Episode 113
The bastard’s head wasn’t my target. I had to cut off the thick neck underneath.
Swoosh!
Stormtail’s sword slashed like a wave and decapitated the troll. The creature’s tough neck cracked, and its heavy head fell to the ground.
“Whew, it’s so hard to handle one thing, huh.”
If it had only been against trolls, it would have been resolved long ago, but the chain of curses that struck at every moment was the problem.
I decided to ask for help.
“Dimes, these bastards are casting weak curses, can you show them a real curse?”
The primordial darkness, Dimes, did not respond.
Instead, a gentle fog settled around me. The fog sucked in the light, blinding the three surviving trolls and even the priests.
The trolls swung their clubs into the air. Meanwhile, the two trolls that had multiplied from one body recognized each other’s positions exactly and swung their clubs in different directions.
‘There is only one person in control.’
It was hard to tell who was in control at the time. Through the eyes of the magician, a single string seemed to connect the two. It seemed as if the Trickster’s power had bound them together.
Whoosh whoosh!
Meanwhile, a group of Voltails were rushing towards me, but were engulfed in the flames of Inferno. Their hallucinations did not work on me. It was impossible for anyone other than the branded Voltails to sway my mind.
‘I’ll show you a real fantasy.’
I took a deep breath and concentrated my mind. I also had the ability to hallucinate. It was difficult to use the ability on someone other than myself. The distance between me and the other person had to be close, and it consumed a lot of aura and mental power. There was also the disadvantage that the ability would break as soon as the other person suspected the reality of the hallucination.
But there was no way a troll could see through my abilities.
The hallucinatory power required the imagination to imagine specific situations one by one. One had to pay attention to the arrangement of the nearby land, trees, buildings, and all sorts of living things.
Only by cleverly mixing reality and fantasy could one reliably deceive one’s opponent.
Kuwaaa!
Pfft! Pfft!
The three trolls swung their clubs at each other. They must have thought they were suddenly confronted by me, blinded by the darkness of Dimes.
‘After all, there is only one person who moves those two.’
The three trolls fought two against one. They swung their clubs at each other, but no one died. The wounds began to bubble and then healed.
Kuweeeeek!
The troll that was being beaten by two trolls suddenly started vomiting. It kept spitting out bright yellow liquid as if it was pouring out stomach acid.
‘shit!’
Three snakes emerged from the troll’s vomit.
No, the thing looked more like an earthworm than a snake.
‘helminth!’
The parasite that emerged from the vomit had no eyes, no nose, and no spine. Instead, it had a large mouth. As the mouth opened, dozens of teeth appeared, trying to swallow my whole head.
The parasite was about 20 centimeters long and 5 centimeters in diameter, and its gaping mouth was 30 centimeters wide. It was incredibly flexible.
The moment the parasites emerged, my concentration was broken. As the hallucinatory powers disappeared, the trolls who had been attacking each other began to snort and look around.
‘Wouldn’t it be nice if I killed that parasite and brought it to Baryan?’
I cut the parasites that were rushing at me. They split lengthwise and a yellow liquid poured out. Before they could even hit the ground, they were engulfed in the flames of the Inferno and evaporated.
Whoosh whoosh!
The remaining two parasites slithered towards the priests behind me. They were not sharp enough to distinguish friend from foe. They seemed to be focusing on living things, especially humans.
“Oh, no!”
The parasite ate the head of the screaming Armos priest, sinking its teeth into the priest’s skull, making a hole in it and sucking out the brain inside.
Another one also aimed for the Armos priest, but was hit by the troll’s club that quickly turned and ran towards him, killing him instantly.
‘One reproduces, the other creates parasites?’
It was a terrible ability. If those guys started to become active in earnest, the Kingdom of Zenon would suffer a great loss.
“Blood cells, go wild!”
-Khahahaha! Blood! Blood! Blood! Give me blood! Blood will rule the world, so take my power! Be intoxicated by me! I am the spirit of blood, the primordial life… … Damn it! It’s Haryan again!
Haryan’s sincerity stopped the blood cells.
I let him multiply my abilities, but I stopped him from eating away at my bloodlines and my will.
My eyes lit up.
-What on earth have you done? My blood… Who dared to defile my blood!
My blood seemed to have been turbid due to the curse.
It must have had something to do with the tingling and occasional prickling sensation in my limbs.
The blood cells were running wild inside my body again, and thanks to them, my body felt much lighter. Even though the blood cells couldn’t shake off the curse, it seemed like they could at least reduce its effects.
“Thank you. I will definitely repay you.”
I ran out. Two trolls, now multiplying, rushed at me from my left and right. One was armed with a well-made club, while the other was armed with a tree that he had pulled out from the surrounding area.
“Inferno!”
-joy!
The firebird flew low and pounced on the troll. Just before the club could strike Inferno, the creature stopped with its wings spread wide. It flapped its wings and fired dozens of fire arrows.
Pubbubububububu!
The fire arrows could not penetrate the troll’s tough hide, but they certainly had a blinding effect.
Percussion!
He kicked the ground and jumped up, decapitating the troll with his club. Before the creature could breathe, he stabbed the troll in the heart with the ceremonial dagger that Demain had given him.
Phew!
It was said that trolls had two hearts. It was said that no matter which side you stabbed, it was still a heart.
-It’s fake! This guy is fake! He’s so lifeless!
As the blood corpse said, a lump of flesh sprouted from the troll’s neck and swelled like a head. The troll’s head, which had fallen to the ground, also began to grow a neck and body.
Meanwhile, another troll charged, swinging a huge tree like a lance.
“Syang!”
Baaaaaaaaaaaa!
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Syang didn’t back down. He poked his head toward the tree, and like the monster that had once branded me and tormented me, he stopped the troll’s charge.
Pavabababak!
He ran across the troll’s tree as a single-plank bridge. The troll tried to swing the tree, but the branches got caught in the troll’s horns and he couldn’t move.
Kuweeeeek!
The troll behind me vomited. I could see a few parasites writhing in its vomit.
“Iredem!”
A dark knight emerged from the darkness of the beginning and stood between the parasite and me. The parasite tried to pass by, ignoring Iredem. It was because I could not sense even a single bit of life from him.
Iredem swung his sword and cut down the parasites. As if the wind was blowing, the parasites naturally accepted Iredem’s sword. The same was true for the trolls I faced.
Holy crap!
The troll’s head popped up.
-Blood! Blood! Blood! Give me blood!
Unable to resist the sanctity of the blood, he moved his body without stopping. Without slowing down, he drove Stormtail into the troll’s shoulder. Using it as a handle, he jumped down the tree, and stabbed the troll’s heart with the ceremonial dagger.
-Ahhhhhh!
It was a commotion. It was so loud and so eerie that I was almost distracted.
However, I had to ignore the blood cries and be on guard against the four pillars of fire because a pillar of fire suddenly rose up before my eyes.
As expected, a parasite burst out of the flames and tried to bite me.
Phew!
He stabbed the parasite with a ceremonial dagger.
-What the heck, what the heck, what the heck are you doing! This is dirty!
Even the blood cells didn’t seem to like those parasites.
I also didn’t like the trolls that coexisted with those parasites. I could see the magic powers surging inside that thing’s stomach. I just thought that there was a tremendous energy swirling inside the troll’s stomach, but now I see that they were all parasites.
“The parasites in that stomach will eat you up.”
I concentrated my mind. Even at this moment, Barzai’s curses were pouring down like a torrential downpour, threatening me, but I continued to swing Stormtail as if I was dancing with my sword, and I used my hallucination powers on the troll.
Stand tall!
The troll stopped.
The hand of the man holding the club trembled, and his eyes rolled back halfway. Thick drool flowed from between his slightly open lips. He was hallucinating.
The troll lowered its head, looked at my bulging lower abdomen, and suddenly let out a scream.
Kuwaaa!
The troll threw down his club and grabbed his stomach with both hands.
He didn’t just touch it, he straightened his fingers and tried to dig into my stomach, making a hole and trying to pull out what was inside.
‘This is the vision I give you. See it with your eyes and feel it with your whole body.’
The troll’s gestures became increasingly more intense.
Finally, he tore open my stomach and pulled out the parasites crawling inside. He grabbed them viciously and put them in his mouth, chewing them.
Meanwhile, bubbles began to form on the troll’s stomach.
The wound was about to heal.
Whoosh whoosh!
The flames of Inferno surrounded the troll.
The idea was to prevent the parasites from escaping.
“Oh, that’s ridiculous!”
When the trolls were annihilated, the priests were terrified.
They were invincible in battle.
Three branded trolls would be enough to take on even the Knights of the Bard.
“From now on, I’ll show you something even more ridiculous. You can’t go around telling anyone that you saw this.”
When I gestured to Demes, he took out the ‘Spirit of Death’ from the dark space and gave it to me.
A while ago, Iredem showed me how to use this special spirit stone.
-If I had that gem, I could raise a wight like Dullahan. Instead, I need the corpse of a recently deceased person. A dead being full of life.
It wasn’t as easy as it sounds.
Above all, the magic to create whites was forbidden, so even if the method was discovered, it could not be used recklessly.
However, I already had experience in creating three Whites. I used them as Iredem’s subordinates, but I destroyed them because they did not perform as well as I expected.
A small stone the size of two finger joints was filled with magical power. A magic circle was carved on its surface, and when the magical power was drawn up, the magic circle began to glow.
Wooooow!
“Iredem, in the name of Louis de Hebron, I command you. Primordial Death, Blessing of the Dead, do your duty. Raise the dead and reverse the course of nature. Give life to the dead. Karunapaaslaihem!”
‘Lalunafaaslaihem’ was a necromantic spell that created whites. It required a freshly dead corpse, and in my case, I had to use a death spirit stone.
Three trolls leapt to their feet. They had lost the power of the marks they had acquired in life, but trolls were still top predators.
As the troll horde turned and looked down upon the priests, the priests, who had only known how to curse and encourage, despaired.
“Oh, Barzai! Curse that monster!”
The priest of Barzai tried to curse the troll.
A sharp chain flew out like a harpoon, trying to pierce the troll.
‘It doesn’t work!’
The chain of curses bounced off the troll. However, once a curse is cast, it must be directed at someone. If the target is not cursed, the curse usually returns to the sorcerer.
“Ugh!”
The priest knelt down with a face that did not understand English. Blood flowed from his nose. Thin veins rose up from the nape of his neck.
“Iredem, kill all the priests together with the Whites.”
There was no reason to keep the priests alive.
Moreover, since the saboteur had turned to his allies, there was no one who could stop Iredem.
The Iron Knight of Death cut down the priests.
