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title: "Chapter 341: Go Ahead and Kill Me"
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slug: "ch-341"
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novel: "Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100"
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number: 341
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views: 0
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likes: 0
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wordCount: 1048
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createdAt: "2026-04-13"
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"You want to kill me, right?"
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Max's voice cut through the silence like a blade.
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Cold. Sharp. Final.
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He stood there, surrounded on all sides by the leaders of the Valora Continent—men and women hailed as paragons, as pillars of power.
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But his eyes held no fear.
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Only fury.
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"Go ahead."
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He spread his arms ever so slightly, as if welcoming their blades.
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"Do it."
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The stillness that followed was suffocating.
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"I'll die if I have to," Max said, his tone low and unwavering, "but I promise you this—"
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His eyes burned with savage determination.
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"If I go down… every single genius here dies with me."
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His words landed like a thunderclap.
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Gasps echoed around the clearing. Some of the leaders staggered back in disbelief, as if struck by a force they couldn't comprehend.
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They hadn't expected this.
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They hadn't expected him.
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Not like this.
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"A Yellow Soul…" King Magnar murmured under his breath, his face darkened with unease.
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The soul pressure emanating from Max wasn't just powerful—it was violent, suffocating, unstoppable. It clung to the world like chains of divine will.
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And as Magnar turned his eyes to the younger generation behind Max… his heart twisted.
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Crown Prince Aelric—his own son—was kneeling, body trembling violently under the weight of Max's spiritual force.
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His breath had quickened into frantic gasps, sweat pouring down his face as if he were standing in a furnace. His mind was fraying—cracking under the pressure.
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Any more… and he might snap entirely.
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Magnar clenched his fists.
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"Stop, Max!" he roared, his voice echoing with the full might of a king.
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Max turned his head slowly, eyes locking onto Magnar.
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"Stop?" he asked, voice dripping with venom.
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"So you can kill me afterward?"
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"So you can dig through my corpse and snatch my secrets like vultures?"
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He sneered, the rage in his expression raw and unfiltered.
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"You call yourselves leaders… visionaries… pillars of the continent."
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"But all I see are parasites in silk robes."
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His voice began to rise, trembling with fury.
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"You plotted against me like cowards."
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"You watched your sons and daughters suffer and said nothing."
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"And now you want mercy?"
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He raised a hand—black flame dancing along his fingertips.
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"If this is the future of the Valora Continent…"
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His gaze swept across the fallen geniuses, many still twitching beneath the soul pressure.
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"…then maybe it's better if that future burns."
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The leaders froze.
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Max wasn't bluffing.
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He had the power. The will. The fury.
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He wanted to do it.
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He wanted to kill them. All of them.
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The geniuses, the leaders, anyone who had stood silently while a noose was being tied around his neck.
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He wanted blood to calm the inferno in his heart—rage that surged like a tidal wave, unrelenting, howling for vengeance.
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And that desire burned brighter when his eyes landed on Azula.
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He took a step forward, his gaze locked onto hers.
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"You," Max spat, voice ice-cold and shaking with fury. "You bitch… this was all your idea, wasn't it?"
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Before she could answer, Max turned away from her, his feet carrying him steadily toward the back of the crowd—toward a crumpled figure lying in the dirt.
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Veylin.
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Azula's son.
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Young Monarch's son.
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The arrogant prince of the Valora Continent.
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Now collapsed, helpless.
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Foam at his lips. Eyes blank. Face pale as death.
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Max stood over him like a shadow, then reached down—fist curling into the boy's hair—and yanked his head up.
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Veylin's body didn't even resist.
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"You—what are you doing?!"
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Azula's voice cracked through the air, louder now.
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Not out of fear for herself.
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But for him.
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Her son.
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Max sneered, fire flickering in his gaze.
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"What am I doing?" he echoed mockingly. "I'm going to kill him."
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Azula's expression twisted, and her aura erupted—sharp, suffocating, furious.
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"If you dare harm even a single strand of his hair, I swear—" her voice dropped into a snarl, "—I will flay the skin from your body and grind your bones into powder while you still breathe."
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Max didn't flinch.
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He just shrugged, almost casually.
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"And that's exactly what I want."
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His voice turned low and menacing.
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"Veylin's the only one I can kill right now."
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He leaned slightly, tightening his grip on the unconscious youth's scalp.
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"If I kill him, you'll lose your mind, I know you will."
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"You'll come at me with everything you've got."
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His eyes swept across the circle of leaders.
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"And I wonder… will the rest of you just watch Azula kill me?"
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He chuckled darkly.
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"What if in panic of her killing me... Then I might hastily unleash my yellow soul on the geniuses while I die?"
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A shiver ran through the group.
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Max's yellow soul had already nearly broken their heirs and disciples with just a fraction of its pressure.
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If he were to explode that power in his final moments…
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The consequences would be catastrophic.
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"Imagine it," Max whispered, almost gently.
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"A yellow soul ripping through dozens of red souls... What do you think would be left of your prodigies?"
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A sick silence descended.
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Even Azula, still trembling with rage, hesitated.
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King Magnar's jaw clenched so tightly it looked like it might break.
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He hadn't expected this. Not this level of madness. Not this level of control.
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And most of all—he hadn't expected to regret staying silent when Max was first surrounded.
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Now he did.
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Deeply.
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"Max."
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His voice was low, calm, almost pleading now.
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"Stop this. We can come to terms. There's still room for reason."
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Max slowly turned to face him.
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His expression… was bitter. Ruthless. Hollowed by betrayal.
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"Now you want to talk?"
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He laughed once—short and joyless.𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
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"When I was being surrounded like a criminal, you said nothing."
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His eyes burned like coals.
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"When they wanted to soul search me, kill me, butcher me for my secrets—you stood there and did. Absolutely. Nothing."
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He stepped forward, dragging Veylin's limp body with him.
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"And now that you've seen what I'm capable of—now you want peace?"
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He spat on the ground.
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"There are no 'good things' in this world, King Magnar. Just people like you."
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"People who close their eyes when it's convenient…"
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His voice dropped to a whisper.
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"…and beg for mercy when the blade turns their way."
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With those final, bitter words still echoing in the air— |