Until the Morning Star Arrives

Io thought that even Scarl, who was called the Hero, would have a hard time facing Samigina, a monster in the form of a giant old woman, alone.

Scarl was dependable, but the situation was not favorable.

“No way.”

But Io unconsciously began to expect something from the leap he showed.

It wasn’t preceded by a deep knee bend to jump high from the spot, it was just a simple push off. But it created an amazing result, unlike ordinary people who can only jump 50-60cm.

The up and down movement that transcended common sense and perception made it seem as if Scarl was floating in a gravity-free universe.

Io thought that the truth that people cannot fly did not apply to Scarl.

Scenes that could only be seen in dreams followed one after another.

Scarl began to infuse mana into his sword.

The milky white mana blade was incredibly thick and rigid, belying Scarl’s mid-twenties age.

“The saying that the seed is different…”

Io, who usually rebelled against her father and grandfather’s theory that she should marry an excellent person and insisted on love marriage, began to have her lifelong view of marriage shaken greatly by Scarl’s inherently different appearance.

“Someone like that would be okay…”

The mana contained in the sword contained a destructive power that no human on the continent could reproduce.

Scarl, flying in the sky, swung his sword in the air.

It was a slow horizontal slash that anyone could do, but the sight of a large crescent of mana being fired at the opponent allowed a glimpse into the battle between giants and humans in mythology.

Kwakwakwakwang―!

The flying sword aura accurately aimed for Samigina’s neck.

But the opponent was a demon, a monster from mythology. Samigina, who deflected Scarl’s sword aura that transcended humans by twisting her staff as if it was nothing, began to laugh at Scarl.

[Hahahahahahaha! Is that all you’ve got?! You’re not enough to face me!]

Unlike Io, who was in despair, what Samigina was conscious of was Scarl’s indifferent gaze that had killed her eight times.

Samigina ignored the slight fear rising from within and bent down to grab Scarl’s body, which was still floating in the air.

[You, you bastard!! Die―!!]

Samigina’s large palm reached out towards Scarl, who was beginning to fall.

“Cut it off!”

Before Io’s scream reached Scarl, his figure was hidden by Samigina’s fingers.

The fingers, which looked like solid castle walls, grabbed Scarl.

In the moment of turning white and applying tremendous pressure.

[I’ll squeeze you and make you into oil!]

Scarl, who was protecting his body with mana, opened his mouth as he finished concentrating.

“Third Moon.”

“Scarl!”

Io and Scarl’s words overlapped, and the skill that had killed Samigina was activated once again.

Pure white light poured out from between the fingers that seemed to allow no gaps.

[Wh, what is―?! Kuaaaaaaaaak!]

Along with a tremendous scream, a gruesome cutting sound echoed through the heavens belatedly.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

If the Third Moon shown in front of Io was a technique that slashed from front to back with terrible speed, now it was packed with destructive power to face a large demon, cutting off the fingers in chunks.

The Third Moon, which was unfolded to the world once more, did not stop at turning Samigina’s palm into rags with pure white mana that seemed to erase the world, but aimed for the main body and moved forward simultaneously in the upper, middle, and lower directions.

The wave created by the sword aura made Io, who was behind, flinch, and the huge wave of mana poured down on Samigina incessantly.

Samigina, with panicked eyes as if she couldn’t block it, quickly rolled her body to the side.

Kugugugugugung!

Samigina, who stood up without a problem even though her constitution and part of her body collided, looked at her torn palm with a painful face and expressed her anger.

[Kuaaaaak! You, you dare―!!]

The sword aura of the Third Moon that was fired at the upper and middle levels flew into the air, and only the sword aura that went down struck and destroyed the innocent ground.

Kwaaaaang―!!

Samigina, who turned around at the sound that should never have been made, looked at the debris of the collapsing building and stepped back with a cold sweat.

And then came the bluff.

[Puhahahahaha! How ignorant! What’s the use if it doesn’t hit, Hero!! How about this?]

Judging that close combat was impossible, she began to chant a spell in the demon language like a mage.

Purple mana poured out from the end of the staff that floated into the air and began to draw a large hexagram.

As she finished the spell, the colorful 66 magics emanating from the hexagram drawn in the sky revolved around Samigina, the caster, as if to protect her.

[I’ll smash this whole place to pieces!]

The goal was to devastate the area around her rather than targeting Scarl.

[Can you really block this too? Those people are dying because of you, Scarl!]

Io was not the only one watching the mythical battle.

The people of the Haimon family, who were watching Scarl’s magnificent battle from the end of the outer castle far from the inner castle, screamed at Samigina’s voice that struck their eardrums.

Even the Hero can’t stop that.

Le, let’s run away!

Count Haimon! Quickly, go down!

Io, who was muttering to herself, shouted at Scarl with all her might at Samigina’s words.

“Help Haimon!! Hero!”

[Haha! Too late!]

The 66 magics began to be fired quickly towards one place like arrows on a bowstring.

Io and the Haimon family were horrified.

But Scarl’s expression was as calm as ever.

“Third Moon.”

The three sword auras that adorned the sky began to split into small pieces as Scarl spoke fearfully.

[Nooo! Too late!!]

As Samigina said, the sword aura of the Third Moon could not catch up with the magic that was fired first.

“Kyaaaaak! No―!!”

Io screamed and Scarl’s expression was indifferent.

“Followed by Fourth Moon.”

At Scarl’s words, the fragments of the split sword aura were imbued with power that transcended perception.

The accelerated fragments of mana grabbed the back of the 66 magics fired by Samigina like living creatures.

Peobeobeobeobeong―!

The demon was speechless at the unbelievable sight.

[Tch! Not bad. Hero. Then how about this~?]

The demon’s mana spread secretly in the space of mana dominated by Scarl.

[You don’t think the only magic I can do is transformation, do you~?]

Magic that Samigina can only use when she is in her true form like now.

[You, who don’t have the ability to distinguish between the real and the fake, will not be able to escape from here! You lowly species born with the stigma of sin!]

The evil mana that began to cover the Haimon inner castle began to draw a large barrier.

“!”

In response, Scarl emitted even more mana.

As the battle of mana that existed in the invisible realm became typified, the Haimon inner castle was covered as if black and white fog were fighting, and sparks flew everywhere.

Chijijik! Pajijik!

The white static electricity, which seemed to be Scarl’s mana, pushed the evil mana with all its might to the point where it could not be pushed back, and Samigina’s magic seemed to end in failure.

[…Dream Forest.]

Samigina’s magic was activated.

Scarl stopped interfering and quickly approached Io.

“Hero! What do we do?! What is thi―”

Scarl silenced Io and stood her up.

“Shh. Be quiet, Io.”

He thought it was okay when the Slime King appeared.

Despite interfering with much stronger power, Samigina’s worst magic was activated.

‘I called Flare and Luna just in case.’

“What― Mmph?”

“Quiet.”

The black clouds emanating from the magic circle swallowed the two people who had not yet escaped outside the barrier.

The figures of Scarl and Io, and the large Samigina disappeared without a trace, and only silence remained in Haimon Castle.

Suddenly, in the middle of the silent Haimon Castle, Scarl ran with Io in his arms.

“Put this down a bit―”

Scarl cut off Io’s words, constantly moving his eyes to look around.

“Shh. Io.”

Io couldn’t help but be surprised by the shadows of people appearing on the floor and pointed her finger.

The shadows that gradually took on human form showed familiar aspects.

“Th, there’s Shen and Lavna!”

A space where the dead are resurrected.

And it’s the field of the guy who copied the people who escaped to the outer castle.

“Yes. We have to hide from them until dawn.”

Waiting for the morning star that will never come unless the barrier is broken.

Scarl sighed at Io, who nodded slightly.

‘Luna and Flare should notice something and break the barrier from the outside.’

Not stopping the Dream Forest means that this is the nth playthrough.

The Demon King came out in the Flare event, so I was worried, but this is also a forced event that can happen when facing Samigina. The good thing is that it unfolded in the remote area of Haimon Castle.

Anyway, there are buildings here and part of the inner castle, so there will be many places to hide.

‘He must have been in a hurry too.’

“Miss Io!”

With Lavna’s voice.

“Io! Io! The master is looking for you!”

Old Man Shen was looking for Io with his voice.

Io, who was looking at me with surprised rabbit eyes at the surprisingly identical pronunciation, put her index finger to her lips to mean not to worry, and then stroked her head.

Without refusing her leaning on him because she was scared, the two quietly crossed the hallway of the inner castle.

“It’s over there!”

“Miss! Stay there!”

“I’m going. Miss!”

The voices of the dead servants and the voices of the living mixed and echoed in their eardrums.

Scarl sent a common military signal to Io, who was pretending to scratch her arm as if she was getting goosebumps.

-You. If caught. Death.-

A deadly curse.

Scarl, who has the body of a Hero, is immune, but Io, who has been foretold death, cannot avoid it.

Io, who understood the officer’s signal as a child of a military group, gestured to Scarl.

-I. How. Do?-

-I. Protect.-

Io closed her opening mouth and lowered her gaze for some reason.