Apocalypse Baby

Chapter 182 - 182: Nightmare End

CLANG!

Undead Xeno barely deflected the incoming blade, its weapon jerking up at the last second.

But it reacted a tad too late.

The tip of Freya's sword scraped across its skull, carving a jagged dent into the bone.

CRACK!

The undead staggered backward, its balance momentarily thrown off.

It caught itself, shaking with fury.

Hollow eyes locked onto Freya as it let out a guttural snarl.

"You bitch! What did you do?!"

Freya stood firm, blades at the ready, her expression unreadable.

Then, in a cold, steady voice, she said:

"I killed you for Nightmare points? If you hadn't attacked me first, I wouldn't have even considered it."

The undead's jaw clenched.

"Liar. You had no choice. You would have killed someone else."

Freya's lips barely moved.

"Would I?" she whispered.

The undead snarled, its grip tightening around its blade.

"You'd find me a fool—a fool trying to cling to morality, even when the Nightmare and the tutorial make it almost impossible."

Undead Xeno let out a dry, hollow laugh.

"Yet you killed someone?"

Freya exhaled, her grip tightening slightly.

"Unintentional. Maybe hypocritical," she admitted. "But I've come to realize—there's no way I can survive without getting a bit of blood on my hands."

She met its hollow stare, unwavering.

"So there's nothing I can do about the fact that I killed you… except move forward."

The undead's skeletal fingers twitched around its blade.

Its voice turned sharper, laced with venom.

"Moving forward? You'll never erase the fact that you killed a fellow human."

Freya shrugged.

"Whatever. I don't have to be guilt-tripped by a talking skeleton."

Her lips curled into frown, "I've had enough of these damned games."

Undead Xeno's face twisted with rage.

It had failed.

Emotional manipulation wouldn't work.

Only one option left: brute force.

It raised its bow, fingers moving with eerie precision as it notched multiple arrows at once.

Then...arrows shot forward, slicing through the air like a deadly storm.

But, Xeno's arrows struck nothing.

Freya was gone.

She had vanished into stealth mode.

The undead's empty eyes darted around,

The arrows still lodged in her body pulsed with agony, blood seeping from the wounds.

She had no healing potions.

No way to stop the bleeding.

Would she bleed to death?

The thought crossed her mind, but then a bright notification flashed before her eyes.

DING!

[Final Boss: Grim Lord has been defeated]

[Congratulations for completing the Nightmare]