The Max Level Hero Has Returned!

Chapter 845

Chapter 845

237. Davey O’Rowane

The place where Arbit resided was essentially the entrance of the Red Void. He was the gatekeeper guarding the area to prevent anything from escaping.

That was his role.

The space where Neltarid had been killed in the past had also been under his control.

"Be careful, my lord," Arbit warned.

"I’ve become a Saint and a Demon Lord; I’ll be able to make this place mine just the same,” Davey replied confidently.

Without further comment, Arbit quietly stepped back and began reciting an unintelligible incantation. As the strange language echoed through the air, the space around them began to tremble. A massive, unseen force gushed in their direction as if it was trying to make a gateway in the empty space.

Sizzle!!

After the red fog dissipated, it revealed a vast expanse of burning earth.

“What is this place?” Davey asked.

“A possibility," Arbit answered. “I can only assist you for a short while. If you begin to dominate this space, the mutants will attempt to break free."

The method of controlling the Red Void was simple—just existing in the space was enough.

"So, what do I do here?"

"The power within your body is immense on its own. But the overwhelming forces spread across this space will resist you to avoid being dominated.”

"So?"

"Lord, you must survive. Survive until every force here surrenders and bows to you."

The burning earth was just the beginning. The Red Void held nearly limitless potential. Once Arbit disappeared, Davey reached out toward the red, burning flame.

He felt a harsh coldness.

"It’s cold?” Davey muttered, surprised. The flames, instead of burning hot, were ice cold. He couldn't help but laugh at the fact that the fire was cold. It flipped the very concept of heat having to be hot on its head.

‘Wait.’

"It’s cold?” he repeated, feeling the slight chill in his hand as he touched the flame. But it wasn’t just cold; it was a biting chill that penetrated even his invulnerable form.

"Wow," he muttered, frowning as he looked ahead. In the distance, an explosion went off and gravity began to distort. It wasn't being controlled by anyone—it was just the chaotic, uncharted rules and concepts of the Red Void running wild.

"The difficulty is no joke, right from the start," Davey said under his breath.

But there was another issue.

"Hrmph?!"

The power of taboo within his body suddenly activated on its own, spreading uncontrollably. As the power he had sealed now ran rampant, it came together with his Predatory Assimilation that he always maintained around him.

"Damn it. I need to get this under control."

His head spun, his consciousness beginning to blur as the madness of hunger clawed at his mind. Davey knew he might be able to contain the madness if he could fully absorb the power of taboo. But that was something he hadn’t been able to do, even with all the powers he had consumed so far—there weren’t many powers that could come together with the power of taboo.

He then thought about letting the madness just take him over. After all, in terms of survival, he believed that it’d be better for him to be driven by it.

But Davey quickly shook his head. Although he had taken care of the madness when he beat Thanatos, his goal wasn’t to destroy this space, but to dominate it.

Gritting his teeth, Davey trudged forward through the red, burning flames.

‘The power of taboo is the power of this space. The key to consuming and altering it lies here as well.’

Without hesitation, Davey stretched out his hand into the air. His Predatory Assimilation was ravenous, devouring anything and everything without discretion. He began consuming the concepts, forces, and particles that made up the Red Void, his hunger growing more intense with every moment.

The fake Red Ribbon grazed his cheek, drawing blood. But in that same instant, the true Red Ribbon sliced cleanly through the fake’s body, slicing it in half.

Shlunk!!

The imitation scattered into pieces. Some of the pieces didn’t dissolve, but instead fled, slipping away into the void.

As Davey saw them slip away, he couldn’t help but think that they might cause some trouble later.

He shrugged, thinking it was probably just a feeling.

* * *

“It’s gone,” Verdandi said.

Isildi, who had hung a ferocious wild boar on a tree branch, frowned as she appeared suddenly and interrupted.

“Stop being cryptic. What’s gone?” Isildi snapped, poking the boar with a stick. “And for the record, this boar is mine. I caught it. Go find your own.”

‘Did she figure out that I’ve taken the boar that the person who claimed to her son caught?’

Cold sweat trickled down her forehead as she thought she was being suspected. But all that pettiness was swept aside by what Verdandi said next.

“All of Davey’s vital signs have disappeared.”

Isildi froze, the wooden stick slipping from her fingers. She gawked at Verdandi, thinking she hadn’t heard her correctly. Then, without a word, she leaped down from the branch and stormed toward her.

“What kind of nonsense are you spouting? Stop being so cryptic.”

“It’s gone. When I lent him my power, I marked his soul. That mark—it’s gone.”

Isildi could tell by her serious face that she wasn’t lying. After looking at her in disbelief, she grabbed Verdandi by the collar, shaking her.

“Say it again. Is he really gone? If you’re lying, I swear, I’ll kill you.”

Isildi hated—no, abhorred—Verdandi. Even though they had resolved their past conflict, the bitterness still lingered.

“...”

Seeing Verdandi nod with a serious face, Isildi clenched her sword.

Squelsh!!

With a swift motion, Isildi slashed through the air, making the boar’s blood splatter across the forest floor. The wild animal collapsed and twitched on the ground. It finally stopped moving and closed its eyes.

[Ahh!! Lovely friend! You spilled blood in the forest! The Divine Tree will be so upset!]

“Would you all just shut up for once?” Isildi snapped, ignoring the chatter of the nature spirits that had manifested. She then glared at Verdandi and asked, “Is what you said... true?”

“We need to check. At the Heins Territory. But I can’t leave easily—the Divine Tree is keeping a close eye on me.”

“Then you can tell it that you’re going to go check.”

"No, sneaking away will create chaos across the forest—or anywhere under Davey’s influence. I need your power to cut through the barriers quietly without notice.”

Throwing aside everything they had been doing, the two princesses of the Abyss prepared to leave the forest immediately. They broke through the World Tree Al’s barrier and arrived at Heins Territory.

What they saw was beyond absurd.

"Why are you here?" Isildi asked in disbelief.

Standing before them was an individual that shouldn’t have been there.

"Hey, Verdandi, didn’t you say he was dead?"

"Dead? Me? What nonsense," the man grinned casually, taking a bite out of an apple.