#Episode 1052
“See you again?”
At the sight of Jin Tae-gyeong, who had come right in front of him with a soft voice, the great sorcerer felt the blood in his entire body turn cold.
‘How on earth?’
A speed far beyond expectations that cannot be explained simply by the expression “fast.”
And as if she already knew, a silver spear blade was pointed towards her body.
Wedge!
The wind splits. No, it breaks.
In front of the terrifying sight of space being distorted along the river winding around the spear blade, the great wizard cried out in his heart, feeling greater fear than ever before.
‘Mighty power of protection!’
Ugh.
In a world that has slowed down, the energy gathered around the heart boiled.
At the same time, a layer of translucent shield rose up and surrounded the caster’s body, blocking the spear blade.
Quang! Quad deuk!
The ground shook with a roar as if there had been an earthquake.
But at this moment, all of the great wizard’s senses were focused only on the vision in front of him.
The spear blade barely came to a halt after destroying most of the dozens of layers of overlapping protective shields.
‘It was blocked.’
With a shiver running down his spine, the great wizard finally let out the breath he had been holding.
And before I could fully feel that relief, I suddenly realized one thing as I looked at Jin Tae-kyung smiling vaguely even though his attack on conversion had failed.
That he had forgotten something.
They are very important, yet dangerous beings.
However, as is the case for everyone, enlightenment on the battlefield always came one step late.
Shhh!
A huge flash of light flew across space.
The great wizard let out a silent scream at the sight of the two human figures visible beyond the dazzling cluster of lights that dimly colored his vision.
‘Gungseong (弓星)… … !’
Kwaaaaang!
A huge explosion followed by a huge flash of light engulfed the entire hill.
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At the last moment, it all happened almost simultaneously.
I, who predicted the aftermath of a huge collision, widened the distance.
In the distance, Kang Ki’s arrow left the bowstring and came at him fiercely, finally touching the protective shield.
and.
Whoa!
A distant flash of light that swelled, blocking everyone’s vision, engulfed the great wizard’s new form, which was hidden behind a weakly collapsing shield.
Googoo googung!
The earth shakes. The light that bursts out in an instant tears through the darkness and engulfs everything.
A wave of power that can only be described as enormous.
‘Sigh… … !’
I swallowed my breath and curled up as much as I could. A gust of wind swept through her body and cut into the air, as if it were her blade.
When the time that was only a moment but felt like eternity ended.
I could finally hear.
Someone’s familiar voice flowing into my darkened ears.
“Are you okay?”
Letting out the breath I had been holding, I raised my head.
Beyond the slowly fading flash of light, white clothes torn to shreds and blood splattered everywhere. And I saw someone’s limbs detached from the body.
They were white and thin, clearly belonging to a woman.
“finished. entire.”
“… … ah.”
The death of the great mage.
The moment I finally recognized that fact, my whole body relaxed without me knowing.
My mental strength had already reached its limit a long time ago, and the fatigue that I could not hide came flooding in, blurring my vision.
Suddenly.
A strong grip holding on to a swaying body.
Seeing Jeokcheongang forcefully lifting me up, I suddenly burst into laughter.
“I’m sorry, Noya.”
“What do you mean?”
“Half angle. “It was a long time ago.”
Jeokcheongang laughed along with me.
“It’s still a hundred years too early. “Can’t you see that that damn bastard ran away all the way here?”
Contrary to what he said, his face was covered in blood.
However, Jeokcheongang naturally responded and pointed to a place, and at the tip of his finger was an old big head that had survived as tenaciously as a cockroach.
Of course, of course, there was another reason why the Blood Sword Demon Army was able to survive in this huge aftermath.
“You went quite far while you were away for a while. Absurdly and recklessly.”
Sogyo, or rather, Gungseong, stared at me with his usual calm eyes and opened his mouth.
Even though it was clear that she had crossed half of the world without stopping, her appearance still gave off a blade-like force.
And I knew better than anyone else the biggest reason why Gungseong, who must have been feeling great fatigue, maintained this attitude.
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The reason she went out of her way to protect the Blood Sword Demon Army.
“But we’ll have to postpone the rest of the story. “There are still problems remaining.”
What Gungseong said was undoubtedly true.
The great mage was dead, but even at this moment, the bloodbath at the bottom of the hill was still going on.
But that wasn’t the only problem Gungseong was talking about.
“In the end, this is what happened.”
At a single word from the palace that exuded a cold, murderous energy, the Blood Sword Demon Lord, who had fallen at her feet and was breathing heavily, opened his mouth with difficulty.
“good night. Anything… … “I’ll tell you anything.”
Anything, Ira.
I quietly pondered those words in my mind. At the same time, she walked towards him with unsteady steps and raised the white flame.
Sreung.
Instead of answering, the spear blade was aimed.
In front of that cold, bright flash, the voice of the Blood Sword Demon, who had been trying to remain calm, grew even louder.
“Traitor, there was a traitor among you!”
The sight of the Great Madou, emitting terrifying energy waves, can no longer be found anywhere.
The blood sword demon who now falls before me is no different from a beggar who lost everything and fell at the end of a life filled with corruption.
Abandoned by his master, betrayed by his allies, and now begging for his life by selling information to the enemy he was trying to kill.
“I’m afraid?”
“… … what?”
“Do things like you feel fear?”
Looking down at the guy’s wide-open eyes, I continued speaking in a low voice.
“There is no deal.”
The Blood Sword Demon is already an abandoned dog.
Perhaps his fate was decided a long time ago.
I don’t know the exact reason, but it was exactly the result that God had intended, and no owner would devote sincerity to a hunting dog that would one day mercilessly throw it away.
Therefore, I also had no need or reason to listen to the hound.
Even if it is information about the traitors outlined here today.
“Dark Night King Sima Gong. Song Il, the old swordsman. And Hwang Bo-eom, Taeeul Mujeonggeom (太乙無情劍).”
“… … !”
There was no answer, but the blood sword demon’s violently shaking eyes took the place of the answer.
A guess that was close to certainty is finally completed with two words: confidence.
“already… … “You knew?”
A voice that sounds like it was barely squeezed out.
I nodded towards the Blood Sword Demon, who had a mesmerized look on his face.
“To some extent.”
“B-but. “Then why?”
“If you ask me why, I don’t know.”
I lifted the spear blade, feeling unbearable fatigue.
At the same time, a thought occurred to me.
The reason why I was able to come this far even though I guessed the existence of traitors.
The reason why he fought for his life despite this unreasonable situation and did not give up until the end.
And that’s probably it.
“A little more. “I guess I wanted to believe it.”
“… … !”
“Because you can’t win without believing that way. So, I guess that’s why he came all this way like an asshole.”
okay.
That was the reason for victory.
The difference between Amcheon and us.
The difference between the universe and me.
And I have already clearly seen with my own eyes the results of those subtle beliefs and expectations.
To be precise, a belief that originated from one person.
‘Samapyo.’
He was quiet and dark, but he never once betrayed expectations.
Comrades who never backed down in any desperate moment, always fought together with their backs together, and laughed while covered in each other’s blood.
No, buddy.
‘If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have even had this little faith.’
Not so long ago, Jeokcheongang asked me.
What would you do if it turns out to be true that Sima Piao and Taesan betrayed each other?
I didn’t answer.
Even at the moment when I was descending the snowy mountain range with Sima Biao, I kept repeating this in my mind, but I could not answer.
Because I won’t be able to kill them.
I just believed it. More earnestly than anyone else.
And I was probably not the only one who sent faith towards the traitors.
‘The priest sentenced two to death. The son is the father.’
In the end, their faith was rewarded.
It moved the hearts of the traitors and ultimately turned the tide of battle.
I saw.
The sight of Taeeul Invincible Sword and Noho Swordsman throwing themselves towards Hellfire, and the sight of Sima Gong fighting the Blood Sword Demon Army on behalf of Jeokcheongang.
Of course, their sins will not be forgiven.
At least I have no right to forgive them.
The same goes for Jeokcheon River and Gungseong.
But at least at the last moment, I will remember the traitors who upheld the minimum principles.
Unlike an abandoned hunting dog that will soon be forgotten by its owner.
“That’s why it’s different. “You and us.”
As I whispered in a small but clear voice, the Blood Sword Demon looked at me with bloodshot red eyes.
“Jin Tae-kyung-!”
And that moment when a cry that seemed to vomit blood erupted.
Deep.
The blade of the spear cut into the chest gently, as if splitting tofu, and swallowed up the Blood Sword Demon Army’s words.
No, what little vitality was left in it.
Tiring.
A clear bell ringing in my ears.
At the same time, a cool energy like valley water swept through my whole body, once again infusing new strength into my body.
Unlike someone who died a gruesome death after being pierced by a silver-white spear blade.
And one step before that, according to the will of someone who met a death so gruesome that even his body could not survive properly.
‘I shouldn’t fall down here? ‘Become stronger than now?’
Feeling extreme mental fatigue weighing on my whole body, I suddenly turned my head and looked.
Heading towards the last traces of the great mage that remained at the spot where Kang Ki’s arrow had swept past, she said a word in her mind that she would no longer hear.
‘don’t worry. ‘I will definitely do that.’
What God wants, I don’t know.
But one thing is clear.
I must move on. We need to become stronger in order to constantly move forward.
To the extent that it goes far beyond the universe’s expectations, to the point that one day he will regret this choice.
‘No matter what gets in your way, just destroy it and tear it down.’
I have lived that way until now, and I will continue to live that way in the future.
With a thought in my heart, I turned the staggering Shinhyeong around.
To be exact, I was trying to turn it around.
Until I saw the sharp cross-sections carved into the slender arms and legs that had been separated from the body, one by one, submerged in a pool of blood.
no.
“… … !”
Until I discovered traces of teleportation.