193 – Decisive Battle (5)**
Merilda’s face turned pale for a moment at Kim Hyun-woo’s words.
She looked bewildered, as if she couldn’t understand the situation.
But that was only for a moment. Soon, Merilda understood Kim Hyun-woo’s words and her face turned bright red. She began to look dazed.
On the other hand, the other heroes who were looking at Merilda were looking at her with extremely empty expressions.
Naturally, Roria’s restraint loosened.
However, even Roria, whose restraint had naturally loosened, could only open her mouth at this ridiculous situation as her body recovered. But Kim Hyun-woo asked with a very serious expression.
“Will you marry me?”
…In fact, even Kim Hyun-woo knew that proposing in this situation was not just ridiculous, but crazy.
But even though he knew that, the reason he did it was because…
[Ask for the other party’s consent to propose.]
Such a notification window appeared in front of Kim Hyun-woo.
‘This is embarrassing.’
Of course, Kim Hyun-woo was not thick-skinned, so he expected this situation to be embarrassing, but when he saw the expressions of the other heroes and Roria looking at him with ridiculous expressions, he felt his head heating up.
However, the moment he saw Roria’s strength a little while ago, Kim Hyun-woo had no choice but to use his last resort without hesitation.
The method of marrying a hero through a proposal ring and increasing the hero’s bonus by 50%.
Of course, it was not difficult to see that her strength was beyond imagination, and even if she married the heroes right now and increased her bonus, it was not certain whether she would be able to defeat Roria.
The sword that was thrust into the moment Roria was most relaxed, and the fact that Lynn had tried to stab it deeply several times, but the black dot was gradually coming out of her body.
However, he couldn’t give up on that, so Kim Hyun-woo used the last resort he could do without hesitation.
“Yes, I will!”
Merilda nodded with a joyful expression at Kim Hyun-woo’s question.
And the moment Kim Hyun-woo put the ring on Merilda’s hand.
[You have married the hero ‘King of the Mermaids’. Ability bonus is increased by an additional 50%!]
[The hero ‘King of the Mermaids’ has met the conditions of the last star!]
[The hero ‘King of the Mermaids’ has become ★★★★★★ (6 stars)!]
[★★★★★★ (6 stars) bonus rate 100% is additionally applied!]
“!”
Kim Hyun-woo, who had a blank expression for a moment at the numerous notification windows that appeared in front of his eyes, soon smiled broadly.
Soon, Kim Hyun-woo, who was looking at the four heroes who were making very happy expressions and empty expressions as if they were about to collapse, approached Lynn, who was making a tearful expression this time.
“Lynn. Will you marry me?”
He took out another proposal ring.
“Huh?”
Lynn, who was sobbing and making a bewildered expression as if she couldn’t understand the current situation just like Merilda before.
“…”
Now, he could see Roria looking at him with an expression that was not only absurd but also desperate.
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In that way, Kim Hyun-woo, who had given proposal rings to a total of five heroes starting with Merilda, saw the heroes who were happy, but this time Merilda, who had a slightly subtle expression.
…And he could see Roria looking at Kim Hyun-woo as if she couldn’t understand the situation at all.
“Did you propose to me last because you thought you were going to die soon?”
Roria said with a snickering laugh.
“You’ll see.”
However, Kim Hyun-woo muttered with a smile as he looked at her, and Roria said with a bitter laugh.
“Well, it wasn’t a bad skit. Thanks to that, it was fun while I was recovering. Ah- But don’t worry about missing the opportunity.”
Swoosh-
“Even if I had recovered, the heroes wouldn’t have been able to kill me anyway.”
Roria said so and checked her fully recovered body as if to confirm it with a confident expression.
“Well, then shall we finish this properly?”
Saying that, she moved her body naturally-
“…?”
Move-
“Huh?”…couldn’t move.
Loria was momentarily flustered as she clearly exerted strength into her body, but her body wouldn’t budge, her expression filled with bewilderment.
“Hup-!”
She soon mustered her strength to somehow move her body, but despite her efforts, her body only trembled and wouldn’t move.
And then.
“W-what?”
As Loria’s expression turned into one of utter confusion, Kim Hyun-woo smiled.
“It seems like you’ll be the one to end up like this.”
He uttered those words.
Kwaaang-!!
Following that, Loria was sent flying by Merilda’s fist.
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Loria couldn’t understand the current situation at all.
The reason was because the heroes, who had been easily repelled by her magic just moments ago, were now displaying ridiculous strength.
“Huff-!”
Loria’s hand shot up convulsively and aimed at Lynn, who was approaching her.
As soon as she did, her arm distorted as if it had violated the contract, and her magic circuits began to twist and turn.
However, Loria endured it with superhuman patience and shot out her magic, even considering the loss of magic power.
‘Crazy-!’
Lynn dodged her attack all too easily.
It was a completely different situation from just a moment ago, when she couldn’t even respond to her magic.
Of course, unlike before, the heroes’ bodies were now covered in the Dragon’s buffs, but even considering that, their movements were on a completely different level than before.
No, it was beyond being on a different level; it was simply absurd.
That’s why Loria was bewildered by the heroes’ suddenly changed abilities, but she soon realized what Kim Hyun-woo had done and raised her hand to kill him right now.
“It’s too late.”
“!”
Regrettably, Merilda, who had already arrived in front of Loria, slammed Loria’s head into the ground with those words.
Clank-!
Loria was slammed into the ground, her defensive barrier, which had blocked all of the heroes’ attacks until just a moment ago, being crushed into nothingness.
“This, Riga- This can’t be happening…!”
Loria, her eyes bloodshot and her face contorted, immediately twisted her body to get up from her spot.
“I can use all my strength- This can’t be happening!!”
Loria screamed convulsively, releasing her magic in all directions.
However, regrettably, her magic couldn’t do any damage to Merilda.
Clank-!
“Ugh-!”
Finally, the executioner’s sword that Charles had slammed down pierced Loria’s heart.
■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■-!!!!
Then, a scream that was incomparably more terrifying than anything heard before echoed out.
As the black smoke that seemed to have forcibly distorted the mechanical sound, like the other black things, filled the air, Loria stopped moving.
“…”
Kim Hyun-woo, who had been watching Loria’s end from afar, also watched the situation with a very tense expression, his lips pursed as if he was waiting for the words, ‘Did you get rid of her?’
It was understandable, because although it seemed like it was over for all intents and purposes, the ending was too anticlimactic for Loria’s appearance.
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However, his tension didn’t last long, and after the black smoke floated in the air and disappeared completely, nothing happened. Kim Hyun-woo checked for a while longer, and then.
“…Is it over…”
He let out a deep sigh and slumped down on the spot.
“That’s right. It’s over.”
As a new voice came from behind him, Kim Hyun-woo instinctively distanced himself and frowned.
“Hey, hey, don’t do that! I’m not your enemy!?”
She spoke hurriedly after seeing Kim Hyun-woo’s reaction.
“Enemy, you say?”
“Of course not. I was tied up by the guy who was just killed by your heroes.”
The black-haired girl replied to Kim Hyun-woo’s words. No.
“Anyway, it’s nice to meet you, Kim Hyun-woo.”
-The mysterious merchant said with a twinkling smile in her starlight eyes that glowed strangely brightly.”I believed you could do it?”
“…You.”
“Me, the mysterious merchant.”
The mysterious merchant, pointing to himself, spoke, “Hmm.”
“Well, I came here with the intention of telling you a few things, but shouldn’t we take care of that first?”
“That?”
When he turned his gaze in the direction the mysterious merchant was looking, he saw Lien, who had transformed into a giant dragon and was preparing to crush Roria’s body.
“Yeah, that. Without that body, the hero who brought you here won’t be able to save you, will he?”
To the mysterious merchant’s words.
“Stop!”
Kim Hyun-woo hurriedly stopped the heroes.
Boring!!! I kinda called it but boring!!!