Chapter 79

The fourth, Dean, was shocked that their shields were not working as his ears were cut off.  Also, an arrow was stabbed in Sharin’s forehead from the attack.  

If it had been before she got the Blood Stone, she would have died in that one shot. It would be a joke to say that Crossel’s finger died so easily.  

“Come on!” 

Realizing that it was an unstoppable arrow, Dean hurriedly hurled himself, drew his dagger, and ripped his forearm apart. Arrows pierced his side and thighs before the blood gushing from his forearms could even form a shield. He couldn’t even see as the arrow was so fast.

Dean raised a shield to defend the front and hurriedly put his hands on the floor.  Blood dripping from his hands seeped to the floor, and sharp thorns protruded from Ed’s feet.  

Sharin also pulled out an arrow stuck in her forehead and was moving.  

“You’re crazy.” 

When Maya was beaten, she wondered if a bowman could be this strong. In particular, arrows that penetrate the shield and pierce deeply into the shield are terrifying. He is so strong, strong enough to wonder where such a person came from.  

But she couldn’t just walk away.

Sharin, who was struck by two arrows in her eyes while pulling out an arrow that had been lodged in her forehead, also gave up on getting up and laid down and opened her mouth.  

She took the form of a gigantic snake with blood spurting from her mouth.  

If there was a sacrifice, it would have been able to generate more power, but since there was no sacrifice, she had no choice but to borrow the power of the Blood Stone.  

Meanwhile, Dean’s blood was all around him, turning into thorns. Now is the time for counterattack.

If it had been one person, Ed would have made out on his own, but since there are two guys, it was difficult to seize any opportunities.  

Moreover, they were not affected at all when an arrow was struck in the head or in the body. That’s why he couldn’t see him as a human. Just a monster.  

If it was a loss of human blood, they would have already collapsed from anemia, but they showed no signs of that. 

Sharp thorns protruded out of nowhere, and a gigantic snake protruding from the woman’s mouth aimed at Ed.  

All the opponents were using the power of the devil.  

While fighting with Maya, Ed realized that it would be okay to smash them with holy arrows, but it would be meaningless if he couldn’t hit the opponent’s blood energy using this.

So he couldn’t even shoot holy arrows carelessly. Because if he doesn’t kill both within 2 seconds, he can’t retrieve the arrow.  

Fortunately, it was enough to be able to read their attacks.  

So, he had been dodging without difficulty until now, but the places to dodge were gradually decreasing.  

And realizing that, the two of them were smiling deeply as if they were sure of victory.  

Ed tapped his tongue lightly, slung the bow over his shoulder, and flew.  

Even if the final blow was shot with holy arrows, it seemed that those troublesome things had to be dealt with first.  

The unfortunate thing was that even if he received a blessing, he did not cast a fortification on the weapon, spatula.

Fortunately, this intangible sword was able to cut all blood snakes, and thorns.  Because it was a sword technique that was spread with magical power, it was able to cut materials made with magical power.  

So, along the open road, Ed hit out. As the distance got closer, the number of thorns made of blood increased, and Ed’s movements became faster and faster.  

The snake, whose body had been cut in half, now became two and rushed in. To finish all of this, he had to cut the Blood Stone in the end.  

Using swordsmanship, the body could be shredded from a distance, but the magic power was insufficient to cut the two bodies into smaller units than the blood stone.

Realizing what Ed was trying to do, the two started to counterattack. The thorns made of blood were soaring more wildly, and the snakes also had hundreds of heads split and attacked.  

Ed realized that the whole world had turned to blood and that he had no place to escape.  

Ed concentrated his mind.  

It seemed as if time was slowing down, and in that time the sword began to move.  

Magical power cuts through at least the bloody waves approaching with only the sword on the road. The waves rushed in, dyeing the front red, and Ed arrived in front of Sharin.  

Ed’s sword cut her body into thirty-six pieces. Sharin’s body, which had been cut with only magical power of the blade, fell apart, but the experience points did not come in.

Even while slicing her like that, it seems that the blood stone was not caught.  

As he was about to shred it again, blood-colored cigars came out from all sides.  

It may be possible to finish Sharin, but he couldn’t do it while protecting himself.  So Ed swung his sword and opened the way and got out.  

It was also difficult to subdue them because they were two and he couldn’t figure out the location of the Blood Stone.  

Dean looked up at Sharin’s pieces as Ed staggered back down in front of the cavern again.  

A strong echo was felt in the blood that flowed from the inside of the pieces. It began to resonate with the blood stone that had settled in its own Meiji. This wasn’t something he had heard from Ragrox. The resonance of the Blood stone is a thing that he can’t stop, and it’s all like that.

As the two blood stones resonated, Dean’s consciousness disappeared.  And a monster created by the resonating blood stones appeared.  

A huge snake created by the blood flowing from Sharin’s body and Dean’s upper body stood up above the snake’s head, covered with blood-colored thorns like armor.  And those eyes.!!  Ed met those evil eyes and knew they weren’t the same a while ago.  

“Look at this?”

Diego, who was standing in front of Aron with Tom summoned, could see a little bit of the battle taking place outside.  

The blood-colored thorns soared terribly and Ed’s movement to avoid them could not be seen properly.  However, the sprouting thorns did not disappear and remained, it was like looking at a forest of thorns.  

In the meantime, the battle between Ed and the two appeared fiercely.  

Aron, who was watching it from Diego’s side, was looking at it from a completely different perspective.  

He was wearing a human shell, but a completely new power lurked in the bodies of the two that had appeared.  

And the process of the manifestation of that power caught his eye. It was the first time he had actually seen this, a movement force other than human.

At first, it seemed that the power was moved by the will of a human being, but soon it even ate the human soul and revealed its true nature.  

But watching Ed fight, he didn’t seem to notice it. Because he didn’t aim at the important places and kept attacking the wrong places. 

The snake that has now appeared and the body that sits above its head, two nuclei exist there. It all started there. 

And looking at the core, he could feel the existence beyond it. A non-human existence. Its very existence will be a harm to the world.  

Aron walked towards the outside of the cave. Diego grabbed his wrist.

“What are you doing? Ouch!” 

Diego grabbed Aaron’s wrist and then quickly released it. It felt as if his palm was on fire. Then he could see the divine power flowing through Aron’s whole body. It flowed over his skin. His palms were hot because of the divine power. Besides, Aron’s eyes were emitting a divine power that was so intense that it was difficult to even look at them. It was a divine power that had a depth that was different from Arin when she was pursuing the power of the devil. 

Then he unknowingly took a step back. Aron walked towards the outside of the cave with a kind smile.

The re-appearance, with a human hanging above the snake’s head, could be recognized as Crossel’s two fingers joined together, but they were completely different beings. Beings who handle blood magic stones.  

“Is that Ragrox?” 

Ed was talking, but he was all on his nerves to figure out where the Blood stone was.  

It was hard to believe that an existence that was only a shadow could show such a strong presence. This is similar to the great devil.  

It seemed more absurd that there were three people whom he was fighting.

[Do you know me?] 

“So. I’m chasing you so hard to put an arrow in your head,” 

Ragrox burst into laughter.  

[Do you believe Astron’s prophecy?]

“You know that I’ve been following you closely?”  

Seeing her tearing up as if she was watching the Joker, she asked as if she had already given up being a human.  

“What happened to those two?”

[Their souls? I used it for a while to make a manifestation.] 

“Anyway, demon cubs are the same as low-level and great-evil energy.” 

He said he would give power to Crossel, but in fact, he considered it as a material for his manifestation.  

Ragrox burst out laughing as if Ed’s words were funny.  

[Kah ha ha ha…okay…All the seeds of the devil are like that.  So I’m going to make a suggestion to you, will you listen?] 

“What’s so difficult about listening?”

In response to Ed’s reply, Ragrox said with his arms wide open.  

[Be my servant. If you do, I will give you infinite strength and glory.] 

Ed smirked.  

“Are you talking like that while I have watched how you manifested just now?” 

Ragrox looked down at himself and nodded his head.

[Actually, I was a little lacking in persuasiveness. I didn’t mean to convince you with words. It’s the same story if you plant only a blood stone in your body.] 

As Ed smiled and hung an arrow at the protest, he felt a smirk approaching from behind.  

He was startled by Ragrox’s level and missed the mark while concentrating on him.  

And he didn’t know that he would suddenly pop out during a battle like this. But when he turned his head, he knew that Ragrox would attack him, so he couldn’t turn his head. 

“Astron’s two eyes pierce all lies.”

Aron’s voice could be heard, and Ed didn’t look back, despite the divine power pounding behind his back. And Ragrox looked visibly embarrassed.  

“The truth shall be seen,” said Aron, as waves of divine power swept over Ragrox.  

The bloody thorns disappeared into dust, and Ragrox was also crumbling in front of the waves of that divine power.  And surprisingly, two blood stones were seen. 

Ed did not hesitate to shoot the arrow.  As the arrow’s trajectory pierced through the two blood stones, Ragrox’s voice echoed.

Ed responded by holding the returned arrow in his hand.  

“Yeah. Let’s meet again. Don’t be salty.” 

Maybe it was Ragrox’s appearance that the experience was surprisingly good. Enough to raise the level at once by filling in all the experience points that were lacking.