Transformation – 2

The head of the hammer, which was being swung down as if to crush a person, began to melt before it even reached the masked man.

The part connecting the handle and the head crumbled, and the hammerhead fell powerlessly to the ground.

Thud. The melted hammerhead stuck to the ground like mud.

“This flame is…!”

Lyrical Star had a face as if she had seen a monster resurrected from the depths of hell.

“Persona!!!”

Thors shouted, recognizing the familiar shape of the mask.

“Persona?”

The eyes revealed in the half-mask gleamed.

He faced his former comrades with the attitude he would use towards strangers.

“What are you doing? Persona!!”

Unaware of the hostility directed at him, Thors continued to shout.

He was surprised by the return of a comrade he thought was dead, but the fact that he was blocking him angered him.

“What am I doing?”

The man called Persona by them, Kang In-ho, approached Thors.

“!!!”

Thors tried to release the handle, which was heated by the heat, but his hand movements were sluggish.

His body felt strangely heavy.

Before he knew it, the other man’s head was positioned at Thors’ solar plexus.

“Thors, get out of the way!”

Lyrical Star, who had taken out a large scythe, flew in to separate Kang In-ho.

Her once relaxed face was now filled with urgency.

Kang In-ho placed his palm on Thors’ solar plexus.

Thors tried to move his body in response to the other man’s action, but his body felt slow, as if he were moving in a dream.

Kang In-ho’s palm made contact with Thors’ iron-like skin.

Thors thought his body had suddenly become warm.

Beyond warm, his body became hot. Especially around his solar plexus, where the heat was concentrated.

He began to feel fear at the unknown actions of his opponent.

‘Afraid? Thors is afraid?!’

He prided himself on being the strongest of the Four Heavenly Kings in terms of strength and durability.

To feel fear towards Persona, the weakest of the Four Heavenly Kings, was a great humiliation for him.

“Uwaaaaaaa!!!”

He screamed to shake off the fear.

The atmosphere vibrated, and the cracked glass of the building finally shattered.

The Magical Girl, pierced and collapsed, coughed and spat out blood.

“Hey.”

Kang In-ho, glancing back, said.

Even though the sound came from below his chin, Thors couldn’t easily look down.

It felt as if someone was pulling on his neck muscles, shouting, “Don’t look down!”

“She’s resting. Don’t be so loud.”

“Get away!”

Lyrical Star raised her scythe high and swung it at Kang In-ho.

Kang In-ho leaned back, avoiding the trajectory of the scythe. His hand was still in contact with Thors.

“Strike.”

With a short syllable, Thors’ body was sent flying.

He crossed the road and crashed into a sandwich shop on the other side.

“Persona, what are you doing!”

Lyrical Star, who had turned in the air, swung her scythe once more, and Kang In-ho raised his leg.

He stepped on and pressed down on the back of the scythe, causing Lyrical Star’s body to lean forward.

Thud!

The scythe stuck in the ground, and Lyrical Star flew towards Kang In-ho with the recoil.

“Hoo.”

Kang In-ho took a deep breath.

His entire body was filled with oxygen.

Whirr, a clear flame began to burn in his hand.

His posture, with his legs in a horse stance and his fist raised at his waist, was almost reverent.

“Gratitude Fire Punch, one.”

A fist covered in flames struck Lyrical Star’s stomach as she flew in.

“Ugh-“

The combined force of the incoming momentum and the outstretched fist slammed into her abdomen, causing Lyrical Star’s body to fold into a ‘ㄱ’ shape.

“Kyaaaaaa!!!”

Kang In-ho, who had sent Lyrical Star flying to the same place where Thors had crashed, twisted his neck from side to side.

“Kuaaaa!!! I’m going to kill you!!!”

Thors, who had gotten up, throwing off Lyrical Star who had fallen on him, picked up a piece of concrete debris.

Kang In-ho did not back down even from the modern debris that was taller than him.

He avoided it with minimal movement, and melted all the projectiles falling into his blind spot with flames.

“The output is good. If it was this good in the Murim world, I wouldn’t have died.”

He said as if he was truly disappointed.

His meaningless words further provoked Thors.

“Kuaaaaaaa!!!”

The giant, beating his chest like a gorilla, charged.

The Killing intent created by humiliation and fear made Kang In-ho’s skin tingle.

‘I can’t just block it.’

Should he avoid it or not? Kang In-ho gauged the path of the charge.

If he avoided it, the Magical Girl would be caught up in it.

Kang In-ho raised his right hand to his face again.

“[Form Change]”

Black flame rose in his hand.

Just like when he first transformed, the flame devoured his face.

A hot and dark energy heated the air.

“[If I go like this]”

Thors’ charge did not stop.

“Ugh….”

Lyrical Star, who had finally regained her senses, saw the two men about to collide with blurred vision.

“[Rider Heavenly Demon]”

A black mask decorated with golden wave patterns was revealed, and the color of the flame surrounding Kang In-ho changed.

A black flame that seemed to devour even darkness.

He, covered in flames, ran forward to meet Thors’ charge.

“Yomryun Skill Modified, Heavenly Demon Fist!”

With a distance of about five steps, he stretched out his arm.

A huge Black flame erupted, and a huge wave of flame swallowed the giant.

Whirr

The unpleasant smell of burning and melting flesh vibrated everywhere.

-Whoosh

The wind blew, and the Black flame subsided.

“Huk… Huk….”

The mask began to crack and shattered, falling to the ground.

Kang In-ho’s face, soaked in sweat, was revealed.

As the Black flame subsided, Thors’ corpse, transformed into a grotesque mass of flesh, was revealed.

“Ugh!!”

Lyrical Star vomited at the gruesome sight of bones and flesh mixed together into a pulp.

“…Are you next?”

Kang In-ho’s eyes turned to Lyrical Star.

“I, I have to run.”

Lyrical Star clutched her stomach and spread her wings.

Large bat wings created a gust of wind.

“I’ll, I’ll get you next time!!”

Lyrical Star, uttering the lines of a third-rate villain, flew straight into the sky.

Lyrical Star continued to flap her wings.

“I have to get to the Witch!”

One of the Four Heavenly Kings was alive, and one of the Four Heavenly Kings was dead.

She had found out the identity of the Magical Girl and confirmed the betrayal of the Four Heavenly Kings.

She had to report this incredible fact.

If she flew a little further, she could open a rift.

She gritted her teeth.

“Vega”

A voice was clearly heard in her ear.

“!!!”

“Deneb”

The Magical Girl, who had already flown into the air, was pointing her staff at herself.

Her complexion was pale from losing a lot of blood, but her eyes were vividly alive.

“You!!!”

“Altair”

A triangular magic circle shone brightly.

“Oh, brilliant summer triangle, purify the evil energy.”

“Lyrical Star!!!!!”

Lyrical Star shouted sharply. The evil sound was close to a scream.

“No dodging magic! You bitch!!!!!”

A huge blue beam covered Lyrical Star.

In the sky where the rough ray had disappeared, stardust fluttered.

“Haha… It’s a complete mess.”

Kang In-ho’s impression of the chaotic street was simple.

“I can’t bring the dead back to life.”

He replaced mourning by taking in the sight of the people who had died in the attack.

He was becoming more and more accustomed to the death of people, but his compassion remained.

“The duration of the Form Change is too short.”

He clenched and unclenched his hands, checking the condition of his body.

“I imitated Master’s power, but it’s only about 1/100th of it.”

It goes without saying how fortunate it was for him that the power of this Four Heavenly Kings, Persona, was related to fire.

The source of the power was different, but if he had the power of fire, he could use Yomryun Skill.

It took him a week to draw out and get used to the power.

He thought that this was only possible because he had experience in mastering Yomryun Skill.

“There are other powers besides fire… but it will be difficult to use them.”

As Kim Sung-ah said, Persona’s true power was to attack opponents with various abilities by changing masks.

“Let’s think about other powers later.”

He was about to leave the street, kicking a rolling stone with his toe.

“Mister.”

A voice calling him from behind stopped him.

“You’re really a mister, right?”

He slowly turned around.

The Magical Girl, covered in blood and dust, with a pale complexion, was looking at him.

“……..”

“Mister….”

The eyes of the Magical Girl, Kim Sung-ah, became teary.

“Ah….”

A cracked voice came from the gap in her lips covered in dirt.

Tears streamed down her cheeks.

“I, missed you.”

She slowly approached.

“Are you okay?”

A nonchalant worry was thrown at her.

Kim Sung-ah barely suppressed the sobs that welled up in her throat.

She had so much to say to him. She couldn’t cry until she had said everything.

“I thought about you a lot, Mister.”

She slowly approached.

“I didn’t skip school either.”

One step, one step. She carefully narrowed the distance between them.

She was afraid that he would suddenly leave.

“I worked hard as a Magical Girl too.”

As if wanting praise, she smiled and cried.

One more step like that.

Her hand grabbed the hem of his clothes.

“Mister….”

She slowly raised her head and looked up at him.

She saw a complicated expression, a painful expression on his face.

“I, I’m sorry.”

Kang In-ho hugged Kim Sung-ah tightly and whispered in her ear.

His low voice broke Kim Sung-ah’s patience.

Tears flowed from her eyes, and sobs burst from her mouth.

“I…! I’m more sorry!!! Hwaaaaa I’m sorry. Mister… I’m sorry, Mister!!!”

In the middle of the ruined city, the two men and women hugged each other and comforted each other for a long time.