Chapter 49: When A Villain Falls, Gigantification Is The Norm (2)

Chapter 49: When A Villain Falls, Gigantification Is The Norm (2)

On Sejong Island, a hero going berserk happened regularly once a day, but turning into a devil didn’t happen as often.

However, when they became a devil, an emergency call went out to all S-ranked ability users on Sejong Island.

Just in case it turned into a very powerful devil while going berserk.

Of course, even for S-rankers, they did not have to be on standby for 24 hours a day. The message would be sent at 5-minute intervals, so it took at least 10 minutes to arrive at the scene, even if they prepared quickly.

[Heroes who can organize the situation are like fire trucks.]

They always rushed in to catch the golden time, but sometimes they were blocked by illegally parked cars, or there were people who did not move out of the way even when a fire truck was rushing.

If they missed the golden time and arrived late, the number of casualties increased accordingly.

Fortunately, our S-rank hero arrived just before the devil started making a fuss.

[Screech...?]

The giant Doppelganger raised its head toward the sky.

It was the weekend in early March, just after the entrance ceremony, but snow was falling from the sky.

At first, one might wonder, ‘Why is it snowing at this time?’

But if you added a few more pieces of information, you could quickly figure out what that snow really was.

There was no way it could snow on an island in the East Sea at this time of the year.

There was magic power in that snow.

And that there was ‘Snow White’ on this island.

[Roar!!]

The giant Doppelganger roared toward the snowflakes.

It tried to repel the ice crystals containing mana with a sonic boom, but the ice crystals had already lodged themselves into the body of the giant Doppelganger.

“Freeze.”

The white-haired woman, dressed in a black suit, descended while scattering white snowflakes and then lightly flicked her fingers forward.

Splat!

As soon as the ice crystals touched the giant Doppelganger, frost began to form on its surface, and the giant Doppelganger’s body began to slow down.

[Roar, Roooooar!!]

The Doppelganger ran, trying to escape the snowflakes.

Coincidentally, it was heading in my direction, and I stepped forward again in front of Yoon Iseon, carefully taking a deep breath.

“It’s dangerous!”

[Not at all.]

I counted to three inwardly, then stomped on the ground with my left foot and swung my right foot to deliver a side kick to the Doppelganger.

Whoooosh!!

Like poking with a club, my side kick created a gust of wind, halting the Doppelganger’s charge.

The trajectory of the energy released from my kick accurately hit the monster’s vitals, and the giant Doppelganger was forced to kneel on the ground.

[Kueh, Krrrk....]

The Doppelganger started spewing a purple liquid from its mouth.

What probably should have been red blood had completely lost its original color upon its owner transforming into a devil. Dark purple blood that couldn’t possibly come from a human body started to flow out.

Splat.

As the ice crystals touched the Doppelganger’s body, the ice started to cover its entire body. Snow White, who descended from the sky, landed right in front of me.

“So, we meet again here. Goblin.”

[A relationship this negative really is tenacious.]

Snow White smirked at my words and shrugged her shoulders.

Unlike when she usually met me and was a bit stiff, she seemed quite relaxed now.

[Is that a new skill?]

“...Hehe, as expected, I knew you would recognize it. You have a keen eye.”

Snow White puffed up her chest and wore a proud smile.

“It’s a skill my ‘partner’ whom you don’t know created.”

Me?

[And there is one thing you overlooked. That monster isn’t completely frozen.]

“What did you say?”

[It’s a prison that restricts the whole body to prevent escape but can’t penetrate deep into the organs with mana.]

Inside the Ice Jade prison created by Baek Seol-hee.

The Doppelganger, which seemed to be hardened in place, certainly seemed to be frozen still.

[What you overlooked is that this demon is not a Doppelganger or a Yook Gibong now.]

“Then what is it?”

[A demon.]

I was not referring to a fallen demon.

[The demon that will leap out from inside after eating the corpse of the Doppelganger Yook Gibong. Since there are three seeds... probably three will jump out.]

Crack, crack, crack.

A strange sound was heard from the back of the frozen Doppelganger.

That sound was too clear, like a mouse gnawing on a wall.

“No... It can’t be!”

Snow White hastily extended her hand upwards, pouring out more ice crystals.

A thick pile of ice crystals built up in the direction of the sound, but as if waiting for that, the sound started from the front this time.

Crack!

Drawing vertical scars, something similar to the shape of a human leaped out from the inside and extended its fist toward the ice.

Crash!

Like shattering glass, the Ice Jade prison broke, and the demon crawling out from inside was a new alien entity that reached 3 meters in length.

It looked more like an alien than a demon.

[I thought three would pop out, but it turns out the three have become one.]

Flash.

The Doppelganger, which looked like an alien, had one head in the middle with two heads sprouting from the shoulders on both sides, and its eyes flashed like a human’s.

“That’s... something I’ve never seen before...”

[You would have never seen it before. Because it’s my first time seeing it, too.]

It felt like looking at an alien lifeform that had mutated from a corpse.

But I was not worried.

[Watch closely, Hero.]

I gripped my bat tightly.

[This is how you kill an enemy in one shot.]

Power in my toes.

Mana in my fingertips.

[Just like this.]

I dashed forward, running at the speed of light toward the alien entity of a demon glaring at me.

And then-

Whoosh!!!

I put all my strength into the bat and swung it horizontally with all my might.

[If it has three heads, then enough to blow up all three.]

Boom!

[I kill it with overwhelming power.]

With a full swing of my bat, all three heads of the demon were separated from the neck as if spores had exploded, and purple blood fountains burst out from the three stumps.

[Listen well, Hero.]

I whispered softly so that only Baek Seol-hee and the dumbfounded Yoon Iseon standing next to me could hear.

[A demon can only be killed by blowing up its core. Remember that.]

Boom!!

With all three of its heads blown up, the demon fell backward and collapsed, never to rise again.