episode_0220

‘How do I do this?’

Suddenly.

Yerina’s teeth were grinding, making a sound like ice breaking.

Ears and tail shaking all the time.

Yerina’s animal senses constantly alerted her to emergency.

The enemy’s subtle life and will.

Distortion that arises when perception is distorted.

Memories that are altered.

Taking all of that into account and calculating, it seemed as if a whitish human figure had taken shape in front of Yerina.

There was definitely an error, and there was a time difference.

For Yerina, this was the best.

‘I feel like I can’t be caught.’

The speed is obviously faster this way.

Moreover, this is a closed place where one cannot leave until one of them dies.

Moreover, since Yerina had taken control of the magical energy within, the opponent had no way to supply additional magical energy.

From the beginning, Yerina entered the fight with an overwhelming advantage.

As time passed, that superiority had to be solidified.

In addition, this side was overwhelming even in terms of power, so the game should have been decided quickly.

For some reason, even after five minutes of giving her all, Yerina was unable to inflict any significant damage on her opponent.

Even if I couldn’t see it or recognize it, I knew it.

Let alone the taste of the hand, it didn’t even feel like the tip of a knife had grazed it.

‘I wish I could grind the counter.’

The fact that the other party was strangely not proactive also played a role.

Frost style is a sword technique that specializes in counterattacking the opponent’s attacks.

Because of this, Yerina was not able to utilize any of Frost’s tricks.

Of course, that was just an excuse.

Even without using swordsmanship, Yerina should already have been able to faint her opponent with just her strength and speed.

‘I have no choice but to avoid this place? Didn’t they come here to harm Julia in the first place? ‘Why are you so passive?’

I didn’t understand the other person at all.

I have no idea what the purpose is.

It is certain that he went to Jill’s residence, and when he checked, he found that Jill was safe and without any injuries.

The only thing that has changed is that a ray of hope seems to have grown in those ugly eyes that seemed to have filled all the sadness in the world.

‘What is the purpose?’

They roamed around gathering demonic energy, destroyed the archives, and have now infiltrated the Allied Forces headquarters.

However, there have been no casualties caused by it so far.

It was as if they were not trying to attack the coalition, but had some other purpose.

Although I overreacted at first because Yulia’s life was at stake.

As she watched her opponent just dodge even after repeated thrusts of her sword, Yerina gradually began to have a premonition that she was wrong.

Maybe the other person has no intention of opposing me.

“Is it possible to have a conversation?”

“······.”

Yerina recited carefully.

But as expected, there was no response from the other side.

I just respond quietly and raise my sword.

It definitely feels like living.

It’s a decent place to live.

It’s as if I’m deliberately paying it out to be considerate so that I can follow it with my eyes?

“Yes, Yerina? What are you doing now?”

Considering all this, the other person has no intention of harming me no matter what.

Yerina came to that conclusion and slowly lowered her sword.

An unrecognized enemy who secretly infiltrated the headquarters.

I can’t believe I lowered my sword against such an enemy.

It was a decision that Yerina thought was crazy, but now she feels it is the right decision.

There may be a way to communicate without hostility somewhere…

“Huh?!”

The moment I thought that, a harsh blow struck.

A white sword flew towards Yerina’s forehead in an instant.

She quickly raised her sword to block, but the shattered fragments of the sword grazed Yerina’s cheek.

Yerina’s expression became blank, and bright red blood flowed down her cheek.

The opponent, who seemed to have no intention of attacking all this time, suddenly changed.

As if scolding.

As if telling you not to retreat, but to attack.

“Yes, Yerina? Blood, blood….”

Without lowering her raised sword, Yerina quickly wiped the blood from her cheek.

The shallow cut had already frozen and was completely sutured.

“Ah. Ahaha… It’s okay.”

I got scolded.

I couldn’t read the other person’s intentions or look at their expressions, but I felt that way for some reason.

The other person was yelling now.

Stop thinking about nonsense and go into battle.

The reason was simple.

“When it comes to conversations between swordsmen, there is only one thing… I said something strange.”

I felt so proud because I was able to guess the opponent’s intentions with the tip of my sword for a moment.

conversation? That’s an impossible opponent.

Didn’t you already realize this while interrogating the archvillain Belphegor?

The other person is a forbidden being that cannot be recognized by any means, and whose memory is erased if you get even a little closer to its identity.

There is only one way to approach him.

Just like Rex, all they did was clash the tips of their swords.

All I wanted was to seek the wisdom that goes beyond the limits of the sword.

‘The guy who knows that…’

Yerina, who felt sorry for herself, laughed out loud.

I already knew everything.

Even though I knew, I pretended not to know.

no. Actually, it was something I wanted to believe.

I hope there is a way to contact the opponent other than the sword.

“ha······.”

The tip of Yerina’s sword shook.

Why did the person who knew best that there was no such way do that?

The reason was obvious.

This is because Yerina had not yet mastered even half a step in the five principles of swordsmanship.

In the first place, I didn’t feel the need to overcome the sword’s limitations.

There is nothing in this world that can handle the physical strength of this body anyway, so why bother? I wanted to.

To put it bluntly, as long as the altitude wasn’t too high, you could have intercepted the airship without getting hurt even if you had a fight with it.

So I avoided it again and again.

Although there were countless expectations that he would be a talented person who would create Frost-style misconceptions.

As year after year passed and there was no sign of the Frost Lord giving birth to Oui, such expectations faded somewhat.

Now that my father is dead and there is no one to help me.

There was no longer any sense of necessity or motivation.

But those were all just additional reasons.

The real reason was different.

‘Because I’m afraid…’

I was afraid.

Pursuing the extreme of the sword.

Or, to be more precise, I was afraid to see what was beyond the limits of swordsmanship.

‘What I saw then was, of course, five senses, no, a drama that went beyond five senses.’

There was a time when I was close to enlightenment.

While training to fuse Gwanghalsimbeop and swordsmanship, I had a glimpse of the five intentions of the Frost style, especially the five intentions that Yerina would create.

But that day, Yerina came to a strange realization.

Instead of Oui, I ended up peeking beyond.

How should I explain it?

When Yerina chose the words, it felt as if I was contemplating myself.

I delve into myself as a third party.

Dismantle the body like tofu.

Even the intangible soul is opened.

And only then is the essence of humanity finally revealed.

The moment when it is projected and shown.

Yerina felt as if a world different from this world was expanding infinitely.

It was a state that some called ‘the world within’.

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‘Why are you doing that?’

Yerina changed suddenly.

My breathing became heavy and my eyes began to flutter.

If the use of mental techniques has become difficult, that is not the case. Yerina is doing a good job of suppressing the magic power that is trying to run away and properly controlling the sensations of her entire body.

Are you agitated?

It’s slightly different from that.

Yerina’s spirit gradually fades.

Her life for me was fading away, and her maniacal eyes were no longer directed at me.

It looks like you have entered a hazy dream.

Did you fall asleep while standing?

I just threw my sword at Yerina.

Then, without any response, Yerina’s body was torn in half by the sword.

“It’s a surprise······.”

I felt cold for a moment.

However, after the sword energy splits and passes, Yerina, cut in half, just scatters like fog and disappears.

When Julia saw that, she already foamed at the mouth and fainted.

I went to the place where Yerina was just moments ago and was trembled.

Yerina did not disappear.

It’s still here.

It has simply been transferred to another world nested in this place.

In other words, Yerina entered her ‘inner world’.

“Is this how other people feel when they look at me?”

It was my first time seeing someone else enter my inner world.

Even in the case of Belphegor, I forced my way in.

It feels a bit strange, but at the same time, I have doubts.

“You’ve entered the inner world, but you can’t use the five powers?”

It’s bizarre.

Wasn’t the condition for entering the inner world to realize the Five Consciousness?

So, did Yerina save the five powers even though she could use them?

That can’t be possible.

Even though she wavered once in the middle, Yerina went into the fight with me without any doubt, believing that it was a fight that would risk her and Yulia’s lives.

So, if there was a intention to settle the score, there was absolutely no reason not to use it.

“How to enter the inner world without realizing the five meanings…”

There is only one such method that comes to mind.

In the case of Belphegor, he entered easily even though he had never held a sword before or even thought about the bigger picture.

Not by will, but by someone else’s will.

They dragged me by the collar and forcibly entered the room.

“You didn’t go in on your own, but you were dragged in?”

So, Yerina was also taken away…?

Oh my, I got goosebumps.

And before I knew it, I found myself gathering the last remaining magical energy into my fingertips.

A world that splits time and space and overlaps here.

It was to enter the world inside Yerina.