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As the girl turned her back and ran away, two more transformed demons rushed at her.

-Quaang!

” Wake up!”

First, I grabbed the guy at close range by the neck and spun him around. And quickly caught up with the other one.

The creature’s long snout barely managed to grab the girl’s tail right before it tore off her head. Afterwards, he climbed up his neck and hit his head and eyes repeatedly with his fist.

“Skeek!! Sigh!!”

The pig-like beast makes a few clucking sounds, telling the mountain to leave, and then falls to the floor with a thud.

The girl made eye contact with me for a moment, then turned and hurried away into the darkness.

And from behind, I hear the voice of someone I’ve heard before somewhere.

“Isn’t this the friend you brought with you?”

The steward who greeted us yesterday and explained various things to us had a creepy smile on his face.

Every time the light from the headlights passed through his eyes, a bright red light appeared.

“I think I told you to avoid going out at night. Should I really say that there are no troublemakers here? ”

“… Was it a demon?”

“Words like that are a bit unpleasant. There is a title called the chosen people.”

“Shut up. What on earth are you doing here?”

“If I tell you, will you know? How can an idiot understand the sacred cause?”

On the other hand, it was a fairly polite response, but deep-rooted hatred for humans was evident in his tone.

Of course, my stomach turns as well. Every time I deal with animals, the old memories that come with me always make me suffer.

I whirled around and looked around. Those who had disguised themselves as workers or guards had long since canceled their transformation and returned to their original appearance. He hissed, snorting and drool dripping from the corner of his mouth.

Judging by their single horn and size, most of them appear to be third-class demons. Seeds with a primitive mindset that is closer to that of beasts rather than intelligent beings.

However, the guy who was imitating the passionate new steward still maintained his human form. Then he looked at me with creepy eyes.

If there is anyone in this position who is the most difficult, it is him. Judging from the fact that he is good at imitating people and leading a 3-tier species, he is at least a 2-tier species.

I remembered the faint scent of the bastard I smelled yesterday. Even when disguised as a human, if the scent of an animal can be slightly released, it means that it is a very powerful entity. Because I wasn’t able to properly capture all the momentum.

It was a painful mistake to be so captivated by the sweet particle scent that I couldn’t remember its true identity.

“Krrrr… ”

“Pureuk… ”

The siege formed by beasts walking on two feet is gradually narrowing from all directions.

“You are quite brave, but do you think you can take down this group all by yourself?”

“… well. It seems like there’s nothing that can’t be done.”

“Puhup. There has to be a certain level of versatility. It’s a shame. When you die soon, that bastard will be in our hands again.”

The guy, who was still in human form, made a sound of mocking me. It’s been a long time since I threw away the unsuitable human etiquette.

I bought time by answering at least one more word.

Normally, it would be a no-brainer to rip off guys like that. When I visited private property, I was told that weapons were not allowed in anyway, so I left the blade in the cradle.

Even that is not the only problem. The reason it’s difficult to deal with demons is because they are excellent in many fields. Their physical durability is incredible, and those of level 2 or higher can even shoot black magic.

So, even if you block the casting of black magic, you still have to deal with physical abilities that are several times greater than that of humans.

How can we handle a 3rd rank demon at this level… The problem is the guy who was imitating the steward.

As demons rise in rank, they become exponentially more powerful with the number of horns increasing. Both physical and dark magic.

Therefore, demons of level 2 or higher are such a difficult opponent that it is recommended that they be dealt with only after at least three wizards are in formation.

I kept trying to raise my prediction to path 4 or higher, but the pain that felt like it was squeezing my heart kept coming, as if I hadn’t recovered yet, and I was wasting the magic formula.

I wonder if it would be possible to deal with that guy at his current level.

“Ugh… ”

They are gradually closing the distance. I stopped thinking and got ready.

Why did the beasts crawl into the private property of the safest family in the country? What is the sacred cause they were talking about? Why did they kidnap the people?

It’s not too late to think about everything after you return home.

Gradually, the distance becomes closer to the point where you can even hear the animals’ breathing and the smell of their breath. At some point, I counted to three in my head.

one two.

Every time they counted, they exposed their gums and became impatient, as if they were about to attack at any moment.

And three.

The maws of animals pounce at me from all directions at once, as if I had been squeezed.

Each of their jagged teeth and massive front paws was a very fatal blow, but because they were all as large as a cow, there were a lot of gaps between them.

I started to work my way through them, dealing with them one by one.

The attack focused on the abdomen where the vital points and internal organs were located, and if that did not work, the head was struck and thrown to the ground.

He stretches out his entire body and trembles, then hangs down and doesn’t move.

If even that wasn’t possible, I would dig out my eyes with my fingers.

As he was holding on to him and crying out in pain, he turned back and turned his head away.

“Sweet! Sigh!”

“Keheng! Kehehe!!”

The cries of the animals were loud enough to disturb the senses. Blood and sewage mixed together on the floor, giving off an indescribable odor. Is it any consolation that it is decreasing one by one as time goes by?

-Pow!

“Phew… after… ”

I kicked the corpse of the last remaining dog-like demon and walked towards the high-ranking demon who was watching the situation from afar.

The face, which had been imitating a human and making a sadistic expression, was distorted with embarrassment.

“Phew… I said it. It seems like there’s nothing that can’t be done.”

“This… How dare the revolutionary fighters… !”

He looked at me and muttered in a voice dripping with anger.

“The standard is too poor to be a warrior. Let’s finish it quickly. Because you don’t seem to be much different.”

“This bastard… !”

The devil’s characteristic temperament of getting angry when looked down upon was no different. Soon, atmospheric particles swirled into his body and a small whirlwind began to blow. The particles are converted into demonic energy and spread throughout his body.

It is so huge that it is almost twice the size of a third-tier species. The skin discolors to a bronze color and the muscles swell to the point of tearing. It has a snout that resembles a horse, and several horns sprout from its forehead and behind its ears.

“… Ha.”

At a glance, I can see more than five vicious horns, and a sigh comes out of my mouth without me knowing. This meant that it was a second-tier species so powerful that it was close to a first-tier species.

-Whoa whoa!

After completing his transformation, he immediately bends his legs and jumps towards where I am. As I rolled my body to avoid it, a strong shock wave spread in all directions in a split second.

Then it spread its palms wide and muttered something in the language of beasts. Then, a very sinister dark red sphere gradually increases in size.

Just before he threw the completed sphere, I spread the wave near my heart to its maximum.

-Changerang!

Then a sound like breaking glass is heard and the sphere scatters into the air. The horse-like head twitches its absurd eyes and stares helplessly at its palm.

As its size increases, it is easy to take advantage of the gap, so transformation is acceptable, but it is not black magic. If you don’t have a weapon or an intruder suit, letting black magic go is almost suicidal.

I took advantage of the guy’s confusion and quickly approached the lower abdomen. He then punched the area where his internal organs were lumped together, but what was heard was not a scream of pain, but the sound of hitting a stone made of steel.

-Quaang!

The guy who came to his senses lashed out with his huge claws, widening the distance again. It was somehow possible to level 3 species, but it is still difficult to level 2 species with bare hands. If I do the same thing one more time, I feel like the bones in my wrist will fall out.

“… ”

With a sudden inspiration, I looked at the sparse horns growing on its head. I think there might be a way.

The guy who took me away is waving his hands and grunting as he tries to use black magic again. But can that be possible?

The animal finally gives up and jumps in, pounding its heavy hooves. At an unusually fast speed, I was able to avoid him by a narrow margin.

-Kagagak… !

The metallic sound of fingernails grazing the mask very shallowly makes my vision momentarily dizzy. I shook my head and tried to shake off the sudden feeling of anxiety.

The monster rushed at me again and attempted to snatch me with its heavy arms. This time, I dodged him by a very small margin, then used my arms as a stepping stone and jumped onto the back of the monster’s neck.

“Kuok!!”

A gigantic figure is wriggling around and making a huge fuss. It swings around trying to snatch me with its knife-sharp nails.

-Sigh!

“Ugh… !”

I tried to avoid it as much as possible, but the space was so small that I couldn’t dodge all the attacks. In the end, a few fingernails leave scratches on my body. I wake up to the dizzying pain I feel as the poison seeps into my fingernails.

I placed one hand firmly on the back of its neck and reached out to grab one of its sharp horns.

And when I applied all my strength horizontally, the horn was torn off with a snapping sound.

“Kuok!! Kuok!! Wow!!”

The animal was so violent in pain that it could not hold on any longer and fell to the ground and rolled. Red demonic energy was seen escaping from the creature’s body into the air through the broken horn.

“Pureuk! Purr!”

A monster with a horse’s head, who has barely recovered from the pain, glares at me with flashing red eyes. The horizontally slit eyes are full of indescribable anger.

The horns are like their pride. Since he has been damaged, it will be difficult for him to maintain his senses. It’s my hope that he will rush at me like crazy.

“Kuweek!”

Its muscles contracted like springs and bounced towards me, screaming. When I rolled to the side to avoid it, the guy hit his head on the concrete wall.

-Quaaang!!

The wall surrounding the warehouse-like building collapsed, crushing the man’s body. I jumped onto the monster’s back before it could clear the wreckage and get up.

Then, he pounded the horn with all his might into the area where the gland above the heart was and crushed it with his feet.

“Kuwaek! Kuweeh… ”

The monster’s body, which was trembling and writhing in pain, stopped moving after a few seconds.

“Phew… omg… ”

I finally let out the breath I had been holding. The wound from the poison hurts, but it is still too early to rest.

Immediately they approached the windowless building where they were carrying sacks of people. As I turn and open the heavy iron door, the smell of blood and rot wafts in the air.

What on earth were you doing in here, muttering such grand words about it being a great cause?

I walked down the stairs leading to the door into the basement. As a result, the surrounding odor also becomes more intense, to the point that it gives you a headache. There was also a sound like water drops falling from somewhere.

And my dark-adapted eyes soon began to see the shocking surroundings.

One wall of the basement was filled with a huge mechanical device that made a humming noise. The translucent internal reservoir was filled with dark red liquid and overflowing.

Just by seeing the body stretched out in such a miserable way that it blocked the drain, I could immediately tell the identity of the liquid.

Blood falls to the floor in droplets along the long hose of the machine. There, a circular magic ceremony was drawn so large that it filled the entire floor. Each time blood drips, the dark red line blinks and gradually becomes brighter.

Unlike modern magic formulas, which are simply made up of points and lines, complex magical patterns were engraved with curves here and there.

Although I don’t have much knowledge of magic formulas, I was able to figure out what this was right away. It is a plague magic formula that spreads clouds of thick poison in all directions.

A large-scale black magic that reduces the physical vitality of non-black magic users and makes them sick.

Although it takes a long time to prepare in proportion to the scale, its effectiveness is certain and it is a method of terrorism often attempted in places where surveillance is loose.

The strangeness didn’t end there. It was already huge in itself, but a long line followed the outline of the magic formula, extending outward to the outside of the building.

It was not difficult for me to think of a place where the lines were connected. This is the direction where other enemy facilities were located.

If the same magic formulas are installed in those places and they are all connected… A magic ceremony on a truly gigantic scale, the likes of which I had never seen before, was spread across the entire site.

This place is not far from the center of the capital, and the terrain is also quite high.

If the magic were activated, there would be enough garages to cover the center of the capital.

Of course, the number of people who die will be countless.

The heated head begins to spin rapidly.

Obviously, the ones at the scene were demons disguised as employees and workers, but it is absolutely impossible for them to use the private land of such a famous family as their own home without someone’s consent.

And there is only one person in Jeokhwa who can condone and turn a blind eye to their activities.

The matriarch of Jeokhwa. Compassionate father.

“Oh my… !”

I immediately headed outside of the warehouse.

This place has already become a den of evil for a long time.

I don’t know what kind of person her father was before, but at least now he is not the person Yeon Yeon-ha knew before.

I feel impatient at the thought of getting out as quickly as possible.

As I came outside, something rushed into my chest again. It’s her dog, the crow, that brought Yeon Yeon-ha’s note earlier.

I was still wondering what this thing was doing here, but the mournful cries it kept emitting from its beak were getting on my nerves.

Contrary to its ordinary appearance, the crow is a first-class demonic beast. A creature that not only has the intelligence to understand human speech, but also has an advanced field, making it impossible to hunt with firearms.

Because of its usefulness, it is a creature closer to a spirit creature than a demonic beast.

There must be a reason why such a creature behaves this way.

“… Can you guide me to your master?”

-Knock!

As if waiting for those words, the crow slowly flapped its wings and began to lead me into the darkness.

Clutching my heart full of anxiety, I turned away from the corpses of the demon beasts and the suspicious basement and followed the little bird.