episode_0045

Rattling. My heart falls to the abyss below.

The Specter’s scythe was swung in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly. What was cut off with a horrifying sound was Catherine’s protective shield and left arm.

Tuk.

“Aaaah!!!!”

It was only after the severed arm fell at her feet that Catherine let out a sharp scream as if she realized that her own arm had been cut off.

Catherine fell as if her legs had become weak, and Specter gritted his teeth as if he was angry that he had not been able to kill her with one hit.

The good news is that thanks to the movement speed effect of the remaining [Shield Team], I managed to turn around and prevent it from becoming Catherine.

Of course, this did not give him a chance to take a breather, and Specter raised his scythe again as if he was determined to put an end to this attack.

Catherine was currently in a state where she could not escape, so if that scythe fell again, death was inevitable.

“Yuri Na!”

“I understand!”

Even though I didn’t say anything else, Yurina understood my intention and launched herself at Catherine.

At the same time, Specter’s scythe fell, and he was able to block it with a narrow chance just before it reached Catherine.

Kaaang–!!

Two cold weapons collided with red sparks flying. Yurina had the highest strength stat among the Onaholes, but she was pushed back because it was difficult to properly block Specter’s scythe.

crazy… Do you really want to catch that? I have to say something that makes sense. Give me a sacred skill too, you fucking idiot!

Wow –

A lot of strength goes into the hand holding the Guardian.

After entering the tower, I realized that nothing would change even if I whined.

In the end, it’s something I have to do on my own.

There was just one way.

Kiiing—

The mana accumulated in the lower abdomen is rotated throughout the body.

This is what was written in the book I saw at Erhen’s house, and it involved circulating mana through the bloodstream in the body and filtering out clean, strong mana.

In the original work, Lee Hyun-woo mainly uses holy power rather than mana, so this was my first time hearing about it, and I had never been successful before.

Anyway, the current situation is all or nothing. Without this gamble, our chances of survival were close to 0%.

Because it is nearly impossible to inflict damage to a Specter with an ordinary mana-covered sword.

therefore… … please. Hurry up!

Kang! Cancan! Kang!!

Even as I was diligently selecting mana, Onaholes were struggling hard on my behalf.

[Yeo-mong Yeo-jin(True)]

[Frost Blade]

[Ice Wall]

[Shield Team]

Catherine, who had recovered from the shock, poured out magic with her remaining arm, but all she could do was barely block the Specter’s attack.

On the contrary, it only made Specter angry and he started to get even more angry.

Kagagaga River-!! Suddenly!

Specter swings his scythe in all directions and instantly cuts Vivian’s annoying clone into five pieces.

Vivian’s embarrassed face catches my eye, my concentration is broken, and my mind becomes confused.

‘Quit now and fight together—!’

“Master!! We’re fine, so don’t stop!!”

“Trust us, master! Keep going!!”

… … shit. If you’re going to make me feel safe, talk without your legs shaking.

“Guooo—!!”

Specter, who blocked the onaholes quite persistently, eventually slammed his scythe on the floor and screamed.

Shaaaa… … .

Soon, the black smoke spewing out around the Specter became thicker and spread widely, and the Onaholes exposed to the smoke began to step back one by one.

In the end, the smoke reached me, and the system’s message came to mind along with the cold that made my skin tremble.

[Exposed to Specter’s smoke!]

[Status abnormality (blindness) is granted by the skill, ‘Crawling Death’!]

Fuck. There was also a skill like this?

I’m Lee Hyun -woo. If you’re going to kill a monster, don’t you have to look at all the patterns before killing it?

Anyway, I’m a bastard who can’t be of any help even once in my life.

Quickly. I clenched my teeth, but the darkness came without a chance.

Even though I had my eyes open, I couldn’t see an inch in front of me.

Is this what it would feel like to be drifting alone in the vast universe?

Although it only lasted a moment, I felt so lonely and scared.

Since it is a simple condition and not permanent blindness, it will resolve over time… .

Kwang kwagwagwang–!

“Kkkk!!”

Quagwang! Phew! Suddenly!

“Cough! Wow… .”

Unlike the eyes, the screams of the Onaholes are very painful to the normal ears.

Shit shit shit shit shit shit.

I was too proud. I didn’t know I was this weak.

It was so selfish. My women were being cut down to protect me, and the pain that would soon come to me came to mind first.

If only I were a little stronger.

If only I had been a little more careful.

I’m a little more… .

ah. Since when?

The metallic sound of Yurina’s shield and Specter’s scythe colliding, and the painful groans of the Onahols that were squeezing my heart.

I couldn’t hear anything.

Is everyone dead except me? I wonder if even I am already dead. You just don’t realize it.

If that’s the case… now… Even if I become a little weak-

.

.

.

(Master… I’m sorry… for not being able to protect you…)

… … … under.

[Come to your senses, master!!!!]

Suddenly! Cheonggang!

I hear the sound of something being cut.

thud-! Grumpy!

The sound of metal falling to the floor is heard.

“Gooo—!”

The sound of the Specter howling… I can hear it.

[Status abnormality (blindness) is removed!]

The first thing I saw as my vision brightened was Specter, who was embarrassed by his scythe being broken in two in front of me.

The one who cut with the scythe was a Guardian clad in brilliant mana.

Even before, I was able to fix putting mana on the sword.

But that was just a fluke. It was the height of inefficiency, only pouring more mana into a weak poison.

Although the shape of the mana currently surrounded by the Guardian was not perfect, it was well refined, and the color was also condensed to be close to opaque.

Only now is it possible to truly call it sword energy or auror.

Originally, it was an achievement that should have made people jump around and rejoice, but instead of being happy, their expressions did not even change at all.

“Sorry. It’s too late.”

(What? I… Master… I trusted…)

“Still. If it had been a little faster, it wouldn’t have been like that… .”

At the back of the Specter, all the Onaholes, including Yurina, had returned to their standard form.

The area around them was full of their severed pieces, and Catherine and Vivian seemed to have lost their minds and were speechless.

Only Yurina was able to wriggle around and muster up the energy to have a conversation.

(Eight. Now… when you say that… you’re not… right…? We’re really… okay.)

… okay. Now is not the time to say such weak things.

“Bake~!!”

“What are you baking, you idiot? Should I roast you alive? ah. You were already behind, right?”

Specter recklessly swings the handle of his scythe. But there was no way he could be a match for Geomgi.

S-Geng-!

It cuts off Specter’s entire arm, along with the handle.

Tangrang. The handle fell to the floor, but only the sleeve of the robe was cut, and the man’s arm did not fall.

The reason is because it is a ghost-type monster among the undead.

Its face resembles a human skull, but its body, covered by a robe, is made up of the souls of creatures it has harvested.

But that didn’t mean there was no damage at all.

“Gooo—!!!”

“Now, with only two arms cut off, I feel terrible.”

Three Onaholes were sacrificed to protect me.

Even hundreds of his lives would not have been enough to repay him in full.

[00:10:01]

There are about ten minutes left until the dungeon ends.

It wasn’t enough time to stop him, but the more we did, the faster we had to move.

The angry guy was chattering his teeth and flashing his eyes, but since he was missing the wide-area blindness skill and didn’t have a scythe, he wasn’t scary at all.

[I received the Sylph’s blessing.]

[Agility stat increases by 15%!]

Suddenly! Squeak! Jjolaaak–!

Starting from his lower body, once, twice, three times.

An unpleasant sound that you don’t know if it’s the robe being torn or the souls inside.

The discomfort doubled or tripled with the added guilt toward the Onaholes, and the Guardian, full of emotion and mana, steadily cut the Specter’s body like paper.

“Bake~!!”

Realizing that close combat was hopeless, the guy quickly ran away and attacked with the souls of his body, but he was not faster than me, who had applied the movement speed buff of [Shield] and Sylph’s blessing that Yurina left at the end.

Creep- Creep- Creep- Creep- Creep- Creep- Creep!

“Die, die, die, die, die. Dying in as much pain as possible—.”

“Bake! Wow… ! Gooo!!!”

Forearm. Thighs. waist. chest. neck.

Whether or not he is writhing and screaming in pain, his body is cut into pieces one by one.

Since its main body is a skull anyway, it just flies around even if all of its body disappears from the neck down.

It was quite bizarre to see only the head floating around, but there was no time to appreciate it.

If time passes and [Shield’s] movement speed increase buff ends, the time limit will end without being able to catch him.

Kyaang-! Coo!

Fortunately, before the duration expired, I was able to strike down the Specter’s skull with the blade of my sword and shoot it down.

“Grrr… .”

“You bastard. Why are you crawling out already? under. Who do you blame now? It’s all my fault.”

If I had been stronger, I would have saved all the Onaholes instead of having to rely on a single Specter.

If I had been more careful, I wouldn’t have entered this suspicious dungeon in the first place.

I have a goal.

The goal is to stubbornly survive in this shitty tower and use it as motivation to become stronger.

The top priority that must be kept first in order to protect myself, my onaholes, and a happy future with them.

Dangrang–

I put down the Guardian and walked towards the head of the Specter that was lying on the ground.

Even his skull, which is his main body, is cracked, and he is no longer able to resist.

The eye light is noticeably blurred and blinking, and it looks like it will die on its own if I leave it like this.

He clenched his fists, which were not even encased in mana, and looked at him with inorganic eyes and spoke softly.

“If you have a next life, please come visit me. Then I will kill you more painfully.”

[00:00:36]

I say this sincerely. I haven’t paid it all off yet.

Kwasik! Quaaang-! Persaseok… .

I slammed my fist down and shattered the guy’s skull.

[Clear the sudden quest! Compensation will be paid.]

[Your level has increased by 1! (Lv.32 ⇒ Lv.33)]

[Use stat points to raise your stats!]

A system message obscured my eyes. ignored.

Jeez. Jeez.

“It’s all over. Guys.”