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Capítulo 80: Beyond the Gate: The Last Gozzaki Chapter 67: The Divided King

Beyond the Gate: The Last Gozzaki

Chapter 67: The Divided King

Yuhima looked at Xyron one last time, her eyes filled with a mix of relief and fear, before she finally stepped out of the ring. Zubair, the Pakistani knight, adjusted his stance, his eyes never leaving Xyron. “So, if I defeat you, the victory belongs to me. Prepare yourself, Gozzaki!”

Xyron didn’t respond with words. He vanished. In the next millisecond, he reappeared in front of Zubair, his fist glowing with a dark, divine purple aura. Zubair barely managed to dodge, the wind pressure from Xyron’s miss cracking the ground behind him.

The fight escalated into a high-speed dance of death. Xyron was dominating, every move he made was fluid and overwhelming. Zubair was struggling just to keep up, his armor chipping away with every parry. Xyron flickered again, appearing in Zubair’s blind spot. He drove his dagger deep into Zubair’s abdomen and, with a surge of soul energy, threw the giant knight across the arena like a ragdoll.

Zubair crashed into the far wall but slowly stood up, a twisted smile on his face. He wiped the blood from his mouth and performed a rapid, complex hand sign—the “Vajra-Chakra Sign.”

“Domain Art: SPLIT SLASH!” Zubair roared.

The air itself seemed to scream. Before Xyron could move, an invisible, absolute line of force tore through the center of the ring.

SHINK!

The stadium fell into a deathly silence. Xyron’s body was severed in two. His upper torso slid off his waist, hitting the dirt with a heavy thud, while his legs and lower hips remained standing in place, still anchored to the ground. Blood began to pour from Xyron’s mouth and nose, staining the arena floor.

The crowd screamed in horror. The Chairman slammed his fist onto the VIP table so hard the marble shattered into a thousand pieces. “NO! NO! NO! Not like this!”

[Hospital – Private Ward]

Kim lay unconscious on the hospital bed, his face pale and breathing shallow. Maki and Kage stood by his side. Kage remained invisible to the nurses, his presence a cold shadow in the corner.

A doctor entered the room, checking the monitors. “Doctor, is he going to be okay?” Maki asked, her voice trembling.

“Physically, he is fine,” the doctor replied, sighing. “It seems he suffered a massive emotional shock. His nervous system just shut down to protect itself. Did something happen at home?”

“He just received a phone call… and then he collapsed,” Maki whispered.

“I see. He should regain consciousness soon, but he will need rest,” the doctor said before leaving. Maki looked at Kim, wondering what news could have broken a man who had built an empire in a week.

[Back at the Arena]

Yuhima stood frozen, her face turning a sickly shade of purple. Her breath hitched, and tears began to well in her eyes as she stared at Xyron’s bifurcated body.

Yujo, clutching his bandaged stump, staggered into the viewing area. He stared at the sight of Xyron in two pieces. Inwardly, he started to grin. ‘Finally… my biggest obstacle, the monster who made me look like a fool, is dead! Japan is lost, but at least he is gone!’

But then, a chilling sound echoed through the silent stadium.

It was a laugh.

Despite his upper body lying in the dirt, despite the blood leaking from his face, Xyron was smiling. A wide, terrifying, and twisted smile.

Editor’s Comment:

The unthinkable has happened—the protagonist has been literally cut in half. Zubair’s ‘Split Slash’ has done what no monster or X-Rank potal could do. While Yujo celebrates and Yuhima mourns, Xyron’s smile suggests that this isn’t the end. With the divine power he absorbed from the God fragment, is Xyron even human enough to die from a severed waist? The next few seconds will decide the fate of Japan.

Beyond the Gate: The Last Gozzaki

Chapter 95: The Shadow of the Traitor

Xyron walked through the smoldering remains of the village building. Amidst the debris, he spotted several survivors clawing their way out from beneath the rubble. “Guardians, move in! Save them!” Xyron commanded.

As his shadow stretched, dozens of elite Shadow Guardians emerged, lifting slabs of concrete and pulling the trapped civilians to safety. Xyron watched them, his brow furrowed. ‘If Yujo isn’t here, and this isn’t a Titan attack… did he betray the Chairman for the seat of power?’

[The Dark Laboratory]

Miles away, in a room buried deep underground, the atmosphere was suffocating. A figure sat on a high-backed chair, draped in black robes with a deep hood and a chilling porcelain mask. Standing before him, trembling, was Yujo.

“You failed,” the robed figure hissed, his voice echoing like grinding metal. “I ordered you to wipe out the building. The Chairman was supposed to be dead!”

Yujo kept his head bowed. “My Lord, the entire structure collapsed. I am certain he couldn’t have survived… yet, he did.” Yujo pulled a USB drive from his pocket, his hand shaking as he plugged it into a monitor.

The screen flickered to life, showing the grainy footage of the village raid. The hooded figure watched, frozen, as the footage showed Xyron Gozzaki teleporting in and extracting the Chairman at the last possible second.

“That knight…” the hooded figure murmured, leaning closer to the screen. “I have seen him before. Who is he?”

“His name is Xyron Gozzaki,” Yujo replied. “He is the new S-Rank from the Wonders Guild.”

“Capture him,” the figure commanded. “But bring him to me alive. I want to see what he’s truly made of.”

As the hooded figure stared at Xyron’s face on the screen, a memory flashed through his mind—a dark dungeon inside a Rank-4 portal, years ago. He remembered a younger, bloodied Xyron, fighting off a monster that had backstabbed him.

‘That face… that intensity,’ the hooded figure thought, his heart racing beneath the robe. ‘It’s him. My old best friend. But he’s changed so much… he’s become a monster of a knight.’

Editor’s Comment:

The plot twist of the century: The leader of this shadow organization, the man who ordered the Chairman’s assassination, is actually Xyron’s former best friend—the one Xyron thought was lost or dead. The fact that he wants Xyron captured alive suggests a twisted reunion is in the works. Xyron is walking into a trap set by someone who knows his every move, his every strength, and his every weakness.

Fuente: Webnovel.com, actualizado en Leernovelas.com