271 – Forward
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Under the breathtaking silence, the chase team slowly moved forward without letting down their guard.
The faint lamp illuminating the dark cave flickered precariously as if it would go out at any moment.
No one had optimistic hopes that things would go well.
Everyone’s expressions already had a strong determination, even to the point of death.
As a result, Evan’s worst prediction came true.
Kukukung-!!
With a huge vibration shaking the ground, Dietrich, the leader of the Drakans, appeared.
“Ready for battle!!”
At Evan’s shout, the executioners formed their battle formations in perfect order.
Looking down at his enemies, Dietrich smiled in satisfaction.
“I can’t believe so many executioners are coming! “It will be the most thrilling battle!!”
The lightly swung fist flew towards Evan, emitting a tremendous sound.
However, when Evan stretched out his hand forward without blinking, the solid defensive magic that was immediately cast without any delay easily blocked the giant’s attack.
At the same time, the two executioners on either side jumped towards the enemy.
Seeing as he approached without hesitation and didn’t shy away from hand-to-hand combat, it seemed like he was a body enhancement wizard.
It was clear that even Dietrich could not easily gain the upper hand since there were two enforcers. The collisions were repeated so violently that a huge explosion followed each time they collided.
Boom! Thud!!!
“hahahaha! Good! “Make me have more fun!!”
Despite the imminent situation in which he would not be surprised if he died at any time, Dietrich was enjoying the battle with a happier expression than ever. He looked so frantic that even the executioners who were dealing with him frowned and hesitated for a moment.
After Evan blocked the first attack, he didn’t take any action, but instead glanced in that direction and then calmly walked away.
“Keep moving.”
“Yes? But···!!”
When I protested, not understanding the decision, I immediately received a cold retort.
“What is the most important thing right now? “Isn’t this the rescue of your friend?”
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“Taking time may be what the enemy really wants. And I trust my colleagues.”
When he said that, I could only nod.
Yes. The most important thing now is to save Sharon. Let’s not think about anything else.
We continued moving forward, leaving behind the two enforcers fighting Dietrich.
“···This chill.”
White breath suddenly leaks from the corner of the mouth. As her whole body began to tremble, we immediately realized who was waiting for us in front of us.
“I never thought it would be real.”
A tone mixed with a sly yet cold sarcasm.
Siegfried, the opponent we had now faced to the point of exhaustion, blocked our path as expected.
“This is absurd. How lowly must we have been to be able to follow us so blatantly? “Aren’t you afraid of death?”
The guy with his arms outstretched and bursting out in cynicism had his eyes fixed directly on me.
“Well, it’s a good thing for me. “The opportunity to avenge the humiliation from earlier has come my way.”
It looks like they have no intention of just letting it go.
The moment I took out the cards to prepare for battle, Catherine next to her grabbed me and said.
“It seems better for me, who has good magic compatibility, to step forward here. “Everyone else, please keep moving.”
It was definitely a reasonable judgment.
Catherine, who was a master of explosion magic, was just as good at dealing with Siegfried’s ice magic as Rachel, who was good at fire magic.
I was a little hesitant because I felt like I was passing on the work I should have done to someone else, but as Evan said, I needed to move rationally and focus only on saving Sharon for now.
“Yes. Then, please ask Catherine… Ugh!!”
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Then, a familiar pain suddenly struck her, shaking her head.
Definitely. This is her brainwashing magic.
The problem was that it was impossible to find where the other person was. It seems that he took advantage of the dark environment of the cave to hide himself and cast magic on me from afar.
I gradually lost consciousness and felt the control of my body disappearing. I never thought they would leave the other enforcers behind and attack me first…
As expected, Veronica’s magic was extremely difficult. In a way, it can be considered the most threatening variable within Drakan.
But we also anticipated that and prepared a preparedness plan.
An executioner specialized in search magic lowered his posture, placed his hands on the ground, and after a while, he finally found the location of Veronica, who had been hiding.
And right after.
Bang!!
As gunshots rang out, Reaper lifted his sunglasses and smiled.
“Nice shot.”
Veronica’s brainwashing magic is such a powerful ability that it is difficult to even properly resist it unless you have tremendous magic resistance like Gina.
But there is always compatibility in magic.
Just as Siegfried’s freezing magic was canceled out by Rachel’s flames, and just as Sharon’s three-hit special move was useless in the face of Hayang’s time stop.
And the being who has the compatibility to completely destroy Veronica’s magic is the Reaper.
The moment he clearly recognizes the enemy and pulls the trigger, the opponent is definitely transported to the spirit world. There, the Reaper, as the name suggests, becomes a transcendent being like the Grim Reaper and can ruthlessly tear his enemies to pieces.
It doesn’t cause physical damage, but on the contrary, no one can beat Reaper in the field of mind and inner self. I, too, had only escaped the spirit world by finding a method of destruction, but it was impossible to completely defeat the Reaper.
Not even a second after the gunshot was heard, the sound of someone falling down was heard.
When she turned her head, Veronica, hidden in the dark, was on her knees, completely lost and muttering to herself.
Unlike reality, it is impossible to know exactly how much time has passed in the spirit world, but looking at the situation, it seems that there is no need to look into who is winning there.
Siegfried could not hide his embarrassment as his colleague collapsed without understanding what was happening.
“What… “What have you guys done?”
“There won’t be time for leisurely chatting.”
As if not to miss the moment of her opponent’s agitation, Catherine used the explosion as momentum to leap through the air and rush forward. Siegfried clicks his tongue at the threatening charge and hurriedly widens the distance.
“Keep going.”
The remaining four people, including me, continued to move inside, toward the source of the signal.
Then, at one point, a shimmering darkness suddenly rose from beneath the ground and completely covered the space.
The master of this magic is clearly…
“This is getting into trouble. “I haven’t recovered all my magic power yet.”
The masked man trudged over and spoke calmly.
“Furthermore, since the cave is narrow, it is difficult to block them all in one place. “If you make a mistake and the cave collapses, it could affect your consciousness.”
“···Consciousness?”
“Well, anyway, we won’t be able to go beyond here. “We all have to die here.”
With those words, the opponent began to raise his magic power. In an instant, a tremendous pressure came upon those around me.
That guy is on a completely different level than the others.
Even if he took out the Joker, he honestly wasn’t sure if he could win. The problem was that I had been exhausted ever since the Academy attack, so the only time I could use Joker was once.
At that time, the black energy flowing from behind the guy turned into sharp fangs and flew towards me.
Oh my gosh-!!
With just one attack, the two executioners standing in the lead fell.
Powerful enough to split the body into two halves. At that moment, my pupils got bigger and my breathing became heavier due to the sudden death.
Evan casted the magic he had been casting just before.
Then, the only shining white door was created in the black curtain.
“Get out.”
“···Yes?”
“You can do it.”
What is that?
Are you saying you cast a spell to save me?
If it had been his skills, he would have been able to use defensive magic before his colleagues were harmed.
But Evan sacrificed them and chose a future in which I would definitely escape the veil.
“Why…”
“I told you. “We can’t do it, but I think you can.”
Evan glanced at me and then added a small word.
“Of course, it’s an unfounded intuition.”
Just for that reason…
No, Evan saw ‘possibility’ in me.
The possibility of twisting one’s fate as a foreigner was mentioned by the director.
“Do you think they will let me go obediently?”
The opponent’s attack comes again.
The inevitable attack of darkness.
But I was safe this time too.
Because Evan blocked my path and took the attack instead.
“Go quickly.”
When I saw the back of him with his left shoulder roughly torn off, I swallowed my breath and forced myself to turn around and open the door.
As soon as I came out of the tent, the shining door disappeared and the world was completely cut off.
I could no longer see what was going to happen inside.
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I expected it, but it was very difficult.
Still, I had to move on.
Even if this becomes my last fight.