Chapter 172: Wrath of the Earth Mother Goddess (Part 1)
Well, Qin Chu hadn’t intended for things to go this way.
He had simply asked Norma to help clean the stain on his clothes… No, wait, he hadn’t even asked. Norma had insisted on doing it herself. He couldn’t be blamed.
It was a perfectly normal thing. Norma had stained his clothes, so naturally, she should clean it.
But from Karsus’s perspective, it looked completely different.
His fiancée was kneeling in front of Qin Chu, her head bobbing up and down… All sorts of obscene images filled his mind. He hadn’t even kissed his fiancée, and now she was doing this for another man?
The timing couldn’t have been worse.
If Karsus had arrived just five seconds earlier, he would have seen a completely different scene.
The Death Knight was consumed by rage.
Crimson liquid pulsed through his body, a bestial growl rising in his throat. His bony fingers clenched into fists, knuckles cracking.
Dark red energy swirled around him like giant pythons.
Kill him, kill him, kill him!
A blood mist enveloped Karsus, his form writhing like a mass of crimson flesh. Illusory, fragmented images swirled around him, like a sea of blood filled with twisted, struggling shadows.
He had never felt such intense killing intent towards anyone.
Qin Chu clearly saw that Karsus was on the verge of losing control, but he wasn’t afraid. On the contrary, he even felt a malicious urge to add fuel to the fire, to see the limits of Karsus’s rage.
This guy must be in agony, right? But it wasn’t enough. He wanted Karsus to be even more furious, more pained, more desperate.
The more enraged Karsus became, the more satisfied Qin Chu felt.
Just how much could this cuckold endure?
So… Qin Chu smiled at Karsus, a smug, provocative smile.
It was as if he was saying, Come and get me…
Hiss…
The blood mist trembled violently, and Karsus’s rage finally exploded, the last vestiges of his control shattering.
He couldn’t hold back any longer. He would kill these two bastards, kill them, kill them…
A bestial roar erupted from the swirling blood mist.
His right hand opened, and a crimson spear materialized in his palm.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
Karsus let out a twisted growl, as if saying, Die, bastard!
The next second, the spear was thrown.
With a hum, it pierced through the glass, heading straight for Norma’s head and Qin Chu’s abdomen.
Just as they were about to be skewered, Qin Chu suddenly shoved Norma aside.
Norma, who had been cleaning the steak sauce from his clothes, was caught off guard by Qin Chu’s sudden, rough action. She looked up just as a crimson streak, carrying a pungent smell of blood, whizzed past her.
The next instant, the spear pierced through Qin Chu’s abdomen, pinning him to the floor.
“Ahhh… So…so…so…” Qin Chu’s voice trailed off, “It seems…it doesn’t hurt that much?”
Actually, Anthea, within him, could have intercepted the attack. Even Qin Chu himself could have dodged it, but that wouldn’t be conducive to his next plan.
So he chose to take the hit. He had expected it to be very painful, but the sensation surprised him. Apart from the slight discomfort of a spear sticking out of his stomach, he didn’t even feel much pain. It seemed that Holy Healing also had a pain-relieving effect.
And even before Qin Chu pulled the spear out, the Holy Healing ability had already activated, repairing the wound and slowly pushing the spear out.
The Holy Healing ability was incredibly effective. As long as the injury wasn’t instantly fatal, it could heal almost completely in a short time.
But Norma was horrified. She stared blankly at the blood gushing from Qin Chu’s wound, her body trembling uncontrollably. Qin Chu’s slightly surprised expression was interpreted as pain, his calm voice as the silence of near-death.
It was this man, he had seen the attack, he could have dodged it.
But he didn’t.
He had pushed her away, giving her a chance to live, while letting the spear pierce through his own body.
Norma’s teeth clenched, her lips trembling.
Her beautiful eyes had become vacant and gray.
She raised her head, looking at the crimson-armored knight outside the window. “Karsus…”
She recognized him instantly.
“You… killed the Hero…”
He had been such a kind gentleman.
He had taken care of her, saved her from the assassins.
He had even visited Karsus, despite their animosity. And even in the face of mortal danger, his first instinct was to protect her, not himself.
Such a good person, killed so ruthlessly by Karsus.
At this moment, Norma’s heart hardened towards Karsus. Just as Mr. Qin had said, Karsus had been corrupted by the will of the Evil God. He was no longer human.
Covered in blood, adorned with skulls, he was like a demon emerging from a sea of blood… Perhaps, the moment Karsus first touched the power of darkness, his fate was sealed.
All her efforts, all her sacrifices, had been in vain.
He had even tried to kill her just now.
If Mr. Qin hadn’t pushed her away, she would be the one impaled by the spear.
She finally understood Qin Chu’s words: Face your own power. This is your talent. Don’t run away from it. You can use your power to protect the people you care about.
But it was too late.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
Outside the window, Karsus continued to laugh maniacally, his body surging with bloodlust. That mere Qin Chu still dared to oppose him?
Did this foolish man not know that Violet, Ekaterina, and Athena weren’t by his side now? A lone Hero was no match for him. Killing him would be as easy as crushing an ant.
His crimson eyes, glowing in their sockets, stared at Qin Chu. He wanted to see the pain and despair in his eyes, to watch him struggle in a pool of blood. It would bring him immense pleasure.
But his laughter abruptly stopped, and the crimson light in his eye sockets flickered with shock and disbelief. He pointed a bony finger at Norma…
…and then past her.
A muffled growl escaped his throat.
Behind Norma, Qin Chu was getting up from the ground, no pain on his face, as if he hadn’t been injured at all. He scratched his head, then grabbed the crimson spear and pulled it out of his body. The wound on his abdomen was healing rapidly, even the blood that had flowed out seemed to flow back in reverse.
This… What kind of ability was this?
Even the Great Healing of the Holy See wasn’t this effective.
And after the wound had completely healed, Qin Chu even stretched lazily and yawned as if he was sleepy.
Then he raised his middle finger at Karsus.
Although Karsus didn’t understand the meaning of this gesture, he felt deeply insulted, his bony finger trembling as he pointed back at Qin Chu.
Unfortunately, Norma’s mental state was clearly deteriorating… This usually timid girl had been greatly stimulated by seeing Qin Chu impaled by a spear, blood gushing from his wound.
This was the only person besides her parents who truly cared about her.
She was on the verge of a mental breakdown, her eyes fixed on the murderer who had killed Qin Chu, the man who had never cared about her, only showing mockery and indifference, the man she had devoted five years of hardship to, trying to save… Karsus!
Norma looked at Karsus’s pointing finger, her vacant eyes cold. “Do you mean that I’m next?”
“I tried so hard to save you, to free you from the darkness, so you could return to a normal life. I searched everywhere in the Imperial City, hoping to plead for you, to save you from execution. But you’re no longer worthy of being called human. You even dared to kill a good person like Mr. Qin.”
At this moment, Norma suddenly understood. Her feelings for Karsus might not have been true love.
It was just a false, self-righteous sense of responsibility.
Everything she longed for, Karsus couldn’t give her, whether it was a warm home, a sweet life, or even just a word of concern.
It was this false love that had cost her five years of her youth.
Five years, wasn’t that enough?
Karsus’s body trembled slightly, his crimson eyes glowing eerily as he pointed at something behind Norma, letting out guttural growls… That was the only sound he could make now.
He seemed to be trying to tell Norma something.
“Don’t point at me. I know you’re about to kill me too… It’s normal for a bloodthirsty person like you, right?”
Karsus continued to growl, his agitation turning into rage.
“I was wrong. Perhaps I shouldn’t have saved you in the first place, should have just let you rot in the darkness.”
“But it won’t be that easy for you to kill me…”
“I will kill you myself.”
When a person’s mind was on the verge of collapse, their personality could change drastically, unleashing terrifying power. At this moment, Norma had shed all her fear and timidity. For the first time, she faced her true power.
After saying this, a strange cracking sound came from Norma’s body.
The hair ties on her braid suddenly snapped, and her silver hair danced wildly behind her.
These hair ties were made of mithril and also served as seals, suppressing Norma’s power. Her Mana was too strong, and she had to use these magic tools to control it. Otherwise, if this power erupted, it could cause a devastating disaster.
With every hair tie that broke, Norma’s aura intensified.
Her power grew stronger and stronger, the floor beneath her feet unable to withstand the impact of her rampaging Mana. Cracks spread like a spiderweb from her feet.
All seven hair ties snapped.
Norma’s power increased sevenfold, her surging Mana as thick as ink, churning around her like a tsunami. The earth itself seemed to be affected by some force, shaking violently.
At this moment, Norma was no weaker than Grand Mages like Natia and Athena.
This was Norma’s true strength.
It wasn’t Gaia’s will controlling this body now, but Norma’s own.
Perhaps Norma never dreamed that the first time she unleashed her full power, it would be against her own fiancé.
Her cold, empty eyes stared at the blood-red figure in the sky, “Karsus, at this moment, I, Norma Miriam, break off our engagement.”
Norma squatted down, her fair hand pressing against the ground.
The next instant, the earth shook violently, as if an earthquake had struck. The Sykes Hotel swayed precariously, seemingly about to collapse.
A terrifying, indescribable roar came from the depths of the earth.
Karsus was surprised to see cracks spreading rapidly across the ground beneath him.
The earth cracked, the ground shook.
The roads and buildings in the Imperial City, which had just been slightly repaired after the Grand Prince’s destruction, were once again subjected to a violent impact.
Everyone in the Sykes Hotel, whether they were resting, enjoying themselves, working hard, or conducting business, was affected by the violent tremors. They screamed and fled from their rooms, some even without their clothes on. A noble’s dignity was nothing compared to their life.
Norma’s cold, empty eyes stared at the shocked Karsus in mid-air, and she uttered an icy voice:
Super-tier magic, Wrath of the Earth Mother Goddess!
The next instant, a gigantic hand burst through the ground, each finger like a stone pillar, the palm like a massive mountain, formed entirely of rock.
Hard, huge, heavy, filled with unparalleled power.
Every movement of the giant hand caused the earth to tremble.
And that wasn’t all. The earth and stones on the ground, drawn by some force, flew into the air and attached themselves to the giant hand, making it even more massive.
This was the power of the Earth Witch!
The giant hand swung down from the sky.
With a bang, it slammed into Karsus.
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