Episode 245
Choi Hyun-seok came out of the temple and exclaimed in surprise.
“Wow, you didn’t have to be this welcoming.”
I expected there to be a certain number of enemies gathered, but I didn’t know there would be this many people waiting to welcome us.
Maybe thousands, maybe even ten thousand.
They all had their blades drawn and their eyes looked fierce.
Priests, paladins, and wizards were also seen mixed in here and there.
“Didn’t I tell you to hurry up and come out?” “Ahem, a few seconds won’t make much of a difference anyway.”
“If you can’t even speak.”
Actually, that wasn’t wrong.
Even if Choi Hyun-seok had come out right away without hesitating, the enemy would have been gathered together just like they are now.
Park Hyun-ah scratched her head nervously.
“Break through quickly. You can’t kill them all. Support will keep coming, so there’s no point in staying too long.”
“yep.”
“You take the lead.”
Choi Hyun-seok stepped forward without saying a word.
Even though it was dangerous to be in the lead, for some reason he felt happy.
‘Now even my sister admits that I am stronger.’
Choi Hyun-seok thinks.
It’s natural for the stronger person to take the lead!
It was clear that Park Hyun-ah’s words to herself to take the lead were based on this idea.
At least he clearly acknowledged that he was superior in close combat ability.
“Hehehe…”
“Is this really crazy? Why are you splitting me up so badly in this situation…?”
Choi Hyun-seok laughed heartily, and Park Hyun-ah looked slightly frightened as she watched him.
It was then that two men approached.
“You bastards! Where is the Cardinal!?” “Release the lord!”
One was a paladin who used divine powers, and the other was a knight who used magical powers.
Both of them had the aura of being among the top heroes, and seemed to be representatives of their respective groups.
Instead of Choi Hyun-seok, who was still smiling, Park Hyun-ah answered the question.
“The Cardinal and the Lord?”
“Yes! If you release the two of you even now, your sins will be… .”
“He’s already dead.”
“What…!?”
“Here. He killed it.”
Choi Hyun-seok doubted his ears.
‘He killed him’?
When I turned around, I saw Park Hyun-ah with a mischievous smile.
“Sister? What is this…?”
“Should I take the lead?”
Park Hyun-ah reached out and pushed Choi Hyun-seok’s chest, who was standing defenseless.
Bam-
“ah?”
Choi Hyun-seok, who had flown away, fell in front of the two heroes like a ghost.
The two heroes glared at Choi Hyun-seok with fire in their eyes.
“Inom!!!”
“How dare you!”
“Listen. I killed that old lady, but that bald-bellied witch over there… Oh, did I kill that bald-head too? That’s right.”
Thinking back, it was true that I killed them both.
“Hey! But the rest wasn’t done by me… .” “Atone with death!”
Swords flying from both sides.
You can tell just by looking at the sword.
These guys are of the highest level among heroes.
However, Choi Hyun-seok is already at the top level within the legend.
There was an impassable wall between the two.
Chaeng! Chaeng-!
Raise your arms to block two swords.
The sword strike that could cut through steel like tofu only caused a raw wound to the skin.
The eyes of the two knights widen, and soon Choi Hyeon-seok’s counterattack strikes.
Bam! Bam!
The two knights who were hit by the fist fell out peacefully.
Although he is not dead, he looks very shocked as he staggers around.
They shouted urgently as they realized the situation.
“The enemy is legendary! Attack! Attack all at once!” “Initiate battle tactics against the legend!” “Binding magic! Cast weakening magic!” “Priest, use blessing!” “Strengthen the barrier! We can’t stop the legend at our current level!”
The enemy’s response was quite good.
A battle that broke out suddenly.
There are two different groups, the ‘Deusis Church’ and the ‘Doisman Kingdom’, who have joined together.
However, they form a large formation and cast magic towards Choi Hyun-seok.
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It seemed like they had probably trained to some extent for this kind of situation.
‘My body feels heavy.’
Hundreds of magic spells fly in from all directions.
As various debuff magics that weakened the body were applied, stamina rapidly decreased.
Even if I release mana to dispel the magic, it doesn’t make much of a difference because it reappears in the blink of an eye.
If this continues, we will collapse before long.
Choi Hyun-seok, who had initially planned to move forward looking straight ahead, changed his mind.
‘Even if it’s a bit difficult, you can shake the enemy with one big blow.’
Choi Hyun-seok gathered all his mana in one breath.
Mana that gathers enough to make both hands tremble.
In the meantime, attacks from the surroundings continued, but I ignored them.
Anyway, even a moderate attack won’t be able to cause even a scratch on the skin.
‘It’s now.’
The purple light gathered in both hands shone as if it would explode at any moment.
Choi Hyun-seok waved his hand toward the ground and released all the mana he had accumulated so far.
Nobilis
Type 7 – The King’s Wrath
Both hands touch the ground, and purple light bursts out.
Kwaaaaang-!
The ground shook with a loud noise.
Hundreds of soldiers were blown away by the shockwave.
A huge crater with a diameter of several tens of meters was created in the vicinity.
It was a great result, but Choi Hyun-seok was not satisfied and clicked his tongue inwardly.
‘I guess my original strength isn’t coming out.’
In fact, ‘The King’s Wrath’ is a speculation twice as strong as this.
Now, due to the severe interference from the surroundings, including debuff magic, its power has been weakened.
‘For now, I’m glad I can take a breather. I’ll try my best to break through now!’
The soldiers’ unrest grew worse in the aftermath of the great technology.
During this gap, Choi Hyun-seok charged forward.
Boom! Bang!
“Kkaaaah!”
“It’s the sky! The sky!”
There were explosions one after another nearby.
Then, the frequency of magic flying towards Choi Hyun-seok decreased significantly.
It seemed like Park Hyun-ah was mainly dealing with priests and magicians.
“Run! Just a little more and it’ll be over!”
“yes!”
How far did you get through the soldier’s forest?
Finally, a spot without people began to appear.
“No! Stop it!”
“Support! When is support coming!?” “Don’t let them pass…! Kwak!”
He flies up, stepping on the head of a knight who looks like a commander.
Park Hyun-ah, who had come over before I knew it, also sat down next to me.
“Can you see the barrier? Strike at the same time!”
“Let’s go for three!”
Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-ah pulled their fists back as if they had made a promise.
““One. Two. Three!””
Kwajangchang-!
A sharp noise echoed as the barrier shattered.
Now there is nothing standing in their way anymore.
Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-ah ran at full speed.
The enemy pursued them desperately, but the moment they escaped the encirclement, the outcome was as good as decided.
The two quickly left the city and leisurely disappeared into the forest.
***
After finishing their work, the group returned straight to their hideout.
It was an old abandoned house, not the former forest cabin.
Judging from the number of similar abandoned houses nearby, it seemed to be a village where slash-and-burn farmers had lived and then left.
“It ended more blandly than I expected.”
Choi Hyun-seok said, sitting on a wooden chair.
The chair creaked uneasily, indicating that it was not in good condition.
“You were lucky. The high-ranking nobles were all killed, so the chain of command wasn’t working properly.” “Considering that, the response seemed good.” “It’s probably because of me. I must have been spreading some kind of response manual throughout the entire Kuni army.”
Park Hyun-ah’s guess was correct.
She and Gatren have been at odds for a long time.
Gatren, whose pride was hurt by the fact that the empire was being toyed with by one person at the time, steadily studied tactics.
Then, the war between the two started again three months ago.
As if he had been waiting for this day, Gatren showed off various tactics he had been studying.
Thanks to this, Park Hyun-ah’s movements became more restricted even though she became stronger than before.
In the end, they ended up fighting only by casting large-scale magic from a distance and then running away.
“Can’t we just blow it up with magic here?” “I told you. The city’s magic countermeasures are no joke. The defensive magic of the cardinals and priests is also a problem.”
Suddenly, Park Hyun-ah tapped Choi Hyun-seok on the shoulder.
“And Inma. If you blow up a city with magic, what will happen to the people living there? You’re going to kill tens of thousands of innocent people who live in the city just to catch one cardinal? Even so, we’re still warriors.”
“Oh, I see.”
“It’s the same with me not being able to enter the city alone. If I had moved alone, I wouldn’t have been able to break through so cleanly. The entire city would probably have been engulfed in flames.”
Park Hyun-ah’s abilities are mainly focused on magical things.
Among them, fire magic in particular.
When she engages in battle, the damage range inevitably increases.
It is inevitable that damage will occur throughout the city.
“That’s surprising. I didn’t know my sister lived with such humanitarian thoughts.” “Hearing you say that makes me twice as annoyed.”
Park Hyun-ah hit her head with a really shocked expression.
Choi Hyun-seok was emotionally hurt by the unexpected and extreme reaction.
“What on earth do you think people are?”
“Sociopath?”
“He’s a hero. A legend at that.” “Then he’s a sociopathic hero.” “Isn’t the legend missing?” “That’s important to you right now…”
Park Hyun-ah, who was about to continue harassing him, let out a deep sigh.
“Okay. Let’s stop.”
If I talk any more, I think my head will just hurt.
Choi Hyun-seok also agreed, leaning back against the backrest and closing his eyes.
The rickety chair creaked again.
“What are we going to do now?” “For the time being, we should focus on hunting cardinals.” “Like before, focusing on cardinals outside the Gatren Empire?” “Yes. There is no way to reduce Gatren’s influence as effectively as this.”
From the standpoint of a small kingdom.
Just hearing the name Cardinal makes you tremble.
Leaving aside the background such as the power of Gatren or the Deusis Church.
Even if you just look at the size of the army that could be mobilized, a cardinal was more powerful than the king of a small country.
Therefore, if the cardinal were to suppress the religion in the name of religious activities, the entire kingdom would gradually fall to the Deusian cult.
Even though I knew that, I couldn’t shake off the existence of the cardinal.
“King Doisman would be screaming in his pants right now, finally free from the clutches of that annoying old man.”
“okay.”
Choi Hyun-seok nodded, having roughly understood the situation.
“But doesn’t something seem strange?” “Strange? What?” “It feels strangely empty…”
Choi Hyun-seok stroked his chin and became lost in thought.
Park Hyun-ah looked bewildered, as if she had no idea.
After thinking about it for a long time.
Choi Hyun-seok could tell what was missing.
“Rachel! Rachel is gone!”
“It’s over there.”
“yes?”
Park Hyun-ah pointed to a corner of the abandoned building.
As I shifted my gaze, I saw Rachel crouching in the corner with her head buried in her knees.
“Has he been like that ever since he got here?”
“ah…”
Choi Hyun-seok, who felt a pang inside, slowly approached Rachel.
As I got closer, I could hear Rachel muttering softly.
“I’m finished now… I’m tainted… Between pork and anchovy broth… Slippery… No…!”
“Rachel?”
“I have to die! I’d rather die!”
Rachel jumped to her feet.
It was holding a blade smaller than a toothpick, which I had picked up somewhere.
“Eww…!”
She squeezed her eyes shut and held the piece of iron to her neck.
Choi Hyun-seok let out a deep sigh as he watched Rachel trembling.
“I’m going to kill myself! I’m going to die! I’m defiled!” “Rachel. You’ll get tetanus if you play with that.” “I’m really going to die! I’m going to die!”
“Oh my…”
I can’t stand seeing you shaking that piece of metal while holding back tears any longer.
Although it didn’t seem like he would die even if left alone, Choi Hyun-seok decided to hang out with him.
Anyway, it’s true that he threw Rachel into that hell.
“sorry.”
“I’m dying! I’m dying! Saying sorry won’t save me!” “Okay. Okay. I’ll buy you macarons too.” “I’m dying…! Macarons?”
For a moment Rachel’s eyes lit up.
“How many will you buy me? I’m telling you in advance, don’t even think about wiping your mouth with one or two… The weight of my death isn’t that light…”
“I’ll buy you ten.”
“twenty.”
“I won’t be able to eat it all anyway.”
“twenty!”
“Okay. Twenty.”
“yes!”
Rachel clenched her fists and cheered.
All she needs to survive is a macaron
twenty.
The weight of death was much lighter than I thought.
