episode_0241

The first to move was Pyeongcheon Daeseong.

With overwhelming power and explosive acceleration, she arrives in front of me in an instant.

Of course, I predicted that she would come first, so I took up my sword and prepared to block Pyeongcheon Daeseong’s fan.

Pa-bat!!

“!!”

But, unlike my prediction, Pyeongcheon Daeseong didn’t attack me directly, but leaped so high that the ground was dented.

And soon after, I could see what Pyeongcheon Daeseong was aiming for.

“Tch!!”

She was aiming for the other kids behind me.

Pyeongcheon Daeseong’s strike is absurdly heavy.

Maybe Tamiel, but the other kids aren’t at a level to withstand that strike.

I hurriedly tried to grab Pyeongcheon Daeseong, who was about to leap over me and head back, but was stopped by a presence sticking right behind Pyeongcheon Daeseong as she ran.

“Hyeonmu!!….”

Hyeonmu, who had only been shooting ice spears from afar, now created ice in the shape of a glaive and swung it at me.

Although lighter than Pyeongcheon Daeseong’s attack, its power was not something to be taken lightly.

‘Damn!….’

A truly unexpected dilemma, decided in an instant.

If I try to stop Pyeongcheon Daeseong, I won’t be able to avoid a fatal wound from the Ice Glaive created by Hyeonmu.

If I try to block Hyeonmu’s Ice Glaive, everyone behind me will die from Pyeongcheon Daeseong’s strike heading towards them.

“Damn it!….”

“Hmph.”

Based on my experience fighting them a little while ago, Pyeongcheon Daeseong or Hyeonmu probably don’t have the intelligence to engage in tactical thinking.

That’s why I could have killed them both if I had set my mind to it.

But now that I’m faced with this dilemma, it’s clear what’s causing it.

Tongpung Daeseong, that guy is commanding them.

“Huuup!!”

My mind raced.

And then the decision I made was….

Kaaang!!!

Block Hyeonmu.

At the same time, a massive amount of magic is felt from behind.

There’s only one person among us who can handle this much magic.

“Magic Domain Deployment.”

In that short moment, advanced magic circles spread across the ground.

…No, these aren’t magic circles that can be deployed in a short moment.

Perhaps Tamiel had been preparing this from the moment she escaped Baekmyeonseong and joined me.

“Protect.”

At Tamiel’s words, multiple magic circles spread out in an instant.

‘Magic Domain,’ which enhances the abilities of magicians.

And the defensive magic created by a top-tier magician within it was very solid.

Kwaaaang!!!

“Kkeueut…. Really…. Only at times like this…, do I miss that power….”

“Thanks.”

But it seemed that it was too much for Tamiel’s power, which hadn’t fully recovered, to completely block Pyeongcheon Daeseong’s strike, as she shook her hand while bleeding from the mouth due to internal injuries. And at the same time, Baekho pulled out his energy and shook off Pyeongcheon Daeseong, who was trying to break Tamiel’s protective magic.

“Keuek…, heavy…”

“Tamiel, how many more times can you withstand it?”

“Hmm…. Not very many.”

“…Then there’s no choice.”

The current situation isn’t very good.

Even if I take on Hyeonmu right now, and the kids in the back all stick together and somehow withstand Pyeongcheon Daeseong, Tongpung Daeseong and Cheongryong remain on the other side, in addition to a large number of miscellaneous monsters.

The moment those two intervene, this precarious balance will be completely broken.

So the only choice I can make is just one.

“I’ll kill all the monsters.”

“You’re calm to a frightening degree. But even if they’re just ants, it’s hard to handle them when they gather.”

“Well, we’ll have to see how it goes.”

“Haaam….”

With those words, Cheongryong, who had been standing lazily next to me, moved.

Perhaps she…, unlike the others, seems to be following of her own accord….

“Cheongryong!!!”

“Ah, Jujak!! If you rashly leave here now!!!”

As if reacting to Cheongryong’s movement, Jujak, who was behind us, rushed towards Cheongryong with hot flames.

Naturally, they moved out of the area of ​​the protective magic that Tamiel had deployed, and Pyeongcheon Daeseong, who had been watching for an opportunity outside the protective magic, couldn’t miss that opportunity.

Swish!!

The fan is swung in an instant.

But this time, there’s time to react.

I roughly push away Hyeonmu, who was fighting with me, and use the gap in her posture to rush straight at Pyeongcheon Daeseong.

Jjeoeong!!!

“!!”

“Hey! Do you want to die?! Don’t stick your face out alone!!”

“I, I’m sorry…”

I blocked the fan that was being swung at Jujak.

The ground behind me rose greatly due to the aftermath, but there was no time to worry about it.

Pyeongcheon Daeseong continues her rough offensive, like a bullfight.

Since my pure ‘strength’ is inferior to Pyeongcheon Daeseong, I was pushed straight back by her continuous offensive.

“You still don’t know how to watch your surroundings when you’re excited.”

“Cheongryong!!…. Why are you with them!! And Hyeonmu! Don’t tell me you’re the one who made him like that!!!”

“Um…, well, half of it is correct.”

Cheongryong approached Jujak.

Jujak gnashed her teeth at her and asked.

In the end, Jujak couldn’t contain her anger at Cheongryong’s answer and rushed straight at Cheongryong.

“I’m not the only one here.”

“!!”

“Your power was incompatible with Hyeonmu’s, right?”

“Haaaap!!”

Hyeonmu rushes at Jujak, who is rushing at Cheongryong.

And Baekho blocks it.

Baekho, who blocked Hyeonmu’s Ice Glaive, looked at Cheongryong.

“Cheongryong, why are you helping them?”

“…What I want is just one thing, then and now.”

Tree roots rise from the ground.

They accurately wrap around Cheongryong’s hand and transform into a massive claw-shaped weapon.

“I just want to sleep peacefully. But this world is too noisy. The fragments of the Demon King, the heroes, they’re all too noisy. So I decided to help. The side that will create the most…, the ideal world I have in mind.”

“That’s the path to defiling Hyeonmu?! Don’t talk nonsense!!”

Jujak shouts with genuine anger.

Baekho also seems to think differently, trembling as he looks at Cheongryong.

“I’m disappointed in you. Cheongryong.”

“…Well, whether you agree or not, what’s happening now is an unchanging fact.”

Clatter.

Even though it must have been made of wood, every time Cheongryong moved her fingers, it sounded like iron was clashing.

“Come at me.”

“You intend to go all the way.”

“Alright, I’ll grant your wish.”

“But we even have Hyeonmu here~ Are you really okay with just the two of you? Shouldn’t you get help from the kids in the back~?”

Cheongryong shrugs and says teasingly.

But since everything she said was correct, Baekho and Jujak frowned.

“Mother, perhaps we should join in….”

“No, you mustn’t step forward.”

“Yes, you can’t handle the opponents, so staying out of the range of that spell is helping.”

“Hmm….”

“Even so….”

Jujak’s words are too direct.

But that was also true.

Their skills have definitely improved in the journey of following Leon’s adventures.

But the beings in front of them are beings that would appear in legends or myths.

Since they are facing beings that ordinary people would have difficulty even seeing in their entire lives, they couldn’t help but feel the shortcomings of their abilities.

“It’s okay.”

“!”

Leviathan’s voice is heard at that moment.

She was preparing something next to Tamiel.

Brilliant lights gathered around Leviathan, and even a sacred energy began to overflow around her.

At the same time, countless groups of sacred power began to draw various forms of magic circles.

Yes, it had a very similar form to the ‘Magic Domain’ used by Tamiel.

Yes, if I had to name it….

“Holy Magic…. Sanctuary!!”

The divine power that Leviathan had gathered spreads throughout the city.

Holy magic with tremendous power that gives allies in the area nothing but kind and gentle blessings, but mercilessly imposes restrictions on enemies.

“M-My power….”

“It’s overflowing. What is this?….”

“To put it simply…. It gives a strengthening effect to Leviathan’s ‘allies’ within the area. If the Magic Domain is an area only for the caster, then this is holy magic created from Leviathan’s wishes, I guess.”

This child’s talent is truly terrifying.

Tamiel added those words and smiled.

“Hmm…. This is….”

Cheongryong also frowned as she felt the power suppressing her.

Even just the area that’s lightly visible is enormous. An area that covers this entire city…, no, far exceeds the entire city is spread out.

Getting out of that area is the same as giving up the battle.

“It seems like it’s quite manageable with this. Cheongryong.”

“Hmm…, it seems so…. Really…, it’s become a pain in the ass….”

The opponents are strengthened, and we are weakened.

But….

“We have ‘quantity’ on our side.”

The presence of countless monsters appears.

Of course, their power has been greatly reduced by Leviathan’s sanctuary, but it’s still a quantity that can’t be ignored.

“Tamiel!!!”

At that moment, the cry of the hero Leon is heard from afar, who was fighting Tongpung Daeseong, who had joined Pyeongcheon Daeseong at some point.

Tamiel smiled bitterly at that voice.

“Really…. No matter how I think about it, it’s harsh to make people work like this.”

Tamiel’s magic, strengthened by the sanctuary, is manifested.

“Siok (Time Prison)”

“!!”

Kiiing!!

All the monsters are trapped in a prison of time.

Of course, monsters and beings with more powerful strength.

It wasn’t effective against Cheongryong and Hyeonmu, or Pyeongcheon Daeseong and Tongpung Daeseong who were fighting in the distance, but it was enough to block the other monsters.

“…A prison of time, that’s beyond the norm. I understand why he was so wary of you.”

“Haa…. Haa….”

But in return, Tamiel’s condition worsened.

It was easy to tell that she was not in good condition, as her face was as white as a sheet.

“M-Magic power depletion!…. Are you okay?!”

“Haa…, haa…. I’m a little…, tired?…. I haven’t been this tired…. It’s been so long that it’s a blur in my memory….”

Since Leviathan had attended magic school in the past, albeit briefly, she realized that Tamiel’s current state was magic power depletion caused by using up all her magic power, and looked at her with worried eyes, but she couldn’t move right now because she was maintaining the ‘Sanctuary’.

Baekho and Jujak, who checked the situation behind them, exchanged glances and nodded, then took a step forward.

“Child, it seems we need your strength. Will you help?”

“! Yes! Mother!”

“A serpent that became a dragon. The enemy in front of you will definitely be different from the opponents so far.”

“I’m prepared.”

Baekho and Baengnyeon stand in front of Hyeonmu as a team.

Jujak and Seollin stand in front of Cheongryong as a team.

Cheongryong, who watched the scene, raised the corners of her mouth as if something was amusing.

“Well, alright…. Come on. I’ll lightly…, play the villain.”