episode_0295

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A space where only the outline is revealed in dim light.

In that space, a woman who looks like Hyeji Lee is sitting on a chair with her legs crossed.

The look of him resting his chin and staring into space showed a subtle hint of worry and annoyance.

Four Heavenly Kings Lilith. She was in an uncomfortable state now.

It was clear that if they offended her, their heads would fall to the ground, so her family members tried to avoid staying around as much as possible.

Moreover, the number of her dependents was greatly reduced, and her power was gradually decreasing.

“It’s so unfortunate that Lilith seduces and humiliates everyone.”

Something so large that it could be seen even from beyond the darkness was walking towards where she was.

Lilith’s face frowned as she sat on the chair.

“Tols, where are you stepping in?”

“Haha, you are so mean to the person who came to help.”

“Huh, I didn’t come here to laugh at you?”

“If we continue like this, I think we will lose another Four Heavenly Kings.”

He laughed and sat down on the floor. Nevertheless, his eye level was directly at Lilith.

“What does it mean to lose… no way?”

Lilith’s mouth opened as she was thinking deeply, and the man called Tols nodded once.

” That’s the theory. The witch told you what to do.”

“Disposal!! How much am I!!”

When she got up in anger, Tols’ pot-lid-sized hand grabbed her shoulder and pressed it.

“It has not been confirmed yet. You’re just ‘thinking’.”

“Keuak… Why. Even my persona wasn’t disposed of.”

Disposal, it meant death.

“That’s why I said I would step forward and help you. It’s a burden for the Four Heavenly Kings to move in pairs… but there’s nothing we can do to reveal the identity of the magical girl and further kill that bitch.”

“Just a little while….”

“Are you talking about that human girl you’re chasing? In the end, there is no income.”

“……”

Tols was right. Lilith’s plan to obtain Kang In-ho’s whereabouts from Kim Seong-ah’s side and use Kang In-ho to approach the magical girl was not yielding any results.

“If only that bitch hadn’t fought with the man called Oppa.”

Lilith accidentally took out her anger on Kim Seong-ah.

“Taking time to create traps is your specialty, Lilith. But the witch’s patience is not that deep. He wanted immediate results.”

“So, what should we do?”

“Hahaha! Now you’re asking.”

“Use the woman you are chasing as bait to draw out the magical girl. If his family is in danger, the man will also borrow the power of a magical girl. It is truly a simple method.”

“It’s not impossible, but…”

Lilith clicked her tongue and rolled her head. It was to examine the feasibility of the plan he proposed.

“Okay. I guess the only way now is to do as you say. I hate to admit it, but I need to borrow some of your strength.”

Lilith, who had been thinking for a while, sighed and spoke, and Tols laughed heartily.

“Yes, yes. Don’t worry. The magical girl will definitely appear.”

***

In the end, the reason I wasn’t feeling well was enteritis.

When the doctor said she probably ate spoiled food, she recalled the food that day, which was extremely tasteless.

Although I felt much better after taking prescribed medication along with natural healing, my body, which had suffered all weekend, still needed more time to return to its original state.

Time goes by again and it’s Thursday. It had been a week since he left.

In the meantime, there was an enemy attack. Now, many low-level monsters have appeared, perhaps trying to compete based on quantity rather than quality.

Thank you so much, Kim Seong-ah even felt grateful to them for showing up so that attendance was not affected.

“Sister, I guess your busy days are over.”

“What are you talking about?”

On the way home from school. While walking down the street, using the setting sun as a light, Lee Hye-ji suddenly spoke.

“No, originally it would come out for about 2 days and then not come out again. But these days, it seems like people keep going to school.”

“Ah….”

So why do I go to school?

Even if you just miss school, no one will say anything.

[What will you know if you live your whole life as a high school student and die?]

His voice reached my ear, and my heart dropped.

Just thinking about his angry voice again made me feel frustrated and bring tears to my eyes.

“Because my brother… told me not to miss out.”

Stuttering, she says.

“You and your brother are on really good terms.”

Hyeji Lee said, as if she was jealous.

“Can’t you contact me yet?”

And a subtle question. Every time a story about Kang In-ho comes up, Lee Hye-ji is always the last thing she asks.

She nodded.

“It’s a shame.”

Lee Hye-ji looked really disappointed.

Actually, I saw Inho several times.

He was always at the scene of enemy attacks. Although she lost sight of him every time she was surrounded by people, he was within her line of sight.

Seongah Kim was sure. He is by her side.

So my heart becomes heavier.

“Huh….”

A red traffic light blocked their steps.

Watching the cars speed by, Kim Seong-ah let out a breath that filled her lungs.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Because I said something pointless.”

“Hyeji. If I meet my brother again, how should I apologize?”

“An apple? Um… I don’t know. I don’t know, but wouldn’t it be okay to tell you everything honestly?

“Be honest….”

Seongah Kim memorized those words over and over again.

The color of the vehicle traffic light changed from green to orange and then to red.

According to the signal, the pedestrian signal changed from red to green.

“Let’s go.”

Just as I was about to step onto the crosswalk.

Goosebumps started to appear on my skin.

“!!!”

A cracking sound came from the air.

Above her head, the space began to become increasingly distorted.

“Uh, sister… what is this?”

Lee Hye-ji stuttered in an unexpected and unusual situation.

“This is…!”

The size of the crack in the air begins to grow. It seemed to be about five times bigger than the cracks I usually see.

A black, muscular arm begins to emerge through the crack.

Everyone passing by stops at the loud noise and bizarre sight.

“Uh, sister…!”

Hyeji Lee grabbed her arm and shook her.

Seongah Kim looks around. There were too many people. If this continues, great damage will occur.

A crack opened with a tearing sound, and a large man squeezed through the crack.

thud!!!

As the man’s feet hit the asphalt, the air rang.

“Hahaha!!!! It is the advent of the Four Heavenly Kings Tols!!!”

Because of that loud laughter, the glass windows of the building begin to crack.

“Four, Four Heavenly Kings?”

It was definitely one of the Four Heavenly Kings that I once encountered after defeating Persona.

Seongah Kim gritted her teeth.

“Where is the magic girl!!”

He swung his beloved giant battle hammer at the bonnet of a stationary vehicle.

The bonnet was crushed, the car was heaving, and it flipped over like a scab, exposing its stomach.

“Where is the magic girl!!”

This time, he swung the hammer at the first floor of a commercial building. The place where there is a small unmanned cafe soon turns into ruins.

Some of the people sitting inside are reduced to a pulp and blown by the wind pressure and hit the wall.

“Sister, run away! Come on!”

Hyeji Lee pulled her arm.

Is that why? Tols’ gaze turned to Kim Seong-ah and Lee Hye-ji.

“It’s a fun-looking toy. Where….”

A large hand goes towards Hyeji Lee.

“No…!”

Seongah Kim moaned lowly,

“Aaaaa!!”

Lee Hye-ji, who was being held by my hand, struggled to get out.

“Khahaha!! Where is the magical girl!!!”

Tols burst into laughter again. He raised his right hand holding Lee Hye-ji high.

Kim Seong-ah quickly realized what that meant.

If she were to be thrown to the ground like this, Lee Hye-ji would be destroyed beyond recognition.

Seongah Kim gritted her teeth.

“Sister!! Run away. Call someone to help… Ahh!!”

At Lee Hye-ji’s scream, Kim Seong-ah’s eyes sparkled.

“I didn’t want to transform right away in front of the enemy, but…”

“Sister! What are you trying to do!!”

When Kim Seong-ah, who thought she was going to run away, confronted Tols, Lee Hye-ji, who was held by his hand, screamed.

“I’ll forget it tomorrow anyway, so it doesn’t matter to you, Hyeji.”

Seongah Kim said something that didn’t make sense.

“Sister, what is that….”

Hyeji Lee’s words did not continue. This is because I saw a mysterious blue light gathering towards Kim Seong-ah.

“Brilliant, sacred star power.”

Her clothes begin to glow and transform.

“I, as a legitimate contractor of the star, wish to use its power.”

“The light of dreams and hopes that will annihilate evil will shine here.”

The hair tied back is loosened and tied into two braids.

A star decoration is attached to the head.

“Magical girl of the stars. Lyrical Star. Appears!”

“Hahahahaha!!! This is a comedy!!!”

The Four Heavenly Kings Tols burst out laughing at the appearance of the lyrical star.

Lee Hye-ji’s eyes turned round as she was held in his hand.

***

“Let go of that kid. Otherwise, you’ll be in trouble.”

Clutching his wand, Lyrical Star warns.

“Lyrical Star, it’s been a while! It was after Persona’s death, right?”

“What should I do, don’t act friendly.”

The lyrical star’s attention was focused on Lee Hye-ji, who was held in his right hand.

“I wanted to hang out with you once. Although Persona is the weakest among us, he is quite difficult to deal with. If you defeated that guy, you would be a very interesting fight.”

Tols’ muscles twitched strangely. The lyrical star seemed to be eating the food he ate yesterday again.

“Did you make the city like this so that we can fight with Hana?”

“That’s how you will come out. Hahaha.”

As soon as his words fell, Lyrical Star rushed forward.

With her speed adjusted by magic, she circled around him, dodging his battle hammer, which he swung with his left hand.

I fired magic at the gaps that appeared in between, but Tols didn’t budge.

“Not even a scratch!”

The speed of swinging the hammer began to get faster.

“Wasn’t he right-handed?!”

She barely avoided the hammer and flew into the air.

“Sagittarius’ blessing.”

A magic circle summoned by a simple chant. Magic arrows began to shoot from the magic circle floating in the air.

A bunch of arrows began to hit Tols’s back.

“Khahaha!! About this much!!”

Even though the injury was bleeding, he seemed unscathed.

“Damn, even if we fight with all our might, it won’t be enough.”

The lyrical star looked at Lee Hye-ji, who was still being held in her right hand.

He seemed to have fainted during the fight, or was lying limp.

‘First, we have to get Hyeji out.’

Raise your magical power and make your body lighter. It moves at a speed that causes afterimages.

“It’s pretty fast!”

The trajectory of the hammer aimed at her begins to waver.

“Transformation, magic spear.”

After changing his staff into a sharp spear, Lyrical Star launched himself with Tols’ right hand.

“Keuak!!”

Turning herself into an arrow, she plunged her spear into his elbow and succeeded in landing her first significant blow.

As the pain spread throughout her arm, Tols’ right hand split open and Hyeji Lee began to fall to the ground.

“Hyeji!!”

Clinging to her free-falling body, the lyrical star rolled on the asphalt.

Thanks to falling on her back, Hyeji Lee was safe.

“Sigh, it stings.”

Instead, I felt great pain in my back.

“Uh… Sister? What is this….”

Lee Hye-ji came to her senses and asked with a confused look on her face, and the lyrical star quietly made her stand behind him.

“I’ll explain later. First of all…”

“Lyrical Star!!”

Tols screams and rushes at her. It is a torso headbutt using mass, with the hammer also put down.

The Lyrical star spoke as a huge shadow fell over her and Hyeji Lee.

“Suppress this big guy.”

Grasp the outstretched left hand with both arms and grit your teeth.

“Huh!”

He turns his body and places his log-like arm on his shoulder.

Give strength to your magically strengthened legs and float your body.

Soon, Lyrical Star and Tols were floating in the air.

“Huh?”

An exclamation with an absurd meaning came out of Tols’s mouth, as if he had no idea that he would be heard.

I grit my teeth, this time strengthening my arms. And then, throw it down.

“Magical Knock Down!!!”

A piggyback throw from an arm strengthened by magical power. The large body falls straight to the ground.

bang!!

With a loud sound and vibration, half of Tols’ body was buried in the asphalt.

The lyrical star didn’t stop there, but pulled out the spear stuck in his arm. Suddenly, it took the form of a staff and a huge amount of magical power began to gather at the tip.

“I shouldn’t have let down my guard like that.”

Bring the tip of the wand to his face.

“Zero range shooting. Short hair between adjustments! Like…”