#201
201. Black Seed (9)
woo.
I spit out the blood that came into my mouth.
Every time I taste it, I feel dirty.
Even the blood on the halberd was wiped off, and then the half-cut corpse of the knight fell to the ground.
<Hahaha, did you see it! The power of this body!>
“Don’t be fooled, just come back.”
The sparrow turned into red lightning and returned to his left arm.
I lowered the window sill of the halberd. The soldiers hesitated and took a step back.
“That guy… what the hell is that?”
One of the knights muttered with a firm expression.
I inhaled. The depths of his lungs burned as if he had swallowed fire.
No matter how it looked on the outside, the body was already being destroyed from the inside.
‘It would be nice if you ran away like this, but… … .’
They only hesitated, but did not back down.
They were confronting me with barricades and obstacles in front of them.
The entrance to the underpass was still blocked.
‘Ha, annoying.’
Reinforcements were pouring in from behind.
I spun the halberd once.
“Move.”
“Don’t back down. Hold on until reinforcements arrive!”
I’m not listening either.
After aiming the halberd at the officer, I ran.
Immediately a barrage of arrows flew in, turning the spearhead like a windmill to slash them all, then drew out his sword and cut the officer with a single sword. And he jumped over a 2m high barricade in one leap.
“die!”
A soldier stabbed a spear.
‘It’s difficult any more.’
I can’t afford to deal with these guys.
After raising Exceed’s power, I dodged the spear and got on the soldier’s shoulder.
“Aagh!”
I stepped on it hard and I think I broke my collarbone.
The soldier jumped up one more time before collapsing.
“Stop it! Don’t let it pass!”
Pipipipiping!
The arrowhead grazed his thigh.
A shallow stream of blood splattered.
After avoiding all the spears and swords wielded by the soldiers,
I ran towards the entrance of the cave.
At the entrance to the cave, a black knight clad in iron armor was blocking the way.
‘yet.’
can’t die here
Whoo!
I passed by avoiding the greatsword coming down on my head and kicked him in the back.
And quickly jumped into the cave.
[Order Army Soldier Lv.25] X 523
[Order Knight Lv.31] X 53
[Black Knight Lv.38] X 13
Looking back, the enemies gathered like ants.
“Chase!”
right before the exceed ends.
I raised my halberd toward the ceiling of the cave.
[Skill, ‘Sword Soul’ activated!]
A swordsman’s soul with 100% power using the whole body.
Aaaaaang!
There was an explosion, like dynamite exploding, and countless pieces of stone fell from the ceiling.
And it wasn’t long before it got dark.
The ceiling collapsed, blocking the entrance.
“……ha.”
I threw out the halberd with only the spearhead remaining.
He sat down as if collapsing, leaning against the wall and closing his eyes.
[‘Han (★★★★)”s exceed state has been cancelled.]
There is no place that does not hurt.
It was almost moribund.
It was difficult to even move.
I pulled a bottle of potion from the pouch behind my belt.
Oops. After slipping my hand several times, I was able to open the cap of the potion.
jump.
<Are you already at the limit? We have a long way to go.>
“Don’t be ridiculous.”
I only cleared the 1st level, but what a limit.
I emptied the potion and looked around.
Lanterns were lit all over the passage of the cave.
Somewhere here is the third key.
and… … .
‘That woman must be waiting.’
Judging from the fact that he didn’t show up even after messing around in the fort, it seems that something is up.
‘Anyway, it’s hard to buy.’
If I throw away all of Iolka, Amkena, and Taoni, I can live comfortably.
I mean, I don’t even know why I’m doing this.
I don’t know why they take the easy way. If she had stayed when Eunet asked her to stay in Niflheim, she would have been enjoying all kinds of riches and movies and trembling.
‘Has he gone mad?’
I’m no longer normal
I knew at some point.
Even if I go back to Earth, it will never be the same.
No matter how delicious you eat, small chatter, or fun games, it’s not fun at all.
everything was gray.
when you’re having fun,
When blowing away a laughing opponent.
When you tear his head off.
‘… … under.’
I’m not a complete psychopath.
<Can you fight?>
“of course.”
Little by little, vitality is returning to the body.
‘Because I suffered so much.’
He gave Jena a whip and even trained her to endure pain.
It seemed that the special training at that time had seen the light. I operated Exceed to the limit, but after taking a little rest, I recovered enough to be able to move again. After all, training to roll your body is the best.
“Kuk!”
When he pulled out the arrow stuck in his back, blood flowed out.
I sprayed the scarce potion left on the wound.
“Has the Black Dragon Blood returned?”
<You can use it once more.>
That’s it.
It seems ready.
I stood up, leaning on a stone protruding from the wall.
The cave was a single road leading to one place, so there was no need to worry about getting lost.
I went inside, catching my breath.
After walking for 10 minutes like that, the scenery changed.
The width of the cave widened, and the musty smell of rotten meat came up.
I looked down.
“…”
Bodies are scattered all over the place.
I got down on my knees and examined the corpse of one.
‘Are you a member of the family?’
It has wings and claws where arms should be.
harpy. They were the ones I had seen several times before the 10th floor.
They were dead in droves.
Considering the situation so far, the culprit was clear.
‘The monsters must have fought each other.’
It’s not a very rare case.
There are also missions in which a hero and a monster from two factions mix and engage in a three-way battle.
For some reason, I was told that I couldn’t see any members of the family outside, so it turned out like this.
<You’re doing something stupid.>
“If that’s the case, I’m fine.”
They say they will fight on their own, so you should welcome them with open arms.
I was able to get a useful sword by rummaging through the corpses of the join tribe.
Fighting with bare hands, so I decided to keep it.
‘If there was Bifrost… … .’
Damn.
I got in shape for nothing at the event.
I continued to advance along the narrow cave road.
After coming out of the narrow gap, a wide cavity appeared. There were dozens of holes in the common rock wall, and beds and household items were strewn about in them. It seemed to be a village of join tribes.
There were dozens of times more corpses than there were in the aisles.
Not only Join’s, but also human soldiers’ corpses were mixed in here and there.
After rummaging through the arms of the soldiers to get some throwing daggers, I rested again.
After a short break, I moved my feet into the passage leading to the left of the joint.
After walking for another 10 minutes, an explosion sounded with vibration from afar.
‘Am I fighting.’
Got the timing right.
If you do well, you might be able to target the fisherman’s geography.
I leaned over slightly and slowed down my walking pace.
The smell of freshly spurted fresh blood wafted in.
“Keuk… black… billion…”
Inside the wall of the cave, a male member of the tribe is moaning as his chest is pierced by a stalactite.
The entire left side of his body was scorched and mangled. Just looking at it, I was struck by flame magic.
He was the first survivor I met after coming here. I approached him
“You, you…”
“Don’t worry. I’m here to kill that bitch.”
The join tribe let out a groan.
“I have something to ask you.”
“…”
“Why are you fighting? Have you ever been sarcastic?”
This guy will know what’s going on.
Because he was bleeding thick black blood.
This blood was a direct sign of being contaminated by Tell.
“We… we…”
“we are?”
I brought my ear to the mouth of the join tribe.
However, the desired answer was not forthcoming.
<Dead.>
“It seems so.”
I sighed.
The skewered joins were lowering their heads.
Apparently, I’ll have to go deep into this cave to find out.
After closing the eyes of the swollen joiners, I moved my feet into the cave.
The loud explosions were gradually diminishing.
‘This is the front.’
If you turn right at the passage right in front of you, whatever will come out.
I took a light breath. I can’t say my body is normal. To be honest, it wasn’t very good. Exceed was activated for nearly 30 minutes, and at the last minute, even the sword soul was beaten. If it was me in the past, I would have died right away as a penalty.
‘… … It’s not normal.’
This mission is not normal.
What should have disappeared, and what should not have appeared.
‘but.’
when was it normal
Whatever comes out, I just kill it with my own hands and get rid of it.
<Be prepared.>
I don’t even have to say it.
I took the rusty sword out of its scabbard.
and went forward
‘… … .’
It was a place that looked like a temple.
Luxurious marble pillars were built on the left and right, and a square altar could be seen inside.
A small glowing orb floated above the altar.
‘That’s the key.’
I erased the marbles in front of my eyes.
Now, that stuff doesn’t matter.
[Danger!]
[White Feather]
[Rakabi City Raka Lv.63]
Brick road leading to the altar.
A young woman is standing in a pure white coat and wearing a wooden coffin.
Two large pairs of wings spread out on the sides of the coat.
The woman’s eyes met.
The woman opened her mouth.
“we are…….”
“…”
“I wanted to go back…”
Kwajik!
In the next moment, the woman was shattered and scattered.
“amazing.”
A woman in a robe walked out from behind the pillar.
The robe, which should have been blue, is covered in blood and its original color is unrecognizable.
“I never expected to break through that fortress. I thought I would die unconditionally.”
[Danger!]
[Patriarch of Stenberg]
[Persene Liddell von Stravern Lv.???]
Persene’s eyes curved like crescent moons.
“How did you get here? Assinis dried the seed. Where did you get special reinforcements from?”
“I just broke through.”
“……what?”
Persene blinked.
Then, all of a sudden, I burst into laughter.
“Hahahahaha! You broke through the high walls and gates, thousands of soldiers and hundreds of knights to get here?”
“Does it sound like a lie?”
“No, maybe it’s you… I thought it might be possible. I didn’t know if I would actually do it.”
I looked around the temple once more.
There are bloodstains and feathers scattered here and there.
It seemed that the situation was already over.
and… … The wizard in front of him didn’t take any damage.
“Anyway, you should know that I came here means that I want to die.”
Persene’s eyes shone blue.
Powerful enough to be seen with the naked eye, wriggling in the pupils.
“If I had been stuck there, I might have lived at least until the time limit.”
“Where did the other two go?”
“You know what to do.”
It seems that the sparrow was right.
The beast king and the saintess returned to their original places.
It’s just one crazy wizard here.
“hey.”
I smiled and opened my mouth.
“I told you before. Think of the noise it makes when its head is blown away.”
“……cheeky.”
I was able to come this far because it was a way to go without any plan.
If I had sneaked in, I would have been fooled by his numbers. According to Sparrow’s words, the entire fortress is under detection magic.
‘The situation is bad.’
body condition is worst.
The blocked cave has been cleared by now, so reinforcements must be coming.
Besides, the magician in front of him was unmatched in strength.
However, it must end here.
no matter what happens
‘So you… … .’
I looked up.
All I could see was the ceiling of a flat cave, but Amkena would be watching.
I don’t know what you’re thinking.
You might be thinking about giving up all these games.
‘Cheer on.’
I snapped my fingers.
[Master, ‘Han (★★★★)’ asks for your support!]
For a while, Amkena didn’t move the control panel.
but at some point.
[The battle shop is open.]
[You have selected an advanced cheering stick (single use, 100 gems). Would you like to purchase?]
[Yes / No]
Put your soul in it and shake it.
That side gives me strength too.
I pointed my sword at Persene.
