The Adventures of an Overpowered Knight in Another World

Chapter 759- Titles Vs Titles, Horn of Calamity Stopped? (3)

The demonic energy around his body was compressed inward. His transformed flesh began shrinking back toward its original shape.

”No.”

Victor gritted his teeth.

”This isn’t possible!”

He tried to unleash more Aether Factor. But the Sanctum easily swallowed it.

He attempted to force his demonic aura outward, but the divine territory crushed it.

The more he struggled... the weaker he became.

Karina didn’t even look at him. Her attention was more on the changes occurring inside her.

As her consciousness reached inward, she could see deep inside the inner space of the Demonic Markings, something extraordinary was happening.

Golden energy was intruding into the space, dispelling the darkness.

It was not merely suppressing the demonic energy. It was burning it.

Every time a portion of the golden energy was consumed, more and more flowed in from the outside world.

The Divine Sanctum was continuously releasing Divine Energy into her.

Inside the space, every time the demonic energy surged, golden radiance swallowed it.

The struggle was intense, with neither side yielding. But gradually, the balance began shifting toward the golden energy.

The demonic energy was being consumed faster than it could recover.

As Karina watched in amazement, something incredible happened.

The golden energy, having established its dominance, started coalescing and occupying the space.

It began gathering at the center of her inner space, expanding and compressing again and again.

Layer after layer, the golden light gathered together. A faint core slowly began taking shape.

At almost the exact same moment...

The markings covering Karina’s body began changing.

The dark patterns covering more than half her body rapidly retracted. They retracted backward as if undone and gathered around the center of her back.

Then slowly, they began peeling. Like old rust being stripped from ancient metal.

Pieces of the outer marking flaked away and dissolved into nothing.

Beneath it, another pattern appeared.

Victor, who saw this, stared on with wide eyes.

The markings now covering Karina were unlike anything he had ever created. It was far more intricate, far more refined.

Most importantly, it was pure.

There was no trace of the Demonic Energy contained within this marking, no oppressive malice.

Instead, it carried an indescribable presence.

Sacred.

Something that seemed to belong to a realm far beyond ordinary understanding.

Karina instinctively reached toward it with her consciousness.

The moment she did, warmth spread through her entire body.

It was a familiar warmth. One she had felt countless times.

The same warmth that had sheltered her when she had been abandoned. The same warmth that had given her food when she was starving. The same warmth that had accepted her when everyone else had discarded her.

It was Reinhardt’s warmth.

Karina’s heart trembled.

Without thinking, she reached toward that warmth.

The divine marking responded.

Golden light spread across her back. The sacred pattern expanded over her skin, engulfing her in a warm light.

Karina’s inherent temperament had always been cold and aloof. Beautiful, yet dangerous. Like a flower surrounded by thorns.

But now, under the sacred markings, that impression completely changed.

Her expression softened, her killing intent faded, her dark hair floated gently within the golden radiance.

The atmosphere surrounding her changed so completely that anyone nearby would instinctively lower their gaze, feeling a sense of reverence.

That’s right, under that marking, she seemed almost sacred, serene.

At this moment, Karina opened her eyes. As though something within her had finally awakened.

Victor stared at the markings on her body.

”Stigma?”

For several seconds, he could only blink in disbelief.

”No... that’s not Stigma.”

The pattern on Karina’s back was completely different from anything he had ever designed.

Whatever it was... it had surpassed his creation.

”What did you do?”

Victor’s voice was hoarse.

”What is that mark?”

Karina slowly opened her eyes. Brilliant vitality shone within her emerald irises.

She looked at Victor. And then simply shifted away.

There was no longer any hatred or rage in those eyes of hers.

No, the man who had once occupied so much space within her mind now felt strangely insignificant.

During their battle, she had finally confronted the emotions she had carried for years. The anger, fear, humiliation... all those negative emotions.

The memories of being treated like a failed experiment.

She had carried them for so long that she had allowed them to create a knot in her heart.

But now, she had let them go.

Victor was no longer the man haunting her memories. He had simply become a stranger.

Perhaps noticing her indifferent gaze, Victor’s expression twisted into something unseemly.

”Don’t look at me like that. All of you stop looking at me like that. I’m the great scientist Victor Voss. I’m the man who evolved above the human race.”

His voice carried an unusual edge.

The next second, his body turned into black sludge and lunged toward Karina.

The gooey mass surged across the ground at terrifying speed, shooting toward Karina from several directions at once.

”You think you’ve surpassed me?!”

The black mass rose like a wave.

However, it never reached her.

The Divine Sanctum continued pressing down upon him.

The moment his demonic body surged with power, all of it was instantly suppressed.

His fluid body became sluggish, and the black liquid struggled to maintain its shape.

In contrast, Karina stood her ground and moved with surprising agility.

Flash...

Her figure vanished.

Victor, who could no longer see Karina’s movement, was surprised.

”Where...?”

Before he could think properly, from the corner of his vision, he saw a tiny black cloud appearing out of nowhere.

Luminweasel emerged from within it. Its adorable green eyes blinked once.

But to him, it looked like the herald of death, staring at him coldly.

Then...

SHING...

A streak of emerald light cut through everything in a blitzing speed.

SPLASH...

Blood exploded from Victor’s body, and he fell to the ground on his knees.

”What...?”

He stared down in disbelief.

A large gash opened on his body.

Even in his liquid state... He had been cut.

”How is that possible...?”

Karina appeared behind him. The marking on her body glowed softly.

With the final obstruction within her heart completely vanishing, the power within her had completely surpassed its previous boundary.

The accumulated strength that had been trapped behind it finally broke through, allowing her to reach a new height, a new level.

Level 9.

Karina had officially stepped into the realm of the Extreme Knights.

Although she still needed to return to the Altar and receive the class that would accompany her new realm, her transformation was already complete.

Under the Divine Sanctum, Victor was no longer Karina’s match. Much less now that her strength had progressed further.

”No... This shouldn’t be... I cannot lose. I have... surpassed humanity.”

Victor struggled desperately to reform his body.

Karina looked at him one final time and spoke with indifference.

”It doesn’t matter anymore who you are or what you have become. You have lost.”

With that, she turned around and left without giving him another look.

The Luminweasel followed along behind her like a little cloud.

”Where are you going? Stop... I haven’t lost. Wait...”

However, before he could complete his sentence, his voice naturally stopped.

SHING...

A line appeared on Victor’s body and cleaved him through.

His liquid form separated into two pieces, and blood gushed out like a fountain.

The Stigma on his neck flickered, but the rapid regeneration was never activated.

The Divine Sanctum continued suppressing him until not even his demonic energy could properly circulate.

Victor’s eyes widened.

”You... how...”

His voice faded.

The two halves of his body collapsed onto the ground.

The man who had once been considered the most wanted criminal in all of Valdonia... The leader of the Organization. The chief scientist responsible for countless horrors... met his end.

Ironically, the one to kill him was his own subject, whom he previously discarded as a failure.

...

Elsewhere...

The same scene was unfolding all across the human camp.

Demons who boldly strutted into the camp fell for the trap laid for them and were now barely capable of even standing.

The Divine Sanctum suppressed their demonic power while the knights fought with renewed strength.

One demon after another fell at the hands of the knights.

The Stigma-enhanced demons were no exception either.

All evil was purged.

The battle had become completely one-sided.

Even Varakos, who had resisted the longest, was eventually driven to his knees.

Blood and flames covered his body. His enormous claws struck the ground in one final attempt to rise.

But a crimson blade that seemed like it was made of blood descended, chopping off his head.

The First Demon General under Astaroth fell under the blades of Achilles Ironheart.

.

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High above the battlefield, Reinhardt continued to oversee the war.

From his position in the sky, the entire demonic encampment unfolded beneath him.

The Dawnbringers were steadily forcing the demons toward the center.

Led by Erza, the eastern formation had already broken through the outer defenses.

Brutus’s forces were advancing from the west.

The southern force under Sigurd was also steadily progressing.