532 – Even A Tiger Will Come If You Call Its Name
The tiger descends.
With a single roar, the heavens tear apart, with a single step, the earth trembles, and with a single breath, the grass and trees tremble. The king of beasts, whose mere presence terrifies all living creatures, descends, his tail swishing and his bones rattling.
Even the king who lives in the magnificent palace orders that he not be called “Your Majesty” when he goes to the mountains. If he is not careful, the tiger will think he is being called and come down.
In that case, what about the tiger king, Sangun?
Humans should be grateful that Sangun occupies a single mountain. If not, humans would not dare to claim to be the dominant species on earth.
A beast that humans, who call themselves the dominant species on earth, cannot guarantee victory against. Even kings who go into a frenzy when another king appears other than themselves use the term Sangun without hesitation.
But why is Sangun here?
I couldn’t feel any sign of the tiger king. Despite the power before my eyes, it was eerily quiet. Even a real tiger walks softly, not befitting its size, but Sangun, who is in human form, seems to have completely killed the sound.
But I know. My poison technique can accurately read humans. In other words, a human who cannot be read properly is not a proper human.
And the dangerous feeling that comes to mind. As if I had seen the fierce murals drawn by humans who did not know how to write in the distant past. I don’t know what it is, but only the fear contained in awe is conveyed.
In comparison, the other humans have not yet felt the same sense of alarm as I have. In particular, Marquis Rafaeno, who was provoked by the returnee and pointed out the legitimacy of Sapien, did not show any signs of it, but his head was hot.
Even Sangun’s appearance was that of a feline, and felines were usually on Ende’s side, and Marquis Rafaeno’s enemy, the beast-eared. Marquis Rafaeno made the worst mistake.
“What is this? Do you want to see the dead wolf so badly?”
No, can you call that a mistake?
That’s just absurdity. It’s a mistake to talk about stupidity to a human being who is facing absurdity, thinking that humans are too great a being. No matter how reasonable it may be, no matter how much it has been pushed to the pinnacle of civilization. If you are not a being who can change the world, you will die from the absurdity of the world.
“Answer the question of the lady.”
“If you want to see it so badly, I’ll kill you.”
Marquis Rafaeno thrust his rapier at the girl in front of him without a moment’s hesitation.
He had already issued a kill order. If he were to stop just because he was in the form of a girl, he would have to stop every time he killed one in the future. Moreover, it doesn’t matter if he kills a few beast-eared people to set an example. From the Marquis’ point of view, it was a rational judgment.
The only emotional part was the compassion to end it in one breath, but he didn’t know that it would be the worst choice.
A single strand of Sangun’s beard twitched. Sangun’s one action before the Master’s blow.
It was to fold his hands.
It’s like he’s holding a brush in the air. Did he dip his front paw in ink and swing it? Sangun’s calligraphy is caught in the trajectory of reason.
And the black mark swallowed everything. As if erasing a picture drawn on a canvas. The absurd force went on to commit a tragedy.
Marquis Rafaeno felt a strange sense of loss. He had clearly stabbed his rapier, but the energy he had put into it, as well as the rapier itself, had disappeared without a trace. Without much impact on his hand.
“…What the hell?! Is it the Master? A warlock?”
I don’t know what it is, but something seems to have happened that is beyond reason. Marquis Rafaeno cautiously stepped back.When facing a regressor or a ghoul, I could tell what kind of power they had in an instant. However, I couldn’t even guess what power the girl in front of me was using. That fact was enough to make Marquis Rafaeno nervous.
…Not knowing that the sharp enemy was gradually getting on the nerves of the mountain army.
“General! The Black Tiger Spear is ready!”
“Perfect timing!”
Marquis Rafaeno welcomed the news that came just in time.
The Black Tiger Army was the elite force of the principality. They were a force of engineers led by their main force, the Master. If the opponent didn’t have a Master, they were so powerful that they were almost invincible, but if that was all, their role was no different from that of a simple infantry unit. It was an act that made an invincible force useless.
That’s why elite units like the Black Tiger Army had other ‘mysteries’. They were accompanied by powerful relics and unique magic that the enemy could never ignore.
Although there was no need to deploy a wizard at the moment, the relic, the Black Tiger Spear, still remained. And the adjutant, who was wary of Quito’s unique magic, had taken out the relic.
The Marquis ordered.
“Activate it!”
“Yes!”
The adjutant slammed the Black Tiger Spear down with force. Then, an invisible aura fell and crushed the mountain army. The crushed wind carried dust and dirt. Kwa-duk, kwa-duk. The rocks were crushed, and it was as if an invisible stamp had been pressed into the ground like paper. A tiger was engraved on the ground.
A relic is a trace of unique magic left in the world. When a wizard dies, the unique magic that has been spread out sometimes does not disappear and remains. Such unique magic remains as a ‘relic’ with only power and no will.
And in cases where only power remains without will, it tends to become a little more powerful than the original unique magic. Like the Black Tiger Spear.
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The Black Tiger Spear, which was once only capable of stamping in multiple places at the same time, now exerted enormous pressure on an area with a radius of 30m. The space where the invisible pressure crushed even blocked the flow of wind. Marquis Rafaeno moved lightly in the area where the gravity seemed to have increased several hundred times.
The Black Tiger Spear is a stamp. If you know the engraved pattern, you can move along that path. Marquis Rafaeno could move through the maze drawn by the Black Tiger Spear even with his eyes closed.
‘I didn’t want to take out the Black Tiger Spear, but it’s dangerous! If that thing takes Ende’s side, we might really lose. Let’s kill them all with full force from the beginning!’
Instead of the lost rapier, he pulled out a mangosh with a black blade. The black mangosh was short, but it was a treasured sword with an invisible blade hidden inside. It was a perfect move to pierce the enemy’s weakness, who was used to the length of the rapier. The Marquis spared no effort in swinging the mangosh and aiming for the girl’s neck.
‘Ember Sword, Biggie! Fortissimo!’
The Biggie that Marquis Rafaeno had polished for years unfolded. The tragedy of the past and the tragedy of the present overlapped. A tragedy cannot take place in the same space, but the sword is the very definition of absurdity that does not follow common sense. An infinitely renewable, irresistible blow aimed at the mountain army.
However, absurdity renders both human relics and human engineering meaningless.
The mountain army let out a low cry.
“Growl.”
No one saw it. So I didn’t witness it either. The process disappeared and only the result remained.
The Marquis disappeared for a moment. Only after turning his head could he see the faint figure of the Marquis flying away, folded in half. The broken sword fragments were keeping him company, not lonely.
And a beat later, thousands of tragedies shattered like glass.The Marquis of Raphaeno’s coal sword, the tragedy left in the void, was shattered. The remnants of the artifact sparkled like shards of glass under the sunlight. Amidst the shower of radiant dust, the mountain beast shook its body as if it were annoyed. It had only been lightly polished, yet the shattered tragedy flew in all directions like medals.
The Marquis of Raphaeno’s coal sword leaves behind tragedy. However, even if it is a tragedy, it is only a ‘power’ that has been wielded by infusing the sharp blade with magical energy. In theory, that tragedy can also be shattered if it is struck by a much stronger force.
However, it is easier said than done. It is a force that can easily tear through even steel. Moreover, the final move that was unleashed was a blow that connected the past and the present. Even the king of beasts would not be able to withstand that blow.
The opponent is the mountain beast. The king of tigers.
The mountain beast, which had torn everything apart with its teeth and claws, set its sights on its next prey.
“General! Ugh, the Black Tiger General…!”
The moment the adjutant raised the Black Tiger General again, a large foreleg approached in an instant and covered the adjutant’s face. That was the last sight the adjutant saw. The adjutant’s head was pushed out of his body as his neck bones were broken and his flesh stretched out. Thud. The mountain beast, which had crushed the head and turned it into pulp, shook its hand.
The soldiers were terrified when the adjutant who had been escorting them was killed.
“Sir Adjutant!”
Was it because the adjutant had died so quickly and unrealistically, or was it because the Black Tiger Army was an elite force accustomed to death? Despite seeing the adjutant’s gruesome appearance, they rushed forward with the relics that contained the corpse.
“Retrieve the relics! We must not let them fall into enemy hands!”
The Black Tiger General is a national weapon that is even more useful than a warlock. The Black Tiger Army confronted the mountain beast with the determination to retrieve the relics, even if it meant sacrificing a few of them. It would have been better if they had just run away.
The mountain beast turned its head. It opened its mouth with an unpleasant expression as it faced the hundreds of humans approaching with their weapons drawn. Hooo. A tiger about to hunt takes its last breath. The tiger’s exhalation is like the souls of those who are about to die. A faint mist formed in its mouth.
The mountain beast opened its mouth wide and roared.
” “
It was a thunderbolt that erupted from the heavens, an earthquake that occurred on the earth. It was the ultimate curse and fatal cry of a beast that devoured all things as its prey.
Even though it was aimed at the Black Tiger Army, its aftermath shook their entire bodies. It felt as if fear was tearing my body in half and trying to run away with it. There was a ringing in my ears. Even I was on the verge of losing my mind, but I managed to hold on by entrusting my ego to the regressor.
Some of the watermen who were nearby fainted just from hearing the sound. Even fewer were able to stand with their wits about them. Literally, they were scattered. The mountain beast’s roar had the power to scatter the souls of men.
…Even.
“Hot!”
The waterman who had been behind the mountain beast also lost consciousness and collapsed. However, the Black Tiger Army, who had taken the full brunt of the roar….
“…Ah.”
They had all lost their minds.
Are they dead? Are they alive? I don’t know. Even though I read it with my mind-reading technique, I couldn’t hear anything. The mountain beast’s roar had twisted their blood and energy, shaken their senses, and knocked them out. It was a situation that was no different from a vegetative state. The only way to survive in the face of such absurdity is a miracle. The few Black Tiger soldiers who had miraculously avoided a direct hit collapsed in fear.
“The wild beast has come to the woman, and the wolf that seeks to replace the woman’s violence is pitiful.”
However, even that miracle was only possible if the mountain beast stopped.
‘Unique warlock… No…! It’s power! Overwhelming power that surpasses humans! This is, could it be…. The king of beasts…?!’Thanks to his qi and protective gear, Marquis Rafaeno, who had miraculously survived, staggered to his feet. However, just before he could even straighten his knees, he swallowed hard at the sight of the mountain army that had appeared before him like a ghost. The fierce eyes pierced Marquis Rafaeno straight through.
How could someone who was facing death be unharmed? Marquis Rafaeno felt intense fear and trembled.
‘No. This is me. I am the Black Knight of the Lilac Principality and the master of the Yeon Tan sword. I cannot die so meaninglessly…!’
Before he could even open his mouth to beg for his life, the marquis’s shoulder collapsed under the mountain army’s blow. The force was so intense that his right arm, which was hanging below his shoulder, snapped and flew off. His spine twisted, his pelvis collapsed, and the marquis’s limbs were torn apart and scattered in all directions.
Marquis Rafaeno, the absurd Yeon Tan sword of someone, met an absurd death.
“I have come to keep my promise.”