๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐: ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ง๐
Siwoo headed for the mansion after Crow disappeared.
He could still sense a lot of magic gathering in the mansion.
Some of them had a stronger energy than the rest.
As strong as the Hunters who survived.
‘๐๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ก๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐๐.’
The Dullahan, revived by a crazy half-demon.
If a strong monster had appeared from the beginning, the Hunters might have already taken care of it.
Because the Dullahan wasn’t a high-ranking monster, despite being strong.
However, the timing was terrible.
The reinforcements that appeared while they were exhausted turned out to be stronger enemies.
Most of the Hunters must have fought without any energy left.
‘๐๐ฉ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ช๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐๐จ.’
Siwoo recalled once more the danger posed by the being called Ivan.
Endless magic that seemed bottomless, and a personality filled with evil.
His cheat-like skill, Necromancy, increased the danger even more.
‘๐๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ข ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ. . . ๐’๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ง.’
The surroundings of the mansion, where he arrived before he knew it.
It was reminiscent of a battlefield, with the blood of ghouls and corpses resembling a scene from hell.
Siwoo took in the entire battle situation in less than 0.1 seconds.
‘๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐. . . ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฉ. ๐๐๐๐ง๐’๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ช๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ?’
He could sense a fierce movement of magic from a little further away.
Siwoo instantly killed the ghouls around him and ran to where the magic was strong.
Layla and Gunner, who had become a Dullahan, were there.
The moment twelve spears circled in the air,
Siwoo grabbed the Dullahan’s core and tore it out, then ran, hugging Layla’s body to avoid the attack.
By the way, the core is a kind of nucleus that is the center of a monster, which Ivan had inserted into the Dullahan’s heart.
The Dullahan, whose skill had missed, stopped moving and looked at Siwoo.
He didn’t know if it was really ‘looking’ since he didn’t have a face, but Siwoo could tell by the feeling.
“. . . . . . . .”
โ. . . . . . .
Indescribable, immense fury.
And in the midst of it, jealousy toward ‘Layla’
As all of this spread like ink, the Dullahan returned to being a corpse.
Layla was astounded by what had happened in the blink of an eye.
She had certainly expected to die.
That’s why she had given up and had not resisted.
“Si. . . Siwoo?”
However, she survived.
She couldn’t tell properly because she was exhausted, but it seemed that he had subdued the Dullahan in an instant and had held her in his arms.
‘๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐?’
Layla felt her strength drain away as a sense of relief washed over her.
His arms were so comfortable, and so warm.
‘๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ. . .’
Her eyes were closing as fatigue poured over her.
A sense of stability spread through her body, as though she were in the arms of her uncle.
However, the battle was not over yet.
A gentle voice softly woke her.
“Are you badly hurt?”
Siwoo asked, smiling gently.
He was relieved that he seemed to have saved her just in time, as he would have been ashamed to face Hans otherwise.
“Tha, thanks to you. . . Thank you. . . Be, before anything else, could you put me down. . . .”
Layla said hurriedly, her face bright red.
It was the first time in her life that a man had carried her ‘princess-style.’
“Oh, I’m sorry. Excuse me.”
She stumbled slightly as she put her feet on the ground.
Her body, which had been tense, was now relaxed, and it wouldn’t listen to her.
“Oh dear.”
Siwoo quickly grabbed her under the armpits.
Her face flushed even redder at his touch, as she almost fell over again.
“We need to recover first.”
“I don’t have any potions left. By the way, where have you been? I was worried because I thought you were dead.”
“Thank you for worrying about me. I went to meet a necromancer.”
“A-A necromancer. . .? Wa, wait a minute, whใ ก whใ ก??”
Siwoo put his hand on Layla’s head.
She didn’t know how to react, and just opened and closed her mouth with her face red.
Before Layla’s question was even finished, Siwoo created a golden magic circle.
A golden halo wrapped around her body, following the warm touch.
The wounds, damage, and fatigue from the long battle began to heal, and her body started to feel lighter.
“Wh, what’s thisใ ก?”
“It’s nothing special. I’ll tell you about the situation later. Let’s finish the battle first.”
Siwoo stroked Layla’s hair and scanned the battlefield.
Layla nodded slightly, her face still flushed.
“There are a lot of them, damn.”
He confirmed the remaining Dullahans and the horde of ghouls, and gripped his Bastard Sword tightly.
The dawn twilight was stained with rain.
๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท
๐ข๐ฐฤฬสแนกฬ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฤฬ๐ค.๐ค๐ ๐
“. . .created ghouls with Necromancy?”
Rolf Bangenhelm, the president of the [๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง], frowned deeply.
“Yes, that is correct.”
“But according to the report, there were over a thousand ghouls.”
“That is correct.”
Rolf stroked his long mustache.
“Do you think humans can control that amount of magic?”
“That. . . I’m not sure.”
Layla shook her head.
The ghoul surprise attack incident was over.
There were no casualties among the HSIU branch managers, and the other German politicians were safe as well.
However, the Hunters were not so lucky.
Twelve Hunters in total, including the Hunters who accompanied each branch manager, the Hunters from the [๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐], and the Hunters hired by the politicians, had died, and over twenty were hospitalized.
And that was only because Siwoo had treated their critical injuries.
If he hadn’t, the number of deaths would have been much higher.
‘๐๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐.’
Layla was in charge of security this time, and if security had failed, all responsibility would have fallen on her.
If there had been any more damage, punishment would have been unavoidable, and she could have been imprisoned in a Hunter’s prison, not to mention losing her position as Guild Leader.
However, thanks to Siwoo, she had saved her life,
the other Hunters were able to avoid serious injuries,
and she was able to complete the subjugation of the Dullahans and ghouls.
Moreover, thanks to Siwoo’s detailed explanation of the situation, she was able to wrap up the incident and the report smoothly.
However,
she had no way of dealing with the information about the enemy.