Chapter 213

Episode 213: Life is cruel (8)

Ah!

The thunder I heard right in front of me was not as loud as I thought.

Or maybe it’s because it’s so loud that my eardrums are blown out.

‘...This.’

As I was just cutting down the lava man, my body lost control and I fell to my knees, trembling. My vision was flashing white and my ears were ringing. Bleep. The tinnitus was now making my head dizzy.

It’s not for nothing that in FPS games, when a flashbang explodes in front of you, your vision is blurred and the frame is cut.

‘...Fuck it, wake up!’

“Cough.”

But I don’t have time to spend like this. There was still an enemy in front of me.

‘Damn bastard, when did you get the power of Leviathan...!’

I barely managed to open my eyes with the remaining reason remaining like a hangnail. My eyeballs were hot as if they were cooked, and the blood crawling inside my skin was like lava, but I stubbornly overcame it.

The same was true for the heart that made no sound. From a while ago, I felt some unruly magic power gathering in my heart.

‘This is dangerous.’

bang! It felt as if my heart had been hit with a hammer, and the pieces of my reason that had been limited were put together. My mind was racing.

‘Can you win?’

Sigh.

At the same time, I rolled my body by forcefully regaining control and pushing the ground with my arms. The arm of the lava man who was aiming at me was stuck in the empty spot.

Pow!

One after another, I kicked the mob with my foot.

The enemy was pushed away and my upper body, which had risen in reaction, fell back again.

When I fell, my body, which was slightly tilted to the side, became even more tilted and ended up lying face down. My arms touched the ground.

“Yuck.”

Black blood came out of my mouth. I don’t know if it was that color due to a lack of oxygen or if the electric current that passed through my body baked my blood.

My whole body felt sore and dizzy.

[Amazing. I didn’t know I could withstand that guy’s lightning.]

Yeah. I’m actually surprised too. I had heard that the chance of being struck by lightning was higher than expected, but I never thought I would be one of those people.

And the fact that the demon who only knew how to manipulate damn lava can also manipulate lightning!

“ha.”

With a dazed head, I somehow managed to get up and let out a hot breath.

A hot breeze came out as if the lungs were cooked. Maybe it was because of the sea dragon beads, but I felt hot even though it wasn’t hot. It’s a bit like shit.

[Is the snake still there?]

Sigh.

Even so, we must fight. Because the enemy is still alive. Because there is still something left to fight for.

...Because that’s what I have to do.

[Anyway, I thought it might be someone who uses a turtle shell, so I exploded slowly.]

Kkeeeeeek.

I cried quietly in an area where I couldn’t hear the metal sound.

widely.

I bent down to dodge the volcanic bomb and caught the two-hender that I didn’t know when I dropped.

My strength is slowly coming back, and I am regaining control of my body. Although the sensation in my fingertips and toes was still numb.

Suddenly!

Still, I was cut diagonally and hit by my foot again, and some of the cut off mobs collapsed backwards.

Since it feels as damp as a mud flat, it will be restored soon, but it will take at least 10 seconds.

[...Oh yeah. Wouldn’t it be rude to think of anything else about you?]

‘Damn it, throw it over the sword and use magic.’

Then wait a moment. I instinctively leaned to one side. All I did was fall sideways because I had no strength in my toes.

Boom.

At the same time, the two-hender thrown upwards was clearly visible rising into the air. It was the same as a layer of magic wrapping around my body.

Gurgling!

And the light shining through the magic pierced my eyes. The flash seen from afar is never the kind that is as warm as afternoon sunlight.

A similar feeling as before came over my entire body.

It doesn’t even hurt anymore. All senses became distant.

‘Ha, I understand this perfectly...’

“Cough.”

Is this because there is a buffer in the middle called a two-hender, or is it because it is surrounded by magic to protect the body? Or maybe I just got used to it after experiencing it once.

I strengthened my legs, remembering how many times I had been treated like this during a fight.

Of course, my eyes stayed closed. It was too much to be blindsided earlier. Physiological tears flowed.

Well, maybe that’s not the only reason.

‘To start the contract, I chose the right person. is not it?’

Crash.

Instead, I pulled out the sword from my belt.

The hilt of the sword, made of leather, burned to a crisp, even containing embers, and once again burned my leather gloves.

‘Damn... I’m in trouble. If this goes on...’

But the sword body I took out fell into pieces. Even when I secretly checked with my red, blurred vision, it was the same.

‘Fuck you.’

It must have been struck by lightning and shattered. The situation is getting more and more dire, and there is nothing that can really help. I laugh out loud.

Dang!

Still, it can be used for throwing purposes.

I just soaked it in magma—isn’t it because the body of a mob is also made of magma?

It was probably broken anyway. After thinking about it for a while, I realized that if I had that thing, it would be nothing less or more than a walking lightning rod.

The same goes for the daggers stuffed inside the clothes. There is no Inquisitor here to create a ceiling like in the Moby Dick raid.

I roughly stuffed the iron products into my inventory. It was fortunate that there was extra space.

bang!

The volcanic bomb, which was deflected after being hit by my leg, team-killed a random mob and splattered magma.

[Now let’s keep going.]

It was then that one of the devil’s six hands holding wealth lifted up a handful of pearls.

Additionally, other people besides the one who created the shield – they also appear to be wizards – also touched the device.

Judging from the flow of energy, it seemed as if magic power was being infused inside.

Although I now know that it is a device that requires as many as three wizards to infuse magic into it.

The formula engraved on the device shed blue light and collected the light into two bars.

“What is this?”

“A hippo disposable product that is a failure and a money-sucker.”

“...yes?”

“Rather than that, hero, I understand that you are conserving your strength in preparation for that turtle, but shouldn’t you be conserving it as you go by the situation? “Can’t you see the waves and the Mermen coming?”

Accordingly, the Mermen began to flock here all at once. When the magic started, it was similar to dozens of animals jumping and trying to handle the power of the magic alone.

They figured out that something huge was coming and came rushing in to disrupt it.

Behind it, the temporarily lowered sea level is crashing in with huge waves.

“Wow, it’s coming!”

“hmm. “It’s really annoying because it’s underwater.”

“The Mermen are coming! “React!”

“Everyone, try your best. “The moment this thing breaks down, the 30 million gal invested will just melt away.”

“30 million... huh.”

The meister who was attaching the chain to the castle spoke a word of encouragement. It seems that he was trying to motivate people...

Seongju, who was gathering the soldiers, suddenly felt sick while the Inquisitor’s eyes widened at the unimaginable amount.

The saying is 100 million gal, but if you consider the total investment cost of weapons for fighting monsters, it is well over 1 billion gal.

Among them, the money spent to develop that object alone was about 30 million gal.

“...It cost 30 million gal, is it a disposable product?”

“uh.”

Despite this, it is nothing more than a failure that will be ruined if even I shoot it once.

The point of the device is that the magic power concentrated in the two sticks causes a repulsion from each other, and in the aftermath, bounces off the bullet in the middle – as fast as light – but this is because there is still no material in the world that can overcome that repulsion.

To be more precise, it can be made, but it costs a lot of money. Really really huge.

When he heard the price, he had no choice but to say, ‘Let’s give up the launcher and just make the bullets like that...’

Seongju’s complexion became dark just by recalling that time. “Get them off!” Even at that moment, urging the soldiers on was close to an instinct created by duty.

Boom, boom, boom!

The gathered soldiers moved their spears as if they were about to die. The Mermen are clashing with all their might against the additional shield that the Inquisitor hastily placed.

“come!”

“Everyone stay down so you don’t get swept away!”

Sigh!

However, the Inquisitor’s shield, which is still vivid, has never collapsed.

Even the huge waves were completely blocked by the golden membrane and sent all of them back. Those who were clinging to the castle walls to avoid being swept away by the waves lifted their heads shakily.

“God, give me the strength to protect everyone!!”

The golden curtain fell like dominoes, pushing back the water that had covered the entire castle wall. The Mermen were swept away by the blue waves, temporarily making the battlefield quiet.

Everyone paid blank attention to the Inquisitor at the amazing miracle.

“Hero...”

It was a more certain imprint than protecting the castle wall, healing dozens of people at once, or pushing away some of the Mermen hanging on the castle wall.

“What are you doing! “Don’t tie it up!”

Wow.

However, the Meister of the Mind of God was different. He paid no attention to the Inquisitor’s miracles and only focused on the device.

The hands that anchored the device, which had begun to tremble, by pressing it down with the tools they had brought, tying it with several layers of iron chains, and even covering it with iron nets, were extremely delicate.

“Are you nervous about this?”

“It won’t explode now, so tie it up!”

Rattling.

No matter how you look at it, it’s an unusual vibration, right? Deathbringer added his hand with a tired look on his face. They were so tightly bound that I thought that if it were a person, they would have suffocated to death while being pinned down.

“They’re coming again!!”

“Clear your ranks and attack!”

Meanwhile, the enemies that the Inquisitor had left behind came back.

The sight of people flocking to this area, perhaps to block the device, can now be said to be ‘there are more Mermen than water.’

“Kill them all!”

Bang, bang, bang, bang.

The machine that fired huge arrows continued to run, and the Weapon Master, who borrowed the soldier’s spear, selected only the warrior commanders and smashed their heads.

“The magic is coming!”

Gurgling!

“Good!”

The magical helper who knew the situation and arrived just in time broke through the obstacles of the jumping Mermen and knocked out dozens of demons.

The soldiers had time to take a breather.

“done!”

Cooung.

And through that process, the device that was shaking was about to emit a blinding light.

The turtle came within a few hundred meters. Grumble. There was a sound of the ground collapsing, as if someone had stepped on a dam built by the city.

“Hero, can you create a protective shield around the device on both sides, top and back?!”

“It is possible.”

“Then, the moment you give the signal, release the entire shield and create it. “You go away!”

It wasn’t a big problem. Meister received confirmation from the Inquisitor whether the turtle approached or not and bit people.

The wizards who were injecting magical energy were the first to fall, and the soldiers who were dealing with the Mermen retreated with a mixture of expressions of fear and relief at the castle lord’s cries.

“now! make!”

“yes!”

Also, according to his instructions, the Inquisitor’s shield covered the device in the shape of a cube except for the front and bottom.

Gooooooo!

It was at that moment that the approaching turtle cried for a long time. The guy stretched out his face, opened his mouth, and cried.

However, it was already too late to be alert and cancel the attack. The moment the guy cried, a sound louder than thunder rang out.

Ugh!

The device exploded, causing an explosion within the golden membrane created by the Inquisitor.

The explosion shot out like a sharp bullet.