#079
“What started? “What is that unpleasant magical power?”
Tessaia, who was warming herself at the campfire, asked.
Ian took off his cloak, placed it in subspace, and began tightening the loose straps of his armor.
“Tessa. You guard the carriage here. “Don’t lose a single horse.”
He added calmly, relaxing his neck and shoulders.
“So, please explain…” . … … !”
Tessaia, who had been complaining, suddenly turned her head towards the entrance to the village they had entered. Tessaia’s eyes, which paused for a moment, slowly moved to the side and eventually returned to another entrance on the other side.
“environment… “Did you get hit?”
“Just don’t forget your role.”
Ian sighed and headed towards the vacant lot.
Charlotte, who was catching her breath with her dual swords hanging down, looked back at him.
Her orange eyes were full of anticipation for the battle that would soon begin.
“many. and… “Something is different from before.”
“okay. “There is someone in charge.”
Ian’s eyes suddenly turned to the entrance they entered.
“I’ll take care of that guy. “But he may not be able to concentrate on other things in the meantime.”
“I will handle the rest.”
“It won’t be easy on your own.”
“That’s why it makes sense, Ian.”
Ian looked at Charlotte blankly. He read the various emotions in her eyes and finally spoke out.
“Don’t think about dying here.”
“I’ll try.”
Charlotte shrugged.
“Both of you are out of your mind… .”
Tessaia stood up and walked towards the carriage, muttering bitterly.
The two electric horses were snorting anxiously, as if they had already sensed something.
She walked forward, stared into their frightened eyes, and muttered.
“are you okay… I’m resting. “Because I won’t eat you.”
Her red eyes fluttered like concentric circles starting from the center.
The horses’ shiny eyes began to blur.
Their breathing subsided, and both of them sat down on the floor and didn’t move a muscle.
A hypnotic state, as if half asleep.
While Tesaia smiled brightly.
Hwiik-tattat-
Ian and Charlotte jumped up onto the roofs of different buildings.
Tessaia, who took off her cloak, also ran away. She caught one of her fur rats hiding in her corner and soared up the wall next to her and onto her roof.
With the rat writhing in my grasp, a shabby view of the abandoned village unfolded.
And beyond the jagged wooden fence.
“… … .”
Tessaia, who had seen the things that had stopped while surrounding the village, soon frowned.
They were humans, dwarves, and undead.
Dozens of them, armed with worn-out equipment, stood around like inanimate objects.
Among the falling snowflakes, the blue lights that flickered quietly were eerie even to the eyes of a vampire.
“Hi… .”
Tessaia, who was scanning the undead, suddenly took a breath.
It was because my eyes met something rising out of nowhere in the middle of the crowd.
It was a pitch black-skinned giant who was twice as big as the undead around him.
Wearing only rag-like pants and holding a huge double-edged ax in his hand, his head was as skinny as a mummy, unlike the rest of his body, leaving the shape of his skull fully exposed.
The blue light that flickered in the empty eye sockets flickered irregularly as if it had emotions, unlike the others.
A giant warrior revived with the madness of the black wall.
“That’s cool… .”
Charlotte’s voice flowed into Thesaia’s ears as she stared at him blankly. A smile formed on Charlotte’s face as she stared at her giant warrior.
“It’s not for me to say this, but there is no such thing as a crazy bitch… .”
Tessaia’s voice, which had been muttering, broke off.
Because a question crossed her mind.
If that’s Charlotte’s opponent… .
‘What are you dealing with Ian…? ?’
Hwii-
At that moment, the wind rushed in with snowflakes, and Tessaia’s body stiffened.
Contaminated magical power mixed with the wind. This is because I was instantly swept away by the obsession and madness that was sticky inside.
The grip in her hand went limp with the sound of bones, and Tessaia instinctively lowered her posture and turned her gaze to the direction from which the wind had blown.
The first thing I saw was Ian’s back standing on the roof across from me.
“Why is that… .”
His head was tilted downward as he chanted.
Tessaia’s gaze turned in the same direction.
“… … !”
Soon her eyes widened.
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In the middle of the highway leading into the village.
Because there was something huge standing there wearing old, holey armor.
It was no illusion that the inside of the armor was dark. The pitch-black silhouette that seemed to absorb all light was its true appearance.
A ghost strong enough to take on a complete form.
Amidst the pitch-black mass of thoughts, the man’s facial features shimmered like a mirage.
The emotions that swept Thesaia were spreading from him.
Dark blue eyes flashed beneath the helmet that covered the nose.
A dangerous silence.
As the snow falls, slowly turning the surroundings white, as if there is no interest in the whole situation.
“■■… ■■■■… … !”
A low voice that seemed to echo in a cave spread with a wave of magic power.
An unpleasant sensation that feels like your whole body is vibrating.
Tessaia’s frown slowly narrowed as she glared at the spectral giant.
‘What is he saying now… ?’
It was then that a low breathing sound came from Ian.
A distinctive sound he makes when he laughs at something.
Do you understand that?
Thinking, Tessaia looked at Ian’s back.
The back looks strangely intimidating, like a wild beast stalking its prey.
“■■■- ■■■■… … !”
The ghost giant’s shout continued.
“Oh, is that so?”
Ian muttered and pulled out his sword.
It was immediately after that that the ghost giant’s blue eyes began to flicker.
G-Aaaaa- Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
The sound echoed from all directions.
The undead who were standing there were shaking their chins and crying.
Their eyes blazed as if they were struggling.
The giant warrior was also roaring.
Unlike other undead, it was a sound of anger.
Ssaaaa-
The wind spread through Ian’s whole body. The falling snowflakes were sucked in and swirled around him before rising into the sky and scattering.
It was then that the spectral giant pulled out a huge greatsword from its back.
It was so large that it could split a building into pieces with a single blow.
“■■■ ■■■-!”
A bluish magical energy spread throughout the shouting guy’s entire body.
“There’s been a lot of talk. “I don’t want to hear it.”
It was right after that that Ian, who was spitting out words, launched himself at the guy.
A seemingly reckless charge. However, Tessaia could not confirm that he and the wraith giant clashed.
As if the ghost giant’s cry was a signal, the undead surrounding it began to surge in.
“why… It’s already dangerous… !”
Tessaia spat out the mouse in her hand and put it in her mouth.
Her eyes became shiny and her silver hair began to shine.
“Keep the carriage straight, you idiot.”
Charlotte, who was holding her dual swords, looked back at her and spat out.
“I’m going to cut off that giant’s head.”
“what… ? “If you go out too-”
When Tessaia turned her head, Charlotte was already running across the roof and moving away.
“… “You look like a crazy animal.”
Tessaia’s sighing gaze returned to the incoming undead.
She, who had watched from afar or only encountered the remnants that Ian had swept away, was finally realizing what kind of journey he had been on.
“Following Ian around… “Isn’t it actually more dangerous?”
It was a late realization now.
Cluck, cluck, cluck-
Blade-like nails began to sprout from her fingertips.
***
Crispy-!
The undead caught on the tip of the outstretched sword was shattered. Charlotte, who landed and rolled on the floor, continued to run, flinging her body as if bouncing up.
Undeads running with their eyes shining through the increasingly thick snow.
The corners of Charlotte’s mouth curled up, revealing sharp fangs.
Kwasik-!
She dodged the ax thrown by the dwarf undead by turning her body sideways, and hit the skull of the one running towards her with her knee.
Pieces of bone shattering and bouncing along with the helmet. The blue eye light dispersed like an explosion, and Charlotte, who passed through the guy, adjusted her sword and held it.
Gya- ahhh-
The two undead warriors who were following us rushed forward while screaming loudly.
Charlotte twisted her body in the air.
Kwasik-! Wow!
The curve created from both arms and extending to the tip of the sword passed right through them.
The rusty sword they swung only grazed Charlotte’s pauldrons.
“… … !”
Charlotte, who was recovering her outstretched arm, suddenly rolled on the floor.
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssvp-kk-kk!
The double-edged ax fell as if it would split the top of my head and was deeply embedded in the ground.
Soaring dust. It was an ax the size of a small human.
Charlotte straightened her posture and looked up.
The skinny head of a giant warrior was there.
Even with the ax down, the guy looked down at her.
Charlotte, who had been crouching for a moment, bounced up like a spring.
The trajectory of the twin swords, which rose up in a spiral pattern, eventually crossed and fell onto the forearm of the guy holding the axe.
Cards!
Even Charlotte’s power could not cut off the giant’s black arm. It feels like I hit the frozen ground. A body fluid as black as tar spread from the forearm of the guy with the dual swords stuck there.
At that moment, the giant warrior lifted his other hand from the hilt and swung his fist at her.
Ssssssssssssssssssssssssss-!
The sound the fist made was unusual.
It just looks dull due to its huge size. Charlotte bent the arm that was holding the hilt of the sword, straightened her arm and bounced up, letting go of the hand that was holding the hilt.
Whoa!
The fist narrowly passed underneath her. She did a somersault and landed back exactly where Charlotte had jumped.
She grabbed the hilt of her sword, pulled out the blade with all her might and swung her fist as she jumped onto the giant’s crossed forearms.
The face of a giant with only skin attached to bones got closer.
Blue eyes that seem to burn with anger.
“Ah ah ah ah ah-!”
The thing with its mouth wide open roared.
At the same time, a shock wave exploded and swept through Charlotte. Charlotte bounced away, missing one of her swords, and landed spinning in the air.
The giant warrior pulled out an ax stuck in the ground. The bodily fluid that had been flowing on his forearm had suddenly solidified into a sticky substance and looked like his original skin.
Ssssssssssssssssssssssssss-!
The ax he swung again came down as if it were splitting Charlotte into pieces.
Charlotte, who was staring at the ax blade, stepped aside for a moment.
Quad deuk-!
The ax was deeply embedded in the ground.
Among the rising dust. Charlotte’s eyes drew an orange line and rushed to the sack.
The sword grasped with both hands struck the giant’s wrist.
Crackling-
The blade cut off more than half of the giant’s wrist. Charlotte’s arms swelled for an instant, as if her muscles were sprouting.
Kwasik-!
Finally, the giant’s wrist was cut off.
The black fluid that gushed out from the cut section also splashed onto Charlotte’s head.
“Oh- oh oh… !”
The giant raised his severed hand and cried.
“under… haha… … !”
Joy spread across Charlotte’s face as she looked up at him.
The moment she wiped the blood off the blade and lowered her posture again.
Whoa!
The shock wave that erupted from afar reverberated throughout her body.
Charlotte instinctively looked back.
The first thing that caught my eye was the appearance of a ghostly giant with its great sword down.
A huge explosion occurred around the great sword.
At first glance, I could see the sword spinning and flying.
There was no need to think about who the owner of that sword was.
“Ian… ?”
The lament did not last long.
Before she knew it, the giant warrior had stood up and was about to strike her with his axe.
Without even realizing that she was worried about Ian, Charlotte launched herself at the giant again.
***
Kwajang Changchang-
Ian’s expression crumpled as he bounced like a cannonball and rolled on the floor.
Even though I was protected by a swirling barrier and wind blades, the shock would have shattered the bones of an ordinary person.
If I hadn’t just thrown the sword away, my wrist would have been broken a long time ago.
Of course, there was another real reason why Ian frowned.
‘It really crossed the line from the beginning to the final phase.’
This spectral giant, ‘Guardian of the Gate’, was a named monster that had been fought in the game.
And its first phase was all about physical attacks.
The only reason I went out of the village was to prevent myself from being decimated by that guy’s great sword.
Just like he did in the game, Ian planned to lead the battle as safely as possible by destroying the guy’s armor step by step.
Until that guy started pouring out skills that were only used in the final phase.
Of course, he was also prepared for the variables to some extent.
Besides, that wasn’t the one that haunted here in the first place.
“Usurper!”
He was talking bullshit that had never been said in a game. Crucially, a quest was created as soon as the battle started.
However, I could not have predicted that it would move to the final phase as soon as it started.
Until now, the only variables were the emergence of new attack methods or rapid advancement in level.
Chuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
The rolling body hit the tree trunk and stopped.
Even as he felt the bloody smell rising inside him, Ian first checked the feeling in his limbs.
Fortunately, everyone was able to move.
‘It bounced a long way.’
His gaze turned to the back of the gate guard, who was raising the great sword he had slashed in the distance.
“■■ Or prove it!”
It looked back at Ian and roared.
Blazing blue eyes.
Come on, I’ll do it. f*ck you.
Ian spat out the blood that had accumulated in his mouth and stood up, taking out the necromancer’s baton from subspace.
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