The Max Level Hero Has Returned!-Chapter 984

There was no need to hold back this time.

For the constellation Scorpio, the task was almost effortless. The idea of a mere human wielding the power of a constellation was infuriating, but the small blonde girl in its grasp possessed enough strength to serve its purpose.

No, she wasn’t just a human.

There was something unique about her—a force that felt both unfamiliar and eerily familiar at the same time.

"Utterly revolting."

The golden chains tightened further, binding the constellation Taurus and the Great Orc Chief Tsu.

"I must admit, Taurus, I'm a little surprised to see you here. But you’re not quite as impressive as I expected."

Strictly speaking, Taurus was at a natural disadvantage against Scorpio in terms of a matchup.

It was odd that it wasn’t putting up much of a fight, but ultimately, it didn't matter. Once all obstacles were eliminated, Scorpio’s true objective—the girl—would belong to it.

"Ugh! These are tough!"

Great Orc Chief Tsu grimaced, gritting his teeth as he mustered his strength. However, with no need to restrain its power, the chains that Scorpio had bound them with were no ordinary bindings.

"I told you before—these chains aren't the kind of thing you can snap with strength alone."

Grinning, Scorpio tugged on the chains and looked up at Taurus again, its smirk widening.

"You know, I’ve never liked you, Taurus."

Clank!!

The chains constricted even tighter as Scorpio stepped forward, manifesting a dark, venomous scorpion tail behind it.

"So, don’t hate on me for doing this..."

Clank!! Ching!

But just as Scorpio was about to finish off Taurus and Tsu, its expression twisted in shock. It spun around hastily, reaching out instinctively.

A red-eyed rabbit with bulging muscles had lunged at him with a punch—only to be caught in the chains.

The sudden appearance of a pure-white rabbit.

Taurus and Tsu flinched with shock at the sight, while Constellation Scorpio's expression hardened, as if some deep-seated trauma had just been unearthed.

"You again."

“Kyuu.”

With its beady eyes gleaming, the rabbit gripped the chains and began pulling with sheer strength. Scorpio let out a cold laugh.

"Hah! You think yanking at them will do anything? It seems our last encounter has filled you with some misplaced confidence."

The chains truly lived up to their label of unbreakable, deemed immune to physical force.

"This works out nicely. That eyesore Taurus, and the fool who dared challenge me twice—I'll melt you both down together."

Scorpio twisted its fingers as droplets of dark violet liquid began to drip from its fingertips. At the same time, the ground around them began to distort and dissolve.

It was none other than Scorpio’s second power—lethal venom.

"Damn it!"

Great Orc Chief Tsu struggled in alarm, but the chains only tightened around his limbs.

But then, amidst the eerie stillness, Scorpio suddenly noticed something odd.

The monstrous white rabbit, Killer Rabbit, and the constellation Taurus were staring at each other in silence.

No words were exchanged, yet neither seemed fazed despite the lethal venom creeping closer.

It was almost as if they were waiting for something.

Then, without warning, Killer Rabbit flexed its bulging muscles even further, making its veins bulge to the point that they seemed about to burst.

Krrrk!

A deep, ominous creaking sound filled the air.

The very chains that had been binding it so securely began to tremble.

"What?!"

Scorpio’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Even though it was in a human vessel and couldn’t exert its full strength, the chains it created were not something that could be broken through brute force alone. Unlike the one that had been broken before, this was a fully intact, complete chain.

But its instincts screamed at it that the chains were on the verge of breaking.

Crack!!

In that instant, the chain binding Killer Rabbit shattered.

Without hesitation, it flexed its biceps once again, shifting into a ready stance.

“Kyuu.”

It put on a twisted grin.

But upon closer inspection... the grin wasn’t directed at Scorpio.

Taurus, who had been silently watching, slowly began to move as well.

Krrrk...

Hearing the ominous creak, Scorpio realized what was happening. The chains binding Taurus were about to break too.

"Impossible!!"

Crack!!!

Seemingly motivated by a battle of pride, Taurus shattered the chains with sheer brute force.

Without hesitation, it struck a muscular pose and locked eyes with the rabbit. Then, the two absurd muscleheads slowly stepped toward each other.

Boom!!

They clasped their right hands together in a firm handshake and gazed at each other in silence.

It was as if they had acknowledged one another.

"You... You brainless fools!!"

Scorpio muttered to itself in disbelief.

It knew something was very, very wrong. What they did defied all logic.

They had escaped its chains—the power of a constellation.

While Taurus was another constellation, it was at an elemental disadvantage. And that white rabbit was clearly inferior to it in terms of raw power.

Yet, both of them had broken free.

The two monstrous figures cracked their knuckles and slowly advanced toward it. Then, once the two exchanged glances, they raised their fists in unison.

And at that moment, Scorpio finally saw that the white rabbit had the blessing of Taurus.

And at the same time, some unknown force from the rabbit manifested and flowed back into Taurus, partially restoring the power it had lost.

[I can grant others the power to become like me.]

Indeed, Killer Rabbit had once reshaped some of the demons in the Demon World into forms resembling itself.

But Scorpio had no way of knowing that, and cold sweat trickled down its face.

Apparently, the lunatics in front of it had shared their powers and broke past their natural limits.

A weakened constellation and an ancient demonic beast—two entities that should never have even met—had found a way to complement each other.

Even if it was at an advantage, if Taurus recovered enough strength, it knew things wouldn’t be looking good for it.

"Damn it!!"

Scorpio turned, trying to escape.

But it was too late.

Two thick, unyielding hands had already seized it on each side.

Killer Rabbit and Taurus had locked it in place.

"This is impossible!! I've never seen a synergy like this!!!" it desperately screamed.

Soon after, Taurus hurled a fist that tore through the very space around it.

Scorpio began losing the light in its eyes and its body at the blow.

The constellation Scorpio, who had come after Evangeline, was crushed under the overwhelming, absurd synergy of the two muscle-bound monsters.

* * *

"I had expected your level to be pretty high, but seeing it firsthand is enough to leave me speechless."

Loki staggered, his body reeling from the overwhelming aftermath.

Though he hadn't taken a direct hit, thanks to the constellations guarding him, the sheer pressure of mana had been crushing him from start to finish.

By human standards, his strength was truly exceptional. He could easily be considered a once-in-a-generation genius.

Davey could even tell that it wasn't just talent alone that had brought him so far—his achievements were undoubtedly the result of relentless effort.

Perhaps that was why he dared to pursue the fulfillment of such an insane idea.

"Someone like you should already know—this world is full of injustices. Take Atrellia, for instance. Those born with great magical talent are practically born with a silver spoon in their mouths. Meanwhile, those without affinity are treated as less than human."

And even when they grew up, their caste system would never change.

"It's not their fault, though. The real problem is the root cause of this entire hierarchy—mana itself.”

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He then paused for a second before continuing.

"In the past, Odin—the God of Mages—devised a project to counteract this injustice. That project was..."

"Ouroboros, is it?"

"You’re well-informed," Loki coughed up blood, his breath ragged as he turned to Davey. "She told me you were her disciple, so then why are you interfering?"

After a deep, shuddering breath, he made his final offer.

"Humans don’t die when they lack mana. But monsters? Many of them come into existence precisely because of mana’s presence. The overwhelmingly powerful ones, especially—they will dwindle and eventually disappear if mana is banished."

He reached a hand toward Davey.

"You, who have saved this world before. Surely you of all people can understand—"

Slice!

The arm he extended was severed in an instant, blood spraying into the air.

In the blink of an eye, Davey had closed the distance. Embers flickered in his left hand while he grabbed onto the eyepatch on Loki’s face with his right hand.

"First of all, let me clear up your misunderstanding."

It is only by the existence of mana and non-physical laws that the dimensions where living beings exist are maintained.”

This fool had been thinking from the wrong premise all along.

"T-That's impossible! No magical theorem, no law of mana, supports such a conclu—”

"Of course not. No matter how much you study existing laws, you won’t find contradictions in them."

But that didn't change the truth.

"So, if you really want to know—see for yourself."

With that, Davey ripped off his eyepatch.

At once, his grotesque eye was revealed. The parts where the whites should’ve been were black, and his pupil was an eerie white.

Unlike Odin’s eye, it was extremely unstable.

"Ugh?!"

Once Davey removed the special eyepatch, his eye began to take in the world. An eruption of energy followed.

Seeing this, Davey was certain that unlike Odin, Loki had no control over his eye.

He had a different eye to hers, but their nature was similar.

They were a gateway to the truth of the world.

Davey suddenly recalled the time he had jokingly called her eye the peepers of truth, only to get beaten half to death for it.

Her eye was the very reason she had willingly abandoned the levels beyond a demigod. Even so, the very eye had allowed her to wield power so lethal that it could damage gods like Thanatos.

She had used her eye to absorb a tiny bit of something so powerful that neither Thanatos nor Neltarid could withstand it.

Even when disconnected, both Odin’s and Loki’s eyes constantly tried to link themselves to the truth of the world. That was why she had created her special eyepatch—to cut herself off from it.

Loki’s eye, however, was incomplete. Unlike Odin, he lacked proper preparation and so couldn’t link to the truth of the world. But Davey before him already had an overwhelming amount of authority from Goddess Freyja.

Though, he couldn’t use most of the authority.

"Let me show you just how terrifying forced enlightenment can be."

Davey pulled upon every ounce of divinity he possessed and forcefully activated Loki’s Dark Eye and linked them to the truth of the world.

He began to absorb the hidden origin—a force so overwhelming that merely accepting it felt like it could shatter his soul.

A transformation began to take place as the mysterious origin flowed into both Davey and Loki.

Since Davey protected his soul with divinity, it was just his body that shattered. Meanwhile, Loki, completely unprotected, let out a harrowing scream as both his soul and body were utterly shattered.

[Gaaahh! W-What is this?!]

His remnant consciousness shrieked in horror as Davey applied further pressure on him.

“What do you think it is? This is the origin of creation you were so desperate to witness—the very transcendental level of the Primordial God.”

‘Did you really believe a mere mortal like you could endure the hidden laws, something only those who create worlds can perceive?’

“Aaaahhh!!! Arghhh!!!”

The notion of reaching the transcendental level of god was a temptation as sweet as the ripest fruit.

The term ‘god’ itself evoked grandeur.

To be able to achieve anything, to surpass all limits.

But most beings only saw the positives of godhood—they never considered the sacrifice of becoming one.

The cost of obtaining almighty power. The things that had to be given up for such strength.

And for those who sought godhood without understanding the cost, the outcome was always the same.

[Gaaahh! No!! NOOO!!!]

With one final devastating scream, his soul shattered. Even Davey’s body, having been enveloped in divinity, shattered as well.

Loki Devan.

Davey assumed that he had prepared various means to prolong his life using every method available.

However, even if the body survived, resurrection was meaningless if the soul was destroyed.

Loki Devan crumbled and shattered completely, in both soul and body, with Davey’s body also shattering.

But there was one major difference between him and Davey.

Ssss!!

The lingering Embers in his left hand forcibly restored his broken body.

And then, by the time Loki’s soul had completely dissipated, Davey staggered and finally fully regenerated his body.

“That was seriously insane.”

Muttering briefly, he slowly got up, only to find Perserque glaring at him with a frown.

There was a simple reason she approached to stand before him, despite having been inside the tower just moments ago.

She had met Odin, then attempted to stop her, only to instead be overpowered and thrown out.

Her pretty black dress was in tatters.

It wasn’t from Odin’s attack, but rather from the rebound force she suffered while trying to break Odin’s ritual barrier.

“There was no reason for you to risk your life.”

“Does it look that way to you?”

“Never do something so self-destructive again. You and I both know you could’ve resolved this without deliberately breaking your body,” she said in a clearly frustrated tone.

But Davey simply let out a hollow laugh.

“Killing him wasn’t the only reason I chose to sacrifice my body and use the Embers to revive.”

When Davey forcefully connected Loki’s Dark Eye to the truth of the world using his divinity, he could’ve prevented the backlash from affecting him.

Instead, he had used the Embers to deliberately take in some of the information that Loki’s Dark Eye was absorbing.

“There are certain laws in this world that are incredibly difficult to take in, but will grant immense power if you manage to grasp even the slightest hint of them.”

As a result of forcibly accepting a law that defied perception, his body had been shattered. But with that, he had successfully gained—even if only for a brief moment—a power strong enough to challenge Odin head-on.

It was the truth of creation—something even Goddess Freyja possessed, yet couldn’t use due to her levels.

However, levels meant nothing to Davey now. He was now able to wield it freely.

‘Goddess Freyja, your law is seriously amazing.’

Though it was only a small fraction, he could feel the power of a certain law now imprinted onto his soul.

He never expected to gain a power even more absurd than when he turned Thanatos into a moon.

He wondered if Goddess Freyja had ever imagined that Davey would use such a loophole with the Dark Eye and Embers.