Ch.217EP.49 – The Most Dangerous Creature in the World…(4)

-To be honest, Ihan alone would have been enough to kill them.

This wasn’t arrogance or prediction, but simply a “certainty” based on clear analysis and experience.

They had mysterious abilities?

So what?

‘Compared to that monster, they’re just cute.’

Tower Master Tyr de Sagan.

Compared to that monster who was like a terrifying nightmare that would haunt your dreams, these people weren’t scary at all.

Considering their abilities and mysteries, dealing with them might be somewhat tricky, but being tricky wasn’t a reason they couldn’t be defeated.

In that sense…

“It’s over.”

With the late arrival of reinforcements, the battle was essentially over.

“La, Lac de Duron?! Why is Galahad’s Fierce Wolf here!”

“The Black Lion of the North…”

They seemed to know the faces of these two people, unable to hide their shock, and Ihan nodded involuntarily.

‘I’d be terrified too.’

When reinforcements arrived, and if two such figures appeared, how could anyone not be shocked?

Ihan completely understood their state of mind.

As enemies, they were the most frustrating and terrible opponents, but as allies, they were the most reliable.

For example…

“Like Guan Yu on the right, Lu Bu on the left?”

Ihan muttered quietly, finding the situation amusing, and to him who was spouting nonsense.

“Haha, brother should rest. You seem to have suffered alone while we were comfortably sleeping.”

“If you’re tired, step back.”

The two seemed to be urging him to rest as if considering his well-being, but Ihan let out a hollow laugh.

After all.

“You two just want to vent your frustrations, don’t you?”

“……”

“Seems like you had quite the trauma.”

“…Ahem.”

The two chose silence instead of answering as if at a loss for words. Ihan was once again convinced that these guys weren’t sensitive enough to be considerate.

* * *

“-Let’s retreat.”

It was Dent who spoke, his arm broken from blocking Lac’s spear, and the others agreed.

“How can we stop that?”

“We can’t die in a place like this.”

It was already difficult to block just one opponent, but now two more had been added, and they happened to be the Fierce Wolf and the Black Lion.

The danger level of these opponents was equal to or greater than the knight called Ihan, and facing them would be tantamount to suicide.

Retreat was actually the right decision.

…Of course.

Whoosh!

“Where do you think you’re going?”

There was no way they would just let them leave.

Lac de Duron’s spear approached relentlessly to pierce through them, and Daina quickly moved her fingers.

Boom!

Point explosion.

This was Daina’s specialty, a technique that implemented the lava lizard’s constitution, the same technique that had bound Ihan’s feet.

It contained intense heat that should normally cause a human body to explode, but-

Whoosh!

“…An interesting trick.”

Unfortunately for her, her opponent was Lac.

Lac avoided the explosion as if flowing like water and charged straight at Daina.

“How…?”

“It’s clearly visible, how could I not avoid it?”

With the [Third Eye] that could visually detect the invisible lava lizard’s combustible material, Lac was essentially Daina’s natural enemy.

At that moment.

Clang!

“I’ve always wanted to face the Fierce Wolf of Galahad!”

“…You worm, you dare to imitate a knight?”

The man with the scythe, the 6th Apostle Khan, blocked Lac’s movement with two scythes.

Whoosh!

But the notion that he had blocked it was an illusion as Lac’s spear showed snake-like movements and simply deflected Khan’s scythes.

It’s said that the spear techniques of a spear master resemble the movements of a snake or whip.

Proving this, Lac’s spear created countless variations, knocking away Khan’s scythes and striking down.

An overwhelming skill that outmaneuvered the opponent through technique rather than strength or speed.

Lac’s spear seemed about to pierce Khan’s chest, but.

Clang!

“I see now that the scythe was just for show.”

Lac recalled the ruffian’s words.

Did they say he had some kind of mysterious ability?

“…I’ve seen beast-men before, but I never thought I’d see an insect-man.”

[──.]

Khan’s appearance transformed.

His body grew larger, his arms lengthened, and sharp saw-like blades formed on them like a mantis’s forelegs.

He looked like a mantis-human, a term that naturally came to mind.

Boom!

Incredible speed and strength incomparable to when he was wielding the scythe earlier.

As if showing the price he paid for abandoning his human form, Khan displayed considerable power…

Slash!

“I’m not sure what you’re trying to do?”

-Nevertheless, Khan couldn’t block Lac’s spear.

Whoosh!

Red battle aura.

A battle aura like red flames formed like a sword aura, or rather a spear aura, and Lac’s spear instantly created ten trajectories.

The sound “hook” was heard more than ten times in a second, and the next moment…!

Splash!

Blood spurted from Khan’s body.

“Hmm, so even an insect-man’s blood is red? First time I’ve learned that.”

Lac nodded as if satisfied with this new knowledge.

“Damn it!!”

Bang! Boom-!

Daina didn’t stop her explosions even as she watched Khan becoming half-crippled.

Instead, she unleashed continuous explosions like a bombardment, not hesitating even if her comrades got caught in them.

If she stopped here, there would be no escape or anything else—they would all die.

Multiple explosions.

Although the power was significantly less compared to a point explosion, the consecutive explosions should have been enough to stop the opponent’s movements.

“Hahaha! This is really fun!”

…They should have stopped.

Maximus, unlike Ihan or Lac who avoided the explosions, charged straight through them, taking the hits.

As if demonstrating that explosions no less powerful than grenades couldn’t burn or injure his body.

“Crazy bastard!”

The boy with the status window had mentioned the day before that he possessed the strength of Hercules or Xiang Yu, and the impossible trait of an indestructible body.

Maximus, who also had resistance to heat due to inheriting the bloodline of the Black King, the earth deity of the North, displayed an impossible prowess.

Crackle!

Maximus’s battle axe, charging forward recklessly, gradually emitted electrical light.

Maximus’s main technique, said to have even slain giants.

Whoosh!

‘Lightning Drop’ struck Dent’s shield precisely.

Boom!!

“Oh! This is indeed fun! To block this… Haha!”

Maximus’s strike was blocked by Dent’s shield.

Just like Lac’s strike was blocked earlier.

It was truly a strange occurrence.

Was that shield made of some special material?

“Well then, can you block this too?”

Whoosh!

The extremely heavy, oversized battle axe that only Maximus could lift moved as lightly as a wooden stick.

And once again!

Crack!

With a flash of electricity, Maximus’s battle axe came down.

The second Lightning Drop.

And that was.

“…Arrogant bastard.”

For Dent, it seemed like a foolish move.

Indeed, the strong are arrogant.

He seemed about to follow the same mistake as Lac de Duron just before.

Dent smiled grimly, preparing to return the force…

Slash!

“Hmm, so that’s what it was. I took a guess that it might be like that woman’s monster power, and it turns out I was right about the [Slime’s Physical Resistance]. That’s a troublesome ability.”

“Cough…”

Thud…!

Dent’s body began to collapse.

Not only his shield but half of his body had been cut off in a single strike.

A single blow.

The catastrophe occurred because he couldn’t block that one strike, and the light gradually faded from Dent’s eyes.

And what he heard as his consciousness faded was:

“What a shame. That was quite good shield technique. I wonder if it would have been better if you had relied on your shield skills rather than your ability.”

“…Huh.”

It was both admiration and advice, and Dent unconsciously let out a hollow laugh and realized.

It seems the one who was arrogant…

‘I was the fool.’

…was himself.

* * *

“…That bastard.”

Ihan felt disgruntled yet genuinely impressed.

Slime’s Physical Resistance.

It was Number 5’s specialty, negating most physical attacks, storing the impact, and then returning it.

That shield technique was probably developed using such an ability.

Yet that big guy instantly identified what Number 5’s power was and exploited it.

Gyeoksan Strike.

Maximus had not only imitated the Gyeoksan Strike that Ihan had shown during their duel but had modified it to suit himself.

He must have used the Gyeoksan Strike to deliver his Lightning Drop technique to the opponent.

Ihan felt annoyed that his technique had been stolen, yet simultaneously impressed by how interesting the technique was.

Indeed, it seemed easy for someone with a similar combat style to modify techniques.

‘…That’s why geniuses are…’

While it was impressive, it was frustrating that he could adapt Ihan’s technique after seeing it just once.

This is why one shouldn’t associate with geniuses…

As he was suppressing his frustration.

BOOM!!

An enormous explosion occurred.

It was a different dimension from the previous explosions, like a shell had detonated.

Number 7’s wrist had disappeared.

“I, I should never have accepted this mission. What kind of monsters are these…”

The spearman’s spear had drawn a semicircle and cut off her wrist, and the strong explosion must have occurred as her wrist fell off.

She was indeed a woman whose entire body was dangerous material.

The spearman, still pointing his spear, opened his mouth.

“If you surrender quietly as a prisoner, I’ll kill you painlessly. Spit out the information you have.”

“…Haa, you call that talking?”

“If you don’t comply, that’s fine too.”

“If you stab me, I’ll explode, you know?”

“I just need to stab you before you explode.”

“……”

“Think I’m lying?”

Then, feel free to test it.

That was the spearman’s implication, and just as he was about to thrust his spear…!

BOOM!!

…Unfortunately, the spearman had to suffer the humiliation of being blown away twice in one day.

The reason was none other than.

“-O 13th Angel, please bring blood purification upon these sinful unbelievers.”

Drip, drip!

─Because the real danger had appeared.

“…What is that?”

Ihan blinked, completely unable to understand why “such a thing” suddenly appeared.

‘…Was this actually a sci-fi genre all along?’

A symbiote had appeared.