271. lagging behind
Sculpture soldiers descending down the path of light like a rainbow from the sky at regular footsteps. The goddess of death, who saw it, rolled her eyes and made a sound of absurdity.
“Why didn’t you come right away, but you were preparing for something like this?”
The number of soldiers pouring in was at a level that simply could not be laughed at. The guys who came in densely came down to conquer the underworld without any emotion.
“Some people make soldiers out of statues, and some brag about it.”
“Ugh! If I and I had the strength, I could make soldiers out of darkness, right?”
“I guess so.”
He pulls out the sword from his waist.
A magic sword given by the goddess of death. Note that only the name is a magic sword. It’s only a bit ferocious in appearance, with goat horns attached, and it’s not much different from a normal sword.
I don’t know why I have this, but I warmed up and jumped in place.
“It was my first time fighting as a 10-year-old, so I was a little worried.”
I was nervous because everything, starting with muscle strength, was lacking compared to my old body.
Until the god of life came to rule the underworld in such a splendid way.
The end of the light path.
In the sky of the underworld, the god of life was looking down on this side with his armor on.
He holds a spear in his hand, but his heavy steps do not move, as if he has no intention of fighting directly.
“But I think I need to think differently.”
There was a considerable distance apart, but I could tell that the God of Life was watching me. So, I also smiled at him.
“I didn’t expect you to be so afraid of fighting me.”
did you hear it?
The spear held by the god of life shakes slightly.
“God, you have good ears.”
I had already fought the God of Life once. Because when I prevented the ensuing end for the second time, I was the one who defeated the god of life possessed by Ares.
So, the God of Life had experienced firsthand how strong I was, so he produced a bunch of dolls that were of no help at all and only a lot.
Because I wanted to avoid a face-to-face confrontation.
“Well, if it were me, I would.”
But the goddess of death standing behind me muttered blankly as if she had sympathized with me.
She closes her eyes tightly and folds her arms in a dizzying voice.
“Are you going to fight 1:1 with me? Terrible.”
Come to think of it, the goddess of death also possessed Rin and fought with me twice. You inadvertently instilled trauma.
Those who came down close to the land of the underworld.
I take my place at the end of the path of light and aim for the moment when the dolls reach the underworld.
There are a lot of numbers, but when they start to come in recklessly, there is no answer. It’s hard to protect the goddess.
However, I made a road like this and walked through it, but I didn’t intend to just watch it blankly.
“This is the land of the dead.”
A haven for lions.
barrenness of life.
“If you are not dead, this land is forbidden to enter.”
Of course, it was ambiguous to see dolls as living beings, but what does that matter? If it moves as if it is alive and breathing, it is there.
Quang!
As expected, the power of each of the dolls itself was poor. Wearing colorful armor and holding a ferocious weapon, it really only had a shape.
Carving iron armor out of wood doesn’t make it a real iron armor, doesn’t it?
The god of life had made them look like an indomitable army of hundreds of battles and victories, but they were actually hollow wooden dolls.
Quadduk!
If you swing the sword, one is shattered. If I had an old body, I would have crushed three of them in one shot, but a 10-year-old’s body was definitely not suitable for fighting.
“What do you think? Do you think you can win?”
The battle ends when the goddess of death is captured by the god of life. So I understand what’s behind you.
“……”
Kwadeuk! Kwadeuk!
“Can you win? I can not hear you!?”
“……”
Kwadeuk! Kwadeuk! Kwadeuk!
I tried to pretend I didn’t hear it with the destructive sound that came from breaking the dolls, but I kept waving my hands and screaming, as if I was trampled on by my eyes.
“I think you can win if you shut up!”
screaming in annoyance
Someone, now a 10-year-old, is running around and fighting, what is the thought of constantly asking annoying questions from behind?
But on the other side, they cry again, saying it’s unfortunate.
“Hey, what are you talking about! I’m cheering for myself too! cheer up! ᴅᴀɴᴅ Humanity’s Strongest Daniel! The hero who saved the world! This time, save the goddess who is beautiful, has a good body, and has recently overflowed with health!”
“I’m getting weak, so please shut up!”
“Chee.”
Kwadeuk! Quadduk!
He continued to swing his sword, leaving behind the disappointing grumbling of the goddess. Because the dolls are made of light, when they are cut over, they disappear without leaving a residue, so there is no getting stuck at their feet.
‘Even if I can’t push forward, I’m not pushed.’
I’m glad I’m surviving. However, this also clearly has limitations. He was still physically strong, and he had not shed a drop of sweat, but the number of enemy soldiers walking down the path of light was invisible.
‘In the end, will my stamina run out first, or will all these damn dolls become a bunch of lights and disappear? This is a fight.’
Even the god of life was still standing firm and looking down at me, not sure if it was a serious crisis.
Do you think that the reason for creating such a large army was solely to drain my stamina?
“Cowardly bastard.”
“……”
“It’s funny that I couldn’t even have a 1:1 match with myself, who became a kid.”
I tried provoking myself, but the god of life just pretended not to hear. Yeah, if they were going to be so easy to access, they wouldn’t have created such a large army.
The moment when a drop of sweat was about to flow from my forehead as the battle of attrition continued.
shake.
“……”
Fluffy fabric shakes.
The shape of it moving around like an earthworm gave the impression that it was dancing, but it wasn’t very pretty.
“Aja, aja.”
It sounds like a whisper, but unfortunately I can hear it in my ears. The goddess of death brought a translucent black silk cloth from where she had brought it, and was holding it in both hands and cheering.
You can say it’s okay if you don’t look at it because it’s behind your back.
When you become a young body and move technically, even if you don’t want to see it, you will automatically see it.
I don’t want to see you cheering with your own dance while moving the cloth.
‘Ah, should I just kill him?’
I was kind of attached to it, but did I have to go through all this hardships for a woman like that?
Wouldn’t it be okay if we just killed the goddess of death, the god of life, and even the goddess of time?
There is a reason why there are evil spirits among ghosts.
I felt like I was going to become a demon now.
“I’ll just say one word!”
“why? Are you strong? I practiced hard from the other day to support you in my own way!”
I still can’t get used to talking like a bright child with a mature woman’s face, but I shouted with the veins in my neck.
“Just three seconds. If you do that after that, I will go to kill you right away.”
“……I won’t do it anymore.”
The Goddess of Death whimpered again and fell down.
I don’t know why he is so relaxed.
If you do it wrong, you could really die from the god of life.
“What are you so relaxed about!”
Annoyed, I finally say a word.
Even in the midst of this, I was destroying the soldiers who rushed at me, but I was just moving my body without thinking about how long it had been.
Since the opponent was just a simple puppet with no thoughts, the attack was monotonous.
“Yes?”
Dejected, the goddess of death, who tidies up the cloth she was holding, pretended not to hear and asked again.
“Why are you relaxed! You could die if you do something wrong!”
There is a high probability of dying or becoming a puppet possessed by the God of Life. But the goddess of death was shy and answered.
“Yes, you are on my side.”
“……”
“Because I had a terrible experience of thinking about how the hell I could kill you and eventually gave up.”
The words of the goddess with her own faith while shuddering as if recalling the time.
“So I don’t think you have anything to lose.”
I have nothing to say.
I had a vague feeling that she believed in me more than I thought, but I had no words to answer.
at that time.
Pew!
Magic bombardment poured down in the center of the path of light.
The god of life was not the only one who was taken aback by the sudden surprise.
The Goddess of Death and I also wondered what the hell was going on with the unexpected support.
“Ho, is Rin here by any chance?”
Since it was Rin who connected the underworld and the continent, I wondered if she had come to help me. When the goddess of death mentioned Rin, she tried to run away with a terrified look she didn’t show even when the god of life attacked.
It wasn’t Rin who helped us.
A completely unexpected being led heavy steps and stood behind me.
“It’s been three years since I retired from the field.”
A voice with phlegm.
Age spots on the face along with fine wrinkles. Waist curved like a bow.
The owner of the bizarre yet mysterious witches who live in the forest of the demon realm.
“The Archwitch?”
The archwitch, no different from Adrina’s parents, was shooting magic behind me.
“Oh no how?”
Confused by the sudden appearance, the Archwitch replies, “What is so surprising about it?”
“It’s a place where you come when the time is right, isn’t it natural?”
She answered bluntly.
It took me a while to accept it, even though it was the answer.
This is the underworld where the dead come.
then.
“All, you! Are you dead?!”