𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔𝟏
Myudusa is not a fool.
It may not have wisdom, but that doesn’t mean it’s a mindless beast.
Its instincts are sharp, and when it comes to survival, it can make predictions as accurately as any intelligent human.
And it realized with just one clash that if it continued to use the curse, it would eventually die.
“Kyaaaak!”
Splash!
Boom!
Myudusa jumped from the ground as if it were throwing its huge body and charged at me.
It was still some distance away, but if it were to release its energy through its tail after landing, it would have enough range to attack.
It was the judgment of a skilled hunter.
However, I was also ready for the fight.
I had been saving my shikigami for this very moment, to stop Myudusa while it was fully unleashing the curse.
“. . .Burn it.”
『Keheek!』
『Heung!』
Ggong-sam-yi, Elder Water Ghost, and Sori-soe.
The shikigami that could attack from a distance unleashed their attacks with all their might, and behind them, Ggong-sam-yi and Eve, who had been strengthened by Gloom of Darkness, distracted Myudusa by attacking and dodging in moderation.
“Shuaaak─!”
Due to the difference in basic specs, the crisis came in just a few seconds, but it wasn’t just my shikigami that was interfering with Myudusa.
“Sevenfold Strike!”
Swish!
Clatter!
Thud─!
Arietta’s advanced attack spell, which was shot at the right time, accurately hit Myudusa’s torso, which had momentarily lost its guard.
Myudusa, who had easily endured Shin No-eul’s advanced spell when they first encountered it, was now showing signs of considerable pain.
As expected, it was different from before.
「𝙄𝙩𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧.」
Until now, it had been a clear predator.
With its unique specs and vast energy, it could withstand any attack, and it could wipe out as many exorcists as it wanted if it put its mind to it.
That’s why it didn’t feel much of a sense of crisis and gave me a lot of information.
「𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧. . .」
Each attack that the members of the Red Unit received, risking their own lives, was like a piece of a puzzle to me.
Myudusa, who had overlooked it, would definitely pay the price.
“Shaaaak!”
From the ground to the wall, from the wall to the tree, and from the tree back to the ground.
Myudusa, who showed acrobatic movements, aimed for Arietta.
However, I had been waiting for such timing and held my breath to cast a curse again.
“Curse of Resentment and Despair.”
Whoosh.
Rustle!
“. . .Shwiiik!”
Thud!
Thud!
The curse that continued to dig into its flesh, the relentless torment made Myudusa twitch nervously.
And taking advantage of that gap, Arietta’s new form, activated by her spell, blurred and slipped out of Myudusa’s arms in a strange form.
It was the fog, one of the unique spells of the vampire princess Beatrice, who possessed the True Noble Blood trait.
BAM.
「𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨.」
I quietly clenched my fist at the expected situation.
Of course, the crisis is still far from over. Basically, it and we are different in weight class. If someone makes a mistake, everything will collapse immediately.
However, the shikigami connected to me would never miss the prepared timing, and Arietta is also a superhuman who can carry out operations close to perfection in any situation.
Myudusa must have realized by now that I had perfectly figured out its patterns and set a trap that it could not escape.
「𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙩.」
Everyone has worked this hard.
Externally, they were only candidates for members of the Red Unit, but if I, who knew and prepared for the future, couldn’t finish it here, I wouldn’t be able to face them.
“Curse of Resentment and Despair.”
Whoosh.
Rustle!
“Mirror of Resentment.”
Flash!
Thud!
“Kyaaaak─!”
Repeat, and repeat again.
Myudusa’s damage continued to accumulate without any time to stop the relentless curse.
「. . .𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 20% 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨.」
It’s also a living creature.
At this point, it can’t exert such overwhelming power as it did at first.
So now the key to the remaining match was only one thing.
「𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩?」
Myudusa’s and my eyes, which were full of fatigue, intertwined quietly in the air.
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
Arietta Morgan had highly valued Han Kang-yoon’s talent since she was at the academy.
「. . .𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩.」
It was the same when they first met in the class promotion test, and when they fought against Shin Do-hoon, who had become a corpse. He always showed abilities beyond expectations.
Considering his age, it was no exaggeration to say that he was the new saint of this generation.
「𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧. . .」
He had a great ambition to contribute to the world in the coming crisis, beyond the level of simply becoming a little stronger or helping those around him.
In fact, he was different from anyone around him, including Arietta.
That’s why Arietta followed Han Kang-yoon here.
And through this incident, she reaffirmed Han Kang-yoon’s greatness once again.
「. . .𝙐𝙣𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚.」
The S-rank yokai they actually faced was beyond imagination.
Even the members of the Red Unit, who had been active in the field for a long time, were no match for it, and Shin No-eul, a special-grade exorcist, paled in front of it.
Perhaps most of them would have lost their lives already if it hadn’t been for Han Kang-yoon’s insight and timely judgment.
In addition, Han Kang-yoon devised a way to save the lives of the members and defeat the opponent at the same time in this urgent situation.
As far as Arietta knew, there was no one in any place who could do this much with such limited time and resources.
Han Kang-yoon was truly unique and always a being who led and led those around him.
That’s why Arietta didn’t realize it and didn’t notice it.
Han Kang-yoon is also an ordinary person, except for those parts.
Gulp!
“Keup!”
Gulp.
An ominous sound suddenly rang in her ears amidst the smoothly maintained front line.
Arietta tried to hide her rising anxiety and slowly turned her gaze.
And there was Han Kang-yoon, who was badly bruised by the accumulated curse, holding his head in his hand and vomiting blood.
“. . .Junior!”
Come to think of it, it was obvious. It’s a powerful curse that even Myudusa had to keep taking damage from.
So what about Han Kang-yoon, a human?
Han Kang-yoon himself said that he had a body that was unusually resistant to curses, but even so, it was not absolute.
In the end, Han Kang-yoon’s limit came sooner than Myudusa’s.
“Gulp! Hoo, hoo.”
Han Kang-yoon’s condition was not good, even in empty words. And Arietta wasn’t the only one who noticed it.
“Shiyaak─!”
Myudusa, who had been helplessly hit by Han Kang-yoon’s curse all this time.
There was no way a skilled hunter like it would miss this gap.
“Junior!”
Myudusa, seizing the opportunity, ran towards Han Kang-yoon, taking advantage of the brief gap, and Arietta also flew in the same direction, using her spell.
It would be out of the place designated by Han Kang-yoon, but it was a judgment that could not be helped given the situation.
However, for some reason, Han Kang-yoon grimaced and shouted urgently to Arietta.
“Keuk! You can’t!”
“. . .What?”
At that moment, Myudusa’s path, which seemed to be aiming for Han Kang-yoon, changed abruptly.
Swish.
Clatter!
The huge body pointed to was none other than Arietta herself.
From the very beginning, Myudusa’s target was Arietta.
「. . .𝘼𝙝.」
Arietta realized it.
This attack is something that can never be avoided.
Arietta had a resilience that was incomparable to others, but at a time when she was controlling her bloodsucking behavior to the point where she could control it, even that was not perfect.
Perhaps if Arietta allowed this attack as it is, she would most likely die.
「. . .𝙄 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚.」
Han Kang-yoon’s instructions were to suppress Myudusa’s movements and continue to cast curses, but on the other hand, it was also a means to protect the shikigami and Arietta from it.
Accordingly, what was required was precise distance adjustment and timing without a single error.
Since she broke it herself, it was only natural that she could not escape from its attack.
Arietta hardened her expression with regret, but soon closed her eyes quietly.
Anyway, the life that Myung-yul and Han Kang-yoon saved, it was only now that it was all used up.
There was no regret. It was just a pity that she couldn’t keep her promise and help Han Kang-yoon’s will any more.
Thud.
Someone pushed Arietta’s body, who had accepted her end like that.
“Huh?”
Arietta, who stared to the side with surprised eyes, could see Han Kang-yoon, who had blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, but had somehow moved and pushed her away.
Splash!
Thud!
Soon, an eerie tearing sound rang out, and Han Kang-yoon’s body floated up into the sky, swallowed by Myudusa’s mouth.
“Taesanmun!”
Fortunately, Shin No-eul, who had barely recovered her energy from behind, fired a high-level binding spell and stopped Myudusa’s movement, but Han Kang-yoon’s appearance was miserable to the naked eye.
“. . .Junior!”
Swish.
BAM!
Arietta, who quickly received Han Kang-yoon in the air and stepped back, checked his condition.
Splash!
Gulp.
Blood flowing like water from the wound, mangled organs.
Perhaps the nearby bones were all smashed.
“No. This can’t be. . . . . . . . .”
In a situation where it seemed impossible to revive him, Arietta fell into despair.
Han Kang-yoon was not someone who should have been sacrificed just to save someone like her.
He was clearly a noble person who still had things to do for the world.
Arietta, who was desperately thinking, had one way to go through her mind.
It was the ritual of affiliation using the True Noble Blood trait.
If she accepts Han Kang-yoon’s overflowing blood right now and opens her power to its maximum, she can do it.
「𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨. . .」
Han Kang-yoon had strongly urged him not to use it.
Besides, there wasn’t enough time to fully perform the ritual in the current situation.
Unable to do this or that, a huge shadow loomed before Arietta, who was holding Han Kang-yoon’s body.
Myudusa, who had somehow released its bondage, had begun to move again to finish the battle.
“Ah. . . . . . . . .”
In a situation full of despair, a dull sound rang out quietly.
Thump.
Thump.
It sounded like a heartbeat, and it also sounded like something was throbbing.
Thump.
The source of the sound was Han Kang-yoon, who was lying on the floor.
“. . .What?”
Soon, Arietta witnessed an amazing sight.
Han Kang-yoon’s shattered bones were reassembling themselves, the blood flowing out stopped, and the wounds were being repaired as if new flesh had grown.
Thud!
Thud!
Thud.
As the short few seconds passed, Han Kang-yoon, who had somehow opened his eyes, slowly raised his body from Arietta’s arms and opened his mouth.
“Didn’t I tell you last time?”
“. . .What?”
“I don’t lie about things like this.”
The memory of revealing one of the secrets of Shadow Assimilation as a joke to comfort Arietta, who was in chaos.
Han Kang-yoon, who remembered it, smiled faintly and turned his gaze to Myudusa in front of him.
It was time to settle the long battle.
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