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< The Rock of Sisyphus (2) >
As the two entered the rock, the surroundings suddenly changed as if the scene had changed.
WHEEK!
At that moment, the man could feel the magical energy.
‘It’s probably space distortion magic.’
Unlike the outside, which was all black, the inside of the rock was a cave made of reddish-brown rock layers.
The cave was alive and writhing.
Kugugugu! Kugugugu!
The walls and ceiling were squirming and contracting and expanding. The man felt as if he was inside the stomach of a giant animal.
“Ugh. It’s gross···.”
Lily stood close to the man. The man patted the girl’s helmet and spoke.
“Don’t take your helmet off yet.”
It’s not visible now because it’s outside, but if you go further inside, you’ll come across a space where acidic gastric juice is dripping from the ceiling.
The old man said after looking around the surroundings.
“Let’s go inside.”
The man took the lead, looking a little nervous.
I had heard about it a lot and later looked at it in materials, but this was my first time going inside.
This ‘Sojaeang’ that came along when the red fog came was, strictly speaking, closer to a magical creature and a fortified weapon than a monster.
There was a demon living inside this rock, and he was controlling this huge rock.
‘It was years later that we found out.’
In the previous life that Daein experienced, more than ten thousand Seoul citizens were sacrificed to Sisyphus’ rock.
It rolled all the way to the center of Seoul, growing to 300 meters in size, and was only stopped after all of the
But the biggest damage happened then.
When it reached the point of being destroyed by the indiscriminate attacks of the superhumans, the rock self-destructed.
‘That was absolutely horrible.’
As with all disasters he experienced firsthand, the man could not forget the memory of that time.
A pure white light leaked out as the rock split apart on its own.
President Kim Soo-ho, who was expecting an explosion and shouting at the top of his lungs to tell everyone to run away.
And then a few seconds later, a blinding flash of light erupted.
Despite being quite far from the scene at the time, the man was caught in the explosion and was blown several dozen meters away, losing consciousness.
And when he came to his senses again, the man could see how lucky he was.
The area around where the explosion occurred was scorched earth, as if it had been hit by dozens of bombs.
Nearly a hundred superhumans were killed, and the first Awakened were seriously injured. The city was spared from being blown away because their abilities had minimized the damage.
‘But what really pisses me off is that I missed the point.’
After blasting the rock that day, the devil who lived inside the rock escaped and returned to China a few years later, creating the rock of Sisyphus.
And in China, they managed to catch the bastard, although they did suffer enormous damage.
Several years later, technology was much more advanced, and China even had data on battles that had taken place in Korea before.
Therefore, instead of attacking and destroying the rock from the outside, the Chinese superhumans used a method of infiltrating a small number of elite soldiers inside.
Just like what the big guy is doing right now.
“At that time, everyone was upset because I cooked the porridge and gave it to the dog… Who would have thought I would use that method again?”
“Sir, you’re weird. You’ve been mumbling to yourself since a while ago…”
The man patted Lily’s helmet as she looked at him like he was crazy.
“Men sometimes get stuck in their painful past. At times like that, you just have to pretend not to know.”
Lily said with the same expression she had when she took a bite of the food the man had prepared for her.
“It’s a line from a drama I watched yesterday. It sounds like a pervert when an old man says it.”
“Hey. That’s how all the lines in dramas are.”
“No. It’s not like that when a handsome protagonist does it.”
The child was already discriminating against people with his face. The man grumbled and aimed his sword at him.
Twenty twenty.
Countless bugs were crawling out from the ceiling and floor. The man frowned deeply.
“I thought it was about time something came out, but···.”
They were parasitic insects that lived inside the rock of Sisyphus, and they parasitized by sharing the nutrients absorbed inside the rock.
Instead of paying rent, they also act as cleaners, removing foreign substances that occasionally find their way into the rocks.
The size varies from 30 cm to over 1 meter.
Ssssssssut.
In an instant, hundreds of acid worms surrounded the two men, with acid dripping from their jaws.
The man recalled the information about them.
‘Its shell is so strong that you have to use your strength to cut it in half. Fortunately, its other abilities aren’t that great and it’s slow, but… If you ignore it and pass by, it might become a nuisance later.’
I thought it would be best to clean everything up and go.
I just so happened to have brought along the world’s most powerful flamethrower.
“Okay, kid.”
The man pushed Lily forward.
As the saying goes, fire is the best way to catch bugs.
“You see those bugs? Burn them all.”
The problem is that this flamethrower will always try to eat something to deal damage.
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“Can I go home and eat ice cream later?”
The man gave Lily a stern look as she looked back at him, blinking her big eyes.
“No. I ate three in the morning.”
SMALL SMALL.
Even though the bugs kept coming, Lily didn’t give up on negotiations easily.
He was even armed with his own logic.
“I heard you eat a lot when you’re growing up!”
Of course, the person was just dumbfounded.
“If you had grown as much as you ate, you would have grown to be 3 meters tall by now.”
But since they first met, Lily hadn’t grown a single centimeter in height. Even Daein found that strange these days.
“That’s why! Since you’re not growing, you have to eat more! You have to eat until you grow!”
At this point, he is the miracle logic king.
But on the continent of Gaia, they were quiet and listened well…
‘Well, it’s a lot better than when you had that sick chicken expression.’
In the end, the man sighed and nodded. He would regret it later when he went to the dentist.
“Okay. They’ve already come this far, so let’s clean up quickly.”
“Yay!”
Lily shouted “Hurrah!” and pointed both palms at the bugs.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A flame rose in front of his two small palms.
As Lily drew a circle with her finger, the flames spun around the circle fiercely, creating a ring of fire.
It didn’t end with one ring. Three, five, ten…
In an instant, dozens of rings of fire poured down on the insects.
-Phew! Phew-phew-phew!
Bugs exploded everywhere. Some of them were not only charred black, but turned into ashes.
“you···.”
The man looked at Lily with a shocked expression.
That was because it was a much more powerful flame than he had ever known.
Lately, Lily has been rarely involved in battles, citing training as a reason to train Sirutteok and Wangguho.
No, it was only about a week.
“What was that just now? I’ve never seen that technique before.”
A ring of fire remained on Lily’s palm, spinning at a furious speed.
‘···Isn’t that too dangerous to play with just as a joke?’
To the person who was thinking like that, Lily answered with an innocent expression.
“This? Asga taught me that?”
“···okay?”
It wasn’t anyone else, it was the dragon who taught me.
It is also the longest-living dragon on the continent of Gaia.
That’s right. If that’s the case…
The man took out a 50,000 won bill from his pocket and put it in Lily’s hand, speaking in a quiet voice.
“Ask me to teach you other things later. Try to lure me in gently while buying me something delicious. Okay?”
“Really? You’re giving me this?!”
It’s best to learn as much as you can when you can.
Especially when it comes to magic, there are few masters as good as Abraxas, not only on the Gaia continent but also in other dimensions.
‘Now that I think about it···.’
I was so distracted by the red fog and the Rock of Sisyphus that I didn’t notice, but at some point I lost sight of Abraxas.
He’s not the type of guy to miss out on such an amazing sight.
‘Well, I guess he found something interesting along the way and took a side road.’
The man decided to turn off his nerves. Now was the time to focus on the task at hand.
Stop the Rock of Sisyphus from exploding in the city, and hunt down the demon controlling the rock within.
And obtain the
‘I must obtain the Black Stone.’
The source of the rock of Sisyphus.
An object that can create one of the hardest rocks in the world, and grow, build, and shape it into any shape you want.
In a word, the best ingredients.
Considering what kind of progress I had made after getting it in China in my previous life, I absolutely had to get that stone.
And I personally really needed it.
because···.
“It’s about time we built a new house.”
The man planned to build his new home out of the strongest material in the world.
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Choaaaak!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The man and Lily continued to move forward.
He went deeper and deeper, burning and sometimes cutting down hundreds and thousands of insects.
Lily looked at the man with a tired face.
“Why is it so long here?”
The Rock of Sisyphus, seen from the outside, was about 100 meters in diameter.
Although the 100-meter-tall rock rolling towards us looked enormous, it was not a distance that would take hours for a human, not even a snail, to cross.
Choaaaak! Choaaaak!
The man answered while slashing away the attacking tentacles one by one.
“It’s because there’s a space distortion spell.”
We had long since passed the area where the worms came out, and we had also passed the stomach where acid rained down. Now it was the final checkpoint, the tentacle area.
Choaaaah!
The man, who had finished organizing all the tentacles, stepped back for a moment, wiping his forehead with the back of his hand.
“Whew. I knew about it… but it’s even longer than I thought.”
The outside and inside of Sisyphus’ Rock were separated by magic, and the inside was covered in space distortion magic.
The actual distance inside this area, as perceived by an adult, was several kilometers.
The man patted Lily’s slumped shoulder. The flame had been growing fainter since a while ago.
“It seems like we’re almost there, so cheer up.”
Lily answered with a sullen expression.
“I’m so hungry I have no strength···.”
I wanted to put something in his mouth, but he was in such a hurry that he didn’t even have a chocolate bar in his pocket.
The man gently stroked Lily’s head, which was worn out from hunger and fatigue.
“Now that we’re all here, let’s take a quick break.”
I’m not just saying this, I’m actually almost at my destination.
A huge door was firmly shut a few dozen meters ahead. An enormous amount of magical power was flowing out from within it.
Gooooooo-!
There is a rock devil inside me.
The man looked a little embarrassed.
‘It seems much stronger than I thought?’
I took him for granted since he was the one who exploded the rock and ran away, but the magical power I felt inside was truly extraordinary.
And the little one looks like he can’t fight anymore…
‘Should I just go out and come back in?’
It was a time when the person’s worries deepened.
“···!”
The man’s head turned at the sound he felt from tens of meters behind him.
Swish.
As the invisibility spell was lifted, a shape slowly emerged from the darkness.
‘Could it be the devil?’
In front of the man holding the sword, the being spoke in a familiar voice.
“I came here because I felt a familiar fire. You guys were here?”
“Ah?”
Abraxas walked towards the two of them, weaving through the debris of flames.
“When did you get here?”
In response to the puzzled question, Abraxas’ eyes sparkled brightly and he said:
“I saw you guys go in earlier and came in through another entrance. I was wandering around looking around.”
The most enjoyable dragon in the world is discovering and observing new, unknown, and interesting things.
To Abraxas, Earth was a world full of interesting things: the Earth itself, and the monsters that emerged from various dimensions connected to it.
“So, have you finished looking around?”
The man was well aware of that fact.
And just when I thought it was going to be a good thing.
It was obvious what Abraxas wanted to see next.
As expected, Abraxas’ head turned in the direction he expected.
“I think it would be okay to just take a look inside.”
“We have the same destination.”
Their gazes were directed in the same direction.
A tightly closed door. A devil’s abode waiting inside.
The man asked Abraxas.
“Is it difficult for you to go in alone?”
“Aren’t we all the same?”
Upon coming to Earth, Abraxas sealed most of his power away from himself.
He can barely use powerful magic, and can only use abilities at a level that is useful for hobby purposes.
However, she was able to fully utilize the abilities of the doll that was now replacing her body.
Moreover, if you utilize the knowledge that the dragon possesses, its utility in battle increases infinitely.
Teeing!
Abraxas spoke, flicking his bowstring.
“I want to know how this large creature was created and how it is controlled.”
“I just need to stop this rock completely and take the black stone the devil has.”
Their interests aligned perfectly.
A moment later, they simultaneously kicked open the door and ran into the devil’s room.
-Kwaaaaang!
As I entered, I saw a demon standing in the middle of a large room.
[Krrrrrr···.]
The demon was twice the size of a human and wore pitch-black armor.
Black mist rose from his entire body, and green light shone through his goat-horned helmet.
Gigging.
The bastard dragged a greatsword that was over three meters long across the floor.
Looks much stronger than I’ve heard.
The man rushed forward with a shout.
“Haaap!”
The opponent is a formidable opponent. That’s why we’ve been putting all our effort into it from the start.
Tsk tsk tsk!
The Pacheon Shingong surged through his entire body, increasing his physical abilities to the limit.
Woohoo!
A blue sword grew about a meter long above the blade of the Demon Sword Shalit.
Chorrrrrr!
Tichtal’s watch also completed its transformation. In an instant, the metal wrapped around his left arm transformed into a hand cannon. The barrel was filled with energy, ready to fire at any moment.
Abraxas also followed the great man and prepared for battle.
Zwww!
As I pulled the bowstring, four magic arrows of fire, ice, wind, and lightning were simultaneously attached to the bow.
At the same time, an ancient, now forgotten language flowed out of her mouth. The ancient language became magic and permeated the body of the great man.
“Ugh!”
In that moment, the man felt his movements become much faster. A great strength surged from his body, and his spirit was lifted as if he could do anything.
So, out of the ordinary, I even shouted a battle cry.
“Woooooooo!”
Darkness also emanated from the body of the demon opposing him.
[Kuaaaaaaaaaaaa-!!]
The demon roared loudly toward the ceiling. The room shook as if it were going to collapse. It seemed to foreshadow the fierce fight that was about to break out.
After a while, the demon’s greatsword and the great man’s sword clashed.
-Kaaaaaaah!
< The Rock of Sisyphus (2) > End
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