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43. Thank you for coming to the rescue! (2)

The demons who had been rushing towards Charlotte, howling at the sight of her running into the group of demons while creating a red flash, began to gradually retreat.

All of her comrades who ran forward and approached her had their throats cut off in the blink of an eye, their heads flying around.

‘Demon Wolf’, a beast-like demon, and ‘Lycanthrope’, which can disguise itself as a human.

They were now afraid of the woman’s speed, which they could not even keep up with with their own eyes, and at the same time, because their sense of smell was so keen, they felt uncomfortable with the smell of burning flesh coming from her.

The red flash that chased them as they fled backwards was now a ray of fear to them.

As a red flash entered the crowd with a ‘kwaaang’ sound and a ‘swishing’ sound of the wind being cut, the head was already seen flying away to meet death.

Even on both sides, with the sound of a ‘whooshing’ storm swirling around and the debris flying around them with a ‘kwaaang’ sound, when they realized that their countless number of people were no longer left, they stopped running and stood still.

That was their last.

After I swept away all those hordes of demons, I exhaled and felt a hot heat.

” Phew, but… now there’s no particular burden on my body. ”

I jumped ‘tap, tap’ and there was no pain in my legs. Of course, not long ago… I was too tired to move.

Perhaps, as I absorb the fragments of the divine, my body is becoming more and more solid as a vessel for the new god.

Using divine power was also faster and more finely tuned, and there was no need to recite the ‘starting words’ that Yeonseo had mentioned when using the ability.

It’s clear now that even without saying the ignition word, it’s activated in an instant just by thinking about it…

I put the sword away and looked at it while slightly opening and closing my hand.

” What’s wrong? Where are you hurt? ”

The question Hyunseok oppa asks me as he comes down from the sky.

” Huh? No. It’s just… Now, um… No, it’s nothing. ”

My brother tilted his head slightly as if he didn’t know what I was saying, but soon after, I grabbed his arm and held onto his hand tightly.

” Are you okay, oppa? Are you hurt anywhere? ”

” I was just in the sky anyways so it’s okay. Rather than that, I looked around for a moment from the sky and saw a memorial hall…? It was called that, right? ”

” Yeah, that’s the building. ”

” I saw the memorial and around it I saw the crystals we saw at the department store building. ”

” Really? ”

” Yeah, it looks like it was made while running away. There was also a demon’s corpse buried in the crystal. ”

” Hmm… That’s right… First, let’s go to where the others are. It won’t be too late to move after we all talk. ”

My brother nodded and walked with me.

I felt a little embarrassed when I heard that it was cool to see me fighting in the sky.

*****

On the way to the memorial, there were many trees with only withered and bare branches visible, and around them were traces of crystals.

As Hyunseok Oppa said, there were still broken pieces with traces of the demons remaining, even though the demons were buried in the crystal or the corpses were gone.

I squinted slightly at the crunching sound of glass shards I heard with every step I took.

I defeated all the demons that had gathered around me, but if I had moved without knowing anything, they would have gathered at the sound.

Of course, not only that, but if the hidden Choi Young-wol could control various abilities as I thought… I might have heard this too.

” As expected, it’s strange. ”

As Sister Jia closed her eyes and spoke, Brother Jisung, who had been lifting the fragments of the water pipe on the floor with his telekinesis and examining them, asked.

” What’s weird? ”

” There are… many reactions. ”

” What you mean is… there are other people besides Yeongwol? ”

” Yeah. It’s not a demon, but it seems like there are a lot of people. But… ”

My sister, who seemed to have fallen into thought for a moment while speaking, shook her head and said that it couldn’t be true.

” Why? Is there a problem? ”

I was a little worried because my sister kept showing strange reactions, so I held her hand and asked her.

” Well, would you like to check it out? Then I think it would be good to talk about it. ”

” Huh? Yeah. Got it. ”

When I pour my divine power into my sister’s words and explore, I feel…

” Oh… Sister? You said there were a lot of people, right? ”

” That’s right. Other people feel it too. ”

” But… this is… ”

Why do my sister and I feel different things?

My sister said that she definitely felt Choi Young-wol, and that she felt someone else besides him. But what I felt when I spread the divine power

But there is only one.

Choi Youngwol. I could only feel that person.

I couldn’t understand why the difference occurred.

As my sister and I showed different reactions, Yeonseo, who was looking at us, came over to us.

” So you’re saying there’s only one of you and there are multiple unnies, right? ”

” Yeah. ” / ” Right. ”

” Hmm… Then isn’t this… ‘the difference in ability’? ”

” Difference in ability? ”

Sister Ji-ah said she didn’t understand what Yeon-seo was saying and asked her to explain it in detail.

” So what I’m saying is that what my sister explores and detects is different from what Charlotte explores and detects. In Charlotte’s case, she spreads her divine power and checks who touches it, but what about you? ”

” I tend to detect ‘heartbeats’. Of course, I detect them in other ways, but this is for the devil, and when searching for people… Wait…? No way… ”

” Yes, maybe what you think is right, the bodies we saw didn’t have hearts… maybe… ”

” Are you saying that Choi Young-wol has that heart? ”

Jisung Oppa continued speaking, cutting off Yeonseo, and Yeonseo slowly nodded.

” Phew, yeah… that’s right… ”

My brother quickly turned around and headed towards the memorial hall, and my sister Zia followed him. I stood in front of them and said.

” Wait, wait a minute. ”

” Get out of the way… I’m going to… ”

” I know what you’re thinking, oppa, but before that… Just in case, you should prepare before you go. Do you still have the brooch I gave you before? ”

At my words, the two took out brooches from their bosoms and showed them to me, and breathed more divine power into them.

When I spoke to the old man, I felt an ominous feeling, so I breathed in divine power, but I just hoped it wouldn’t be used.

” That’s it… Okay. Let’s be careful of each other because we don’t know what might happen, okay? ”

” Phew, got it. ”

My brother nodded and opened the door to the memorial hall.

The unpleasant smell of dust wafts through the squeaking door, and the cold wind tickles my ears.

What on earth was he thinking when he called us while he was waiting for us inside?

We followed in after our brother and sister.

The silence felt as the door closed. Sure… there were glass doors and windows, but it was dark inside.

As if… it was made that way on purpose.

The energy felt while going ‘jiiing’. The energy of Thanatos.

” Brother! Sister! ”

I shouted quickly, but a black crystal wall appeared between me and my brother and sister who were walking ahead, blocking my path.

” Shit! ”

I ran quickly and slammed Durandal, which was charged with divine power, into the wall, but it didn’t even leave a scratch.

‘It’s this hard…! ‘

Because of the black crystal, I couldn’t see my brother and sister in front of me.

” Charlotte. Calm down. ”

” Brother… ”

I was surprised when Hyunseok grabbed my arm while I was swinging my sword and hugged me.

” Calm down and find another way. There must be another way. ”

” Yeah… ”

*****

Ji-sung and Jia, who were walking forward, suddenly swallowed when they saw a black crystal wall appearing behind them.

Black crystal. If you think about what their younger sister, Jisoo or Charlotte, said, then it must mean that the black crystal contains the power of a god.

” I’m going crazy. What should I do, oppa? Should I wait? ”

” No, let’s go forward first. It’s clear that Jisoo noticed late… She must have used a method we don’t know about. And if she created that wall while she was far away, we can’t say that it’s safe to stay here. ”

” Yeah, I feel like it’s in there, just like you said. ”

” Stay right next to me. Okay? ”

” Yeah. ”

Ji-sung and Jia slowly walked through the maze-like interior of the memorial hall.

A gaze felt as I walked. A sound of something moving, ‘Kugugung’. And…

” Tsk, is this it again? ”

A black crystal blocks their path. As if there is only one way to go.

The path to the other room is blocked, and the sight of it forcing you to climb up makes you frown.

” Are you telling me to come up… ”

Ji-sung slowly climbs the stopped escalator while holding Ji-ah’s hand who is following behind him.

The two went up to the second floor, passed the exhibition hall, and stopped at a certain place.

The place was called the memorial hall. And Choi Young-wol was lying in front of it.

When Yoo Ji-seong saw that, he tried to run forward, but was stopped by his younger sister Ji-ah, who was holding his hand. When he looked at her, she shook her head from side to side.

” Now, wait a minute. Something is strange…! ”

” What do you mean? ”

” That, that means the heart… is in one place…! ”

” What? ”

Ji-seong, who felt a slight chill at her words, slowly turned his head and looked forward.

” No, that’s not where Choi Young-wol is… ”

Yu Ji-seong suddenly felt a chill behind him, so he grabbed his younger brother’s hand and held him in his arms, tearing down the wall around him and throwing it away.

With a ‘thud’ sound, you could tell someone had been hit by the attack.

” These guys have good instincts. ”

There was a man there with arms and legs made of black crystal, and wearing a robe with a ‘pattern resembling a tower’.

” Well, anyway, you’re going to end up just like that guy lying over there. ”