116 – 116. Attacking the Knight’s Tomb (3)
5 Seconds before Seol Ah-hyun said to the two of them to bow.
– Cheerit.
Intense headaches flashed through Seol Ah-hyun’s mind as she advanced through the dungeon while periodically triggering Future Poetry.
-Weee!
A dark red ax flew in unwittingly. Responding to this, Ahn Su-ho and Seol Ah-hyun each avoided their bodies. However, there was no way to avoid Midsummer, when the two people were blind.
– Kkaddeudeuk!
I tried to block the ax by making ice as the next best thing, but it was useless. The ax filled with powerful momentum tore through Midsummer’s defenses and lodged itself in her chest.
The future poem ended with the image of midsummer collapsing with an expression that seemed to say, ‘It can’t be like that’.
“Everybody bow down!”
And as soon as the future poem was finished, Seol Ah-hyun urgently shouted. Right after that, an ax flew in with a sharp punch.
-Kwajik!
Unlike the future she observed, the ax stuck into the wall around the corner they had just turned. The next moment, a dark red knight appeared from the other side of the darkness of the labyrinth, and Seol Ah-hyun activated Future City once again.
‘Huh?’
And she couldn’t believe the future she had observed herself and made a surprised expression.
“What is it? Is it because of only one ghost knight? He’s such a guy, even if I’m alone-“
“…… No.”
“Yes?”
“Not just barely. That one. That…… “
Seol Ah-hyun looked at Ahn Soo-ho as if seeking her help. If it was Ahn Su-ho, who had already experienced the future once, he would know something.
“What the f*ck. What else is that?”
However, An Su-ho was also confused. As far as he knows, the only common monsters that appear in the Knight’s Grave are the Ghost Knights. Because there were only black armor wafting pitch-black smoke.
Of course, the article in front of her was also black. But… ….
‘Dark red… ….’
It’s not just black, it’s dark red with a reddish aura. The difference amplified Ahn Su-ho’s anxiety. Judging from his experience, there has never been a better thing in this world than something that happened that he didn’t know about.
At that time.
-Intruders disturbing your master’s sleep…….
The dark red knight opened his mouth. The same as the future Seol Ah-hyun saw.
Most of the monsters that appear in dungeons have low intelligence. Beast level at best. Only a few monsters could speak the language. However, the monsters belonging to that ‘extremely small part’ were always annoying, very strong, or very strong and annoying.
Just like the monster Wilhelm, the owner of the dungeon they targeted.
That moment.
-Card de de de de de de deux!!!!
A string of castles hung along the floor between Seol Ah-hyun and Ahn Su-ho. The castle touched the dark red knight’s feet, and soon a huge snowflake-shaped ice rose and attacked the knight.
“When you run into someone who looks like a nuisance, it’s a sure win. So what is that? In the data I received, there were no monsters other than Wilhelm who could speak the language, right?”
As the two shook their heads at that question, Midsummer shrugged.
“Well, the identity is unknown, but judging from the status, it seems to be over?”
As the saying goes, the knight trapped in the ice didn’t even move. From the outside, it looks as if it died instantly from the midsummer attack.
“Hoeju? Why are you stopping?”
Other hunters who were following joined them. Midsummer pointed lightly at the frozen knight in front of him. However, the gaze of the hunters belonging to the Black Dragon Society was directed not to the frozen knight, but to Seol Ah-hyun, who had a frozen expression.
“…… Lord?”
Ahn Soo-ho also looked at Seol Ah-hyun. Seol Ah-hyun had her eyes open, but what she was seeing was not the knight in front of her eyes. The reddish aura of her eyes indicated that she was still wandering in the landscape of the future.
“Mr. Ahyeon…… ?”
Ahn Soo-ho, sensing her uneasiness, called her.
“…… Everyone. Prepare for battle.”
Eventually, Seol Ah-hyun, who escaped from the future, clenched her fists with a tense face. The black gauntlets wrapped around her hands snapped at her.
That moment.
-Pakaaang!!!
The ice breaks with a shrieking sound. The place where the gazes of the hunters were directed all at once. There, a knight exuding dark red aura walked slowly, stepping on the shattered ice.
-…… It’s not a duel of honor, so I won’t say anything about the surprise attack. How can we expect anything fair from the scoundrels who are trying to break into the tomb of their master with their dirty feet in the first place…….
A dark red aura slowly rose around the knight. He glanced at the hunters in front of him and said as if declaring.
– My name is Jacob. The leader of the Frost Knights’ 1st Shock Brigade, and the fastest sword to tear apart his master’s enemies before anyone else.
-Awesome!
As the knight who revealed the name Yakovra stretched out his hand, dark red energy gathered and formed the shape of a weapon. What appeared before long was a huge battle axe with a length of 2 meters.
“…… His own name is Jacob. Mr. Suho. Do you know anything about him?”
“………… No. Unfortunately.”
“Then he is not an opponent to be taken lightly.”
If Ahn Soo-ho, who came from the future, does not know, he cannot be taken lightly. Seol Ah-hyun had said that to that effect, but although the reasons were different, Ahn Su-ho could never take Jacob’s appearance lightly.
‘I’ve been quiet lately, so I changed the settings again. Heavenly Demon of Pleasure, this damn bastard…….’
At the appearance of a knight named Yakov, who did not even appear in the original work, Ahn Su-ho remembered the name for the first time in a long time. However, in fact, the Heavenly Demon of Pleasure was not directly related to this incident.
The leader of the 1st assault brigade of the Seorigishidan. Jacob.
As you can see from that introduction, Jacob was originally a knight who served under Wilhelm in Wilhelm’s world. And his appearance in this world was unexpected even for the Heavenly Demon of Pleasure.
Originally, the dungeon called ‘The Knight’s Grave’ and the owner of the dungeon, the monster ‘Wilhelm’, lived in a world other than this world. In the original work, the Heavenly Demon of Pleasure used his authority to forcibly connect Wilhelm and the tomb he guarded with his own world through a medium called a gate.
The power that can affect not only the world he created but also other worlds deserves to be called a god.
There was a variable that he hadn’t thought of in this world, not the original work.
As a result, a small crack was formed in the dimensional wall that surrounded the world, and as a result, four lieutenant commanders under Wilhelm, who were not originally scheduled to appear, were resurrected and appeared here due to the characteristics of the dungeon, just like the other ghost knights. .
An unexpected incident even for the God who created the world, the Heavenly Demon of Pleasure.
What does it mean that such things have begun to happen in this world?
This was not an issue to be taken lightly. Perhaps it was a sign of something very important to Ahn Su-ho.
However, Ahn Su-ho, ignorant of the circumstances, could not even notice this, and he had no time to think about such complicated things in the first place.
-A miracle came to the soul that had already fallen before death once, and it was able to fight for the master again under the captain. It’s a joy indeed. If the fearless intruders offered their blood, even the deceased master would be pleased.
Yakov lowered his stance with his battle ax hanging down diagonally. The width of the passage of the labyrinth where they are located is about 10 meters. It was wide enough for Jacob to wield the great axe.
“Power. In formation 0.”
At Seol Ah-hyun’s command, the hunters took the formation in perfect order. No one threw a pleasant joke or joke like in the battles they had fought before.
‘It’s the number 0 formation… ….’
That’s right.
The number 0 formation Seol Ah-hyun mentioned represents the worst situation that can happen in a dungeon. It was a formation that was supposed to meet Wilhelm, who was supposed to be beyond the central gate, in the labyrinth.
‘In other words, Seol Ah-hyun judged him to be of Wilhelm level.’
Ahn Suho swallowed dry saliva as he watched Seol Ah-hyun, whose eyes flashed red light rapidly and then disappeared. As long as he didn’t know anything about Yakov, he had no choice but to rely entirely on Seol Ah-hyun’s judgment.
– Hui oh oh oh.
As Ahn Su-ho activated the talisman, black smoke gathered in his grip. Eventually, he grabbed it with all his might, which formed the shape of a sword that was a little less than 1 meter long. Other hunters are also ready to fight.
-I will go soon.
Yakov waited for the entire process. As if that were the honor and knight he sought, as if he boasted that he could afford to wait for the enemy to be ready.
-Clap.
Yakov bent his knees and hips deeply.
The next moment.
-Two kwang!!!!
As the snow on the floor exploded, Jacob’s new model charged at the hunters.
“Huh!”
Jakov’s charge. The first to step forward to stop this was Jo Gwang-il, an S-class superman belonging to the Black Dragon.
Along with Seol Ah-hyun and Han Yong-soo, there are only three S-class superhumans in the Black Dragon.
He greeted Jacob’s ax swinging with rage, with open arms.
– Cheolpoouk!
Yakov’s ax pierces Jo Gwang-il’s body. But not a single drop of blood flowed. Cho Gwang-il’s body, which had turned into a translucent gel, gripped Jacob’s axe tightly.
Class A psychic viscous body. The bizarre ability to transform one’s body into a viscous fluid.
However, through extreme training, that ability that has grown to the A level has given Cho Gwang-il the top level of defense in Korea. If Wilhelm’s compatibility with frost magic wasn’t bad, he would have been selected for the task force as well.
-Stand up.
Yakov’s shoulder hesitated as he was about to pull out the axe. A smile crept across Jo Gwang-il’s lips, and various cold weapons wielded by four superhumans protruded from behind him.
-Chaechaechaechaeng!
But in the next moment, the dark red aura around Yakov all at once took the form of a weapon and blocked those attacks. The moment Yakov, who gave up the ax stuck in Jo Gwang-il’s body, was about to wield the two newly made swords.
-Kwaaang!
Yakov’s body was pushed away by Seol Ah-hyeon’s kicking. A slightly warped breastplate was glimpsed through the blurry dark red aura.
Seol Ah-hyun caught this and smiled.
‘The enemy is not as strong as I thought.’
It wasn’t enough to destroy the armor with a few attacks like the existing ghost knights, but it wasn’t to the point where Seol Ah-hyun’s attacks didn’t work at all. At least not like Wilhelm. A moment of relief flashed across Seol Ah-hyun’s face at the fact that she had escaped the worst.
“John! Midsummer!”
But he never let his guard down. At her cry, the two superhumans stepped forward and activated their own superpowers.
– Card deed!
The ice sweat from Midsummer ran to the ground and tied Yakov’s feet. A dark red aura erupted and broke the clinging ice, but the ice continued to rise and entangled his body.
And.
-Fajik! Pajijijik!
While Midsummer was desperately blocking Yakov’s movements, a superhuman named Johan pulled out an iron ball the size of her fist, generating an electric current through her body.
-Pajijijik! Kwareung! Qurrr!
The sound of thunder resonates throughout the labyrinth with intense sparks. The iron ball floated above Yohan’s tightly clenched fist and began to heat up to a scarlet light, splattering electricity in all directions.
Johann Kirchhoff. My Korean name is Han Yohan. A hunter belonging to the Black Dragon Society and an A-class superhuman with lightning-type superpowers that are extremely rare in Korea.
“Suck!”
As he punched, the hot iron ball flew out at nine times the speed of sound.
-Tooquaaa!!!!!
With a huge explosion, the cold air suddenly heated up. To the left and right of John, who grabbed his throbbing right arm, the superhumans in charge of close combat stepped forward again.
A thick smoke that blooms from snow on the ground and piled up dust.
At the moment when all the hunters were nervous watching the smoke, a superhuman named Junsu muttered inadvertently.
“…… Did you do it?”
The next moment, as if to refute that statement, Yakov burst out through the thick smoke. Throwing away the swords in his hands, he charged again with a newly drawn weapon.
“Mister Gwangil!”
“Yes!”
Jo Gwang-il widened his body and tried to block the thrown sword. However.
– Whiririk!
“What?!”
The sword that had been flying in a straight line suddenly spun and twisted its trajectory. The two swords that grazed both sides of Cho Gwang-il aimed at Han Yeo-reum and Johann Gustaf.
“Hut!”
“Keuugh!”
John ducked hastily, and Midsummer erected a wall of ice in front of him.
“Don’t block, dodge!”
Seol Ah-hyun exclaimed urgently, recalling the future scene she had observed before. However, her cry was overshadowed by it, and the ice wall built by Midsummer shattered helplessly in front of Yakov’s throw.
-Pakaaang!!
Shards of ice scatter with a shrieking sound. However, the momentum of the sword did not soften in the slightest. A blade as red as blood flies aiming at Midsummer’s chest.
‘I can’t avoid this-‘
The moment of despair. As Midsummer’s last stand, she smoked her ice at the intended landing point. But it was a futile resistance. Even midsummer foresaw that fact. Twisted her body as hard as she could. She had to turn her impact point away from the center of her body a bit, so she could somehow reduce the injury.
However.
-Chaeeng!
Just before Jacob’s sword cut through Midsummer’s chest, a pitch-black blade protruded from the side and bounced off it. Midsummer with a bewildered expression turned her head, and Ahn Su-ho asked with her calm face.
“Are you okay?”
“…… Thank you.”
That was the end of the conversation between the two. Because we couldn’t talk leisurely during the battle.
But at that moment.
-…… That jet-black sword. No way… ….
Yakov’s voice resonates profoundly. A voice that seemed to contain the boiling anger.
-Certainly you are the thief the captain said…… !
A dark red aura rose up around Yakov. Swords, spears, and all kinds of cold weapons were aimed at the Hunters at once.
“Everybody prepare to defend!”
Seol Ah-hyun urgently shouted. When hunters who are good at defense, including Cho Gwang-il, step forward, and the others also prepare for Jacob’s attack.
– Hui oh oh oh !!!
Only one person. Only Ahn Soo-ho was preparing for an attack, not a defense. Holding onto a lump of smoke that had been compressed since the start of the battle, dyed in jet black as if not allowing even a single point of light to be allowed. Ahn Su-ho shouted while swinging his right arm as hard as he could.
“Everybody bow down!”
-Quagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagaga!!!!!
In the next moment, dozens of black thorns flew at Yakov.