88 – Festival (7)
“Edwin is too deep… .”
“Hold on a little bit.”
Clarisse Academy, inside a large tree-lined lint forest.
At the treasure hunt event, Edwin’s adventurous spirit was burning.
“here is… Isn’t it off-site?”
“It will still be Lint forest is big… ”
‘It’s really a boy… ‘
Melissa smiled and sighed once, then followed him.
The chirping of birds has stopped, and the popularity of the surrounding people has also disappeared.
‘Are you sure you want to catch it?’
Melissa, conscious of being alone with Edwin, was contemplating whether or not to hold his hand.
That was then.
– Lord!!!!!!
“What… what!”
“!!”
With a roar that could pierce the eardrums, the forest area where Malissa and Edwin were located shone and began to shudder.
– Kugugugung!!!
And this shaking soon stopped.
“???”
The unidentified red light became clear and he began to draw something.
“Oh, magic circle?”
Melissa, keen on theory, knew it well.
This is giant magic.
That too. looking at the shape,
It is not the illusion magic circle that human magicians mainly use, nor is it an ancient magic trick.
black magic.
In other words, it is the magic of the devil.
“Hey, it’s black magic… ”
– Puchong!
At that moment, the line of magic soared upward.
– Joo-woong! Joo Woong!
and moving diagonally, sometimes vertically, in irregular directions,
I started drawing something.
As if to summon something.
Its size was five times the height of the two of them.
“Malissa, behind me!”
“eww… yes.”
Edwin, who sensed the danger with his intuition, stepped forward in front of Melissa.
– Joo-woong!
The light revealed its identity and took shape in an instant.
– Whoa!!!
At some point, standing in front of them is a giant monster.
With a face that is difficult to recognize due to the needle marks, the body size of three ogres is as if they were combined.
A chain in one hand and a meat tenderizer in the other…
It was a rag made from a corpse.
* * *
Chapter 3’s main episode [Descent of Magic: Gates of the Underworld] simply consists of two parts at the same time.
First, Edwin and Melissa encounter a huge beast in the Lint Forest, which is piled up in the Asmodian Barrier.
The battle with [Tyrant Chains – Corpse Stitches].
and,
Inside the academy, [corpse corps] attacking from the gates of the underworld.
Mixed with the ghosts of monsters appearing in the treasure hunt, they become a melting pot of confusion.
And it is Yeriel who helps Edwin and Melissa.
So, with Edwin’s help, he stopped the rags,
The Great Evil Boone appears, and Phase 2 begins.
In my estimation, the grade of the rags is at least A,
And since Boune’s rank will be higher than that, it’s safe to say that there is no chance that Edwin will kill Boone.
In the end, according to the original story, Boune, who realizes that Yeriel has the power of a fallen angel, tries to kidnap her, but fails.
Instead, cast a curse that seals away all her elemental abilities.
in short,
As soon as you show your sincerity, you lose power and become a character whose presence disappears.
Enraged, Edwin tries to wring out his awakened power to fight, but he’s never able to defeat the Great Evil Boone, so he’s only insulted.
In the end, only after the professors and the academy’s guardians arrive, Boune, slaughtering numerous cadets, leisurely escapes to Pandemonium through the return camp.
After all, the reason for the existence of this narrative can be seen as an author’s device to suppress the growth of Edwin and the fundamental heroines while Kaeran is not present.
So I have two options.
Will you help Yeriel not lose her power to Boone?
Or you have to choose whether to close the gates of the underworld quickly so that the academy’s power can be concentrated on Boone.
“I… ”
In the end, I chose the latter.
Check the gates of the underworld.
The reason is that I have a good way to check the gates of the underworld.
Because there is one very big picture to experiment with through this door.
‘We can’t just send such a big episode… ‘
Hopefully, we may be able to catch the two rabbits named Yeriel Rescue.
Until I go back, please.
I just hope Edwin can hold out.
‘Give me the essence of the Black Death Dragon… ‘
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Old commercial district.
I open the gates of the underworld… I’m looking for it.
– Whoa, run away!
-hey! Even two!
– Are we disqualified?
-Now we found two!
Many cadets were already fighting the ‘welcome’ monster here.
It’s a festive atmosphere, so it’s much more noisy than usual.
So, even if all of a sudden, the gates of the underworld pour in from here,
‘Is this a new treasure hunt event?’
to the extent that it is thought to be
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So how far did I run?
Suddenly, a status window popped up in front of me.
– Tiling.
[Life Achievements]
[Discovery: Gate of the Underworld]
huh?
Is there nothing around me?
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Just in the middle of a peaceful commercial district.But the status window disappears if you go far away,
– Tiling.
[Life Achievements]
[Discovery: Gate of the Underworld]
When I return to this place, I react.
‘for a moment… The status window appeared because of the gamer characteristics.’
If you think about it in terms of games…
‘It is the z-axis.’
It’s simple if you think of the game’s minimap.
If the ping is stamped on the map and you can’t see the NPC even if you approach it correctly,
It is said to be on the ground or underground.
The earth is only the sky, so the answer is underground.
Is it because of the effect of Super Hell difficulty?
‘I must have hidden it in an underground canal… ‘
I immediately went down to the groundwater.
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-Cue? Cue!!
– Kang! Kang!
“No more… .Hold on… !”
Raymond’s groaning voice and the cries of dead bodies resounded throughout the basement.
“Dylan… ? Dylan!!”
– Cool.
Dylan vomited blood instead of answering.
Raymond is in front, and I don’t know because he’s heavily armored,
It had been a long time since Dylan ate the right thigh and left ribs by the ghouls.
“f*ck… ”
The corpse monsters and ghouls had a habit of attacking them uniformly, so I thought it would be easy to deal with.
But in practice, it was different.
Maybe the spear wasn’t properly inserted, and there were some ghouls who didn’t fall down in a single blow, and they persistently tormented Dylan.
In the end, because I was concerned about this, I was not able to properly arrange my physical strength, so I allowed two fatal injuries.
The corpses of the ghouls hang at Dylan’s feet.
The stench that made me get tired of it, the flies are trying to get used to it.
I managed to kill dozens of balls somehow.
There is no end.
The fear that the ghouls would keep coming from that door was engulfing Dylan and Raymond.
And because the killing intentions of these guys were sincere.
“I, what should I do? No more!!”
Raymond’s cry is mournful.
Barely restraining them with swords and shields,
With the ghouls piling up one by one, they are gradually gathering in the corner.
I lose all the strength in my body.
The moment you put down the shield, these ghouls will devour with their own bodies.
When I think about it, all my tears and runny noses come out.
“Am I dead?”
“Shut up, Raymond.”
‘That’s right. It was my destiny to enter the belly of a ghoul.’
Yesterday’s social church is like a dream.
What is that peaceful daily life?
Said to be the best academy in the empire… Can’t you manage one of these things?
Why do I have to die here…
And the thought that bothered him the most.
‘After all, I couldn’t become Kaeran.’
Dylan’s consciousness was cut off by excessive bleeding,
“I don’t want to die… !!!!”
– Kudangtang!
Raymond also lost his strength and collapsed.
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-Keek
-Keek!
Did I even lose my senses?
I don’t even feel like the ghouls are eating them.
Heavy eyelids slumped down through the narrow field of vision,
-Peeing
something goes by
The ghouls soar
That was it.
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[Critical hit!]
[Additional damage proportional to agility]
[Attack Weaknesses! Additional damage proportional to the critical strike]
[Damage multiplier: 1250%]
[Aggro + 0]
[Aggro: 5]
[Luck activated! Crossbow – Skill EXP replenishes quickly!]
[Crossbow-Skill 8 imminent!]
ghouls coming out in piles,
Mobs that have just been regenerated in Reincarnation Heroes are not attracted to aggro for 2 seconds, so it is also a good idea to manage the hermit gauge.
Even the skill was a little bit sweeter.
You have to be a war hero level to achieve 8.
The weapon itself, the crossbow, is so off-the-shelf and easy to handle, so I think I’ve reached this point in no time…
By the way…
‘Why are they here? ‘
When I roughly organized the pouring ghouls,
Among the bodies were two male cadets.
Of course I can’t remember the name…
Anyway, it’s a bit disappointing because it’s a different story from a fanfiction novel,
Unintentionally, the guys bought time.
“It’s good so far.”
First of all, I have no intention of reporting the gates of the underworld to the academics.
In a little while, this will be a very big picture.
The gates of the underworld are high-dimensional black magic that connects Pandemonium and the Empire in one shot.
It is a very large spell that is quite difficult to cast.
Probably, it seems that the construction was successful by grinding all the guys with magical powers in Pandemonium.
However, unlike creating this gate of the underworld, closing it is simple.
If it is a high demon or a great demon, it can be easily solved with one command.
In other words, if I also use mine art,
Because it’s the devil’s judgement.
– Cue!
-puck!
I sang after blowing the head of a ghoul crawling out of the door.
‘Minhwa.’
– Whoa!
And when I, who was in mystic state, touched the image of the devil, a status window popped up.
– Tiling.
[Gate of the Underworld]
[Currently in operation]
[Closable]
‘I’ll be back, so let’s see.’
“Closure.”
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Just my words…– Profit…
-Cook!!!
The massive demon’s mouth thumped shut.
“Whew… ”
And I came out of the underground waterway carrying two people who were becoming corpses.
* * *
All of a sudden, the sky Edwin and Melissa looked at had turned purple.
It was because of the unique barrier of the demons.
and,
-bang! bang!
A chain attack of rags,
-bang!
crush the ground
“Get away from me, Melissa!”
“… Edwin!”
Edwin pushed Melissa back.
And when the ragged corpse tried to lift the meat tenderizer stuck on the ground again, he was aiming for that moment.
– Tadadat!
Edwin’s agile new model turned to the right side of the rag and cut off his arm joint.
‘cut!’
– Chow!
– Wow!
At that neat blow, the rags flinched for a moment,
The wound healed quickly.
– Whoa…
“!”
– Burr…
“?”
Recognizing Edwin, the guy started spitting filth all over his body.
– Call it…
– Whoa!!!
And at an unprecedented speed,
– Shoo! Shoo!
He started waving his arms.
-bang! Whoops! bang!!
Even if a single blow is a heavy blow that even a sheet metal knight can turn into bone powder,
‘crazy!’
It has unpredictable speed.
Edwin judged it to be stronger than the Fire Demon.
-bang! Whoops!
In the roar of thunder that followed
The trees in the Lint Forest are being cut down… Dirt and stones break and splatter.
become a mess
‘It’s different from the rags of the screening test… ‘
The rags combined with the corpses have many weaknesses, but the recovery rate is that much faster.
In a word, unless it was a blow with a divine essence, it would be difficult to inflict effective damage on him.
‘Let’s focus.’
Edwin, who was not yet accustomed to manipulating the divine power, closed his eyes and concentrated.
-Blood, avoid!
Are you lucky or unhappy?
Because it was too loud
Students from nearby Lint Forest also came one by one and started to help Edwin.
– Start with a secondary magic on that guy!
-She’s a Class C, isn’t she?
– Does that matter?!
Edwin the vanguard.
Lieutenant Malissa and a female cadet capable of sub-magic.
And the party was rushed by a male cadet with a dagger in the rearguard.
– With Chara!
– Tadadadat!
Edwin managed to escape the corpse’s attack range thanks to the acceleration sub-magic.
But, that was all.
A cadet with a poisoned dagger approaches behind the rags with a sneak,
– Daughter Grak!
-!!
“buy… fat!”
Because he was caught in chains and became a victim of the meat-raising stage.
-bang! Pujik!
– aa!!!
A terrible scene that loses its shape in an instant and splatters blood everywhere.
Not even a scream came out of everyone’s mouth.
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Just the feeling of vomiting.– ooh!!
The ragged corpses that had killed one ate the guy’s face and ate it,
-thud! thud! thud!
Suddenly, it began to move its heavy body deep into the Lint Forest.
“Malissa, are you okay?”
“Eh, Edwin… . I, I, I’m fine, but the problem is… ”
“Problem?”
“He’s probably looking for another corpse… ”
“What do you mean?”
Melissa’s explanation was simple.
Deep in the Lint Forest, there is a graveyard and tombstone of a war hero who wanted to be buried in the Academy.
Of course, you could define it as just a corpse with bones.
For the ghastly rags…
There was a small chance that it would end up in the worst case.
“…Edwin?”
Edwin stood up without hesitation.
“Malissa, it’s a festival, so there are probably guardians all over the place.”
“Si, I hate it. leave me alone… ”
“It’s okay, because there’s only one guy around here. Head over to Professor McClone, where there is a lot of crowd.”
– Tadadadat!
After speaking briefly, Edwin left his seat and ran.
– Aww!
So, once again, Edwin’s sword strikes are scattered on the back of the rags.
But the guy didn’t even move.
And as it was, he put the weapons of both hands together,
– Boo-woong!!!!
“!”
Turned 180 degrees and attacked Edwin.
-Whoa———Ah!!
“Great!”
The trees in the trajectory where Edwin escaped are devastated,
– Mi, I’m sorry! This is crazy!
-I’ll bring the others!
– It’s the barrier of demons! The entire lint forest… They locked us up!
-What?!?! You can’t run away… can’t you…?!
Even the cadets hiding around are frustrated when they hear that they have been caught trying to escape.
like that,
When Edwinman got up again and tried to grab the sword,
Without a break, the tattered rotation attack continued.
-Koo-Kung———Bang!
‘Kyung!!!!!’
It is difficult to avoid even a single rag,
“Edwin!”
– Profit…
-!!
-thud!
Even the trees in the forest fell, threatening Edwin.
– Kiyi…
-thud! Cuckoo!
Edwin’s range of action is narrowed by the trees wrapped in layers,
The moment the rags raised their arms to finish,
– Rumbling rumble!!!!
– Whoa!
The surroundings of the rags lit up in an instant.
And the mysterious flame began to burn him relentlessly,
– Hurricane rumble!!
-Woo!!!
It regroups and merges into the form of a bird.
Phoenix.
a bird that never dies.
Awe that burns even fear.
The density of the flame that even Melissa, called prominence, could not reach.
“Get away from my juniors!”
Elementalist, Yeriel, appeared.