episode_0238

“Hero…, sir….”

Lucy’s voice sounded like it would break any second.

To put it nicely, Lucy was always composed, and to put it badly, she always showed a playful side, so seeing her so weakened was quite new, but right now, this wasn’t the time to be thinking about that.

“You don’t look okay. Get yourself together. But where are Leviya and Tamiel? Weren’t they with you?”

“Split…, up….”

Did they split the team into two and act?

Well, this place is so big and wide. If they want to find the two people who don’t know where they are, it would be more efficient to split up.

Moreover, I was holding onto the most troublesome existence here, the ‘Youma’.

Even if someone were to find them, there would be no one who could stop the three of Baekryeon, Seollin, and Lucy.

“….”

They probably never imagined that something like that would appear as an enemy in a place like this.

I faced Pyeongcheon Daeseong. She didn’t say anything, but it seemed like she had calculated that she couldn’t win by just recklessly rushing in, so she was maintaining a confrontational stance with me.

“Hey, Mino.”

“….”

“Are you not talking, or can’t you?”

Her eyes are a little different from those of a person with vitality.

Her eyes are blurry, as if she is half-submerged in a nightmare, in a daze.

What I can say for sure is that she is not in a normal state.

Because of this, I could know for sure.

“You’ve been had, haven’t you.”

Has she finished calculating the opponent’s and her own capabilities? She, who had been facing each other and confronting each other, moved.

Her attack is fast and threatening.

So, originally, I would have brushed it off.

But if I brush off her attack now, Baekryeon, Seollin, and Lucy, who are collapsed behind me, will be harmed.

Therefore, I cannot choose to brush it off or dodge it.

Therefore….

“Huuuup!!!”

Jjeo-eo-eong!!!

I block her attack.

“Huryaaaaaaat!!”

Kkii-ii-iik!! Teo-eong!!!

A little bit of a power struggle.

After that, I twisted my sword and forcibly pushed her attack upward.

The force and impact that had been falling straight down were twisted, and headed towards the ceiling, and the ceiling, which was made of wood, had no way to withstand the blow.

The ceiling is terribly destroyed, and pieces of wood fall.

Jjeo-eong! Ka-ang!! Teo-eong!!!

Pyeongcheon Daeseong’s heavy blows come and go several times.

And at the end of that, I somehow succeeded in pushing back Pyeongcheon Daeseong.

“Wh, what’s going on?!”

“Th, there, Arom’s pervert is fighting an unknown monster!!!”

“What?!”

“….”

…Ah, that’s right.

I was soaking in the hot spring water and came. I forgot.

Since this mess happened, all the monsters capable of fighting in Baengmyeonseong gathered here.

And anyone who sees a naked human who looks very suspicious and a person who looks like a monster will naturally show hostility to the naked pervert.

“A comrade is being attacked by a naked pervert human!!”

“Kill the naked pervert!!!”

Like that.

I wanted to say that’s not it, but they wouldn’t listen even if I said it.

But I don’t recommend approaching here.

You might get caught up in the impact and fly away.

Right now, I’m having a hard time trying to make sure that the three people behind me don’t get caught up in the damage.

Sseuek

In the meantime, her pacho is raised.

And her energy clearly begins to overflow.

I could be sure.

The moment the pacho, which was raised high into the sky, falls, Baengmyeonseong will not be able to withstand the impact and will collapse as it is.

Will I stop that? Or….

“Erai!!”

A cut that tears through space pours down on Pyeongcheon Daeseong.

Of course, this light attack won’t do enough damage to her.

At best, it will only stop her attack for a very short time.

But what I need now is that short amount of time.

Fighting Mino is possible, but I have to do something about the three who are half dead now.

So, using the short time I have now, I take care of all three of them….

“Run away!!”

“The pervert is running away!!”

“Catch the pervert!!”

“This isn’t the time for you to catch me!”

I break down the wall that blocks me and escape outside Baengmyeonseong.

Outside, I see the vast city.

At the same time, an empty space where nothing is stepped on. The height seems to be about 5-6 floors.

I activated ‘Heogye’ to create a foothold in the air, and ran away quickly in that state.

And at the same time,

Kwaaaaaaaaang!!!!

An impact accompanied by several times the roar from before bursts out, and Baengmyeonseong is shattered.

Is it thanks to the mess of Baengmyeonseong collapsing?

No one was chasing me.

“Haa…. I’ve taken a breather….”

I carefully put down the fallen ones and rummaged through my inventory.

It would be best to leave the recovery to Leviya, but now I don’t know where Leviya is….

I took out the Geumchang medicine that I use quite usefully from Yeomguk and spread it evenly on the wounds of the three.

“I used this all up too.”

If I save it, I can use it 2-3 times.

If I have to use it without holding back like now, I only have enough to use it about once.

After finishing their first aid, I took out new clothes from my inventory and put them on.

I won’t be treated like a pervert with this.

“But I never thought Pyeongcheon Daeseong would be defeated…. Youma, what trick did that guy use to make Pyeongcheon Daeseong his subordinate?”

Tamiel said that Youma’s ability is that if he makes someone his subordinate, his ability is strengthened as much as that subordinate’s ability, so perhaps the current Youma has become as strong as Pyeongcheon Daeseong’s power.

‘…Then that’s strange.’

Why didn’t Tamamo…, feel any power at all?

Even if she was trying to hide that much power, it wouldn’t be possible to hide it to the point where ‘nothing at all’ was felt.

Uuung!

“?”

At that moment, a very familiar bright magic circle appears.

The magic circle sparkles and Leviya and Tamiel appear.

“Haa…. Haa….”

“Tamiel, are you okay?….”

“Well…, not really.”

Tamiel, who is panting, looks up at me.

She looked a little tired, but Leviya was fine. Is she saying that she protected Leviya even if it meant she would get hurt?

“Leviya, can you take a look at Baekryeon and the others? They’re badly hurt.”

“Hero?…. Heot! Baekryeon, Seollin, and Lucy!….”

Leviya is greatly surprised when she turns her head and looks at the three at my words.

Then she hurriedly runs over and starts healing the three.

…If I knew I would meet Leviya this quickly, I wouldn’t have used the Geumchang medicine.

“So what happened? How did you get so badly hurt?”

“Haa…, haa…. Hmm…. After all, it’s difficult for a ‘Fragment of the Former Demon King’ to face a ‘Fragment of the Demon King’….”

“…Does that mean Tamamo isn’t a fragment of the Demon King?”

“Maybe…. It seems like she lost her power. To someone else.”

After hearing those words, the questions that had been bothering me until now were resolved.

Why didn’t I feel anything from Tamamo?

Because she lost her power.

Why did Tamamo keep trying to avoid fighting?

Because she lost her power.

Then the problem is this.

“Who is it? Who took Youma’s power?”

“Maybe….”

Swaeeeek! Ka-ang!!!

Before Tamiel could finish her words, ice spears rushed in.

The ice spear that was trying to pierce Tamiel’s head at an exquisite timing, as if trying to cut off Tamiel’s words, was struck down by a sword.

“…Wow, it’s been a long time. Hyeonmu.”

“….”

It was Hyeonmu who I met.

She is the person who saved me after I completely passed out right after the battle with Bokhae Daeseong.

I never thought I would meet her like this right here right now….

“Judging from the fact that you’re not answering, it seems like you’ve been had too…. Baekho said that you are the strongest of the Four Gods, but if you’ve been had…. Is it easier to think that Baekho and Jujak have been had too?”

Hyeonmu silently created dozens of ice spears.

Wherever you look, she is full of fighting spirit.

Kwaaaaaang!!!

Another loud roar echoes from the half-collapsed Baengmyeonseong.

At the same time, a small shadow that popped out from there rushed straight towards where I was.

The shadow, which rushed in as if a mortar had been fired, swept everything away with a great impact.

“…Wait, time.”

And two gazes looking at me.

One is Hyeonmu.

And the other is….

“I don’t think it’s possible to fight the two of you at the same time.”

It was Pyeongcheon Daeseong.

“H, Hero!….”

“Leviya! Tamiel!! Protect everyone else!!!”

At my shout, Pyeongcheon Daeseong rushes in.

The silver shining pacho rushes in, aiming for my neck.

I raise my holy sword and block Pyeongcheon Daeseong’s blow.

A very heavy blow.

But blocking that blow is not everything. The person I have to fight is not just Pyeongcheon Daeseong, but….

Swaeeeek!!

“Tch!”

Pachang!!!

Hyeonmu is here too.

Hyeonmu fired an ice spear, taking advantage of the gap where I couldn’t move because I was fighting Pyeongcheon Daeseong.

I barely pushed Pyeongcheon Daeseong away and struck down the ice spear that had come very close with my hand.

My hand is numb because the ice spear is so hard.

For now, there is a shield and barrier created by Tamiel and Leviya behind me.

So, nothing will happen to the kids.

The problem is….

“Tsk….”

It’s already hard to handle Pyeongcheon Daeseong alone, but the problem is that there’s one more similar to her.

“Things are getting tougher and tougher?….”