The Max Level Hero Has Returned!-Novel

The spatial crack that gave power to Nyx came from the other side of the world. No matter how much that power could break common sense and reject the rules of this world, as long as both sides existed, they would need a passage to send something this way.

This was probably why Goddess Freyja had sent the jewel to Davey. Although he had a limited time to use it, he still had sufficient use for it.

Whatever bastard it was on the other side, they appeared to be flustered by Davey’s action of grabbing Perserque to prevent them from dragging her back and sucking out some of their power too. Dozens of tentacles quickly shot out, wrapping around Davey’s neck and arms to resist his pull.

However, Davey ignored their resistance and continued to rip the spatial crack even further apart. Although the spatial crack couldn’t be ripped apart by brute force alone, he did not care.

Of course, the opponent put up a fierce resistance. A gloomy and unidentified voice began to confuse Davey as something eerie began crawling up and infiltrating his body through the scratches on his skin.

“Ah, these rascals! Why do you have to be so cold-hearted?!”

Davey stuck his entire hand into the spatial crack. His fingers were all covered with a crackling blue flame.

[9th Circle]

[Hellfire]

[Multi-layered Detention]

Hellfire magic was a magic used by Flame Mages found in ancient legends and fairy tales. This powerful magic could summon the flames of hell and destroy an entire city with just a single chant.

A single complicated 9th Circle magic was already hard to deal with, but there were now five of them to deal with.

Striking the spatial crack with five Hellfires, Davey had no way of escaping from the side effects. The more power he used, the more severe the side effects he would suffer from.

Knowing that, Davey could not help but feel impatient. There was nothing that he hated more than adding to his long list of dark history. In fact, this felt worse than being stabbed to death.

Unable to shake the bastards off with Hellfires alone, Davey ended up using a lot more mana than necessary.

Black chains suddenly popped up to bind Davey as a voice murmured in his ears.

[If you give up now, there will be no bloodshed.]

As long as there was enough mana, Davey could cast magic at the 9th Circle Realization stage. Why? Those words were manifesting power that was in accordance with the powers of this world. They were words quite similar to draconic language, a language used by the dragons. However, in terms of quality, it was quite different from what the lizards used.

The side effects started to manifest within Davey. However, [Language] of the 9th Circle Realization stage could only be manifested if there was an equivalent exchange.

In terms of contracts, the price that Party B had to pay would definitely give excessive profits to Party A. This was how the realm of the transcendentals worked.

After tearing off as many tentacles as he could, Davey immediately created a blue mana sphere. To be exact, it was a ticking time bomb in his hands. It would be a very simple magic roasting, but Davey was sure that the other side would definitely be flustered and panicked by this.

[9th Circle]

[Atomic Explosion]

Davey immediately threw the sphere into the depths of the spatial crack, which was already starting to close. He shouted, “Get that! It’s a bomb!”

Davey also did not forget to hold onto the edge of the spatial crack with his hands. He held onto it tightly, preventing the spatial crack from spitting out the attack that he had sent.

A loud boom erupted from within the spatial crack as it closed completely, its inner space twisting and turning.

But why would Davey care? It was none of his business.

—Haa…haa…

Perserque gasped with tears falling from her eyes. She yanked away the tentacles that wrapped all around her recklessly.

Looking at Perserque’s pale and horrified face, Davey wondered if she was still the same woman whom he knew from before.

—Davey…

“I got something good. Since I’m done with my business, let’s go.”

Perserque trembled as she threw a horrified look at where the spatial crack had been. Then, she flew up to Davey’s shoulder and collapsed. All she could do was hug Davey’s neck tightly with her head bowed down.

“Wh…ere…?”

At that moment, Davey heard a desperate voice as he stepped forward. The voice belonged to none other than Reina.

“Where am I going? I’m going back. Do you know how much time I have wasted on something so useless?”

“Ny…x… Nyx is not yet…”

Reina had only seen the collapse of First Lich Nyx’s physical body. She did not see Davey finishing him off. When Davey flicked his finger, she finally saw Nyx’s soul floating from his body in silence.

“Unbelievable… Are you really a human being?” Nyx said incredulously.

“That’s right.”

“…” Davey’s expression remained unchanged as he watched the soul float in the air.

“Although we are enemies, I admit that you are very powerful. For that, you have my respect. However, I am the No Life King, the First Lich and one of the Lord’s confidants.”

“So?”

“With your power, you could definitely have hit me hard. But if you let me go, then you will regret this someday,” said Nyx as he could resume whatever activity he had in mind upon getting revived.

Davey shook his head. “Did you forget about that?”

Nyx’s gaze trembled. “What…?”

Davey nodded before pointing in a certain direction.

“Hmm?”

“Keheok?!”

The air rippled as Divine Arrow Brionac, the arrow that Davey had previously released, came back and tore through space. It carried a mysterious light, piercing through Nyx’s soul.

The arrow, which could traverse through space, was of course able to pierce through the First Lich’s soul which was already crossing through space.

“Surtr made that arrow before he died. That arrow’s sole purpose is to destroy you completely. Of course, you won’t be able to survive that.”

A lot of conditions had to be met before Divine Arrow Brionac could be used. However, Apollo’s Divine Bow was a transcendental-level weapon that could use any arrow in existence.

“Kghk… Kghhhhk!” Nyx groaned with a trembling gaze.

His soul, which had already separated from his physical body, was being dragged back to his body. As it started to disintegrate, he yelled, “This… This is impossible! There shouldn’t be something like thi…!”

“Nothing is impossible in this world. If one thing does not exist, then I’ll make sure to create it.”

“Keuhaaaaaaack!”

Davey held Reina in his arms, leaving behind the screaming Nyx whose body and soul completely disappeared into nothingness.

As they approached the other three people who were being protected by Ellaim, Davey asked, “What about your lingering feelings?”

“…”

“In the first place, you had no way of feeling lighter and better even if you were the one to kill Nyx,” said Davey jokingly.

Reina covered her face with her hands. “Don’t… Don’t look…at me.”

“Why?”

“I…look hideous… No one…wants to look…at something like this,” Reina said hoarsely as she desperately tried to squeeze out whatever words she could out of her mouth.

“Rinne, what about your side?”

“Rinne has successfully dealt with the high-ranking vampire. However, a high-ranking demon escaped during battle. Rinne has a very high evaluation toward the extremely powerful opponents this time,” Rinne said as she flapped her wings and landed before Davey.

Aside from her usual clothes having been turned to rags, Rinne had a bleeding woman hanging from her shoulders. This woman was none other than Grand Duchess Kathryn. In fact, the only thing that Rinne had done was to protect Grand Duchess Kathryn, who had fought alone against two powerful enemies. But looking at Rinne’s torn clothes, it seemed like the enemies were very strong indeed.

Should he do the treatment here? Or should he prioritize taking them back home first?

In an instant, a magic circle much larger than one of mere warp magic sprung beneath Davey’s feet. It started to twist the entire space.

Reina, who had been covering most of her face peeked through the gaps of her fingers when she felt the sudden surge of power around her. With great difficulty, she asked, “What the hell…are you?”

“If you’re curious, then give me 500 gold,” Davey said jokingly.

Reina shut her eyes as if she had lost her spirit and remained silent.

***

“Ugh…” The woman groaned faintly as she opened her eyes.

The scene that greeted her was a bright but boring ceiling that calmed her down. The first thought that flashed across the woman’s head was a question, a question of whether she was alive or dead.

She muttered, “This place…”

“Ah… So, you’re awake?”

Reina heard the soft voice drifting toward her ears.

She obviously should have died and not still be alive. She was sure that all of her organs had failed to withstand the impact of the opponent’s force and had already stopped working.

Although Reina’s body had recovered to some extent thanks to Water Spirit King Ellaim’s power and some strange drug, she had burned whatever she had recovered to try and force Nyx’s body to collapse. Back then, she was sure that she only had a few hours left to live.

So, how did she open her eyes to the warm light pouring out of the window? In a daze, Reina turned only to see a girl looking at her with a worried expression.

The girl was dressed in a sophisticated maid’s uniform that had an elegant design, which was usually found in houses of nobility. She was also obviously a member of the rabbitfolk.

At that moment, Reina thought that she had seen the girl’s face somewhere. After pondering deeply, she remembered where she had seen the rabbitfolk girl before and her eyes grew wide in shock.

This rabbitfolk girl had supposedly been sold as a slave in the illegal black market that had been set up in the Boltis Kingdom. To be exact, she was the same girl who the strange masked man had taken away. Why was that girl here?

Feeling confused, Reina realized too late that her vision was far too bright. Whenever she wore her steel mask, her vision had always been half black and half white. But now…

“Ha!” Reina shouted as she quickly raised her hands to cover her face.

“What’s… What’s wrong?!”

“Please… Please don’t look at me,” Reina spat out in despair. “My face is hideous…”

“What… What do you mean by hideous?! You’re really pretty!”

Reina paused. “Huh?”

“Please stop that and put your hands away. It’s time to take your medicine. My Lord said that you should wake up around this time.”

Reina wondered just who the little rabbitfolk girl was referring to as ‘My Lord’. Before she could even ask why the girl had such a happy look on her face despite having been taken in as a slave, the rabbitfolk girl helped Reina to sit up in bed.

Reina’s hair draped down her shoulders. It was no longer the dull and lifeless white hair that she had before. For some reason, her hair was now glossy and shiny.

“Ah…?”

“I have… I have never seen anyone as beautiful as you! You’re the Warrior, right? Warrior Reina?”

“…What the hell happened?”

“I’m not too sure. My Lord just told me to let you take your medicine once you woke up. Then, I should go and bring you out…”

Reina was not even given enough time to decipher the situation that she was in. With the rabbitfolk girl’s help, she stood up.

“I’m sure you won’t have any difficulties moving your body.”

“Tha… Thank you.”

“Still, let me help you.”

Reina, still feeling dazed, followed the rabbitfolk girl. As she walked and looked out the windows of the hallway, she saw a boy standing in the middle of a huge garden and operating a huge magic circle.

There was no way that Reina could forget that boy, who was far more powerful than she had imagined. She had to wonder if he was even a human being or not. She even thought that the boy was Goddess Freyja descending on the ground in the disguise of a human being.

Reina, who continued to move as if she was possessed, soon reached the garden where the boy was.

“Hmmm. If we improve this a bit more… We can use it.”

Reina did not know who the boy was talking to, but he sure looked very happy.

“What? Cut the crap. Do you know how hard I worked to get this? But you keep on telling me to throw it away?”

“…”

“If you keep on running away, I won’t be able to activate the cell and make it grow,” the boy grumbled as he halted his steps for a moment.

“So, what do you think?” The boy said to Reina and not the empty space in front of him.

“…”

Looking at Reina with a grin, the boy had an amiable expression on his face. He approached the silent woman and said, “A promise is a promise. Since I told you that I will let you do everything that you want, then you can just tell me what it is and I’ll make it come true. If things collapse at this point, then that Goddess will take everything away from me.”

There was both warmth and consideration to be found in the boy’s words, but his next few sentences made the surroundings feel cold.

“I’m saying this as a doctor, but you have already lost your last chance at recovery. Your life span… There’s really not much time left for you.”

“How much longer…do I have left?”

“A week. Since you’re not from this world, I cannot fix or treat what’s wrong with you in the first place.”

The restoration of Reina’s outward appearance was just a service from this dimension. Since she was a traveler not from this world, her case was considered to be abnormal.

Davey was, in fact, more worried about Reina’s wishes. He felt strangely choked up by her wishes. Did she truly only wish to solve everything by herself and die alone?

Meanwhile, Reina remained silent at Davey’s calm remarks.