#chapter 409

Ugly baby but glad he was born! I love him!

This memory of Izuku really hits him, he'll never forget what he did but he promises now that he will always be here for him and not be an obstacle anymore.

And now, let's the king speak about himself!

Hawt. No seriously, we're taking a moment here. Hawt. My new favorite HxH ship. I love Morena Prudo. Especially with:

This is just great. I get the whole idea about it fitting into the whole Nen restriction framework and damn you Togashi for not showing it but the fact this card game came down to these two kissing was amazing. Especially with Morena following it up by knowing it was Borksen's first. Ahhh, young love. Morena is adorable here. We also have a little moment with the martial law declaration and finding out where this hideout is. Remember Borksen delaying is inadvertently helping the Phantom Troupe members headed this way. Sure what prompted the Martial Law declaration will be interesting when we get there. But this time we do wrap up the card game interrogation.

Loved this. Borksen takes advantage of one of the cards to really pepper Morena and figure out some details but I loved how it crescendos to this one. It's almost like there was a bit of desperation as Borksen tried to find some wiggle room to hold onto. Like she wanted an excuse to think Morena might not go as far as she said she will. But she's committed. Behind that sweet face is an unquestionable, omnicidal maniac.

But Borksen made her choice. She's in. Sure the alternative is death and all but she's decided to cast her lot with Morena. Love the shoujo eyes here. Borksen's quite cute as well.

Rare moment of Conan and Sonoko playing charade together (and seems to be having fun despite the circumstances)

I hope that in another universe, you know that. From the depths of my heart, I wish that in another version of this story, you've lived with them outside the scenarios.

See what's in front of you some day, Kim Dokja.

(Another post, another proof that Kim Dokja is loved and cared by a lot of people in this lifetime and beyond.)

ps. This is VERY long

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“Ahjussssiiiiii!!”

Yi Ji-Hye yelled out in sheer desperation and fired her cannons at the fog of darkness. Of course, none of the cannon shells could damage the main body of the Nameless Mist. One couldn’t even tell where its body started and ended, after all.

Unfortunately, the companions were unable to control their overwhelming emotions.

“No, no, no!!”

Shin Yu-Seung fitfully cried out as if she had been inflicted with an illness of repeating the exact same words. And as if it was resonating with her emotions, the Chimera Dragon spat out one Breath after another in the air.

The eyes of Yi Gil-Yeong standing next to them were half-blurry, unfocused. As his entire body quivered, ominous demonic aura began oozing out from him.

“Contract…. I will…. I won’t…. will….”

And in front of these three, another three stepped forward. Facing the horrifying Calamity that they had been dreading all along, each of the companions lost their reasoning in their own ways. Some let themselves go, falling to a flood of emotions, while others managed to hold on to their broken reasoning in some elaborate manner.

Yu Jung-Hyeok unleashed his transcended form.

Han Su-Yeong was draped by the Black Flame Dragon.

And Jeong Hui-Won had opened the eyes of God-slaying.

Without giving anyone a chance to stop them, the three stepped forward at the same time, and they glanced at each other. Then, someone else did stop them from the front.

It was Anna Croft.

“All of you, please stop! You mustn’t break away from the battlefield!”

[Nebula, <Asgard>, is currently commanding the battlefield.]

Anna Croft’s voice, along with <Asgard>’s Great Fable, managed to tie all three of them to their spots.

Yu Jung-Hyeok’s expression crumpled unsightly. “Get out of my sight.”

“This isn’t what the ‘Demon King of Salvation’ wanted!”

“What the ‘Demon King of Salvation’ wanted?”

Han Su-Yeong’s left arm was lit in black flames as if there was no more need to listen here.

Anna Croft quickly spoke. “I’ve begun seeing bits of the future.”

The Fables were now flowing within her [Eye of the Great Demon].

“It might be that this is because he has really done it.” Anna Croft sounded genuinely impressed. She looked at the fierce battle of the two Calamities taking place in the distant sky and spoke. “To save this world, he really….”

“God damn it! Who cares about saving the world and shit?! We want to….!”

“His sacrifice is truly noble. Do you not understand what that means?”

“You better shut your mouth!”

Han Su-Yeong blew her top and roared out. Her scary aura managed to momentarily shut Anna Croft up.

“Why should Kim Dok-Ja save this world? Why should that bastard sacrifice himself for such a stupid waste-of-time?! Is this stinking world even worth saving?!”

Her voice was cracking up from anger. It was a voice belonging to someone who had been suppressing her rage over and over again. The prophet looked at that face, and listened to that voice, and recalled a story from her past.

“The ‘Demon King of Salvation’ also said the same thing once upon a time.”

– Whether this world is worth protecting or not, one should wait and see first.

Was it back during the Gourmet Association? The ‘Demon King of Salvation’ once said that to her. Anna Croft knew very well what he meant back then.

This world was one being ruled by Dokkaebis and Constellations. She, too, created ‘Zarathustras’ in order to change this world, after all.

Anna Croft raised her head and looked at the sky once more. Even as a prophet, she couldn’t tell if he was still asking that question of this world. However….

“He’s over there right now.”

Some Fables were to be proven not by words, but through one’s actions.

“He has met you people in this world, has he not?”

For the first time ever, the three’s expressions changed to something quite similar to one another after hearing her.

Anna Croft continued on with a cautious tone of voice. “Please, have faith in me, the prophet. We need to save up our strength, and then, aim for the moment when the two Calamities fight each other and destroy themselves. Only then will our survival be guaranteed.”

“Prophet? You think you’re the only one who can tell the future?”

That was when Anna Croft realised something.

Han Su-Yeong’s surrounding vicinity was overflowing with the Fable of [Predictive Plagiarism]. The Regressor Yu Jung-Hyeok was studying and observing the situation without rest through his [Eye of Sage] in the meantime.

It wasn’t only the prophet who could predict the future. These two also possessed insight far superior to others when it came to reading future events.

Even then, they still chose to save Kim Dok-Ja.

Jeong Hui-Won unsheathed her sword and spoke. “I don’t know anything about the future. However, I do know this. You said that you want to save this world? It’s the same for me, too.”

Her determination manifested in the whitish flames billowing on the [Sword of Judgement].