Episode 183
183. Episode 183
‘Why is the outer garment attached to Seol-ryong?’
According to the legend I heard from the adjutant, Outer fell with the meteorite and was sealed beneath the Ice Lake of Despair.
However, this is the northernmost part, quite far from an ice lake.
Among them, it was the highest point in the vicinity, the exact opposite of the underground ice lake.
How did the outer reach this point?
The curiosity didn’t end there.
‘It hasn’t been completely consumed yet.’
Se-Woon had personally dealt with the Outer before returning, so he knew very well what would happen if he was consumed by the Outer.
The first thing that happens is the instinct to destroy.
Things like sleep and rest become unnecessary, and they kill and devour any living thing they see.
The core nature of the Outer was to increase its numbers by increasing the number of hosts in this way.
But what about the outerwear in front of you now?
It seems that it is just crawling on the scales of the snow dragon, but is not able to properly devour the snow dragon.
He was just circling around like a hyena waiting for an opportunity.
– The constellations, ‘Snakes Surrounding Time’, furrow their brows at the black liquid that appears one after another.
– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince’ begins to retch again.
– The constellation, ‘The Crow with its Head Down’, shakes its head at your actions that are never tired of being associated with dirty things.
As the outer approached, the demons immediately reacted.
As Mamon said, even Seun himself couldn’t understand it.
Before the return, I had never encountered them before the tower was destroyed at the last moment. No, I had never even heard of the Outer, let alone encountered them.
But this was already the third time I had encountered the Outer after returning.
Don’t they say the first time is coincidence, the second time is fate, and the third time is destiny?
It occurred to me that perhaps this wasn’t just a coincidence.
Taat.
“What is that?”
“Outer. To put it simply… … It’s like a parasite or a virus. It’s best not to touch it rashly.”
Yusuh lightly climbed the wall and landed next to Seun.
It was a fairly deep hole, with ice walls so there wouldn’t have been much room to step, but he came down very steadily.
It was a moment that showed her level of sorcery.
While Se-Woon was thinking hard.
Seolryong, who had not moved even when two intruders arrived, finally moved his body.
He raised his head, gritting his teeth as if enduring pain, with his eyes still closed.
And then.
“Koooooooo-!!”
He howled loudly toward the sky through the gaping hole.
Even when listening from afar, I had to cover my ears, but when listening up close, it felt like my eardrums were going to burst.
– The Treasure Trove of Greed has been opened.
[Silence]
– A special type of wind magic developed by scholars of the Green Tower that blocks sound by suppressing air vibrations.
He quickly unleashed a new spell to protect his eardrums.
It doesn’t even seem to be a roar carrying Mana or Pier, yet it has this much power.
Still, it was impossible to deal with Seolryong.
A majestic roar spread as if the world was going to fall apart, and snow clouds gathered once again across the snowy mountain sky.
In the meantime, Se-Woon was able to see.
‘I’m stepping back.’
The outer that had been crawling on the scales of the snow dragon flinched momentarily and moved away from the snow dragon’s head.
As soon as I witnessed it, I knew why Seolryong was safe.
I don’t know why, but Seolryong’s roar seemed to have the power to suppress Outer.
Seolryong was crouching here and repeatedly roaring to avoid being eaten by the outer.
The heavy snow falling outside is just a side effect.
‘And this is how it has endured for tens… hundreds of years.’
If my entire body was consumed by the outerwear pouring down like rain as we saw before the return, this method wouldn’t have worked either.
Perhaps, it was possible to avoid erosion in this way because the size of the outer shell protruding from the meteorite fragment was small.
Although I didn’t hear the exact time, the adjutant initially said that ‘frost fell for hundreds of years and an ice lake was created.’
It’s been a long time since the ice lake was formed…
‘At least a thousand years.’
If I had to guess, they would have been resisting the Outer in this place for thousands of years.
While I was thinking like that, Seolryong’s roar ended.
The outer garment extended from the base of the dragon’s neck to the base of its hind legs.
If things had gone as planned, it would have been natural for him to fall back asleep, but as expected of a dragon, he felt the mana moving while using Seun’s magic, so he slowly opened his eyes and looked down at Seun.
The vertically torn pupils, characteristic of reptiles, sparkled white like eyes.
If the stigmata hadn’t been glowing faintly and swallowing up my fear, I might have fallen to my knees here.
The existence of dragons was that strong.
“… … Are you human?”
He simply uttered the words, but the mana around him surged as if he had used a 5th circle magic.
Mana’s skin stimulated as she reacted to Seolryong’s every word.
Yu Seo-ah was already frozen in fear and couldn’t move a single finger.
Se-un swallowed calmly and nodded.
“A human… … . A human. No, it’s been thousands of years since I’ve encountered a living being.”
Thousands of years.
Seolryong was older than Seun had thought.
However, judging from its size, it seems that it stopped growing along with its activities as it resisted the outer.
For so long, you’ve given up on growing and resisted the outer world, staying here.
It was a mental strength that was difficult for a human being to dare to look down on.
If he were a normal human, he wouldn’t have been able to last even a month in that state, let alone decades.
You might think it would be easier to give up everything and be consumed by the outer world.
“It is commendable that you have come all the way here… … but go back. There is nothing a mere human can do here.”
Seolryong’s words were right.
He probably says this because he thinks Seun doesn’t know about the existence of Outer, but both defeating a dragon and defeating Outer are things that go beyond human level.
No matter how powerful a person is, it is normal for them to turn back now.
However, Seun was different.
It had a different ‘power’ than before the regression.
From the moment I descended down the hole and saw the outer garment attached to Seolryong’s body, it became clear what to do.
“I will save you.”
“……what?”
Seol-ryong, who was about to ignore Se-un and go back to sleep, stopped.
However, what I saw in his eyes was not something like hope.
Anger. Eyes burning with contempt and anger were turned towards Se-un.
“I have heard many times that human arrogance is limitless, but I chose the wrong time.”
The reason was simple.
Seolryong has endured suffering in this place for thousands of years to avoid being consumed by the Outer.
It has been that way so far and it will continue to be that way in the future.
But, a human suddenly appeared and offered to heal him. No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t help but think that he was just teasing me.
However, Se-Woon’s attitude did not change even though he was under the dragon’s gaze.
Rather, he puffed out his chest and straightened his shoulders even more confidently.
“Under the Ice Lake of Despair, Outer… … I tried to extinguish that black liquid.”
“Don’t joke around! My mother couldn’t stand it and took her own life. How dare a human like me destroy it?”
“If it’s been like that for thousands of years, then even if we hold out and hold out, nothing will change, right?”
“Do you dare to insult me now?”
“It’s not an insult. I’m trying not to be consumed, but if I can’t figure out how to recover, isn’t that no different from giving up?”
Seol-ryong’s gaze became even more intense.
I could feel a chill down my spine as I simply made eye contact and the stigmata consumed me with their terrifying power.
But Se-woon stubbornly does not avoid eye contact.
Did they stand off like that for about a minute?
As Yu Seo-ah desperately tried to keep her legs from falling to her knees, Seol-ryong’s mouth finally opened.
“You are wearing five belts. Can you put all that power into it?”
Five zodiac signs.
It was referring to the five circles surrounding Seun’s heart.
That is, if you fail to destroy the Outer, the entire circle will be destroyed.
However, Se-Woon nodded without any hesitation.
Honestly, that was quite generous treatment.
Any other arrogant dragon would have taken his life as soon as he sensed something strange, let alone the circle.
“of course.”
“… … Right now, at this very moment, they are eating away at my body. I can’t give them much time.”
“Okay, I’ll try it right now.”
Sling.
Seun took out the Durangdal.
Seolryong flinched momentarily, but as a dragon, he could faintly sense the emotions of other creatures.
If someone were to threaten one’s life with a sword, it would be normal to feel a killing intent. However, what I felt from Se-Woon was not a killing intent.
What kind of feeling is this?
Although he had lived for thousands of years, it was a feeling that was difficult for him to understand as he was alone in this place and had never experienced the world.
That is why, even at the moment when Seun lifted the sword, he accepted it without any doubt.
The dwarf hawk, poking into the shade near the hind legs, soon follows.
Phew!
Squeak!
It pierced through the black liquid hiding in the shadow of Seolryong.
To begin with, the outer was impervious to physical attacks, so it would be normal for it to not react no matter how sharp the sword was stabbed at, but the outer was clearly screaming.
Along with that, the stigmata that had been glowing faintly began to glow a bright red light.
– The stigmata react to the tale of the Blood Wolf Legend.
– The third ability of the stigmata, ‘@#!%’, is awakened.
Cheeeeek!
As expected, the divinity quickly disappeared and the outer garment impaled on the sword began to burn.
As the stench spread everywhere, it became clear why Beelzebub had been holding his nose whenever Outer appeared.
And in this place, there was someone whose eyes were opened wider and who was more surprised than anyone else.
That’s right, it was Seolryong.
“This can’t be happening, really… … .”
A being that has tormented him for thousands of years.
If we recall the conversation from earlier, it was the being that took even my mother’s life.
I had thought that my only way to avoid being consumed by that power was to spend my entire life with it, but that existence was burning away.
But at the moment when the black liquid’s body shrank by about 1/3, something unexpected occurred that even Se-woon could not have imagined.
Stop.
The black liquid cut off Seun’s body from the sword and ran away.
This didn’t happen when I destroyed the Outer that was encroaching on the Ice Golem.
‘Are those guys just slowing down after all?’
Having been sealed under the ice for thousands of years, there was no way he would have come to his senses immediately upon coming out.
So, he was helplessly struck by Seun’s sword.
But, the outerwear in front of you now is different.
These are the guys who have been working to devour Snow Dragon for thousands of years.
If they have already judged Seun’s attack to be threatening, there is no telling what they will do next.
We have to deal with them as soon as possible.
‘But how?’
I quickly thought about it.
What could be done to stop the movements of those who are impervious to physical attacks and even evade magic?
At that moment, a possibility occurred to me.
“Yuseo-ah!”
“yes!”
Kwajik!
Squeak!
As if she had been waiting, Yusua’s twin swords leaped up and pierced both ends of the fleeing black liquid.
– Player Yushua dominates ‘#$!?%’.
The movement of the black liquid stopped momentarily.
The power of the stigmata could be explained as Seun’s potential being expressed as a greater power through divinity.
If the potential works, I thought that Yu Seo-ah’s potential of domination would also work, and it seems that was the right answer.
However, the guy is not an ordinary monster, he is an Outer.
It was a being that was far beyond the level of control that Yu Seo-ah could control.
Wiggle!
Even though he was under the power of domination, he squirmed in an attempt to escape.
Se-un’s stigmata are said to have powers that are amplified by divinity, but Yu Seo-ah doesn’t have even a single stigmata, let alone divinity.
If this continues, I’ll lose it soon.
That moment.
The constellation that was watching her from afar, Baal, the number one demon lord in the hierarchy, reached out to her.
– The constellation, ‘The Crowned Spider’, formally appoints his contractor as an apostle.
– The constellation, ‘The Crowned Spider’, imbues his contractors with his divinity.
Apostle. The position closest to the constellation as a player. Those who not only borrow the power of the constellation, but also inherit and use its divinity.
Cheeeeek!
At the same time, a stigmata resembling a spider appeared on the back of Yu Seo-ah’s left hand.
“Stop.”
– Player Yushua rules ‘#$!?%’!
The outer body, which had been writhing madly in rebellion against the power of domination, suddenly stopped moving as if it were dead.
fantasy,
