episode_0081

Claire, a tragic warrior.

To be honest, I underestimated him.

I have never seen him. Claire grew up quietly on the continent and met a miserable end when she came to Demon Forest, and in my previous life, I was trapped in the family during that time.

So, the Claire I know was just a few letters in history. A shabby warrior who does not have brilliant achievements or qualifiers like other warriors. Of course, I had no choice but to look down on it.

But I guess I was a little too easy on myself.

“Ha!”

The well-forged blade passes by dizzyingly. I almost gave up one of my arms in vain.

“Is it imperial swordsmanship? Is that also the original?”

“This guy!”

“The energy is insignificant, but the level of swordsmanship is considerable. I guess you trained a lot?”

I think it would be impossible to bring Claire to her knees with just cards. If you use the card, you can catch it without difficulty, but you cannot take out that card here. It’s just too much of a waste to spend it on this guy.

But my weapons aren’t just cards.

puck-!

“Wow!”

“Does it hurt? Does it hurt?”

“A strange weapon… ! Where was that club hidden? !”

He took out a magic wand from Arachne’s bag and struck Claire on the head. The skin on my head was torn and a little blood splattered. Claire gritted her lower lip and swallowed the pain.

Although the status of the magic wand has been greatly weakened due to Aru recently, it is still enough to hit a mere human in the head.

“That stick! I’ll cut you down at once!”

Huh!

Claire swung her sword horizontally to cut my magic wand in two.

A well-refined blow, but my magic wand is not weak enough to be cut by something like an iron sword.

Kang-!

The sound of the clash between the sword and the baton resonates clearly. Cancan, cancan. The sound continued. I swung the magic wand in accordance with the hero’s tempo.

“Why can’t I cut it? He said he would cut it down in an instant!”

“Tch… ! The weapon is quite sturdy!”

“The essence of imperial swordsmanship is to cut down all ‘substances’! We’re not there yet!”

“Shut up! Why is there so much talk in a fight?”

Ugh-.

As if he had decided that things couldn’t continue like this, the solar energy that the previous warrior had exhaled from his mouth formed on the warrior’s iron sword. Burning golden flames surround the sword and fly fiercely.

The sword raised its head. The crouching sun reveals its true power. Even though I am covered in clothes, my thin skin feels numb.

I also have to raise the tempo once. It may be a bit overloaded later, but it’s nothing that can’t be done.

Infuse magical energy with a magic wand. The magic energy flowing through the veins passes through the passage called the wrist and fills the thin stick.

Purple water droplets fall from the tip of the magic wand. White smoke rises from the ground where the water droplets hit. Soon, the warrior’s bare skin will heat up and become droplets of lipid.

“Spread!”

There is no law that says you have to attack by hitting. Don’t be blocked by one-dimensional thinking. There is no field that requires more flexibility in thinking than fighting.

He held the magic wand like a whip and scrawled it. The warrior watched the magic wand scribbled in the air with eyes filled with doubt, but soon realized its true intention and hurriedly widened the distance.

“Keuuuut… !”

A drop of magic energy that jumped out touched the blond boy’s hair. The sight of purple water filling the golden color was not a very nice sight to see.

Claire, who sensed that something dangerous would happen if the water droplets spread to her skin, cut off her own hair with a sword. The golden long hair that once shone brightly became short hair.

“You have good judgment in the moment, warrior.”

“You’re using the same number!”

“If possible, call it a creative move.”

The cut hair quickly corroded and turned into purple ash. Claire glanced at that figure and swallowed dry saliva. A dangerous battle that could cost your life if you make a mistake. This was probably a first for a boy who had grown up well in the empire.

I have no intention of giving you time to come up with a solution. After seeing the power of the scattered magic energy drops, I immediately rushed towards Claire, and we began the second round.

The demonic energy was strong, but the solar energy was no less powerful. No, if you look at the energy itself, the solar energy was even more powerful. In the first place, aren’t the demon gods, the basis of demonic energy, evaluated as subordinate to the main god?

Kang-! Kwaang-!

But my magic wand isn’t the only thing Claire has to worry about. Every time the magic wand and the sword collide, magical energy bubbles explode in all directions. Claire had to block or avoid them all, so the fight never got tilted to one side.

However, the fact that the whistle is maintained means that I have the advantage. Claire fires a lot of solar energy with each attack, but I use only the minimum amount of magic power to play with her. Magi is a collection of the most filthy and terrible things.

No matter how small the demonic energy is, its killing power is unrivaled, so Claire must exert extreme concentration at every moment. If even a single drop touches the body, the area will have to be cut off with a single knife.

On the other hand, I just wave my magic around like I’m having fun. When I compete with Claire, I get pushed back a little, but the fight isn’t about strength. If I explode my magic like a bomb, Claire has to jump back and run away.

Of course, as time goes by, I gain the upper hand. While Claire is getting more and more tired, I am just having fun.

Of course, I have no intention of just playing around mindlessly. A hero is a master of growth. Because you never know, at any moment, you may suddenly awaken and extract Uranian energy, which is a higher form of solar energy.

Kagagak-!

“Mandible, lower jaw… !”

Wow, you seem tired already. The warrior’s breath is rough, like someone who has run at a full sprint. It’s not unreasonable. Because the solar energy is so powerful, it consumes a lot of stamina.

“It seems like the end is finally in sight.”

“Pfft, keaaa… !”

Kagagagak-!

With a helpless sound, the hero’s sword was added to my magic wand. He pulled lightly to get the magic wand out of his area, but it didn’t come over easily.

“Is this the imperial sword technique? It’s a difficult technique, but the level of perfection of the technique is amazing. If I had awakened to deceit, I would have reached the rank of absolute.”

Claire, holding the sword with both hands, lowered my magic wand. Although it is less powerful since both hands are used, it is not a very meaningful action. It seems like it was probably used to neutralize my defenses, but if that’s the case, how are they going to attack?

Rather, I was the only one with one hand empty. The moment I threw my fist out and was about to crush Claire’s face.

“Haaap-!”

I saw. The wide open mouth that occupies my sight.

It looks like he’s about to shoot a beam of light from his mouth again. The sound of cheers was meant to attract energy, and the purpose of lowering the magic wand was to hit the beam directly.

If time goes on like this, we will most likely lose, so I think it was a conclusion reached after much thought.

“It was quite weak.”

Claire’s mouth was filled with sunlight. A burning energy burning in the throat, as if it would explode at any moment and burn everything in front of it.

I didn’t stop my outstretched hand. Instead, it stretched out even faster.

Sigh-!

“… !”

“But, isn’t that too complacent? Using a technique you once used again? What should I do if I come across as a beginner in a place like this?”

My hand lifted Claire’s chin. Claire’s mouth, which was wide open, slammed! closed. Without stopping, I grabbed Claire’s mouth and held her in place. To prevent him from opening his mouth again.

Claire’s eyes brightened. He struggled as if he were struggling, but it was meaningless. I am not a hunter so foolish that I lose sight of my prey once.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!

“… … !!”

“Wow, it explodes refreshingly.”

An explosion sound is heard from the warrior’s mouth. Claire’s golden eyes flipped over as if she was having a seizure. I covered his mouth with one hand and giggled.

Kwakwakwakwakwa-!

The explosions continued. Perhaps the inside of the warrior’s body is in an ongoing state of disarray.

So, how long has it been?

My arms and legs, which had been convulsing repeatedly, began to droop. Claire’s eyes had turned white. He probably never imagined that the attack he had prepared would explode in his mouth.

I couldn’t even imagine it. I never would have thought they would have prepared such a stupid attack. This is because I have never experienced a battle of great odds at the crossroads of life and death.

I’ve experienced it now, but it didn’t work out. This experience will be Claire’s last experience.

In order to make sure she suffocated, he held the magic wand to Claire’s throat. As if she still had the last bit of consciousness left, Claire managed to strengthen her legs and kick me.

puck-!

“Ugh, you must be strong too.”

“Kkkk… !”

Claire, who opened the distance, immediately grabbed his sword and took a stance, but his legs were trembling mercilessly. My victory was certain.

Still, you have to be careful with the sun flag. I have no intention of giving a clue to the plot twist to the enemy who has already caught him by letting his guard down for a moment.

With that promise in mind, I was about to repair the magic wand.

Fuuk-.

A short but heavy sound seeped into my ears.

Claire’s and my heads turned at the same time.

“Keu, uh… !”

“Master, it is finished.”

Where Claire and I were looking, Beatrice was driving her sword into the Great Warrior’s chest.

Blood poured out of the Daejeonsa’s nose and mouth. Beatrice didn’t care, she pulled out her sword and pulled it back as fast as she could as if she was drawing a bow.

Suddenly-.

Swinging the sword without even feeling any emotion, he cut off the Great Warrior’s head in a truly monotonous manner. A cruel fountain of blood rose. The head of the great warrior rolled on the ground.

It wasn’t just Beatrice.

Sigh-!

“I finally caught it! These reckless guys!”

“Keuuk… !”

“Big black… !”

“Now I will fight back too! I don’t know if weak people like you can survive even for a moment!”

The elf archer and wizard of the hero’s party were captured by Nioh. I wondered how I could survive using magic and long-distance attacks, but in the end, it was just a waste of time.

Nioh’s thick grip grasped the elf and wizard’s delicate necks. Immediately after, the veins in his hands seemed to turn red.

Wood-duk-!

There is no mercy in death. The same goes for the great warrior who was beheaded by Beatrice earlier, as well as the two lives whose heads were cut off at the hands of King Nio just now.

“This guy finally got down on his knees.”

“Evil!”

The fight on Uriel’s side is also over. However, perhaps out of consideration for the fact that they were fellow priests, the priest in the warrior party did not suffer the tragedy of having his neck broken or cut off. Instead, he restrained the priest’s arms with divine power and then bent his arms backwards, subduing him.

At least it pays for the food. I am proud, I am proud.

Wherever you live, the poopy dog doesn’t even show his face when his owner fights, but Uriel, who I thought was an insectivore, manages to feed one person in his own way. At this point, should I downgrade Aru to a pet and take Uriel in as a pet?

“Bayan! Arael! Like!! Caroline!!”

Claire, entranced, calls out their names at the top of her voice. Those were the names, I don’t want to remember.

He seems to have been distraught over the deaths of his colleagues. Claire took a shaky step and walked to the place where the corpses of the great warrior, elf, and wizard were placed.

Phew!

“What are you doing! Are you out of your mind!?”

“Ugh… !”

It was stupid. I didn’t let my guard down for a moment and ran straight ahead and pierced Claire’s abdomen with the magic wand. Her flesh and organs were crushed, and Claire fell miserably on the ground.

Claire, who had been rolling around, rolled to the corpse she wanted so desperately. In front of the decapitated body of the great warrior who was killed by Beatrice first.

“… Ugh.”

Claire held her sword backwards and struck the ground. To somehow raise the body that has become difficult to move… No, it is for kneeling.

Claire gropes for the rapidly cooling body. The coldness of the dead reaches here. It was very unpleasant, so I quietly approached the hero’s back. To stab your neck with a magic wand when you let your guard down.

“… Ah.”

Claire must have been completely out of her mind, not moving at all with the corpse of the great warrior called Bayan right in front of her. He was only moving his trembling hands, fiddling with the neck of the great warrior, which had become a neat cross section.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t see Claire’s face from my position, but her eyes were probably filled with the void of panic by now. Not even considering that I was approaching from behind.

Things are going smoothly. Before I knew it, I was right behind the blond boy, and I was in a position where I could bring down the magic wand and pierce his neck.

All that’s left now is murder.

There is no hesitation. Because it is as familiar to me as breathing. Feeling a small sense of joy, I did not hesitate and filled my magic wand with magical energy and scribbled it.

No, I tried to scribble it. If the warrior had not opened his mouth at that moment, if his heavy voice had not penetrated into my eardrums, I would have taken his life without stopping.

“Did you say you were out of your mind?”

“… Hmm?”

The air current is hot. For some reason, the air reaching my lungs feels stuffy. It is clearly an environment that should be cold due to the chill of the corpse, but it is an ominously strange thing.

“Yes, I went out.”

“Wait a minute, wait a minute. This isn’t what I think, is it? Someone please tell me it’s not true.”

“I saw the death of a colleague… How can you not go crazy?”

“No, that’s not it. I might not go out. You don’t know what’s going on in the world. You can’t let your mind get caught up in something like that, man. How do I live in this world?”

As he spoke, he quickly waved his magic wand. The intuition that it was dangerous made the hairs on my entire body stand on end. I attacked as if I was being chased.

however.

Sigh-.

“Just… What did you say?”

“Damn, I’m tired.”

The hero who snatched my blow so easily. It is clear that his hand holding the magic wand should burn up, but the blue flames surrounding the warrior’s hand burn away the demon energy.

“’At most’? The deaths of Bayan, Arael, and Rike are said to be ‘at best’-?”

Grumbling-.

It’s not just hands. The hero’s entire body is burning in a blue flame. Before he knew it, his short hair, which had now turned blue, soared into the sky.

The awakened body of the Sun (太陽) energy, the Heavenly King (天王) energy.

The energy that is said to be revealed when a group of warriors reach ‘absolute strength’ ignites from the entire body of the warrior Claire and covers the forest.

What I was worried about ended up happening.

Awakening of the warrior. The death of my colleagues became the starting point.

“Master! It’s dangerous! Get off now!”

“Woman, leader! My energy is unusual!”

“Demon! Avoid! The energy is great!”

“K, Claire? Claire! What’s going on!”

“Everyone, don’t come near! Because it’s dangerous!”

“Disappear like this, evil demons.”

With a somewhat unrealistic sight where the field of view is filled with shimmering blue.

Blue flames attacked me.

*****

Shock-.

A breeze passed by the wolf girl’s cheeks. The girl’s steps stopped for a moment.

I felt a slight sense of anxiety. The girl stopped in her tracks and looked back.

“ King, where have you placed your heart?”

As the king, who was supposed to go with him, stopped walking, the old and decrepit wolf followed suit and turned around. The wolf asked how the king was doing.

“Or maybe you’re worried about something… .”

The king shook his head for a moment, then started walking again.

“No. Kung, a.”

For some reason, anxiety came over me, but the king shook his head to shake off the anxiety. I was about to perform the most important ceremony of my life, and I couldn’t let distractions distract me.