Martinez and Marco recognized Siwoo and chattered away.
They didn’t seem to be worried, seeing as they were so relaxed in this situation.
Siwoo swung his sword at the head of a ghoul crawling on the ground.
SCRAPE—
The silver imbued with anti-demonic energy neutralized the ghoul’s regeneration.
‘𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙩. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜.’
The rough feeling was like cutting meat with a rusty knife.
He concentrated his mana on his fingertips.
[𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧]
[𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝]
[𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞]
Siwoo stacked three spells on a single bastard sword.
[𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧] to sharpen the sword.
[𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝], a sacred power that increases anti-demonic power.
Finally, [𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞], which grants the weapon fire properties.
Normally, applying multiple spells to a single weapon would damage it due to overload, but Siwoo had prevented such side effects by layering his mana several times.
━Geureureuk!
An unusually large ghoul bared its teeth at Siwoo.
It was about twice the size of other ghouls.
Its skin was torn, but the exposed muscles and claws were enormous.
Its arm cocked back like a crossbow.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Siwoo swung his sword down at an angle.
A red trajectory cut through the space.
━Geu. . . Euk?
The ghoul seemed unaware that it had been cut and flailed about with its severed body.
Soon, as its body was burned by [𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝] and [𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞], the ghoul let out a terrible scream and died.
“Now it’s usable.”
Siwoo swung the bastard sword without hesitation.
The ghouls were sliced like tofu as soon as they touched the blade.
Since they were already dead, cutting off their limbs was useless.
He had to remove their heads or damage their hearts where their mana was concentrated.
“Damn it—It’s covered in blood.”
Siwoo’s razor-sharp blade cut through the ghoul’s head and pierced its heart.
If it was a single strong enemy, he could just spam mana until it died.
‘𝙄𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙢 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙤𝙜𝙨, 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨.’
He had already lost count of how many he had killed.
The sword often slipped because of their fat, entrails, and greasy blood.
━Keureureureuk!
━Kyaaaak!
“These damn things are endless.”
Siwoo frowned at the foreign matter stuck to his clothes.
He had advanced to the center of the ghoul horde, but their numbers showed no sign of decreasing.
When he couldn’t feel the energy of other Hunters nearby, Siwoo resumed his spell once more.
[𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐬]
The mana drawn from his dantian released its energy centered around Siwoo.
Soon, a huge thunderbolt exploded at the coordinates he had designated, illuminating the darkness with a blinding flash.
BAM!
The downpour of thunderbolts turned hundreds of ghouls in the vicinity into ashes without leaving a trace.
It was a powerful attack like Lightning Flash.
Everyone’s gaze fell on that disastrous scene.
Even the ghouls could only watch their deaths from afar.
“What kind of magic is that.”
“Ally. . . Was it used by an ally?”
“I can’t tell what’s going on because it’s too far.”
“It’s electricity! It’s amazing!”
Layla could tell instinctively.
That Siwoo had cast that spell.
“Guild Leader. If you used such a large skill, you must have exhausted your mana. Shall I go help you?”
One of the [𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝] guild members asked rationally.
Whoever it was, they wouldn’t have any mana left if they had used a spell of that size.
And such logic was very natural to Hunters.
Usually, inside a gate, several positions such as dealer, tanker, supporter, and healer would unite to fight monsters.
Because that was the most efficient and safest way.
But now there was no such solidarity, and they didn’t even know each other’s positions.
Just skilled Hunters fighting in their own way.
“No, there’s no need.”
“But. . . If you’re a wizard, you need help. . .”
“It’s okay. He’s strong. [𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝] fights with [𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝]’s tactics. Change the formation to the next level.”
“Yes!”
Layla drew up her mana and formed a magic circle toward the mansion.
Pure and strong mana poured onto the ground.
[𝐁𝐚𝐮𝐦 𝐒𝐜𝐡ö𝐩𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐠: 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧]
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Giant tree trunks rose from the ground and began to wrap around the mansion tightly.
‘𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣.’
If even one person died inside the mansion, the [𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝] Guild would collapse under a barrage of criticism.
She charged into the battlefield, prepared to give her life.
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
̇ȧ̇𝙬ᴇ𝘣𝔰𝐭𝔬ṙ̇𝘪𝘦ṡ.𝚌𝘰𝙢
Meanwhile, Siwoo felt his dantian ache slightly.
‘𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙩?’
He estimated that his physical condition was only half of what it was before returning.
After using his mana continuously, he felt a little overwhelmed in his dantian.
Of course, any other Hunter would have collapsed from mana exhaustion by now.
【𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝 ℝ𝕚𝕔𝕖. 𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪?】
“It’s not something you should worry about.”
【𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕪? 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕕𝕦𝕞𝕡. 𝕀’𝕞 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕀’𝕞 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦.】
This crazy bastard.
Siwoo gritted his teeth silently.
In the meantime, countless ghouls swarmed in again.
As if they had forgotten their fear of death, they seemed to have no fear even after seeing the thunderbolts.
“Ha. . . I’m getting a little annoyed. How far is it, Red Ear?”
Siwoo asked the other radio he had.
━It’s within a 300m radius. We can’t approach easily because of the strong mana.
In fact, Red Ear had also come to Germany this time.
Of course, he had followed secretly under the guise of a different identity.
Before entering the mansion, Siwoo had given Red Ear one order.
To detect any strange mana.
Even for Siwoo, it was difficult to find something by simply spreading his mana in such a large forest.
Even more so when a battle was in full swing.
However, Red Ear was proficient in mana manipulation and had a magic item for detection.
“Really? I’ll join you if it’s about 300m. Send me a signal.”
━Understood, Master.
As soon as the words ended, a red stream of mana shot up into the sky from far away.
“Let’s see who summoned the ghouls.”
Siwoo headed in that direction.