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Inside the magic barrier.
A single spirit zombie was wandering around the barrier.
“Gyarrrrr···.”
The true identity of the spirit zombie that took over the body of a hunched old man was a low-level fire spirit.
The dirty reality was that spirits were divided into classes based on their power, and spirits with higher classes had better hosts.
“Gyarrrrr···.”
Because of this, the lower-level fire spirits loitered around the barrier, waiting for humans who might come to surrender.
If such a person came, I would take over his body right away. This old human’s body would soon die.
It was then that a hole appeared in one side of the magic barrier, and a spirit I had never seen before appeared.
“Gyarrr···?”
To my envy, the spirit zombie had the body of a young man. It walked straight towards me with a powerful gait.
Thud thud.
The black energy that flowed out slowly enveloped his body like fog. There was only one type of spirit like that in the spirit world.
The low-level fire spirit with the body of an old man with only bones looked at his opponent with envy. At the same time, he had doubts.
It doesn’t look that strong?
In order to use a young and healthy human as a host, one had to be at least a mid-level spirit. However, the
And one more thing.
Didn’t a hole just appear in the magic barrier?
Both questions were resolved at once, after a while.
Wood crack!
The man who approached the spirit zombie naturally took it by surprise and snapped its neck.
And he grabbed the bastard’s face with his right hand.
Slowly.
On the back of the great man’s right hand, the spirit of Draitz revealed itself in a translucent form.
After the guy swallowed Kim Tae-jin’s
The demon opened its mouth wide and began to suck in the fire spirit that was coming out of the old man’s body.
‘Kkaaaak!’
The lower-level fire spirit screamed, but no one heard it, and after a while the spirit’s presence completely disappeared.
Chororokrok!
The ogre, who had absorbed every last drop of spirit, licked his lips as if it was still not enough.
After a while, the
“I’ll let you eat again later. Until then, just be quiet.”
The man who had appeased the demon hid the old man’s sagging body in a place where it could not be seen.
Before crossing the magic barrier, Daein put on the wireless earphones he had received from Abraxas. They were artifacts used for communication using magic power.
The man spoke, tapping the wireless earphones with his fingers.
“I have entered the barrier.”
After a while, a reply came from Abraxas, who was waiting outside the barrier.
-Good reception. Can you hear me?
“Yeah. I can hear you well.”
The man answered and walked into the city.
The only one who infiltrated the magic barrier was Daein. This mission was all about secrecy, and Daein was the only one who could disguise himself as a spirit zombie.
The rest of the group waited outside or took on different roles.
“What about the little one?”
-Stay next to me. Your face is completely swollen because I didn’t take you with me.
“Tell him not to do anything else and to save up his strength. He’ll have to fight a formidable opponent soon. What about Lee Cheol-jun?”
-I went to gather my comrades myself. I’ll try to gather as many as possible before the operation begins.
“Well, since you’re desperate, I’m sure you’ll take care of it.”
The man walked towards the city. The sight of Pyongyang, which had become another world, mingled with the spirit world, came into his sight.
This city completely defied the laws of physics.
Oddly large flowers were blooming everywhere, and broken concrete was floating in the air.
The colors were all random, as if the Creator had mixed them up here. The sky was yellow, the ground was blue, and the trees were white.
Abraxas, who had come in first to look around, asked the elder for his impressions.
-How is it? It’s a really beautiful ruin, isn’t it?
“Except for the monsters inside.”
As he said that, the man naturally infiltrated the area where the spirit zombies were running wild.
The zombies all had grotesque shapes.
Some had faces engulfed in flames, some had water flowing from their orifices, some had branches growing from their limbs, and some had frost forming around them whenever they breathed.
The man headed towards the center of the city and observed the enemies carefully.
‘Most are low-level spirits. There are about one in ten mid-level spirits···.’
At that moment, the Great Man, who had discovered the superior spirit zombie from afar, hid himself.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A high-level fire spirit zombie, its entire body engulfed in flames, was passing through the road, leading lower-level spirits.
[······.]
The high-level spirit zombie looked in the direction where the man was hiding for a moment, then turned around and went back the way it came from.
After a while, the man appeared from the shadows.
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“···I have to be careful.”
The level of power was different for higher level spirits.
On the continent of Gaia, a spirit master who can summon high-level spirits is considered to have the same level of power as a sword master.
There were about ten of those high-level spirits inside. What’s more, they were all using superhumans as their hosts.
But if only the higher spirits were there, North Korea would not have fallen so easily.
Gugugugugu!
A huge shadow covered the ground. The man raised his head and looked up at the sky.
“······.”
A mountain-sized ice ray was seen gliding with its huge wings spread.
frost
A top-tier ice spirit and a monster that could cause a national disaster.
It would be suicidal to confront him head-on while he was still around.
‘If you fight in your current state, that’s it.’
Luckily, the guy was in a very high place so there was no need to worry about being caught.
The spirits all knelt and showed reverence to Frost. The man followed suit and did the same.
Frost was the ruler of this place, as long as the Spirit King was not present.
Frost flew leisurely over their heads, flapping his wings.
“······.”
The man watched the figure until the bastard passed by, then got up and started moving towards his destination again.
After a while, the first destination came into view.
***
Before infiltrating the magic barrier.
Daein, together with Abraxas and Lee Cheol-jun, made a concrete plan to recapture Pyongyang.
It wasn’t too difficult to make a plan, since we knew how to retake Pyongyang in the past.
In fact, I was able to make better plans than before.
To summarize the plan briefly, it was as follows.
1. Daein infiltrates Pyongyang first and installs magic bombs on the seven towers that supply magic power to the city’s magic barrier.
The location was confirmed by Abraxas, who went in first.
“Six of them are installed on the outskirts of the city. The seventh tower is in the center of the city, so I haven’t been able to confirm it, but its location is obvious due to the structure of the magic barrier.”
“Okay. I’ll take care of the rest.”
2. Detonate the magic bombs simultaneously to destroy all the towers and dismantle the magic barrier in one go.
“They must be detonated simultaneously. If even one remains, the barrier will be restored in no time.”
“Then I guess I’ll have to make a timer and a remote detonator.”
3. When the magic barrier is released, the spirits lose a significant portion of their power for a while. This is your chance.
“Lee Cheol-jun. As soon as the barrier is lifted, attack the city immediately.”
“Trust me and leave it to me!”
“You, kid, deal with Frost then. I’ll come help you, so just hold on until then. Can you do it?”
“I’ll bake it before the old man gets here!”
4. Taking advantage of the chaos of the battle, Daein rescues his trapped teammates. He then joins the battle with his team.
5. Everyone defeats Frost, collect everything you can, and return to the guild.
***
The man hid in the first tower.
I used
The lower-level spirits didn’t even notice when a great man passed by.
In an instant, the man reached the top floor, opened the door, and went inside.
Two intermediate wind spirits were guarding the place.
[Who are you?]
From the intermediate level spirits, they could directly convey their messages to the other party. The guys looked at the person with a puzzled expression.
[Why did the spirit of darkness come here?]
[Who sent the messenger?]
WHEEK!
Instead of answering, the man immediately attacked.
[How dare you, a low-level spirit!]
[You’re crazy!]
The intermediate wind spirits saw the amount of darkness that the great man was emitting and judged that the opponent was a low-level spirit.
The power of lower-level spirits and intermediate-level spirits differs by at least 5 times and up to 10 times.
The moment of carelessness that came from that difference decided the game.
Choaaaak!
The sword that tore through the windshield in one breath stabbed one of the guys – the host – in the heart. The man pulled the sword out of the astonished guy’s body and immediately swung it to the side.
[That’s ridiculous!]
The other guy belatedly gathered all his strength. But before it could become a gust, the Great Man’s sword pierced his forehead first.
Phew-! Thud.
The man who had defeated two intermediate spirit zombies in an instant grabbed their faces with his right hand.
“Hey, devil. It’s time to eat.”
Slowly.
The demon sucked in two intermediate-level wind spirits.
Swoosh!
Then, the
Now, it is a level that is closer to a mid-level spirit than a low-level spirit.
The man looked at the devil with a curious expression.
‘Seeing as how darkness grows stronger even when eating other attributes, it seems like this guy’s attribute is completely fixed to darkness.’
Originally, the spirits of Draitz were artificial spirits of no attribute.
Therefore, depending on what kind of ‘natural power’ it absorbs, it can grow differently, but since the first thing it ate was
Knock knock. The man spoke while tapping the earphone.
“I entered the first tower.”
-Tell me what your surroundings look like.
“first···.”
The man installed the magic bomb under Abraxas’ instructions.
After installing disc-shaped magic bombs on the walls and ceiling, the bombs disappeared after a while.
Abraxas was confident about the bomb’s performance.
-Who made this? Even if a higher-level spirit comes, they won’t notice?
“Okay. Then we’ll move on to the next location right away.”
***
Several hours later, the man succeeded in planting magic bombs on all six towers on the outskirts of the city.
Each time, the demon grew by absorbing the spirits guarding the top of the tower.
Chorokrok! Chorokrok!
Now the demon was a full-fledged intermediate spirit, emitting darkness beyond that.
Slowly.
The ogre squirmed on the back of the man’s hand. Still hungry, it continued to lick its lips.
“Just bear with it. I’ll let you eat as much as you want later.”
The man patted the devil and jumped down from the sixth tower.
WHEEK!
The man who came down from the tower immediately hid in the shade. After a while, a swarm of spirit zombies swarmed there.
[The tower keepers have disappeared here too!]
[Scatter and search!]
[Strengthen the tower’s boundaries!]
After doing the same thing six times, no matter how stupid the opponent was, there was no way he wouldn’t notice something was strange.
‘Even so, you won’t be able to find out anything.’
The body was hidden by a great man, and the spirit inside was eaten by a demon.
And the magic bomb installed on the tower was perfectly hidden.
Rather, the image that the Great One wanted was of confused spirit zombies swarming the outskirts of the city.
The man spoke softly into the earphone.
“Then I’ll go into the city center to plant the last bomb.”
-Get out! Boss!
“I’m excited.”
The man clicked his tongue and moved towards the city center.
He didn’t rush. He acted as naturally as possible. He revealed the darkness to the level of an intermediate spirit and walked along with the many spirits passing by.
As you head towards the city center, the number of spirits decreases. Instead, the proportion of mid-level spirits gradually increases.
Occasionally, the appearance of a higher-level spirit was also seen.
“······.”
The man passed the high-level spirit while nervously blending in with the crowd. Contrary to his worries, he was not suspected when the darkness grew to the level of a mid-level spirit.
‘It seems like the spirit’s energy has completely erased my presence.’
Thud thud.
Now the destination is not far away.
A tall tower rose in the center of the city. Two wooden pillars curled up like a twisted egg, and between them was an entrance.
Perhaps the people who were taken away are also trapped inside there.
Two superhumans and more than ten healthy adults. The rest were North Korean citizens whose health had greatly improved over the past three days.
There was no way that such a ‘nutritious host’ could be assigned to a low-level spirit on the outskirts.
It was highly likely that he was taken to the center to be assigned to a mid-level spirit or higher.
Beep beep beep.
The man’s prediction was correct. The location tracking device with the team members was also responding from the central tower.
When the great man had almost reached the central tower.
[hey.]
The man pretended not to hear and tried to enter the tower.
But the voice was persistent.
[Child of Darkness. Can’t you hear me?]
The old, worn-out voice was aimed squarely at the man. The other spirits’ gazes were focused on it.
“······.”
The man had no choice but to stop in his tracks.
When I looked back, the dark spirit Shade was approaching.
SMALL SMALL.
Shade looked more like a demon than a spirit. The darkness that flowed from the host’s body completely enveloped its body, and a black horn protruded from its forehead and four pairs of wings were visible on its back.
The superhuman who had taken over the guy’s body had his lips torn all the way to his chin, and darkness mixed with blood was sticking out like dark red teeth.
[Strange. Was there a child like you among the spirits of darkness?]
There was no way he could answer. The man lowered his head and remained silent.
[Why aren’t you answering? Can’t you hear me?]
I could sense a hint of anger from Shade.
Ss …
As expected of a high-ranking spirit of darkness, when Shade became enraged, a great darkness spread out like a curtain. The other spirits, startled, stepped back.
Shade approached the man and asked in an eerie voice.
[I ask again, Child of Darkness. Where did you come from? Why don’t I remember you?]
The man raised his head and spoke. But he was not speaking to Shade.
“Ah. Tell Lee Cheol-jun to get ready quickly.”
-how much?
“Right now.”
At the same time, the man drew his sword and cut down Shade.
Choaaaah!
[Kuaaaaak!]
The thick darkness dispersed in all directions, and the wounded Shade screamed and retreated.
The ogre, who had been waiting for an opportunity to prey, did not miss the opportunity.
Slurrurururuk!
The darkness that had spread out like a curtain was instantly sucked into the demon.
Pitter-patter, patter, patter!
Even the higher-level spirits were no exception. The great man rushed forward and attacked Shade, and the darkness that was torn to pieces went into the demon’s stomach.
Even the powerful higher-level spirits were no match for that surprise attack.
Crunch! The host’s neck is cut off, and Shade is completely absorbed by the ogre.
Kkur-!
Now, as if his stomach was full, the octopus burped and grinned.
But the great man could not smile so cheerfully.
[[Humans came in!]]
Being surrounded by hundreds of spirits wasn’t that scary.
but,
Gugugugugugugu!
The man looked up at the sky as a huge shadow approached, covering the ground.
“···There’s chaos.”
Frost was flying towards us.
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