Chapter 222

Episode 222: The World (7)

「...If I woke up now, I would only be in pain. It’s going to hurt so bad! Right now, I can’t control it because of the seal, so...!”

The sobbing voice began to threaten as if it was trying to scare the boy. I wondered if he hated waking up that much.

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The erosion of demonic energy is so poisonous and subtle that there is no pain at first. You can’t even feel the pain until your eyes turn red and black veins stand out.

However, the situation changes when a bit of reason is about to be shaved off.

sick. It is not so much pain that you faint, but it gradually becomes like a moth. It was similar to peeling off layer after layer of flesh. The pain accumulated and came like waves.

“under!”

But so what? For someone who endures even if lava is poured all over their body, such pain is meaningless.

What mattered to her was right now.

“die!”

It’s okay to break it. It’s okay to die. If that’s the case, I already made up my mind from the moment I left my hometown and set foot on this land.

But that doesn’t mean I’ll go alone. Especially if the target is the devil!

“Hahaha!”

She swung her hand holding the stone, discarding the shoulder meat that had been cut by Merman’s fingernails.

Instead of a fist that could not become harder than a stone no matter how much it was trained, it was a piece of rock that crushed Merman’s skull.

It was similar to when I smashed my teacher’s head. The scalp was torn, the bones were broken, and brain fluid and blood were vomited out.

Then, by slightly twisting his waist, he avoided the Merman’s attack from behind. The nails of the guys who were not slow even though they were pregnant with eggs left scars on my back, but not enough to cause my internal organs to spill out.

Also, as if to make up for the wound, her free left hand stabbed the eyeball of the Merman who had just attacked her. The bent fingers allowed the eyeballs to look outside.

“You’re not even capable of the glacial ordeal!!”

If she were to compare the glacial ordeal that only the great warriors of a select tribe could face with the mere demons that are so widespread, the latter would naturally lag behind... but that was none of her business.

She laughed at the Mermen and struck their belly with her foot. Pow! The demon that wanted to make her nest died, and those who came to emergency rescue from outside filled the space.

Hey.

Sigh!

Still, it doesn’t matter. She threw the stone she was holding, splashing the accumulated blood. Even slinging without tools has become quite threatening as her strength has increased.

The bodily fluids flowing from Merman’s outer shell caused him to slip, but the impact of the collision was not completely dissipated, causing him to stumble once or twice.

What if we really die here?

Her grip didn’t let go of it. Grabbing Merman’s hand, she broke his wrist and made it look like he was stabbing himself in the neck with her fingernails.

The Merman, who had been stabbed to death by his own nails, stuck out his tongue and fell back.

Will you commemorate the death of some Bidr?

Suddenly! And it is torn into five pieces. It aimed at her, but failed to determine its position and ended up tearing up the corpse of one of its own people.

with a splash. However, it is not only Mermen who attack their own people. Her movements stopped for a moment and she barely managed to avoid another entity’s attack.

Sigh! Things that cannot be avoided leave marks on the body as wounds.

me? Or...

“Stop.”

Her finger was stuck in the Merman’s mouth.

Sigh! It cleverly avoids its teeth and rips off the opponent’s mouth before being chewed and cut off.

“We promised not to talk about it.”

It’s the moment before death.

“sister.”

Berserk.

Then her body bent flexibly.

The moment her upper body falls backwards and her waist muscles, bent like a bow, momentarily support her entire body, Merman’s nails cut through the air on her belly.

Whick! And when the nails passed her, she brought them back forward. In addition to the lower back muscles, the serratus anterior muscle, which is tense, shoots the shoulder forward as soon as it is released.

The Merman, who was hit on the chin by the palm of his hand, flew away.

Or should I call you Weapon Master?

“Sister....”

Yes. Either way is fine. I just... I want you to face it.

Then, his stomach muscles twisted like a whirlpool, narrowly avoiding the claws, and his forearm, which had gone up when his back bent, came down and grabbed Merman’s neck.

Unlike humans, her forearm was filled with a neck that was thicker than her head.

The contradiction between mourning and saying that the object of mourning is alive.

Crack. But the neck between the chest and the arms usually has only one future.

She broke its neck with such force. It struggled and left claw marks on her thighs and pelvis, but it probably wasn’t a big problem. maybe.

Instead, she grabbed the corpse with her free hand and swung it around. Several attacks coming in succession were blocked by the meat shield and defeated.

Calling something that is only one side of you “sister”... I want you to stop.

We must not become complacent because we have stopped the enemy’s offensive. She took advantage of the gap in the attack and jumped into the space.

The momentary force caused her prominent thigh muscles to spurt out blood and pull her body out to a relatively safe place. There is no need to think about it, as the enemy who was on the landing spot had his forehead crushed by the foot and died.

There was a moment to take a breather.

Please let us stop.

“ha.”

What does it look like? She let out a hot breath.

If you measure the cause of the heat, you cannot tell whether it is because you are moving a few steps without breathing or because the magic energy is just before standing on the top of your head.

If things continue like this, we won’t be able to properly commemorate Bidr’s death even when death is imminent.

But I just wanted to run away.

Even though I know I can’t run away anymore.

“Damn it!!”

She was suffering from the rising magic energy that made her head dizzy. Or, I cried out and moved my hands as a choice that I didn’t want to admit was thrust before my eyes.

Kwasik! In her hands, another Merman was created with its eyeballs crushed and its sockets broken.

“I know, I know!!”

“haha.”

The Inquisitor took a deep breath, trying to somehow catch his breath.

The air she breathes in through her mouth, which is not enough through her nose, burns her airway the moment it passes through her throat.

[Is it over?]

But before she could fully regain her breath, a shell made of lava flew out and hit the right half of her body.

The lava that pierced the chainmail inside the armor burned her blood and body to a golden brown color. “Ah.” A scream came out between my biting lips and then stopped.

Her pride couldn’t allow her to speak softly to a devil or something.

Passs.

Meanwhile, some of the lava that had cooled down on the Inquisitor’s armor crumbled and shed powder.

It was the result of a lack of power to purify impurities.

[It’s harsh.]

Even so, the curtain is not lifted.

The Inquisitor twitched his fingers, swallowing the burnt taste that stuck to his tongue. The warmed armor clashed with each other and made a clattering sound.

I felt that it was really heavy, even though I had been carrying it for half my life. Honestly, I don’t have the strength to move.

The edges of Moon Dae-jin’s vision were truly blurry.

“...I am.”

I don’t lose. Unable to speak, she opened her mouth as the pain pierced her side.

At this point, it would be nice if the pain disappeared. Why does this body take on all the pain on its own? My fingers trembled and then completely relaxed.

[Are you still stubborn? You just have to give up.]

But but....

“God.”

She begged with a messed up look.

Please look over this city. Look upon the poor one.

Please look down on the devotion of this person who has been consumed by the devil but is nobler than anyone else.

[Really. What is a human being...]

...Also, if there is a next time, please select a better person as a warrior instead of this poor person and give the world a chance.

[If the title of hero is ultimately just a name given to a suitable vessel.]

To the person who can save more people....

“Do not dishonor him....”

[The reason God is dishonored is Do you really hate him?]

“He who is precious....”

[What should I do? Even so, he is just a being on the same level as our king.]

Is it because he is confident that he has won? Greed came in full force and trampled on her.

As the legs made of rock and fire stomped on her, the armor heated up and melted the Inquisitor’s skin.

The heat that could not escape lingered inside the armor, adding to the pain.

[We don’t even respect our king. That’s why I don’t have anything to do with respecting your god.]

“The devil is...”

But it wasn’t yet.

“It’s all like that...!”

[...!]

The Inquisitor straightened up his droopy eyes and showed off a piece of the strength he had been gathering from a while ago.

A slash using the edge of the face slightly sliced through the devil’s body, and Pandemonium took a large leap backwards.

[Yes, this was my mistake.]

“...You idiot who doesn’t even know the word ‘servant.’ Our God does not expect your respect. “Just die.”

In the meantime, the Inquisitor tried to improve his physical condition. However, the lava remaining everywhere was a problem. These are all kinds of things and thorns even if she recovers just a little...

Quaaaang!

Shoot!

[...?!]

The moment she was about to say something, something rushed from the other side. I don’t know how the waterway was opened, but it was a wave that threatened to flood part of the city.

Some of the lava that touched the seawater hardened and lost its heat.

[...It looks like a rat that will die even if left alone. I never thought it would turn out like this if I left it alone.]

Pandemonium’s eyebrows furrowed.

[You go and kill him─]

Quang!

Just as Pandemonium was about to give orders to the demon guarding the ancient structure.

It seemed like a huge amount of magical energy was swirling around, and a meteor-like beam of light struck the ground. It was a light that accurately targeted the structure and the demon in front of it.

Ugh. The hole through which demons endlessly crawled out disappeared, leaving only the structure.

The demon guarding in front of him also died silently, leaving only the lower half of his body behind.

[....]

Pandemonium was silent.

“This is...”

On the other hand, the Inquisitor realized half-intuitively and raised his lips awkwardly.

It seemed like I could somehow see a person waving his hand in an unseen place.

[What a foolish human being...!]

“Stupid bastard...!”

Strangely, I felt strong enough to get up again.

The golden light once again blocked the lava that followed Pandemonium’s anger.

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So I smiled and accepted the worry.

Still, you might be able to save someone.