The child was in a state of unconsciousness, either from magic or from ingesting poison.
His face turned pale and he looked like he was going to die at any moment.
John screamed as the apostate thrust a dagger into the boy’s neck.
“Stop, stop! Please, not the child… …!”
“Do you want to save the children? Then follow our orders. Then everything will be resolved.”
Yohan and Lee Su-ho looked obviously embarrassed.
The head priest said with a smile.
“Okay, just catch Seo Kang-rim and bring him here. Then these two people… … .”
-Crunch!
“Eww!”
Then, a scream came from behind and blood spurted out.
As the apostates frantically protected the head priest, he looked at the intruder who had appeared behind him.
The person who jumped in alone with a sword in his hand was Seo Kang-rim.
‘Seo Kang-rim?! I couldn’t see him. Did he come back another way? …!’
Before we knew it, the apostates who had been holding the hostages had fallen with a final gasp.
Seo Kang-rim quickly secured the hostages and then joined Yohan and Lee Su-ho.
He spoke urgently to John.
“Both are in critical condition. They need immediate treatment.”
“Yes, yes!”
As John prayed urgently, a healing light enveloped the two of them.
The apostates were on high alert at the appearance of Seo Kang-rim, but they could not bring themselves to attack him.
Meanwhile, Lee Su-ho felt uneasy.
‘Why is the head priest so calm?’
Despite losing two important hostages, the head priest showed no sign of being intimidated.
He opened his mouth, still with a relaxed attitude.
“Father Lee Su-ho, put down your weapon. My offer is still valid.”
“The hostages are all here. Why should I listen to you?”
“Did I say there were only two hostages?”
Lee Su-ho stared at the head priest as if asking what he was talking about.
The head priest spoke in a leisurely voice.
“I gave you an order when I came here. If we don’t return by the appointed time, kill all the children in the orphanage and offer them up as sacrifices.”
“… … !”
“Since we’ve come all the way to Seo Kang-rim and Gwangmyeong Cross, we need insurance too.”
An evil laughter filled the room.
Even Lee Su-ho was shocked when he heard that.
He spoke urgently to Seo Kang-rim.
“Seogangrim Hunter! Now, you must step back and go save the children!”
“No. There’s no need for that.”
Seo Kang-rim spoke firmly and prepared to attack.
Lee Su-ho glared at Seo Kang-rim as if he were a villain, as the children seemed to have no interest at all.
It looks like they will take down Seo Kang-rim, not the apostate priests.
The head priest burst into laughter when he saw that sight.
“Hahaha! So you really don’t mind letting those kids die?”
“Who would leave children to die?”
Seo Kang-rim looked at him calmly and said.
“The group of Bihomun is now subduing the priests remaining in the monastery.”
After arriving at the monastery and checking the priests’ fortunes, Seo Kang-rim also checked the children’s fortunes.
However, none of the children were demon possessed.
Then why did they insist on keeping the children alive?
There’s no way the devil would just leave the children alone.
If they preferred human sacrifice, they would have used the children from the orphanage in some way.
That’s why Seo Kang-rim immediately contacted the members of Bihomun.
“Because you destroyed the relics and weakened the divine power, the heretical Bihomun members were able to enter.”
“… … !”
The head priest’s face was distorted with embarrassment.
One of the most important tools of intimidation, the orphanage, was taken away.
When he heard that the orphanage was safe, Yohan staggered to his feet.
“I will never, ever forgive you… … !”
An indescribable anger boiled in John’s eyes.
It was the same for Lee Su-ho.
As the situation changed, the head priest shouted urgently.
“There’s nothing we can do about it now. We have no choice but to kill them all and offer them up as sacrifices!”
At the head priest’s direction, the priests each took up their weapons and rushed forward.
But at that moment, Seo Kang-rim’s sword emitted a sharp light.
-Kwak-kwak!
A mysterious energy flowed from the sword Seo Kang-rim was holding.
The priest’s eyes widened at the sight of the sword shining so brightly that it was blindingly white.
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‘What the heck? That weapon is…! That energy is divine iron? Where did you get that?’
The Howling Tooth brought from the Seocheon Flower Garden has good attack power, but its use is limited because it is in the form of a chainsaw.
So Seo Kang-rim melted down the blade of the Howling Tooth and made it into a new sword.
The sword glowed white and menacing, like the teeth of a wild beast.
“Damn it! Subdue Seo Kang-rim first!”
“Lee Su-ho and Yohan are no pushovers either!”
A sharp beam of light was created from above, subduing the priests, while John quickly assisted from behind with his protective shield and healing abilities.
The apostates were startled by the overwhelming power and retreated.
“Hey, why are you so strong?”
“We clearly borrowed the devil’s power… …!”
The apostates tried their best to resist, but their whole bodies felt like they were being burned by the divine power.
Lee Su-ho and Yohan were both strong, but the most fearsome opponent among them was Seo Kang-rim.
The head priest was horrified to see him rampaging like a devil and knocking down priests.
‘D-dang it! Seo Kang-rim. I heard you’re strong… … !’
He realized that his plan had failed.
The original plan was to bring Seo Kang-rim to my side.
They expected that if they could trick him into becoming a devil worshipper, their cult would grow even stronger.
That’s why Seo Kang-rim was called here.
Although he was strong, he believed that he could subdue him sufficiently.
‘Seo Kang-rim was a more dangerous opponent than the Gwangmyeong Cross!’
Now, it wasn’t a problem to get Seo Kang-rim on my side.
I had to survive somehow.
He approached a priest who was panting nearby.
“Father, please help me. They are too strong!”
“Okay, I understand. I will save you.”
-Phew!
The priest’s arm came out through the priest’s chest.
His fingernails were shining sharply like swords.
The head priest shouted into the air, his hands soaked in blood.
“You who dwell in the highest abode! Accept this offering and give me strength!”
Blood overflowing from the corpse began to fill the patterns carved into the floor.
At the same time, as if the New Year’s Eve had arrived, all the surrounding lights began to disappear.
‘Are you trying to borrow the power of the guardian deity… …!’
Seo Kang-rim rushed towards the head priest, but the apostates blocked his path.
They held on to Seo Kang-rim with all their might, even as their own bodies were being cut and burned.
As the apostates risked their lives to stop Seo Kang-rim, the surrounding magic began to stir.
[The ‘He Who Dwells on High’ Responds to the Call of His Apostle!]
[Some of the ‘He who dwells on high’ descend here!]
“Beelzebub comes! Beelzebub the great, give me strength… …!”
At the same time, the chief’s body began to transform, and something began to grow from his back along with a creaking sound.
When Seo Kang-rim saw that sight, it felt like the hairs on his entire body stood on end.
‘God himself came down to earth… …!’
Guardian spirits sometimes infuse their bodies with power to lend their followers strength.
In the process, the head priest’s body changed shape.
Behind his back, giant fly wings grew, and his two eyes transformed into the eyes of an insect.
“Ah, it is he who dwells in the highest!”
“The master has come!”
Just a moment ago, one of my colleagues died, but they paid no attention and praised Beelzebub.
A gruesome sight of a woman dressed as a bride and worshipping the devil.
The head priest glared at Seo Kang-rim and his group with his eyes sparkling.
“I will offer their bodies to the One who dwells on high!”
-Kwaaaaah!
A swarm of flies began to emerge from inside his clothes.
A normal fly wouldn’t pose much of a threat, but this one was different.
A large number of man-eating flies began to attack the enemies.
[The ability ‘Protection Shield’ is activated!]
John quickly created a shield to block the swarm of flies.
The flies were trying to destroy the shield by ramming their bodies together as if they were committing suicide.
Seo Kang-rim checked the situation and immediately activated his power.
[The ability ‘Flame Flame’ is activated!]
A fierce flame that seemed to burn out even the darkness swept through the flies.
But despite being hit by such strong flames, the flies remained unharmed.
The head priest laughed loudly and ominously.
“This little flame is nothing to the devil who rules over the fiery pits of hell… …!”
The head priest’s attribute was fire, and his guardian spirit also had a strong resistance to fire.
And in an instant, his shadow, which had been flickering among the flames, disappeared.
-Kaga River!
As the head priest closed the distance, a sharp spear tip flew towards Seo Kang-rim’s chest.
He hurriedly threw the spear away, but before he could catch his breath, the priest’s repeated attacks struck him.
Amidst the loud noise of metal clashing against metal, Lee Su-ho was shocked.
‘What on earth is this speed? It’s hard to keep up with it with my eyes… …!’
The fight between Seo Kang-rim and the head priest was so fast that ordinary people watching wouldn’t be able to tell what was happening.
A situation where someone with Lee Su-ho’s level of ability could keep up with that speed.
But just now, the head priest’s blow was so fast that even Lee Su-ho couldn’t read it.
The manager laughed and nodded.
“Seo Kang-rim, you are indeed a great vessel. But you cannot be faster than the Apostle Kang Shin-han!”
As he said, the head priest, who had borrowed the power of God, had become incomparably stronger than when he was human.
Especially in terms of speed, he was faster than anyone else here.
Seo Kang-rim glared at him as if he was going to cut off his wings.
‘Beelzebub’s wings grew stronger and his speed increased rapidly.’
In the current situation, even if I activated the roar of the palace, I wouldn’t be able to keep up with Beelzebub’s speed.
He urgently activated his power.
[The ability ‘Frostfire’ is activated!]
An intense cold wind that seemed to freeze even the darkness flew towards the head priest.
But soon, the place where the head priest was was just empty.
The voice was coming from behind Seo Kang-rim.
“You’re quite good for a human.”
-Phew!
Seo Kang-rim felt a burning pain.
Before he knew it, the tip of the spear had plunged deep into Seo Kang-rim’s thigh, causing red blood to flow out.
Just before the head priest took the spear and stabbed Seo Kang-rim in the neck, the sight before his eyes turned white.
“Ugh… … !”
When the frost sparks hit my face, my vision was stolen.
There was no damage, but when I came to my senses, Seo Kang-rim was already inside the protective shield.
The head priest chuckled when he saw that.
“You’re running away after all. Even so, it’s only a matter of time.”
Cannibalistic flies and apostates swarmed around the parish priest.
Flies were swarming over the protective shield so thickly that it was impossible to see ahead.
John said as he urgently treated Seo Kang-rim’s injuries.
“Seo, Seo Kang-rim, what should we do now?”
-Bang!
In the meantime, something struck the shield hard.
The smiling face of the head priest was visible through the gaps in the flies.
The chief was mercilessly lowering the shield.
“How long do you think you can last with this kind of defense shield?”
Every time he spoke, a foul smell flowed from his mouth.
Lee Su-ho was breathtakingly amazed by the magic.
‘Am I going to die here?’
No matter how much the guardian saint was by his side, it seemed that he would not be able to defeat the head priest.
As the name ‘The Adult’s Grave’ suggests, it seemed like this would be my grave.
The feeling of defeat that he couldn’t win like this began to creep in, and at that moment, his heart was about to give way to darkness.
“Father Lee Su-ho, come to your senses. I need your help.”
Lee Su-ho raised his head urgently at Seo Kang-rim’s voice.
The moment he saw him, Lee Su-ho held his breath for a moment.
It was because Seo Kang-rim’s eyes were so straight.
Even though he had fought that monster, Seo Kang-rim didn’t show any sign of fear.
Lee Su-ho said with a trembling voice.
“That, that… … . Can we win?”
“yes.”
Seo Kang-rim answered like that and took something out of his bosom.
There was not the slightest wavering in his voice or eyes.
“You can win easily.”
