episode_0174

Somewhere in the East Continent.

Old Land of Dongseungsin.

A stone tower towering in the middle of it.

At the top of the stone tower that soared as if piercing the sky, there was a man leisurely sipping alcohol from a gourd and watching the floating clouds.

The man with spiky black hair and bluish eyes resembling the clear sky looked like a Taoist enjoying the finer things in life, or perhaps a loafer who only slacked off without working.

“My King.”

“What is it?”

“One thing. There is something I want to ask.”

And there was one human resembling a monkey who served such a man.

“Ask away.”

“Why did you tell her the story about the human hero?”

“Is that what you’re curious about?”

“I’m sorry, but yes.”

A really trivial question.

But a question that he couldn’t possibly bear to wonder.

“The King knows better than I do, but that person is…”

“My sister has a strong desire for a husband.”

“…That’s right. If she hears the story of the human hero, she will surely take an interest…. If that happens….”

The monkey, having said that far, shut his mouth.

Because the story after this was unnecessary and didn’t need to be said.

The black-haired man, who had been drinking, put down the gourd and stared beyond the sky, saying.

“To resolve your curiosity, let me start with the conclusion…. I did it on purpose. The reason is simple. If he can’t overcome ‘that much,’ he’ll be broken anyway. It’s a trial and consideration for him.”

“A trial and consideration…, you say?”

“He is a hero, but he is not a being of this world. He has no ‘obligation’ to take responsibility for the affairs here.”

A soul who came from another world according to the guidance of the Goddess.

He is using the body of a being from this world, but its essence is, after all, from another world.

Therefore, he has no obligation to take responsibility for anything that happens in this world.

“That’s why I told my sister about him. My sister would surely test him. And probably that guy…, will surely more than satisfy my sister’s eyes. Then the rest is simple. He becomes my sister’s husband.”

“That’s how it will be.”

“There is no safer place in this world than by my sister’s side. If he does not fulfill the obligations he has taken on as a ‘hero’ and simply desires peace, it would be good for him to live as my sister’s husband.”

Having said that far, the black-haired man quietly closed his eyes.

“But…. If he tries to escape from my sister, he will have to face her. He will have to subdue her with force. But the duty of the hero that he must bear cannot be achieved by merely being blocked by my sister’s power.”

“That’s why…, you told her the story?”

“Yes. How the results will turn out… will probably come out soon.”

Completely on the opposite side from here.

Feeling a strong wave of power felt from very far away, the black-haired man raised the corners of his lips.

* * *

Bang!!!

“Everyone evacuate~!!”

“The mistress is pissed off~!!!”

“Those who want to live, run away right now~!!!”

Rumble!! Crash!!!!

The beautifully shining white palace completely collapsed. Immense power is released, splitting the earth and tearing the sky.

Brilliantly shining golden and white vigorous energy soared, and the rough demonic power fluctuating in red collided as if responding to it.

‘She’s really strong!!!’

The fist of Great Sage Equal to Heaven extends to me.

I barely avoid it and simultaneously strike with a slash.

But she shatters it with her other hand and headbutts me as is.

I hurriedly use to leap into the air.

Crash!!!

Great Sage Equal to Heaven’s charge lost its direction and indiscriminately destroyed only innocent places.

“I feel like I’ve become a matador….”

“….”

From the rubble of the destroyed building, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, like the Terminator, gets up without a care and stares at me with blank eyes.

That lifeless gaze was quite creepy, but since the dice have already been rolled, there is no way to turn back.

“…Crea. Pascho.”

“Yes.”

As she quietly opened her mouth, a maid, who I don’t know where she was waiting, struggled to bring a large halberd and threw it at Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

The huge halberd, ‘Pascho,’ was held in Great Sage Equal to Heaven’s hand.

The pressure felt at that moment was no joke.

Until now, she had only fought with her bare hands, but now she’s holding a weapon….

Thump!

Great Sage Equal to Heaven jumped straight up.

And slams the halberd straight down.

“!”

Crash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An unbelievable strike.

A vast storm erupted, sweeping away everything around it.

If I had made a mistake, I would have been swept away and flown away.

“….”

“…Time out for a moment. Let’s negotiate.”

“If Master is not able to be Master…. So that I can have Master all to myself forever….”

Lifeless eyes flicker with a cloudy light as she looks at me.

Then she regrips the halberd, Pascho, which had shown unbelievable power.

And rushes at me, swinging the halberd.

If I try to take that head-on, the same thing that happened earlier will happen to me.

If I dodge it….

This place will be completely wrecked now.

“…Tch.”

Sword King Secret Art

Counterattack

And I use all the skills and traits I have.

Since taking it head-on is dangerous…, I raise that power upwards.

Sword King Secret Art : Modified Earth Flip

Rumble! Crash!!

Overwhelming power surges upward.

The power that surged upward headed towards the sky to some extent, then scattered as if exploding, creating a strong wind.

‘…My arm is tingling.’

Even though I clearly deflected the power, my arm is tingling.

To the point where if I let my guard down even a little, I would drop my sword as is.

“You’re still my Master.”

“So, won’t you negotiate now?”

“There’s no such thing.”

She rushes in once again.

‘How can she unleash attacks with that kind of power as if she’s just throwing normal punches!…’

But now I don’t have the ability to take that attack one more time.

My arm is already weak from deflecting it once, so what more is there to say.

‘Think…, of a way to survive here!….’

At that moment, something flashes in my mind.

If suppressing her with force is not possible….

“Damn it, it’s either way!!”

With a rough sound cutting through the wind, the halberd plunges down at me.

I looked at it and said quietly.

“Mino, chest.”

The halberd that was aiming for me lost its master’s touch and flew far away as is.

And Great Sage Equal to Heaven stopped in front of me and held out her chest to me.

…This works?

I silently reached out my hand to Great Sage Equal to Heaven’s chest.

Feeling the softly fluffy chest of Great Sage Equal to Heaven, I looked at her. She was looking at me with a completely relaxed expression, as if she was happy that I wanted her.

“Ahem…. Mino. I think you’re misunderstanding something.”

“A misunderstanding…, you say?”

“It’s definitely true that I’m leaving this place. Because I’m a hero. I have an obligation to deal with the fragments of the Demon King. But that doesn’t mean I’m never coming back here.”

The fact that I’m saying this while touching a woman’s chest is so absurd, but….

What can I do? If I don’t do this, I don’t know what the bull in front of me will do.

This chest is playing a role similar to a rein.

…Saying it like this makes me look like a pervert?

“I’ll come back when things are settled.”

“….”

She looked at me silently.

Was she trying to figure out the truth of my words?

After looking at me like that, she said.

“Then I’ll follow you too, Master.”

“…Huh?”

* * *

I returned to the dwarves’ underground city with Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

At this time, it seems that what Great Sage Mixed with Heaven said, ‘My sister wrecked the dwarves,’ was not a lie, as there was quite a commotion among the dwarves.

But since I, who had saved them, had guaranteed for her, and in the first place, they couldn’t beat her no matter how much they acted up, they simply decided to watch quietly and only put guards on her from afar.

Of course, she would have easily noticed such surveillance, but whether it was because she was next to me or because that level was insignificant and she didn’t care, she quietly followed me demurely without saying anything.

“So, she came along. She’s Great Sage Equal to Heaven. Her name is Mino.”

So I took her to my party in the underground city and introduced her, and each of their reactions was different.

“Haha…. Um…. First of all, please take care of me.”

The polite Baekryeon greeted Mino first, no matter what.

“….”

Seolrin didn’t seem to like Great Sage Equal to Heaven, one of the Seven Demon Kings, so much because of her experience of almost dying to Great Sage Pitted with the Sea.

She was frowning and glaring at her.

“Oh my, oh my….”

And Lucy…, I don’t know what she’s thinking.

Lastly, Rebiya….

“….”

“…Rebiya?”

“….”

For some reason, she was looking at me with a slightly dissatisfied expression.

What is it?

Did something happen in those few days?

Meanwhile, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who had been quiet, quietly opened her mouth.

“The one called Great Sage Equal to Heaven, or the Great Bull Demon King. Please take care of me as Master’s wife.”

“…What?”

“Wh, what?!”

“Oh? This is going to be controversial. Hero.”

“!!!”

Ah, damn it.

I should have suppressed her with force, whether it worked out or not.