Chapter 375
Almost at the same time as Shin Ha-yul and Sophia hid in the shadows.
Two men appeared.
An old man wearing a white coat proving that he is a researcher and a young man with a sharp look.
The two stood in front of the dragon and looked up at it.
“Here, as you commanded, I put the dragon in complete suspended animation.”
The old man pointed at the dragon and said with a confident expression.
“Using a stabilization cord, we also installed a safety device in case of an unexpected situation. You can start right now.”
A look that seems to praise one’s own achievements.
I felt a little bit like a pet looking for praise.
“… … .”
The man slowly approached the dragon with the same expressionless expression.
Just like his leisurely gait, he stroked the dragon’s head with slow hand movements.
“You are perfectly asleep.”
The man rested his hand on the dragon’s head and turned his gaze to the researcher.
“Good job. I will praise you.”
A compliment that can be offensive to some listeners.
“haha. thank you.”
But the old man didn’t look bad at all.
All I feel is joy.
It’s just the emotion that comes from being recognized by the man in front of you.
“This way, we won’t have to drag it out too long.”
“yes. Please start right away.”
The old man moved to his seat and started fiddling around with the computer.
A computer screen that changes in seconds. It was a part where you could get a glimpse of this researcher’s skills.
“Run right away.”
“yes. Then I will do it right away.”
It seemed like everything was ready in an instant. The researcher pressed the enter key.
“ruler. Eat it.”
The dragon’s body emitted a soft light.
Above the dragon’s body, something translucent shimmered.
“The purity is still pitiful.”
“Still, it will be much better than what you ate yesterday.”
The man caught the translucent aura.
Something translucent that slipped out of the man’s grip.
The man took it to his mouth.
“Oh oh… … .”
A translucent energy that began to be quickly absorbed by the man.
Seeing that, the researcher let out an exclamation.
‘Soul Eater.’
It’s already the third time I’ve seen it, but I’m amazed every time I see it.
Magic that devours the soul and turns it into its own power.
‘What kind of structure is this magic made of?’
From one to ten, interest does not fade.
‘If possible, I’d like to try dissection.’
I want to split that body in two right now and look inside.
In what form does the soul that permeates that body change and become the man’s power?
Will it be digested as soon as it is eaten, leaving no shape?
Or does it converge in some form from the inside to form a shape?
I’m curious. I’m going crazy because I’m curious.
“Hueup.”
While the researcher is thinking like that. The man has finished absorbing the soul.
“It doesn’t taste good. It feels like eating a rotten egg.”
He frowned as if he didn’t like the soul he absorbed just now.
“still. Better than what I ate yesterday. What I ate yesterday felt like eating rotten undead flesh.”
The man removed his hand from the dragon’s body.
At that moment, the dragon’s body began to emit light and change.
The form of the dragon disappears without a trace, and it changes into the form of a drake.
He lost his dragon soul and returned to his original drake body.
“Tomorrow I will prepare something a little better. Looking at my body now… … A spiritual body with a purity of about 15% would be suitable.”
“… … Tsk. Is it still only 15%?”
The man frowned, clenched and opened his fists, and repeated.
“In my heart, I just want to devour the whole dragon’s spiritual body… … .”
“It’s not possible. With that condition right now, I can’t stand it.”
The man’s body is not yet at a level that can fully withstand the dragon’s spiritual body.
Now, slowly, they devour them in order, starting with the lower-purity spiritual bodies. You need to focus on maximizing your strength.
Devouring the intact dragon’s spiritual body is a later story.
“Assuming that this speed is maintained… … . Within two months, you should be able to absorb the dragon’s astral body intact. Please be patient until then.”
“… … For two months, I have to eat these rotten eggs.”
The man clicked his tongue.
“I don’t feel good because I feel like a hyena.”
From one to ten, I don’t like anything.
The current situation of eating the low-purity spiritual body like this.
Even after successfully resurrecting, the current situation where you have to keep crouching down.
i don’t like everything
“The thing I don’t like the most is… … .”
The man reached out his right hand toward the researcher.
In that state, as if grasping the air, I applied force to my fist.
“Keah uh uh uh!”
At that moment, the researcher’s complexion turned blue.
He raised both hands and scratched his neck.
“You’re looking at me like a test subject.”
A hand-shaped mark on the neck.
The man is now using magic to strangle the researcher.
“Come on, mercy… … have mercy.”
The researcher asked for forgiveness with a pale complexion.
The man loosened his fist as it was.
dump-!
“Heo-eok, hee-eok!”
The researcher sat down on the ground as it was, breathing heavily.
“Originally, it would have made me neither die nor live, and made me live in pain for the rest of my life. I will take a look at your ability.”
The man moved slowly toward the researcher.
The regular sound of the shoes sounded like the lullaby of the god of death.
“If next time you have such nonsense… … .”
The man looked down at the researcher.
Dark pupil.
“I won’t forgive you then.”
I only met those eyes directly. Cold sweat poured down the old man’s body like rain.
It feels as if death is right in front of you.
It’s clear that I’m alive, but I don’t feel like I’m alive.
“Engrave it in your heart.”
“Yes, yes. Ah, I see, I see… … .”
The old man couldn’t answer properly. He tried to answer, but his mouth wouldn’t listen.
“Then, I, everyone, will go and prepare the next meal.”
The old man stood up from his seat, shaking his legs.
It was like a newborn deer waking up.
“I will contact you again. Enough… … .”
Just like that, it was time for the old man to leave his seat.
“Stop.”
The man stopped the old man.
“There are still things I want to ask.”
The old man hiccuped and slowly turned his head.
“What is it?”
The man took his eyes off the old man and focused his gaze on the clearing to the left.
“I’ve been worried about it since before, but is that guy over there your subordinate?”
“yes?”
The old man looked away with a startled expression.
The direction the man is looking.
Of course, there was nothing there.
“There… … What do you have?”
“That reaction. Right. understood.”
The man chuckled.
“first. I mean, it’s not your subordinate. then… … .”
right after that.
“Is it a rat?”
The man’s body turned into smoke like a mirage and disappeared.
and after a while
“Make your appearance. rat.”
The man who reappeared was waving his fist into the air.
A rapidly fluctuating void.
A woman appeared out of thin air, where there should have been nothing.
“… … I thought you didn’t notice, but your acting is good.”
Sofia Annechefrey.
No, Sein Binoche glared at the man with his sword in his hand.
* * *
Sein Binoche faced the man in front of him and was sweating cold.
‘Dangerous.’
Seeing it up close, I know it very well.
This man is Bale Stoll himself.
The spirit of the Dark Mage King, who is currently with Sein Binoche, is saying that this man is the real Bale Stoll.
‘There is no means to win.’
There is no way this man will win beyond a bale stall.
The win rate is 0%.
There is not even the possibility of a one-in-a-million.
Even if you fight thousands or hundreds of millions of times, you will lose thousands or hundreds of millions of times.
‘It’s embarrassing. Obviously, I have the upper hand in terms of skills. I can’t win.’
In terms of skill, this one has the upper hand.
Bale Stall has not yet fully regained his strength.
The current Bale Stoll is weaker than Sane Binoche.
If it was 1:1, Sein would have won.
‘Is this the shackles of black magic that the king of black magic said?’
But now Sein is not alone.
Now Sein is wearing shackles.
The heavy shackles of the Dark Mage King, who is caught in a curse close to the curse of never being able to resist Bale Stoll.
‘He’s a useless guy from beginning to end.’
As long as the Dark Mage King is with him, Sein can’t defeat Veil Stall.
Just as a mouse can’t beat a cat.
Sein can never beat Bale Stall.
‘The only thing fortunate is that this guy didn’t notice Hayul’s existence.’
All Bale Stall detected was Sein’s presence.
The reason is unknown, but the veil stall does not detect the existence of Shin Ha-yul at all.
“It’s strange. I’m sure my spell is hanging over your soul. Even if the energy is light, it is too light.”
‘… … indeed.’
A different color flowed from Sein’s eyes.
I understood everything from what Bale Stoll had just said.
‘It didn’t detect my energy, but did it feel the link with the spell hanging on the Dark Mage King?’
That’s why I couldn’t detect the existence of Shin Ha Yul.
It’s because Shin Ha-yul doesn’t have a spell.
“You guys. What are you doing?”
Bale Stoll glared at Sein.
A voice full of mana.
It was a ‘Magic Word’ with the coercive power that made the black magician have no choice but to obey.
A command that anyone obsessed with the spell of black magic could never refuse.
As long as he is wearing the shackles of being the Dark Mage King, he cannot resist this man’s words.
Then, something unexpected happened.
Even the veil stall, Sein Binoche, and even the black mage king who was holding his breath inside were unexpected.
“well. I don’t even know who I am.”
Sein Binoche ignored Veil Stall’s ‘Magic Word’.
“… … you guy.”
Bale Stall’s brow furrowed.
Anger rose to the resentful guy who dared to ignore his ‘Magic Word’.
‘indeed. Is it because the mixing of the souls has also reduced the alcohol?’
The dark mage king inside said as if he was having fun.
‘The first constraint of not being able to rebel against the veil stall is maintained, but the secondary constraint of absolute obedience to the words of the veil stall has faded and disappeared. It must be like this. It’s a happy mistake.’
The Dark Mage King spoke to Sein in an excited voice.
‘Sain Binoche. run away As long as you can ignore his orders. There is no problem with running away.’
The spell hanging over Sain now cannot harm Bale Stoll.
This is all.
There’s nothing wrong with running away from a bale stall.
‘Anyway, he doesn’t even feel the existence of Shin Ha-yul right now. If he is now he can retreat without risk.’
It was Shin Ha-yul, not Ray Bell Bytenor, who forged Umbra with mythic magic.
Since it was the first magic seen by the veil stall, the response to Umbra was inevitably poor.
I don’t know if it’s intact, but now the veil stall has only half recovered.
It will be very difficult to detect Umbra.
If you leave now, you can get information and return without any loss.
‘… … That sounds like the best.’
Sein nodded.
Even in Sae-in’s opinion, the best thing to do in this situation is to leave.
‘I’m a bit worried about what Ha Yul will do after leaving. If it was Ha-yul, he’d figure out the situation on his own and leave.’
Sein held the sword as it was.
Cut the space like this and run away.
With that in mind, I slowly raised my sword.
“indeed. Did that happen?”
It was then.
Bale Stoll glared at Sein and muttered something incomprehensible.
“You guys. You’re Ray’s successor.”
“… … what?”
Sein frowned with an expression saying, “What kind of nonsense is that?”
