# 224
-10 Volume 1
Chapter 57. Towards the Citadel
The Death Ranger and various monsters swept away the hidden forest, and they hurried their steps. However, before they could even leave the forest, the harpies attacked them.
Wearing the wings of a bird and the lower body of a beast on a woman’s upper body, they were so fierce that they were called “Sirens in the Sky”. There was nothing in my mind to deal with the harpies who attacked me like a swarm of mosquitoes among the piers that were buzzing all over the place.
Meanwhile, Scylla appeared in swarms on the ground, and the whole area was covered with monsters. Because Jeong Dae-sik, worried about the side effects, refrained from using Yamafan, it was not easy to defeat the monsters. Since the number was not one or two, it was like swimming in a sea made of monsters.
It was literally cancer.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
“Carrrrrrr!”
“Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
Jeong Dae-sik, who was frantically trying to get rid of the howling harpies and Scylla from all directions, saw that the movement of the troops had noticeably slowed down.
They were constantly being recharged with magical powers with magic potions, Seo Ji-won, Heo Mi-rae, and Jeong Dae-sik’s support, but that didn’t mean they weren’t completely exhausted.
After entering the dark realm, he was constantly facing monsters, so he was about to run out.
In particular, Major Mikhail, who had transformed into a bear, was already covered with wounds. Mi-rae Heo was wearing heels from time to time, but she was also busy covering her face, so it was difficult to cover Major Mikhail.
‘I can’t. After all, should I use Yamafan?’
It was at that time when Jeong Dae-sik was contemplating the use of Yamafan.
Suddenly, as if the sky were split in two, the dazzling light hit the ground like a shock.
In the next moment, Dae-sik Jeong, who opened his eyes wide in surprise, saw a truly magnificent sight.
A pillar of fire hitting the sky!
Jeong Dae-sik stared blankly at the hurricane of fire that swept up monsters like a tornado with his mouth wide open.
It was the same for the other troops. The pillar of fire that appeared suddenly was nothing short of a disaster for the swarm of monsters.
In particular, the harpies who were flying around like bats in the sky were quickly sucked into the whirlwind and turned into charcoal.
Seeing that scene, the terrified Scylla began to scatter in a hurry. Jeong Dae-sik quickly came to his senses and shouted at his troops.
“If you let them run away, they may attack again, wipe them all away!”
Starting words were shouted here and there, and the Scyllas screamed to die.
Around that time, the pillar of fire engulfed countless hordes of monsters and disappeared as if ascending to the sky. And there was Ki Cheol-min with a slightly puzzled expression.
He looked at Tyrving in his hand, as if in disbelief himself.
No, it seemed too unreasonable to say that it was already Tyrving.
Jeong Dae-sik walked closer to him and said.
“It seems that Tyrving has evolved. I think we should call him Tyrbringer now.”
Ki Cheol-min couldn’t come to his senses and stuttered.
“Bar, did you just see it?”
“I saw.”
“How the hell did this…”
“It’s what you did, but if you don’t know, who knows?”
“I am?”
Chul-min Ki couldn’t believe that he had created the pillar of fire. After he repeated some silly question-and-answers, he looked at Tyrbringer in his hand in admiration.
“I was so tired and exhausted that I couldn’t do it anymore, I just wanted to die. At that time, I made up my mind that I couldn’t do this and raised my body’s magical power with all the strength I was breastfeeding. It went up.”
“Thanks to you, I was able to drive out the harpies and Scylla. It was a great power.”
“What’s even more amazing is that, despite showing off his abilities, he doesn’t feel tired or tired at all. On the contrary, I feel more energetic!”
“Many of the items that become M-grade or higher play a role in replenishing the consumed magic. The more enemies you kill, the more your energy will rise.”
When I said that, I felt a little embarrassed. Because the magic warfare was not yet completed, it consumed a considerable amount of mana each time it was used. What should I do to reduce the use of magical powers? Did you even research?
In addition, Yamafan had to go through the risk of starvation every time due to severe side effects, so there was a disappointment in its performance compared to Tyrving.
Jeong Dae-sik felt sad for nothing, but he did not regret passing Tyrbing over to Ki Cheol-min.
As Jeong Dae-sik saw, Ki Cheol-min has the ability and dedication to evolve Tyrving to the final version.
“If you just do this in the future, it won’t be a problem for you to reach Poronech’s fortress.”
“No. It’s all thanks to the captain.”
“Well, the troops who defeated Scylla are returning. Let’s hurry before the next raid!”
They hurriedly healed their injuries and moved on again.
Of course, I had to face the monster again because I couldn’t take a few steps.
As the endless battle was repeated, I could feel that I was getting closer to Kazan.
How long have you been fighting, walking, fighting, and walking again?
Major Mikhail raised his hand and said in a hoarse voice.
“Hey, you can see the citadel.”
Daesik Jeong summoned entropy and sent it away. Then, in the linked field of vision, I saw a sight in the distance with the fortress of Poronec in a gloomy appearance.
The fortress of Poronech looked like an object that symbolized the end of human civilization.
What constituted the fortress of Poronech was the debris collected from the destruction of the surrounding city.
Rusty rebar and concrete, melted asphalt, cars, streetlights, and signs were all stuck together.
Among them, not only the corpses of monsters, but also chunks of flesh considered to be human corpses were seen in some places.
Since it was a truly terrifying appearance, Jeong Dae-sik frowned and made Entropy look around. And through entropy, he figured out how big the swarm of monsters was roaming around the fortress.
‘It looks like there are at least a few thousand. This is more like an army of monsters than a swarm of monsters. And that thing above the fortress…’
Strictly speaking, rather than a fortress, there were surprisingly weapons placed above it, like a wall made up of all kinds of city rubble.
Tanks, machine guns, and turrets were decorating the top of the fortress.
It was probably the weapon of the soldiers who fought the monsters when Chernobog occupied Moscow.
There was no manpower to operate the weapon, but they would not have put the weapons there as decorations.
Babaya, who guards the fortress, thought that the three witches would use whatever tactics they used.
Baba Yaga had the appearance of a typical witch, with a wrinkled face like a mask and a black hood and cloak.
However, under the cloak, there was no feeling of bulkiness, as there was nothing worthy of being called a body, and it was floating like a ghost in the air.
They watched around the citadel, rolling their bulging eyes like frogs under their hoods.
Its eyes were bizarre as the child was lying on its side like a goat.
Daesik Jeong summoned Baba Yaga before she discovered entropy. Then he briefly explained the situation to his troops and said:
“There are too many swarms of monsters around the fortress to face-to-face. There’s nothing you can’t defeat, but if you run out of power from them, you won’t be able to deal with Poronyechi. So you need a strategy. What a good idea is there?”
Then Seo Ji-won appeared.
“I think it’s probably my turn to be active.”
Jeong Dae-sik asked worriedly.
Seo Ji-won showed a reliable smile that did not suit her fragile appearance.
As he swam through the sea of monsters, he was in a very bad condition due to the continued use of magic absorption.
Thanks to the support of Heo Mi-rae, who had awakened as a healer, he managed to get through it, but his skin turned blue while Rich Circlet flashed a gloomy light.
He is trying to transform his body state closer to that of a monster rather than a human by absorbing the death power of the monsters.
In fact, his body was stinky, and the breath coming out of his mouth was poisonous, so he couldn’t get close to him.
Seo Ji-won looked at his condition and said.
“Now is the time to release all of this deadly force. I’ll break the path through space separation, so you’d better go straight to the citadel and defeat Baba Yaga and destroy it without worrying about the swarms of monsters.”
Seo Ji-won, who explained in that way, immediately gave strength to the bluish-colored eyes.
“However, there is a risk because my ability uses the death force of the monsters. If time passes, the monsters that respond to this death force may run away. So, you must destroy the fortress quickly.”
“If you only send us to the fortress, that’s no problem. Do we need Heo Mirae?”
Heo Mirae immediately left.
“I will stick by Seo Ji-won’s side. Even if one incident occurs, I will be able to cover it to some extent.”
“Okay. Then defeating Baba Yaga will be the first, and destroying the fortress will be the second.”
Then Major Mikhail intervened.
“According to rumors, Baba Yaga can only be killed by killing three of them at the same time. Killing them separately doesn’t mean that they will respawn over and over again. You have to divide the number of people and deal with them at once.”
“Okay. Then, I and Major Mikhail, God Deok-hwa and Kim Song-geun, Lee Jae-woo and Ki Cheol-min will take charge of each of the Baba Yaga and kill them. After defeating Baba Yaga, we will all work together to destroy the fortress. Okay?”
“Okay, then let’s get started!”
While hiding in stealth, they approached as close as possible to the plains in front of the fortress where swarms of monsters lurk.
The stench of monsters wafted from everywhere, and the screams they emitted seemed to tear their ears.
So, by shortening the distance as much as possible, they stood in the middle of the plain. It was a place that could be exposed to monsters as soon as the hiding was released.
Amidst the tension among the troops, Mi-rae Heo stood close to Ji-won Seo. Then Seo Ji-won put her hands together and brought it to his lips. Then he opened his mouth wide and spit out his starter words.