28. Night Flight (3)

I found myself facing an unexpected opponent in an unexpected place.

Even in this ruined world, I never imagined the main villain who was supposed to appear in the middle of the original story would crawl out this early.

Before the real battle began, I pulled out all my shikigami from my bag and attacked Oh Haryeong’s minions who were trying to approach me.

Well, it was more of a distraction than a real attack, but I didn’t want to get caught from behind while fighting.

‘Over 100 shikigami…’

That should buy me some time. That should be enough, right?

‘For now…’

The Shikigami Exorcism Method would be the most stable way to kill her. But that crazy bitch is immune to curses. The entity she contracted with repels all curse magic.

So the Shikigami Exorcism Method is useless. If I use it carelessly, it’ll only put more strain on my body.

Therefore, I have to take her down head-on.

‘Distract her with magic, then throw the needle when there’s an opening.’

I swung the Archangel’s Baton wide and shouted the activation phrase.

“Pierce!!!”

Before throwing the needle, I needed to counter whatever trick Oh Haryeong was trying to pull.

For that, I fired a Lightning Strike.

“Huh!!”

Fzzzt–!

“As expected…”

The Lightning Strike flew straight toward Oh Haryeong but was instantly dissipated when it hit the club she swung.

As expected, that unholy-looking club is indeed an artifact that halves elemental damage and nullifies weak magical projectiles.

Even though I knew it wouldn’t work, I kept firing Lightning Strikes at her.

“Hahaha! It’s not working!!”

“Damn it..!!”

I already knew it wouldn’t work.

The reason I didn’t use an effective technique from the start was because I was afraid that sharp-eyed bitch might realize I already had information about her.

‘I need to make her let her guard down…’

It’s a kind of smokescreen. If someone you just met knows too much about you, you’d be on high alert. That would leave me no chance of winning.

So I needed to pretend I didn’t know anything.

‘The distraction is working…’

This time, I activated Lightning Whip and swung it hard toward Oh Haryeong.

BOOM–!!!!

As if lightning had struck, a thunderous roar echoed through the game room, and a whip made of electricity flashed toward Oh Haryeong in an instant.

CRACKLE—!!!!!!

“Gyaaaaah!!!!!!!!”

As expected, the power is much greater than Lightning Strike, given the higher mana cost.

If it had landed as a direct hit on Oh Haryeong, it would have instantly stunned her.

“Damn it.!!”

But just like before, Oh Haryeong blocked it with her minions-her tentacles-nullifying the magic.

I pretended to be greatly flustered and screamed. Seeing this, Oh Haryeong smirked arrogantly and swung her club, spewing out tentacles.

‘Ugh! This one’s really dangerous…’

Dozens of tentacles flew toward me. If I try to block them, I’ll get grabbed. I need to slash through them or dodge.

‘If those tentacles grab me, it’s over.’

True to being one of the main villains, all of Oh Haryeong’s techniques are utterly broken.

In fact, those tentacles could be considered the strongest binding technique in the original story.

Right now, in this state, I don’t think I can dodge them perfectly.

‘It’ll strain my body, but I have no choice-I need to use Blood Flow Acceleration.’

The only way is to maximize my reaction speed using Blood Flow Acceleration, obtained from the Blood Magic Book.

-Thump.!

Using Blood Flow Acceleration, I felt a dull, heavy pain as if a giant black man had punched my heart with all his might.

“Cough…!”

As expected, it seems this technique was too advanced for me to use right now. Blood trickled from my mouth.

“Aren’t you pushing yourself too hard? If you surrender quietly, I’ll grant you supreme pleasure and sacred duty.”

“Shut your… fucking mouth, bitch…”

“My, my. Such foul language. This will be fun to educate out of you.”

Crazy tentacle bitch.

Coughing up blood, I barely managed to twist my body to evade the incoming tentacles.

Even so, one tentacle lightly brushed against my thigh, but thankfully, it didn’t grab me.

Still, just the touch alone made my legs tingle.

Imagining the bleak situation that would unfold if I got caught made me want to vomit.

‘If I get caught, I’ll be thrown into tentacle hell and turned into her plaything… or sacrificed to the entity this crazy bitch worships…’

There’s no normal future to expect. So let’s kill her quickly. That’s the only way I survive.

“Hup!!!”

I frantically dodged the barrage of tentacles while looking for an opening.

The accelerated body allowed me to evade all the wildly flying tentacles.

Moreover, since I deliberately wasted mana by firing ineffective spells, Oh Haryeong’s laughter grew louder and louder.

She’s letting her guard down. Right now, she’s at the peak of her amusement, thinking she’s toying with me.

Thanks to her slight carelessness, a tiny gap appeared.

‘Die!’

I threw the needle toward that small gap, and Regina’s Blade flew straight toward Oh Haryeong’s forehead.

Direct hit… Huh?

“Where do you think you’re aiming!!!”

WHOOSH!!!

The needle was blocked. A wall of flesh rose up. This is just unfair. She’s already using a flesh wall?

“You fucking cheater!!! That’s against the rules!!!”

Damn nuclear bitch.

The needle didn’t work.

When something flew toward her face, that crazy nuclear bitch formed a flesh wall by bundling up her pre-laid tentacles, and the needle was instantly blocked by the wall that rose in front of her.

You might ask how my strength couldn’t pierce that, but when three layers of flesh walls stacked up, it became impossible to break through.

‘Mind control, unfair blessings, tentacle summoning, and now flesh wall creation… She’s already wielding this much power… It’s overwhelming.’

It seems she’s sacrificed quite a lot of offerings in a short time. I never imagined she’d be able to create flesh walls already.

At least the mind control only works on defeated opponents, so it won’t affect me-that’s a relief…

‘It hasn’t even been a week since she escaped the containment facility. How many has she sacrificed?’

Seeing her use four powers already… she might even be able to summon the Maw of the Abyss or the Eye of Delirium.

Just how many offerings has she made? She must have sacrificed all the survivors and monsters around here. No wonder I didn’t encounter any enemies on the way here.

She even sent her minions to the neighboring district to capture monsters-that says it all.

Anyway, that nuclear bitch is stronger than I expected.

‘This is dangerous… really dangerous.’

But I can’t back down.

No one can leave here until one of us dies, right?

‘Still, she must have used up a lot of mana…’

A brief lull in the battle. Gasping for breath, I glared at Oh Haryeong.

‘Why isn’t she attacking…? Don’t tell me…’

She must still have some mana left, but if she’s not attacking now… she must be planning something.

I think I know what it is.

‘Damn bitch. Your disgusting eating habits haven’t changed.’

Just as I was thinking I needed to prepare a last-ditch defense, I sensed movement behind me.

“Uwaaah..!”

One of Oh Haryeong’s minions had sneaked up behind me and tried to grab me.

It must have finished dealing with the shikigami and crept up while I was distracted.

“Hup..!!”

I swung a steel pipe at the minion trying to grab me. As I expected, Oh Haryeong is preparing a big move right now.

She’s probably trying to summon the Maw. She always uses it to chew up her opponents and replenish her mana when she’s running low.

So predictable.

-CRACK!!!!

Anyway, the steel pipe I swung with all my might smashed the minion’s skull, twisting its face grotesquely as if it had been spun on a turntable.

As the steel pipe lodged in, crushed brains oozed from its ears and nose.

“Guhhh…!!”

I reached out to the minion, who was on the verge of death, and quickly used Blood Replenishment.

The blood I lost from Blood Flow Acceleration and the mana the minion had were absorbed, slightly restoring my body.

“Phew.”

Honestly, the minions weren’t much. At this rate, I could handle up to five at the same time…

[60 Points Acquired]

‘Huh? 60 points!?’

For a moment, I thought the notification in front of me was wrong and looked again.

‘It really is 60 points…’

Wait, why am I getting 60 points for killing one half-dead minion?

Awakened ones only give 30 points, but Oh Haryeong’s minions give a whopping 60?

Does that make sense? The pricing is messed up.

‘Wait, how many minions are there?’

I quickly checked the number of living minions in the game room.

Currently, there are three of Oh Haryeong’s minions alive.

Total: 180 points.

“Fuck..!!”

I should’ve come later. Then I could’ve killed more and racked up tons of points.

If I’d come when that nuclear bitch had spawned a bunch more minions, I could’ve gotten hundreds of points for free, right?

“Devour him!”

At that moment, while I was briefly distracted, Oh Haryeong unleashed her trump card.

A massive maw formed beside me in an instant, and rows of jagged teeth flew toward me.

She was waiting for this moment.

-WHOOSH!!!!

“Huh..?”

“Phew… Fuck…”

The maw of the otherworld that had been summoned right next to me exploded from a single Mana Discharge that cost 200 MP.

Oh Haryeong staggered back, visibly flustered.

I took two more steps toward her.

For some reason, the moment I acquired the points, all fear and negative emotions vanished, replaced by rising anger.

“You damn bitch. Why didn’t you make more minions? Instead of gaining useless powers, you should’ve spawned more minions!!!”

“Huh..? What are you…”

“Why did you only make this many minions!? Why!?”

“What kind of…”

Oh Haryeong looked even more confused at my question.

“Because of you, there’s nothing left to eat.”

“W-wait, I don’t understand what you’re…”

-WHOOSH!!

“KYAAAAH!!!!”

Flames burst from the tip of the baton. As expected, Oh Haryeong blocked it with a flesh wall.

But the wall is weaker than before.

“You’re almost out of mana, aren’t you?”

“Ugh..!”

My prediction that summoning the Maw was her trump card was spot-on.

In the original story, Oh Haryeong always used the Maw as her finishing move to kill someone.

Chewing up major characters with that giant maw and saying “Thanks for the meal” was that crazy woman’s defining trait.

‘She must be shocked that her trump card was nullified in one hit.’

I already know all your tricks, bitch.

This is the privilege of a possessor.

Knowing all your opponent’s moves and habits means you’re almost guaranteed to win in a battle of wits.

“Now, then.”

Oh Haryeong frantically swung her club to spew tentacles, but due to mana depletion, they couldn’t reach me.

“Die.”

I threw the needle at Oh Haryeong again. She won’t be able to block it this time.

“Ugh!!!!”

She used the last of her mana to erect a flesh wall, but…

-CRUNCH!!!!

The needle pierced through the flesh wall and lodged itself in Oh Haryeong’s forehead.