Episode 329
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A divided world.
A blizzard that was eaten.
In it, Debertan could be seen.
“… … Ugh, ah. I told you to cover this with your hand when trimming it.”
“It’s like a double-cross.”
“What, Emma?”
Two beings walking out, clearly alive, despite being covered in wounds all over their bodies.
Debertan acknowledged that they were bickering with each other, but their sharp momentum never let him get away with it.
-It was a death that accomplished nothing.
Jinhyukdo.
Hendrick too.
The fact that he would die without being able to kill anyone.
Jinhyeok and Hendrick, who were bickering with each other, not knowing whether they knew Debertan’s feelings or not, slowly approached to finish off Debertan, who was in a mess.
“O dragon who is growing old. O dragon who is now dying. What can you give me if I grant your wish?”
-… … !
If it weren’t for a man who appeared above Debertan’s head as he was about to give up everything and accept death, Debertan would have probably been brutally murdered by Jinhyeok and Hendrik.
“… … Cha Jin-hyeok!”
“Beelzebub!”
A man waiting for Debertan’s answer while blocking them.
Jinhyeok rushed towards him, calling out Baalzebub’s name.
“Huh. Just wait, I’ll deal with you shortly.”
Thud!
Jinhyuk, blocked by an invisible wall, could not avoid being thrown backwards by the force of the rebound.
“… … Huh.”
“Are you okay?”
“It’s okay. He can’t kill me directly. What’s important is the meeting between him and Debertan.”
“… … You know something.”
Hendrick’s face hardened at the appearance of Baalzebub and Jinhyuk’s answer that seemed to know something about him.
Jinhyuk nodded slightly while looking at Hendrick and told him about what he knew.
“Floor 130, Lightning Canyon. That’s where I first met him. He’s half of Baal, the ‘peak of all evil.’”
“… … That’s ridiculous. There’s no way someone half as big as him could show up on the tower.”
No matter how great Hendrick is, the current Hendrick and Jinhyuk would have a hard time handling even one finger of Baal’s main body.
That half of Baal.
When Hendrick’s face hardened even more at the words that were unusual even to hear casually.
“I just told you. He can’t hurt me directly.”
“… … That’s fortunate. But there must be a reason why you tried so hard to stop him.”
“… … Yes, he sacrificed the giant he encountered in the Lightning Canyon and summoned the arm of a guy I had never heard of before, the ‘Primeval Giant.’”
“What’s the level?”
“He may be inferior to Baal, but he is still a god of the divine realm.”
“……her.”
There are not many beings who can be compared to Baal, the sole leader.
In that sense, saying that he is inferior to Baal would be closer to a compliment than an insult.
It was no wonder that Hendrick couldn’t help but be surprised.
“Perhaps what he’s after right now is to sacrifice Debertan and summon a part of another monster. We must stop him. If he really gets his way… … I may have to risk my life.”
“… … This is serious.”
It’s fortunate that Baalzebub can’t attack them directly, but the current situation itself is not all that good.
“The best option would be for Debertan to reject the offer… … .”
“… … The problem is that the possibility of that happening is very low.”
And their worries soon became reality.
-I don’t know who you are, but for the future of our species, I can help you get this old man in order.
“That’s enough. The contract is complete.”
Debertan’s consent.
Baalzebub, who appeared as a handsome man with dark hair and dark eyes and a wicked smile, thrust his hand into Debertan’s heart.
-Cough!
Debertan’s eyes, which were about to open in excruciating pain, flashed open, but it was only a flash of light.
Before I die.
With a painful final gasp that took all of his strength, the dragon Debertan met his death.
And his death created another beginning.
“Come, ‘Mother of Salty Waters’ and ‘Five-Headed Dragon’. I will make a covenant between you and me with the corpse of the light dragon and the heart of the dragon as a sacrifice.”
“… …f*ck.”
“… … How scary.”
Baalzebub, reciting a spell and performing a ritual, lifts the broken Debertan dragon heart he pulled out towards the sky.
At that sight, Jinhyuk and Hendrick’s faces hardened as they felt the surrounding atmosphere and energy gradually changing.
As if to make their concerns and vigilances a reality-
Plop!
The dragon heart containing great power shattered and the immense power created a huge portal.
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In that portal that clearly led somewhere.
-Kurarararararara!
“… … Keuk!”
“… … Huh.”
A huge dragon pierced through the air, sweeping the surrounding area.
Jinhyuk and Hendrick, who were closest, sat down in their seats and coughed harshly, causing the illusion that their entire body was paralyzed.
“Does that make sense? You’re forcing us like this just because of a peer?”
“… … A divine dragon. No, an evil dragon.”
That is the emperor of the dragon tribe.
Even if the solvent came, it would have been impossible.
Something that only a god or demon with the flesh of a dragon can do.
And as if to confirm their thoughts, a long, snake-like head appeared beyond the giant portal.
The head, with its sharp dragon eyes and body as white as snow, roared again as it emerged from the portal.
-Kurararararara!
“……shit.”
“… … Is holding on all you can do?”
Second roar.
Unlike the first time, there was no ugly sight of the legs giving out again thanks to the preparation, but that was all.
Trying to keep my trembling body from collapsing by holding it together.
That was the only thing the two of them could do.
-Beelzebub.
“Ohduryong, Tiamat. It’s been a while.”
-It’s the first time I’ve seen you since the contract. It’s been hundreds of years. No, maybe thousands of years.
Baalzebub and Tiamat paid no attention to the two who were barely holding on.
Just as no human being would pay attention to two ants or two flies passing by, they continued their conversation among themselves without giving Jinhyeok and Hendrick any attention.
-Are these guys important enough to use a contract here?
“Yes, the one with the purple hair is the one Baal is looking at, and the other one is similar. If we can eliminate them, it will be a great help to the future plan. Even if this fails, you and the other contractors will have to move to deal with them.”
-… … Huh, there’s no next time. Ymir, that stupid giant guy failed, but I’m different from him.
“When everything is over, the ceasefire that was halted because of the existence of the outer space will end and war will begin again. Everyone will fall into chaos where they will die and be killed. The ‘Seonryongwang’ will also be able to engage in bloody battles with the ‘Greedy Dragon’ once again.”
-… … I’m looking forward to it. Thinking about chewing up and swallowing those bastards.
“So do your best. They are irregulars. You still have a chance, but you’d better deal with them as quickly as possible.”
-Don’t worry and go. How can someone who can’t even move properly worry about others? Get your strength back quickly.
“Okay… … Then, I’ll believe you.”
After the conversation, Baalzebub’s new form disappears.
Only the giant white head of Tiamat remained, looking at Jinhyuk and Hendrick.
-Yes, let’s see how well Baalzebub can hold up as he said. And let’s see why Baal, that lowly and contemptible fellow, is interested.
Pfft!
A muttering that is almost like talking to oneself.
Tiamat muttered as if she thought this was a game rather than a battle, and her long neck contracted, then with a bang, she shot out like a javelin towards Jinhyuk and Hendrick.
[The fifth head of the Mother of Salt Water shoots at you!]
A message window from the system, warning of impending danger, appeared before Jinhyeok’s eyes.
“f*ck. One – Divine power. Divinization.”
In the face of imminent danger, Jinhyuk made an extremely defensive choice, unlike before.
The enormous dragon power flowing through his entire body was transformed into an enormous divine power, and Jinhyuk, who was wearing a strong and sturdy armor made of divine power, immediately created a huge shield of divine power to cover Hendrick and himself.
“God’s protection.”
Kwarrrrrrrr!
A huge shield with a milky glow.
Tiamat’s fifth head struck it, several dozen meters away from them.
A massive force flowed through the shield, instantly pushing Hendrick and Jinhyuk back dozens of meters.
“Ugh… … .”
“What nonsense… … .”
After finishing his mission, Jinhyuk became sanctified solely for defense, and focused all his strength on defense.
Even though the defensive point was not right in front of them but was positioned tens of meters away, the impact shattered the shield and pushed them back tens of meters. Hendrik looked at Tiamat’s fifth head with an expression of disbelief.
Next to Hendrick was Jinhyuk, who was coughing up blood from the shock of the collision and the shock of having his divine protection shattered.
“Are you okay?”
“… …Does this look okay?”
At best, he suffered internal injuries from a single blow.
A situation where blood is spilled, not just in handfuls, but in buckets.
It would be difficult to see that as normal.
“Do you think you can stop it?”
“… … I don’t think I can say that even as a joke.”
“Yeah, I knew it.”
Hendrick’s swordsmanship is elegant, but his strength is inferior to Jinhyuk’s.
Jinhyuk is strength.
Hendrick is a technician.
And the term ‘competent steelmaker’ is not applicable in the face of an overwhelming difference in power.
That’s why Jinhyuk looked at Hendrick and said.
“good.”
“……what?”
“Go. I’ll stop this place. You go after Hye-rin and Tam and find the Blue Dragon. Then you bring him back and destroy him along with that snakehead. There’s no other answer.”
“… … Are you planning to leave everything to luck? Even if you really do find the Azure Dragon in time, it might end up destroying that monster.”
“Then what, if the two of us join forces and fight, we can stop or catch him? Hendrick, get a grip, you punk. I’m not staying here to save you. I’m sending you here to win. So don’t worry about whether you can or can’t, just turn around and run right now. And bring the Azure Dragon. That’ll do.”
“… …f*ck.”
Hendrick’s feelings were miserable as he had to leave Jinhyeok behind and go to the center of the ‘Dead Dragon’s Grave’ alone to find the Blue Dragon, whose whereabouts he did not even know.
“Never. Never die.”
“I’m not dead. So go.”
Hendrick eventually turned his back on Jinhyeok, who had no intention of wiping the blood dripping from his mouth, and who had a difficult smile on his face.
-Where are you going!
Tiamat’s fifth head rushed forward, sensing something odd.
“Snake Head. Your opponent is me. God’s Protection – 2 stacks.”
Kurrururur!
Unlike before, Jinhyuk built up his defenses even thicker.
2nd layer.
Although it was only two pieces connected, the effect was great.
The effect must have been great even without seeing it, as it felt like a great amount of divine power, reminiscent of the ocean, was pouring out.
Kwarrrrrr!
Even in the collision with Tiamat’s fifth head that rushed forward, he was only slightly pushed back.
Jinhyeok shouted, completely blocking his advance.
“go!”
“… … .”
Ta-da-da-dak!
At Jinhyeok’s shout, Hendrick bit his lips without saying a word and ran vigorously along the path that Hye-rin and Tam had walked before.
The short time that Jinhyuk gave me.
During that short time, Hendrick disappeared so quickly that he was out of sight.
-Ha! Is this a tearful sacrifice worthy of humanity that you are making in the end? Baal has finally lost his mind. No, it is only natural since his origins are so low that he is worse than a poor lamb.
Tiamat laughed as she watched Hendrik disappear, leaving Jinhyuk behind.
They confirmed the gap with a single attack and sacrificed one person to save at least one person.
It was enough to make him laugh –
“Don’t worry. I have no intention of making sacrifices like you think.”
-……what?
“Just wait. The moment that bastard who just disappeared returns. That day will be the moment when your snake head is eaten.”
-How presumptuous. How dare you, a human who can’t even properly handle one of my heads, look down on me!
Jinhyuk calmly relaxed his stiff body and smiled faintly.
“Yes, if you were whole, I would die without even having time to do anything. But you only have one head, right? And even that isn’t whole. That’s enough to endure.”
-… … Okay, I’ll play with you until the human in the dragon’s shell you’ve been longing for returns. And when he returns, I’ll shatter you and his plan into pieces, and then I’ll chew up and eat everyone you’ve had a connection with, including that guy, right before your eyes.
Jinhyuk simply smiled and stretched out his arms and hands in response to Tiamat’s angry response, which was so repulsive in itself that she wanted to draw with him.
“Drew. If you’re going to do what I said, you have to catch me first, right? Okay?”
I provoked him by wiggling my fingertips.
A provocation with an obvious plot twist.
-That’s a silly provocation. But I’ll go along with it.
Tiamat did not avoid such provocations.
Even though Tiamat knew that Jinhyuk was just trying to buy her time and prevent her from pursuing Hendrick, she gave in to it.
-Kurararararara!
“… …God’s Protection – Triple Stack!”
Soon, a bloody battle began between a spear that could pierce everything and a shield that could not stop anything.
Even though the match was half-decided in Tiamat’s favor, the expression on Jinhyuk’s face, who was on the shield side, strongly suggested that he would never give up.
[The pinnacle of all evil gazes upon you.]
[The nine-tailed fox looks at you blankly.]
[The greedy dragon looks at you intently.]
[An angel abandoned in heaven looks at you blankly.]
[The Son of the Sun looks at you blankly.]
Countless gods and demons began to weigh the appearance of Jinhyeok.
Regardless of their weighing, the match between Tiamat and Jinhyuk continued endlessly, without even a moment to blink or take a deep breath.
It was a strange battle where Tiamat only attacked and Jinhyuk only defended, but those watching looked at Jinhyuk with respect rather than ridicule.
The battle began with no one around to see it, but with many watching from beyond the sky.
