Episode 379
‘It’s nothing special.’
When no follow-up attack came, the Ghoul King turned his attention to the masked wizard.
Ogoldos and Lee Han did not currently pose much of a threat to the King of Ghouls. There were a lot more people here that needed to be dealt with first.
Let’s see how much it’s worth.
Avoiding the oncoming berserker’s attack, the Ghoul King puffed up his body like black fog.
And the fog enveloped the berserker. A terrible meal unfolded with a crashing sound.
‘You’ve recovered a lot more than I thought.’
While the berserker was being captured, the undead wizard thought calmly.
I did not regret pulling out my sword against the King of Ghouls.
Because it was the law of the undead world that if you didn’t step on your opponent when they were weak, you would never have a chance.
However, the king of ghouls had recovered well in that short period of time.
He must have recovered quite a bit of strength by eating the minions around the palace and absorbing the magical power.
I wish it had arrived sooner…
Regardless of the disappointment, the undead wizard’s spell continued smoothly. The poisonous fog began to explode continuously and fill the space.
Do you think spreading poison will make a difference?
The Ghoul King snorted and grabbed another berserker and swallowed him.
The King of Ghouls, who started out as a ghoul and reached his current existence through numerous battles and victories, possessed many powers commensurate with his achievements.
The power of mist, which allows you to release and move your own body, the power of absorption, which can absorb the opponent’s existence, and the power of summoning, which can summon contracted undead…
Despite not being able to use many of his powers due to not recovering, the King of Ghouls was showing fierce fighting power with just his remaining strength.
Kwasik!
Another berserker melted. The King of Ghouls, who was widening the distance by dodging round and round, took advantage of the opportunity and rushed in, sinking his fangs into the attack.
Even the great berserker was fooled like a scarecrow when he faced the king of ghouls directly.
But the undead wizard remained calm.
It didn’t matter if the other person recovered faster than expected. From the beginning, the wizard had assumed that the king of ghouls had stronger fighting power than them.
The reason why wizards are scary is because, regardless of the strength or weakness of their combat power, they can come up with a secret plan that exploits a loophole in a situation.
The undead wizard had been preparing magic to stab the king of ghouls ever since he submitted to him.
“Is this okay?”
Lee Han spoke in a panicked voice as he saw the Ghoul King running around the hall and tearing down the berserkers.
Unfortunately, he had become much stronger than when we last met.
‘Isn’t it better to retreat?’
-Don’t worry. I have been preparing a way to stab the king ever since I obeyed him as a subject.
‘…Then why don’t you say you’re loyal…’
When I asked him earlier, he said he was loyal, but I was shocked when he said he had been preparing from the beginning.
Common sense in the undead dimension was too difficult for Lee Han.
“What is that method?”
-You’ll know when you see it. Take as much time as possible.
With words, the undead wizard captured a berserker and began to absorb magical power.
The magical power needed for magic was lacking.
“Well, if you need magical power, would you like to absorb it?”
– Wouldn’t it be better to absorb the berserkers? Those guys…
The undead wizard, who held out his bony hand and grabbed Lee Han without thinking, was surprised.
The magical energy that had been depleted from using magic just now was replenished in an instant.
“How is it?”
-excellent! When I give the signal, run back and replenish your mana! This will allow you to complete it much faster!
‘Did I tell you for no reason?’
* * *
The Ghoul King defeated more than half of the berserkers and gave a cheery shout.
Then, the undead wizard standing in the corner caught my eye.
hmm!
If he had originally been the king of ghouls, he would have wiped out all the berserkers first and then dealt with the wizard.
Among the prisoners in the dungeon, the most powerful were these berserkers.
And the undead wizard did not do much damage to the king of ghouls.
Although he was a powerful poison element wizard, he did not have a good compatibility with the King of Ghouls, and with only his innate elemental resistance and powerful movement powers, the King of Ghouls was able to nullify the undead wizard.
Rather, from the Ghoul King’s point of view, the guy next to him who was using low-level elemental magic was more annoying.
Even though the level of magic was low, its movements were fast and accurate beyond prediction, and its firepower was strangely powerful.
Normally, I would have left the guy who had the arrogance of a subject who lacked that kind of ability to the very end and dealt with it by scaring him, but…
Strangely enough, it caught my eye.
The King of Ghouls himself didn’t know it, but the recent defeat he had suffered had changed his arrogant personality.
My thoughts changed.
-!
The undead wizard was surprised.
The preparations were not yet complete, but the King of Ghouls began to move targeting the wizard.
-What… stop it!
The remaining berserkers shouted and blocked the way. The Ghoul King tried to pass through the berserkers by lightly turning his body into black mist.
“ Cold, like fog! ”
A bright blue ice fog spread out into the air.
When you become the king of ghouls, you can tell just by looking at the structure of how magic is created.
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What was just cast was <Lesser Cold Fog>.
It was a low-level circle magic that made you yawn. The Ghoul King ignored it and tried to break through.
But at that moment, a chilling coldness flowed from the fog.
!
The Ghoul King quickly turned around to avoid the fog. Meanwhile, the undead wizard blew poison clouds again and widened the distance.
-I don’t know why the fake king is doing this!
“Has the plan gone wrong!?”
Lee Han also shouted while widening the distance. The undead wizard said as if he didn’t understand.
-If it were his original personality, he wouldn’t have attacked me first out of pride. You would have thought that in itself would hurt your pride. So I thought it would be okay, but why did my personality change because of the defeat I experienced?
“……”
Lee Han cursed at his past self.
No matter how good the silver coin is, isn’t this what happens if you rush into a cave?
How long do you plan on running away? huh? If you’re going to take over the throne, shouldn’t you swing something? If you keep running away like that…
The King of Ghouls inflated his body to blow away the poisonous cloud and tried to chase the undead wizard again, but stopped.
I felt something was out of place.
…for a moment.
The Ghoul King turned his gaze to the floor.
Before I knew it, a magic circle with strange patterns was filling the floor of the hall.
This kid…
The king’s eyes flashed fiercely in the fog.
I belatedly realized that the undead wizard who was behaving like a joke was actually preparing great magic.
-Things went wrong. I didn’t have that good sense of humor. I apologize in advance.
“…no.”
Normally, he should have been angry at the undead wizard, saying, ‘You made me die too!’, but Lee Han didn’t do that.
Because there was some responsibility!
Do you think you can die safely like this? I’ll completely change it.
– Undead, go back to where you came from!
Although it was not completed, the undead wizard had no choice but to activate the magic circle.
Surprisingly, divine power surged from the magic circle. It was a type of sacred magic used by the church.
– Divine judgment will bind and banish you!
Lee Han was surprised, and the Ghoul King was also surprised.
Of course, it took an extraordinary method for someone weaker than the king to stab him, but I never would have thought that an undead wizard like him would come with holy magic.
A sacred radiance began to hover in the place where a dark clash between undead had occurred just moments ago.
‘How can the undead!?’
Lee Han was surprised.
No matter how much they borrowed the power of the magic circle, the undead were able to embody divine magic.
It wasn’t normal persistence.
Accompanied by a flood of light, the Ghoul King began to let out a burning scream. The other berserkers rolled around, unable to move.
The undead wizard also fell to his knees and staggered, probably suffering damage. If it weren’t for the magic shield he had put on beforehand, he would have been shattered long ago.
dare!
-!
The undead wizard cast a look of astonishment. The Ghoul King ran out and pinned the undead wizard against the wall.
-You won’t be able to move…
I knew about your shallow tricks from the beginning.
The Ghoul King spoke, revealing the armor on his form.
Thanks to this armor sewn from the flesh of heroes, they were able to withstand and run despite the flood of divine magic.
-Fake king. You have become much wiser. It wasn’t like this…
Shut up. You stupid rat.
The Ghoul King quickly gathered his strength to deal with the undead wizard and remove the magic from the hall.
At that moment, Lee Han swung the Morning Star. As the black blade sliced through the Ghoul King, the King howled fiercely as he felt his magic being absorbed.
radish…!
Confusion came first rather than anger at having dared to inflict damage. The Ghoul King was perplexed as he could not figure out the identity of his opponent.
no way…
no way??
“When will the magic be completed!”
-A lot of… everything…
The undead wizard’s voice was weaker than before.
He was seriously injured only by a single blow from the King of Ghouls.
-Instead… completed…
“Does that make sense!?”
-Contract… Summon…
The undead wizard said, pointing his fingers alternately.
Originally, signing a summoning contract with a pale young wizard from another dimension was something I would never do, but in an emergency situation like this, there was nothing I could do.
“understand!”
-My true name is… Verdus. Summon now…
Even in the midst of this embarrassment, Lee Han almost lost concentration for a moment.
What a name!
Paaaaat-
Once the spell was memorized and the contract was made, powerful magical power was infused into the undead wizard.
The undead wizard took a breather with that magic power and finally completed the magic circle.
You!
The King of Ghouls came to his senses and rushed at him with the most vicious anger he had ever unleashed.
He finally realized Lee Han’s identity.
The subject matter was so over-the-top that it could not be expressed in words such as arrogance.
I can’t believe you followed me all the way here just to defeat the subject you were lucky enough to defeat.
It worked out better. here…
When the undead wizard blocked his path, the Ghoul King consumed his being and defeated him with one blow.
After being reverse-summoned, the undead wizard poisoned the king of ghouls with his last effort. And I thought to myself.
‘This is my first time seeing you so angry!’
It was clear that the holy magic prepared by the undead wizard had really offended the king.
Satisfied with that fact, the undead wizard collapsed.
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porridge…
The king of ghouls tried to kill Lee Han first, not caring about the consumption or poisoning of the being.
That’s how deep the resentment was in the bone marrow.
Kwaaaaaa-
However, a completely different level of divine magic power attacked the Ghoul King.
The King of Ghouls fell to his knees under the pressure of being unable to move any further.
Ogoldos muttered without realizing it.
“Have you… done it?”
“senior. Please stop saying things like that…”
How can I get rid of it?
The Ghoul King knelt down and glared at Lee Han.
Do you think you won? Did you know that this magic circle was some kind of omnipotent sword? The best this magic circle can do is tie me up! If I stay in here, I will become weak. But that’s it. How long do you think you can maintain this magic circle?! You’re already out of breath.
“…ah.”
Lee Han listened nervously to what the King of Ghouls said and then sighed in relief.
