Chapter 42
Chapter 42
Chapter 42
Bodyguard (5)
The four men wore identical black robes.
Like statues, they stood in four directions as black heat haze rose around them.
The ground within the black space was dyed blood-red, and the upper bodies of the dead emerged, desperately trying to grasp something.
Keuraa!
The dead with grotesquely twisted faces stuck out their rotting tongues at me.
"What peculiar taste."
Ignoring them, I ran toward the nearest mage.
Then the hands of the dead stretched like rubber bands, creating a spider web-like wall in front of me.
'Damn.'
I tried to ignore it and push through, but thorns bristled all over the web. Since it felt unpleasant to just pass through, I broke through with Wind Dragon Palm, and the web scattered into green liquid.
I immediately threw a punch at the mage's face.
'Tch.'
My fist cut through empty air.
The mage had already disappeared and moved to another pillar.
From my perspective, I could see two mages standing in front.
Tuk.
I lightly touched the black wall.
It sank in without resistance, like plunging a fist into water. It was a structure difficult to break.
The four mages had their heads half-bowed, hiding their faces, but judging by their different builds, they weren't one person.
'Is it the leader of Baria? Or the leader of another terrorist organization?'
Nothing was certain yet.
'Get beaten enough to die, and they'll all talk.'
I steadied my breathing and waited for the opponent to use magic.
'The weakness of mages.'
Mages concentrate their minds extremely when casting spells. So they become flustered when their magic is broken.
As expected, black vines simultaneously extended from the hands of the four mages.
The massive vines curved like whips, soaring to the ceiling, then coiled like snakes and lashed at me.
I was already running toward the frontal mage from the moment the vines appeared.
The tangled vines and the dead blocked my way, but I cut through them all with Gangkwon.
Pat!
When I reached the center, I quickly changed direction.
The mage who had been preparing a shield in front raised his head for the first time. He hadn't expected it.
The left mage also raised his head for the first time. I could see his pupils shaking.
However, he quickly closed his eyes and hid his body.
I drew out my Gangki with Gangkwon and struck at the mage's neck. I definitely felt the blade make contact.
'Tch, shallow.'
I couldn't cut through completely.
The injured mage appeared at the corner where I had first moved.
Just as I was about to turn to catch my next target, a wall tangled with vines and the dead appeared before me.
I momentarily lost sight of the mages.
When I fully cut through the net with Gangkwon, the sap that shot into the air fell as green rain.
'What's this?'
On the blood-red earth that appeared after the wall vanished, there were tens of thousands of bees.
The swarm of thumb-sized bees gathered in one place like fog and charged at me.
'They're preparing something.'
Only one person controlled the swarm. The rest continued muttering something.
Judging that giving them time would be bad, I immediately ran toward the swarm.
The blade-like stingers of the bees scratched my body. But they couldn't penetrate my Gangki.
Green droplets began falling on my skin. It was poison that the bee stingers had held.
'Fools.'
I stood in the center of the swarm. The bees desperately tried to stab their stingers into my body.
The moment the bees pulled out their stingers in unison, I put strength into my lower body and rapidly rotated my body.
Heavenly Dragon Force.
It was Heavenly Dragon Force, with the blade Kipa excluded.
A whirlwind of wind pushed the swarm in all directions. The bees pushed by the intense wind flew toward the mages.
The mages who had been chanting spells closed their mouths in unison. At that moment, the bee stingers grazed their bodies.
One used teleportation, but when he reappeared, his entire body had already been scratched by bee stingers, and one couldn't block at all from the start.
At least two saved their lives by deploying shields.
The black wall rapidly thinned.
When the poisoned mage collapsed, making suffocating sounds, the black wall turned gray.
The mage controlling the bees hastily canceled the magic. The bees disappeared, and the dead completely rose from the death ground.
The number of zombified dead easily reached a thousand. Enough to fill the narrow space completely.
'By this point, they should have realized the difference in skill.'
They made another mistake.
I deliberately moved among the zombies. The slow-moving zombies couldn't catch me.
When I narrowly escaped through the narrow space, the mages couldn't find my location.
The mages repeatedly attacked while continuously changing directions.
Black thorn rain fell, and even black-armored knights holding swords appeared.
Kwaang! Kwaang!
The black-armored knights fell to my fists, and I endured the thorns falling from the sky with my body.
And while passing through the zombies again, I approached right next to a mage.
Udeuk!
Another mage died with his neck broken.
The wall was now transparent enough to see outside.
Then, the zombies were consumed by madness and trampled each other as they covered me. And the wall disappeared.
'Where do you think you're going!'
The disappearance of the wall meant they had given up the fight.
I kicked up a stone from the ground and threw it in the direction where the mage had been.
The stone flew toward the mage, piercing right through dozens of zombies.
Eudeuk!
'Failure.'
Due to the many zombies, the stone hit the mage's thigh.
Without stopping, I tried to run to him, but this time, giant chains bound my ankles and wrists.
I lost momentum in an instant and descended to the ground.
Perhaps having put all his strength into these chains, the mage also collapsed. Then he raised his head and glared at me.
An Arab man in his early forties.
I saw his face for the first time. His eyes were full of anger.
On the other hand, I maintained composure and collided the internal energy of my Baihui Point and Danjeon.
Heavenly Demon Devil Art 4th Form Heavenly Dragon Force.
Kwaang!
The Kipa exploding from my body spread and swallowed the chains. Freed, I ran toward the mage for the final blow.
Thinking I had won, the moment I grabbed his neck, only empty air remained in my hand.
His body scattered into blood on its own and seeped into the ground. Then it was absorbed by the zombies tangled messily behind me.
'Escape?'
If I let him go, I didn't know when I could catch him again. I immediately tried to chase the red aura.
But that was my mistake.
The blood began to grow larger as it absorbed the zombies.
"Is this your true form?"
Realizing the opponent intended to finish this, I clenched my fist. Then I thought of one person.
'Can't be helped.'
Stepping back, I took out my phone from the bag on my waist. The other party answered as if they'd been waiting.
"Get ready. I'll open it now."
I hung up and tore the last remaining scroll.
"Location Detect."
A magic circle was engraved on the ground, and I watched the completed form of the dark mage.
"Looks good."
The zombie bodies tangled together to create a giant.
Atop the mountain of piled zombies, the mage's small face settled.
Keuraa!
The zombies screamed in agony.
The arms, legs, and all body parts were connected with the agonized faces of zombies crushed together.
The grotesque giant's body reached 5 meters, and with each step it took, the ground vibrated and blood splattered in all directions.
Keuraa!
Finally, the giant charged at me, screaming.
'Fast.'
The giant was much faster and more powerful than expected. Not an opponent to take lightly.
"You picked the wrong opponent."
Looking at the chasing giant, I retreated much further back.
Then, hazy dust rose from behind the giant.
The dust immediately approached the giant, and a strong impact sound was heard.
Kwaang!
The giant's body staggered.
"You're mine."
So Iryeon had arrived through Teleport.
So Iryeon's body was greatly swollen because she had used Geumgangsingong to the extreme.
'She must be quite angry.'
Not just herself, but the members were also in danger, so naturally, she'd be angry.
'Would've been in big trouble if I hadn't called her.'
While So Iryeon dealt with the giant, I dealt with the surrounding terrorists.
The guys who had been blankly watching the fight didn't even notice me approaching. I even utilized Yongcheon and took their lives without missing a single one.
After annihilating the terrorists like that, I watched So Iryeon's fight with the giant.
"Should I have bought popcorn?"
It was like a scene from a movie.
A giant made of clumped zombies, and a female idol representing Asia.
Their fight was far from my style.
"Haap!"
So Iryeon shouted and grabbed the giant's ankle to twist it.
Kung!
So Iryeon lifted the fallen giant with pure strength and slammed it to the opposite side.
The faces of zombies popped out from the giant's body.
So Iryeon didn't stop there and jumped high, vertically descending toward the giant's head.
The giant wasn't just taking it either.
The giant caught the descending foot with both hands and threw So Iryeon's body into the sky. Then it spewed green poison fog at the falling So Iryeon.
So Iryeon's body swelled greatly again. And she pierced through the poison fog and drove her fist into the giant's head.
As the giant staggered back, So Iryeon exhaled and expelled the poison fog that had been seeping inside.
'Brutish indeed.'
So Iryeon charged again at the staggering giant's ankle.
Kwaang!
Eventually, So Iryeon completely shattered the giant's ankle.
Having seized the advantage, she grabbed the giant's arm with both hands and pulled forcefully.
The giant's arm was torn off.
Like that, So Iryeon removed the giant's limbs one by one.
Kung!
The giant eventually collapsed to the ground, and So Iryeon began a full-fledged one-sided beating.
The faces of zombies popped up endlessly, and when the beating ended, only the mage, barely keeping his eyes open, remained.
Judging the fight was over, I approached So Iryeon.
So Iryeon, still not having cooled her anger, looked down at the mage. Then she finally lifted her foot and crushed the mage's limbs.
"Keuraa!"
The mage screamed in agony.
Then, when I approached nearby, he glowed his eyes red and stretched his arm toward So Iryeon.
Instantly, black smoke entered So Iryeon's body.
'Damn.'
It was so sudden I couldn't block it.
The mage smiled cruelly, and So Iryeon had a blank expression as if her thinking had stopped.
"Huh?"
I thought it was a serious situation, but So Iryeon's expression returned to normal. Rather, she looked even angrier.
"What kind of trick is this!"
Eudeuk!
So Iryeon stomped on and crushed the mage's shoulders with both feet.
"Why isn't the curse......"
The mage moaned in pain while speaking as if he couldn't believe it.
"Are you okay?"
"Just had a brief headache."
"He said it was a curse?"
"It must be a curse that causes headaches."
Eudeuk!
So Iryeon began crushing his bones one by one again.
"Wait. I need to confirm if it's Hamad."
I took out my phone and photographed his face.
So Iryeon couldn't cool her anger beside me and huffed.
"Smile! You have to smile for a photo!"
Eudeuk!
"Done. Do as you please now."
When I stepped back, So Iryeon looked down at the mage for a moment, then lifted her foot.
Kwaang!
So Iryeon's foot burst the mage's face.
"Huuu."
Only then did So Iryeon let out a long breath as if relieved.
"Was I a bit too violent?"
"Your fans should have seen this."
"What about me?"
I shrugged my shoulders, and she was genuinely annoying.
"I have a schedule, so I need to go quickly. Cult Leader, good work."
So Iryeon ran toward the magic circle where she had appeared and waved her hand like a traveler.
"So Iryeon."
"Yes?"
"Only the Witch can activate that."
Then, So Iryeon began doing strange things on the spot. She jumped in place and dug up dirt to examine it.
"Cult Leader! I'm late for my schedule!"
"Come here. I'll send you."
Eventually, I took off my ring to create a magic circle and sent So Iryeon back.