White Pain

The beginning was good.

Until I met the Exorcist Guild, that is.

“Arthur! Why, why are you with those wicked demons!”

A desperate shout bursts out.

I frowned and drew my sword.

Blocking our party was Andersen of the Exorcist Guild.

It seemed he was also hunting here to complete a dungeon quest.

Andersen, dressed in a murky navy-blue holy robe, flashed his bloodshot eyes and drew his twin swords.

He looked like he was about to charge at any moment.

“Arthur. Do you know him?”

“Ah…”

The smile disappears from Arthur’s face. She sighed as if she had a headache and grabbed her head.

“Well, he’s from the same human race… someone I often run into during faction wars.”

“Not a close friend, then?”

“Yeah.”

I heard Arthur’s definite answer.

I gave a signal to Iyap and Chloe, who were standing behind me.

Chloe stepped back slightly, used the buffs she could, and strengthened the party.

Iyap also disappeared into the shadows, ready to assassinate the enemy at any time. Srrr.

Helena also began preparing to fight. Crimson flames soared over her red robe, engulfing her body.

My calmly lowered gaze checks the Exorcist Guild’s party composition.

One twin-sword warrior and one paladin tank. Behind them, two mages and one priest.

“Arthur! Come here at once!”

Andersen’s bloodshot eyes turn to Arthur. Arthur looked disgusted at the sight of him shouting as if spitting blood.

I stepped forward as if to shield her and pointed my sword.

“Don’t you remember what happened back then? Do you want to be crushed to death again?”

“Ha, haha! Keuhahahaha!”

The atmosphere just before charging disappears. Laughter blooms on his face, which looked like it would explode with anger at any moment.

I got goosebumps at the loud laughter that erupted as he looked up at the sky.

“I, I am… I am God’s agent. I serve God. Would I be afraid of death?”

The laughter slowly disappears from Andersen’s face.

Then, he moved his twin swords to create a cross shape in the air.

I sighed at the sight.

After the trouble with the Exorcist Guild, I looked up information about the guild in detail.

As a result, I was able to find out that this guy Andersen is an important executive of the Exorcist Guild, and that the motif of the character he is obsessed with is a character from a very old comic book.

A considerable amount of time has passed since then. Andersen must have also transcended his equipment using transcendence stones.

It’s different from when we first met. I won’t be able to expect the result of overwhelming him with sheer strength stats.

The atmosphere is gradually building up. Both sides lowered their stances and glared at the enemy, as if ready to jump out at any moment.

I whispered quietly to Arthur.

“Arthur. If it’s difficult to fight, you don’t have to get involved.”

“Huh…?”

“You’re from the same human race, after all.”

Although she belongs to our party, Arthur was originally a user of the human race faction.

Since she seems to know Andersen, it would be difficult for them to fight each other.

But she didn’t seem like she would join Andersen’s side either.

“Umm…”

After hesitating for a while, Arthur finally drew her sword.

I blankly looked up at her.

The sword, emitting brilliant divine power, was aimed at Andersen.

“A, Arthur! Have you abandoned humanity, have you! In the end, you have fallen for the temptation of the evil Satan, Lucifer! The honor of a proud knight has disappeared! You, youuu!!!”

Andersen’s eyes rolled back at Arthur’s hostile behavior.

He opened his mouth wide like a real madman and rushed towards me.

I smiled brightly as I watched him.

Arthur didn’t choose a crazy bastard like Andersen. She chose me, the small and cute me.

I’m almost there. If I seduce her a little more, maybe Arthur will really be reborn as a demon.

Not just Arthur. If she crosses over, the guild members under her will follow as well.

“Heretic!!!”

Kwang!

I rush forward faster than anyone else and block Andersen’s attack. The greatly swung twin swords struck my magic sword.

“Luciferrrr!!!”

The attack is quite heavy. It was clear that he had raised his ether stats and equipment to a high level.

My expectation became a certainty. I stepped aside and let his power flow out.

Srrr- The moment the power left my hand, his twin swords scraped and slipped greatly on the blade of the magic sword.

Kaga-gang-!

“I’m not Lucifer.”

I say as I deflect the attack. Then, I manipulated the costume window and equipped demon wings.

Flap-!

The huge wings spread wide behind my back, completely blocking the hot sunlight.

“I’m the Demon King.”

I move my wings to block his view. Taking advantage of the moment Andersen is flustered, I stab him with a surprise attack.

Kwang-!

“Kuh, keuek!”

The attack was not successful. The cross created by crossing the twin swords accurately blocked my stabbing attack.

“You’ve revealed your true form… you evil bastard…”

Kang! Kaang! Kang!

The rapidly swung twin swords draw a constant pattern. White pain approaches my brain.

As my vision expands, his movements slow down.

This is a phenomenon created by instantaneous thought acceleration.

The slowly swung twin swords draw an expected path in the air.

As the opponent slows down, I also slow down. But I can know the direction of the attack. I can read everything, where he is aiming, and even where his gaze is directed.

Like flowing water, I deflect the opponent’s twin swords twice.

Immediately after that, I quickly swung my sword, taking advantage of the rotational force of my body.

At that moment, Andersen’s eyes moved quickly and looked at my sword. That gaze did not fall until the end.

Kang-! Kwajik-!

The attack that cuts the belly greatly from bottom to top was blocked.

Because his sword protected his body.

In a very short moment, he definitely reacted. He forcibly twisted the direction of his arm, stopped the attack, and protected his body.

The white-hot headache was still there. Thought acceleration was still being maintained.

I frowned and stepped back. Andersen didn’t chase me. He was just looking at me with trembling eyes, as if he couldn’t believe it.

We confront each other silently. It was a contrasting sight to the other party members who were engaged in a fierce battle.

But it couldn’t be helped.

I was surprised, and Andersen also seemed surprised.

This guy, he momentarily followed my thought acceleration.

He desperately chased the path of my sword and twisted his sword to block the attack.

The incandescent pain slowly subsides. I calmly examine Andersen with a lowered gaze.

Andersen opened his mouth blankly with a confused expression.

His voice, flowing out weakly, was mixed with negative emotions.

“That, that is… that movement is… could it be, God’s choice…?”

“God’s choice?”

“It’s, it’s wrong. This is… why is a demon? That thing that only those chosen by God can use…?”

As expected, he must not be of sound mind since he chose to be a twin-sword warrior.

I took a low breath and focused again.

Hot blood rushes to my head, and a white pain comes again.

The world is wide.

I couldn’t say for sure that no one else was born with the talent that Hwarang and I had.

Andersen was just born with a similar talent to me.

But.

How long can you keep up with that speed?

How long can you endure the white-hot pain?

“Wa, wait a minute!”

“Shut up, I’m going to do a quest.”

When I rushed towards Andersen, he panicked greatly and stepped back.

However, as soon as he realized that my mind would not change, he bit his lip and swung his sword back at me.

Andersen, who had risen to a similar spec, was not an easy opponent.

If I had overwhelming specs like before, I would have crushed him with force, but that was impossible now.

Kang! Kwang!

The hotly heated blood stimulates the brain. The white-hot pain accelerates my thoughts.

My eyes move quickly and read all of his information.

If you want to beat me, you’ll have to use that talent too.

I drove my sword and pressured Andersen.

It was then that Andersen’s movements, which had been focused on defense, changed.

His slowly moving gaze follows my speed.

That gaze that reads all the movements of his legs, arms, shoulders, and body is familiar.

It was the gaze that always followed me when I had a 1-on-1 duel with Hwarang.

How long can Andersen maintain it?

I put aside my rising curiosity and swing my sword.

Kang!

We can read each other’s movements in advance.

Like a well-choreographed play, his twin swords and my magic sword stick together like magnets.

Kang-!

Geugeugeuk!

10 seconds have passed.

The boiling heat and pain were still bearable.

But unlike me, Andersen’s face was distorted with pain.

Kwang!

15 seconds have passed.

Problems were slowly starting to arise in Andersen’s movements.

His gaze is blurry. It was not accurate enough to know where he was looking.

The movement of the twin swords shook uneasily. The sharpness had disappeared.

“15 seconds elapsed.”

“T, this…!”

He must have realized what I was saying.

The time that he could endure this white pain was limited to 15 seconds.

A white wind comes.

The moment that invisible white wind swept past my and Andersen’s bodies, his movements stopped.

Andersen, the time allotted to him has ended.

16 seconds.

From now on, it’s my time.

I move while feeling the burning pain. While predicting and avoiding the opponent’s every move, the swung sword did not miss.

Kwajik-!

“Keuek!”

A terrible sense of powerlessness appears on Andersen’s face.

It’s a blow aimed at his arm. The sword he was holding falls.

Immediately after that, I swung my sword again and rotated my body.

Belatedly, the sword was driven down into the place where I was standing.

One unchanging fact.

Andersen will never be able to beat me 1-on-1.

It can’t be helped.

It’s me you’re up against, after all.

Seogeok-!

In the moment of passing by, I swung my sword.

The sword, moving like a ghost, successfully cut off Andersen’s neck.

A clean cut.

Andersen’s head fell to the floor.