๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐: ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง’๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Siwooโs body twisted and collapsed.
The movements of all who watched stopped.
The tail, as hard as cast iron, was swung around, and Siwooโs body rolled on the dirt floor.
Kagutsuchi shook off the blood on its tail.
In the sky, the new form of Mahuraga, engulfed in flames, was gradually disappearing.
ใฦษพึ ีกฦ. . . ฦึ ีก, ีฅีฐาฝ ฦษsีฅ ึ ีฒาฝ ีกเนฦฦ ีฉษแง ีฅีฐาฝ ีฉษพเนฯฒาฝ ฦึ ษพ ษีฅีฅษฯฒฦเนีฒึ ีฅีฐาฝ ึึ ีช. ใ
Kagutsuchi breathed more flames at Mahuraga to finish it off.
In contrast to the noisy sky, there was a short silence on the ground.
โAh. . . ah. . . sob. . . .โ
Hayakawa crawled toward Siwoo on all fours.
The excruciating pain in her heart shook her mind, but Siwooโs death overshadowed that pain.
Hayakawa kept wiping away the tears that flowed down.
It was hard to describe Siwooโs appearance up close.
From the bite marks of [Kagutsuchi] all over his limbs to the large hole in his heart.
His whole body was soaked in bright red blood.
โSob. . . hic. . . sob. . . .โ
Hayakawa tried to stop the blood flowing into his heart with the hem of her clothes.
Her fingers were stained with sticky blood that flowed through the soaked clothes.
Her cries gradually grew louder.
โNo. . . no. . . please. . . !โ
Hayakawa pressed her palms harder and harder.
Not only from the wound, but blood also gushed out of Siwooโs mouth.
No, it canโt end like this.
Her life as a shaman, which wouldnโt be long anyway.
It was out of the question for an unrelated person to die for the sake of prolonging her life.
She had never thought of such an ending, and it should not happen.
She put her ear to Siwooโs nose.
There was no breathing.
โSir Siwoo. . . please. . . donโt die. . . .โ
Hayakawa recalled the words Siwoo had said to her.
Stand tall as โHikari.โ
The first awkward sentence she had ever heard in her life.
โHikariโ as herself, not as โHayakawaโ of the family.
The warm lips that had spoken those magical words were bleeding.
Hayakawa wanted to hear those words again.
Not as a shaman of the family,
She wanted to hear him say well done as a human being who stood tall, as a woman.
She pressed her lips to Siwooโs.
She breathed into him.
Blood gushed out and wet her lips.
But she didnโt stop.
Hayakawa breathed in again and pressed Siwooโs heart over and over.
โGasp. . . gasp. . . wheeze.โ
She didnโt know if this was the right first aid.
She had to do something.
She performed artificial respiration without thinking about wiping the blood from her mouth.
And when she put her ear to Siwooโs nose again,
Hayakawa couldnโt help but collapse and burst into tears.
โSob. . . Iโm sorry. . . Iโm sorry. . . Iโm sorry. . . .โ
His heart didnโt beat again.
Only the blood of its owner flowed out of the hideously pierced hole.
ใฦษพึ ีกฦ. . . ฦณึ ีด ฦึ ึ ฦs. ฦณึ ีด ีฐษีช sีดฯฒีฐ ัตษเนีฒ ีฐึ ีฉาฝs.ใ
Kagutsuchi proudly exclaimed as it crushed the collapsing Mahuragaโs brain.
A sinister murderous aura stirred the surroundings.
Kagutsuchi continued to search for those who dared to oppose the gods and kill them.
At that moment,
[Storm Wind: Wind Blade]
A sharp wind arrow pierced the body of the fire dragon.
ใโฑฒีฐึ ีฅีฐาฝ ีฐาฝฦฦ. . . !ใ
The metallic voice vibrated through the heavens and earth.
The one who approached, ignoring the wrathful gaze of the divine spirit, was. . . Min Si-joon.
ใฦฌีฐาฝ ึ ีฒาฝ ีกีฐึ ีชษษพาฝ ีฅึ ฯฒษsีฅ ษ าษษพษพเนาฝษพโใ
โDisperse.โ
Min Si-joonโs icy voice became a trigger, and the wind blades embedded in the spiritโs body responded to their masterโs words.
Kwaddeudeudeuk!
ใฦแงษษษษษษษษษษีฐ!!ใ
The arrow, divided into hundreds of pieces of wind, pierced Kagutsuchiโs body and scattered in all directions.
Kagutsuchi let out a terrible scream.
ใฦษพึ ีกฦ. . . ฦฌีฐาฝษพาฝโs ษีฒึ ีฅีฐาฝษพ าษsีฅษษพีช ีฅษพแงเนีฒึ ีฅึ ีชาฝsีฅษพึ แง ีฅีฐาฝ ึึ ีช. . . !ใ
A sharp tail flew toward Min Si-joon like a ballista.
The boiling mana gathered at the end of Min Si-joonโs staff and soon turned into a huge magic circle that seemed like it would devour Kagutsuchi whole.
[Freezing: Instant Freeze]
Zzejjezze. . . Zzejjejek!!
In an instant, the cold air that had risen to the sky stretched out as if to freeze everything in the magic circle to death.
The tail was caught in the cold.
The spirit twisted its body in the air as the cold enveloped it.
However, Min Si-joon’s freezing magic held its movement in place.
ใฦษพึ ีกฦ!!ใ
Kagutsuchi was irritated by the bastardโs rampage.
It was difficult to breathe fire recklessly because it had already used a lot of mana and divine power.
The divine spirit glared at Min Si-joon as if it would kill him.
However, Kagutsuchi couldnโt help but be startled when it met his eyes.
Two eyeballs as red as if they had shed tears of blood.
Instead of spreading murderous intent, Min Si-joon thrust only a tightly compressed needle-like anger into the dragon before him.
โใ กIโll tear you to pieces.โ
If his brother dies, if that happens.
He vowed to hunt down and torture every divine spirit in the world, regardless of the means or methods.
๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท
ฬศงฬ๐ ๐ส๐คแด๐จ๐งษช๐ข๐ฐ.๐ศฏฬ๐ข
ใ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐.ใ
Siwoo floated in the darkness.
Like a dream, like reality.
All senses were blurred as if submerged in water, and sounds were heard faintly from far away.
A space like a completely black canvas from the beginning, with not a single point of light visible.
He couldnโt tell if his eyes were open or closed.
Siwoo exhaled with a blank face.
Pughrur.
Something like bubbles escaped from his nose and mouth.
What the hell is this place?
Is it black water?
ใ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ? ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก.ใ
Did you finally eat me? You got your wish.
ใ๐๐๐ฌ. ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.ใ
What are you going to do now? Are you going to return to your hometown?
ใ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐. ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐.ใ
Oh, right.
Siwoo relaxed his body in the space and let his thoughts flow.
Is it gradually sinking?
Or Is it gradually rising?
ใ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐.ใ
What the hell are you talking about?
ใ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐?ใ
Preโs question came like a ripple.
A familiar and friendly voice that he had heard for over a hundred years.
Siwoo spoke, exhaling bubbles.
I didnโt do it on purpose, and I didnโt get hit.
ใ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ? ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐?ใ
Suicide. . . I canโt die until I find the bastard who killed Min-jun.
ใ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ.ใ
Siwoo made a surprised face.
ใ๐๐จ๐ฎ’๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐.ใ
At Preโs mischievous words, Siwoo immediately smiled as if he couldnโt believe it.
His head felt a little clearer.
Pre didnโt like that smile.
He had thought it was a chance to have some fun.
ใ๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ง. ๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ค-๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐.ใ
No way I would die from something like this.
ใ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ โ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญโ?ใ
What, you know very well.
ใ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐?ใ
Then. . . Youโll figure it out.
Pre wanted to strangle this damn human.
If it hadn’t been for him, he would have died a long time ago in the afterlife.
ใ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง? ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ _{[. . .]}. . . ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ. . . ๐โ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ. . . . . . .ใ
Preโs voice sank deeper and deeper.
It was no longer audible.
It was far and away.
No, am I rising?
Siwoo smiled faintly and looked at the light that was gradually becoming brighter.
And he breathed.
Whew.
๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท
แดแดกแด๐๐ฐ๐ญแดแนฬiฬฬ๐๐ฌ.๐ค๐๐ช
โSob. . . hic. . . Iโm sorry. . . Iโm really sorry. . . .โ
Hayakawa buried her tear-stained face in Siwooโs chest.
It was the first time someoneโs death had come so painfully close.
She had thought she had erased a lot of her emotions while working as a hunter at HSIU.
It felt like the dam of emotions she had been holding back for so long had collapsed overnight.
Hayakawa slowly raised her head.
Her tear- and blood-stained face was once again devoid of emotion.
She turned her gaze to where the commotion was.
There, Min Si-joon and Kagutsuchi were fighting fiercely.
โEven Hunter Min Si-joon makes that kind of expression.โ
A face that couldnโt see anything beyond the point where anger had reached its peak.
It was strange to see him so angry since she had only ever seen him in footage with a blunt face.
Hayakawa looked up at the sky.
The barrier was lifted.
Of course, the fact that Hunter Min Si-joon had entered the interior meant the lifting of the barrier.
โItโs over.โ
He probably wouldnโt be able to defeat [Kagutsuchi], who had become a fire dragon, by herself.
Even though he was ranked 9th in South Korea, his opponent was a divine spirit passed down from generation to generation in a single family.
In particular, it was rare for her to see a divine spirit of such high rank manifest in this way.
โIt must have been possible because this place is a place with a lot of divine power.โ
Hayakawa grabbed her pounding heart.
And she took out the small dagger she had been carrying in her arms.
It was a knife used in sorcery, not something she carried around for this purpose.
She held the knife upside down, aiming it at her heart.
Her eyes and expression were determined.
โHayakawa Hikari, the 12th successor of the <Hayakawa> family. I will be buried with [Kagutsuchi] today.โ
Her hand rose to the sky.
The blade of the dagger shone brightly in the moonlight.
“Hup!”
The blade soon fell.
It pierced through her skin and was about to crush her heart.
Clack!
However, someone blocked the blade.
โ. . .Huh?โ
โI told you to stand up, when did I tell you to die?โ
Hayakawa looked at her opponent with disbelief.
โAh. . . .โ
She blinked her big, deep eyes and soon burst into tears.
She hugged Siwoo tightly and cried out loud.
She wondered if she was already dead.
She wondered if she had come to the afterlife and met Siwoo.
She even had such doubts.
Siwoo patted her on the back.
“Maybe. . . Maybe you died because of me. . . I was scared. . .”
Hayakawa said, wiping away the tears that kept flowing on Siwooโs clothes.
โItโs okay, Iโm alive and well.โ
โYes. . . so, what do we do now. . . ?โ
It was certain that the powerful being couldnโt be suppressed with moderate power.
Even if they borrowed the hands of other families and worked together, it wouldnโt be enough with the people here.
Siwoo smiled broadly.
And after stroking her hair, he got up from his seat.
โAh, no. . . run away now! Iโll buy you some time!โ
โWhat are you talking about?โ
Siwoo wiped away her tears with his thumb on her cheek.
โDo I look like the kind of guy who would make a woman cover for me and run away? Watch me here. Donโt fall.โ
โ. . .Yes.โ
Hayakawa had no choice but to nod at his confident and dazzling words.
Strangely, her anxiety and worries disappeared when she looked at Siwoo.
ใ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ.ใ
โWhat is it?โ
ใ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ. . . ๐๐ก! ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .ใ
โShut up.โ
Siwoo carefully opened his dantian and slowly circulated mana throughout his body.
It still felt cold as if he had broken his heart in a rough way.
To be honest, what he was doing now was close to gambling.
For both Siwoo and Pre.
The reason he insisted on helping Hayakawa and defeating the divine spirit was also to get this opportunity.
Finding an opponent who could pierce his heart all at once while consuming all the mana in his dantian wasnโt an easy condition.
โI guess Iโll have to live with a bit of pain for a while.โ
Once the circulation became familiar, he violently rotated the mana to every corner of his body like a raging waterfall.
His muscles ached and his heart pounded as if it would burst.
Siwoo grinned, raising one side of his mouth.
And he stomped his foot.