Chapter 473
To defeat Paradise, Taesan had to overcome the Apostle’s authority.
The simplest way was to use [Domain of Chaos].
That power twisted the world’s laws and concepts themselves—capable of crushing even an Old God’s authority.
However, his [Boundary Line] had already been heavily consumed.
A large portion had been spent forcibly restoring frozen time.
Even in perfect condition, the [Domain of Chaos] could only be used once or twice. Using it now would carry immense risk.
And there was no need to rely on it yet.
While [Domain of Chaos] was nearly omnipotent, Taesan was confident he could defeat Paradise without it.
He already knew the method—he had faced Lee Taeyeon before.
Taesan gripped his sword tightly. Paradise flinched. The air itself shifted.
Taesan drew in Magi.
[You have activated Marbas’s Pitch-black Wave.]
[You have activated Starlight Arrow.]
[You have activated Mana Storm.]
In an instant, dozens of spells and dark magics manifested across the world.
Taesan spun rapidly around Paradise, pouring out mana and Magi without rest.
As Paradise aimed to fire, he realized too late.
Taesan’s power engulfed the entire world.
On the left—raging storms.
On the right—black waves.
In front—arrows of light.
Behind—a tide of frost.
Above—a space dyed in darkness.
His entire vision was blocked by spells and black magic.
He hurriedly tried to sense Taesan’s presence and took aim, but Taesan easily responded.
[You have activated Stealth.]
[You have activated Baal’s Layered Darkness.]
Taesan’s presence vanished completely.
All Paradise could feel were the approaching spells closing in from every direction.
“Ridiculous! Even so—!”
Paradise bared his teeth.
“You can’t hide from my authority!”
He spun around violently and fired.
Bang!
Kaaaang!
Time around the bullet rewound.
The trajectory twisted endlessly, pursuing Taesan.
The authority of possibility that Paradise wielded repeated until the correct outcome appeared.
Even if he didn’t consciously know that outcome, the ability itself would find it.
No matter how Taesan hid, he could not escape the bullet.
Kagagagak!
But the bullet that endlessly rewound… stopped.
It repeated again and again—and ultimately pierced nothing but empty air.
“W-what?”
Taesan’s passive skill—[One Who Hides in Shadows].
Because of that effect, any attack that could not perceive him would never strike him.
As long as the probability wasn’t greater than zero, no matter how many times it was repeated, it would never succeed.
If the chance was zero, infinite attempts meant nothing.
Paradise frantically reloaded.
But Taesan’s spells, which filled the surroundings, were already upon him.
The closer they came, the slower they grew—but attacks saturating every direction could not be simply dodged.
Paradise quickly made his decision.
He could clear a path with his gun, but Taesan would definitely exploit the opening.
Then he’d break through with his body.
Taesan’s spells weren’t powerful enough to kill him outright.
If he endured some damage, he could push through.
Paradise decided to charge through the frost wave—it was the weakest of the spells and the easiest to withstand.
Crackle!
“Ghhk!”
The frost clung to his entire body.
Paradise gritted his teeth, forcing himself through. He succeeded in breaking out.
“I knew you’d do that.”
But that was exactly what Taesan had planned.
As Paradise tore through the frost, his vision filled with a radiant golden sphere—[Great Collapse] layered with divinity.
Charging through had been logical—targeting the weakest point was the right move.
And Taesan had predicted that perfectly, preemptively casting a divine fusion of [Great Collapse].
The blinding golden sphere swallowed Paradise’s sight.
He thought he had escaped—but a new attack awaited him.
If he had remained calm, he might have realized it was a trap. But instead, he reflexively raised his gun.
Bang!
The bullet rewound time endlessly, shattering the [Great Collapse].
Taesan seized the moment.
[You have activated Mana Storm [Chaos].]
Kagagagagak!
A gray storm erupted, shredding Paradise’s body in an instant.
He screamed in agony, staggering backward, his body torn to pieces.
“You survived that? Tougher than I thought.”
“You—bastard!”
Taesan charged forward.
Ten seconds. That was the Apostle’s cooldown. There was no reason to give him space.
He had to maximize the advantage.
His blade gleamed with gray light as he swung.
He resisted the slowing time, aiming directly for Paradise.
Paradise barely blocked with his dagger.
Kagak!
At full power, he could never have withstood Taesan’s blows.
But the temporal interference also affected the [Boundary Line].
He could resist somewhat, but his speed dropped to half of normal.
‘Perfect resistance is impossible.’
It was an authority over an area. Without activating [Domain of Chaos] or cloaking himself fully in [Boundary Line], perfect resistance was unattainable.
Thanks to that, Paradise managed to barely survive the ten seconds he needed.
But to attack, he had to reload.
Paradise gritted his teeth, widening the distance.
He took the damage in stride, determined to reload regardless of the cost.
Crunch.
Taesan’s blade tore a deep wound into his side.
Still, Paradise endured the pain and finished reloading.
[You have activated Random Blink.]
Taesan appeared behind him.
Sensing his position, Paradise quickly gathered mana.
[You have activated Great Collapse [Chaos].]
[You have activated Magic Acceleration.]
[You have activated Skill Acceleration.]
[You have activated Restricted Blink.]
He manifested [Great Collapse] behind Paradise, then blinked forward—charging head-on.
Now Paradise faced Taesan in front and [Great Collapse] behind.
His pupils shook.
No matter how much he rewound probability, a bullet couldn’t pierce both directions at once.
Taesan forced him into a choice beyond his ability to rewind.
Paradise’s eyes darted rapidly before he made his decision.
Bang!
He fired at Taesan.
And that was the wrong answer.
[Your Third Absolute Attack Nullification has been activated.]
“You’ve got to be kidding me—!”
Paradise cursed furiously.
Behind him, [Great Collapse] exploded.
“Ghhhk!”
Paradise rolled across the ground, and Taesan’s sword slashed down, carving a massive wound across his back.
Still, he didn’t fall.
Desperately, he staggered up and began reloading again.
“What is this guy made of?”
Taesan clicked his tongue.
Even under [Boundary Line], he endured—despite lacking any apparent defensive authority.
‘It doesn’t matter.’
Taesan unleashed consecutive spells. The world warped, the earth split, and the sky cracked.
Kagak!
He opened his inventory.
Weapons imbued with will flew freely, attacking Paradise from every direction, confusing his focus.
“Y-you—!”
Panicked and overwhelmed by the encroaching spells, Paradise fired the instant ten seconds passed.
And that was another mistake. The bullet was wasted, and Taesan struck again at the opening.
In the end, it was Paradise who had to use his authority.
Taesan gave him no time to think—forcing him into irrational choices.
Even the authority of possibilities meant nothing when the user’s judgment failed.
He had done the same against Lee Taeyeon, forcing conditions that her simulations couldn’t predict—and won.
Kuuuuung!
More wounds appeared all over Paradise’s body.
His complexion paled as he struggled to hold on.
[You have activated Sword of the World.]
The [Sword of the World] manifested, dyed in gray.
Paradise fired again, and the bullet clashed with the sword—both shattered.
Through the crumbling remnants, Taesan dashed forward, his blade cutting through.
Terror filled Paradise’s eyes.
“M-my lord! I offer this world to You! Defile it as You please!”
Kiiiiiiing!
The world began to freeze.
Five minutes had passed.
But Taesan was ready to end it.
[You have activated Domain of Chaos.]
Judging by the remaining black energy, it would last only a few seconds.
That was enough.
The gray world swallowed the frozen one whole.
He moved perfectly free of the slowed time.
Tap.
“W-wait—!”
Paradise panicked.
Until now, Taesan had needed a delay to restore frozen time with [Boundary Line].
But [Domain of Chaos] crushed the Old God’s authority outright.
Crack!
“Guhhk!”
Taesan’s sword pierced Paradise’s heart. Blood gushed forth as life drained from his body.
“I—I—!”
He tried to scream something, but the gray consumed everything.
“Next time, your god will have to come down here personally.”
Crunch.
Taesan drove the blade deeper.
Power and divinity began leaking from within the Apostle’s body.
It tried to escape, to return to its master in another dimension.
“Mine.”
Smiling, Taesan pulled at the essence.
With [Seed of Life] proficiency reaching 40%, he could now directly manipulate divine essence.
He crushed the escaping energy, forcing it back into himself.
It resisted desperately, struggling to return to its rightful owner—but Taesan overpowered it with pure force of spirit.
Finally, the vast energy was devoured and sealed within him.
[You have defeated the Apostle of the One Who Walks Through Time.]
[You have shattered countless probabilities and achieved victory. Special activation skill [Denial of Possibility] acquired.]
[You have stolen the Transcendent Authority [Time Interference].]
At that moment, a new sensation washed over Taesan.
He understood instinctively what he could do—and where the limits lay.
And so, Taesan couldn’t hold back a grin.
Now, he could interfere with the flow of time itself.