42 – A Night in Hyperion Castle – 7
The world goes dark. Isn’t it originally dark because it’s night? No, the expression I’m looking at now goes beyond the category of simply ‘dark’ and ‘like pitch-black’ would be more appropriate.
However, mysteriously, all the surrounding objects turned black as the light disappeared, but the mixed flame, me, and Veronica were clearly visible even in the dark world, as if there was a street lamp above them.
“This… This…”
“Why? First time seeing it?”
“I didn’t use magic like this back then…!”
“Because I had her back then and I didn’t have to give her all.”
Veronica threw off the grotesque mask she no longer needed because of [Nix’s World] And smiled beautifully.
“King, take a good look. This is the stage that the king will someday surpass.”
At that moment, the surrounding mana began to vibrate.
But it wasn’t a natural vibration. The vibrations I felt now had a peculiar regularity, as if someone was artificially manipulating them.
“There are rules that must be followed in this space.”
Veronica began explaining the ‘rules’ of this space to the mixed spirits who were guarding her surroundings.
“First, no one in this world can raise their head except the king and me.”
“Ugh?!”
As soon as Veronica’s words were finished, she collapsed, banging her head on the floor as if something heavy was weighing on her.
“Second, it doesn’t matter if you look at me with cheeky eyes, but enmity toward the king amounts to treason.”
Veronica slowly approached the frozen soul who was crushed to the floor by her and she put her hand to her eye.
“So let’s pluck out those cheeky eyes.”
Wooddeuk…
“Ouch?!”
“Third, be quiet here.”
Veronica squeezed the pupils she had plucked from her conflagration and crushed them with her hands, then this time she held out her hand to her mouth.
“I’m not virtuous, so I’ll pluck out your tongue.”
Tteuk…
“Ugh…!”
“It’s quieter now.”
Veronica tossed what had been her horny tongue on her floor like garbage and this time she started to put her hands on both of her ears.
“Fourth, you shouldn’t carelessly listen to conversations here.”
Jjiik-!
“So I’ll rip off your ears.”
Veronica expressionlessly tore off her horned ear and placed it on the floor, stomping it gently with her shoe.
“Of course you can hear it…”
Veronica continued her words this time, placing her hand on her head.
“I’ll make all your senses go away.”
“Turn it off…”
A black mist erupted from Veronica’s hand that held her horned head, and she began digging into her brain.
After a while, the life in her eyes disappeared, and she stopped moving.
“The last fifth.”
Veronica opened her mouth as she gazed at the mixed flame that had lost her mind with cold eyes.
“Outsiders are prohibited from entering.”
With that said, Veronica crushed her horned head with her foot.
‘Crazy…’
It’s too overwhelming.
The difference was so overwhelming that I wondered if it was really a difference of one level. After level 90 or higher, is the 1 level difference that big?
“How is it, King?”
“…..It’s f*cking strong..”
“Whoops…Don’t worry, if you become a true king, this will be very easy.”
Veronica’s words did not touch me much. In fact, it is because the image Veronica showed her was beyond the scope of mere humans.
To kill a level 93 monster so easily, like catching cockroaches in a room, how could anyone imitate something like that?
“There is a misunderstanding, my king. The soul spirit is not yet dead.”
“What are you talking about, my head is spinning.”
“Look at this.”
Veronica touched the corpse of the Horn Flame, whose head was crushed and motionless. She then tore Hon Yeom’s chest open with the power of her hands and took out a round jet-black bead in place of her heart.
“…What is this slimy marble?”
“Check it out.”
According to Veronica’s words, I used [Item Research] On the jet-black orb.
“[Research item.]”
[Essence of Mixed Flame: The essence containing the soul of Mixed Flame.]
Crazy, what is this?
“High-ranking beings of chaos do not die. If they are fatally wounded to the point of death, they transfer their souls to the essence that exists instead of their hearts, recover their strength, and create a new body again.”
“That’s just immortality.”
“It’s similar. So in the past, I couldn’t kill the soul flame and sealed it under this imperial castle. But it may have been too long, but it seems to have reawakened in response to the king’s thick void mana.”
“…”
Why do Chaos like me so much?
“In this world, there is no one other than the king who uses such thick void mana.”
“Then I just don’t want to use void mana.”
“That’s not true. The king’s mana itself is deeply infused with void mana, so even if the king doesn’t want it, void mana will seep into the surroundings.”
Damn, so you’re saying we’ll have to face level 93 monsters like the Mixed Flame again? I’m not confident if I meet such a monster again…?
“Isn’t that why I’m escorting the king? So stop the impure thought that sometimes you want to kick me out.”
“…hehehehe…”
What are you talking about? I always want Veronica to be by my side
“Well, I’m glad you think so now.”
Veronica smiled lightly as she handed me the essence of mixed flame.
But why are you suddenly giving this to me? Anxiously.
“To be honest, in the past I couldn’t help but seal the mixed flames, but things are a little different now.”
“Do you have any ideas?”
“Yes.”
At that moment, Veronica pointed a finger at me.
“…That finger is very impure..?”
“The king is the way.”
Me? I’m just an infinitely weak level 47 scum? What can I do with the level 93 essence of mixed flames…
“The king has an interesting ability.”
“……You can’t…”
“You noticed.”
Veronica started urging me while holding the essence of her soul flame.
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“Let’s eat.”
“…….”
Um…… No matter how well I pick up and eat anything, isn’t this a bit much? I mean, if I eat something like this, I’ll get a stomach ache.
“Don’t worry. The Great Demon’s abilities aren’t that weak.”
“Hmm…If I eat something like this, my stomach will start a fire show…”
“Isn’t it immune to fire damage anyway?”
“Yes, but…”
Ah, there’s no escape hole.
People can be picky about it, that’s too much…
“Don’t worry too much and eat. It will definitely be of great help to the king.”
“…Eight!”
‘So, has Veronica ever done anything bad to me? I’ll just have to hold back and eat it!’
I swallowed the essence of mixed flame that Veronica gave me in one go with my eyes closed.
Gulp-!
[The Devourer is activated.]
[Satisfies the evolutionary conditions for predators.]
[The Devourer evolves into Baal Zebub]
[Baal Zebub: It can eat everything. Becomes immune to all poisons. It can also partially absorb all abilities of the creature it consumes. Absorbed souls can be stored.]
[You have acquired Chaos Resistance LV 9.]
[You have acquired Chaos Magic LV 7.]
[You have acquired Chaos Mana LV 8.]
[You have acquired the flame of chaos.]
[Flame of Chaos: You can use flames containing chaotic mana.]
[You have acquired the envy.]
[Timer: Magic Penetration 100%, all magic used becomes immune.]
[The soul of mixed flame is stored in Baal Zebub.]
[Absorbed soul]
-Mixed flames
[Stored souls can be used at any time.]
“…Um?”
Wait a minute. I don’t understand right now…
[You have defeated a powerful opponent! 10000 Points will be paid.]
[You have reached LV 48.]
[You have reached LV 49.]
[LV has reached 50.]
[You have reached LV 51.]
[You have reached LV 52.]
[You have reached LV 53.]
[You have reached LV 54.]
[You have reached LV 55.]
[You have reached LV 56.]
[Unable to learn level 50 unique ability due to point shop ability.]
[You can use the special point shop for free once.]
[You can change to a new job after reaching LV 50.]
“…………”
“Didn’t I tell you. It would be of great help.”
…It’s a big help, but…Isn’t this too raw? I got sick and I ate all the rewards.
You even got a lot of experience points because I was judged to have killed you, right?
“But, king, isn’t that important now?”
“Oh right…”
I realized one important thing after listening to Veronica.
“Irina was there, right?”
I approached Irina, who was lying unconscious at a distance.
‘There are unsightly burn marks all over the body, so I need to heal them quickly.’
“[Purity].”
When I used [Her Purity] On Irina, within seconds Irina slowly opened her eyes and regained her sanity.
“Is this… Master…?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Ah… The mixed flame… Uh… How…”
“Mixed flames? Uh…”
-Let the king take it down.
‘…Really? Can you believe it?’
-Let’s try it. There are no eyewitnesses, so isn’t it enough to insist?
I heard Veronica’s telepathy that had turned into a black mist and wandered around my body.
Because no one knows except Veronica anyway!
“I killed it.”
“……You’re deaf, my master…”
“…….”
-You don’t believe this.
f*ck, of course I don’t believe it, even if it’s like me, I don’t believe it.
-Ugige.
“Is it true? I’m actually immune to the fire attribute, so I was compatible with mixed flames.”
“…Is that true…?”
“Uh…”
“…….”
No, no one doubts it!
“Look? There’s a corpse of mixed flames over there.”
“Uh…”
In the end, I proudly shouted to Irina as I showed the corpse of mixed flame that Veronica had crushed.
“Can’t you believe this?”
“Um…Did you really kill the soul spirit…?”
“Is it real? Master, don’t you trust me?”
“I believe… I believe!”
When Irina saw the corpse of the Horn Flame, she seemed to believe that I really killed the Horn Flame.
“Mi..I’m sorry…That slaves don’t trust their masters…I made a big mistake…”
“…….”
She was honestly f*cking stung, but didn’t show it.
“Ah…Come to think of it…Lee Seo-yoon has arrived at Hwangseong…”
“…Seoyun arrived?”
Already? Did you come much sooner than expected?
“I tried to evacuate after the confluence appeared… But I don’t know where it went. Since the castle is so vast, you might have gotten lost…”
“Okay? Well, let’s clean up the surroundings…”
“It’s done. Master, hurry up and go find Seoyoon. I’ll clean up this place. I have to have a very close talk with my older brother, who ran away in fear of monsters.”
Irina looked at the corpses of the knights who were burned by the mixed flames with pity, and put on a grim expression as if she had made up her mind.
“Even the original woman can’t stand it this time. To think that she’s responding to the subject who is currently the highest decision maker in the imperial palace in this way…. Will definitely make me regret it…!”
“Uh…Um…Yes…”
At that moment, Irina was scared of her life and secretly took a step backwards.
“So, master, hurry up and go see Seoyoon. Didn’t she wait a long time? She doesn’t care enough to disturb the touching reunion.”
“…Okay. But be careful, the familiars may still be there.”
“It’s okay. Additional troops will come soon.”
Irina pointed at the knights running from afar and said.
Anyway, it comes very quickly. The mixed flames were already dead a long time ago.
“Princess?! Are you okay!”
“She’s a good woman.”
Irina approached her knights with a large white cloak she had pulled out from somewhere, covering her bare skin that was burnt by the flames of chaos.
“Let’s go.”
“Be careful.”
In the end, I left Irina and went inside the castle to find Lee Seo-yoon.
But here I realized a problem.
Where did Seoyoon go?
My current location is the entrance garden of the Constellation Palace. If Lee Seo-yoon runs away, in which direction will he run away?
“It’s only here.”
There are only two places that connect from the Constellation Palace, the passage leading to the center of the Imperial Palace and the passage leading to the empty palace, which is not often visited by people.
However, the passage leading to the center of the imperial palace was full of burned corpses of knights. Due to the nature of Lee Seo-yoon’s weak stomach, he would never have run away through the passageway piled with corpses.
Then the only place left is the entrance to the empty palace, where people don’t go often.
“[Psychokinesis]”
After my worries, I used [Psychokinesis] To rise into the air.
After that, I entered the empty palace passage.
At the entrance of the aisle, there was a sign that read ‘Moonlight Palace’. Perhaps the name of this palace was the Moonlight Palace.
“..Um…?”
The moment I entered the entrance of the Moonlight Palace, I felt mana deep inside the Moonlight Palace.
There’s no way I could suddenly feel mana for no reason, so something must be happening inside the Moonlight Palace.
-Hmm….This is the signal orb’s mana.
“Signal beads..?”
-That’s right. It is an orb containing mana, and because of its characteristic of injecting mana, it emits mana around it, so it is used to ask for help from people around you.
“…So you’re saying someone needs help right now?”
– Maybe.
I listened to Veronica and started to speed up.
***
It wasn’t long before I found a white man forcibly holding a dark-haired woman in the middle of a large hallway.
[LV 27 Alex]
HP: 2998/3156
Mana: 561/626
Status: excited
[LV 24 Seoyoon Lee]
HP: 1561/1589
Mana: 1251/1521
Status: Horror
Alex, a white man, took off Lee Seo-yoon’s top and laughed intriguingly.
At that moment, Lee Seo-yoon’s terrified eyes looked at me floating in the air.
“Eup…Up…?”
“Huh? What’s wrong with this b*tch all of a sudden?”
‘………Lord, I’m sending you one today.’
I started chanting the Void Spear.
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