episode_0215

A dark and gloomy sewer.

Mits ran like crazy.

‘I have to live!’

“Hwaaaaaaack!!!”

“Sa, save me!!!”

The screams of the searchers were heard from behind.

He didn’t look back. Even if others died, he had to survive.

‘How hard was it to get this sign!’

Limit breakthrough.

A sign that allows you to level up infinitely. It was an opportunity to see the end of strength that others could not reach.

He realized when he first got this sign.

That he was the ‘protagonist’ of this world.

That other people were just ‘supporting characters’ and tools needed for him to become stronger.

To do that, conditions are necessary.

Surviving for a long time.

Mits ignored the searchers’ pleas and dying words.

‘Just a little more!’

From afar, the searchers’ cries stained with resentment and pain were heard.

How long had he been running?

He didn’t know.

But it was certain that he had moved quite far away from that ‘monster’.

“Huk. Huk.”

Mits gasped for breath and reduced his running speed. It felt like he had been running at full speed for an hour.

“Keuh!!! Hehehe!!!”

Mits, who had stopped, leaned against the wall, and caught his breath, suddenly burst into laughter.

He survived.

He felt relieved by that fact.

At that moment.

“Mits.”

A naked young man walked out of the darkness.

“Heok!”

Mits, who was laughing while gasping for breath, stepped back in surprise.

A familiar face.

Mario.

But he was sure it wasn’t Mario. He was the first ‘supporting character’ to be eaten.

If so, the opponent is the monster that ate Mario.

“Sh, shit!”

Mits pulled out his longsword.

The ‘monster’ smiled brightly and then transformed its face.

The faces of the searchers who had been with him in the sewer flashed by one by one.

Mits’s heart sank.

They were all eaten by this monster.

The monster’s face returned to Mario’s.

“Mits.”

The monster called his name in a calm voice.

A chill ran down Mits’s spine.

There was no sign of the madness he had heard at first.

The monster opened its mouth again.

“Mits, you look pathetic. How could you abandon your comrades and run away first? Mario inside me is resenting you.”

“Nonsense!”

“Mits. A guy who flirts with any pretty searcher he sees. A kid whose pride soars to the sky. Opens his mouth and boasts about himself. A guy who gossips about successful searchers behind their backs.”

“…”

“Everyone is cursing you.”

The monster muttered, getting closer.

“Die!!!”

Mits swung his longsword in a fit.

Swish!!!

Just before the sharp slash reached his neck.

The monster raised its hand.

Sign activation.

[Reflection]

A barrier was created, and Mits’s sword was deflected.

Clang!!!

Mits, whose wrist was bent, groaned and stepped back.

It didn’t end there.

A streak of sword light burst out from the barrier.

Mario’s sign.

Reflection.

The ability to store and return attacks was reborn in the monster’s hands.

Mits desperately dodged, but the barrier’s attack struck his chest. Breaking his ribs.

Crack!!!

“Keuheok!!!”

Mits flew away, crashed into the sewer wall, and rolled on the floor.

‘Shit!’

A monster that uses the appearance and abilities of the person it ate.

The monster in Mario’s form smiled and slowly approached.

Mits crawled like a maggot and waved his hand.

He was supposed to be the ‘protagonist’.

Was he going to die here?

It didn’t make sense.

It shouldn’t happen!

But the monster smiled and opened its large mouth.

“D, don’t come!!! Pl, please! Save…Kkyaaaaaaack!!!!!!”

The central area of the sewer.

Mits’s sorrowful scream echoed.

* * *

Jeong Yushin and the party members entered the sewer.

Terry, who was in charge of this request, stepped forward with his bow equipped.

“According to the testimonies of the workers and captured vagrants, the searchers headed towards the central sewer area.”

Terry continued, looking around at the remaining searchers.

“Find them as quickly as possible.”

Terry divided the searchers into teams of three and dispatched them.

Naturally, Jeong Yushin, Rex, and Gwyn were grouped into one team.

Jeong Yushin wasn’t very interested in this search.

He was planning on wandering around the central area and then slipping out on his own.

Finding and killing Dicky Marson was the top priority.

“Departure.”

Under Terry’s command, the searchers dispersed and headed towards the central sewer area.

Rex stepped forward with his halberd on his shoulder.

Jeong Yushin and Gwyn followed Rex towards the central sewer area.

They walked at a brisk pace for quite some time.

He guessed it was about three hours.

Rex stopped walking and took out a map.

After looking at the map and muttering to himself for a while, Rex raised his head.

“The area we’re in charge of is a bit down from the center. Let’s go.”

Jeong Yushin and Gwyn followed Rex without a word.

They searched the dark sewer, but there wasn’t much to see.

It was all endless flowing sewage or mutated monsters, and sometimes they saw vagrants.

Rex, who had been searching for a while, tilted his head.

“That’s strange. Were there this few vagrants?”

“Isn’t that a good thing?”

Rex shook his head at Gwyn’s question.

“They’re like moths drawn to a flame, but in some ways, they’re like cockroaches. If an unbearable threat arises, they flee to another corner. We should be careful.”

After walking for a while, Rex noticed a strong smell of blood.

He gripped his halberd and stepped forward.

Gwyn naturally grabbed the hilt of his sword.

The group soon arrived at a dead end.

At the end of the dead end, there was a large room about the size of a public bathhouse.

A place where various junk and bedding were scattered, as if vagrants had mainly stayed there.

In that room, a naked man was sitting and munching on something.

Rex stopped walking as he approached. The back view was familiar.

“Mits?”

At the sound of his name, the man turned his head.

Certainly.

The seemingly cocky young man was Mits. The person who had caused several discords in this request.

But why was he naked?

Besides, he was chewing on something.

“Oh? Was that Rex? And next to him is Gwyn, and then a wolf doll mask.”

Mits called out to the group as if trying to recall a long-forgotten memory.

Rex narrowed his eyes and looked at what Mits was chewing on.

A human leg.

He realized immediately.

Mits wasn’t normal.

“Prepare for battle!”

Rex immediately took a stance and shouted loudly.

Gwyn drew his sword, but the wolf doll mask remained still.

“Hey, wolf doll! Snap out of it!”

Rex growled.

Jeong Yushin looked at the head of a bandit-like man rolling next to Mits.

Dicky Marson.

‘Ha. Shit.’

Dicky’s face was distorted with pain and fear, as if he had been torn apart alive.

“Just a moment. Let me eat this first.”

The naked Mits opened his mouth wide and put Dicky Marson’s head in his mouth and chewed it.

Crunch.

Squelch.

His skull was crushed, and blood and brain fluid flowed from his mouth.

Rex didn’t wait and rushed in, stabbing with his halberd.

Mits raised one hand.

Sign activation.

[Reflection]

A translucent barrier was immediately created.

Bang!!!

The stab was deflected, and the shockwave was absorbed.

Rex’s eyes widened.

The Siege Destroyer’s sign, which ignored defense, didn’t work?

Mits raised his other hand and wiped the brain fluid running down the corner of his mouth.

“What’s the rush?”

Rex glared at Mits.

“Who are you?”

“Me? Can’t you tell by looking? It’s Mits.”

“Bullshit. Are you a monster from another world?”

Mits smiled smoothly.

“A monster. What a funny thing to say. As you can see, I’m human. Hey, pervert mask, say something.”

Suddenly, an arrow was aimed at the wolf mask.

The wolf doll stood still and raised its hand to take off the mask.

Black hair.

Strong eyes.

A handsome face was clearly revealed.

Rex and Gwyn stared at Jeong Yushin with wide eyes.

“Scar?!”

“Mr. Scar!!!”

Rex bared his sharp teeth.

“You bastard! I knew it! What kind of plot are you scheming?!”

Jeong Yushin stared blankly at Rex and shook his head.

To treat someone like a mastermind of a heinous terrorist act.

‘It’s so unfair.’

On the other hand, Gwyn’s face turned red. The embarrassing things that had happened so far flashed through her mind.

Jeong Yushin drew his single-edged sword and stepped forward.

“Let’s catch that guy first and talk. He clearly isn’t normal.”

Rex glared at Jeong Yushin and turned his head.

Scar was right. The opponent was an unusual being. He must be a monster from another world.

“Is the story all over? Scar.”

Mits smiled and spread his arms wide.

Mits’s body became slimy like slime and split into three.

Mits smiled and opened his mouth.

“The world sure has all kinds of signs. For your information, it’s the ‘Division’ sign.”

Two men with the same face as Mits rushed at Rex and Gwyn.

Mits, who was standing in the middle, grinned at Jeong Yushin.

“Scar, Dicky Marson was really scared of you. He even abandoned his business and secretly tried to escape out of the city.”

“Bullshit.”

Jeong Yushin rushed in and swung his single-edged sword.

Mits smiled and swung his arm.

Clang!!!

Jeong Yushin’s eyes narrowed. That was because Mits’s arm had already turned into a sharp sword.

Clang clang clang clang clang!!!

Mits’s arm and Jeong Yushin’s single-edged sword stuck together and created sparks.

Jeong Yushin’s arm trembled.

He was sure that it would be a difficult fight.

[Sacred Weapon]

Characteristic granting.

Half-Ogre Gauntlet.

Golden aura swirled around Jeong Yushin’s hands.

An enormous strength pushed Mits away.

Mits stared at Jeong Yushin with surprised eyes.

“Huh?”

Whether he did or not, he spread his legs and took a horse stance.

Horizontal slash.

Whoosh!!!

The blade of the single-edged sword flashed and aimed for Mits’s neck.

Mits reflexively raised his arm.

Clang!!!

The single-edged sword deflected Mits’s arm.

“What?!”

Mits’s mouth opened in the midst of the scattering golden fragments.

Opportunity.

He quickly created a golden dagger in his hand and threw it.

Thwack!!!

The golden dagger pierced Mits’s shoulder and got stuck.

Mits staggered back and raised one hand high.

Sign activation.

[Reflection]

A translucent barrier was created.

Jeong Yushin hesitated, trying to slash his sword as it was.

In a flash.

Mits did not miss the gap and kicked Jeong Yushin in the stomach with his foot.

The kick slammed into Jeong Yushin’s solar plexus.

Thwack!!!

“Keok!!!”

Jeong Yushin staggered back.

Sign activation.

[Revenge]

Blue ghosts bloomed in Jeong Yushin’s eyes.

Mits spread his hand.

[Fire Spear]

With a simple chant, a blazing fire spear was created in an instant.

Mits grabbed the fire spear and threw it at Jeong Yushin.

Jeong Yushin bit his lip tightly.

What a crazy bastard.

A guy who grabs a spear made of fire and throws it directly.

Doesn’t he feel any pain?

Thoughts could not continue.

Swish!!!

Jeong Yushin hurriedly rolled on the floor.

A hot energy brushed past his back.

When he raised his head, Mits was standing with one foot raised.

A stomp flying towards his head.

Jeong Yushin rolled once again.

Bang!!!

The floor shattered like a spider web, and pieces of stone flew up.

Mits tilted his head and rushed in again, swinging his arm.

Jeong Yushin gritted his teeth and swung his single-edged sword.

Clang!!!

Slash!!!

Mits’s sharp arm brushed past Jeong Yushin’s cheek.

Blood flowed from the long wound.

Mits brandished his sword, his eyes gleaming, and pushed Jeong Yushin.

“Scar, what are you holding back? Show it to me.”

Slash!!!

Mits’s arm brushed past his forehead. Blood overflowed and covered one of Jeong Yushin’s eyes.

“Why are you so weak? You fought well in the last duel? Show me that! That greatsword created from thin air?!”

Mits muttered with an excited expression, swinging his sword and firing magic.

Each time, the number of wounds on Jeong Yushin’s body increased by one.

A situation where no one could help.

Gwyn and Rex were desperately swinging their weapons and fighting the divided Mits.

“How boring.”

Mits clicked his tongue and drew his arm.

From top to bottom.

A strike coming down in a straight line.

Jeong Yushin raised his single-edged sword and blocked the sword.

Clang!!!

Mits swung his remaining hand and struck Jeong Yushin’s ribs.

Crack!!!

“Keok!”

Jeong Yushin gasped for breath and stepped back.

Mits moved like lightning and stabbed Jeong Yushin’s stomach with a sharp hand blade.

Stab!!!

“Just lie there for a while. I’ll eat you last.”

A cold hand blade that pierced through his stomach. Jeong Yushin’s body stiffened.

Mits twisted his hand, pulled it out, and kicked Jeong Yushin.

Jeong Yushin flew like trash and was thrown into a corner.

Bang!!!

“Scar!!!”

Gwyn shouted.

Rex also glanced at Scar flying away.

‘Should I run away?’

It was difficult to handle with his own strength. It would be better to plan for the future.

While Rex was hesitating.

Mits stood with his hands behind his back and watched Rex and Gwyn.

“Struggle a little more. It’s not fun.”

“Keuk!”

Rex gritted his teeth and swung his halberd.

He had to run away.

He didn’t know the ability of that otherworld monster, so it seemed better to avoid the place and deal with it later.

Just as Rex was about to step back.

Jeong Yushin staggered to his feet.

Blood was dripping from his stomach as he moved his steps.

Rex felt goosebumps on his back.

Mits slowly walked towards Jeong Yushin with a frustrated expression.

“I was going to eat you last if you stayed still.”

“…”

Jeong Yushin silently held up his single-edged sword with one hand.

Mits rushed in and swung his arm.

Jeong Yushin’s eyes flashed.

‘I can see it.’

The sharp hand plunging straight down towards his head.

He stepped to the side and avoided the hand blade.

Mits’s eyes widened.

And the golden hand axe stuck in his neck.

Crack!!!

The axe blade broke Mits’s neck bone and was deeply embedded.

Mits staggered back.

“Keureureuk! What?!”

He was caught off guard in the blink of an eye.

Just as Mits regained his senses and was about to launch a counterattack again.

“Keureureureung!!!”

Dozens of black wolves rushed into the room and attacked the divided Mits who were fighting Rex and Gwyn.

The divided Mits resisted, but their limbs were torn apart by the black wolves.

Mits’s head turned reflexively.

Step. Step.

A man slowly walked in from the other side of the sewer.

A red coat.

A skinny body with a lanky height.

And long hair.

“Was it here? A subordinate of the Outer God Changeling. Still a young one.”

The man muttered, looking at Mits.

“Lord Vlad!”

Rex shouted as he looked at the man in the red coat.

Vlad.

The ruler of the eastern region, an underling of Queen Lilith.

The man called Vlad glanced at Rex and turned his head. He didn’t even care, as if it was too much trouble to even talk.

“Werewolves, get out, and the woman there too. It’ll be a hassle if you get eaten by that guy.”

Vlad’s gaze was fixed on the half-breed Barbaroi.

He had been watching for a long time since entering the sewer.

The sight of him fighting without taking a step back while burning his life.

Black mist rose from Vlad’s body, and a classic chair was created.

Vlad sat on the chair, put his chin on his hand, and stared at the Changeling and the half-breed Barbaroi.

“Keep fighting. It’s a good sight.”