Worthless Regression Chapter 243

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[245] Ritual (5)

How dead.

Kim Jonghyun glanced at the grimoire.

They were dispersed from the beginning, and thanks to the use of 3,000 souls to unleash great magic, the subjugation team was already nearly half dead.

This is enough. Kim Jonghyun smiled.

There is a good reason for using this technique. There is a reason for creating this atmosphere.

The fear has already spread sufficiently. Enough to open the door to some extent.

Let’s try it now.

Kim Jonghyun stretched out his hand toward the grimoire. The grimoire moved to a place within Kim Jong-hyun’s reach.

When Kim Jonghyun waved his hand, the grimoire opened wide and the pages were slowly turned. Kim Jong-hyun licked his lips and recited a spell.

In order to open the ‘door’, enough fear must be gathered.

By annihilating seven villages, they collected hearts to open the gate. But it’s not enough.

The fear and soul of those who have some qualifications is truly more valuable than the fear of those who have nothing and are powerless.

Therefore, Kim Jong-hyun used this forest as a base and did not move. He was waiting for powerful and qualified people to come to subdue him.

It was a good thing for Kim Jong-hyun that the Holy Knights and priests of the church came here.

They came to kill Kim Jong-hyun, who massacres civilians and practices evil magic and tricks, but the fear and screams of those with strong faith are one of the most valuable sacrifices for the black magician.

No matter how strong your faith is. Even if your will and beliefs are strong. If your senses are blocked and you experience being crushed by the teeth of a monster protruding from the darkness, you have no choice but to cry out in fear.

That’s what humans are like. No matter how much defense mechanisms you put on your body and mind, what is inside is ultimately a fragile human spirit.

Primal fear is one of the easiest ways to destroy the mind.

Yokai are not the only ones who enjoy fear. The beings beyond the door that Kim Jong-hyun is trying to bring in also enjoy such fear.

Quality fear is essential to summon the demons who corrupt humans, steal their souls, devour them, and molest them.

As Kim Jonghyun chanted, the grimoire was enveloped in black light. As the chanting was chanted, the space shook and the hearts piled in the pit began to flutter and tremble.

Hearts that have been removed for some time begin to beat again. Dark red blood began to fill the hole.

The pounding sounds became one. The magic power of Kaladra, the demon king who has already disappeared, is drained from Kim Jong-hyun’s body.

The magic that escaped like that created a large door in front of Kim Jong-hyun. The black door without any decoration slowly opened when Kim Jong-hyun stretched out his hand.

Five monsters walked out from beyond the open door. Monsters that resemble humans but are not human.

What Kim Jong-hyun summoned were the subordinates of Kaladra, the demon king who had already disappeared.

Originally, if Kaladra disappeared, most of the demons subordinate to him would also disappear, but they are excellent demons who withstood Kaladra’s disappearance and survived.

That’s right, they lost their strength and reason with the disappearance of Kaladra and were no longer worthy of being a demon, but that’s enough.

“Kneel.”

Jonghyun Kim said. The mindless monsters slowly lowered their posture and knelt in front of Kim Jong-hyun.

I am not here as a summoner of demons. Kim Jong-hyun, who took Kaladra’s magic power, was the very incarnation of Kaladra in the eyes of the demons who had lost their intelligence.

Using the magic of the grimoire and thousands of souls, a portal was opened.

This was the best Kim Jonghyun could do. If a higher level demon is summoned, it will be difficult to control it. Because there is no reason, it is easy to gain obedience.

“Very painfully. To suffocate in fear. After that, kill him.”

Kim Jonghyun whispered. The irrational demons nodded their heads. They turned around faithfully to their orders.

Without looking at the disappeared demons, Kim Jong-hyun looked at the door that had not yet been closed.

The door is not fully open. It’s probably not enough to open the door. Does not matter. The door was summoned and opened slightly. This is also proof that this ritual was successful.

‘The devil of the North.’

It was a nickname given to him by others, but Kim Jong-hyun liked it.

Because he really wanted to become a demon lord.

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The demons gliding and running in the darkness were, in fact, difficult to call demons anymore.

The intelligence and strength accumulated over a long period of life. This is because their master, the Demon King, disappeared along with them.

However, the fact that they maintain their existence despite experiencing such terrible events proves that they were previously high-ranking demons.

Of course, that is a story of the past. What remains here now is nothing more than a monster uncharacteristic of a demon, who has lost his intelligence and reason and most of his glorious power.

Nevertheless, they were strong enough to make the forest tremble with just their presence. Even though they have lost most of their former strength, demons are not beings that humans can deal with.

Instead of losing reason and intellect, their instincts became sharper and they gained a loyalty to follow orders.

The darkness of the forest brought about by the grimoire’s magic was not a hindrance to them.

Rather, they felt comfortable in this darkness, and their senses became sharper, making it easier to search for prey.

One of the scattered demons was the first to find prey. What he found were high-ranking priests and wizards from the wizard guild who were sitting down and praying.

The prayers offered by priests were not meaningless. If there had been enough time, they could have lifted the darkness that enveloped this forest.

okay.

If only there were enough time.

The pity was that they did not have time to do so, and there was no one around them to protect them from the brutal violence.

At least in the current situation, the different gods they believed in did not protect the believers.

The monster that emerged from the darkness stood in front of the high-ranking priest and recalled the orders given by its owner, Kim Jong-hyun.

In pain, in fear. The monster was faithful to its orders. An outstretched hand grasps the shoulder of a high-ranking priest.

The high-ranking priest trembled and lifted his bowed head. The high-ranking priest’s face turned white as he encountered the hideous face of the monster.

Kwazijic!

The monster’s hand crushed the high priest’s shoulder.

The high-ranking priest opened his mouth wide and screamed. The monster waved his hand as if chasing away a fly and threw the body of the high-ranking priest.

Quadang!

An old body rolls around on the ground. The monster ignored him and raised another priest.

Because he could not hear anything, the priest did not feel the screams of the high-ranking priest or his body flying away.

“uh?”

The priest also screams when he sees the monster’s face. The monster cut off the priest’s leg.

In this way, one by one, the monster made the bodies of the priests unable to move, at which point the wizards convulsed and fired magic.

Even if they were a magic corps that had lost the advantage of linkage, the firepower they unleashed was sufficiently threatening.

But the monster is agile. It glided like a deep-sea fish swimming in deep darkness and broke through the magic gap.

The faces of the priests were filled with despair as they stared at the wizards becoming not much different from themselves.

“Oh my God, my God… … .”

I cried out to God in an anxious voice, but the monster did not stop moving.

When the priests received no answer to their calls to find God, they went crazy with extreme despair and fear.

The young priests with low faith were the first to lose their minds and burst into crazy laughter.

The high-ranking priest closed his eyes tightly and unleashed holy magic, but his magic did not do much damage to the darkness that covered the forest and the monster that was once a demon.

The situation of the Paladin leader was a little different. It was like that at first. The leader of the Holy Knights and the other Holy Knights were not helplessly torn to death like other priests.

The moment they encountered the monster, they screamed and charged at it. A sword filled with divine power is wielded with the body of a monster.

Instead of using its body to block the attack, the monster widened the distance and cunningly ran around in the darkness.

When a monster moves in the dark with extremely limited visibility. The Holy Knights, including the Holy Knight Commander, could not hear the sound. I couldn’t even hear my colleague screaming as he died.

Seongmin Lee did not know that other monsters were released in the forest.

He made Dang Ah-hee walk by his side and then proceeded to deal with the monsters, undead, and chimeras that appeared.

It’s not a very large forest, but I haven’t encountered any other punitive forces yet. The only things we encountered were corpses, but fortunately, Scarlett’s body was not among them.

I don’t think Scarlett will suffer in vain. The position of Red Magic Tower owner was not earned for nothing.

In particular, the battle magic of Scarlett, the red magic tower lord, is known to be of a very high level compared to other magic tower lords.

Although he did not completely trust such rumors, Lee Seong-min desperately hoped that Scarlett was alive and well.

Dang Ah-hee was desperate to change her urine-soaked and dried underwear, but she did not dare to ask Lee Seong-min for it. Rather, she had something else on her mind.

‘When I meet my great-uncle, I’ll ask him to kill me halfway.’

It is not a lie that Dang Ah-hee has a connection with the secret party weapon.

Her great-great-grandfather was a great man who had been very good to Tang Axi since she was young, and contributed to a large extent in creating Tang Axi’s crazy personality.

First, she told Lee Seong-min that she would let him meet his great-great-grandfather, but at that time, Dang Ah-hee secretly asked Tang Mugi and planned to beat up Lee Seong-min. Or would he just kill him?

In that respect, Lee Seong-min and Dang A-hee had the same thoughts, even though they did not say it out loud.

This is because Lee Seong-min also planned to kill Amzon without hesitation if he met him.

Walking around in the dark was more boring than stressful. From the moment I realized that something sticking out wasn’t a big threat to me, it wasn’t much different from any other night walk.

That’s why Lee Seong-min was even more nervous. He was so bored that he walked through the forest and still hadn’t met Scarlett.

There are more corpses.

Among the fallen corpses, familiar faces were seen occasionally. These were people I hadn’t even exchanged a few words with, and I didn’t feel much emotion from their gruesome deaths.

On the contrary, Dang Ah-hee, who was following him, had a deathly expression on his face. This was because I had seen the corpses of members of the same Baekgyeol Martial Arts Association countless times.

The Holy Knight leader was lucky. The Holy Knights who followed him and the magic troopers who were with him were brutally murdered. The Holy Knight leader was still alive.

He was holding his side with holy magic, with his intestines spilling out.

It was a serious injury that wouldn’t have been surprising if he collapsed right away, but he didn’t give up yet.

He shouted God’s name with all his might, but the God he believed in did not answer.

The monster slowly dodged the Holy Knight leader’s sword as he was swinging his sword as if struggling, and waited for the Holy Knight leader to get tired and give up.

This is because I instinctively knew that it was a means of obtaining high-quality fear.

The play was too long.

Seongmin Lee, who appeared from the darkness, thought for a moment.

Bodies strewn around. A monster that looks fundamentally different from the forest beasts we have encountered so far. The leader of the Holy Knights looks like he’s about to collapse.

Should I help? Is there a sense of loyalty to do that? does not exist. If you think about it, the reason things got so messed up was because the leader of the Holy Knights was suspicious.

Of course, there are different positions, but if we take all of that into account, there will be no one without sin in the world.

In a split second, the monster changed its target. This is because the leader of the Holy Knights, who were all dying, judged that they were prey that could be killed at any time.

[He’s a strange guy, isn’t he?]

The moment Heoju muttered. The monster jumped over the leader of the Holy Knights and rushed towards Lee Seong-min.

fantasy,