episode_0064

Bang! Kwaang!! Kwadeudeudeuk!! Kureureureung!!!

A deafening roar that feels like the heavens and earth are tearing apart echoes through the world, and the clouds split.

It goes without saying that trees are mercilessly uprooted and destroyed, and the land collapses.

It was fortunate that this place was uninhabited; if this had happened within the human realm, countless people would have died.

Amidst this situation, the one causing this disaster is a great tiger with impeccably clean white fur, about the size of a small house.

Keureureueuaaaaaaaooooo!!!

It was the White Tiger.

‘Ah, really… If it was just about killing it, it would be a simple matter to resolve…’

However, if I kill the White Tiger like this, I might face backlash from Baekryeon or the clan that regards the White Tiger as its guardian deity, so I can’t choose the option of killing it. Unable to hold back the sigh that comes out involuntarily, I let it out as is and looked at the White Tiger.

She must already be weakened to the point of exhaustion.

Moreover, not only that, but despite being on the verge of complete collapse due to being injected with forced pleasure through potent aphrodisiacs and mind control, she was displaying indomitable spirit and trying to destroy everything that bound her.

Judging by her actions…, she seems like she’s going to keep rampaging until she dies.

There’s nothing more difficult than subduing an opponent who is rampaging with a death wish. But if I wait until the White Tiger dies…

‘Unlike Vermilion Bird, who attacked first for no reason and is annoying, I feel bad just letting the White Tiger die…’

“Young Master!!!”

“The lower part is cleared up!!!”

While I was continuing the power struggle with the White Tiger and wondering what to do, Baekryeon and Seollin, who were dealing with Chui, fortunately managed to resolve the situation smoothly and were approaching me. Of course, they can’t enter within a certain area due to the White Tiger’s destruction…

“First, you guys retreat as you are!”

“But Young Master!…”

“If she’s rampaging like that, even I would have a hard time protecting you! Besides, I can’t kill her!!!”

If I could kill her, it would be simple, but if I can’t kill her, I have to find a way to subdue her somehow before she takes her own life.

“Why is a guardian spirit attacking us in the first place! We’re just trying to help!”

I greatly sympathized with Seollin’s words in my heart.

I’m just trying to help the White Tiger, so why do I have to suffer like this because of the White Tiger?

While I was thinking that, Baekryeon took a hasty step forward and shouted.

“White Tiger!”

“Baekryeon?! It’s dangerous!”

Knowing that stepping into that inhuman battlefield without exceeding the limits of a human is tantamount to suicide, Seollin blocked Baekryeon, but Baekryeon shook off Seollin’s hand grabbing her and said.

“I am a descendant of the White Tiger. If the White Tiger is enraged, it is also my role to stop it!”

“But look at that! Can we withstand that inhuman battlefield!! I know how you feel, but let’s calm down and leave it to Cheonwoo!”

“I still have to go!!”

“Don’t be stubborn! Baekryeon!!”

Kwaaaang!!!

I could hear Baekryeon and Seollin bickering and fighting.

Even in this situation, they’re fighting well, I thought, and then I looked at the White Tiger.

“?”

Keureureueueu….

“Are you…calm?”

The White Tiger, who had only been continuing to destroy everything indiscriminately, stopped her actions and looked around.

But she couldn’t find what she was looking for, so she let out another earth-shattering roar and started destroying again.

Keuaooooooo~~!!!

‘What is this right now?….’

Something has changed.

I could feel that the White Tiger’s movements, which had been destroying everything without hesitation, had gained a bit of caution.

Why did this change happen?

I could know the reason without thinking deeply.

I quickly turned my gaze.

At the end of my gaze, I can see Baekryeon and Seollin still bickering.

‘According to the setting, Baekryeon is the White Tiger’s real child. No one knows that anymore except for the White Tiger herself, but…’

If there is a way to regain even a shred of reason in a situation where she is so broken and on the verge of corruption…, it is an emotion so intense that it forcibly suppresses the confusion she is feeling now.

Yes, like a mother’s feelings for her child…

“Baekryeon!!!”

As soon as my thoughts were organized, I immediately called Baekryeon’s name.

Baekryeon and Seollin were both bickering and fighting, but stopped fighting at my voice and looked at me.

“The White Tiger’s movements have changed! Judging from her reaction, she seems to remember you to some extent!! You’re probably the only one who can make the White Tiger come to her senses!!”

“Ah, I understand! I’ll go right away!”

“Ah! Baekryeon!!”

As soon as my permission was given, Baekryeon immediately threw herself into the inhuman battlefield that I and the White Tiger were creating.

Seollin looked at that figure, wavering, and eventually tried to jump into that battlefield herself, but I stopped her.

“Seollin!!”

“U, uh?! What’s wrong?!”

“The White Tiger is probably pickled in a significant amount of aphrodisiacs and other toxins, so her physical condition isn’t normal! Please prepare something to resolve those!”

“!!…, I understand! I’ll prepare it right away!”

Seollin immediately nodded and hurriedly descended the mountain.

“Young Master! What should I do!!”

“I’ll incapacitate her for a moment, so call out to the White Tiger in the meantime! Make her come to her senses somehow!”

“I understand! I don’t know if I can do it or not, but…, I’ll try somehow!”

Baekryeon nodded desperately at my words.

After confirming that, I shifted my gaze to the White Tiger.

Click

“Y, Young Master! The sword!…”

“It’s okay. I won’t surround it with powerful energy. I’ll somehow endure it with this leather.”

Even if it doesn’t endure, some blood is needed anyway to achieve a certain suppression…

【Sword King’s Secret Art】

“Earth Divide.”

Jjeoeong!!!

I slammed the White Tiger’s head hard once.

As expected, attacking with a sword gave a definite shock rather than slamming my fist, and the White Tiger’s movements definitely stopped.

“Baekryeon! Now!!”

“I understand!!”

The moment she heard my words, Baekryeon ran towards the White Tiger in one step.

“White Tiger!! Please calm down!! We came here to help you!!!”

Baekryeon’s words.

Could it be that Baekryeon’s voice reached her amidst the weakening body and confused mind?

A very slight spark of life seemed to appear in the White Tiger’s golden eyes.

“Please…, come to your senses…”

Geureua….eu…eueu…..

The White Tiger’s body was enveloped in a white light.

And the light gradually scattered, and its size continued to shrink.

Ultimately, the light shrunk to about the size of a human woman, and soon, as a butterfly is born from a cocoon, the figure of a woman appeared from within the cocoon of light.

Hair mixed with white and black. And the ears and tail of a tiger standing upright.

It was the human form of the White Tiger.

“Baek…ryeon….”

She left those words at the very end and collapsed as is.

“White Tiger-nim!!”

“She’s still breathing. It’s faint, but she’s still okay. Let’s move her quickly. Seollin will have prepared to take care of the White Tiger.”

“That won’t do.”

“!”

Just as I was about to return with the White Tiger, I turned my head in the direction from which the voice came.

At the same time, Baekryeon trembled and turned her head with her eyes wide open.

In the direction from which the voice came, a man with hair as red as blood was standing.

I could know who he was without having to say it.

“Red…, Demon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Like the roar of a ferocious beast,

Baekryeon’s cry filled with anger echoed.

“The White Tiger is necessary for us. Hand her over quietly and disappear.”

“Shut up!!! You bastard!! Are you thinking of annihilating our family! And eventually even violating White Tiger-nim!!!!”

“Family?…, Ah. You, are you a survivor of the Baek clan? Come to think of it, I remember the White Tiger covering a human woman at that time.”

As if he had forgotten until now, he opened his mouth as if pondering.

And I stopped Baekryeon, who was even more enraged by that sight and was about to rush at him right away.

“Stop.”

“Young Master! But!!”

“Is it important to cut off that thing’s head right now? Or is it important to take care of the White Tiger in your arms?”

“That’s!….”

Baekryeon, who couldn’t answer my question, clenched her teeth as if she was upset, but carefully held the White Tiger in her arms.

“Promise me. You must cut off that thing’s head in front of me.”

“Of course. Go back first. I might cut off all his limbs, but I’ll keep him alive.”

“I understand.”

After nodding, Baekryeon turned her back and ran.

“I told you to hand over the White Tiger?”

Chwaaak!

At that moment, the Red Demon made a blade with his hand and swung it as if swinging a sword.

Then, a slash of red energy like blood was created from the tip of his hand. And the slash of red energy aimed at Baekryeon, who had turned her back, but was lightly blocked by my sword and scattered.

“!”

“Are you looking down on me?”

“You…, that sword. Indeed, that’s right. The warrior from the center. To be already following, you’re quite something.”

“I didn’t intend to, but it turned out that way.”

Our eyes met for a moment.

Red eyes, like his red hair.

The moment I thought my figure was reflected in those eyes, his figure became blurry.

He immediately ran towards me and unleashed another slash of red energy.

“Don’t you have the ability to learn? It doesn’t work.”

【Great Counterattack】+【Space Slash】+【Breath of All Things】

Teoeong! Chwaaak!!

“Keueuk?!”

I lightly nullified the red slash and launched a slash as a counterattack.

Even though it was a very light attack compared to the attacks aimed at the White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Gyoma King, he received the attack with great difficulty.

“D, did the warrior already gain this much power?….”

He looks at me in shock.

It seems like he finally noticed the difference in our levels…, but after confirming his level, the strangeness grew even more.

“….It’s strange after all.”

“But even if you’re a warrior…”

“You, how did you subdue the White Tiger?”

I was convinced with this one exchange.

That thing doesn’t have the ability to subdue the White Tiger.

“Who are you? The guy behind you.”