𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖𝟏: 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐩 1
《In the land where the ancient Ogres once stood, all the kingdoms of Britain shall fall by his blade. . . ━Percival 中》
Lured by the scent of the Temptation Grass, the flesh-eating monsters known as ‘Ogre’ dragged their massive bodies forward.
━Kwoeoeoeoeo.
━Ugaaaaaaa!
Towering at over 6m tall, the fleshy giants approached Siwoo, each wielding a bat as large as a telephone pole.
They began to drool at the sight of Siwoo and the strong scent of the Temptation Grass.
There was already blood around their mouths, as if they had already eaten something.
“Ugh, they’re hideous.”
Siwoo drew Balmung from his waist and calculated his distance from them.
Just then, an ogre approaching from behind lifted a medium-sized car and threw it at Siwoo.
━Kuuuuuuuu. . . .
If left alone, it would be blocked by the shield and there would be no damage.
However, since the magic shield could be damaged, Siwoo swung his sword diagonally.
Kwa-jijijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!
The vehicle split in half and flew towards another ogre that was approaching.
Kwa-ga-ga-ga!
The ogre’s body, hit head-on by the chunk of metal, crumpled.
“Double hit.”
【𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧?】
“I just happened to get it.”
Siwoo chuckled and charged towards the ogre with his sword imbued with magic power.
━Guwoeoeoeoeo!
The ogres were delighted as their prey ran towards them.
A wooden bat, much larger than a human’s height, descended vertically.
Siwoo had no intention of taking the blow with his bare body.
Even if he didn’t know, if he were hit by that bat, even a human would be crushed.
‘𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸.’
Instead of widening the distance, he dug into the ogre’s bosom and jumped up, using its knee as a stepping stone.
Then he quickly swung Balmung.
━Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!
A gruesome scream erupted from the monstrous giant over 6 meters tall.
The ogre’s armpit, which had been cut open, twitched, and blood gushed out.
“You’re so noisy.”
Siwoo landed on the ground and approached the ogre’s back, cutting off its hamstrings.
Fatty monsters like trolls or ogres should never be stabbed with a sword.
This is because the blade stuck in the flesh can be held by fat or muscle tissue and cannot be pulled out.
Therefore, these fleshy monsters, though weak in terms of power, should be cut rather than stabbed.
As the ogre’s body collapsed, Siwoo swung Balmung with lightning speed and cut off the back of its neck.
Blood poured out like a fountain.
With the ogre’s last words, bubbles flowed out of its mouth, and its heavy body collapsed.
A faint mix of fear and rage as monsters appeared in the eyes of the approaching ogres.
“It’s easy to deal with them when they all come this way, but there are so many of them that it’s a hassle.”
Siwoo infused his bracelet with magic power.
[Takemikazuchi: Root of Lightning]
A bright yellow aura washed over Siwoo’s entire body, and the power of thunder spread evenly.
【𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫?】
“Ogres are creatures under the protection of the earth, so their magic resistance is much higher than other monsters. I could kill them with magic, but. . . it’s a waste of magic power.”
The reason he used [Takemikazuchi] was not to blow them away with thunder, but to electrify his body and move quickly.
In addition, if he put strength into Balmung, he could cut them even more when he swung it.
Siwoo stomped his foot.
A single strand of lightning flashed and began to zigzag through the group of ogres.
Seo-geo-jeok-pa-ji-ji-jik!
Every time the blade was drawn, a bright yellow flame followed, scorching the ogres’ wounds black.
━Guwoeoeoeoeoeok!
━Krrr-gik!
The monsters writhed in pain and swung their bats in all directions.
However, none of their attacks could match the lightning-fast opponent.
In the first place, ogres were monsters known for their immense bloodlust and cruel nature, but they were far from being agile or intelligent.
Balmung cut the ogres’ Achilles tendons, severed their armpits, and slit their throats, and the area was quickly soaked in the monsters’ blood.
Siwoo reduced the magic power he had been pouring into his bracelet.
As his form reappeared, the few ogres that were still alive bared their teeth at Siwoo.
━Krrr-ruk!!
━Kwaaahhhh! Kyaaaah!
【𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞? 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐬?】
“Are you crazy? It’s hard to see because of the fog.”
【𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭?】
“I’m trying to prevent any remaining civilians from coming this way, and I’m also trying to get hunters who hear the noise to come and clean up.”
【𝐎𝐡, 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭. 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥.】
“Would you like to go back to my pocket?”
Siwoo suddenly wondered how this guy thought of him.
【𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬.】
Siwoo felt the same way.
If it were a race that lived in tribes, like orcs or goblins, that would be one thing, but ogres or trolls were basically loners.
They were very greedy, and they were so cruel and greedy that they would never share food with their own kind.
The fact that these monsters were appearing in groups as if they had made some kind of pact and were rampaging through downtown Seoul meant, in other words, that there was a leader or someone controlling the monsters.
“. . .There’s something.”
At that moment, he sensed an unusually concentrated amount of demonic energy through his magic detection.
Siwoo turned his gaze to where the demonic energy was detected.
About 200 meters away, a huge figure was gathering demonic energy.
“That’s. . . an ogre mage.”
He muttered with a surprised expression.
The ogre mage was one of the few ogres that could use magic.
It was such a rare monster that even Siwoo, who had traveled through many Gates, had only encountered it a few times.
Siwoo raised his palm towards it.
The distance was a bit far, but if he could draw in the magic power, he could kill it within range.
Just as he was about to start the chant,
━T-That, hack, shwick-reeta!
‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴. . . 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭.’
Siwoo realized that the magic the ogre mage was casting was not meant to kill him.
Beneath his feet, the magic created by the ogre mage unfolded.
Judging from the wide range of the magic, it seemed that he had drawn a magic circle on the ground beforehand, making it invisible.
Siwoo focused his magic power in his eyes to confirm what was etched on the ground.
It was a magic circle made of lines, letters, shapes, and symbols that were slightly distorted rather than being made of straight lines.
Siwoo quickly reversed the chant that made up the magic circle.
‘𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤.’
Siwoo, who had deduced the nature of the magic in an instant, quickly calculated in his head what to do.
Of course, it is normal for hunters to avoid or destroy magic cast by enemies or monsters.
Any hunter, no matter how sickly, would answer the same.
However, Siwoo’s thoughts were a little different.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.’
He hated the situation where he was sitting still and being played with by the enemy.
If an unexpected situation arises, instead of untangling the knot of the situation, it would be better to find the guy who tied it in the first place and kill him.
Siwoo wanted to see the face of the mastermind behind this situation.
Of course, he didn’t know where this Teleportation would lead.
However, as long as it wasn’t [Dimensional Shift] that would send him to another world, he could handle Teleportation.
‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱.’
The magic circle spread out beneath Siwoo’s feet emitted a jet-black bolt of lightning and created a huge door that cut through the ground.
Soon, the door opened, and a blinding light enveloped Siwoo.
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
The world shook violently.
Space-time swayed like stretched cheese, and his vision was blurred and tangled.
He felt his feet, which had been floating in the air, touch the ground.
Before Siwoo could recognize where he had arrived, he extended his magic detection to the maximum.
In the state where his senses were tangled due to Teleportation, it was faster to perceive with magic power than with the five senses.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaang!!
However, before his vision could return, a tremendous shock hit his magic shield and bounced off.
If he hadn’t already put up the shield, he might have been fatally wounded.
Siwoo traced back the information he had gathered from his magic detection about the surrounding terrain and creatures, and then stepped towards where the attack had occurred.
Seo━━eeek!
Balmung left a single trail.
Siwoo checked the neck of the enemy lying on the floor.
It was the head of an ordinary human.
“Hmm.”
He looked around. Thirty people surrounded him.
They were all Awakened who could use magic power.
However, they were a little different from ordinary humans.
There was a difference, but the same impure magic power they felt told him that they were not ordinary hunters.
“Looking at those disgusting faces, I guess you’re parasites attached to 〈Pandemonium〉.”
Siwoo murmured to them in a cold voice.
By his standards, those who had joined hands with the demon race were not the same ‘people’.
How could they be called the same people when they had betrayed humanity and sold their souls to another race?
“Are you the guy named Min Siwoo?”
The one with the strongest magic power among the group stepped forward and opened his mouth.
“Why are you looking for me?”
Siwoo asked, wiping the blood from Balmung.
“We can get more magic power if we get rid of you.”
“Are you trying to kill innocent people just to gain some cheap power?”
“It seems difficult to call them innocent after killing two devils.”
“Why? I cut two devils down, shouldn’t I get a reward?”
“This is the last time that arrogant snout of yours will be blazing.”
The man chewed his lips and snapped his fingers at Siwoo.
At that, dozens of Awakened raised their magic power and gradually narrowed the distance as they surrounded him.
Siwoo turned his head to the left and right.
“I’ll warn you in advance. Not a single one of you will get out of here alive.”
“Kukuk, you’re crazy. We’re going to get rid of you and become full-fledged members of 〈Pandemonium〉.”
“I see. Weeds need to be pulled out in advance.”
Balmung emitted a blue light and gave off an aura in all directions.
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga!
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
Siwoo clicked his tongue and looked at the pile of corpses lying on the floor.
The dead don’t talk.
They spilled cold blood without uttering any grudges or curses at Siwoo.
Siwoo let out a quiet sigh and spat out an irritated voice.
“Are you done searching? Why don’t you just get out of there?”
Then, out of nowhere, a crack appeared in the void and people with unfamiliar faces appeared.
“Oh~ Nice to meet you for the first time, Hunter Min Siwoo.”
A thin, sharp-eyed man smiled at him.
“Who are you?”
Siwoo glared at them.
He felt a stronger magic power than the guys who had fallen dead.
“Haha~ You’re using informal language when we’re meeting for the first time. You have no manners.”
“I only show courtesy to ‘people’.”
“. . .Haha.”
“Brother, how long are we going to watch and wait?”
Laban asked, his fists clenched.
“Well~ I wanted to adjust my attitude depending on the other party’s reaction, but it seems like Hunter Min Siwoo has no intention of doing that.”
“Stop nagging and just attack. Anyway, they’re enemies of 〈Pandemonium〉, so what’s the point of talking nonsense and attacking?”
“Kukuk. Brother, it seems that my patience has reached its limit here.”
“Well~ I’m embarrassed to hear that. Shall we kill him now?”
Kaise gave a bloody smile and gave the signal.
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