Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

The Radiant Crown of Brilliance was a Legendary rank artefact after it was fully restored. It was also the item that had once killed the Atrocity, the Fourth finger was a part of.

Given the vast amount of divinity that was inside the crown, it was only natural for the Fourth Finger to be afraid. In all honesty, even Simon was afraid of this item, if not for the fact that Prime had installed a safety feature, he would not even dare to touch it. After all, the crown was an item that held divine power which was the ultimate bane for his kind.

"^&*$#@^&$#"

The Fourth Finger roared frantically. It changed its target from Godwin to Simon who represented the most danger to him right now. However, before it could even come close, golden light burst out of the crown and purified the vicious curse energy that was corroding the place.

[Do you want to use the Legendary grade artefact, the Radiant Crown of Brilliance to purify the Fourth Finger of all evil? YES/NO].

A notification appeared in front of Simon. He extended his finger and hurriedly pressed YES. After that, the scene from the fourth trial repeated once again in front of him. No, the power coming from the crown was even more powerful than before since it was restored now.

Blinding golden light erupted out of the crown engulfing the land and purifying the curse energy as it did. At the same moment, an invisible energy also locked the fourth finger in place. No matter how it struggled, it could not break out of it.

After purifying the land, the golden light condensed to form a breathtaking golden sword that travelled through space and swiftly dug into the body of the Fourth Finger.

"^&*$#@^&$#" the Fourth Finger roared, thick clouds of dark greyish curse energy seeped out of its body and was slowly being purified by the golden sword.

The scene lasted for a while, there was no blood flowing out of the fourth finger, only pure curse energy. After being unable to struggle under the power of the [Divine Absolution], a ball of gas that continuously changed shape, broke out of the body of the fourth finger.

This was the remnant intent of Ozymandias that was left inside its hand that was cut off. The remnant intent tried to escape as soon as it was pulled out of its body. However, before it could, the golden sword turned into chains that quickly wrapped around the intent and bound it in place.

[Do you want to use the legendary grade artefact, Radiant Crown of Brilliance to invoke [Limitless Imprisonment] to seal Ozymandias' remnant intent? YES/NO]

Simon quickly pressed Yes, the development for there was the same, densely packed runes came out of the crown, forming a monolith of some sort around the intent.

After the monolith was completely formed, the intent was captured and the fourth finger was defeated. Simon quickly used Mana Flow to put away the hexagonal shape monolith away.

Counting this one, he now had two intents sealed inside his space ring. Simon did not know what use they had; however, he believed that he could come up with some use for them in the future. For now, it was enough to simply put them away.

Aside from the remnant intent, the lifeless fourth finger was also up for grabs. However, to use it as his tool, he needed to refine it and that needed some time. Simon decided to come for the fourth finger later, for now, he decided to focus his attention on his last enemy.

The three way deadlock had now broken with Simon suddenly bringing out the Radiant Crown of Brilliance and sealing away the fourth finger. Now only the two of them remained, their battle would also determine the outcome of this whole ordeal.

"How is it possible for a demon to use a divine artefact?!!"

In the distance, observing the whole thing, was Godwin as he muttered to himself in shock. He had seen the demon use an artefact that he had witnessed on the fourth trial, Yelan's crown.

It was a legendary artefact that held off the ancient Atrocity and possessed unparalleled divine power. How could an item like that land on the demon's hand? How was he able to use an artefact like that?

At this moment, Godwin started having doubts about the so called beliefs and the teachings he had been taught up until now.

If Demon Nobles were the incarnation of evil, then why was he able to use that artefact? Were the actions that the humans committed on the third trial justified? Was he right in pursuing the demon to the city of Aqualin that day?

Why did his guild master wanted to bring the demon's dungeon down no matter the cost? Wasn't it only natural for the demon to defend his home? Who was right, and who was wrong?

Godwin fell into a mire of self-contemplation. He doubted his guild's action and the reaction of the demon who sought revenge on them. The lives of his comrades that were lost due to their enmity and if it could have been avoided.

Sadly, there was no pill for regret. What had already transpired had transpired, he could not revert it back. Godwin could only face the demon's hatred head on.

"You should be all out of trump cards right? Hehe, it was worth waiting this long"

Simon gave a distorted smile as he activated the [Ancestral Symbol Ignition]. The complex golden black markings on his body burned raising his aura and stats to greater heights.

Now in addition to the hundreds of swords, and the finger of Ozymandias, Godwin would also have to face an empowered Simon while being in a weakened state.

The chance of him winning this battle was null. Godwin too must have realised it since there was no change in his facial expression. He simply composed his breath, took his stance with his sword and prepared for a life and death battle with the demon.

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Simon took off, his speed extremely fast. The burnt sword in his hand danced, sending forth attacks that were imbued with infernal heat. The hundreds of swords shone around him like stars erupting forth with all sorts of skills and the Finger of Ozymandias brought forth the terror of the curse energy.

That was not all, Infernal magic (Advanced) combined with Lightning magic (Intermediate) and Dark magic (Novice) combined with Tempest magic (Advanced), to wreak havoc on Godwin.

The magic training that Simon had undergone under Irene, the [Amalgamation Magic] that had broken through its restraints, was showing its might.

BOOOM… Ground collapsed, sinister cracks ran through the sky and the laws of the sixth trial went awry.

After activating all of his skills and trump cards, Simon was like an unstoppable force. Wild and domineering, like the ruler of the battlefield.

Forget about putting up any resistance, Godwin was not even able to take a single hit from the current Simon. He was so powerful that he was completely sweeping the ground with his opponent.

This was no longer a battle but a one sided display of superiority. Godwin tasted the taste of blood in his mouth as he slammed into the ground with a single powerful hit from the demon.

Weirdly enough, he felt that something about this scene was strange. The other party was very strong and not to mention that he was completely exhausted, if they wanted to they could easily kill him and be done with this whole thing.

Yet the other party was deliberately holding back and suppressing their attacks enough so that it wasn't lethal.

"Nostalgic isn't it? This was how I felt when you trampled upon me when we met for the first time. At that time, I was barely around level 300, not at all your match. If you wanted to, you could have easily defeated me".

"Yet you didn't do that and instead, you deliberately suppressed your strength throughout our battle to make me recognise the vast gulf between in our strengths. You wanted to crush my spirits as you slowly overwhelmed all of my skills at that time".

"How can I forget a humiliation like that? At that time I endured the assaults of you and your guild, do you know why? It's because I have absolute confidence in myself and that as long as I had enough time, I would one day be able to repay all that humiliation a hundredfold in the future"

Simon became chatty all of a sudden as he humiliated Godwin, slowly crushing his belief and confidence. Every time the latter picked themselves up, he would send them crashing down on the ground to taste the dust once again.

Skills, Stats, Items or even numbers, he crushed him in every front. In the end, Simon even bore down on the other and used his foot to plant Godwin's nose to the ground.

How long had he waited for this day to come? Today he had finally repaid all of the suffering and ignominy he suffered that day.

Simon was intoxicated by this feeling and involuntarily sought more of it.

"Why don't you use the Transit Rock and try to escape just like your comrades did?" he asked looking down on the knight who was doing his best to stand on his feet even while being pressed down.

Of course, Simon had no intentions of letting his opponent use the transit rock to escape. It was fine if it was others; however, Godwin was one of the backbones of the Sea God's Trident guild and one of

his enemies. He had to die here in this trial no matter what.