Chapter 792
Episode 196. Big Snake, Ameris (1)
Originally, when something special came out while digging, Jin intended to bring Valeria to investigate the records. However, the voice from under the ground seemed to have no intention of giving Jin time to do that.
Kwadeuk, rumble… … !
When the owner of the scale began to move, there was an intense vibration as if the pit was about to sink. The whole underground wriggling as if it were a part of him.
I couldn’t even fathom how huge the body was. Jin and Hedo took off the debris falling like a waterfall with their swords and leaped toward the ground.
“Jin, have you heard of the dragon that lives underground?”
“doesn’t exist. Aren’t earth dragons and earth dragons usually living on the ground? It is questionable whether the dragon was right.”
“It feels too big to be called a dragon.”
I asked who awoke this body!
The voice that shook the whole world once more continued. If it was an ordinary, or slightly superior, soldier, he would have passed out just by hearing the voice from close by.
“Jean Runcandel.”
Jin, who came out to the ground, answered in the softest voice possible with energy. Although the other person asked sharply, it was necessary to respond favorably because it was you who woke him up.
“Hedo of the Barmal Union does not have a castle.”
Outside the pit, the scenery was truly miserable. It was clearly the work of the two that the ground had turned into rags due to the traces of excavation, but it was not a whirlpool spreading all over the place. The whirlpool sucking in all the debris left on the ground was caused by the movement of the owner of the scale.
The vortex was engulfing the surface at frightening speed. The entire land had already collapsed, and Jin and Hedo checked Shuri first.
Fortunately, a green signal flare signaling safety was shining in the distant sky. Jin and Hedo exchanged glances and waited for the owner of the scale to appear.
Hahahaha-!
Finally, parts of his face and neck came out of the ground.
‘dragon? no… … It looks more like a snake.’
The owner of the scales was a huge black snake. Like snakes in the wild, it had a forked tongue.
And Jin and Hedo had a dragon that came to mind as soon as they saw him.
‘Zephyrin resembles that demon dragon. Incomparably, this one is bigger.’
Soon the snake looked around and the whirlpool that had been tearing down the ground subsided. Jin felt that there was some kind of power in that gaze.
[Jin Runkandel, Hedo… … It’s a name I’ve never heard of before. Besides, you… … Aren’t they human?]
The snake licked its lips as if it was very interesting that the two of them were human.
[I can’t believe humans dug the ground to reach where I am! Apparently, the world has changed a lot while I was asleep. Heck, after all, the possibilities of a mortal are infinite.]
“First of all, I am very sorry for waking you up. While excavating the ground to find the door to the demon realm, the sword got caught at about the top of your head.”
[oh. Oh dear. Then we’re not very good friends. It’s just after waking up, so my mind isn’t quite right, but I’m definitely determined to protect the borders of the world. Ameris, that is my name.]
Naturally, Jin and Hedo had never heard of the name Ameris.
“So you’re saying we can only go lower if we defeat you?”
[Well, that’s a question I can’t give you a definitive answer for, as there may be more of my head down below. But even without the heads, you cannot go down.]
“… … More hair?”
[Whoops, first of all, since you’re awake, you want to enjoy the fight. Even if you’re a human, you’ve come this far, it’ll be enough entertainment.]
As Ameris finished speaking, the ground began to sink.
The entire area was as suddenly sunk as the pit the two had dug. Jin and Hedo fell back to the ground and took a stance.
When I looked up, the sky was very high. In an instant, the basement turned into a kind of gigantic arena.
Ameris’s head, which had just been casting a huge shadow, disappeared like a lie. Even underground, Ameris’s head or torso was nowhere to be seen.
Instead, the two could see a woman standing in the middle of the ground holding a sword. She was Ameris transformed into a human-like form.
[Even if you die, don’t hold grudges, since arrogance and ignorance usually come with a heavy price.]
“Don’t you think we should talk more before we fight?”
[Unlike mortals, immortals are subject to fate. That’s the weight of immortality. And the fate of this body is to block those who seek the underworld. If you have enough power to defy my destiny, we can talk more.]
“Well, I can’t help it if I have to.”
Ameris’ power is unpredictable.
But Jin didn’t seem to lose. Her intuition, which she had gained while fighting numerous transcendental beings and strong people, had been telling her that.
‘Do not kill.’
There is so much information to find out after subduing it. Although it blocked the excavation like an annoying gatekeeper, Ameris was actually more like a treasure found while digging. Therefore, eternity had to be ruled out once.
It was Jin who stretched out the player.
Runcandel’s 5th secret weapon, a light-speed thrust containing the power of the King, stabbed Ameris in the front.
[…] … Isn’t this the power of the great kings?]
Ameris easily parried the lightspeed thrust and quickly closed the distance with Jin.
“Do you know the Myungwang family?”
Caan-!
As soon as Jin’s and Ameris’ swords blended, Hedo swung a boulder with her back. Ameris rotated her body to dodge the attack and settled into the middle of the two.
[Everyone knows, they are the ones who killed several heads of this body. Now I see that you have an optical heart.]
“This is not the story I was expecting.”
[There’s no way you know the Myeongwang family at that time, so I won’t put a grudge on you.]
The fight began, and Ameris showed no hostility even after learning that Jin had a relationship with the enemy’s descendants.
Perhaps because of that attitude, Jin strangely developed a crush on Ameris. She even felt like having a dignified confrontation with an immortal worthy of an immortal.
For a while, the three swords were mixed in silence.
Even though he wasn’t drawing all of his strength, Ameris didn’t seem to be pushed back much while receiving the two swords. Also, Ameris did not use all her strength.
Jin, Hedo, and Ameris were all deeply admiring the opponent’s swordsmanship.
‘But why is Ameris’ swordsmanship so familiar?’
Hedo didn’t feel that way at all, but Jin was overcome with a strange sense of déjà vu as the battle dragged on.
“Ameris, how did you learn the sword?”
[Learned.]
“To whom?”
Ameris didn’t answer and hit Jin’s sword fiercely. Before I knew it, Ameris’ body was full of residual scars, but she did not have the super regenerative ability commonly seen by transcendentalists.
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For instance, she fought like a human swordsman. Excluding her powers, which she demonstrated as she stirred and toppled her lands with a single glance, she was engaged in her battles with pure swordsmanship.
It was an act of maintaining dignity as an immortal.
The immortals think that it would be disrespectful for the immortals to do their best while the mortals are adjusting their pace.
Most of all, Ameris was using her insight during the battle to read the fundamental attributes of the two. In order to guess what they were trying to find the door to the demon realm for.
‘They don’t seem to be mortals with a disturbing and dangerous inside. But it didn’t wake me up by accident. He said he was looking for the door to the demon world.’
So Ameris had no reason to use all means to kill the two yet.
‘Anyway, it’s been a long time since I enjoyed the pleasure of swordsmanship. How can mortals, especially humans, reach this level with a lifespan of only a hundred years or so? Isn’t Jin Runkandel even the youngest among humans?’
jjoong… … !
[Big!]
Ameris blocked Hedo’s sword from falling to her forehead and spat out a handful of blood.
‘And this Hedora’s human strength… … This is definitely an ability imbued with the thoughts of the shattered sun. You must have had it since you were born, but did you survive without falling? Is it because it’s not open yet?’
More and more Ameris became very interested in the two of them.
The charter was clearly at the point of leaning toward Jin and Hedo. In her early days, Ameris fought on an equal footing, but her two-on-one structure was slowly pushing her to the limit.
If it was one-on-one, I would have lasted about three hours against Jin and five hours against Hedo. This, too, would have been different if she had been intact.
[I will admit defeat in the swordsmanship competition. If I compete more than this, there is nothing left for this body to become ugly, so I must have paid the price for being arrogant and ignorant.]
Ameris, who opened the distance, said as she drew back her sword.
“It was a good fight.”
[And as I enjoyed the sword, I realized that you are qualified to defy the fate of this body.]
“You mean you want to talk to us and give us directions?”
[The former is a promise, but the latter is something that can never happen. If you continue to approach the gates of the demon realm, you will have to face me wholeheartedly. Why are you looking there? Please don’t make up your mind. You can’t fool this body.]
Jin pondered for a moment. Is it okay to disclose information such as the altar of the sun god to this huge snake that I suddenly encountered?
“Before I answer, I would like to hear one thing. As a reward for winning the sword fight.”
[Hmm, that’s a blue ear that a loser has no choice but to listen to. ask.]
“Ameris, you said that you are the one who protects the borders of the world. If so, I believe you will know the gate to the demon realm down here, and what lies even deeper underground.”
[Know.]
“Then you were asleep here to stop the resurrection of the sun god?”
[Yes.]
“really?”
[He said so.]
“If you promise me just once.”
[This is real. Yes, I swear by the name of this body, Ameris. Did you? The words are getting shorter and shorter, the shamelessness of mortals!]
Jin smiled and stretched out his hand toward Ameris.
“Then, from now on, I will be more polite. Ameris-nim and we seem to have the same meaning.”
