295 – EP.11 What you have to lose to know-4
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A space where only the outline is revealed by faint light.
In that space, a woman who looks like Hyeji Lee is sitting on her chair with her legs crossed.
Her worries and annoyance could be seen subtly as she rested her chin and stared into space.
Four Heavenly Kings Lilith. She was in an uncomfortable state now.
It was clear that if she offended her for no reason, her head would fall to the ground, so her family members tried not to stay around as much as possible.
Furthermore, the number of her dependents was greatly reduced, and her power was gradually decreasing.
“It’s such a pity that Lilith seduces and humiliates everyone.”
Even beyond her darkness, something large was walking towards where she was.
Lilith’s face frowned as she sat in her chair.
“Tols, where are you stepping in?”
“hahahaha, you’re so mean to the person who came to help.”
“Huh, you didn’t come to laugh at me?”
“If we continue like this, I think we will lose another Four Heavenly Kings.”
He laughed and sat down on the floor. Nevertheless, his eye level was directly at Lilith.
“What does losing mean… Really?”
Lilith’s mouth opened as she pondered, and the man she called Tols nodded her head once.
“That’s the theory. The witch told me what to do with you.”
“Disposal!! How much am I!!”
When she jumped up in her rage, Tols’ pot-lid-sized hand grabbed her shoulder and pressed down.
“It hasn’t been confirmed yet. It’s just ‘in mind’.”
“Ugh… Why? Even my Persona wasn’t disposed of.”
Disposal, it meant death.
“That’s why I said I would step forward and help you. It’s a burden for the Four Heavenly Kings to move in pairs… But there’s nothing I can do to reveal the identity of the magical girl and further kill that b*tch.”
“Just a little while….”
“Are you talking about that human girl you’re chasing? In the end, there’s no benefit to her.”
“……”
Tols was right. Lilith’s plan to obtain Kang In-ho’s whereabouts from Kim Seong-ah’s side and use Kang In-ho to approach the magical girl was not bearing fruit.
“If only she hadn’t gotten into a fight with that guy called Oppa.”
Lilith accidentally took out her anger on Kim Seong-ah.
“Taking time to create traps is your specialty, Lilith. But the witch’s patience is not very deep. She wanted immediate results.”
“So, what should we do?”
“hahahahaha! Now you’re asking.”
“Use the woman you are chasing as bait to draw out the magical girl. If his family is in danger, the man will also borrow the magic girl’s power. It is a very simple method.”
“It’s not impossible, but….”
Lilith clicked her tongue and rolled her head. She was examining the feasibility of his proposed plan.
“Okay. I guess the only way for now is to do as you say. I hate to admit it, but I need to borrow some of your power.”
After thinking for a while, Lilith sighed and spoke, and Tols laughed heartily.
“Yes, yes. Don’t worry. The magical girl will definitely appear.”
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In the end, the reason I was not feeling well was enteritis.
When the doctor said she seemed to have eaten spoiled food, she recalled the very tasteless food of that day.
Although she was feeling much better after taking prescribed medication along with natural healing, her body, which had suffered all weekend, still needed some time to return to its original state.
Time passes again and it’s Thursday. It had been a week since he left.
In the meantime, there was an enemy attack. Now, many low-level monsters have appeared, perhaps trying to compete based on quantity rather than quality.
Thankfully, Kim Seong-ah even felt grateful to them for showing up so that attendance was not affected.
“Sister, I guess you’re done being busy.”
“What do you mean?”
On the way home from school. While walking down the street, using the setting sun as a light, Lee Hye-ji suddenly spoke.
“No, originally he would come to school for about two days and then not come again. But these days, he seems to be going to school all the time.”
“Ah…”
So why do I go to school?
If you just miss school, no one will say anything.
[What will you know if you live your whole life as a high school student and die?]
His voice reached his ears, and his heart sank.
Just thinking back to his voice full of anger made me feel frustrated and bring tears to my eyes.
“Because my brother… Told me not to miss out.”
Stutter, she says.
“Your relationship with your brother is really good.”
Lee Hye-ji spoke as if she was jealous.
“Can’t you contact me yet?”
And a subtle question. Every time a story about Kang In-ho comes up, Lee Hye-ji is always the last thing she asks.
She nodded her head.
“It’s a shame.”
Lee Hye-ji looked really disappointed.
In fact, she had seen In-ho several times.
He was always at the scene of enemy attacks. She missed him every time, surrounded by people, but he was within her line of sight.
Kim Seong-ah was sure. He is by her side.
So my heart becomes heavier.
“Huh….”
A red traffic light blocked their steps.
Watching the cars speed by, Kim Seong-ah let out a breath that filled her lungs.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I said something unnecessary.”
“Hyeji. If I meet you again, how should I apologize?”
“Apology? Um… Well, I don’t know, but wouldn’t it be okay to tell you everything honestly?
“Be honest….”
Kim Seong-ah memorized those words over and over again.
The color of the vehicle traffic light changed from green to orange and then to red.
According to the signal, the pedestrian signal changed from red to green.
“Let’s go.”
The moment you are about to step onto the crosswalk.
Goosebumps started to appear on my skin.
“!!!”
A cracking sound came from the air.
The space above her head began to become increasingly distorted.
“Uh, sister… What is this?”
Lee Hye-ji stuttered in an unexpected and unusual situation.
“This is…!”
The size of the crack in the air begins to gradually increase. It seemed to be about five times bigger than the cracks I usually see.
A black, muscular arm begins to emerge through the crack.
All the people passing by stop walking due to the loud noise and the bizarre sight.
“Uh, sister…!”
Lee Hye-ji grabbed her arm and shook her.
Seongah Kim looks at her surroundings. There were too many people. If this continues, great damage will occur.
A crack opened with a tearing sound, and a large man squeezed out of the crack.
Boom!!!
As the man’s feet hit the asphalt, the air rang.
“hahahahaha!!! It’s the advent of the Four Heavenly Kings Tols!!!”
With that loud laughter, the glass windows of the building begin to crack.
“Four, Four Heavenly Kings?”
It was definitely one of the Four Heavenly Kings that I once encountered after defeating Persona.
Kim Seong-ah gritted her teeth.
“Where is the magical girl!!”
He swung his favorite weapon, a giant battle hammer, at the bonnet of a stationary vehicle.
The bonnet was crushed, the car was heaving, and it flipped over like a scab, exposing its stomach.
“Where is the magic girl!!”
This time, the hammer is swung at the first floor of a commercial building. The place where there is a small unmanned cafe soon turns into ruins.
Some of the people sitting inside are reduced to a pulp and blown by wind pressure and hit the wall.
“Sister, run away! Come on!”
Lee Hye-ji pulled her arm.
Is that why? Tols’ gaze turned to Kim Seong-ah and Lee Hye-ji.
“It looks like a fun toy. Where…”
A large hand is heading towards Lee Hye-ji.
“No…!”
Kim Seong-ah groaned lowly,
“aaa!!”
Lee Hye-ji, who was caught in her hand, struggled to get out.
“hahahahaha!! Where is the magical girl!!!”
Tols burst into laughter again. He held Lee Hye-ji’s right hand high.
Kim Seong-ah quickly realized what that meant.
If Lee Hye-ji is beaten to the ground like this, her form will be damaged beyond recognition.
Kim Seong-ah ground his teeth.
“Sister!! Run away. Call someone to help… Argh!!”
At Lee Hye-ji’s scream, Kim Seong-ah’s eyes sparkled.
“I didn’t want to transform right in front of the enemy, but…”
“Sister! What are you trying to do!!”
When Kim Seong-ah, who thought she was going to run away, confronted Tols, Lee Hye-ji screamed as she was grabbed by his hand.
“I’ll forget it tomorrow anyway, so it doesn’t matter to you, Hyeji.”
Kim Seong-ah said something that I didn’t understand.
“Sister, what is that….”
Lee Hye-ji’s words did not continue. This is because she saw a mysterious blue light gathering towards Kim Seong-ah.
“Brilliant, sacred star power.”
Her clothes begin to glow and transform.
“I, as a legitimate contractor of the star, wish to use its power.”
“I will shine the light of dreams and hope that will annihilate evil here.”
Her hair, which was tied back behind her, is undone and tied into two pigtails.
A star decoration is attached to her head.
“The magical girl of the stars. Lyrical star. Appears!”
“hahahahaha!!! This is a comedy!!!”
The Four Heavenly Kings Tols burst out laughing at the appearance of the lyrical star.
Lee Hye-ji’s eyes turned round as she was held in his hand.
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“Let go of that kid, or you’re going to get in trouble.”
Hold your stick tightly, the lyrical star warns.
“Lyrical Star, it’s been a while! It was after Persona’s death, right?”
“What should I do? Don’t act friendly.”
The lyrical star’s attention was focused on Lee Hye-ji, who was held in his right hand.
“I wanted to fight you once. Although her Persona is the weakest among us, she was quite a difficult person to deal with. If you can defeat such a person, you will be a very interesting fight.”
Tols’ muscles twitched strangely. The lyrical star seemed to be eating the food he ate yesterday again.
“Are you making the city like this just to fight with me?”
“That’s why you will come out. hahahahaha.”
As soon as his words fell, Lyrical Star rushed forward.
With her speed compensated by her magic, she circled around him, dodging his war hammer as he wielded it with her left hand.
She fired magic at the gaps that appeared in between, but Tols did not budge.
“Not even a scratch!”
The speed of swinging the hammer began to get faster and faster.
“Wasn’t he right-handed?!”
She managed to avoid the hammer and flew into the air.
“Sagittarius’ blessing.”
A magic circle summoned by simple chanting. Magic arrows began to shoot from the magic circle floating in the air.
A bunch of arrows began to hit Tols’s back.
“hahahahaha!! At least this much!!”
Even though the injury was bleeding, he didn’t seem to have suffered much damage.
“Damn it, even if we fight with all our might, it won’t be enough.”
The lyrical star looked at Lee Hye-ji, who was still being held in her right hand.
It seemed as if he had fainted during the fight, or something, and he was lying limp.
‘First, we have to get Hyeji out.’
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Raises magical power and makes the body lighter. It moves at a speed that causes afterimages.
“That’s pretty fast!”
The trajectory of her hammer aiming at her begins to waver.
“Transformation, magic spear.”
After changing her staff into a sharp spear, Lyrical Star launched herself with Tols’s right hand.
“Kwaaak!!”
Becoming an arrow herself, she pierced his elbow with a spear and succeeded in landing her first significant blow.
As the pain overtook her entire arm, Tols’ right hand opened and Hyeji Lee began to fall to the ground.
“Hyeji!!”
Catching her body in free fall, the lyrical star rolled her way onto the asphalt.
Thanks to falling on her back, Hyeji Lee was safe.
“Ugh, it stings.”
Instead, I felt great pain in my back.
“Uh… Sister? What is this….”
Lee Hye-ji came to her senses and asked with her dazed face, and the lyrical star quietly made her stand behind him.
“I’ll explain later. First…”
“Lyrical Star!!”
Tols screams and rushes at her. It is a torso headbutt using mass, with the hammer also put down.
When a huge shadow fell over her and Lee Hye-ji, the lyrical star spoke.
“Stop this big guy.”
He held her outstretched left hand with both arms and gritted his teeth.
“Huh!”
Turning her body, she draped her log-like arms over her own shoulders.
Gives strength to the magically strengthened legs and floats the body.
Soon, Lyrical Star and Tols are floating in the air.
“Huh?”
As if she had no idea that she would be heard, an exclamation of absurdity came out of Tols’s mouth.
Grinding her teeth, this time strengthening her arms. And then, throw it down.
“Magical piggyback ride!!!”
A piggyback throw coming from an arm strengthened with magical power. The large body falls straight to the ground.
Bam!!
With a loud sound and vibration, half of Tols’ body was buried in the asphalt.
The lyrical star did not stop here, but pulled out the spear stuck in his arm. Suddenly, it took the shape of a staff and a huge amount of magical power began to gather at the tip.
“I shouldn’t have let down my guard like that.”
Put the tip of the cane to his face.
“Long-distance shooting. Single shot while adjusting! Hit…”