111. death god
“Run away-!!”
Sophie, who heard Doyun’s shout, grabbed Rocinante and Eloa, who had flown in.
Eloah was surprised and hesitated for a moment.
“Sleep-”
However, the new form of the three immediately turned into light. It was Sophie’s [Heavenly Palace Phantom Air].
Her disappearing face was biting her lips in anguish.
Sophie didn’t want to run away, leaving Doyoon alone, but this was a guideline that Doyoon had asked, forced, and educated her several times.
Doyoon looked around with his eyes wide open, without even a chance to check their departure.
The [Seventh Sense], activated to the limit, scrutinized every movement and breath of everyone in the area.
“What, what? Is it a fight?”
“Is it an earthquake?”
“The ground is split!”
The uproar he caused drew attention to those around him.
Doyoon grabbed a sword with the brilliance of [Hyeonsword] in his coward and prepared to strike.
‘Where is it?’
But the reaper was nowhere to be seen.
Unlike before, his [Seventh Sense] didn’t catch it.
‘Where are you… where are you!’
My heart was beating like crazy.
Doyoon, who was rolling his eyes, eventually ran forward.
Fang-
“Kyaaak!”
The ground exploded at the beriberi emitted from the feet.
Doyoon calmed his intense breathing and searched the Cocacoatl area at a tremendous speed.
Even so, a question lingered in his mind.
‘How… are you still alive?’
It was Doyoon’s own story.
The neck is still attached. No matter how much it is inside the holy stone, originally it should have died the moment he recognized the god of death with his 7th sense. It wasn’t Do-yoon, but the assassin, Sashin, found him first.
However, Doyoon was alive and breathing like this.
‘why…?’
It was incomprehensible.
“Get that bastard!”
Gangsters appeared in the alley he was heading towards. It was a criminal organization that maintained order in the area.
Do-yoon did not slow down, but felt a sense of exhaustion coming from the hyeonsword that manifested for a very short time.
“Kill!”
The thugs surrounded him.
In Do-yoon’s eyes, which were red from fatigue and stress, there was a sense of annoyance and murder.
‘The worms…!’
My heart raced wildly.
squeak-
There was no hope.
A brief flash of light flashed, and the bodies of the six thugs were cut in half, scattering their intestines. Doyoon was no longer there.
Even after that, Doyoon went after Cocacoatl.
‘…!’
Occasionally, when he saw prostitutes with night sky-colored hair, he felt dizzy as his heart stopped instantly.
After coming back to his senses, his night sky-colored hair was stained with blood and rolled on the floor, and he stood in front of him holding a sword.
“…”
And Doyoon ran again.
After killing hundreds of thugs and several women with dark sky-colored hair, Do-yoon came to his senses and stopped.
‘…’
He couldn’t find the reaper after all.
+++
smart.
[Hero… During the day, Dokgo Moo-young and Heineken came to visit… Warrior…]
smart.
Doyoon didn’t answer.
He sat still in a dark room, gazing at the moonlight, the night sky, and the black clouds.
‘…’
Do-yoon’s heart was still beating wildly.
Even now, the dark shadows under the clouds seemed to move and come to slit his throat. The fear of death never left him.
He couldn’t take his eyes off the night sky.
‘…was it an illusion?’
no, never
On this continent, she is the only one who can instill fear in him. Even at the moment when he faced the demon king, Enoch only burned his will and courage.
It was a very brief moment, but a very brief moment. Doyoon definitely felt the overwhelming presence and the fear of death.
But it disappeared right away. Paradoxically, it further proved the existence of Shinigami.
Even with such an overwhelming presence, an existence that could escape Doyoon’s [7th sense].
A god of death with the power of hiding. because she’s the only one
‘Obviously… I hid from my senses.’
The ultimate in cognition, the [seventh sense]. It was originally created to pierce the Shinigami’s secret.
Even in Enoch’s prime, the Shinigami couldn’t escape his senses.
But this time I missed it. Even in the Holy Stone, despite her weakened state.
What this meant was clear.
‘It became stronger.’
My heart ached.
‘What the hell is that?’
If I had gotten stronger, I would have been able to kill me.
The stress builds up excessively, so now his little friend who has become a god. The little golem immediately came to mind.
‘When I’m in a crisis, I said that the world will return briefly.’
However, this time the ability did not activate.
Was it because he wasn’t there? if not…
‘That moment… wasn’t a crisis.’
Did the Shinigami never intend to kill me in the first place?
‘…’
My heart didn’t calm down. The nosebleed flowed profusely.
However, his eyes, glistening in the moonlight, were still clear.
‘Although the player was taken away… I have to move even now.’
His golden eyes glared at the dark shadows of the clouds under the moonlight.
What is fear and stress?
If he was to fall to his knees in terror, he would have perished long ago.
Even when he faced the corps commander as a mercenary who could not even use swordsmanship. Even when he died of a stress-induced heart attack. Even when facing the demon king.
Even when he was killed by a Shinigami.
Even if he died, he would never kneel before fear.
Enoch is also human. Suffering from fear and stress.
But that’s it. Fear and stress were completely isolated to him.
Those things never affected his cause.
[Hero. Come out for a second and talk… Huh?]
[Leave it alone, Eloa. It seems like you want to be alone right now. See you again tomorrow…]
“Inspired.”
The voices outside the room stopped.
“Come in.”
[…]
After a moment of silence, Dokgo Mu-yeong opened the door and came in.
When the door closed, only the faint moonlight illuminated Doyoon and the room.
He turned his chair and looked at Dokgo Moo-yeong.
“…!”
Seeing Doyoon’s nosebleeds and bloodshot eyes, Dokgo Moo-yeong gasped for breath.
Fortunately, however, his eyesight was still intact.
“Inspired.”
“…speak.”
Dokgo Moo-yeong, who swallowed a sigh of relief, felt a spleen atmosphere and answered.
“Please expedite the review for using the True Name Searcher that I submitted.”
“When would you like it?”
“tomorrow. Today if possible.”
“…”
“please.”
Dokgo Moo-young, who was tired of wrinkles, nodded.
Dokgo Mu-yeong opened the door and went out. No more commotion outside the room.
Doyoon turned the chair again and headed toward the window.
His eyes were still staring at the shadows of the clouds.
+++
The next day, Do-yoon’s examination for using the True Name Searcher was over. It was the influence of Dokgo Mu-yeong.
It couldn’t have been. Do-yoon’s qualification examination had already been over, and only formal procedures were ahead.
However, the elders were somewhat puzzled by Dokgo Moo-young’s actions.
“He was someone who never abused his privileges in his lifetime, but for some reason…”
“Well… not very strange. He’s a boss monster killer who built up a warrior’s level of strength in as little as six months.”
“I know. However, I was just a little surprised because it was such an unexpected move.”
“Certainly… He has never given preferential treatment even to Heineken-sama and Ray-sama. It’s amazing.”
They talked and watched through the glass windows.
In the room, there was a true name search machine that surprised them not long ago, and Do-yoon standing in front of it.
In order to prevent possible abuse of the device, several elders were to observe when outsiders were using it.
However, the senate did not know who Doyoon would use the device on.
To be precise, I got the last name spelled out, but I didn’t know who it was referring to.
[Thanatos]
“Thanatosra…”
“The etymology is ‘death’. Who would write such a grandiose last name?”
“Since he is the person that Apostle Han Do-yoon is looking for, he must not be an ordinary seed.”
They had no idea who the owner of the castle would be.
“…”
After controlling his mind for a while, Doyoon moved forward.
He took out a jet-black dagger from his bosom and placed it where the medium was placed.
On the inside of the handle of the dagger was a very small inscription [Thănatos]. It was the sword of the god of death obtained as a trophy in this episode.
I have felt the Reaper in Cocacoatl, but there is no guarantee that she is still there. Maybe it’s something that might have crossed the demonic realm by now.
The current operation of the True Name Searcher was to obtain as many clues as possible.
‘Whoa…’
Doyoon touched the small black jewel on the necklace. It was a necklace with the soul of his little friend, the little golem.
This was Winnie’s recommendation. She said that she had read a very strong thought in her familiar’s records that she wanted to always be with Doyoon.
Therefore, rather than creating a cumbersome new body, she recommended moving the record to a necklace or ring.
Doyun also agreed to this. He, too, always wanted to be with him.
Naturally, the little golem was also very happy.
“…”
A dragon heart piece imbued with the soul of a divine beast. It was a part of Verd’s heart that had been purified, albeit just a little bit.
As Doyoon touched him, he felt his mind settle down. The small flow of mana inside the necklace seemed to be happy and went along with it.
Encouraged by his little friend, he activated the device.
Wei Ying-
The device made a mechanical sound.
“Ohhh, it’s starting.”
“Well. Where should I look…”
The elders also focused on the device.
My heart raced. He fiddled with the necklace with one hand and the handle of the sword with the other to calm his mind.
Wei Ying-
“…”
Each passing minute felt like an hour.
Doyoon thought endlessly for that minute.
‘If I’m still in Cocacoatl… what should I do?’
‘Maybe they followed me.’
‘Where have you been?’
His heart trembled nervously.
After a while, a minute passes.
“Hmm…?”
“What is that?”
The results were displayed on the monitor.
Seeing the results, the senators narrowed their eyes.
“what? Who were you searching for?”
“What result…?”
However, they soon had no choice but to stop talking when they saw Doyoon’s reaction as he looked up at the monitor.
Doyoon’s hand, which was holding the necklace and the handle of the sword, stretched weakly.
In his eyes wide open as if they were about to tear, the focus trembled in confusion.
‘This… this…’
On the map displayed on the monitor, the locations of those with the surname [Thănatos] were marked with dots.
Again, the locations of the ‘those with castles’ were marked.
[Cocacoatl: 1]
The one in Cocacoatl where Doyoon felt her.
[Demon Castle: 40]
I was forty in the demon king.