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12. Towards the second tower (5)

The only one who spreads divine power and possesses the aura of an evil god is Han Jin-oh, who has turned into a demon.

That means I have to get to him by fighting my way through thousands of harpies staring at me.

“That’s easier said than done. Ugh… ”

As I slowly approached Han Jin-oh with a sigh, the guys who had been curled up in a gochi shape gradually spread their wings and prepared to move.

Those eyes were no different from those of a beast hunting its prey.

But I’m not one to be easily defeated. Of course, this is my first time fighting thousands of enemies, but whatever, I guess I’ll be able to do it.

Through Rosario, you are fully equipped with protective gear, and behind your back, twelve Flamberks are spinning rapidly clockwise.

I thought about taking out my cloak, but I put it away thinking that it might be more of a distraction in the current situation.

” Phew, shall we begin then? ”

I used the Flamberg spinning around behind me to maximize my acceleration and quickly wrapped myself in the torch and continued on.

As I passed by, as if a high-temperature laser had been fired, the sandy floor turned into smooth glass, and the harpies blocking my way were burned to ash.

The harpies, who realized that their comrades had turned into roasted chickens with a crispy outside and moist inside, all flew towards me without exception.

A flock of people flying through the sky fluttering in all directions, a flock of people charging at the ground like ostriches, and Han Jin-oh looking at me with a strange smile.

From now on, it was a mountain I had to endure.

*****

The guys charging in front would either get impaled on me as I advanced, with my arms outstretched, or they would just get turned into chicken by the flames surrounding me.

As he went forward, he thought he had gotten close to Han Jin-oh, so he planted his feet on the ground to stop his speed, and at the same time, he took out all the Flambergs that were spinning behind him and combined them with Durandal.

” Gluon! ”

A long blade made of light that gradually changes from red to white while making a ‘sizzling’ sound.

As I spun my body around, the guys around me melted and split apart without even knowing what had hit them.

With this, it seemed like we had cut down about a few hundred of them. Unfortunately, the harm was greater than the benefit when using it on the ones in the sky, so we quickly dealt with the ones on the ground first.

After cutting down the guys, he swung Durandal once to check his body’s condition as the brightness slowly decreased and returned to normal. After estimating how many more times he could do this, he ran towards Han Jin-oh.

The moment he ran quickly, the guy raised his upper body and flapped his wings, and a tingling sensation came down his cheek along with lukewarm blood slowly flowing down.

” I thought it just fluttered, but it actually flew away with its feathers…? ”

I tried to touch my cheek with my left hand, but when I looked at my left hand that wasn’t moving, I saw that the guy’s feather had penetrated my gauntlet and was stuck in my palm.

” Ugh…! ”

Looking closely, I saw that the guy’s feathers had penetrated the protective gear on his thighs and stomach, so I pulled out the feathers and sent out divine power to quickly heal the wounds and checked the situation.

While I paused for a moment to react to the guy’s attack, several harpies descended from the sky with their claws exposed, along with a ‘Keeeek!’ sound.

” Flamberg! Shoot! ”

I just flew the Flamberg at the guys and detonated it just before they collided, knocking them away, and hid myself through the smoke from the explosion and turned left to approach Han Jin-oh.

After being transformed into a demon, the guy seemed to have regained his animalistic senses, and his face was already looking in my direction.

At the sound of the wings spreading, I quickly swung Durandal and flicked away the feathers that the creature had sent flying with a ‘chang! ‘, but there were still a few feathers that I hadn’t been able to flick away properly, as the parts of my clothes that weren’t protected were torn.

The guy who was looking at me with the corners of his mouth raised stood up and picked up a sign or a pole lying around, then flew up slightly and rushed towards me.

” Huh!! This is…! ”

I quickly raised Durandal and blocked the staff that the guy was swinging, but the speed and power with which the guy was charging sent me flying into the air and I rolled backwards.

The impact was so great that I was thrown backwards further than I had run, and I kept rolling until I finally stopped after I had smashed Durandal into the ground.

” Haa, haa, I’m going crazy. I’ve gotten so much stronger than last time? ”

Last time we fought in Seonyudo, I was able to push back a little, but now I had a hard time even keeping up with his movements.

But before I could even catch my breath, I was hit by harpies flying towards me, screaming. I jumped up and cut them down, heading towards Han Jin-oh.

In order for Hyunseok to use his technique, he had to gather the guys in one place, and since the harpies were moving around Han Jin-oh, he ended up having to approach him.

As I approached the guy, he started swinging the weapons he was holding in his six arms, and rather than blocking them myself, I used the Flamberg to blow up the weapons he was using.

He melted it down and took away its long reach.

Soon the guy threw down what he was holding and ran towards me, reaching out his hand.

” Hoo, Gluon! ”

I was about to swing the Flamberg over Durandal when a harpy rushed in from the side and stabbed me in the body, preventing me from swinging Durandal.

I was hit by Han Jin-oh’s straight ball flying from my left and flew away.

” Cool, kekeke… haa… really…! ”

If you try to attack Han Jin-oh, the harpies will get in the way, and if you try to attack the harpies, Han Jin-oh will attack you, so it’s a dilemma.

One thing that flashed through my mind as I quickly thought about how on earth I could survive this situation.

” Wait a minute… Is it really necessary to split up and attack? We already have enough divine power anyway, right? ”

It seems that I still have the habit of fighting with my body as a man, so I fought foolishly without putting forth the effort I could.

The maximum number of Flambergs you can make is twelve, but if you’re going to blow them up, there’s no need to fix them in that shape.

Since the shape of the spear was convenient for flying, they began to make hundreds of Flambergs by lengthening them into the shape of a spear.

” Um, the name is… Okay! Should I do this? ‘Ardvar’ ”

As countless spears of flame suddenly appeared above me, the harpies flapped their wings in fright and froze in the sky.

Only Han Jin-oh, who had turned into a demon, did not panic, but instead flapped his wings and shot feathers at me.

” Do you think that number will work? ‘Atlantes! ‘ ”

It transformed into the shape of a circular shield with a white light emitting flame, and the white light was engraved on the shield in the shape of feathers.

The feathers of the guy who hit the shield with a thud, thud, thud sound melted and fell to the ground, and I continued to approach the guy.

As I slowly approached him, one step at a time, he felt that his feathers were no longer working, so he screamed and pointed at me, giving orders to the harpies.

I fired a volley of rotating spears of flame at the ones that were turning the sky black from afar, making it seem like night was coming.

With a ‘bang!’ sound, the flame spear ‘Ardvar’ flew, impaling all the harpies in its path and then reducing them to a handful of ash with a large explosion.

” Wow, the performance is killing me~ ”

I continued to blow the spear at the harpies and ran towards Han Jin-oh.

Although there was still some left, I activated ‘Gluon’ once more to strengthen Durandal. Soon, the sword began to vibrate and make a ‘humming’ sound.

As I swung it at the guy, he tried to block it with his wing, but due to Durandal’s sharpness and gluon, his right steel wing melted and was cut off like cutting paper.

” Kieeeek!!! ”

Even though he had wings of steel, he hesitated for a moment as if he felt pain, and I took advantage of that moment to swing my sword.

” Haaaat! ”

As I swung Durandal, which I held with both hands, from the upper right to the lower left, the left wing that had been covering its body for defense was also cleanly cut off.

Then, I swung my sword vertically upwards from below and cut off the guy’s entire right arm. Only then did the guy collapse, holding onto the severed part.

The harpies rushed towards me in their entirety to save Han Jin-oh, who had collapsed. Only then did I look up at the roof of the National Assembly building, where Hyun-seok and his group had already created a large sphere of storm.

” That’s right! ”

I used Curtana to create an area that would block the harpies’ attacks that were attacking me all at once.

Now all that’s left is for Hyunseok to use his skills.

*****

The moment Pedro was about to climb up to the roof of the Capitol with his powers, he heard the sound of harpies moving.

” I see it’s started. ”

Yeonseo spoke calmly and grabbed Pedro’s thread, and Pedro looked at me a little nervously.

” Don’t worry. It’ll be okay. We’ll do what we can. Okay? ”

” Yes…yes! ”

Let’s go up like that. It looks like not everyone has gone, so let’s use Yeonseo’s summons to quickly deal with the remaining guys and look down.

Charlotte was seen flying away by the demon that was Han Jin-oh.

” Sha..Charlotte…! ”

It was fortunate that Yeonseo caught me when I tried to fly away without realizing it. If she hadn’t, I might have just flown away and ruined the plan.

” Huh…! ”

” I know you want to go help Charlotte, but we must not forget our role! ”

” I know…but…! Huh…? ”

As we looked towards where Charlotte had been, hundreds of flames appeared due to the sudden hot wind, and then there were so many explosions that we had to cover our eyes.

Almost half of that large group was wiped out.

” See~ No need to worry, right? Okay, let’s get ready quickly. ”

Yeonseo started protecting us with her summons, and the moment I was about to use my skills

” Wait…? It’s meaningless to just throw it away like this..! ”

” What are you talking about? ”

” No, back then I used Charlotte’s flames to create an explosion, but even if I create wind here now, there’s no way to get rid of that large group! ”

” Well, my ice might actually be a nuisance to Charlotte…”

While I was wondering what to do with Yeonseo, Pedro suddenly raised his hand and opened his mouth.

” So, as long as you can cause an explosion, that’s fine? ”

” Yeah, but is there a way to do that now… ”

” Well, there is a way! I will make a wire out of iron! And I will make it very short. Like dust..! ”

” Hey kid, you’re smart. Are you trying to cause a ‘dust explosion’? ”

” Yes! If I combine it with the thread I made with Hyunseok hyung’s technique and throw it over there, it’ll explode right away because the fire there is already rising because of Charlotte noona! ”

At those words, I quickly cast Epsorb Twister while Pedro started inserting strings made of flammable materials from the side.

” Alright…! This is complete! Yeonseo, what’s the signal? ”

” Wait a minute…! Now! ”

As I looked towards where Charlotte was, Han Jin-oh was sitting down, holding onto the part where his right arm had been, and the hordes of harpies were all gathered in that direction.

” Go away! ”

The Epsorb Twister that was launched like that encountered a group of harpies and swallowed them up, and then an explosion even greater than the one Charlotte had created earlier unfolded before my eyes.

The explosion that started in one place was followed by another explosion with sand blowing around, and as this continued to explode, it devoured hordes of harpies.

In short, it is an explosion that engulfs the entire area around the National Assembly building.

” Uh…is this okay…? ”

” How can that be, kid? We’re done for. ”

Yeonseo quickly began to build a wall of ice in front of us, and I also began to create a wall of wind in front of her.

But the moment comes when a chain of explosions occurs faster than we expected, engulfing the surrounding buildings!

A dome of red film covered the area right in front of us, centering on where Charlotte had been.

*****

I’m screwed. I’m really screwed. This is my conclusion after careful consideration.

I don’t know what on earth Hyunseok and his group did, but it seems like they achieved their goal.

Look at those harpies being turned into black ash by the explosion.

I created a zone, but I still felt a hot heat covering me, so I watched the scene while sweating profusely.

” Wait? At this rate, isn’t this whole place going to explode? ”

Only then did I look back and see Hyunseok and Yeonseo quickly hitting the wall.

” Haa, I can’t help it. I tried not to do this. ”

I expanded my territory, thinking that if things continued this way, the Capitol building and the children there might be caught up in the explosion.

It created a large dome-shaped area that could cover me, Han Jin-oh, and all the harpies here.

As the fire-swept tornado formed inside the dome, it soon reached the ceiling of the dome, and around it, explosions occurred here and there like firecrackers, creating blinding light and flames.

At the same time, the harpies were engulfed in flames, leaving behind black ash, and Han Jin-oh, who had become a demon, was also unable to withstand the flames and heat from the chain explosion and was oxidized.