episode_0148

A sky with a twinkling moon.

A cheeky monster that had been roaming the vast space as if it were his home fell and hit the ground.

Kuuung-!

The impact was like a meteorite hitting.

“Okay, got it?”

“Did you really do it?”

People who had been lowering their postures in preparation for him murmured and looked at the place where the sand dust was rising.

For a split second that felt like an eternity, people just gulped in anxiety.

How much time has passed like that?

Hoooow-

As the wind blew away all the sand and dust, the gruesome form of the great Tengu was finally revealed to the people, who could summon thunder and lightning with a wave of his hand and bring storms and gusts of wind with a single fan.

“Are you really dead?”

“It doesn’t seem to be moving at all… … ”

However, people were unable to relax and were cautious even when they saw that sight.

And that was as it should be.

Because the power that Daitengu had displayed in the fight just now was too overwhelming for me to act rationally.

But that was only for a moment.

“Sa, I’m alive!”

“Long live!”

“We really knocked it down!”

After a long time had passed and there was still no movement from Daitengu, the people finally felt relieved and cheered.

And the main character who led this fight to victory, Erio, quietly watched the scene from the top of the building.

“Hoo… … ”

He let out a heavy sigh, his face clearly showing signs of fatigue.

Considering how her facial expressions usually rarely changed, it was easy to guess how fierce the fight with Daitengu had been just now.

‘… … ‘

One of its wings, larger than the weight of three adult males combined, was torn as if it had been torn off by something, and its belly had a hole through which one could conveniently stick one’s head.

Looking at the appearance of Daitengu, Erio thought.

‘It was incredibly strong.’

The fight went in her favor from beginning to end.

Daitengu was a yokai that could control wind and lightning, but Erio was a so-called counter-type being that could absorb the lightning that Daitengu spewed and swing it as his own.

In fact, Daitengu had already lost one of its wings before Erio had even stepped forward, and as a result, it had lost one of its greatest weapons, its mobility.

That is, in this fight, Daitengu must have felt as if he was fighting with both his hands and feet cut off.

But even so, Daitengu was terrifyingly strong.

To be honest, the fight just now was so close that it wouldn’t have been strange at all if Erio had fallen in that guy’s place right now.

‘If I hadn’t received the recovery and buff from the potion I received from Eugene, I might have really been hit.’

It was a fight where we had all the advantages, and we ended up winning.

But in the end, even until the very end, he couldn’t win through a head-on confrontation, and that’s what made Erio feel strange.

This was the first time he had encountered an opponent so powerful that he could not overcome it with his own strength alone.

So, while Erio was quietly watching his enemy’s last moments, lost in thought.

“Dead?”

Percussion-

A small footstep was heard behind her, accompanied by a hoarse voice.

When Erio turned his head, he saw Yuna standing in a crooked posture, looking just as exhausted as she was.

Those cheering down below now thought that Erio had single-handedly turned the tide of the battle, but that wasn’t true.

Unlike Erio who could summon lightning, she fought while hiding in darkness, so it was not noticeable, but there were two goddesses of victory who came to seek them out from the beginning.

In fact, it was she who first ripped off one of Shuten-Doji’s wings, and at the last moment, she attacked the remaining wing, giving Erio a decisive opportunity.

Erio felt a twinge of excitement as he recalled that fact.

This was the first time I had seen someone take one attribute to the extreme like I did.

“Is it over now?”

“Maybe? All my sloppy dad asked was to kill this idiot.”

The two people naturally conversed and recovered their bodies.

Otherwise, I would have been so exhausted that I felt like I would collapse at any moment.

But at that moment.

Shudder-!

Erio and Yuna both felt something and shivered slightly.

‘What? Something… … ‘

‘I feel so bad and uncomfortable… … ‘

This wasn’t the kind of thing that could be explained logically.

The feeling the two of them were feeling right now was similar to when you first wake up in the morning and suddenly feel like your luck is going to be bad today.

In other words, instinct.

In that awkward atmosphere, the two people glanced at each other.

After seeing him, the two immediately turned around.

Because we could see from each other’s expressions that we both felt the same way.

If you think rationally, it’s okay to ignore such baseless intuitions.

But I was too reluctant to do that.

The problem is that I don’t know why this unreasonable reluctance suddenly appeared.

But even that wasn’t a problem.

If two people felt the same discomfort at the same time, it was obvious what the cause was.

“Do you know where Eugene is?”

“Yes, since it’s connected by contract, I can immediately tell where my sloppy dad is, no matter how far away he is.”

After a brief exchange of opinions, the two immediately threw themselves into the air.

Flutter-

Yuna, in her human form, flew into the air with only her huge wings spread behind her back.

Erio held Yuna’s hand with one hand and extended the other forward, ripping apart the surrounding gusts of wind with lightning.

A windless zone forcibly created using lightning.

The two of them moved at incredible speed, piercing through him.

They had just finished a fierce battle where they had given their all, so their physical condition wasn’t great, but that wasn’t what was important to them right now.

Because I had this overwhelming feeling that if I didn’t move right now, I would experience something the likes of which I had never experienced before in my life.

“What is it?”

“Did you go?”

“No, but who was the girl next to that girl? She was so pretty.”

“I don’t know, there were two of them there? I couldn’t see them clearly because I was looking at that guy’s body.”

Those who had been cheering at Erio’s sudden action were confused and wondered if they should chase after him.

However, those who could be called the heads of each guild immediately lowered their outstretched hands and looked at the place where the faint sand dust was still rising.

Because they realized that now they had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The corpse of the great demon Daitengu.

Although they were not given any role other than as a screen in a full-scale battle, it is true that they did participate in the battle.

And this meant that in this situation where Erio had suddenly disappeared, they could have divided up Daitengu’s body among themselves.

‘No matter what happens, our guild must take this.’

‘No, our guild should take it.’

‘No, us!’

‘no……!’

In this way, the leaders of each guild glared at each other and engaged in a war of nerves.

Because I couldn’t see it.

I am talking about the sight of Daitengu’s corpse slowly disappearing into the shadows.

Yuna was a good daughter who always prepared at least one gift for her beloved father whenever she returned from a trip.

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Quagmirak-!

Two gold batons of different sizes clash with a thunderous sound.

One is striking down with both hands, while the other is swinging up with one hand.

Common sense would have it that the latter would have been defeated by the former, but this fight was not one where such common sense would apply.

“Keuhuuk!”

Rumi, unable to overcome Shuten-Doji’s power, was thrown all the way to the end of the wall.

She forced herself to grip the weapon again, suppressing the pain rising up her arm with her stifled breath.

“What the heck, you little guy?”

Shuten-Doji looked at her like that with eyes filled with bewilderment.

“It seemed okay at first, but why does it get weaker and weaker as time goes by?”

“Tch! Shut up, it’s noisy!”

“Hmm, it looks like the momentum is still alive… … Anyway, try hard not to ruin my excitement, and if that doesn’t work, just die.”

With that, Shuten-Doji swung his huge golden staff like a windmill.

It’s so powerful that it creates a small storm around it.

It was a truly astonishing sight, but Rumi wasn’t surprised at all when she saw it.

No, to be exact, I couldn’t be surprised.

Glance-

That would be the case, because right now she was looking more up there than down here.

‘What the hell are those guys doing over there?’

Lumi, who had just felt a tremendous amount of magical power from the rooftop, looked up reflexively and was shocked.

Because the masked guy and the kid in the fox mask, who I thought had disappeared at some point, were bumping into some blonde woman there.

Even though we were far apart, I could tell right away.

That the blonde fox wagging its tail over there was much stronger than the Oni in front of it right now.

‘If you were going to deal with a guy like that, you should have told me in advance! What would that mean for what I did before I fought this guy!’

Worry towards Doyujin and anger towards Shuten-Doji who is not falling down quickly.

Guilt for grabbing him by the collar and getting angry before the fight, and disappointment at myself for being so confident but still not being able to defeat Shuten-Doji.

All these emotions were making a sticky sound and making a mess in Rumi’s head.

‘uh?’

Rumi looked up without realizing it and opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Because he, who seemed like he would never take his mask off, was slowly taking it off.

‘What, what’s wrong with that kid? Why is he acting like that all of a sudden?’

Rumi was taken aback by the sudden turn of events, but also showed curiosity.

A man in love reveals his face that he had been hiding.

It would be strange if I wasn’t interested.

And then, the moment Do Yu-jin took off all the masks she was wearing.

“… … Huh?”

Rumi was left speechless by the immense shock.

“… … Huh?”

“… … Huh?”

Erio and Yuna, who were flying fast in a state of great anxiety, unknowingly lost all their strength and fell to the ground at the same speed they were flying at.

“… … Huh?”

“… … What?”

Yumi, who was preparing to attack while in Do Yu-jin’s arms, and Tamamo, who was burning with murderous intent trying to kill Do Yu-jin, unconsciously let out a voice that came from their fox instincts.

And the one who showed the most intense reaction was none other than Tamamo.

The reason was simple.

“Hi!”

It was because I stood right in front and looked straight at it.

I’m talking about Do Yu-jin’s face that was hidden behind a mask.

“This, what the heck is this… … ”

It would be natural if you could just turn your eyes and look in the mirror and see a peerless beauty, but Tamamo had very high standards for beauty.

However, even she couldn’t help but be shocked when she saw Do Yu-jin’s appearance now.

Her black hair, which seemed to contain the transparent night sky, sways softly.

Her skin, with its pure white luster reminiscent of the moonlight of white jade, sparkles softly and shyly.

The captivating red lips hidden behind the mask were slightly pursed, revealing her determination, and the eyes that originally showed a sharp light were slightly relaxed, showing a faint sadness, stealing the hearts of those who saw them.

An appearance that goes far beyond what can be described as simply attractive or beautiful.

Grace, dignity, majesty, solitude, cynicism, sadness, atmosphere, aura, charisma.

A supernatural presence that is sorely lacking even when all the words combined together are combined.

An incredibly thrilling and ecstatic feeling, like when you encounter a natural wonder, such as the aurora, which unfolds a ball of light across the vast night sky, or a meteor shower that dazzles the beautiful sky.

The current Do Yu-jin was exhaling with her whole body wrapped around it.

“… … ”

“… … ”

“… … ”

Do Yu-jin, the main character who created this situation, quietly thought as she watched everyone around her frozen in shock and unable to do anything.

Fortunately, it seems like it went through properly.

‘By the way… … ‘

[Holding the beauty of the country in one’s arms]

▶Rating – 10 stars

▶ Description – A woman of great beauty who has swayed a country with her looks alone. The world looks at you with jealous eyes for holding her in your arms. Please be careful of your short life.

▶Effect – Charms nearby people of the opposite sex and makes them fall for you. This is more effective the more attractive and beautiful the target is, and the more dangerous traits they have hidden inside.

‘I never thought that in this desperate situation, the last card to be pulled out would be a beauty trap… … ‘

Do Yu-jin let out a laugh of emptiness without realizing it because it was so absurd that she thought to herself.

“Huh, hmph?!”

Tamamo, who saw that sight, sat down on the spot without realizing it.