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The warning spells that had been placed around the area suddenly rang loudly in my ears. Countless sounds were suddenly appearing from all sides of the dead ghost town.

Soon, a herd of thousands of demons appeared beyond the thick dust. The observer, who had been zooming in on the enemy, shouted with a face full of shock.

“Surprise attack from the front! Get in formation and prepare for the impact!”

“Where did you suddenly appear!”

“What’s the exit?”

“No way! Except going into the city…!”

A huge shadow suddenly appeared over the observer who had not been able to escape in the midst of the chaos. A grotesquely shaped demonic beast with spores all over its body opened its red mouth and rushed at him.

-Wow!

“Ugh… !”

It was a distance where he would surely be torn to pieces by his teeth before he could even write his magic formula. The observer who finally recognized him closed his eyes tightly. And then he heard a voice shouting urgently from behind him.

“Damage!!”

-Kkaeng!

A heavy blade flew through the air, slicing the oncoming demon in half. A masked man approached him through his vision obscured by entrails and blood, and offered him a hand.

“Join the main force, hurry!!”

“Oh, thank you!!”

Lee Hyeon was about to join the reconnaissance team when he heard the alarm and returned in a hurry. The camp was already surrounded by a horde of demons that had gathered like clouds.

Kung- The heavy-bodied demons were colliding with each other, eating away at the durability of the barrier magic. Soon, with a cracking sound, the barrier magic began to break here and there. The demons who had infiltrated through the gaps were wreaking havoc on the formation.

“Alpha Squad, 12 o’clock! Beta and Gamma, 3 o’clock! Don’t worry about those who came in, just focus on maintaining the barrier!!”

The black cat was busy giving orders. In the midst of the confusion, the demon that had been following her behind slowly lowered its body and approached. When it finally reached the firing range, it revealed its true colors by flicking its three tongues.

-Wedge!!

-Shhh! Shhh!

However, the blade that flew in with a sharp sound of destruction pierced through the demon’s appearance. The demon turned over and writhed in pain, writhing in pain with its eight pairs of legs before soon dying.

“Hey, boy! You came at just the right time?”

And the black cat, who had turned around a little late, realized the situation and smiled his characteristic smile. Lee Hyeon, who had pulled out his blade and wiped off some of the green blood, approached.

“What is happening now?”

“I think they were hiding their evil intentions. They were deliberately trying to surround us when we set foot here.”

She said, lightly dodging the poisonous dart flying from a distance.

“Witch… It’s true that Lee Hyeong-jong can send waves to the demon and control it freely. He really can do all sorts of things. Doesn’t the boy have that kind of talent?”

“Would you? If that were possible, I would have gotten rid of them right away.”

“Really? That’s a bit disappointing… ”

“Please give me instructions. Are we going to retreat into the city and join up with the scouts?”

The black cat shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.

“The number of demons I’ve killed so far is in the four digits. I can handle this easily. First, I’ll organize the front line, and then I’ll decide on the future plan… ”

But before she could finish speaking, a huge crack appeared in the middle of the floor, accompanied by an ear-piercing noise.

A thick cloud of dust spread in all directions, accompanied by an ear-piercing roar.

And beyond the dust, a huge shadow began to appear that seemed to block out the entire sky.

A body made up of hundreds of joints without a single leg. A snout without eyes or nose, with thousands of sharp teeth the size of a human body.

-Oh oh oh!!

It was a demon with a horrifying and grotesque appearance that I had never seen before. The confusion in the camp was growing as it howled softly.

The black cat, who always maintained a calm demeanor, was also staring at it with a cold, hard face.

“What the hell. That’s a crawling dragon… !”

“Do you know the identity of the demon?”

“One of the five evils that stopped the development of the East. I thought it was in a dormant state… No way, even that one…!”

The dust had completely cleared, revealing the entire body of a gigantic demon. There were two small foreign objects on top of its hideous snout.

Soon, he could tell that it had a human form. Lee Hyun could easily identify the identical twins wearing the old-fashioned dress.

“Witch… ”

Suddenly, he reflexively put strength into the hand holding the blade. And the girl called Pollux smiled and gave instructions to the demon.

“Trampling everything.”

-Oh oh oh!!

As soon as the voice fell, the demon began to rush towards them. It was nearly impossible to stop the giant with a mere barrier.

Lee Hyun was preparing to strengthen his body by writing a magic formula in the prediction. However, the black cat grabbed his arm and immediately scattered the unfinished magic formula.

“No, boy! Have you forgotten the plan?”

She grabbed Lee Hyeon’s shoulder and shook him.

“You have to save your strength until the very end. What are you going to do if you use up all your strength already!”

“But those witches and demons…!”

“This kind of situation was within the expected range. It’s something I can handle!”

“Then what are you going to do…!”

“We’ll block this place! You guys keep advancing inside Hasla! If you block it like this, it’s obvious there’s a nest inside!”

She turned around and wrote a magic formula on her palm. Soon, her voice resonated through the barracks.

“Reorganize the front lines! Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, get into battle formation! Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta, secure the entrance into the city! The rest, continue searching for the nest!”

“That’s impossible! With just three squads… !”

“Boy, don’t ignore this body too much.”

A hand was placed on Lee Hyun’s head. The black cat, who was looking at him, spoke in a confident voice.

“I am the one with the most powerful force in the Royal Guard. I can split an earthworm like that with one hand.”

“But… ”

“I told you, don’t dare carry other people’s burdens.”

Lee Hyun suddenly stopped moving. The black cat’s eyes looking at him were still calm and steady, without any wavering.

“We will do our duty. So…you should do yours too.”

“… Okay.”

When Lee Hyun nodded, Black Cat finally seemed relieved and smiled. There was no need to talk any further.

There was not even a moment left to waste. The masked male student who exchanged greetings left the camp and ran into the city with the others.

A huge shadow appears over the head of the black cat that was looking at him with relief. Before he knew it, the giant demon was right in front of him.

She could see the two girls on the head of the demon. Their squatting posture with a bored expression on their faces actually aroused her spirit of victory.

“Huh, how cheeky… ”

It was a cold smile that she had never shown to the masked male student. With a cracking sound, as if something was being torn, her hair began to stand on end. Soon, a heavy black current began to flow through her body.

-Oh oh oh!!

The giant demon uses its own body as a weapon and slashes down with its snout. Before she knew it, the black cat had jumped over it. She stabbed her blade right into the middle of its mouth full of teeth.

And with him as a lightning rod, a huge black bolt of lightning struck the ground from the sky.

***

-Bang!!

A ringing sound in my ears. Soon, a heavy aftershock blew fiercely. I looked back while running. However, I couldn’t see the battlefield situation because of the thick smoke and dust.

“… ”

He didn’t stop running even though he was biting his lip slightly. Soon, those who had received the order joined him. Some of them were familiar.

Muyoung, Seungheon, Choi Woojin, and several other academy cadets joined in. Jinyeseo, Yeonminha, and Yeonyi were part of the reconnaissance team, so they did not participate in the fight just now.

Choi Woo-jin, wearing a combat-worn uniform, waved his hand with a sly smile.

“You’re alive.”

“You’re a mess.”

“I was on the western defense line. Traces of a glorious battle.”

“Where did you get hurt?”

“There’s no way.”

“… Good.”

It was in the middle of a pointless conversation when Muyeong, who had a slightly tired expression on his face, asked a question.

“Chief, where are we going now?”

“First, we need to join up with those who went out as a reconnaissance team. Let’s go to point P. Then… Huh?”

As I turned my head and spoke, I saw something and frowned. There was someone standing alone in the middle of the path we were heading towards.

The back of a woman with hair tied in pigtails and wearing a white sleeveless dress. There was no need to think about who she was. Everyone here would have guessed.

And then another cadet running behind accelerated forward, swinging his blade.

Dirty witch bitch!! Get out!!!”

“No! Wait a minute…!”

And then I was suddenly overcome by a strange premonition. I reached out and tried to stop him, but he had already struck.

The woman with the pigtails didn’t move an inch until the blade was shoved into her neck.

Finally, in the finely divided time, she turned her head. Then, she silently stared at the one who had rushed at her.

The unnatural movement in the air suddenly stopped. The cadet’s body, which had fallen to the ground, began to freeze with a creaking sound.

Soon he became a living stone statue, motionless. The woman slowly turned her gaze towards us. I shouted without meeting her eyes.

“It’s petrification!! Don’t look me in the eye!!”

Judging from the process just now, it seems like it’s a power that only activates when you make eye contact. If you don’t look, you won’t be caught.

That’s what I was thinking.

“Oh, no!!”

I turned at the scream I heard behind me, and stopped dead in my tracks at the sight I saw.

“Jo, Jojang… ”

The boy with the stiff look wearing glasses is stiffening. The petrification that started from the extremities is rapidly eating away at his body. Tears are welling up in his eyes.

“I decided to go back… but… ”

The tongue that had turned to stone no longer spoke. Muyeong stood frozen and did not move an inch.

As if it had been standing there for hundreds of years.

“… Muyeong?”