# 32
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There is an order when fighting an enemy dozens of times larger than you.
First, aim for the eyes, occupy the blind spot, and then attack vital points or the heart area.
Kiaaaagh-!
In front of the Guardian who couldn’t stand the pain and was running wild, Daesung was steadily following the order.
‘First the snow.’
The dagger, which can be remotely controlled up to 100 meters, becomes stronger depending on the strength and control of the magic power.
Gooo –
As the power of the magical power released through blood demonization was increased threefold, the dagger that penetrated the guardian’s eyeball also gained momentum with a red strong energy wrapped around the blade.
Kwazijic-!
Kiaaaagh-!
Then, the dagger stuck in the guardian’s elongated pupil rotated like a drill and penetrated the eyeball.
No matter how large the creature was, the pain of having its eye pierced by a blade would be terrible.
Kiaaaagh-!
And as if to express the terribleness of the pain, it began to twist its long, thick body wildly.
A struggle of its size resulted in a destructive force equivalent to a natural disaster.
bang-! bang-! bang-!
The earth shook violently every time its body made of hard scales jumped here and there.
The rock surrounded by flames bounced like lightning, and the magma flowing on the ground became sparks and scattered everywhere.
Chiiik –
In the aftermath of the riot, a piece of rock splattered against Daesung’s right arm, steam rising and a burn mark spreading.
Thanks to the innate regenerative power and the effect of blood naturalization, the wound healed quickly, but I couldn’t just sit still like this.
‘It’s no fun if he’s a guy who can be defeated with just one dagger.’
bang-!
Daesung jumped high as if pushing the ground back and landed on the guy’s torso.
‘The distance to its head is 300m.’
Daesung looked up at the wildly curved road and focused his eyes.
Over a distance of about 300 meters, I could see the guardian’s head letting out a painful roar.
Papapot-!
Daeseong ran toward that place, stepping on the ground with great force.
Every time the guy twisted his body, Daesung’s legs also twisted dangerously.
However, Daesung maintained his exquisite sense of balance and ran, stepping on its white scales over and over again.
And by the time it reached the base of his neck.
bang-!
The sound of a bullet being fired rang out, and Daesung’s new form leapt onto the guy’s head, creating a remnant.
Just like
that, he arrived at the guy’s right eye, which was bright blue.
Both legs are supported by the guardian’s upper and lower eyelids.
Daesung
raised his pot-lid-like fist high in the sky.
“No matter how big the snake is, it won’t survive if its head explodes.”
Gooooo –
The energy of the red lotus rushed like a whirlwind into Daesung’s tightly clenched fist.
The guardian’s pupils contracted even narrower as he felt death.
The guardian, who had a feeling that terrible pain would explode, tried to hastily close his eyelids.
“late.”
bang-!
The moment Daesung’s fist, wielded as an engine of magical power that exploded threefold, struck the man’s cornea.
pop-!
A short burst of sound appeared in the air, and the guardian’s heavy head instantly burst like a balloon pricked by a needle.
“dirty.”
Daesung, who was uncomfortable with the messy pieces of flesh and eyeballs splashing around, jumped up and landed on the floor.
Good!
Shoot,
green fluid was pouring down from the sky like a heavy rain, and the guardian’s body was tilting helplessly.
‘It would be better to avoid it.’
I wanted to refuse to be crushed by that long body.
Daesung roughly calculated the location where the guy would fall and ran out of the radius.
No, I tried to run out.
Towering –
As it collapsed, the large shadow that had been cast on the ground suddenly stopped expanding.
“…?”
Daesung sensed a strange atmosphere and looked up once more.
Grumbling –
the head exploded, and green flames were burning fiercely in the clearly exposed cross section.
And in less than 5 seconds, the flame died down
and roar-!
The guy’s head, which had no trace, was restored to perfection.
“Even if a snake cub were your size, it would survive even if its head exploded, right?”
Daesung, who was dumbfounded, burst into laughter.
Kiaaaagh-!
The revived guardian opened his mouth wide and let out a harsh breath.
The guy must have realized that he had now been resurrected, as his exhaled breath was filled with anger.
“That spark just now.”
Normally, this would have been a situation where the momentum would have been lost in the face of a resurrected enemy.
However, Daeseong had a calm face and glared at the guardian with cold eyes.
“It looks very familiar, but why does a snake bastard like you have it?”
Kiaaaaaaaah-!!
I couldn’t tell if he was answering a question or just roaring as it came out of his mouth.
Yeah, I don’t know.
I couldn’t even understand the sound of the baby snake barking.
so.
“While I’m thinking about it, it would be better to see it with my own eyes.”
As if preparing for the next attack, Daesung slightly widened the distance between his arms and bent his waist slightly.
A signal to come at any time.
Kyaak-!
And the guardian willingly responded to the signal.
Quad deuk-!
Its long body, which was in a coiled state, bounced upright like a spring and rushed towards Daesung.
Wow!
Its mouth widened upwards and downwards.
Thick poison hung down like a thread from between the abyss-like throat.
The moment it gets swallowed up, it’s over.
At first glance, it seemed like the best solution would be to just roll to the side and avoid it.
“come.”
Daesung rather chose to confront it head on.
And the moment the sharp fangs of the guardian who had closed the entire distance came right in front of my nose.
Sigh-!
Daesung swung his arms, which had already been spaced apart, and firmly grabbed the man’s mouth above and below.
Kwaaak –
Daesung lightly pushed away the terrifying jaw force that was pressing from the top and bottom.
I narrowed my eyes and glared beyond the black throat of the bastard that stretched out far in front of me.
‘The fact that this guy can use that flame means that it must be somewhere in him.’
And there is only one way for a snake, which does not even have hands or feet, to possess ‘it’.
‘Means swallowed into the body.’
I couldn’t think of anything else than this.
Right then.
Kwaduk-!
The upper teeth and lower jaw of the guardian who was between Daeseong were completely closed.
[The demon beasts of Pandemonium fall into despair!]
[A demon turns its head with its eyes closed!]
To the demon beasts, the only sight they could see was Daeseong being eaten by the guardian.
And strictly speaking, that wasn’t wrong.
Clearly, Daesung had now been swallowed deep into the guardian’s throat.
Crrrrr –
The guardian, who had barely finished feasting, raised his body high, licking his tongue.
That moment.
Wudeuk-
kieek-?
For a moment, I felt a strange presence coming from inside my stomach and back of my head.
Sigh-!
Kieeek-!
A single straight sword strike tore through the roof of the guy’s mouth and roughly tore off the top of his head.
Pa- ah!
Daesung’s new form came out powerfully through the top of the guy’s head, which was torn like a piece of paper.
He landed lightly on the floor, his entire body covered in blood.
In his hand, he said,
“This is mine, you damn snake.”
He was holding a greatsword with the entire blade wrapped around a silver chain.
[You have acquired the item < Incandescent Greatsword >!]
[Currently, the materialization process is only 50%, so the item cannot achieve its full performance!] [
Unique skills 1 2 3 have been sealed.]
The most beloved sword of the immortal monarch Yeomwang in his life. (愛劍) and an item that later became the property of Daeseong.
In the first place, having to prove one’s qualifications by completing a question and answer session with a guardian meant, in other words, that the person already owned the item.
‘And the flame.’
The sacred fire of rebirth.
It was one of the representative unique skills of the Fire Flower Great Sword.
Witnessing Seonghwa heal the man’s fatal wound made me realize that he was already receiving the blessing of owning a sword.
‘As long as this thing left that guy, the torch of rebirth would have been sealed.’
The system said that the Flame Great Sword only output 50% because the quest was not completed, but
‘it is enough.’
To take down that snake bastard.
Kiaaaagh-!
A louder scream than ever came from the mouth of the guardian who had been pierced directly through the top of his head.
The wounds would not be healed by the sanctification of regeneration, so I would just go crazy.
Daesung
took a step forward.
“I’ll only show you half.”
The power of the Fire Flower Greatsword has only been realized by 50%.
However, the white Imoogi in front of us will probably never know how terrifying half of its power is.
Because you’ll be dead before you know it.
Paang-!
Daesung kicked the ground and leaped to the point where he was at eye level.
“…-!”
Daeseong unleashed his silent flagship and swung his sword, drawing a ferocious trajectory in the air.
Kwasik-!
The tip of the great sword dug deep into the scales, which were harder than iron armor, and then,
wow!
Kiaaaaaaaah-!!
I cut off his skin.
T-billion.
The guardian’s body, spilling blood, split into left and right sides.
[The quest has been completed and the materialization work is progressing!]
[The reward ‘Guardian’s Blood’ has been paid!]
[20000pt of merit points has been paid!]
[Current materialization rate: 100% of the Flame Great Sword]
[The materialization work is complete! ]
***
A message appeared announcing the defeat of the guardian and the completion of the quest, but Daeseong did not even pay attention.
‘The real beginning begins now.’
He plunged the sword, whose chain was coming off, into the ground.
The moment I grabbed the handle of the sword, all of its chains disappeared.
Grumble-!
Pubbung- rumble!
A tremendous flame exploded from the blade and instantly enveloped Daesung’s body.
It was like pouring oil and throwing a match into it, leaving not even a single hair from the toes.
‘When I first got it, I had to stay like this for 10 days.’
Even though he killed King Yeom, he couldn’t immediately obtain the Eophwa Great Sword.
As it was a treasure used by one of the kings who occupied the throne of Hell, he had to overcome terrible ordeals to make that power his own.
[The Great Sword of Burning Fire is giving you a trial to see if you are worthy!]
[Endure the Trial of Burning Fire for the given time.] [Time
Remaining: 239:59:47]
[The Trial of Burning Fire is life-threatening. It doesn’t take it away, but the pain continues.]
The method of obtaining ownership of the Fire Flower Greatsword is simple.
You literally have to endure the pain of being burned like this for 240 hours, or 10 days.
It doesn’t die like the system says. Instead, the pain of being burned is felt inexorably.
‘It’s actually more cruel that way.’
It’s literally a hot hell.
It might be better to die in the middle and gain eternal rest, but being burned for ten days without being able to die is crueler than dying.
Daesung’s skin, which was currently suffering from extreme burns, was becoming so black that even the muscles and bones inside were melting.
The sight, with all the flesh burned off and only the round, pure white eyes sticking out, looked like a scene from a hardcore B-grade movie.
Hwareuk Hwareuk!
‘At that time, I was in so much pain that I was screaming and rolling around on the ground.’
If I could still do that, I would.
The burning pain felt like it was tearing my nerves and clawing at my brain, but this was not a level I could simply overcome with mental strength.
But it’s more than painful.
I was angry.
‘Why do I have to endure this ordeal to get a sword I already owned once?’
I have no intention of simply submitting to the trials that the Fire Flame Great Sword is forcing upon me.
Maybe then, but now.
“Is it because you had a hard time in the snake cub’s belly that you can’t recognize the face of the owner you haven’t seen in a long time?”
In the fiery hell where even the atmosphere was drying out, Daesung’s eyes were very cold and sunken.
Grumble-!
“You still don’t know. “Whose hand is holding you now?”
The timer of 240 hours was honestly decreasing by each minute and second.
Of course, Daesung had no intention of wasting 240 hours here.
There’s no need for that.
“Not even a bastard would point his teeth at his master, so what is a master swordsman like you doing now?”
Uduk –
Daeseong put all his strength into the hand holding the Yeophwa greatsword with the intention of crushing it.
“When you say something nice, get the timer out of my face. Otherwise, we will be buried in these ruins forever.”
The moment I declared that.
[Remaining time: 00:00:00]
[The ordeal ends.]
-…It is only now that I come to my senses after hearing my master’s voice. The fire that was burning, spewing out sparks in all directions
,
suddenly stopped like a ghost.
Then, as if the video was played backwards, Daesung’s burned body began to return to its original state.
-Your lord’s lowly servant committed great disrespect by losing his identity to an external enemy. Please forgive me.
“done.”
It was the voice of intention that came like an echo through the tip of the sword.
The voice of the Yeophwa Great Sword that only its owner, Daeseong, can hear.
And the owner of that voice was someone Daesung knew well.
“It’s been a long time, King Yeom.”