# 75
075
‘I couldn’t even see him taking out the knife… Or rather, where on earth did he take out that big thing?’
In the brief moment of less than 5 seconds when I closed my eyes and opened them, a large sword twice the size of an adult man popped out.
While Shin Cho-young was obsessed with the sword, like a person whose soul had been stolen.
with a splash-! Food Duck-!
Spray erupted from the lake surrounding it on all sides, front, left, and right, and other face fish appeared.
At this level, they should have been called a ‘corps’ rather than a ‘group’.
“Ah, you damn fish-headed bastards…!”
Shin Cho-young spit out an expletive.
In-face language.
They are highly intelligent and freely travel across land and sea, so they are classified as level 2 dangerous.
Shin Cho-young had no common sense as to how he could defeat such guys by himself.
Cheolbeok –
An army of mermaid fish that appeared near Shin Cho-young was slowly approaching her.
“Fuck…! “Do you think I’m going to die just sitting here like this?”
Now, I am not an awakened person or anything, but an ordinary person. At least I had no intention of ending my life with fish like these.
Shin Cho-young picked up a stone that had fallen nearby and took a stance.
The moment when she ignited her fighting spirit.
Faba Park-!
Geez-!
The face fish screamed and rushed towards her.
“Ugh-!!”
That was when Shin Cho-young, who responded by screaming in the same way, raised a rock.
[The power < Provocation > is activated.]
[Focuses the attention of enemies recognized by the user within a 500m radius.] A
group of face fish that rushed like a runaway dump truck passed by Shin Cho-young.
“…uh?”
My heart, which had been burning with determination to fight to the death, cooled down, and my eyes became as wide as bowling balls.
Shin Cho-young froze in the same position as she was holding the stone and looked back.
Doo doo doo doo!
The human-faced fish that had been caught by the power of < Provocation > were flocking toward Daeseong like a swarm of moths chasing a lantern.
“What is this-”
Of course, Shin Cho-young, who had no way of knowing the details of the situation, inadvertently looked at the Yeophwa greatsword held in Dae-seong’s right hand.
grasp-!
The large sword that had been in sight quickly moved away.
It was the moment Daesung took his first action.
The colorful tendons immediately expanded from the wrist adjacent to the sword handle to the shoulder.
and.
Phew!
One blow.
The Fire Flame Greatsword drew a circle with the curved flames hanging down like a tail.
Kwakagagak-!
The fireworks sword crossed the air in all directions of 360 degrees and shattered the human face fish in the radius.
Whole.
“….”
And astonishment appeared in the eyes of Shin Cho-young, who was watching the scene from about twenty steps away.
Before she could even close her mouth, she was speechless.
Sigh-!
Daesung hit the ground with explosive force, creating a large crater on the ground and rushing into the remaining group.
Hung-!
The sword, swung with fluttering flames, struck down dozens of mermaid fish at once.
At every corner where Daesung ran across the ground and his sword cut through the air, fountains of blue blood gushed out, and the human-faced fish turned into unrecognizable corpses.
In Shin Cho-young’s eyes, it was like that.
“You’re crazy…”
It looked like a wolf that ran into a sheep pasture.
That was when Daesung continued his unstoppable wave of attacks.
Shhh!
A harpoon as thick as a log flew out of nowhere.
Ting-!
As if Daeseong had already noticed, he straightened the blade at an angle and deflected the harpoon.
Starting with that, the barrage of harpoons came in bunches three or four times.
Ting-! Ting-! Ting-! Ting-!
Daesung, holding the great sword in reverse, elegantly changed its trajectory and continued to block the harpoon.
“….”
His narrowly contracted pupils scanned the harpoons rolling around on the floor and then moved forward.
Three or four each at 1 o’clock and 11 o’clock in the vast cavity.
Clap!
I saw the fish loading the next harpoon into the large crossbow.
“You’re doing something cute.”
These guys are far outside the 500m radius that the power of < Provocation > can reach.
Seeing that they were aiming accurately even at such a great distance, they were not unusually skilled.
So, I decided to give them treatment commensurate with their abilities.
“Summon the annihilating dragon.”
[< Handaeseong Annihilator Dragon > is summoned from the seal of embodiment.]
Flames spewed out from Daeseong’s palm with the seal engraved on it.
Shin Cho-young, who was watching the fire suddenly shooting out in the wrong direction, tilted her head involuntarily.
“Uh, uh…”
Then, a voice of astonishment leaked out from my mouth that had not yet been closed.
This is because the flames that were shooting out of Daesung’s hand like a flamethrower gradually expanded his body and took on a certain ‘shape’.
“dragon…?”
And the moment I recognized that the shape was similar to that of a dragon seen in mythology.
Koooooo-!!
A black dragon howled fiercely as soon as the flames cleared and its entire body was revealed.
The rock cave shook as if it would collapse at any moment due to the loud roar.
“…!”
-dump.
Shin Cho-young sat down, her legs feeling weak.
It was a ferocity that made even her, who would rush at any monster presumed to be a ‘monster’ without any hesitation, be overwhelmed.
Right then.
Daeseong and the new form of the annihilating dragon leapt at the same time at the exact timing with not even a single second of error.
Flap-!
On the other side of the annihilating dragon rising toward 1 o’clock, Daeseong’s back flying toward 11 o’clock was already showing black dragon wings fluttering.
“Those are the wings…”
Those were the ‘wings’ that made everyone who watched the scene, including Shin Cho-young, lose their minds during the license test the other day.
Shhh!
The annihilation dragon arrived within a stone’s throw of the harpoon-throwing fish before it could even flap its wings up and down once.
The guys got scared and gave up the protest.
Whoosh!
Although the line bounced randomly, the harpoon was fired straight.
Ting-!
Of course, it could not pierce the skin of the annihilator dragon, which was several times harder than titanium alloy.
The mermaid fish, which had been harpooning in unison, turned their complexions white and hesitated.
And the moment when the massive body of the annihilator dragon caught the eyes of these black glass-like beads.
Kwakagagak-!
Their bodies, from head to toe, became impossible to find in this world.
Solved at 1 o’clock.
at the same time.
Suddenly!
The guys on the 11 o’clock side, in charge of Daesung, also died as their bodies were mercilessly separated into upper and lower parts.
“Three… oh my god.”
Shin Cho-young, who was watching the fantastic combination play from afar, stuttered.
It didn’t seem like there was any particular strategy discussion, but it was precise and elaborate, as if showing off that each other’s thoughts were connected.
Didn’t that man even show off this no-frills, coordinated attack performance with a ‘dragon’ of a different species?
Rather, what is that dragon in the first place?
‘Isn’t it a monster…?’
Shin Cho-young had never heard of a human summoning a monster from his hand, or of a summoned monster performing a combination play with a human.
at that time.
Tak –
Daeseong, who decided that he had roughly cleared away everything he could see, folded his wings, jumped on the annihilator dragon’s back, and landed on the ground.
“That…”
Shin Cho-young looked up at the annihilating dragon and Daesung in a state where his thinking and rationality were paralyzed.
A feeling of energy that I have never felt before in my life.
Even though it was too late, Shin Cho-young realized why Hwang Jun-young had warned her with a straight face to be careful of that man.
“Well…”
Apart from being overwhelmed by Daesung’s spirit, the words of gratitude were about to come out of her mouth, thanking him for saving her.
“How dare you cause such trouble at the sacred altar!”
Shin Cho-young’s words were interrupted by a sharp roar that sounded like vomiting blood.
Jerome, who had just disappeared into smoke, had returned as smoke and returned to this place.
Daeseong stood up, stepping on the neck of the annihilating dragon, and laughed with his head held high.
“If you’re going to come out, come out already. “I don’t know what it means to crawl out after all of your subordinates are dead.”
“I never dragged you to the altar! How on earth…!”
“I will have mercy.”
Daesung’s relatively soft voice erased Jerome’s shouting.
“Mercy…?”
“At least give me a chance to answer my questions directly from your mouth. Consider it mercy.”
A mercy that has been shown to Sagat once.
And Jerome didn’t know that Sagat, who kicked out that mercy, ended up destroying even the corpse.
Because I didn’t know, this continued.
“I will tear your limbs apart, leaving only your life behind, and make you beg for your life!”
“That’s a good answer.”
The corner of Daesung’s mouth twitched as he felt satisfied.
“Honestly, I was hoping you would say that.”
Rather than quietly listening to the answer of a guy whose truth is unknown, it would have been much more efficient and more suited to his temperament to kill him outright and then look into his head with < ghost eyes >.
Grumble-!
The blade of the Yeophwa Greatsword violently created flames, as if responding to the fighting spirit that Daesung was feeling right now.
That moment.
“bouncer-!”
Woe-eak!
A cold color burst from Jerome’s single eye, floating in the air, spewing out billowing smoke.
Daesung frowned heavily and covered his face with his hands due to the enormous amount of light, as if he was looking directly at the sun.
The light flickers like that.
“huh?”
What his eyes saw as they slowly opened.
“What kind of case is this again?”
It was definitely hell.
That was the scene that day when it suddenly fell on the way to school.
***
I feel sorry for my father who passed away in an accident.
However, the despair I felt when I came to my senses and realized that I had fallen into hell was greater than the despair I felt when I heard about my father’s death.
At that time, I didn’t even think it was a dream. Even so, it was too vivid to suspect it was a dream.
“….”
Even if I walked until the soles of my feet were swollen and my calves were swollen, hell was still hell in the end.
Even though I shouted until my voice tore and cracked, my voice never reached the ears of other ‘people’.
As he was resting in a narrow cave, exhausted to the point of exhaustion, some horned elephant-like monsters attacked him.
I assert.
This was the most painful moment for him.
‘…I’m getting a bit of a feel for it.’
At that same moment, Daesung, who looked the same as before, raised his knees and sat down on the cave wall.
The appearance of a human weapon born after 80 years of turmoil was nowhere to be seen.
Now there are just middle school teenagers wearing slightly baggy school uniforms.
‘This is all just an illusion.’
However, those two eyes staring into the abyss of the cave //.// were sparkling with a life that was comparable to that of him 80 years later.
‘There is no smell.’
There was no smell characteristic of hell, similar to sulfur.
Compared to Pantheon’s Quest, which implemented every single element of hell’s atmosphere and microorganisms, it must be said that it is somewhat clumsy.
This was definitely a fantasy.
‘It must be some kind of power that brings back the most painful memories.’
And this not only shows, but also conveys without hesitation the despair, pain, and anxiety he felt at the time.
It was even better than Pantheon in that it embodied the emotions of that time.
“….”
Just by staying still, my shoulders shook and the blood disappeared.
Changes in the body depending on emotional state.
There was absolutely no way to resist this. Just like holding your breath doesn’t make your heart stop on its own.
but.
It was worth holding on to.
“That one-eyed bastard. “You are engaging in a very lame modification.”
If you think that it has already passed, the fear pounding on your heart will fade away like a candle in the wind.
The fear I felt at the time when I didn’t know what the future would be like and the fear I felt when I knew it was an illusion were on different levels from the beginning.
so that.
Crumble-
“It’s been a long time.”
I was able to remain calm even in the face of the appearance of ‘Zenma’, an elephant-shaped demonic beast that appeared through the pitch black in a cave.
Daesung
picked up the stone just like before.
If they were one of the most painful nightmares he could remember.
All you have to do is shatter that nightmare.
If you knew it was a nightmare, shouldn’t you make an effort to get out of it quickly?
“Try dying in some fantasy, you disgusting bastards.”
The moment when Daesung, who had given the cruel sentence, was about to hit the ground and fight them.
Kwasik-!
Suddenly, a huge dragon’s head rushed into the cave and bit Zenma to death.
“Exterminating Dragon?”
Why does an annihilating dragon suddenly appear?
That question was resolved thanks to the system message that arose from the illusion that collapsed with Zenma’s disappearance.
[The demonic beast in question has complete immunity to the powers of the mental world.]
[The annihilating dragon, which is assimilating with the consciousness of the Absolute, intervenes in the illusion.]
“Did you have such a talent?”
No, that’s right.
If you think about it, it is already an annihilation dragon that uses the highest mental skill called ‘Fear’, so it would be natural for it to be immune to this.
Wajangchang-!
The scene of hell disappeared with the sound of breaking glass.
“Isn’t it over yet?”
However, even after escaping from the fantasy, there is only a dark gray darkness that is somehow far removed from the reality.
The message appeared once more.
[The power < Room of Erosion > can only be escaped if all subjects trapped in the same area escape from the illusion.] [
Currently, a total of one target is staying in the illusion in < Room of Erosion >.]
[Escape from the illusion . You can intervene in another person’s fantasy.]
[If you say the command ‘intervene’, you can randomly access another person’s fantasy.]
Without a doubt, it was Shin Cho-young.
A hassle.
Since the intended goal of finding the ‘Dimension Taker’ was achieved anyway, I just wanted to ignore it…
“Such a nuisance…”
Since they said they had to bring Shin Cho-young out of the fantasy, there was no other option.
“Intervention.”
The moment Daesung spoke the command.
Shuwaak –
His consciousness escaped from his body and delved into the fantasy of Shin Cho-young, who was somewhere here.
***
“Mom…! dad…!”
“Don’t look back, Choyoung! Don’t let go of Dad’s hand! never!”
“Honey… I’m out of breath… just slow down a little…!”
“no! run! “Keep running!”
How did a happy family outing at an amusement park end up like this?
Such a thought suddenly appeared in Shin Cho-young’s mind as she ran away from something while holding her parents’ hands.
“Ah…”
Everything was the same as then.
Mom and Dad run thoughtfully, holding each other’s hands.
An amusement park burning and collapsing.
And…
there’s
even a red giant that eats people while letting out a haunting sound.
Gargan.
The guy was grabbing more than a dozen people at once in his big hands and stuffing them into his mouth.
Wood-duk-!
Quad deuk-!
“Ugh-!!”
The sound of bones and flesh being crushed and screams of extreme pain could be heard continuously.
Shin Cho-young wanted to cover her ears right away, but it was obvious that she would lose her father’s hand if she did so, so she just had to endure it.
“Ugh… huh-?”
Shin Cho-young, who looked like she did 6 years ago, shed tears.
She knows this is an illusion, not reality. I know, but…
“I hate it, I hate it…!”
I was filled with emotions that were no different from what I felt back then, and even though I knew it was an illusion, it was so hard to hold on.
After I woke up, I always thought about it.
If I could go back 6 years, I would definitely get rid of the guy who killed my mom and dad.
But why?
That day six years ago, which I thought about so hard, came as I had hoped.
The revenge and hatred that promised to kill the giant have gone nowhere, and now only weak fear fills my heart.
Self-destruction towards one’s helplessness swirled around indiscriminately.
Even if it was an illusion, it erased the sorrow of being reunited with my parents after six years.
“ah…!”
Shin Cho-young, who was swayed by a million different emotions, inadvertently got her feet tangled and ended up falling awkwardly.
In the chaos of countless people rushing ahead and behind each other, her father did not even realize that his daughter had collapsed.
“Ah ah…”
Beyond my flipped vision, I could see my parents hurriedly looking this way and returning.
At the same time, a huge shadow passed over Shin Cho-young’s fallen body.
Gargan’s stride, which was well over 5 meters per step, was barely possible without trampling her.
but.
At the point where the huge foot that passed Shin Cho-young touched the ground.
Unfortunately, her parents were there.
This damn fantasy was faithfully realized up to that moment.
“Mr. Lee…!”
Shin Cho-young closed her eyes tightly.
After all, I never wanted to see the gruesome scene of my parents being trampled to death by a monster ever again.
The moment she tried to turn her head, not having the confidence to face it.
Koooooo-!!
“…?”
A roar that had not existed six years ago was clearly heard in her ears.
Shin Cho-young opened her closed eyes and looked forward.
And there.
“uh…?”
At some point, Daesung flew through the world of fantasy and was tearing Gargan’s neck to pieces with a black dragon.
***
‘By now, you must have been suffering from nightmares and your soul has rotted to the bottom.’
Jerome looked down at the matte black sphere and smiled bitterly.
< Room of Erosion >.
A mental power that traps the target that encounters the light pouring from its single eye into an inherent barrier.
‘I can never escape. never.’
Until now, no one has been trapped in the < Room of Erosion > and returned alive.
Even if he comes back alive, he will be reduced to a miserable person.
‘At that time, I can kill it with my own hands and use it as fertilizer or as a sacrifice, whatever I want.’
That black sphere automatically disappears when the target’s mental power reaches its limit and wears out.
The time when Jerome was leisurely waiting for that moment.
“huh?”
The unusual appearance that suddenly appeared stimulated Jerome’s five senses.
‘Is it an illusion?’
I thought it was an illusion, but
Gugugugugu-
pubububung-!
“…!”
A black sphere that suddenly bursts like a balloon pricked by a needle.
And a huge great sword of fire flew in with the annihilating dragon among the flying debris.
Pooh-woo!!
“Hundreds of millions…?!”
“Thanks to you, I had a hard time. Fuck you.”
It was stabbed with force into Jerome’s large single eye.