< Chapter 5 - The Devil's Hand #4 >
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Mine Minos.
The result of the union of humanity and magic created by the devil’s hand.
The Mines are not simply beings who receive power from the devil, but are beings who have become one with the devil itself, boasting powers that are on a different level from ordinary devil followers.
In Heroes Chronicles 2, Mine Minos reigned as an ‘unbeatable boss’.
Should we say that it is impossible to win against the boss of the social gathering raid event, which is supposed to be defeated from the beginning, no matter what you do?
The condition for continuing the game was not to defeat Minos, but to escape his clutches.
‘but.’
It was reality.
It was different from the game.
Moreover, the point in time when Minos appears is different from the game.
The character who was supposed to appear last, like a boss, appeared at the same time as the attack.
The moment Uther and Cordelia faced Mine Minos, they thought:
Moved at the same time as the accident.
“Lucas!”
Cordelia called Lucas’ name loudly.
Mine Minos possessed the ability of ‘soul tracking’, which allowed him to identify and track the souls of beings in close proximity.
The fact that he was able to immediately identify Lucas must have been due to his ability to track souls.
So, whether it was noticeable or not was no longer a problem.
The important thing was to secure Lucas.
Since he couldn’t attend the banquet armed, Lucas pulled out the dagger he had been carrying for self-defense and reflexively turned to Cordelia, and at that moment Minos made his move.
“La Ksar Pio.”
The language of the demon world flowed out from the mouth of the man wearing a white mask with no pattern on it.
Both eyes glowed with blue light, and a great cold energy began to rise from both of the bastard’s hands.
For a moment, Uder felt breathless.
Just like when I faced the Raize River, it was because of the pressure of facing a being with absolute power.
No, that wasn’t it. The moment they met, Minos’ eyes bound Judas’s body and soul.
“Outboxer!”
Cordelia screamed as she struck Uther on the back, and Uther was freed from his bonds, gasping for breath.
“let’s go!”
Cordelia shouted again. She ran towards Lucas and grabbed his panicked arm.
“Miss Cordelia?!”
“Cordelia?!”
Sylvia, who was next to Lucas, also raised her voice, and instead of the three of them, Juder looked at Minos.
Minos took a step forward.
The cold air that rose from the bastard’s arm began to take shape.
and.
“Flame of Rhodes! Strike my enemy!”
Ronin, the Fire Mage, charged towards Minos and activated his magic. Then, two fiery beasts materialized on either side of him and flew towards Minos.
“master!”
“miss!”
Jun and Dahlia each shouted from afar. Because of the nature of the banquet, they were the only ones waiting on the outskirts and not able to stick close to Uder and Cordelia.
Even though I was trying to run towards them while shouting, it wasn’t easy to get my body out because there were guys wielding knives right in front of me.
Uder judged.
The original plan was to move after joining up with Dahlia, but now that Minos had appeared, there was no time for that.
“Lucas! We have to run! This way!”
When Yuder shouted, Sylvia nodded immediately, but Lucas did not.
As expected of a master swordsman and the successor to the Count Hresvelg family, the leader of the 12 families, he spoke confidently.
“What are you talking about! Running away, leaving the enemy behind! As a knight, I too will fight back······.”
“What the hell is that crazy guy talking about! Paralyze!”
Lucas’ words did not end.
It was because Cordelia, who suddenly revealed her true colors(?), activated paralyzing magic and knocked Lucas down.
“Nose, Cordelia?!”
Sylvia was shocked, but it was not the time to worry about such things.
Cordelia picked up one of Lucas’ arms and fell, then shouted at Uther.
“let’s go!”
Uther understood immediately. He grabbed Lucas’ other arm, which was empty, and spoke to Sylvia.
“Miss Sylvia! This way!”
“Huh?! Oh, yeah!”
In any case, the entire banquet hall had become a battlefield.
Sylvia had no reason to refuse, as she was not suggesting a fight but rather a run away.
“This is the distance······.”
Lucas was mumbling to himself as if the paralysis wasn’t complete, but Uther and Cordelia didn’t care.
Even though Lucas is a swordsman, it’s still early in the game.
He’s just a punk, and if he tries to attack with a dagger instead of a proper sword, what more can he do than get kidnapped?
The fact that Cordelia’s magic worked immediately was proof of this.
“master!”
The knights of Hresvelg shouted, but just like Dahlia and Jun, they could not easily escape because of the enemy before them.
Furthermore, as the fight between Minos and Ronin began in earnest, the banquet hall became a scene of complete chaos, making it difficult to even discern one’s surroundings.
“This way!”
Uder moved to the corner of the banquet hall and activated the secret door.
This restaurant, which was used as a banquet hall, was originally a mansion belonging to a noble family, and as such buildings usually have, it had a secret room, and Outboxer, like any Outboxer, knew about the secret room well.
‘Step 3.5.’
Uther and Cordelia entered the secret room yesterday and prepared in advance.
It was like creating a kind of panic room.
“Ha, hak… Here?”
Sylvia asked breathlessly, but instead of answering, Uther and Cordelia continued to move.
As soon as they placed Lucas, who was still paralyzed, on the floor, Cordelia used her magic to brighten the darkness, and Uther went to the left corner, removed the carpet, and opened a lid slightly larger than an adult’s upper body.
“This way!”
Unfortunately, it wasn’t a secret passage leading outside. It was just a new hole that Uther and Cordelia had dug yesterday using their Dig magic.
“hurry!”
Urged by Cordelia, Uther took out the items he had put inside.
There were moonlight and various defensive equipment, swords, shields, magic circles, etc.
“Sister Sylvia, come in. You’re not a key target, so you should be fine if you just hide.”
“Huh? You’re not an important target?”
She had lived like the center of the world since birth, so she was taken aback by something she had never thought of.
Cordelia laughed bitterly and let her go into the pit, while Sylvia hid herself, embarrassed at being treated like a burden for some reason.
“Okay, let’s arm ourselves.”
After handing Moonlight over to Cordelia, Uder put on leather armor over his sable uniform and held the Sun Necklace like a knuckle. Although he was a celestial warrior, he had not yet learned proper swordsmanship, so Uder was more comfortable and stronger with his fists.
“Cancel Paralyze.”
Cordelia swung Moonlight to remove the paralyzing spell from Lucas.
“Confucius also accepts it.”
As Uther quickly handed him the sword and armor, Lucas moved his still-numbed hands to arm himself, while glaring at Cordelia with fierce eyes.
“Miss Cordelia! What the hell is this….”
“Silence!”
The effect of the silence spell was amazing.
Lucas opened his mouth wide and screamed like a silent movie star, but no sound came out.
Cordelia approached Lucas and looked straight at him as she spoke.
“Hey, listen carefully. This is an emergency. You felt yourself being paralyzed by one spell, right? Don’t panic. The enemy is strong. Even if you stay alert and tense up, it’s not enough. Got it?”
The cold, sharp truth was much more powerful than profanity.
Lucas bit his lip and nodded, and Cordelia, who had been glaring at Lucas fiercely, smiled.
“But don’t be too nervous. Let’s do our best together.”
She tapped me on the shoulder, let out a deep breath, and boldly tore the hem of my skirt.
“wow.”
“Why do you think I’m going to fall in love again?”
“What a surprise.”
The light exchange was beneficial to both of them.
Even in the midst of all this, chaos was unfolding outside, so even though I had anticipated this situation, it was inevitable that my body would stiffen with tension.
“Shall we come here?”
“It would be best if he didn’t come, but he might come.”
Although Minos’ soul tracking range was quite short, it was still enough to cover the entire banquet hall.
After defeating Ronin, it was clear that we would head here.
“Ugh, I’m nervous.”
It was different from the time of the Raize River.
Mine Minos was an unsealed being who could freely exert his power.
“You can do it. I’m prepared, right? And if you can do it… it’ll be the first.”
“Defeating Minos?”
“Minos defeated.”
A great feat that the numerous rotten things in Hero Chronicles 2 have not even come close to achieving.
“I guess there will be a special feature article in the Heroes’ Chronicles?”
“It will be hot.”
“Do you get a lot of likes?”
“It must be a huge bombing, right?”
“swimming.”
Cordelia smiled brightly as if she was imagining something, and Uther smiled happily as well.
It was just empty talk, but I missed it and it was fun.
‘He told me to be nervous, but I’m still acting up.’
Lucas, still under the silencing spell, internally complained, but it was only a silent scream.
And a few seconds.
A few minutes.
The moment when cold sweat flows down my face.
bang!
A loud noise erupted outside the secret room.
Screams and howls followed, and the sound of clashing weapons became sharper.
“Coming.”
As Yuder instinctively spoke, the door to the secret room froze. The cold air spread along the wall, and soon the entire wall surface transformed into cold ice.
Mine Minos.
The ultimate ruler!
Quagga River!
It seemed as if cracks were forming in the frozen wall, and then it suddenly collapsed.
Suddenly, the view opened up to a banquet hall in chaos, and the demon’s hand fighters, along with Minos, a man with a pair of horns sprouting from his forehead and half his body covered in blood, entered.
‘Ronin.’
Ronin was defeated. But he didn’t just give in. As expected from a being of antagonistic nature, he succeeded in dealing a huge blow to Minos.
Uder pictured the banquet hall map in his head.
I instantly grasped the situation.
This side had the upper hand.
But the situation was not good.
Demon’s Hand fighters block the way, and Minos subdues Cordelia and Lucas.
For him, subduing them was easier than twisting a child’s wrist.
As if to prove this, a deep smile appeared on Minos’ lips.
“The rat pups were hiding here.”
Minos took a step forward.
Lucas, who had been so arrogant, flinched without realizing it, and Cordelia clenched her teeth and held onto Moonlight tightly.
‘Here he comes. He’s coming.’
Uther thought. He looked at Cordelia one last time and stepped on the awakening.
thud!
Yuder’s spirit moved forward as if it was being shot.
At the same time, Minos reacted. He rolled his eyes to match Uther’s movements, and soon an extreme cold blast hit Uther.
“hit!”
Uder tore the magic circle and created heat.
But at best it was only a 1-star magic.
The cold air that had been hesitating for a moment suddenly covered Uther, and Minos took another step forward. Following Uther, he tried to subdue Cordelia and Lucas.
And at that moment.
No, right when Yuder stepped on the awakening.
Cordelia cut her palm with the blade she had prepared in advance. As soon as she drew blood, she struck the floor with Moonlight, which she held tightly.
“What kind of magic is this!”
A powerful demonic aura rose from Minos’ body.
The purpose was to tear apart Cordelia’s magical makeup with her powerful magical power.
It was a truly terrifying aura. Just facing it made me feel like I was suffocating.
But still Cordelia smiled.
It was a bitter smile, but it was definitely a smile because of the slight pain I felt in my palm.
Because it was as Outboxer009 expected.
Because everything went according to plan.
Cordelia unleashed her magical powers.
It wasn’t magic.
He simply released pure magical power along with his blood, which was transmitted to the floor through Moonlight and activated the magic circle.
Chuuhwaaaa …
A brilliant light appeared.
The light from the ring of light that covered the entire floor of the secret room was clearly visible through the carpet.
“What is this······?!”
Minos stopped talking.
No, I couldn’t continue speaking.
I couldn’t breathe. My whole body felt like it was bound in chains.
Why, no, what the hell is this?!
“What the hell is that! It’s Bellastine’s magic circle!”
Cordelia laughed cheerfully and shouted.
Bellastine’s magic circle.
It boasts tremendous power against demons.
Minos released a strong demonic energy, which ended up holding him back.
The stronger the devil’s power, the stronger the magic circle of Belastin would emit.
Of course, there were limitations.
Unlike the time of Raizegang, it did not utilize the seal of the sun god Solari, so the power was entirely Cordelia’s magic.
The time it can be maintained is at most a few dozen seconds.
Even then, it was a time when Cordelia had to exert all her might.
It was too short.
But Cordelia didn’t lose her smile. She was so tired she could die, but she cried out again, sweating profusely.
“Outboxer!”
bang!
Kicked the ground.
The 36 treasures of the world.
Judas appeared before Minos’ nose.
It was impossible.
Because Minos’ cold was no ordinary cold.
It was a negative energy that ate away at the soul and flesh.
Even if a normal human could endure the cold, their body would not be able to move as they wished because of the yin energy.
But it wasn’t Yuder.
‘Because I’m used to it.’
Old syllable.
A disease that is caused by being born with extreme yin energy.
Added to that is the sun necklace.
A look of horror spread across Minos’ face.
Cordelia held up her middle finger, collapsing as she clung to Moonlight.
Brain attack.
A lightning-like seven-strike strike struck Minos’ entire body.
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