouse.

Reversing the Elemental Array, to put it bluntly, meant abandoning stability in favor of chaos. The natural result would be pure disorder and apocalyptic destruction.

Reversing the Great Array was a function generally used for self-destruction, to prevent it from being captured by others. However, it could also be used for offense, unleashing all the Elemental Power that had accumulated within it.

Regardless of the function, however, a city’s Elemental Array could only be activated by a member of the family that controlled it. This was the most important source of authority that allowed the ruling families of the Shelter Cities to maintain their power.

The guard knew full well that with this Celestial Calamity upon them, it hardly mattered whether Naisel City’s Elemental Array was active or not. Most people would die long before succumbing to elemental imbalance. That being the case, it was far better to convert its power into an attack and deal a devastating blow to the Giant Whale bringing destruction upon their city.

But self-destruction was one thing; the burden of controlling the reversed Elemental Array to launch an attack was another matter entirely.

Controlling such an attack...

"You will die."

As he said this, the guard couldn’t help but look up at Elias. The young duke’s face was calm, but his arms and legs still trembled slightly. The guard truly couldn’t understand. "Your Grace, you could just escape. Don’t you have a life-saving Teleportation Scroll? You’re still so young. If you fled, none of us would blame you."

"But I wouldn’t forgive myself."

But Elias, the Little Duke who had held his title for less than a month, just smiled. "Besides, it’s not certain death," he replied, his tone casual. "And anyway, it’s the end of the world, isn’t it? Whether I die sooner or later makes no difference."

Despite his words, the guard could still hear an undercurrent of irrepressible fear and tension in his voice.

But... what made people human was that, for certain things, they would steadfastly do what terrified them, again and again.

"And when it comes down to it, I am a member of the Naisel family, after all." Elias said, taking a deep breath. Only then did he seem to regain his composure completely.

The boy smiled, turned, and strode into the core control area. "I am the one you call the Duke, after all... and I am a member of the Naisel family!"

’Father... even as your hidden pawn... I can do this too!’

The guard watched him go. The man, who had lived in Naisel City for decades, rose to his feet and bowed deeply to the boy’s retreating back.

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