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“Why, why are you doing this!”
The woman looked at the man with a frightened expression.
A face that looks like it could shed tears at any moment and a skinny body that trembles pitifully.
It was an Academy Award-winning performance, but it failed to impress her only audience.
“Are you still acting?”
Wood crack!
As the man put more force into his hand, a sound of his neck being dislocated was heard.
“Ugh! Sa, save me. Please···.”
The strangled woman’s face turned bright red. She cried and pleaded.
But the man still had a cold expression.
“Try acting one more time. Then I’ll break your balls.”
At that moment, the woman’s eyes turned venomous. The woman asked in a noticeably lower voice.
“How did you know?”
It was an act that even fooled her own child. The woman did not think that there was any flaw in her actions or words.
The man shrugged and said.
“Honestly, I almost got fooled. If only I hadn’t suspected it from the beginning.”
I feel sorry for Lily, but the man was suspicious that the girl’s mother was still alive and well.
“After the kid ran away, you guys must have been looking for him here and there. It would have been natural to look for his parents. But you seemed to know nothing?”
“······.”
There was no answer, but the woman’s face was gradually hardening. The man smiled and continued speaking.
“At first, I thought they were threatening me with something. I thought they might not be able to talk. So I kept watching them. Then, one by one, I started to notice something strange…”
At that moment, the woman suddenly kicked her foot.
WHEEK!
The man tilted his head back to avoid the attack. The woman’s toes passed over a few strands of his hair.
Tadah!
Meanwhile, the woman who had stepped back was holding a sharp knife in her hand.
Slurp.
The Great Man drew his sword and continued what he had been saying earlier.
“···For a country girl like this, her muscles are really well developed.”
The woman, who had revealed her true colors, laughed bitterly.
“Oh my. You were looking at it even though I covered it with my clothes? How rude.”
She was a highly trained assassin.
Special skills include disguise, infiltration, and assassination.
Since he had undergone similar training in the past, the man was able to find the traces.
The man said.
“I ask you one last time. Where is your real little mom?”
The woman had played the role of Lily’s mother so well that she could fool Lily. So of course she would know where her real mother was.
The assassin chuckled, caressing his own face.
“You want to know? Then I’ll ask you a question. What is this magical face made of?”
For a moment, the man’s expression hardened like stone.
“You really···”
“Oh my. I already know this face.”
A tactic to shake one’s composure before a fight.
The man knew it very well. But even though he knew it, he couldn’t help but get angry.
Because there was a very high probability that what he said was true.
“···Let’s start by killing him halfway.”
The man who was muttering softly immediately ran towards the assassin.
WHEEK!
The man, who had closed the distance in an instant, swung his sword. The assassin stepped back and threw his daggers repeatedly.
Kagak River!
The daggers all bounced off. Meanwhile, the assassin hid in the darkness.
Ssssssssut.
It was a considerable level of stealth ability. However, it was not enough to work against humans.
“I’m sorry, but we’re from the same industry. It’s obvious where you’re hiding.”
The man swung his sword into the empty air.
Choaaaak!
The opponent was caught in Charlotte’s dark trajectory. Blood filled the air, and an assassin with a defeated expression appeared. One of his arms was torn off.
“Ugh···.”
The man pressed on without giving his opponent a moment to rest. The assassin immediately turned around and ran away.
The chase continued for a while.
But that was only for a moment, as the assassin with both legs cut off rolled roughly on the floor.
“Ugh···.”
The man who had been walking slowly stabbed his sword into the ground next to the assassin’s face.
The man spoke in a cold, settled voice.
“Little Mom. Did you kill him?”
The assassin chuckled instead of answering. She tore off her own face with her only remaining arm.
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Sizzle-.
The assassin said, throwing the roughly torn off face skin at the man.
“You wouldn’t know it if you saw it?”
The man checked it himself by touching it with his hand.
“······.”
It was an object made by cutting out and processing real human face skin.
The man sighed softly and said.
“Where is the body?”
“Well, I guess he’s in the crow’s stomach by now.”
“You’d better answer properly.”
Phew-!
The sword dug into his stomach. The assassin writhed in pain, but at the same time laughed like a madman.
“Kwak! Huh, keuheuheu···.”
Even though I will die here, I have accomplished all the tasks assigned to me.
If only I could buy this much time.
The assassin looked up at the man. His eyes were mad, and a creepy smile played on his lips.
“We will take the child of fire back.”
The man thought those words were the tantrums of a dying man.
“You? How?”
I’ve already confirmed that there are no more threats to this village.
The villagers we looked at earlier were all ordinary people. Even if there were Pandemonium operatives among them, there was no one with the power to subdue Modrea, who was guarding the carriage 24 hours a day.
So, the man felt relieved and took the fake out. He wanted to handle the matter as quietly as possible.
The man said.
“Stop dreaming and just answer the questions. Where did you bury your real mother, little brat?..”
At that moment,
“Heh heh heh heh heh···.”
Along with the assassin’s maddening laughter, a strange sensation ran down the man’s spine.
‘Did I miss something?’
The man hurriedly turned his head and looked in the direction of the carriage.
Before I knew it, dark clouds were gathering in the sky.
And between the clouds, an ominous magical power was seething.
Crackle, crackle.
The gathered magical power repeatedly gathered and dispersed between the clouds like an electric current.
It soon turned into a red line, which began to transform into a huge, complex magic circle.
“Multi-magic circle···.”
The man opened his eyes wide and analyzed the shape of the magic circle.
Not being a wizard, he didn’t know much about magic circles.
But I knew a few of them, the famous forms of magic circles.
One is the magic seal barrier.
One is the demon summoning magic.
And one is···
At that moment, the man let out a low groan.
“···Transmission magic.”
The magic circle had now reached the completion stage, and was slowly starting to heat up, turning red.
-Woah, wow, wow!
The assassin who had fallen to the floor said with a laugh.
“You probably thought you were luring me. You didn’t realize it was the other way around.”
“shut up.”
“Even if we go to stop it, it’s already too late. The magic circle will be completed soon. Then the child of fire will return to where he belongs···!”
Choaaaak!
The man blew off the assassin’s head and started running at full speed towards the center of the magic circle.
There was a carriage, a group of people, and a little boy.
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Ssssssssut.
The black magic that fell from the sky like pollen seeped into the bodies of the villagers who were sleeping soundly upon returning home.
“Hmm···.”
“I’m full···.”
The townspeople were sleeping with happy faces. They didn’t know anything.
It was also revealed that Lily’s mother had magically changed into someone else a few months ago.
And what she did every night when she snuck into their house,
Let’s see what the results will be today.
Bam.
The black magic pouring out from the magic circle reacted as it touched the
-Poohwaaaaah!
The stigma was torn like a wound, and blood spurted out.
The sleeping villagers couldn’t even scream properly.
Before that, his vocal cords were ripped out, his spine was broken, and demons crawled out of his body, their internal organs turned inside out.
Kiyaaaaah!
Kirrrrrr!
Kreeeeek!
The demons took many forms, from demons smaller than a child, to corpses that swelled up like balloons and exploded, summoning giant demons in their place.
-Pfft! Pfft!
Disasters occurred all over the town.
The demons summoned by sacrificing humans broke through the house and poured out. Then, they all started moving in one direction.
“crazy···.”
The man frowned as he smelled the scent of blood that resonated throughout the village. The demons that discovered him screamed and attacked him.
“I don’t have time to deal with you guys!”
Charlotte, holding the Aura Blade, was drawn horizontally.
Choaaaah!
Demons split in half. However, some of them regenerated on their own, and others scattered like smoke and then gathered together to attack.
The man aimed his left hand at the demons who continued to block his way.
Chorrrrrr!
The watch on his left hand instantly transformed into a hand cannon. As energy gathered in the port, the man used his spirit to change its attribute into fire.
-Paaaaaaah!
A blast of flame swept across the front. The man leaped into the path he had created, continuing to swing his sword and fire his hand cannon.
After a while, children were seen gathered together in one place and fighting the demons.
“Krrrrr···. Mister!”
Zeke shouted as he discovered the man. The boy was half-turned into a werewolf, and looked quite dangerous.
Next to her were Hannah, who had turned into a half-cat like her brother, and Jang Yeong-shin riding an iron golem.
Modrea was standing on the roof of the carriage and shooting arrows at the demons.
The man cut down the demons blocking his way and joined the group.
“What about the little one?”
When asked about Lily’s well-being, Jang Yeong-shin cried out in a tearful voice.
[Mister! Lily is acting strange!]
At the center of the children was Lily.
A red pillar of light poured down from the magic circle in the sky and enveloped the girl, and within it, Lily was floating in the air, curled up like a fetus.
“What happened?”
[I don’t know. Suddenly···.]
The man noticed an unknown black letter engraved on Lily’s forehead.
A mark indicating that the target is a transmission magic target.
The man strode into the pillar of light.
Cheeeeek!
My skin felt like it was burning because of the pouring magical power, but I forced my way in while protecting my body with the Pacheon Shingong.
“Kid! Are you okay?”
As I asked, shaking my body, Lily curled up even more.
“cold···.”
The man checked Lily’s physical condition by pouring magical power into her body.
Lily’s magic was being sealed away, and at the same time, her consciousness was fading away. Meanwhile, the mark on her forehead was growing darker and darker.
It seemed to be the influence of that giant magic circle.
The man who had looked up at the sky spoke to his group.
“Let’s get out of here first.”
When the transfer magic was activated, Lily was dragged to the enemy’s base. I couldn’t just stand by and watch that happen.
The man held Lily in his arms with his left hand. The pillar of light was persistently shining down on him, causing him pain, but he was able to bear it.
“Everyone, follow me.”
The great man raised his Pacheon Shingong and ran forward.
Choaaaak! Choaaaak!
Every time the sword was swung, the demons’ bodies were cut and split apart.
But the speed was noticeably slower than before.
Due to the magic sealing barrier spread throughout the village, it is much more difficult to raise magic power than usual.
Cheeeeek!
A pillar of light poured down from the magic circle and followed the two people persistently.
Woof woof woof!
The magic circle in the sky was shaking more and more strongly.
As the magical power pouring out from the magic circle grew stronger, the demons also grew larger and more powerful.
Kiyaaaaah!
Kirrrrrrrr!
KEEEEEEEEEE!
The situation was so urgent. But the more it was like that, the more calm the man’s mind became.
‘There’s still about 3 minutes left.’
Transmission magic is not activated immediately.
Depending on the size, distance, and ‘specification’ of the target, the preparation time increases further.
The calculation is that it takes at least 3 minutes.
All you have to do is find a way to escape this town or break the spell.
‘There must be a way. There must be a way···.’
The man quickly reviewed all his knowledge, information, and the numerous artifacts he had acquired on his way here.
At the moment when a plan was about to pop into my head,
“Do you think I’ll let you run away?”
A magical attack came flying from afar, accompanied by a voice full of resentment.
-Pfft!
The magic that bounced off the sword exploded on the side.
When the man turned to the direction the magic had come from, he saw the red goblin glaring at him with its teeth gnashing.
It seemed like he escaped during the wedding.
“Child of Fire! And you…! This is your grave!”
At that moment, a welcoming smile appeared on the man’s lips.
“Found it.”
A way to solve the problem occurred to me.
< How to solve the problem > End
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