episode_0101

After the strategy meeting ended.

A time leeway of one hour for the operation plan arose.

During that time, the leaders or heads of other sects focused on informing the warriors who came with them of the plan and making thorough preparations. However, since my party consisted of only White Lotus, White Tiger, and Lucy – two people and one divine beast – there was nothing for me to prepare.

And Seol-rin seemed to have plenty of time as well, as she followed us.

“Leon!”

And as soon as the gazes of others disappeared, Seol-rin returned to her childish, boisterous self, not the calm and composed leader of the Se-ga…and hugged me. Did her clinginess increase after we separated?….

I sighed involuntarily and patted Seol-rin’s back.

“You still look good. Did you not have any hardships?”

“There were many hardships. But Seol-ran and everyone helped me…and I barely managed to look like the head of the family.”

“It does look that way, at least on the surface.”

The clothes she was wearing before had too much exposure to be what the head of the family would wear.

Honestly, even thinking about it now, Seol-rin’s outfit was very unconventional.

Anyway, after hugging me for a while, Seol-rin seemed to remember something, slightly moved away from me, looked up at me, and said.

“By the way, where are White Lotus and that foreign nun?”

“Ah, you’re right? I’m not sure either.”

“You’re not sure?”

“I’ve been trying to learn a technique recently. Because of that, I’ve been alone lately.”

According to what I heard from White Tiger, White Lotus was hanging out with the White Tiger unit that came as support from the group, doing her own training.

Lucy was following White Lotus, treating anyone who got injured.

“So, it’s just the two of us for now?”

“…We have to go out to fight in an hour, you know?”

Seol-rin’s eyes changed slightly mischievously.

I frowned at Seol-rin’s gaze and touched my forehead to hers.

“Actually, I have a child.”

“Ptooey!….”

“I’m kidding.”

“There are things you don’t joke about!”

I was so taken aback by the story that my heart dropped.

Even with the 【Memories of the Sword King】, the story of a woman having my child is mentally dizzying.

“Why? Were you going to run away if it were real?”

“Of course not. It’s just….”

Once things here are finished, I have to go back to the Central Continent, but if I had a child, that plan would be messed up.

“Don’t worry. I’m not pregnant yet.”

“Not yet, you say.”

“That’s right. I always ejaculate deeply inside every time we do it, but I even wondered if I might be infertile since even with that strong semen, I haven’t gotten pregnant.”

She’s making really dangerous remarks so casually.

Is this the effect of becoming a dragon? Or does the position of head of the family make people like this?

“By the way, did you tell White Lotus?”

“Tell her? About what?”

“About White Tiger and White Lotus’s mother-daughter relationship… and that White Tiger and Leon had a deep and enjoyable relationship?”

“…I haven’t told her yet.”

She’s saying dangerous things so casually.

I squeezed Seol-rin’s cheeks and let her go.

Seol-rin didn’t seem to want to hug any longer and readily let go.

“By the way, Gye-gal-hyeon asked you for poison techniques?”

“That’s right. It was the right timing. Just as we were about to leave the Dang Clan, their envoy arrived. They said they needed the Dang Clan’s poison as a means to attack the underground cave, so I prepared a poison using that.”

“Hmm…, I see. By the way, do you know the situation here?”

“I’ve heard about it roughly. I didn’t know, but there seem to be many big secrets in the Dang Clan.”

Seol-rin said meaningfully.

Well, as a family that has been maintained for a long time. There must be various methods for collecting information.

“Shall I tell you?”

“Why are you trying to tell me that?”

“Well, if Leon and I get married, you’ll find out anyway.”

“You, your personality seems to have changed a lot?”

As I admired Seol-rin for speaking so slyly, Seol-rin smiled and said.

“Do you dislike it?”

“I don’t dislike it…. It’s just, something’s something.”

“…Then I’ll go talk to the Dang Clan’s warriors, so say hello to White Lotus for me.”

“Okay. I understand. You must have rushed here after coming a long way, so rest. There’s only a little more than half an hour left.”

Leaving a single word of understanding, Seol-rin went out of the tent.

“…Does the position make the person? Or is that Seol-rin’s true self?”

* * *

Seol-rin, who came out of the tent used by Leon and his party, entered the tent assigned to her, escorted by the Dang Clan’s warriors.

“I want to be alone for a while. If there’s anyone who wants to see me, tell them to come back later.”

“Yes, Head of the Family.”

“Ah, Leon and his party are exceptions.”

“Yes. Rest comfortably, Head of the Family.”

The tent was large for one person to use.

She sat on the soft bedding prepared inside such a tent.

“Haa…, haa….”

She calmed her strangely excited breath and heartbeat.

After always being with him, she doesn’t know how much her heart flutters when she meets him after a long time.

“I, I did as Seol-ran told me to do… I, I hope it’s okay?”

In fact, most of her actions with him were based on advice from Seol-ran.

‘You have to be more proactive! White Lotus and White Tiger are both attractive women, how long can you survive if you keep doing it that way!’

Following Seol-ran’s words, she tried to be a bit more proactive…

“I, it’s not good for my heart….”

* * *

The time for the start of the operation has arrived.

We stood at the entrance to the underground cave that Gye-gal-hyeon had prepared in advance. Of course, this wasn’t the only entrance to the underground cave.

About 10 places were prepared.

Each of those places had Dang Clan warriors ready to release poison. And Seol-rin is directly preparing here.

Swish swish

A bird flew in and landed on Gye-gal-hyeon’s shoulder.

A note was tied to the bird’s leg.

Gye-gal-hyeon untied the note from the bird, checked it, and looked at Seol-rin.

“It seems that all the other places are ready as well. Then, I ask for your assistance.”

“Yes. I understand.”

Seol-rin nodded lightly and took out several black sphere-like masses from her chest.

“Is that it?”

“That’s right. If you light it and throw it deep into the underground cave, smoke will flow along the underground tunnels.”

Seol-rin nodded at my question.

But usually, smoke flows with the wind, and generally, the wind flows from underground to outside, right?

If you leave it like that, wouldn’t it flow backwards? But in the first place, poison is Seol-rin’s specialty….

She’ll take care of it.

With the assistance of the Dang Clan’s warriors, Seol-rin lit the black spheres.

The black spheres strangely emitted blue flames, and Seol-rin nonchalantly threw the black spheres burning with blue light into the underground cave.

“Oh….”

And as Seol-rin had said earlier, the poisonous smoke generated as the black spheres burned sank heavily and headed deeper along the underground cave.

“By the way, what’s the effect?”

“If you don’t detoxify it in time, you die.”

“That’s intense.”

That’s why poison techniques are threatening.

They’re doing this simultaneously in a total of 10 places….

“By the way, have you figured out the overall size of the underground cave? If the poisonous smoke doesn’t spread enough….”

“Even so, it’s okay. Our current problem is that it’s difficult to grasp the enemy’s location because of this underground cave. If we can sufficiently restrict the enemy from using the underground cave by using this poison technique, that alone is enough of a benefit for us.”

Indeed, they thought that far?

“Seol-rin, what’s the speed at which the poisonous smoke spreads?”

“Well…, it’s relatively fast with this, but… I don’t know how long it will take to spread fully since I don’t know the overall size. I’ve prepared plenty of poison to use for the poison technique, though.”

When Seol-rin waved her hand, the warriors brought additional black spheres as if they had been waiting and lit them.

Then, they threw them towards the entrance of the underground cave in front of Seol-rin.

They watched like that for 30 minutes.

Thump!!!

“!”

“This sound?….”

The noise of battle was heard from a somewhat distant place.

Did the poison successfully enter and the enemies ran out?

“Enemies might approach here as well. Everyone, prepare for battle.”

“Yes, I understand. Family Head Gye-gal.”

At Gye-gal-hyeon’s words, the warriors nodded and drew their respective weapons.

At that moment, I sensed a large number of presences in my perception.

“They’re coming.”

At my single word, White Lotus and White Tiger each took a stance.

And belatedly, the others seemed to have sensed the presence as well, and each took a martial arts stance.

“Guaaaaaaaa!!!”

“!!”

What is it.

Did they go crazy because of the poison?

It’s true that the Beastman Alliance guys came. And it’s true that those guys immediately transformed into divine beasts and attacked.

However…, divine beast transformation is, after all, forcibly manifesting the blood of the divine beast dwelling within the beastmen’s bodies. Of course, pain may arise in the process, but basically, ‘reason’ remains.

“Keuk!!”

“Everyone, be careful! They’re attacking fiercely!!!”

But the guys rushing in now are rushing in like beasts.

As if they’ve given their reason to the dogs, they’re only moving instinctively to crush the enemy in front of them.

“Seol-rin!! Does that poison have the effect of driving people crazy?!”

“Ah, no! This isn’t the effect of the poison, but….”

Ooh

I looked up at the sky.

Suddenly, an extremely huge presence appeared.

It wasn’t just me who felt the presence.

Everyone around me, no, everyone in Cheon-san must have felt the overwhelming weight of the demon (魔).

Krrrrrr….

The sky darkens.

Things like clouds start to gather.

At the same time, occasional green lightning flashed between the black storm clouds.

And in the very center of that sky, someone was standing.

“…Sword Demon?”

No, the Sword Demon I knew has a different appearance.

In the first place, the Sword Demon was in the form of a girl, but that’s a woman no matter how you look at it!

“S, Sword Demon!!….”

“Wasn’t that what you defeated?!”

“I guess it wasn’t defeated.”

Well, fine.

The preparation to defeat it is all done.

Now, all that’s left is….

Swish

At that moment, the Sword Demon’s hand moved.

I knew well what that stance was.

The stance of splitting Mount Tae. But something…, something was touching my nerves.

Pajijijijijik!!

The sky that had already completely darkened.

The green lightning that started to rampage like crazy.

And a woman resembling the Sword Demon.

Finally, the stance of splitting Mount Tae.

“…!!!”

【Manifesting Kang-gi.】

It didn’t even take a few seconds for the thought to reach me.

【Sword Demon Secret Technique】

【Sword King Secret Technique】

The energy that can be clearly felt even from afar.

The Kang-gi, like the red blood that the Sword Demon wields, and the unidentifiable green lightning, were wrapped around the Blood Demon Sword held by the Sword Demon.

There’s no time to surround it with even Sacred Kang-gi, and above all, the surroundings will be swept away because of its power.

So….

“”Splitting Mount Tae.””

Both swung their swords at the same time.

Green lightning wrapped in red Kang-gi falls from the sky.

An extremely, extremely huge sword energy.

Everyone is overwhelmed by that overwhelming size, as if it will split the world.

Even if they run hard, can they really escape from the Sword Demon’s sword energy, which has a size that makes them wonder? What collides with the Sword Demon’s sword energy is the golden Kang-gi, like the rising dawn.

Kwaaaaaang!!!!

An explosion that shakes the heavens and the earth.

It couldn’t be offset, and it only managed to reduce the power of the Sword Demon’s sword energy.

The sword energy that wasn’t completely offset fell to the ground as it was, and at that moment, it delivered equal destruction to everyone, regardless of whether they were from the Beastman Alliance or the Flame Army.

“Damn it!…. Is everyone okay?!”

“I, I’m okay!”

The first to answer is White Lotus.

“I’m safe too!”

“I was able to endure it thanks to you offsetting it to some extent.”

Seol-rin and White Tiger answered next.

Looking around, it seems that the warriors somehow endured, but most of the Beastman Alliance guys who didn’t take defensive actions seem to have been annihilated.

But, even so, they were clinging on.

“…Fragment of the Demon King.”

“What?”

And in this chaotic situation, Lucy looked at the Sword Demon standing in the sky and murmured.

“A fragment of the Demon King… has awakened. Hero.”

“!”

Fragment of the Demon King!….

The Demon King who is here is….

“Demon Lord!!!”

Did my voice reach her?

At that far away place in the sky, a faint smile seemed to form on the lips of her who was looking down at them like insects.