Esper X Family – Chapter 337 – You Run, I Chase; You Can’t Escape Even If You Grow Wings!

【10 attribute points successfully deducted. Initiating secondary void tearing… Locking onto target coordinates.】

An even more violent and mighty force than before descended!

The air before them didn’t just crack. It was directly annihilated, creating a hole leading into an even deeper, even more profound void.

The end of that hole was no longer the monotonous darkness lit by purple flames.

Instead, distorted and grotesque outlines of buildings were faintly visible, along with a presence thick with malice.

This might just be the true lair of the Sanctuary!

But Ye Tong didn’t care.

“Heh, hiding deep enough. It’s useless though.”

The silver-haired girl gripped the terrifying sphere that was radiating 400,000 units of mental power.

Like a thug shouldering a demolition hammer, she stepped into the new spatial rift.

Ye Tong’s voice carried absolute confidence and anticipation, like a villain delighting in a heroine’s despair as he splits a door open with an axe ¹ It’s an old meme but I somehow can’t find a longer gif that has both scenes AND without weird edits… Anyway, source is The Shining (1980). .

But that wasn’t the case at all.

She was the embodiment of justice this time!

You run, I chase; you can’t escape even if you grow wings!

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

The Sanctuary Leader dragged Byron as he tumbled into this “True Sanctuary”, a place built with his utmost effort and the help of many companions, one that they regard as their final fortress.

“I’m back…”

Nothing could bring the Sanctuary Leader a greater sense of security than the tranquility of this world!

So quiet, so monotonous, so unchanging.

As if it was built to reject all change!

As long as he hid here, no change would ever arrive, and no disaster could ever touch him.

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Survival was his primary obsession.

Even if the source of the calamity sought him out, it didn’t matter.

As long as he avoided it, as long as he evaded it, he would absolutely find a sliver of a chance to survive.

In the Sanctuary Leader’s view, recklessly clashing head-on with a monster destined to destroy everything was the height of foolishness.

The voice in his head could never sway him!

The Sanctuary Leader threw the unconscious Byron onto the ground.

He needed to calm down now, to expel the panic from his mind, and to contemplate his next move.

The Source Fire growing within Byron had matured.

His time to contribute had come.

Originally, the Sanctuary Leader had intended to give him a ticket to escape the coming disaster.

Unfortunately, he didn’t know how to seize the opportunity.

Those who follow different paths cannot make plans together.

Since that was the case, he could only be reduced to fuel, burned completely to perfect the Sanctuary’s construction!

By then, the Sanctuary world would be a completely independent space, no longer attached to any main space.

Even if the original world was destroyed, they would surely survive.

But the next second.

Before the false sense of security brought by the Sanctuary space even had time to warm his heart.

A suffocating, terrifying pressure and a blinding, destructive white light followed closely behind.

Violently pouring into this absolutely forbidden space!

The spatial barrier was silently annihilated like a fragile soap bubble, revealing the churning void behind it.

The silver-haired girl held a miniature sun-like sphere of destruction in her hand as she stepped inside with an almost godlike indifference and curiosity.

Her terrifying pressure, born from 40,000 points of mental power, flooded the entire Sanctuary space like a tangible tsunami.

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It caused the omnipresent “Source Fire” in the air to cower and dim.

The Sanctuary Leader’s brain instantly shut down.

This wasn’t logical.

This was impossible!

No one could enter this world without his permission!

Why, why!?

“Oh? What a strange place.”

Ye Tong tilted her head curiously, her violet eyes sweeping across this twisted land.

What met her eyes were indescribable architectural outlines.

They seemed to be built from solidified nightmares.

Crooked and distorted, they emitted a nauseatingly thick, sticky malice.

The space itself was filled with a foul, venomous resentment, as if soaked through with countless dark sediments.

“Pfft…”

A sound of utmost contempt broke the dead silence.

Ye Tong had already guessed a few things.

This was probably the final result of all the scheming and wrongdoing the Sanctuary had done in the shadows for, right?

It didn’t look like the outside world, nor did it seem like a place where humans could live.

Within the area her mental power swept across, Ye Tong also sensed some disgusting presences.

They were probably those core Sanctuary members who loved to hide in the shadows.

So they had been hiding in a place full of such filth all along?

It perfectly matched their modus operandi!

“Hahaha! So this is the ‘Sanctuary’ you all painstakingly built while hiding like sewer rats for years?”

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Ye Tong’s voice was clear, yet carried a bone-chilling coldness that echoed through the oppressive space.

Every word pierced the heart.

Each syllable was like a whip lashing against the Leader’s heart.

“I thought it was some grand plan. I thought you were going to create a new world or something.”

Ye Tong’s tone was filled with disappointment.

“After all that, isn’t it just a big garbage dump?”

“Tsk, tsk. You really know your place, don’t you? Knowing exactly what kind of trash you are, and building a ‘Sanctuary’ that’s such a perfect ‘match’!”

Logically speaking, villains die from talking too much.

But she, Ye Tong, wasn’t a villain.

Having fought all the way to the enemy’s doorstep, she had to deliver them a good dose of trash talking.

Pierce the heart first, then take the life!

A perfect combo!

Ye Tong’s gaze ignored the unconscious Byron on the ground and landed on the Sanctuary Leader, whose body was stiff as a stone statue.

“The Sanctuary’s Leader? You don’t seem so impressive either. Any last words?”

The voice in the Sanctuary Leader’s mind continued to shriek.

[Accept me! Surrender to me! It hasn’t grown to an invincible level yet. Exterminate it while it’s still weak! Annihilate it! Don’t run, coward!]

“Shut up! You lunatic!”

Under the immense pressure, the Sanctuary Leader’s breathing felt like it might stop.

He could feel that the world barrier he considered absolutely secure was as fragile as a paper toy in the face of the being that had just arrived.

The destructive aura emanating from the light orb floating in her palm was enough to destroy everything he had painstakingly created!

No!

There was still hope!

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This world was created based on his power.

You could say that he was the core of the Sanctuary.

Right now, he was the master of the Sanctuary, bearing incomparable power within it.

He had abandoned his human form and merged with the Sanctuary world long ago.

All to break his own limits and pursue a greater sense of security.

As the Sanctuary world grew step by step, his own strength also continuously expanded.

Theoretically, even if he blatantly occupied a territory and declared himself king in the outside world, even the strongest Esper in Dragon Country couldn’t do anything to him.

After all, he could always flee back to his safe house anytime.

He could even forcibly drag enemies into the Sanctuary world for a home-field advantage.

The Sanctuary Leader had always felt that he was among the top tier of powerhouses.

But in a sense, he wasn’t strong enough.

At the very least, he wasn’t strong enough to ignore the calamity that treated all living beings equally.

From the moment he was born, he was an anomaly whose survival instinct outweighed all other desires.

From the moment his ability transmitted the “fragments” of the truth, from the moment that external consciousness awakened, his life had already been ruined.

“I will survive! I will drive you out, World Destroyer!”

Translator Note

For a second, that Sanctuary Leader actually sounds like the good guy.

Author Note

Oh no, I ate too much orenji and got a fever! My teeth hurt so much! Why is this happening to me when I like it so much!

Text: In the end, I have to pay for my mistakes.