Chapter 562

Chapter 562

Side Story 38

Kaboom!

A fist struck the side of Asura's head.

Once again, Asura could do nothing.

If that punch had aimed for his head...

Perhaps his only remaining head would be crushed like minced meat right now.

"That's fifty."

Swoosh!

YuWon spun his body.

Kwaaaang!

A Lightning Bolt resonated over his slightly withdrawn head.

It was that same Lightning Bolt.

Asura, struck by the Lightning Bolt, was paralyzed and couldn't do anything.

'Fifty times...'

Though not severely injured, Asura was rendered helpless.

Impotence took hold of him.

He knew his opponent was strong. Even before coming here, he had already lost to YuWon more than 10 times.

But he never thought the difference would be this significant.

"How the hell... even Zeus's Lightning-?"

Flash!

Midway through his prayer. A long thread of electricity flew towards Asura's throat and stopped.

What would have happened if it hadn't stopped?

Undoubtedly, he would have died instantly.

"Forty-nine left."

YuWon no longer spoke to Asura.

The only times he opened his mouth were to kindly count the remaining blows.

Boom!

Clang!

The sword that had clashed so many times finally broke.

The hand holding the sword became numb.

In an instant, YuWon's sword pierced through Asura's head and stuck into a tree.

Puff!

"Forty-eight."

A number gradually diminishing.

"Forty-seven."

Bang!

"Forty-six."

"Forty..."

Asura wasn't injured anywhere.

The only wounds he had were the chest YuWon had cut at the beginning and the cheek swollen from the punch.

Since then...

YuWon hadn't cut or struck Asura; he had only been suppressing him.

『What should I do now?』

『How can I win?』

With the "Great Six-Armed Heavenly Destruction" broken and after enduring over fifty defeats, Asura thought over and over, gathering his heads.

A way to defeat the monster in front of him.

If there was even a sliver of hope, Asura would never consider giving up.

But...

Whoosh!

"Ack!"

Asura's nape was grabbed by YuWon's hand, and his body was lifted.

The fiercely burning eyes looked into Asura's and recited with a monotonous and emotionless voice.

"Thirty-one."

The moment their eyes met.

『I can't win.』

Along with the helplessness of defeat, all the strength in his body faded away.

Thud!

Asura collapsed to the ground when YuWon released his hand. His body was still energetic, but something much greater than losing his arms and legs had been taken from him.

His heart.

Fear seized Asura's heart.

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Asura gave up on continuing to fight. Exactly when there were thirty-one battles left, he knelt down and sat on the ground.

His eyes dulled.

Asura, without the will to fight, was no longer Asura.

YuWon stood there for a while and looked at Asura, who had his head bowed.

Had he scared him? He no longer rushed at him and didn't even lift his head.

'Did Vishnu also do this?'

No.

The Vishnu YuWon knew wasn't that meek.

That's why a hundred times.

But now that he thought about it, there was no need to obsess over that number.

Sigh~

Pandora, who had freed herself from Pressure Points and was sitting on the side with a spread-out picnic blanket, was eating snacks with Hercules.

"Is Hargan planning to introduce someone to you?"

"He said he would."

"But?"

"I'm not mentally prepared yet..."

"Look at how much you resemble your father."

"So it seems."

"..."

A sudden silence enveloped them.

The atmosphere became awkward, and Hercules got up from his seat stiffly.

"Sh-Shall we?"

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Crackle, crackle.

The pork skin cooked deliciously over a slow wood fire.

As he roasted the whole meat, Hercules saw Asura sitting silently in the distance.

"How long is he going to stay like this...?"

"It will be a shock for him."

YuWon, drying his wet hair, approached and followed Hercules' gaze to observe Asura's reaction.

"Still, this level of shock therapy is necessary."

"You washed up quickly."

"The water was cold. Customer service is terrible."

Hercules smiled at YuWon's joke and stirred the dying fire with a poker.

Showing his back, Hercules asked without looking at YuWon:

"Now, are you going to talk? Why did you look for me?"

"Do I need a reason to come?"

"It seems to be a difficult matter. The way you're beating around the bush."

There was no way YuWon would come to this remote place without any purpose.

Moreover, he had just defeated three Administrators in Celestial Realm.

Did YuWon, who visited him right after that, have no motive?

Not even a stray dog would believe that.

"Is it about the war, right?"

At Hercules' question, YuWon nodded.

"Probably."

"Is the enemy this time more dangerous than those guys?"

"Do you mean guys like Shub-Niggurath or Nyarlathotep?"

"Nyarlathotep?"

"I guess the Foolish Chaos Name would sound more familiar to you. Yes, I mean those guys."

YuWon's response was delayed a bit.

At that moment...

Thinking about Hercules' mood, who turned his back, made it difficult for him to respond smoothly.

"What kind of answer do you want?"

Crack.

The firewood he had put in the fire broke in Hercules' hand.

Watching the shattered pieces of wood fall to the ground, Hercules nodded.

"That answer is enough."

YuWon didn't deny his question.

Perhaps this would be a battle as difficult as the fight against the Outers.

After all, the Administrators were like symbols of this world.

"Did you ask me why I came?"

Hercules turned his head.

With a towel on his wet hair, YuWon had an apologetic expression on his face.

"I don't want to fight, but now is not the time to be calmly chopping wood."

Calmly. Chopping wood.

He had heard those words recently, but this time they didn't bother him.

It was true.

At this very moment, there would be people fighting somewhere.

"You need to help me, Hercules."

Saying those words, YuWon closed his eyes.

It was Hercules, not just anyone.

He was different from Son OhGong or Asura obsessed with battle.

The strongest of them all, but the one who hated fighting the most.

The one who became a lumberjack after all the battles were over, without needing to fight anyone.

To him.

He was really saying something cruel.

Whoosh.

Hercules raised his head and looked at the sky.

The stars entered his field of vision.

That was the sky they had protected.

They couldn't afford to lose it again.

"From today... the lumberjack is temporarily retiring."

For now, it was time to wield the Club instead of the axe.

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