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12. Towards the second tower (3)

I don’t know why Hyunseok made that expression.

Of course, I kept pushing Pedro away because I was uncomfortable with him being so close to me, but if you ask me if it was worth it to say that with such an angry expression…

Hmm, I don’t think it’s that bad. That’s why I was a little surprised by his different side, where he always smiled and handled everything that happened.

But still, I like Hyunseok’s stupid smile better than this expression.

” Ahem! ”

As he coughed and pulled away from his embrace, Hyunseok’s face became his usual stupid yet sly expression, different from the fierce and cold expression he had been making just a moment ago.

” Ah! Sorry… ”

” No, it’s okay. Thanks for helping me. ”

Hyunseok suddenly turns his face away as I say thank you for helping him with a faint smile. His ears, hidden between his long hair, were slightly red.

‘What is it, why is it like that?’

When we raised our heads to the sky at the sound of the harpies’ cries, we saw a flock of harpies flying around, covering the sky.

” What should I do at this point? Should I just go to the top? Or should I just take care of these guys first? ”

Yeonseo put her hand on the grimoire and asked what to do, and soon I decided to take care of these guys first.

” If we leave these guys alone, they might end up in Seonyudo. So let’s take care of these guys first! ”

At my words, Hyunseok wrapped his body in wind and prepared to use his technique, and Yeonseo also started taking out summoned creatures that could attack from a distance.

” What should I do…! ”

” You said you were going to make thread and use it? ”

” Yes, you can adjust the thread strength. You can also pull out multiple threads. ”

The place we are now is past Dangsan Station, and it is an area where there are officetels that are not high-rise buildings, but are still about 4 to 5 stories tall.

The passage is narrow, so it will be difficult to fight properly, but if Pedro has the ability, he may be able to turn it to his advantage.

” First, spread the thread between the buildings like a spider web. And make it an elastic thread. ”

” Yes! ”

Pedro quickly began to pull the thread out of both hands.

I took out my Durandal and ran out, leaving Pedro to create a wire that was as strong as steel but stretched like a rubber band.

” Yeonseo, protect and cover Pedro! ”

” I know! ”

In addition to summoning a summoner called ‘Cow’s Series’ that can attack from a distance, he also summoned ‘Big Dipper’, which was holding a shield as shown before, and ran next to Pedro.

‘Now even if Pedro is in danger, it’ll be okay because Yeonseo will help him!’

*****

There is a way to go into the air using Flamberg like last time, but thanks to Pedro’s ability, there is no need to do that.

With his body strengthened by divine power, he kicked off the wall, grabbed the thread created by Pedro, stretched it, and flew into the air using elasticity.

” Wow~ This is really great! ”

Although his small body weighs less, Pedro’s strength was so great that he could fly into the air like this.

Pedro’s skill in making it as I instructed was amazing, but it was even better than I expected, so I was amazed and when I suddenly jumped up from below, a surprised Harpy was right in front of me.

The guy looked at me with a surprised expression, but that was the last I saw of him.

After decapitating the guy, he kicked his body and tumbled, then created a Flamberg to create space to step on him, then jumped back up and ran towards the other guy.

I thought he was going to block me by making a ‘Keeeek! ‘ sound and flying feathers, but he created a Flamberg and spun the sword of flame to burn all of the guy’s feathers and shoot the Flamberg.

The Flamberg, which had landed squarely on the guy’s forehead, exploded and blew off his head before going down.

Below, there was a thread that Pedro had created, so when I stepped on it, my body fell from the sky, causing the thread that was on the 4th floor to go down to the 2nd floor.

The elasticity and durability of Pedro’s thread, which I had experienced earlier, were so excellent that I soared into the sky again.

‘Isn’t it nice that this unexpectedly bounces off?’

The feeling of my body shooting out quickly as if it were an arrow was so exhilarating that I felt the corners of my mouth go up without me realizing it.

When it fell down like that, I used Pedro’s thread to fly into the air, and while in the air, I created a Flamberg and either stepped on it and moved, or just shot it and knocked the guys down. How long did it take?

The guys started to avoid me and fly towards Hyunseok.

” Hey.. Wait! Don’t run away! ”

I quickly headed towards where Hyunseok was, but the sky was their space, so they arrived at Hyunseok faster than me.

” Hyunseok! ”

I quickly made twelve Flambergs and knocked down the Harpies around me, causing an explosion that created smoke and flames.

Hyunseok quickly checked it and started creating a sphere made of wind from his hand.

” Epsob Twister. ”

My flames were sucked into the sphere that Hyunseok had created along with the smoke, and the sphere, burning and emitting black smoke, was in his hand.

The sphere, which had been the size of a baseball, had grown to the size of a basketball, and a wind of burning ash was blowing around Hyunseok.

The harpies sensed danger from the sphere and gathered together to try to escape, but suddenly they seemed to have been caught by something and stopped moving, just standing there in the sky.

” It’s now! ”

At Pedro’s shout from below, thin but shining threads were tied to the harpies’ wings, legs, and necks.

Hyunseok threw the sphere at the group, and the sphere that reached the group of harpies grew larger without a sound, and soon began to glow and turned into a whirlwind that burned the guys with strong winds.

With the light and ash in it, I quickly took out my curtana and approached Hyunseok, creating a sphere that surrounded us.

The sound of ‘squeak’ and the smell of flesh cooking in flames spread.

” Phew, it’s been a while since I wrote, so it’s hard. Haha! ”

Hyunseok looked at me with a smile and I smiled at him too.

” Isn’t that cool? If you have this kind of technology, why didn’t you show it to me before? ”

” Well, for that I needed the sparks Charlotte made around me or the ice on the curb. But we haven’t fought this close so far, right? ”

” That’s right. ”

As the black smoke that had covered the sky with pitch-black ash disappeared, the harpies were no longer there.

*****

” That’s really cool! I want to use that technique too! ”

Hyunseok was slightly embarrassed and sweating at Pedro’s actions of holding Hyunseok’s hand and getting close to him, looking at him with admiration.

” Hey.. Wait! Pedro…? ”

” How did you get the idea to use Sister Charlotte’s fire there?

Of course, Charlotte flying around on my thread was cool, but that last technique was really amazing!

Oh! And Yeonseo noona’s summons were amazing, but are there any others besides those?! ”

Pedro, who had been attached to Hyunseok, soon started to attach himself to Yeonseo and me, and eventually started talking to the three of us in turns, and his mouth wouldn’t stop.

” Pedro, calm down and get moving. We’re running out of time to get to the tower. We need to get to the perimeter of the tower before it gets too dark. ”

Only then, unable to stop his mouth, Pedro continued to describe the battle from just a moment ago in rapid fire, while at the same time admiring it, and then he scratched his head and stopped talking.

” By the way, is this the National Assembly building now? Do you know which way is the fastest to get there? ”

I lived in Seoul before going to the other world, but I just stayed in the corner of the room and I don’t remember a single thing because of the time I spent in the other world, so I looked at Hyunseok and Yeonseo and asked.

” If you go straight east from the area we’re in now, you’ll come out right away. ”

Yeonseo continued speaking while taking out several Markabs.

” But neither Hyunseok nor I have been to that tower before, so we should go there first and check out the situation before finding a place to set up camp. ”

” Even if we leave now, it’ll get dark soon after we arrive and explore the surroundings. ”

We rode Yeonseo’s summons and headed towards the tower located in the National Assembly building.

******

While Charlotte and her group were fighting the hordes of harpies, in the tower of the National Assembly building, there was Han Jin-oh, who was now in human form and leading the hordes of harpies.

” Krrr, s….dead… kerruk… ”

Of the six arms that had been lost by Charlotte, the left middle arm had already grown back and was now wearing something like armor made up of items the harpies had picked up from around the area.

Of course, it wasn’t made properly and wasn’t made of the same materials, so it was no different from a piece of armor made of rags, but that appearance made him even more bizarre and fearsome.

The harpies were bowing their heads as they looked at Han Jin-oh.

The tips of the wings that Charlotte had cut off had grown back, creating wings that were even larger than before.

It was the appearance of what is now called an angel, but rather than a holy or graceful appearance, it was twisted, grotesque, and terrifying, almost demonic.

But as if that wasn’t the end, he began to wrap his arms around his body, and bones began to protrude from the spine on his back, and black liquid began to flow out from his wings.

His face was hidden by his long hair, but in the parts that were visible, the flesh was beginning to turn black and rot.

After some time, a demon was born, spreading its blackened steel wings and wrapping its arms around its body while crouching.