episode_0616

The battle unfolding under the golden curtain was very different from before.

In the battle a little while ago, I was only focused on blocking, but not now.

“Hmm!”

Fuha!

A sharp sword strike leaves long scars on the young dragon’s less mature skin.

“Uriyaaaat-!”

Cooo!

The mace, filled with divine power and inflated in size, weighs down on the shoulders.

“Kuheoeook… … !”

A dragon writhing in terrible pain and screaming.

The guy wheezes with blood dripping from between his white teeth.

“Burn up!”

At the same time, flames erupt at the place where Angela was standing, where our eyes met.

“Ike-!”

Angela managed to hurriedly retreat and pull herself out of the burning flames.

The dragon that saw this gritted its teeth and glared at Han Ju-yeon, the black-haired woman standing in the back row.

‘That damned human bitch!’

It was all that woman’s fault.

After a translucent golden curtain was drawn under the sky, the already threatening movements of humans became even more violent.

Even the diction began to go astray.

Her newly awakened power did not stop at simply evolving her body, but also sharpened her senses.

Their sharper sixth sense set off alarm bells in their heads every time an adjective containing deadly power was invoked, and based on this, they narrowly escaped the threat each time.

Crrr… !

The situation is not good.

I didn’t feel bad when the most annoying man hit me instead of the deathly curse I had sent at the white-haired woman out of anger.

Because I was confident that I would be able to win if it weren’t for the arrogant man who learned the wisdom of being a mere human being.

But when I opened the lid, the situation became very strange.

As the black-haired woman suddenly strengthened the team’s strength with an unknown energy, he was forced to go on the defensive.

‘It was definitely this tent that made this possible.’

It is an extremely annoying power.

However, as with all powers, it was not without its drawbacks.

‘If only I could get out of the tent… !’

If she can fight outside the curtain, which is the range of her power, the situation will turn once again.

The dragon, knowing this, had already tried to run out of the tent several times.

But every time I tried, I failed.

That’s why.

“Don’t miss this guy!”

This is because Merlin, the master of spatial magic that manipulates space itself, blocks his path.

Spatial magic is so excellent that it is not far behind the Dragon’s Dragon Word.

If it’s an attack, it’s attack, if it’s a defense, it’s defense, if it’s an auxiliary, it’s an assist.

No matter where you place it, it is versatile enough to serve not just one person, but two or three people.

The only problem is that as the scale of magic increases, magical power consumption becomes more severe.

But now, the problem of magical power that had always been holding him back has been resolved.

「Strange Path.」

The dragon’s body, which had been flying in a straight line outside the curtain, naturally turns and returns to the center of the curtain.

It was not voluntary.

It was because the old wizard had bent the space in front of me and distorted the direction itself.

“Damn it… !”

This is already the third time.

I thought the old wizard’s magic power would have reached its limit, but that was not the case.

“You will definitely die here, lizard.”

Merlin, with his gray hair and beard flying, delivers a stern sentence.

She was just as angry as the other women.

It’s true that he’s a bit rude and a fool who doesn’t respect the elderly, but that’s something he should be angry about.

To put it in an analogy, it is like the relationship between an older brother and younger brother who share blood.

It’s okay for me to beg and hit, but can’t I stand it when I see other people beg or hit?

“Keuuuu… !”

As the body approaches its limits, patience also reaches its limits.

The more intense your emotions become, the more your thoughts change.

It’s not that I have to survive at all costs, but that I have to kill my enemies no matter what.

He growled with his blood-soaked teeth and then recited the proverb again.

“Soar!”

I take out one of my secret tricks that I had saved up.

Snow-covered land.

The red anger sleeping deep beneath it.

Coo coo coo… !

The ground shakes violently.

Feeling an unknown ominous feeling, people rush to shout out to the party members.

“Uh, what… !”

“Everyone be careful!”

“Be alert!”

As time passes, the tremors shaking the ground do not stop, but become more intense.

By the time it got to the point where it wasn’t easy to stand even with an S-class hunter’s sense of balance.

They finally felt it.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!

“Under your feet!”

Something is rising at breakneck speed from beneath the ground they are standing on.

Damn it!

Unable to withstand the strong tremors, the ground cracks, and bright red flames rise from within.

Fuwaaak!

Those who see this are astonished.

“Yo, lava… !”

The identity of the rising pillar of fire was lava.

It is artificial lava that gives off an eerie feeling that is significantly different from ordinary lava.

This land is a place where dragons are structured to suit their tastes.

That lava was probably created that way too.

Irina mutters with a stiff face.

“Be careful.”

The ground cracks, and lava gushes out from all over, erasing the snow that covers the ground without a trace, and begins to flow freely, emitting strange heat.

Before I knew it, the chill around me had disappeared and heat had begun to take its place.

“… It’s not good.”

She muttered with a dissatisfied expression and wiped her forehead with the hand that was not holding the sword.

Beads of sweat dripping out.

“It’s an unpleasant place.”

She had lived her whole life in a land covered with snow and ice.

For her, who felt that even the pleasant weather in Vatican City was hot, the heat here was literally hell.

At that time, I was concentrating cold energy into the Snow Bringer to push it away.

“Get out.”

pop!

Pow!

The lava that was exploding from under the ground making a loud noise suddenly stopped.

That wasn’t all.

The lava, which had already come out of the ground and was flowing thickly, once again pushed itself into the cracked ground and disappeared.

All that remains is the rough ground radiating residual heat and half-melted snow and ice.

“What is this…? !”

At that time, the dragon was about to vent his anger at the result that was completely different from what he had expected.

A strong presence from a short distance strongly attracted the attention of the dragon and the party members.

At the end of all their gazes was Kim Do-jin.

“… This is not it.”

He was mumbling something unintelligible and sighing with a gloomy expression.

* * *

My heart, which was beating at a pleasant pace, is forced to stop.

At the same time, all organs that receive blood from the heart also stop working.

Consciousness quickly fades, the eyelids droop and the son-in-law is plunged into darkness.

Still, it’s strange.

Even though I feel like I’m drunk, hazy and hazy, I have no intention of stopping my thoughts at all.

Recall the situation a little while ago.

What was it?

Ah, yes.

The young dragon, feeling the threat of death, used a dragon language to me.

Die, was it?

I didn’t even think about it.

How can you take someone’s life with just a few words?

If you think about it carefully, it is not impossible at all.

Die.

If only I could engrave the cause of death of the person I wish for in those three syllables.

From that perspective, I think he wanted my heart to stop and die.

It’s an excellent choice.

The heart is the most important organ for humans.

However, no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think it will be an easy attempt.

I felt it while using words.

Depending on what kind of will you put into your magical power, the consumption of your mental power and magical energy varies greatly.

In the end, this was his last move, a gamble.

They are probably suffering from quite a strong reaction by now.

The reason he did it even though he knew that was probably because he had calculated it in his own way.

They say that if I or Irina, who hurt my body, is not there, I can survive even with a seriously injured body.

It’s a shame I can’t bear it.

I think I can handle words more skillfully now.

No, it’s not just a matter of words, but I think that I, as a human being, can take a step forward to a different place than I am now.

But what can I do?

I’m already dead.

Then I suddenly became curious.

Is this really dead?

Why do my thoughts keep going and why does it feel like death is just one step away?

Is this really death?

I don’t know.

You have to have died before to know.

What state am I in now?

Are you waiting for death?

The consciousness that used to focus only on the flow of thoughts expands outwards again.

Then I felt déjà vu.

A sensation that I felt once before tickles my fingertips.

How should I express this?

Ah, yes.

‘A sense of liberation.’

Even when I came home in the summer and took off all my sweat-soaked clothes.

Even when I put an end to intense sex with a long ejaculation and let go.

It was a feeling I had never felt even when I had become stronger by rising to a level where I had been sluggish, as if I had finally escaped from a prison that had been confining me all my life and that had been a perfect fit for me.

On your hands and feet.

No, it seems like the whole body is connected to the world.

I feel like I can be anything I want and do anything I want to do.

When did I ever feel like this?

If it was such a strong feeling, there’s no way I could have forgotten it.

I soon stop thinking.

What does it matter when?

What’s important is that I’m surrounded by these feelings right now.

Let your imagination run wild.

What should we do?

As there are more things you can do, making choices becomes more difficult.

But it’s okay.

My mood is at its peak right now, so much so that even the time I spend worrying about it is enjoyable.

Then it suddenly occurred to me.

Isn’t this enough to make even a stopped heart beat again?

But where is my body?

It was right then.

“Ah… … ?”

The feeling of liberation that filled my whole body disappears again.

I feel it.

Exciting!

The heart begins to beat again and the organs begin to function after being transfused with new blood.

Only then do you realize it.

This sense of liberation comes from leaving the body, even if only for a moment.

The prison that constricts the entire body refers to none other than the body.

Ripples ripple through the quiet world.

Quang!

The noise that comes from hard objects colliding with each other disturbs my ears.

You’re back.

Open your eyes slowly.

I see a gloomy sky with large snowflakes falling.

I feel it again.

There are countless tasks that must be done and responsibilities that must be borne in the future.

At the same time, the reality and this world surrounding me felt extremely oppressive.

“… … .”

I look around with gloomy eyes.

The world has changed quite a bit while I was asleep for a short while.

Where does all the snow go, and is lava flowing out of nowhere?

The party members are busy avoiding the lava.

And Irina can be seen struggling, sweat pouring down like rain, perhaps because of the thick clothes.

He speaks in a calm tone toward the lava that is constantly rising from beneath the ground.

“Get out.”

The direction of the lava is reversed and falls back to the ground.

A near-perfect statement made up of three syllables.

But it wasn’t enough.

“… This is not it.”

Because the intense power I felt just a moment ago was not at this level.

“Phew.”

A long, melancholy sigh continued to leak out of my mouth.