episode_0125

Residents of the comedy village were almost immune to dark magic, just being defeated, but the man with a mustache was a black magician of the Go Circle. He didn’t have the power to fight the Spirit King head-on and win, but he had the ability to suppress a weakened Spirit King.

The man pulled out a round magical tool from the bag where he had been stuffing documents randomly.

Gripping the magical tool that could control the prison painstakingly created to subdue the Spirit King.

Woo-woong -…

The magical tool began to glow faintly. At the same time, the room where Rian and the Spirit King stood began to react. Bright lines drew geometric patterns on the gray walls, and complex magic circles appeared on the floor.

The power that had restrained the Spirit King and extracted his strength remained there. Simultaneously, an invisible barrier separated the room where the man stood and the laboratory where Rian stood.

The man chuckled and said, “If you’ve gained freedom, you should have escaped immediately. Staying foolishly will only lead to a dangerous situation.”

His face was full of arrogance as if he had already obtained the Spirit King. Ignoring the man who started babbling, Rian silently communicated with the dark sword.

‘Can’t we break this?’

[Hmm… It’s like thick paper.]

It meant they could tear it apart like a giant spider’s web. Upon hearing this, Rian raised the dark sword.

“Well, it’s better this way. I’ll take all the glory for myself at this point! Hahaha! Being recorded in history is enough for me alone!”

He and three other black magicians had been researching combat weapons. Two of them died under the influence of mad scientists, so the result of the experiment they were about to complete seemed to be something he could claim solely.

After subduing the Spirit King, he became intoxicated with the glory he would enjoy in the future and burst into a frivolous laughter. Laughing so hard that it became unpleasant, he reached out his hand to activate the second spell.

“Now, it’s time to be bound by chains again -..”

Ziik.

Before he finished speaking, Rian pierced the transparent barrier with the dark sword and effortlessly cut through it. A square hole appeared as if cutting cookie dough into pieces.

“Huh?”

The man with the mustache looked puzzled as he watched Rian walk out of the lab. In a comedic world, he had a foolish face that could even make tears flow.

His face clearly showed the thought, ‘What’s going on? This isn’t right.’

“Oh, haha… ha….”

Seeming embarrassed, he covered his eyes with one hand, laughing, then quickly regained his composure.

“…Not yet, not yet!”

With an urgent voice, black magic began to surge from the man’s body. Despite his insignificant appearance, a formidable power was felt.

As if a villain in distress, he began muttering to himself.

“Even if it’s the Spirit King, in this place made of blood-black stone, one can only use less than half of their power!”

A magical structure similar to the new creation of the Spirit King began to form in an instant. The magical structure created by the man appeared to be 2 meters in size.

Crash! Bang!

As the magical structure grew in size, the chandelier hanging from the ceiling shattered, and part of the ceiling collapsed. As the wooden wall peeled off, the dark red blood-black stone was revealed, faintly glowing in harmony with magic.

Oh! Partner, that ‘Blood Black Stone’ seems quite cool! If I ever make a room for myself, I’ll definitely use that ‘Blood Black Stone’!

“Do you… need a room?”

Although the Blood Black Stone had its own ego, it was still just a sword. Unless someone was obsessed with collecting swords, there was no one who would give a personal room to a sword. But Lian thought it might be possible.

“Well, in a world where even androids have rooms, having a room for a sword like Blood Black Stone isn’t that strange.”

With that thought in mind, Lian spread the sword diagonally.

“Can that be countered?”

“It could swallow it whole.”

In front of the self-proclaimed strongest sword, even an attack that could easily wipe out a whole village seemed no different from a fly’s insignificant buzzing. Lian smiled confidently.

Clang! Kugukwang…

Sparks flew from the magic circle created by the man, and it suddenly expanded to a size of 3 meters, filling the spacious room as if to overwhelm it. The Blood Black Stone began to emit a chilling aura, contrasting with the magic circle filled with blood-like energy.

In a terrifying situation where the two energies seemed about to clash at any moment, the young spirit shrunk back.

For a moment, a small silence lingered.

Kurrrung! Shaaak!

The enormous magic circle suddenly condensed to the size of a human head and shot towards Lian faster than the wind. Lian’s Blood Black Stone accurately sliced through the incoming magic circle.

Kwajijijik!

A dense sword strike extended from the Blood Black Stone, cleanly splitting the magic circle into two.

“Hahaha! Fool! Slicing it will only make it explode! Shield!”

After shouting this, the man wrapped himself in several layers of shields in preparation for the imminent massive explosion.

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“…?”

As no explosion occurred, the man cautiously opened one eye.

“…??”

Although the room that should have exploded was in tatters, it was no different from before. Lian, holding the Blood Black Stone, looked at him with an unscathed face.

“What’s… this?”

With his mouth agape, he quickly scanned around, searching for his vanished magic circle.

Before long, he found what appeared to be his magic circle.

“No way…”

His gaze fell on a black sphere the size of a watermelon, cut in half and lying on the ground like a neatly sliced fruit. The magic circle, victim to a prank, had lost its original form and now lay rolling on the ground like a beautifully cut fruit.

The dark mage, unable to comprehend the surreal scene, froze in place.

“No, how… can magic… Magic’s form can never… be like that…?”

Like hearing an incomprehensible tale that the round Earth is actually square, or that what we thought was space is actually the ocean, the dark mage remained frozen in disbelief.

Lian chose not to attack the bewildered dark mage. Not only did he find the mage’s skills lacking, but he also believed it was better to gather information before taking action.

As Lian moved to subdue the distracted dark mage,

“Whoa..”

“Gasp..!”

“Eek!”

Lian and the dark mage both shuddered at the chilling voice.

“Darl…ing…~ I’ve been waiting for a man like you❤”

From the wide-open door, a cross-dressing barber man with hairy legs sticking out appeared. Lian reflexively shut his eyes tightly.

The black magician, who looked back late, had to capture the black magician with a coat wide open by the female barberman, so he had to capture everything in real-time.

Tears of blood began to flow from his eyes.

Frozen in great mental shock, he made a strange sound, “Hmm,” as the pervert who approached him like a perverted grandfather wrapped the black magician in a coat and kidnapped him.

It happened in an instant.

As the man quickly left the room, Lian, left alone, felt cold sweat dripping from his forehead to his chin.

“He was a true… adversary.”

[ …Are all humans like that these days? ]

Even for the mage who thought of humans as animals divided into females and males, it was a scene shocking enough to make the mage’s voice tremble.

“That can’t be true!”

[ Well, then, that’s fortunate! …If you have such preferences, feel free to speak openly at any time. Dress according to your preferences as much as possible… ]

Lian imagined himself wearing a barberman coat instead of a handsome uniform and faced reality. Unable to shake off the dreadful image lingering in his mind, blood started flowing from his lips.

Wanting to escape from reality, Lian tried to clear his mind by hitting his head against the nearby wall. At the moment he tried to hit his head on the wall…

Swiftly.

Quietly, instead of the soft cushion that had been against Lian’s back, the spirit mother reached out and covered Lian’s forehead with her hand. Her hand was huge, big enough to cover his entire face.

As her hand covered his face, his mind cleared as if he had swallowed cool water. Lian grabbed the hand covering his eyes and said, “Thank you.”

[ Hmph, I can do that much too. ]

Ignoring the grumbling of the mage, she left the study.

“Aaah!”

“H-Help… me!”

In the distance, faint screams could be heard. Frowning, Lian thought, ‘What on earth is happening?’

Why would a barberman dressed as a woman, something you’d only see in a comedy world, appear here?

Thinking he needed to understand the situation, Lian cautiously started descending.

“Oh…”

[ Bodies are scattered around. ]

As he descended, more and more bodies with mosaic treatment were strewn about.

“Ha ha ha! We’re running towards that sunset together!”

“T-This is crazy!”

A man with gravity-defying hair sparkled his eyes and ran carrying the black magician on his shoulders.

With each step the man took, the black magician’s body swung like an elementary school student’s shoe bag. As the back of his head hit the ceiling and walls, blood began to flow. Simultaneously, the screams abruptly stopped.

Before long, all that remained in the passionate man’s arms was cold, lifeless bodies.