116 – Monster Hunting (2)
‘It’s strange.’
Geomseong thought while swinging his sword.
Something is strange.
His gaze continued to follow the devil’s movements, but what he was watching more carefully was none other than the presence of Sangun.
Geomseong knew the strength of that monster better than anyone else.
It is also true that if complete resurrection is achieved, at least on this mountain, you will be the only one who can deal with it.
However, that is why I had doubts.
The sword of the Sword Saint was moving without stopping for a moment. The tip of his sword emits an aura, and the sword energy he swings constantly cuts in all directions.
But Geomsung knew.
All those attacks and sword strikes are unable to reach the devil.
‘No, if you say it’s reaching, you can also say it’s reaching, but… ….’
To be precise, it was a meaningless contact.
Because it is not causing proper damage.
The devil was cunning. As if wasting time was my original goal, I consistently avoided dealing with the Sword Saint.
Nevertheless, when Geomseong tries to return to Sangun, he stubbornly blocks him.
And Geomsung felt ‘something’ in the devil’s attitude.
‘…… Is this guy trying to kill me? Is the purpose really that right?’
It was a simple question.
The devil’s real purpose.
Jihad said that the purpose of ‘Yulin’ was to kill the Sword Saint, and the devil himself had also said the same a little while ago.
There is no need to doubt the purpose itself.
‘But why are you holding me back?’
Even while swinging his sword, Geomseong did not stop continuing his thoughts. He was constantly thinking and trying to understand the devil’s true intentions.
Of course, there wasn’t much to be gained from that.
Geomseong gritted his teeth and pulled his arm back.
Yeonhwageomgyeol (蓮火劍訣), Jeilchosik (第一招式).
Magnolia.
Quaaa!!
The flower petals that had bloomed return to their original state.
The result is sharp thorns.
The divine sword advanced without shaking an inch and stabbed the devil’s body.
Hook!
A short but clear sound rang out.
The devil’s body was pierced.
And then it collapses.
With a handful of blood again.
Wheeooooo-
“… ….”
It didn’t take long for the blood to rise again. Since it was a fairly familiar sight by now, Sword Saint just remained silent.
Be silent and swing your sword.
Liquid removal!!
I am also confident.
‘This guy is not trying to kill me.’
The Sword Saint’s eyes were deeply depressed.
The exact purpose of the devil is still unknown.
However, he seemed to vaguely know that it was not just his death.
Isn’t he like that too?
‘If he had tried to kill me, he would have led the mountain army towards me in the first place.’
Whether or not the devil had the ability to do so was not worth considering. Isn’t he the one who resurrected the monster he buried decades ago?
It would not be strange to say that he is also hiding some strange power.
‘But you didn’t. ‘He wasn’t actively trying to kill me.’
Geomseong radiated aura to an excessive degree.
So that the devil mistakes his actions.
So, he made the mistake of thinking that he had no idea what the guy was up to.
‘…… It’s not my death. ‘He is not seeking my death.’
If you think about it, it was like that. Geomseong suddenly thought back to the story he had heard from his granddaughter the other day.
A series of events that occurred at the academy.
It was said that at that last moment, the devil’s energy was clearly targeting Aria.
Not the sword saint, but the granddaughter of such a sword saint.
‘Why?’
If he’s aiming, shouldn’t he be himself? Wasn’t that what they gave their power to jihad for?
Geomseong thought.
What the devil wants may not be his own death.
Maybe he just thinks he’s broken.
I don’t know the reason.
I didn’t know.
But at the point where we vaguely guessed that purpose, the situation may be more serious than before.
Kkdeuk-
Geomseong gritted his teeth.
And grab the sword.
Stronger, more rough.
‘If what you’re after is not my death, but something more than that.’
Raise the sword upward. This time it’s a straight line.
An attitude that could perhaps be called monotonous.
‘There is probably a reason why the mountain army bothers to attack the fortress at this time.’
However, the amount of energy gathered in such a blade was by no means something to be underestimated.
‘…… ‘Did you think I would tolerate that?’
At the fingertips of the Sword Saint, flower petals bloomed.
Yeonhwageomgyeol has reached its peak.
He intended to destroy the demon in front of him with a single sword strike.
And then we will head to the fortress.
The swordsman drew his sword.
Down, in a straight line.
That was enough.
Yeonhwageomgyeol (蓮火劍訣).
The five-second style.
‘The sword of the flower crown.’
Flash!
The night sky, colored with musical instruments, is colored with flashes of light for an instant.
It was a flame created by an Auror.
Quwagwagwagwagwagwang!!!
A roar shook the eardrums, and a scene to suit it was created.
Another valley descended halfway up the mountain range.
It was as if a huge rock had pressed down on the ground itself.
“… ….”
At about that time, the Sword Saint lowered his sword.
The complexion was quite dark.
I ended up consuming too much aura.
I didn’t intend to do it to this extent, but…
‘…… If I hadn’t done this, I might not have been able to reach it.’
Of course, this does not mean that you cannot move your body.
I could fight more than enough.
Aren’t the students holding up well against the Sangun, as expected?
Now it is your turn to take over the job.
‘It might not be too late now.’
Geomseong quickly turned around out of impatience.
Sreuk… ….
Not knowing that it was a mistake.
“…… !”
The moment I belatedly noticed the presence, it was already impossible to react.
Love love!!
The swordsman took advantage of that moment to somehow turn his sword, but despite this, he failed to completely defend himself.
What was flying was a single tentacle.
Phew!
“… ….”
The Sword Saint’s expression frowned ever so slightly, but then returned to its original state.
Do not scream or moan.
Shut up!
He simply swung his sword down, almost instinctively, and cut down the black tentacle.
[…] … Ah, I almost got into big trouble.]
It was then that I heard a voice.
Beyond the mountain range hollowed out by the Sword Saint’s blow, a devil crawled out of the valley.
It still had the appearance of a girl, but before I knew it, it was pulling out countless tentacles over her shoulders.
Geomseong narrowed his eyes and looked at it.
And then I realize.
‘That is.’
The devil’s body has changed.
‘…… It seems that the attack from earlier had no effect at all.’
He is a demon lord who was using the body of a demon marquis just before.
Not now.
That is not a being that can be considered a marquis level demon.
Definitely more. Probably a Duke.
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Geomseong sighed inwardly.
‘You mean you changed into a new body?’
It was a terrible thing. At the same time, it is something he can accomplish because he is the Demon King.
Geomseong eventually gave up.
Returning to the fortress with ‘that’ in front of us was now extremely close to impossible.
If he were to be considered a demon Duke, he would probably be no different from the Sangun.
It won’t be that difficult to defeat him, but…….
‘It is impossible to help the fortress. There is no way to move further from here.’
[Looking at it, I think I barely noticed it.]
It was around that time that the devil spoke again.
The girl’s eyes were folded into a half-moon shape.
[You have to play with me, Sword Saint. I can’t go there.]
“…… “You guy.”
[It would be best if I could kill you, but realistically it is not possible. This is the ‘other path’ I found.]
The devil wearing a girl’s mask raised her index finger.
It was not a swordsman aiming like that.
[Anyway, I just need you to fall apart. With that, my wish will be achieved.]
The gaze of the girl with a cheerful smile is directed to the castle. It’s a mountain range. These are the students there.
The goal was clear.
[I’m feeling a bit good right now, so can I just say one thing? About my true purpose.]
Geomseong no longer listened to the devil.
I grab my sword back. It causes an aura.
[I mean, Sword Saint.]
There was no time or space to hesitate any longer.
If the situation is like this, there is only one way.
[I really like dolls. Because I can save everything I love in an eternal form.]
All you have to do is defeat the devil blocking your way, be it a duke or a grand duke, or even if it is the Three Kings.
The two eyes of the Sword Saint were filled with an eerie light, and immediately after that, the Divine Sword drew a silent flash.
[But you can’t be my doll… ….]
The devil also smiled.
[You are not lovable at all. It’s such a strong spirit that I can’t even taste it anymore.]
Stretch out your hand. Move the tentacles.
Instruments are constantly being poured out.
[So, I will make you my soldier.]
The sword and the instrument clashed. Dozens of times in a moment, hundreds of times in the blink of an eye.
Hundreds and thousands of explosions caused by the collision of two forces that did not retreat even a single step soon began to shake the entire mountain range.
[Ahahahaha.]
The devil laughed. He continued to laugh.
Because I was just satisfied.
Her work was moving as she hoped.
Everything goes as planned, there are no errors.
So, she spit out words she had never intended to say.
[In preparation for when ‘Yeokcheon’ does something wrong in the future.]
In a very quiet voice, as if he were reciting a great secret.
With an extremely touching tone.
[Shouldn’t I find a way to survive too?]
Like that.
*****
“Hey, sh*t. “You disgusting bastards.”
Pussy!
Spitting out as many curses as I could, I destroyed one of the approaching monsters. Thunderbolt’s performance was excellent.
No blood or body fluids splashed onto my body, but all dissolved.
“Junior! Instead of that, let’s try writing pretty words together?!”
After getting rid of another monster that was running from my side, I turned my head to follow the voice I heard.
There was Eve running with me.
I stared at her like that for a moment and then burst out laughing.
“I guess you don’t want to be covered in blood either, you’re wasting your energy like that again.”
“…… No, that’s not it! “It has nothing to do with Malbon Bird!”
Eve hurriedly waved her hand at my words, but I only tilted my head.
And I ask.
“Is that so?”
“Yes!”
Eve screamed loudly, and I burst out laughing.
I heard his reaction is really interesting.
“Well, it’s okay to waste a little bit of blood. “I’ll give you the back of my neck if you need it, so you can suck it whenever you want.”
I said that as I half-mechanically rode out the monsters.
Anyway, being able to replenish your energy is a positive factor.
“…… Therefore! “Don’t talk like that!!”
However, Eve doesn’t seem to like my very kind declaration of donating blood. She screamed loudly again.
My ears are starting to hurt.
‘…… ‘Is it still far?’
Anyway, at that point I looked even higher than where I was standing.
So, the top of the mountain ranger’s body.
Let me tell you now, in fact, Eve and I were currently climbing the mountain range. Should I say that I am riding hard and climbing up?
Of course, it is to defeat the mountain army.
Quarrr!
I threw down another thunderbolt, cleared away two or three monsters in front of me, and turned my head back.
It seems like we’ve come quite high at this point, but there’s still a long way to go.
And then I suddenly remembered.
So why are we doing this?
If we were to trace the starting point of this unexpected mountain climbing, it was none other than the strategy proposed by Eve.
To put it bluntly, it was quite difficult at first.
Well, let alone Eve, I also didn’t know much about Sangun. In fact, it had to be that way.
Of course, what can we know about the monster that was subdued decades ago?
Even in the story, the information about Sangun does not appear very long.
There was no way to know its weaknesses.
– …… Brain, you say?
-Yes, a brain! I mean the head!
Surprisingly, Eve found such a weakness without difficulty.
It was none other than the power of bloody eyes.
Use your powers as a vampire to follow the path of blood and find vulnerable parts of living things.
That was undoubtedly Eve’s ability that I was well aware of.
And at this moment, Sangun’s weakness that Eve mentioned was in the head, that is, in the brain.
Needless to say, it is a common weakness of all living things, but-.
-The heart is not worth examining. Because life has already stopped.
More than that, it seemed that for Sangun, the brain was an essential organ for activity.
-What we need to focus on is the source of the force that moves this old corpse. The devil’s evil energy is now concentrated in this monster’s head!
According to Eve, the thing that is making the mountains move now is the musical instrument. Actually, it’s natural, but it’s true.
Still, I didn’t know the exact location where those instruments were gathered.
Weakness is the brain.
In other words, it is the head.
Musical instruments cannot move a heart that has already stopped.
So the instrument chose to penetrate into the brain.
Because it is the only body organ that is connected to all nerves throughout the body.
This is how the resurrection of a corpse that had been dead for decades was achieved.
Eve said. If only the instrument in the brain could be completely erased, the movements of the mountains would also stop.
What we must ultimately do is to sever the connection with the instrument.
It was an operation that I had no reason not to welcome.
Anyway, the goal has been clearly set.
I stopped thinking and looked at Sangun’s head once again.
It was at that moment that my right eardrum rang.
Quaaa!!
“Oh, it’s a surprise.”
A sudden explosion sound, and it was quite close.
I quickly came to my senses.
Sangun’s body has not yet burned even half of it, but in such a situation, Sangun’s body is creating endless monsters.
Perhaps it was a hasty result, but the shapes were all sloppy.
Anyway, the monsters are running rampant, using Sangun’s body as their home.
As if they were trying to stop us from going higher.
[Kyaaagh!]
And just now, an entity appeared that was larger than the ones we had encountered so far.
I opened my mouth with a smile on purpose to erase the tension.
“That looks a bit tight. “We need to work together.”
“Oh, collaboration?!”
“Yes, let’s catch it together, right?”
While tilting my head at Eve’s somewhat violent reaction, I spun the dagger in my hand.
Anyway, this Geumgangjeo cannot be used for a long time.
I should try to save it as much as possible, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have faith in it.
I continued my thoughts as I jumped out of the monster’s blind spot.
When you really have a hard time, you can just use ‘that’.
‘There is still one move left. So it’s worth doing.’
Kwagwagwagwang!!
Draws a curve with lightning and knocks off one of the monster’s arms.
And then Eve cuts down the monster that looks back at me.
Shut up!
It was a very light cutting sound, but the monster’s body was torn apart by that thin line.
Very neat treatment.
I took my gaze away from the monster and launched myself again.
A little higher, as high as you can.
‘Phew.’
I let out a small sigh inside.
Yes, there are still some left.
So, I was confident that I would be able to capture Sangun somehow, but that didn’t mean I wasn’t worried.
That’s because the enemy wasn’t just the mountain army.
“…… “I wonder if they can hold out.”
Frowning slightly, I lowered my gaze.
This is a land that is quite far away now.
The castle’s barrier seemed quite strong, but it probably wouldn’t last long.
Because the number of monsters easily exceeded tens or hundreds.
Monsters gathered from all over the mountain range as if they had been called by their master.
They came towards us, but they mainly tried to attack the fortress.
Perhaps close to 10,000 people will cover the fortress.
There’s no way you can’t worry, right?
“…… “It’ll be okay.”
However, Eve calmly reassured me as if she did not know how I felt.
“There is my brother over there, and the other students are definitely not weak. Rather, what’s more dangerous might be this side where there are only you and me?”
Eve is trying hard to pretend to be calm.
She smiled at me.
“So, let’s trust it and let’s go. “We are doing what we can.”
“… ….”
And with that kind smile and soft voice, I had no choice but to put aside my excessive worries.
I smiled bitterly and eventually nodded.
“Well, I guess so.”
“That’s right.”
“If we die here, will our bodies be recovered?”
“…… “But please don’t make such lame jokes.”
I burst out laughing and nodded.
Surprisingly, thanks to this short conversation, the tension eased.
I gripped the dagger a little stronger.
And surround yourself with lightning.
Jjeok-
The Geumgangjeo seemed to be starting to crack as if it was gradually approaching its limit, but-.
‘It’s okay.’
It’s okay.
I was able to do it.
I decided to think so and then said to Eve.
“Let’s go, senior.”
“Of course, junior.”
Eve also showed a more natural smile this time.
She followed behind me, holding a blood-red sword.
Finally, she just spit out a word that seemed to be directed at herself.
“We can do it.”
You can do it, you can definitely do it.
With a very confident expression, like that.