<[Episode 23] Lilith (2) >
Kim Geon guarded the cave entrance as instructed by Kim Jae-hyun, but he secretly regretted not following him.
‘…ominous.’
Because the inside of the cave, enveloped in darkness, felt extremely ominous.
‘…Should I follow you even now?’
I knew that Kim Jae-hyun’s abilities were great, but that didn’t necessarily guarantee safety.
Even if you just look at Kim Da-jeong, she has outstanding abilities like healing and blessing compared to other party members, but that alone is not enough to protect her, so doesn’t everyone have to be careful and protect her during every battle?
‘but…….’
I couldn’t disobey Kim Jae-hyun’s orders.
‘For now, we have no choice but to trust Jaehyun and wait.’
The moment Kim Geon turned his head, he couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
Because the forest bathed in the sunset glow looked dreamy.
He looked at the forest spread out beneath his feet and estimated the height of the place.
Since I fly so often, I can get a rough estimate just by looking at the ground.
‘…Maybe about 1km?’
What this means is that the height of the tree he is standing on is comparable to that of a mountain.
Moreover, this place was not located at the top of a tree.
‘…If you add it all the way to the top, it’s probably over 2km?’
Considering that Jirisan and Hallasan in South Korea are less than 2km above sea level, the size of this tree was truly unbelievable.
Not only was the height great, but the thickness of the tree trunks was also so great that when viewed from a distance, it looked like a mountain had formed in the middle of the forest.
Looking at that sight, Kim Geon couldn’t help but have one doubt.
‘Is this tree related?’
A huge tree on the Jagalchi Market side.
Why does the image of that tree, which grew day by day and is now bigger than an apartment building, come to mind?
‘…I’m sure that was the tree that Jaehyun’s grandfather grew.’
No matter how much I thought about it, that tree seemed like a child of a tree as huge as the mountain I was standing on.
That’s right.
‘…That tree, when it grows up, won’t it create a forest full of man-eating trees?’
It was a terrible thing to even think about.
‘…No way. There’s no way Jaehyun’s family would do that.’
As I tried to ignore the situation, the sunset disappeared and complete darkness engulfed the forest.
At that moment.
“…huh?”
The forest was being reborn.
‘…What, what is it?’
An ominous aura spread throughout the forest.
That’s when I had a gut feeling that something unusual was happening.
Creepy!
I got goosebumps all over my back.
The moment Kim Geon turned his head and looked inside the cave.
“!!!”
Beasts born of darkness were pouring out from inside the cave.
“Ugh!”
Immediately after reflexively throwing myself out of the cave.
Quagwagwagwa-
The cave vomited out darkness.
Kim Gun spread his wings and balanced himself in the air, momentarily panicking at the sight.
‘What the heck is this…?!’
Then suddenly I realized belatedly who the person who went into the cave was.
“Jaehyun!!!”
As the sun set and darkness fell over the forest, monsters poured out from all directions.
The men who were conducting the search, led by Yoo Han-gil, had no choice but to rush straight into battle without any mental preparation.
However, all the vassals here were veteran warriors who had survived frequent battles.
Taang-!
Yoo Han-gil stopped using his clairvoyance and immediately took out his gun and shot at the monster.
however.
“Kyaaaaah!”
Physical attacks were useless against monsters born in the darkness.
Even though the bullet fired by Yoo Han-gil pierced the monster’s forehead, the monster ran towards him unharmed.
At that time, I was panicking because there were very few cases where the gun did not work.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Flames shot up and burned the shadow monster.
“This way! Everyone, gather here!”
Not all attacks were in vain.
There were also abilities that were lethal to shadow monsters, like Nam Ji-ho’s Pillar of Fire.
and.
Crunch!
Hadong Geon, Kang Deoksu, Oh Eonju.
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The attacks of the three people who showed the most overwhelming martial arts skills among the vassals were being eaten by the shadow monsters.
These three people have one thing in common.
It was as if a bright light was enveloping my entire body.
The identity of that light was Kim Da-jeong’s blessing skill.
Kim Da-jeong shouted after seeing the sight.
“blessing!”
At the same time, the power of blessing was felt in the bodies of all the vassals who had gathered around them.
Kim Da-jeong shouted with confidence.
“Everyone attack! It’ll be okay now!”
As she had guessed, the blessed vassals’ physical attacks began to take effect on the shadow monsters.
Taang-!
While ranged attacks like guns still couldn’t do much damage to the monsters, melee weapons like swords and spears imbued with blessed power cut through the shadows just fine.
“Keeeek!”
As the vassals joined forces, the shadow monsters fell helplessly.
The shadow monsters’ attacks weren’t that threatening, except that they were completely immune to physical attacks to begin with.
Their attack methods were limited to biting or clawing, but their limit was to creating a single small living organ on the bodies of high-level vassals.
But the problem is.
“Kyaaaaah!”
The point was that they were constantly being created in the darkness that filled the entire forest.
Even if the vassals kill a hundred of them, the surrounding area is quickly filled with newly born shadow monsters.
At that time, Yoo Han-gil, who was using his clairvoyance to grasp the surrounding situation, opened his mouth.
“You have to go that way! The further you get from the giant tree in the center, the slower the shadow monsters will spawn!”
Once the direction was set, the followers moved with one mind and one purpose.
“Jump!”
“Get up!”
As Kang Deok-su instructed, fifty steel knights stood in front of the Shadow Legion.
“blessing!”
Kim Da-jeong showered blessings on the newly appeared steel knights, and the halberds they were holding were bathed in the light of blessings.
Crunch!
The knights of steel formed a strong defensive wall and eradicated the shadow monsters.
While Kang Deok-su’s steel knights bought time, the vassals ran with all their might in the direction pointed by Yoo Han-gil.
There were shadow monsters in the direction they were running, too.
Flash-!
The arrow of light shot by Kim Ga-young split into dozens of pieces and slashed at the shadow monsters blocking her path.
furthermore.
“Khuu …
A red-eyed bear was running wild among the night beasts born in the darkness.
Kwajik!
Every time Owen’s bear paws were swung in a berserk state, the shadow beasts’ bodies would burst like balloons.
As Yoo Han-gil said, the farther away you get from the giant tree, the more you can feel the shadow monsters clearly diminishing.
But that was only for a moment.
Quagwagwagwa-
Darkness fell from the sky and blocked their path.
“…What is that?”
When the vassals blocking their path stopped walking and looked up at the sky
“her…”
Black owls filled the night sky.
At their center was a huge mass of shadow, towards which black owls were gathering.
The pillar of shadow blocking their path was also one of the tentacles extending from the black sphere.
Gulp gurgle-
That thing that was wriggling.
Choaaaak!
Within seconds, it sprouted a pair of huge wings.
A shadow taking the shape of a giant owl.
and.
Swaaaah-!
With each flap of the wings, a gust of wind of tremendous pressure spread out in all directions.
“Ugh!”
Damn it!
Parts of the forest began to be torn away by the violent storm.
The broken trees fell to their doom in the direction the monster was flapping its wings.
When the black sphere was almost taking shape.
Wheeeeeeeeeek –
A spear filled with black energy flew towards the center of the black sphere.
Kwaaaaang!
With a huge explosion.
“Keeeeeek!”
The storm rages once again.
Wheaaaaaaaaa!
“Attack all!!”
As soon as Ha Dong-geon shouted, a second spear flew out and tore off one wing of the giant shadow monster.
His vassals, having regained their senses, launched an all-out attack.
Tsk tsk tsk-!
Brothers Moon Ji-hoon and Moon Sang-hoon announced the two legs of the shadow monster.
Kwaang- hwarrrrrr!
A magnificent pillar of fire rose between the monster’s legs.
“Khuu …
With Moon Byung-ho’s help, Oh Eun-ju jumped over the giant shadow monster’s head and fell, swinging her claws in all directions.
Crackle crackle-
The shadow was torn apart and pieces scattered in all directions.
however.
Woohoo
The darkness that came in from all directions was absorbed into the monster’s body and immediately healed it.
And still the sky was full of shadowy owls.
Every time they joined the shadow monsters, the wounds the vassals inflicted quickly healed and disappeared as if washed away.
At that time, everyone was struggling.
“Everyone, get out of the way!”
Kim Ga-young’s voice captured everyone’s attention.
Woohoo!
There was Kim Ga-young aiming a giant arrow of light at the shadow monster.
The arrow of light, which was over 2 meters long and incredibly thick, looked more like the barrel of a cannon than an arrow.
and.
Thud!
The moment Kim Ga-young puts down the bowstring.
Flash –
The surroundings were filled with light, sending out huge beams of light.
Quagwagwagwagwa-
Kim Ga-young’s arrow of light instantly took away the darkness in the forest.
Not only did it blow away the upper body of the giant monster, it also erased all the shadow owls in that direction.
dump
Kim Ga-young, who had poured out all her strength, collapsed on the ground as if she had fainted.
however.
Gulp gurgle
It didn’t take long for the sky, which had been light for a while, to become dark again.
The forest, which had quickly become filled with darkness and shadows, began to spit out shadow monsters without a care in the world.
“…crazy.”
Moon Ji-hoon and Moon Sang-hoon, brothers who had been staring blankly at the sight, came to their senses at Yoo Han-gil’s shout.
“Now is the time! We have to get a little further away! Quickly!”
The moment the vassals regained their senses after hearing Yoo Han-gil’s words, they were about to move again.
“We have to take care of people!”
Lee Seong-min shouted.
With his strong medical mind, he was looking after the unconscious people in this chaotic situation, and the people he was looking after were people who had just escaped from the pockets due to the aftermath of the fight.
Even in the midst of chaos, he risked his life to care for them, spreading the power of healing.
Having lived his entire life as a doctor and often experienced the boundary between life and death, he could not turn away from those who were on the verge of death.
However, good actions do not always lead to good results.
Yoo Han-gil said as he grabbed Lee Seong-min.
“You have to give up, quickly!”
“That can’t be…!”
“Wake up! We’re all going to die like this!”
Unlike the other vassals who quickly joined Kim Jae-hyun’s domain and lived a comfortable life after the monster appeared, Yoo Han-gil, who joined relatively recently, was someone who could be cruel in order to survive.
“hurry!”
That was when.
“Huh!”
Lee Seong-min, who discovered something, shook off Yoo Han-gil’s hand and ran somewhere.
Yoo Han-gil’s expression crumpled as he confirmed that it was a half-broken, sticky digestive fluid-spitting sac.
‘Do as you wish.’
Warm-hearted people.
Before the world changed, and within the embrace of Kim Jae-hyun’s abilities, it was definitely an advantage for those who lived like greenhouse flowers.
However, in a battlefield like this, people with such thoughts are nothing but a nuisance and can even endanger their teammates.
All the people who made Lee Sung-min come to his senses now were just like a burden.
‘If we take care of all these people, there’s no way we’ll all die together.’
At that time, I was about to abandon him, whether I live or die.
Wooduk
The forest began to move.
Woodduck-
‘what’s this?’
At that moment, Yoo Han-gil was hesitating in confusion.
Phew!! Phew book!
Tree roots sprouted from the ground and pierced the shadows like skewers.
In an instant, the shadow monsters that had filled the surrounding area were swept away.
As Yoo Han-gil was watching the scene with his mouth open, a voice was heard from behind.
“Jaehuk said you were his friends? What’s going on here?”
The person who brought Lee Seong-min to his senses at the last moment was Lee Bong-yeol, the guardian of the World Tree and Kim Jae-hyeon’s maternal grandfather.
[Episode 23] Lilith (2) >End
