The golem made of crystal, lava and rock roared loudly and trembled.
No, I don’t know if it’s a roar or not.
I thought it was only screaming because of the gooey smoke and that it staggered and stumbled upon the breath, and the sound of an old tree breaking from its open mouth.
[Yuno!!! I dare not even this centipede!]
Minerva cried out and grabbed the golem’s shoulder with both feet, crushing it as it was, and pulling it as hard as she could. The helplessly dragged golem tried to wreak havoc on his arm, but Minerva quickly slapped it with his tail with his tail, and began to slash through the golem’s body.
[You have no self-respect, are you Ariman? Did you do this kind of thing with Ariman’s orders!!!]
Minerva shouted that, and pulled the gigantic golem up and knocked it down to the ground.
Then, as if digging through the ground, he dug into the golem’s body and began to tear it apart, and whenever she flapped her wings and moved her feet, Yoo Ji-hyuk’s body held by her shook.
He was struggling to somehow get away from Minerva.
“Ah-oh… !”
In an instant, his body snapped and suddenly disappeared.
Han Soo-young, who was preparing to snatch him right away at the sight, was startled and startled, but soon he jumped out of the shadow that approached right next to her, as if tossed.
“Jihyuk! Ah, blood… !”
“It’s okay, don’t worry, Sooyoung. I’m really fine.”
Yoo Ji-hyeok, who was gibbling as if he had not yet come to his senses, reached out his hand as if not to worry and asked with a blank expression.
“… Do I really look okay?”
“Are you all right, you idiot! My body has turned into a rag!”
Han Soo-young, who screamed and cried, began to spread healing magic to him, who was soaked in blood. It was when Yoo Ji-hyuk placed his hand on his chest with the intention of releasing the half-shattered King of Thorns.
[If you do, you will lose your mind immediately, so please stop.]
At Sbangali’s words, Yoo Ji-hyuk stopped moving.
When asked what he meant, Sbangali let out a small sigh and muttered.
[…] Do you know how your body is now? Thirty places were crushed, enough for bones. It wasn’t broken, it was crushed. Even though I don’t know much about the human body, I know that it’s better to just die than this. At least I know that the reason you are still alive is because of your unhuman abilities.]
He said, adding that he is still alive and breathing due to a combination of various factors, such as the fresh blood of the earth, Minerva’s dragon blood, the doping ability of the King of Thorns, and Han Soo-young’s blessing.
[There, you are now under anesthesia. No, to be more precise, it would be correct to call it a state in which the nervous system is touched and no pain is felt. It’s just that you can’t feel the pain, the wound hasn’t healed, so you should be careful about that.]
‘… You said your bones were crushed like powder? But there is no problem in moving?’
[That’s because I fixed your skin, muscles, and bones with thin needles inside the armor.]
‘What?’
In a nutshell, it was the sound of thin needles inserted into the body and fixed as if they were sewing.
When I asked him what he was talking about at the first sounds he heard, such as touching the nervous system or inserting a thin saliva into his body, Svengalli said in a grumbling tone on the contrary.
[What are you kidding me for? If you don’t do this, you’re really dead. Even after being beaten like that by Minerva in the first place, be lucky that your body didn’t turn to dust.]
“okay… That’s right… .”
Yoo Ji-hyuk nodded, adjusted his posture and sat down.
In the distance, Minerva and Juno were fighting like crazy.
He looked at him and muttered quietly.
“… Is that bastard the bastard who imprisoned Gina and made me this far?”
[To be honest, the only person who made you out of porridge was Minerva.]
He staggered as he tried to get up, ignoring Sbangali’s words.
Then Han Soo-young quickly supported him by his side.
“Now what are you going to do?”
“You know, why ask?”
In response to Yoo Ji-hyuk’s resolute answer, Han Soo-young let out a small sigh.
“… Just in case, even if I kill Yuno now, my sister won’t go back to normal.”
Yoo Ji-hyuk, who blinked for a moment, answered in an overly serious voice.
“… It’s not because of that.”
“Hey, did you? But Jihyuk is still a long way from you to deceive me, isn’t it?”
While supporting Yoo Ji-hyeok, Han Soo-young was waving her hands invariably to destroy the crystals approaching from here and there. She said as she watched Minerva attacking Juno without any hesitation, even though she was pierced by the crystal.
“Do you know Jihyuk? In this time period, you shouldn’t act clumsily for nothing. Originally, I wanted to oppose meeting Minerva like this. However… Well, Minerva and Jihyeok remembered you, right? That means that Jihyuk has met you in the past, so I thought it would be right to meet… .”
She muttered something like a sigh.
“It was so unexpected.”
“I know.”
Yoo Ji-hyuk agreed with her words.
It must be because at this point, Yuno suddenly appeared and interrupted because it was something he had not expected at all to be honest.
“If this goes on like this, won’t Yuno die? Of course that’s not bad, but… .”
“No, it won’t be.”
Yoo Ji-hyuk shook his head, looking at a golem that was almost comparable to Minerva.
“Among the Seven Devils, the one that boasts the largest size is Venus, followed by Yuno. Minerva is the third. But if you look at that figure, it’s not that it’s bigger than Minerva, it’s a little smaller, right?”
“That means… .”
“It’s not the body. He’s similar to Milited, but he can split in a different way. … The fortunate thing is that unlike Milited, once the clone is destroyed, it cannot be returned to the main body.”
Yoo Ji-hyeok muttered like that, and started figuring out how to act here.
Should I step forward, or should I step back?
If you do, how should you move?
While he was thinking about it, Minerva, who had been silent, spoke quietly to him.
[Come in, darling.]
“What?”
[I will explain later. Intervene between me.]
Minerva encouraged him once more with a firm voice.
[Trust me. Believe in your true woman, and give strength to your former true woman right now.]
At Minerva’s words, Yoo Ji-hyuk quietly nodded.
It was from the very simple idea that she couldn’t do anything that would harm her.
While conveying those thoughts to Han Soo-young, Yoo Ji-hyuk coughed and coughed a little sticky.
“Did you drink my blood?”
“yes.”
Han Soo-young nodded.
“Even though I was far away, I immediately felt it… So I took a sip right away. Oh, I just ate another sip.”
“… okay. Then come into my shadow once, Sooyoung. It’s too dangerous to leave you alone as long as Yuno has scattered debris all around.”
“However… .”
“it’s okay.”
He relaxed excessively and smiled as if it was okay.
“Now I don’t get hit twice by the same number.”
“… … .”
Han Soo-young, who looked at Yoo Ji-hyuk as if worried, nodded as if he understood.
“Hey there, Jihyuk.”
As she was about to say something, she shook her head slightly. And then he gently went into his shadow. As if there was nothing to wait any longer as long as Han Soo-young’s safety was secured, Yoo Ji-hyuk activated the king of thorns again.
[…] great.]
With those words, he became an arrow and was shot straight out at Juno.
* * *
“Yes, Master.”
Randsch, who was watching the fight between Minerva, Yuno, and Yoo Ji-hyeok from afar, muttered quietly.
“Has confirmed. … During the duel with Minerva, Juno broke in, and it seems that they are currently fighting a common front with Minerva.”
His eyes had everything.
Even after being attacked by that Minerva over and over again, he was still intact.
He immediately jumped into battle and dropped one of Yuno’s arms.
Naturally, he began to persuade Minerva with his words, who was angry at the interruption of the duel.
“where… .”
Randsch calmed down and focused on the conversation he and Minerva were having.
It was far away, but for him as a dragon, it was within the realm of distance enough.
― This guy is getting involved in the fight of the real woman again… !
– It’s common with each other. In that sense, you were the only one who was very excited just a little while ago to beat people up.
― uh… ! that, that… .
―The fact that I was annoyed because the match was interrupted is the same here. So what do you think?
— … What do you mean?
― First of all, we’re going to kick out the disruptors who interfered with the match. Then you can decide the game again, right?
— … … .
― If possible, in a place where no one else will interfere, the two of you decide the game alone. without anyone’s interruption. do you want that too? Isn’t that right, Minerva?
— … I have no intention of being swayed by the words of insignificant people. After smashing Juno, be prepared to eat your bones and flesh right away. Above all else, don’t call your maiden’s name arbitrarily, like a bug.
Randsch looked at the two of them silently.
While the two talked nonstop, they were adept at working together and pushing Yuno.
No, rather than just breathing… .
“… You are unilaterally adjusting to Minerva.”
Randsch muttered like that.
After that, Yoo Ji-hyeok, who once more pierced a spear made of thorns into Yu-no’s body, nodded as if understanding.
– Oh yeah. i get it. Are you scared right now?
– I’m afraid… ?! Wait, what did you dare say to this Minerva… !
– No, that’s right. Aren’t you saying you’re just going to take this opportunity to kill me, who was fatally wounded, just because you’re scared?
― This bastard would dare to insult someone like that… !!!
– no? That’s right, Minerva. After all, I’m the first person to hurt your horn.
– Shut up!!! I told you to shut your mouth!!!
At the sight of Minerva arguing and getting angry, Yoo Ji-hyeok burst out laughing and choking.
At that sight, Minerva’s body began to tremble with anger, but he could not even touch him because of what he had said.
If you attacked him with his defenseless back exposed now, he would be admitting his words to himself.
– no. I’m right. Honestly, do you think so too? There you said to yourself, that you didn’t intentionally heal the wound on the horn. If so, you will probably have to carry that scar for the rest of your life. The only way to get rid of that stigma is to compete fairly with me and win… What, I understand. It would be very rare for you to think of me being so mortally wounded. That’s right, isn’t it because two of the seven evil sects attacked at the same time? To be honest, it would be better for you to kill me like this when I’m weak.
― Hey, hey… !!! This cheeky… !!!
Minerva was staring at Yoo Ji-hyuk as if he had had a convulsion.
Then, she vomited a high-fever breath towards Yuno, who had suddenly collapsed halfway.
Randsch, who was observing the situation from afar, was so fierce that he was startled for a moment.
– This guy, Yuno… ! Die, Die!!!
Minerva smashed, crushed, trampled Juno, as if in anger, and eventually bit her with her teeth. Eventually, when the giant golem was shattered to pieces, leaving no traces, she exhaled softly, barely holding her breath.
— … Give me the end of the month.
– What?
– one month! You promised to give me a month until you recover the body that was damaged by your mistake!
― Just one month after killing half a person?
– Shut up!!!
Minerva screamed and glared at Yoo Ji-hyuk.
Even making eye contact with the enormous dragon, he did not hesitate at all.
Seeing that, Minerva could feel the heat and anger rising involuntarily again.
—… Anyway, it’s been a month. No more than this, even the real woman will not wait. If I ever run away leaving behind my promise, I will never let it go. Do you understand!?
As soon as Minerva said that, he flew straight up and started to go somewhere.
Looking at that scene, Randsch did not take his eyes off Yoo Ji-hyeok while thinking about where she was going, which must have been the place she had made her home for a while.
He quietly put his hand to his ear.
“… Yes, Master. Confirmed Yuno’s silence. In addition, Minerva left the place with the promise of giving him the end of the month. … Yes.”
Randsch nodded.
“As ordered, I will surely retrieve the fragments of Yuno.”
All for the cause of the master.
Randsch murmured like that, and looked at Yoo Ji-hyuk’s back, who disappeared somewhere while being supported by Han Soo-young.
“… … .”
If it were now, his back was defenseless enough that he would be able to pierce through the gaps, but Randsch shook his head.
Not yet.
At least now wasn’t the time.