𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟑𝟖: 𝟐𝟔𝐭𝐡 2
“Si-joon, are you okay?!”
Kang Yeo-hwa asked Min Si-joon, who was coughing from the flying dust.
A sudden attack, Lo-an’s counterattack, and Min Si-joon’s magic shield.
“Ha. . . I’m fine! Lo-an-hyung!”
Min Si-joon exclaimed, calling out to Lo-an as he brushed away the thick smoke.
Although they were both physically and mentally exhausted, they were still considered Korea’s top Hunters.
However, they hadn’t noticed until they were hit by their attacks.
━’𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦. . . 𝘖𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘴. . .’━
Lo-an frowned as he gathered his magic power from his dantian.
It looked pathetic, but the magic power rising from his body was incredibly strong.
Like that of a veteran who had endured a great deal of time and effort, his sharp magic power cut through the space.
A dazzling flash of light spread in all directions like an explosion.
[Lo-an, who activated the [Hermes’ Shoes], flew at lightning speed and swung his Ruyi Bang at the devil.
Kwaaaaaang!!!!!
The sharp attack dug into the devil ‘Hecate.’━
『Oh ho ho ho, what a ridiculous attack!』
But Hecate quickly folded her wings to avoid the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and at the same time, swung the staff in her hand toward Lo-an.
As befitting a devil known as the ‘Goddess of Witches’, dozens of jet-black magic circles appeared in front of her.
Jjeojeojeojeong!!!!
An enormous amount of demonic energy surged from each ritual, spreading magic that seemed like it could destroy everything.
The grotesque building was crushed without a trace, and the dark city was bathed in an untimely flash of light.
“Damn itㅡ!!”
A short curse escaped Lo-an’s mouth.
It was an attack that he would only be able to block if he was at a hundred percent.
No, even at a hundred percent, he couldn’t guarantee it.
Tukwuaaang!!
His body felt like it was being torn apart as he tried to intercept the magic.
Lo-an struggled to hold on to his fading consciousness.
The concentrated demonic energy spread throughout his body, as if every nerve ending was being cut by a razor.
Swoosh!!!!
At that moment, an arrow flew toward Hecate, cutting through the air.
Kang Yeo-hwa had desperately launched an attack with her [Warrior of the Wind].
『How laughable!』
However, Hecate didn’t dodge the attack.
In fact, there was no need to dodge it.
“Ack, damn it!!”
Kang Yeo-hwa’s shot, with one eye lost, couldn’t be perfect, and the arrow missed Hecate by a wide margin.
『Oh ho ho ho, you’re no match for us!』
She taunted Kang Yeo-hwa and swung her staff.
Crescent-shaped demonic energy surged forward, tearing through the air.
Kang Yeo-hwa bit her lip and stomped her foot.
Her opponent’s magic density was high and the range was so wide that she might die if she was swept away in her current state.
Originally, the combination of Lo-an, Min Si-joon, and Kang Yeo-hwa wouldn’t have been pushed so hard, but after facing a huge monster on the first day, they had been fighting enemies every day since then, and they were exhausted in every way.
They wanted to run away and hide.
When they hadn’t slept for a week, they had even wished they were dead.
Did hope even exist?
Lo-an, Min Si-joon, and Kang Yeo-hwa looked back at themselves, worn out day by day, and tried to find a reason for what they were doing.
But they couldn’t find one.
Time passed without them understanding why they had to endure such pain.
They simply fought day after day to protect the people who had taken refuge in the ‘shelter’, silently increasing the number of their wounds.
In fact, the only reason they knew the passage of time was because the people in the ‘shelter’ had told them, rather than because they had any sense of the date.
Kugugugu!!!
Magic shot down vertically from the sky.
Kang Yeo-hwa closed one eye tightly and spread out her magic shield.
“Noonaaa!!”
Min Si-joon called out to her urgently from a distance.
He moved instinctively from his feet, and at that moment, he felt a sharp pain in his lower body.
His thigh had been pierced in a fight with enemies about ten days ago.
━’𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘪𝘵!!’━
At the time of the attack, he had been overwhelmed by extreme panic.
A large hole had been blown in his thigh, revealing the fat, muscle, and even the bone.
Although his life had been spared thanks to simple healing magic and potions, that was all.
Min Si-joon had to grit his teeth and endure the throbbing pain that came and went every day.
The only fortunate thing was that his skin had healed and no external bacteria could enter.
The nagging he had given Lo-an not long ago had come back to him.
Min Si-joon grabbed his thigh and shot magic into the sky.
Hwarrrrrrr!!!!
Powerful magic power surged from his staff into the air, colliding with the magic that had been aimed at Kang Yeo-hwa and creating a fearsome explosion in the air.
Tukachooo!!!
The strong air pressure shattered the surrounding buildings.
A magical confrontation that was difficult to approach.
『You weaklings.』
At that moment, a sharp voice came from a different place than where the magic had collided.
Another devil’s eyes lit up and it flew toward Min Si-joon like a ray of light.
“Ugh!!”
Min Si-joon had just finished casting magic, so he couldn’t immediately put up a barrier.
It would take a brief moment for the magic power to leave his dantian and circulate through his body.
Of course, the incoming enemy didn’t care about Min Si-joon’s circumstances.
A fearsome murderous intent seemed to pierce his entire body through his thigh.
“Hwaaaaah!!”
At that moment, Lo-an’s cry and Ruyi Jingu Bang shot forward over Min Si-joon’s panicked shoulder.
The devil, who had been flying in a straight line, twisted its body momentarily when an unknown premonition surged in front of it.
『You bastards! You trash!』
The devil cursed at them, leaving behind Ruyi Jingu Bang, which had barely brushed its wing.
The devil’s face, grotesquely distorted, looked more like a snarling wolf than a human.
“Whew. . . .”
Min Si-joon let out a short sigh.
Thanks to Lo-an’s attack, there was a very brief opening.
He aimed his staff and activated a magic circle.
Bright red flames devoured the darkness and spewed out at the devil.
『Oh ho ho ho. How interesting.』
At that moment, Hecate’s laughter echoed quietly as dozens of magic circles filled the evening sky.
Kugugugugㅡ
An astonishing amount of demonic energy soaked the surroundings and neutralized the magic that Min Si-joon had cast.
Lo-an, Min Si-joon, and Kang Yeo-hwa’s faces turned white.
They could clearly see what Hecate was about to do.
━’𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.’━
The ‘shelter’ where the people of the nearby city were currently hiding was located deep underground in a converted subway station.
However, the direction of Hecate’s magic was all directed underground.
━’𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴. . . 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥.’━
Min Si-joon urgently drew upon the magic power in his dantian.
He had to prevent the ‘shelter’ from being damaged, no matter what.
“Keukheup!!”
His mana veins twisted as he forcibly extracted magic power that hadn’t settled yet.
Min Si-joon bled from his eyes and nose, but he tried to convert all of his magic power into a shield.
“Damn it. . .!”
Lo-an and Kang Yeo-hwa bit their lips and looked at Min Si-joon.
No, they couldn’t help but look.
They were in no condition to help, as they were completely drained of magic power.
Jjeojeojeojeojeoㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!
Fearsome magic poured out from the dozens of magic circles that Hecate had activated, enough to make them gag.
Min Si-joon’s magic shield emitted a small light against the attacks that spread like a tsunami.
“Kwaaaaaaaak!!”
It felt like his dantian was being torn apart.
Something surged up his throat, and he tasted a metallic bitterness.
His vision shook violently up and down.
Crack.
Ah.
His staff was cracked.
He had many items, but this staff was the one Min Si-joon cherished the most.
It was the staff his brother had bought him when he first became a Hunter.
Pieces of the cracked staff fell to the ground one by one.
His grip trembled, and his magic depletion consumed his entire body.
Kachaaaang!
The shield shattered.
『Oh ho ho ho, we’re getting a lot of toys today!』
Hecate laughed, her lips stretched long.
Jet-black demonic energy rushed in like a starving beast through the shattered shield’s gap.
It’s over.
Min Si-joon thought of his brother’s face amidst the staff scattering like dust.
He wanted to see his face one last time.
ㅡㅡ!!!!!
At that moment, a streak of light cut through the darkness.
The light was so dazzling that he thought the sun had risen through the open evening gap.
『Oh ho hoㅡ』
Hecate’s eyes widened in surprise as she looked at the bright halo.
She would never know until the moment she died.
That the pure white flash of light was actually someone’s sword strike.
Seogeureeeueok.
Where the light had passed, Hecate’s body fell apart into thousands of pieces.
All eyes on the scene gathered in one place.
“Uh. . . .”
Kang Yeo-hwa was the first to speak.
Her gaze was filled with the sight of a knight in black armor.
Although he wore a helmet that completely covered his face, it was impossible not to recognize his sharp swordsmanship and blazing magic power.
“Master. . .?”
Before the end of the tail could leave her lips.
『You bugs! You maggots!』
A devil with bared fangs shot at the knight in black armor like a missile.
Siwoo’s sword swung again with the speed of lightning.
ㅡㅡKwachachacha!!
The devil that had been flying horizontally scattered like dust along with the surrounding terrain.
It was hard to even figure out what was going on.
“What the. . . .”
Lo-an muttered in a bewildered tone.
He could definitely feel his Master’s energy, but the black knight was a level above his Master’s rank. The higher-ranking devils who had overwhelmed Lo-an, Kang Yeo-hwa, and Min Si-joon seemed like insignificant monsters.
At that moment, the last remaining devil, who had been watching them with his arms folded, opened his mouth in displeasure.
『You’re all dead.』
The devil didn’t seem flustered, even though he had just seen two of his fellow devils die.
That meant he was confident in his abilities.
The devil spread his arms and extracted an incredible amount of demonic energy, transforming it into a long spear.
━’𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴. . . 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴.’━
Lo-an bit his lip in surprise.
It seemed as if all the magic that Hecate had used could be condensed into that single spear.
『Execution begins now.』
The devil pulled back his shoulder and prepared to thrust the spear.
“Your Majesty.”
“Go.”
At that moment, Kikl, who had been watching in the darkness, asked for permission, and the moment Siwoo granted permission, she exploded her magic power.
The devil turned his head at the sudden, terrifying aura.
『What the hell isㅡ』
“Shut up.”
Kikl’s Battle Axe charged and cut off the devil’s two arms.
Before the devil could even scream, Kikl’s body spun once in the air and slammed the opponent to the ground.
Kwaaaang!!
The devil tried to get up.
He couldn’t understand.
Kikl’s appearance was definitely not human, no matter how generous one was.
She had wings, and the shape of her face, her skin, her tail, etc., were closer to a heteromorphic being.
However, as far as he knew, there were no other species on Earth besides devils, demons, humans, and the ‘Fallen Angels’ that had come recently.
Besides, the power he felt from Kikl wasㅡ
Kwachiiing!
『Kuaaaagh!』
At that moment, Kikl’s Battleaxe stabbed into the devil’s spine.
The devil screamed madly, his body flashing.
“I have finished, Your Majesty.”
Kiklbowed her head to the black knight.
Siwoo approached the devil and asked softly.
“Did you bastards make my disciples this weak?”
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