episode_0041

There is no freedom in this city.

The peaceful and beautiful scene is just a facade.

How do the livestock that run around the ranch feel?

Not knowing that they will be consumed by humans at the last moment, they just run around the green lawn under the illusion that they are free.

Han Seo-jin knew the other side of the city, the principal.

He realized at a young age that he was nothing more than cattle roaming the ranch.

It was a natural process for something to be discarded if it did not follow the principal’s wishes.

However, Seojin had already seen the beautiful sea on the movie theater screen.

The primal desire to just look at something because it’s pretty.

I ended up finding a reason to live that I never wanted to find.

That’s why Seojin was able to survive.

Even in cities like this.

Crazy!!!

Leading manager Ahn Woo-jin’s full power is pouring out.

Shockwaves of bluish-green electricity erupted continuously, and Cheolryonggon moved with great restraint, aiming at Seojin.

The trajectory was drawn like a flash, leaving behind a series of afterimages. It was a threatening attack.

Seojin retreated and called his minions. Skeleton beasts engulfed in purple magic are summoned from the ground and rise up.

The demonic beasts all jumped towards Woojin. A large number of skulls engulfed in magical energy like a haze filled Ujin’s field of vision. The magical power had become bone and flesh and had already become as hard as iron armor.

However, it was no use.

Woojin pulled out a new singlet from his belt.

Less evil!

When I swung the dagger, the iron bar inside came out.

Byeokchulbong.

The magic circuit had already been stabilized enough to allow for reuse.

Woojin swung his axle stick and caused an explosion of electricity.

Kwaaaang!!

A fierce shock wave shattered the skeleton beasts, and a wave of electricity swept through them all.

“… … !”

Seojin’s surprised face was covered by a skull mask.

The level of magical power released from the wall shaft was ridiculous.

How refined is the magical power to produce such power?

… It was not the time for admiration.

Faaah!

Woojin kicks the ground.

He shot like an arrow, piercing the lightning blast and creating a sonic boom. This is because the leg power was greatly strengthened with excellent horsepower management ability. In an instant, his movements were influenced by Seojin.

However, Seojin did not lag behind in response speed.

Wow! A formation formed in the air, and a huge skeletal arm imbued with necromantic magic stretched out. It was a partial summons.

As if he had already expected it, Woojin swung the Cheolryonggon without the slightest sign of embarrassment.

Kwakwagagagagagak!!!

Cheolryonggon drew a beautiful trajectory, splitting the moment and rushing forward.

In the blink of an eye, the skeleton arm was crushed to pieces. Woojin’s attack speed and reflexes were already different from those of ordinary students.

In an instant, Woojin narrowed the distance between him and Seojin.

“What are you trying to wake me up for?”

“There is no obligation to tell you.”

Boom!!

A skeleton demon with a large skeleton, summoned behind Seojin, rushed towards Woojin.

An elite summon that walks on two legs and wears skull armor.

He swung his heavy fist like a cannonball was fired.

Boo!!

The fist barely cut through the air, but that alone made the air tremble with the sound of a strong wind.

Woojin had already avoided the attack by falling to the side. Pow! He and the elite summoner exchanged attacks.

Seojin summons skeleton beasts one after another. All the minions howled like animals and rushed towards Ujin as prey.

Quang!

Cracks appear in the ground due to the clash of magical powers, and the bones and flesh of the skeletal beasts are crushed.

However, Woojin also had limitations.

Kwagak!

“Ugh!”

The coordination between the skeleton beasts was quite skilled. Like circus members who have been together for years.

It has to be that way.

Seo-jin was concentrating on dealing with Woo-jin and demonstrating his mastered manipulative ability.

In the end, the elite summoner’s fist successfully struck Ugin. The blow contained a destructive power that could easily cause cracks in the ground.

Woojin blocked the attack by supporting Cheolryonggon with his hand, but was pushed back and received a heavy impact on his chest.

Pow!!!

Woojin’s body created a wave and crossed the air at incredible speed.

Quang!

Woojin hit the structure and left a crater.

Without stopping, the elite summons jumped in and tried to swing their fists. It was an outstanding physical ability that even most 5th tier players could not match.

“Ha… !”

Woojin took a deep breath and came to his senses.

Thanks to the instantaneous pouring of magical power into his chest, he barely escaped fatal injury. However, the bone was broken.

There was no time to relax. Woojin quickly adjusted his posture.

Whick!

Kwakagak!!

Woojin fought back by swinging his iron dragon.

The two beings continued their fierce battle.

That moment.

“… … !”

Sssshh… .

As if a sudden winter breeze passed by my skin, a cool sensation flowed through my body.

Woojin opened his eyes wide.

Because Seojin began to increase his dark magic power in large quantities.

Seojin holds a staff in both hands and chants an incomprehensible spell.

Woojin knew that pattern well.

Dangerous.

Couuu!!

A purple summoning circle with a diameter of 4 meters unfolds behind the west Jin.

Elongated rays of light emitted one after another along the summoning circle.

thud!

A large skeletal arm stretched out from the summoning circle and touched the ground, and the arm’s owner slowly stood up.

The skeletal beast with neatly carved necromantic magic gradually revealed its massive physique.

Approximately 5m tall.

There was nothing above the neck.

It had a body similar to that of a dinosaur.

A weak waist compared to the thick arms. The magic of the shape of the dress that goes down below.

At the center of the body, like other summoned beasts, was a feminine skull filled with purple magical power.

A strange shape that is foreign, hideous, and has a strange aesthetic feel.

Carmen.

The monster let out a beautiful vocalization.

‘Why is that already…? ?’

Unique supernatural ability, necromancy.

Magical formula type 5, ‘Requiem’.

The necromancer’s final pattern.

It was a skill that could be said to be her secret.

Carmen began to sing a beautiful song in a mysterious language. A romantic and mysterious rhythm. A lyrical yet clear melody that even evoked a sense of sadness flowed like a wave.

At the same time, a colorful purple magical power rose up around them, creating a monotonous stage and engraving a territory in the area. The area boasted a wide radius beyond the battlefield between Woojin and Seojin.

The exterior looks like an opera hall.

Anyone standing in this performance hall right now would have their physical functions stop the moment the requiem ended.

Yes.

Death is coming.

The length of the song is exactly 1 minute and 30 seconds.

The only countermeasures are to run away so far that the song cannot be heard, kill Carmen, or render Seojin incapable of fighting.

It is impossible to escape from here.

Carmen cannot be easily defeated because she has tremendous strength to match her massive body.

From now on, it will be extremely difficult to defeat Seojin within 1 minute and 30 seconds.

In fact, the requiem was like a terminal sentence for Woojin.

“… … .”

Seojin lowered his head.

The reason he had already taken the final step by spending too much magical energy was not because Ujin’s attack was threatening.

I want to end this fight as quickly as possible.

Someone who thought of me as special and looked upon me favorably… It was because fighting with the leader was painful.

“You.”

A shrill voice pierced Seojin’s ears.

Cold, yet lifelike, blue-green eyes turned towards her.

“That much… You’re planning to kill them all.”

Woojin’s eyes contained such sharply refined emotions that even Seojin was horrified.

Seojin closed his eyes and raised his remaining magical energy to summon more minions. All of them rushed towards Woojin.

The axle stick held in one hand of Woojin could not be reused yet. After finishing storing the magic power, he changed it back into the form of a single stick and fixed it to the belt, then took out another black single stick.

Less evil! When I swung the single bar, the iron bar inside popped out. It was a basic triple pole. And so, the iron dragon and three-stage baton were held in both of Woojin’s hands.

Turquoise magical power that could threaten even the 5th tier strong roars fiercely.

A series of sharp attacks continued towards Seojin’s minion troops.

Pow!

Quang!

Puzzle!!

Woojin fought fiercely.

The demon beasts dug into Woojin’s movements, leaving scars all over his body, and Woojin’s body gradually suffered cuts, dents, and many wounds.

However, Woojin did not lose focus.

Focus on manpower management.

Pay close attention to the enemy’s movements.

Respond efficiently to enemy attacks and swing your weapon without stopping.

Releases a shock wave and crushes enemies.

40 seconds until the requiem ends.

The elite summoner unleashed a fierce blow.

Cheolryonggon and Samdanbong were already defeating other demonic beasts.

Woojin gritted his teeth and poured magical power into his head, violently extending his head.

Quang!

A sound similar to an explosion rang out. This is because Woojin responded to the summoned beast’s fist with his forehead. His brain rang, but Woojin didn’t care.

Woojin was not pushed back. It was thanks to my foot being firmly planted on the ground.

Blood poured out and wet my face. First, the two turquoise eyes on the red face were showing fierce persistence.

Wow!!

When Woojin violently swung the Cheolryonggon, harsh shock waves exploded several times, sending the body of the elite summoned beast flying away.

A strike of power.

It had the power to crush even steel like a sheet of paper.

Woojin avoided the quick attacks of the demonic beasts that attacked one after another and defeated them one by one.

25 seconds until the requiem ends.

“… … ?”

Seojin felt doubtful.

‘why… It’s starting to move… ?’

Woojin’s body is already in shambles.

There is blood everywhere, and there are stab wounds and cuts.

It would not be surprising if his body, covered in blood, collapsed at any time.

Movement also became sluggish.

He must have been exhausted.

But why?

As the battle continued, Woojin’s movements gradually became more sophisticated.

It felt like I was in a trance.

Just a thought.

Woojin continued to defeat his enemies without changing his expression, with only focus in his eyes.

In that desperate battle, Ujin continued to grow.

Seojin shook his head.

I didn’t want to admire it anymore.

22 seconds until the requiem ends.

Kwaang… .

The explosion of alcohol caused by the clash of magical powers ended up bursting Woojin’s eardrums.

An unpleasant tinnitus rang.

However, Woojin did not care and did not take his eyes off the enemies’ movements.

Tsutsut.

Soon, the electricity released by Cheolryonggon weakened significantly. Even in the basic three-stage baton, only a feeble amount of lightning magic lingered in the air.

Woojin looked down at his Cheolryonggon with blood dripping from it. Magic power has almost reached its limit. Even if I squeezed out all my magic power, all I could do was send out a shock wave or two.

However, Seojin still had many minions.

20 seconds until the requiem ends.

Before I knew it, the lyrics of the song were flowing along with a calm melody, and the epilogue was just around the corner.

The battle still continued.

Because I was conserving my magic power, I couldn’t launch a more powerful attack than before. Gradually, Woojin was pushed out.

“… … .”

While he was swinging his triple baton countless times, hoping for the enemy’s destruction, with only two voices in his ears.

Suddenly, Woojin felt a dizzying feeling as if he was climbing up a steep staircase.

I continued to walk with arduous steps, being careful with each step, in case I lost my balance and fell.

Because it seemed like someone was calling to him at the end of the stairs.

18 seconds until the requiem ends.

Tuk.

I lost my balance.

I was briefly attacked by demonic beasts and lost consciousness.

But like holding on to the edge of a cliff just before falling.

As I finally managed to snatch my consciousness from leaving, my vision, which had been dark, cleared up again.

My strength was almost depleted.

I felt that the spark of life had weakened.

This was because the Requiem was eating away at his vitality like a rat.

It didn’t matter.

The strong will that still remained like a remnant moved Woojin’s feet.

With all his might, Woojin advanced.

16 seconds until the requiem ends.

“Now… It’s over.”

Seojin took off the skull mask and looked at Woojin with a bare face.

It wasn’t expressionless.

Sunken eyes.

There was an expression of complicated feelings on his face.

14 seconds until the requiem ends.

“Thank you for taking care of me. And, I’m sorry. Goodbye.”

The moment that smile appeared in Woojin’s eyes, annoyance filled him.

It was truly unlucky.

The attitude of being self-indulgent in one’s own stories and sentiments and trying to drive people to death.

In the meantime, the attitude of thanking and apologizing honestly.

Woojin was unbearably abominable.

11 seconds until the requiem ends.

“… I’m not leaving.”

Woojin’s eyes widened with anger, and a smile appeared on his lips.

“You should catch it.”

8 seconds until the requiem ends.

“… That won’t happen.”

“It will happen.”

6 seconds until the requiem ends.

Excited.

Excited.

The scenery in Woojin’s field of vision flowed slowly, as if the video had suddenly been slowed down.

Exciting!

Exciting!

My heart was beating more and more violently.

It wasn’t because I was excited.

My heartbeat was following the violent pulsation of something deep inside my body.

One after another, strange energy surged up my spine like a geyser, spreading chills throughout my body.

Something was about to explode.

Every time the feeling of climbing stairs continued within me, every time I took a step closer to the top, the beat became more vivid and gained momentum.

Only then did Woojin realize what the feeling of walking on stairs was.

Repeating magic exercises countless times, repeating hellish training under a teacher, and constantly repeating battles to protect the students as a leader.

A grueling journey to finally overcome the next level wall.

These were the footsteps he walked.

“Because I’m a leader.”

The eyes, which were flowing with blue-green magic, were red.

There was so much blood flowing from his forehead that it went through his eyelashes and wet his eyeballs.

Seojin’s summoned beasts were still running.

Woojin stared at Seojin beyond them and soon closed his eyes.

I raised my head.

I enjoyed the wind created by the waves of magic power and the cool air filled with dark magic power.

yet.

Woojin’s fingertips touched the end of the stairs.

“… Huh?”

For a moment, Seojin lost his sense of reality.

The requiem came to a dramatic halt.

There was silence.

As if time had stopped.

The feeling of floating in the sky.

No, it feels like swimming in the middle of space.

Seojin felt an unknown sense of floating and emptiness.

“!”

At that time, I felt eyes on me.

When he raised his head, a mysterious presence was engraved in Seojin’s eyes.

A huge demon.

He had goat horns and was covered with golden fleece.

When ‘The Hole’ occurred in the Pacific Ocean, the Supreme Being was the first to descend on this world, and also closed The Hole and ascended to heaven.

Seojin knew the name of that being.

Golden sheep.

The pinnacle of all living things.

A creature that is considered to be of the 9th rank and is also revered as a god.

From a very distant place, several pairs of eyes were staring at him.

An instinctive sense of fear surged through Seojin.

The very status of existence was an overwhelming feeling emanating from another person.

“Kkah! Huh!”

Seojin leaned on his chest and let out a rough breath. Before I knew it, I had returned to reality.

‘What was that just now…? ?’

It was too vivid to be a hallucination.

However, to say that it was not a hallucination, the phenomenon just before could not be explained through cognition.

Why did the image of the golden sheep originate from Woojin and come vividly into my field of vision? Seojin couldn’t understand.

It was then.

“… … !”

Gooo!

Immense magical power that descends like gravity.

The pressure of having physical power hit Seojin.

Goosebumps arose all over my body.

It was a threatening magical power that stimulated fundamental fear.

At this level, even those outside the barrier would have felt it.

And then, before I knew it, Woojin was no longer visible.

Damn it!!

A strange roar suddenly heard.

It was upwards.

Seojin quickly raised his head.

The air splits open.

What should not have been divided was being divided.

A crack appeared, like a glass window breaking.

2 seconds until the requiem ends.

“That… ?”

Different colors showed through the cracks. Like a gate connecting different worlds.

“Nonsense… !”

Surprise appeared on Seojin’s face.

Right after.

A fleeting flash of light shines through the crack.

“… … !”

Crrr!!!

Blue-green lightning filled with black light poured vertically like a waterfall.

Space lightning.

A brilliant lightning strike destructively engulfed Carmen. Its power is at a level that cannot even be estimated. The density of magical power was beyond imagination.

Carmen’s singing and screaming were all consumed by the roar.

Unable to utter the last lyrics of the song, Carmen eventually disappeared.

“Ugh!”

Paaaa!!

In the aftermath of the lightning strike, Seojin’s body was blown away by the wind pressure.

Highest level unique ability.

Dealing with one law that covers the universe.

Among them, ‘space’.

At this moment, the ability to manipulate space was given to a man.

Successive use of lightning magic power.

That was not at the level of someone who had just discovered their unique ability.

It was clear that the extreme potential that had been suppressed by the high walls of the fifth rank had just exploded.

Even so, wasn’t Woojin’s magic power already on the verge of reaching its bottom?

How was it possible to unleash that much lightning magic?

It was clear that as soon as Woojin reached a new level, some of the magic circuits that had been blocked were opened and he showed dramatic recovery.

Just as a dam full of water collapses, the water pours out with the most violent force.

‘… You were a monster. Different from someone like me.’

Seojin thought as he crossed the air against his will.

There was no chance of victory against such a being.

When he was about to give up, various memories flashed through Seojin’s mind.

Under the management of the headmaster, friends were disappearing one by one.

The beautiful sea seen in the movie.

“Ugh… !”

Seojin couldn’t give up.

I gritted my teeth, sharpened my fighting spirit, and steadily increased my magical power.

Damn it!!

The plosive sound is heard again.

“!”

The epicenter of the sound was right behind Seojin’s body.

Seojin quickly looked back.

Kwarung!

A man was shot out of a gate that appeared in the air along with a blue-green flash of black light.

Poisonous blue-green eyes appeared in Seojin’s eyes.

Suddenly, Seojin came to a new realization.

When you see the sea in a movie.

The reason I decided to live in this city was because I just wanted to live.

Even if it becomes trash that deserves criticism from the world.

In order to survive without being discarded by the headmaster, Seojin chose to survive even if it meant sacrificing others.

The sea was just an opportunity.

Actually, it didn’t matter anything.

If there is a reason to survive… Even if you trample on others, you will be able to make excuses to yourself.

Maybe the man in front of me was the mastermind.

Dismissal!!!

“Kkah!!!”

The iron dragon, filled with electricity, swung around and dug into Seojin’s body. Even though his body was strengthened with magic, it was so powerful that he could not handle it.

Seojin’s ribs were shattered, and the ferocious electric shock burned every part of her body.

Dozens of strands of blue-green electric current tangled like a chain and tore through the air. It was the final blow that Woojin could deliver.

Pugh!!!

A loud noise erupts, and Seojin’s body passes through the air at breakneck speed.

Kwaaaang!!!

A resounding explosion.

With the dust rising, Seojin lost consciousness, leaving a crater on the ground.