Ch.152Chapter 6. Riding Doll, Acceleration (1)

At that moment, on Ulleungdo Island.

Pakang!

Magical energy collided with magical energy.

A sound like hornets buzzing filled the air rapidly, and the green-haired woman stood silently, waiting for something to approach.

The green-haired woman, Taowu, stood motionless.

Holding a slender sword nearly 2 meters in length, she simply pointed it forward and waited.

Very slightly.

The moment the weeds to her side rustled and settled.

Seogek!

Taowu swung her sword widely.

Though she swung at seemingly empty air, something was in the sword’s path the moment it connected.

Ka-ang!

Again, magical energy collided with magical energy.

Fragments of something shattered scattered from Taowu’s blade.

“Kuh, haha…. As expected of the Syndicate’s strongest assassin!”

Dueoksini revealed himself from the empty space.

Blood was streaming from his shoulder, and he pressed his half-split mask with his hand while breathing heavily.

“How did you match this speed…!”

“That’s the Syndicate’s trade secret. Well, if I had to say.”

Taowu smiled brightly as she pointed her sword forward again.

“Don’t think you’re the only one in the world with such an ability.”

“Tch…! You already heard from the Goblin…!”

“Of course. You’re marked by the Goblin. Did you think he wouldn’t tell others about you?”

Taowu lightly swung her sword to shake off the black residue on her blade.

“Whether it’s super-speed movement, relative speed control, or just extreme physical enhancement. I’m still figuring out your secret, but it might work on others, not on me.”

“Kugh…! Filthy [Hyper-Perception]…!”

“Calling it filthy hurts my feelings a bit. Someone else’s ability.”

Taowu rested her sword on her shoulder and extended her hand forward.

“Come at me again. I’ll counter as much as you want. Unfortunately, your attacks can’t even touch a hair on my body.”

“Then how about someone other than you!”

“!!”

Taowu tried to turn quickly, but Dueoksini had already vanished.

“Kyaak?!”

“President!!”

“Khahaha!”

Dueoksini appeared behind Yoon Yi-seon and grabbed her neck from behind.

“Resistance is futile!”

“Kugh…!”

Yoon Yi-seon created a magical tail behind her to escape from Dueoksini, but he struck the base of her tail with his hand, cutting it off.

“Ka, haak…!”

With her tail suddenly severed, Yoon Yi-seon’s eyes clouded as if she were dizzy.

“President…!”

Ymir tried to rush toward Yoon Yi-seon, but other demons were charging at her.

“Baekmaaa!”

“Uhyooo!”

“Kugh…!”

Whether their diligent appearance was an act, or if it was their final good deed before becoming demons.

Nam Du-chang and Gong Tae-beom, now demons, crawled like spiders with twisted joints, continuously pumping pillars protruding from their abdomens.

Chalpak!

Each time the pillars shot up and down, some cloudy mucus substance from inside covered Ymir.

Ymir narrowly avoided the attacks but couldn’t get close to the captured Yoon Yi-seon.

“Hahaha! You dodge quite well for a low-rank! Do you have some hidden power?”

Dueoksini shouted toward Ymir in a mocking, or rather expectant voice.

“Your only normal colleague is captured, and your other colleague is hiding behind! Look, the two men who were flirting with you have become demons!”

Dueoksini shouted as if urging Ymir to do something.

“Come on, call him! Your guardian angel, Platinum Sun!”

“What…?”

Ymir was momentarily confused by Dueoksini’s words, but the situation was too dire to question his meaning.

“If you don’t quickly ask Platinum Sun for help, this woman will die!”

“Aaack?!”

Dueoksini burst into maniacal laughter as he choked Yoon Yi-seon from behind.

“How dare you!”

“Hmph!”

Taowu tried to attack Dueoksini from behind, but she had to quickly twist her body before swinging her sword.

“Wow, what a shame. ‘Syndicate member kills Academy student!’ That would have made a great front-page headline.”

“You cowardly bastard…!”

“The highest compliment. Hahaha.”

Dueoksini pointed his index finger at the temple of the pale-faced Yoon Yi-seon.

“So far, the number of ability users who have died probably exceeds several hundred. Quite a few A-class users have died—no, become demons. Hehehe, and crowning it all with the student council president.”

“Y-you…! You were targeting me…!”

“Killing two birds with one stone. I was pleased when you became teammates with that student. Hehehe.”

Dueoksini pointed his finger forward, indicating Ymir who was fleeing from the demons’ bombardment.

“Geumbudo Platinum Sun…! She’s protecting that woman. Yes, I’m waiting for her to appear. Platinum Sun must appear and sweep away all these demons. Ah, the sight of a righteous hero in Geumbudo attire sweeping away these filthy, disgusting demons…!”

“Y-you’re insane…!”

“Not insane, just normal.”

Dueoksini licked his lips with his tongue and giggled.

“S-Plus, a stage has been set for Earth’s strongest hero to shine. Don’t you agree?”

Chwarek.

When Dueoksini raised his hand in the air and clenched his fist, the two demons stopped their attack on Ymir.

“Now, Taowu. Don’t you also want to see Platinum Sun who must be watching from somewhere! The being called Platinum Sun who will appear in this student’s crisis!”

“…You.”

Ymir bit her lower lip and stepped forward.

“If I call Platinum Sun, will you release the president?”

“……!”

Yoon Yi-seon’s eyes shook greatly, and Dueoksini’s eyes visible through his broken mask curved like half-moons.

“That, that would be wonderful…! Come on! I’ll give you 10 seconds! Call Platinum Sun! Make a phone call, send a text, or shout ‘Help me, Platinum Sun!!’ right here! Otherwise!!”

Dueoksini took out something like a small test tube from his chest.

“I will put this inside the president.”

“!!”

In Dueoksini’s hand was a sphere about the size of a tennis ball.

Though it looked like an ordinary plastic ball on the outside, something indescribable was wriggling inside.

“A horned… fetus…?”

“A demon fetus. We call it ‘Little Devil’ here… well, terminology isn’t important right now.”

Wriggle, wriggle.

Seeing the worm-like creature swirling inside the sphere, Yoon Yi-seon felt genuine terror.

“T-that can’t be…!”

“It will dwell inside you and turn you into a demon. Haha, now then-“

Just as Dueoksini was about to start counting.

Seogek!

A green light passed by.

At a moment no one expected, Taowu’s blade sliced through Dueoksini’s hand holding the demon fetus.

“Kyaaak!!”

Dueoksini screamed and stepped back.

Still holding Yoon Yi-seon.

Tuk!

The demon fetus fell to the ground.

Dueoksini’s severed hand cushioned its fall, but Taowu immediately pointed her sword at the demon fetus.

“You should have been more careful.”

“Kuh, ugh…!”

“I told you-“

“I have another one.”

Despite having his wrist cut off, Dueoksini calmly took out another demon fetus from his chest.

“If we can mass-produce seeds, we can make several of these too. Hehehe. Taowu, to subdue me, you’ll need to swing your sword prepared to kill this woman.”

Dueoksini was still holding Yoon Yi-seon hostage.

“Kugh…!”

Taowu had succeeded in cutting off his hand only because Dueoksini had let his guard down.

Unless she was willing to cut through the hostage entirely, it was impossible to get behind Dueoksini and swing her sword.

“No matter how skilled you are in close combat, you’re helpless when a hostage is captured like this. Now, let’s set off the fireworks. Demons, everyone.”

As Dueoksini extended his severed hand forward, black foam spurted from his wrist and regenerated into a hand.

“How…?!”

“How, in a world of superpowers? How does anything happen? It happens because it can. Now, the fireworks!”

When Dueoksini lightly flicked his regenerated finger, the two demons beside him began bouncing their abdomens up and down.

Cheolpeok, cheolpeok.

Mucus burst from the pillars that shot upward as if to fill the surroundings with slime, and Dueoksini brought another demon fetus to Yoon Yi-seon’s face.

“Hehe, now then-“

“Ignore me and kill him!”

Yoon Yi-seon shouted as if screaming.

“I’d rather die as a human than become a demon!”

“What…!”

The tail extending from Yoon Yi-seon’s back wrapped around Dueoksini.

“T-this woman…!”

“I’m A-class…! Even if I can’t match your speed, I can at least hold you! So hurry, kill this villain!”

“What did you say!!”

Dueoksini grabbed Yoon Yi-seon’s head from behind in anger.

“I can tolerate being called a bastard, but I can’t tolerate being called a villain!”

“Ugh…!”

“If you won’t call Platinum Sun, I’ll create a situation where Platinum Sun has no choice but to come! Now, behold the birth of another S-class demon! Bow down!”

The moment Dueoksini raised the demon fetus high, Ymir finally clenched her fist and rushed forward.

“You…!”

[Oni, you talk too much.]

Peok!

Something struck Dueoksini’s head.

Kung!

Dueoksini rolled on the ground after being hit in the head, and Ymir stopped just in front of the mucus in her rushing posture.

“Could it be…!”

[Sorry I’m late. To let such a guy capture you.]

“Ah….”

Kiiik.

A long skid mark formed in the undergrowth as a motorcycle tilted sideways.

[Are you alright?]

“…….”

Yoon Yi-seon, cradled in the Goblin’s arms, faced him up close.

“I-I’m fine! This, I can just wash off the dirt…!”

[That’s good then.]

The Goblin gently placed Yoon Yi-seon on the motorcycle as he dismounted.

[Taowu.]

“You came faster than expected. Sorry, it was hard to see that speed with others.”

[Let’s start right away.]

The Goblin stood beside Taowu and placed his hand on his waist.

[I permit unification.]