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The inside of the monster tree was completely blood red.
The interior was filled with a red fog that was as concentrated as it could be.
I asked Kiri, who was walking beside me.
“Can you tell me where it is?”
We walked quickly inside the tree, looking for Kiri’s younger brother.
“It’s on the left here. Not far away···.”
It seems like the LoLo race has some sort of telepathy, and Kiri got off my back and took the lead as a navigator.
I cut down anything that got in my way, and Kiri dispersed the thick fog, and we continued on.
And after a while, we arrived in front of a large kochi.
Thump. Thump.
The worm stuck to the inner wall of the tree must have been three meters long. It was dark and blood-red, like the liver of a cow, and it was beating like a living heart.
“This appears to be the main body.”
This giant monster tree was a kind of giant armor created by the parasitic demon after it took possession of Siri’s body and used his powers.
The actual main body existed separately in a safe interior like this.
This is my first time seeing this guy, but I could guess because I’ve hunted similar types of parasitic monsters before.
“Siri is in there!”
“Then we should take it out.”
I drew my sword and stood in front of Gochi. However, I couldn’t swing it right away and could only look a little embarrassed.
“Where should I cut?”
The size of the gochi is about 3 meters. Assuming that Kiri’s younger brother is similar in height to his older brother, there was a 1 in 3 chance that he could cut the hard spot.
“Can you tell me the exact location of my brother?”
“Not in that much detail···.”
This kid seems useful, but he’s not really useful at all.
Ultimately, I decided to rely on my rich experience and keen intuition.
“Common sense would suggest that the host is most likely placed somewhere in the middle, which is the safest place. So let’s cut off the head on top of the cocoon.”
I thought it was a great decision, but for some reason Kiri blocked my path with her face turned yellow.
“That’s all just speculation! What if my little brother gets his head cut off?”
I aimed my sword at Charlotte and said with a serious face.
“Then you should blame fate.”
“No!”
I pushed the clinging Kiri aside and aimed my sword at the top of the gochi.
Woohoo!
A black spot grew slightly above Charlotte.
“Let’s cut it off first and see what’s inside. What are the chances that your little brother’s head will be cut off? Even if the rest is cut off, we can just reattach it, right?”
Kiri shouted, desperately clinging to my right arm.
“How can you say such terrible things so calmly!”
“I’ll cut it cleanly for easy surgery.”
“I told you not to! Don’t do it!”
“If your little brother dies because the sword is shaken because of you, will you take responsibility?”
“Why is it because of me?!”
I swung my sword while holding Kiri, who was feeling wronged, on my right arm.
Kyaaang!
The sword I swung with my might bounced off weakly. My eyebrows furrowed slightly at the considerable recoil.
“···Look at this?”
I swung my sword repeatedly. The sword blade that had lightly covered my sword had grown to a meter in no time.
Kaang! Kagagagang!
Although it was gradually damaged, Kochi still held up well against attacks. Even the damaged areas were quickly repaired.
The medicine is starting to take effect.
“Let’s see if this can hold up.”
I took the form of the Heavenly Sword. The immense internal energy flowed through the blood vessels of my entire body and gathered at the tip of the sword.
Wooooow!
“This kid. Cut him in half in one breath…”
Then Kiri blocked my path, shutting her eyes tightly and spreading her arms wide.
“If you attack with that, you will really die!”
I slowly lowered my sword. I guess I was a little excited because it didn’t cut well.
“Hmm.”
He scratched his head and looked at the worm again. This time, he examined its surroundings in detail.
Thump, thump, thump!
At the back of the cocoon, blood vessel-like organs connected to the inner wall of the tree were wriggling, supplying nutrients to the cocoon.
“First, I need to get rid of the things that are stuck around. And then···”
I nodded to Kiri, who was looking at me with longing eyes, as if to reassure her.
“Let’s move outside.”
Now that I think about it, there was no need for me to go through the trouble of opening this myself.
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When the main body was removed, the monster tree, which could no longer maintain its shape, collapsed to the ground. Incheon Station also collapsed along with the tree.
With that background behind us, we prepared for our final hunt.
“Let’s get started.”
At my words, Abraxas recited the spell.
Woof woof woof!
The magic circle drawn on the floor began to emit magical power.
At the center of the magic circle was a bloody cocoon taken from a monster tree.
Slurp.
The magical power flowing out of the magic circle began to surround Kochi.
Then, Gochi resisted by spewing out red fog as if to defend himself.
But the resistance was meaningless.
Because Abraxas’ magic wasn’t meant to harm the gochi.
Quite the opposite.
Abraxas, who had finished reciting the spell, came up to me and said.
“Growth promotion magic on the enemy? This is the first time I’ve seen something like this.”
“Then it will crawl out on its own.”
It is difficult to extract larvae that have firmly defended themselves inside the worm.
But when the guy grows to a size that the kennel can no longer handle, he has no choice but to come out on his own.
Just like right now.
Sizzle-.
The belly of the worm tore like a thin membrane, and something crawled out from inside.
It was a monster that resembled a moth.
The two tentacles had whip-like tips, and the large jaws that opened left and right were filled with dozens of teeth. There were six pairs of legs, twelve in total.
Its wet body looked unsightly, but when it stretched out from its crouching position, it reached 4 meters. Its two pairs of wings were wet and wrinkled.
The most important of Kiri’s younger brothers was half-fused into the bastard’s back, with only his face and upper body exposed.
“Siri···.”
Kiri, who discovered her younger brother, looked restless.
The moth turned its head towards us. Its jaws were open menacingly, and it shook its body in warning.
Abraxas observed the boy with a curious expression and added further explanation.
“I’m drying my body. Those wings look like they have a rather unique structure. I wonder what they’ll look like when they spread out….”
“Are you crazy? Wait until then.”
Phew! Phew! Phew!
I threw the net that had been spinning above my head since the magic circle was activated, and shouted one, two, three.
“-Set! Throw it!”
I, Wang Guho, and Sirutteok simultaneously threw nets from three directions centered around the magic circle.
The net spread wide, covering the moths.
This special net, made for capturing monsters, could not be torn or cut with just any force.
Kiyaaaaak! Kiyaaaaak!
A butterfly caught in a net struggled and screamed.
I fixed the net to the stakes I had driven into the ground in advance, drew my sword, and walked away.
“Whether you’re a moth or anything else, the moment you’re born and come out into the world is when you’re at your weakest.”
I timed it right and was able to capture the bastard easily.
All that remains is to separate the host from the thing.
Kiyaaaaak! Kiyaaaaak!
The butterfly caught in the net was struggling and shaking its body wildly. I told Wang Gu-ho and Sirutteok to hold it down.
“Hold on tight. I’m going to operate on you now.”
The two large bodies that had climbed onto the moth pressed down with all their might. As Wang Guho
“Then let’s begin.”
Ssssssssut.
I put a thin layer of gum on the sharlite and removed the green race that was attached to the moth’s back like a body.
Crunch. Crunch.
I cut the periphery into large chunks so that there was plenty of room to spare. I could remove the smaller parts later, but rescue was the priority.
The net was also cut, but it didn’t matter because the two large bodies were already pressing down on it.
After a while, I was able to completely separate the broccoli sibling from the moth.
“Hey Siri!”
Kiri ran over and hugged her unconscious brother tightly. It was finally the moment when the brothers were reunited.
“Thank you! Thank you so much!”
Kiri kept bowing her head to me. I nodded dryly.
“Take him to the car and give him first aid. Don’t forget your promise to me.”
“yes!”
Kiri took her brother back to the car. Only me, Wang Guho, Sirutteok, and Abraxas, who was loitering next to me, were left at the scene.
The little one was sleeping soundly in the car, probably because he was tired.
Kiyaak! Kiyaaak!
Abraxas looked at the moth writhing in pain and said:
“You’re not going to kill me?”
I said as I poured an appropriate amount of potion into the wound on the moth’s back.
“I’ll take you alive. You’ll be more helpful for my research.”
A creature that Kiri calls a ‘parasite demon’.
I don’t know which dimension they came from, but there was no guarantee that they wouldn’t come to Earth again later.
The situation is already quite different from the future I knew.
Just to prepare for that time, it would have been a good idea to take at least one living sample with you.
I gave instructions to the two big guys.
“Wang Gu-ho. Give this guy a sleeping pill. Adjust the dosage while checking the effect, and once he falls asleep, tie him up with chains.”
“Yes, team leader!”
“Look around for a truck that’s in good condition. There are more than one or two things you need to take with you when you go.”
“Yes, brother!”
The two big guys split up to go about their respective tasks. I also got up from my seat.
A light sigh escaped.
“···How did you get past the second one?”
This also brought an end to the second disaster.
Of course, later on, no one will record this incident as a ‘disaster’.
That’s a small amount of damage. And I got a lot out of it.
An accessory to the Agent Serpent.
An accessory to the tentacle.
A sample of the parasite demon.
Two
3,000 tenants who will create a new city.
This is a pretty good achievement. A smile naturally appeared on my face.
“I guess I’ll have to change my nameplate when I go back.”
It was then that something rose from the remains of the fallen monster tree.
WHEEK!
It soared into the sky in an instant, and had a shape almost identical to the moth monster we had caught.
The creature glanced at us, then turned around and began flying into the opposite sky.
I looked back and forth between the guy and the moth we had caught, and in an instant the situation became clear.
···That one is real.
Or maybe there were two from the beginning, or maybe one split into two.
“Team Leader!”
“That!”
The group that discovered him shouted.
Crunch, crunch!
I changed Tichtal’s wristwatch into a hand cannon. A pure white beam of light streaked across the sky, catching the moth’s tail.
At that moment, the moth twisted its body to the side to avoid the light.
I shot a few more times, but it was the same.
“I knew you’d miss it!”
I started running. I couldn’t come all the way and leave feeling uneasy about the finish.
The guy flew in a zigzag pattern as if he was mocking me, and his height was not high enough for me to hit him with a throw.
But I didn’t give up. There was still one more way.
I stood frozen in place.
“Phew···.”
I slowly took a deep breath. I raised my sword and aimed it at the sky, focusing all my mind on the sword and raising my internal energy.
‘The second herbivore.’
We got a little hint of this earlier, when we were fighting the demon that Kiri was controlling in the Rock of Sisyphus.
A technique that has been practiced consistently since then.
“I thought I would never actually use it···.”
Ssssssssut.
Charlotte, who had escaped my hand, began to rise into the air little by little.
-Pacheon Sword Technique, Form 2-
Three sword techniques created by the Sword Emperor with mad obsession solely to defeat the Heavenly Demon.
Among them, this sword was a swordsmanship technique.
Wheaaaaaaaaa!
The sword, which shot like a bullet, or even faster than a bullet, chased down the moth that had become smaller than a dot.
And then, a moment later, a dot exploded in the air.
Phaaaat!
It was so far away that the light appeared to be nothing more than a twinkle, but the result was clear.
dump.
I sank to the floor. The internal energy that had always filled my danjeon was draining away like the tide, and I was overcome by extreme fatigue, to the point where I felt like passing out.
“ha···.”
My hands were shaking as if I had hydrocephalus.
At the same time, a thrilling sensation ran down my spine.
“Ha, you kept failing when you practiced···.”
“Team Leader!”
I saw the group running after me late.
I waved at them. My hands were still shaking. A smile escaped my lips without me realizing it.
And, I also developed a desire for a third herb that was not written in the Records of the Emperor.
“···I should go to the martial arts world sometime.”
I sat up, muttering to myself.
Now it was really time to go home.
< Time to Go Back > End
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