Prelude to the Apocalypse (2)
“Kuhahaha! You too, just die! Everyone dies! Let all the people outside just die too!” The cult leader laughed madly, staring at the Death Knight right beside him.
Right beside him was a level 80 monster.
With the cult leader at only level 20 to 25, having a level 80 Death Knight beside him was enough to drive anyone insane.
'Damn it. He was trying to summon that?' A level 80 monster exuding overwhelming pressure.
The pressure was different from when facing the Megalodon.
It felt like death was right in front of you.
Or rather, it wasn't that different.
After all, it couldn't move, just like before.
- Calling me? Are you prepared?
The Death Knight that came out of the door looked around as if searching for something.
Then, it strode straight to the cult leader in front of it and pointed its sword at his neck.
- Where is it?
The cult leader, with a sword pointed at his neck, showed a terrified expression.
“I... I had everything prepared. But that thing ruined it.”
- Is that your excuse now?
“No. If you eliminate that thing, the Death Knight will...”
While the cult leader was speaking, the Death Knight cut his neck in one stroke.
The cult leader's head was split in two and rolled on the floor, and red blood sprayed everywhere from his neck.
'Insane. Can I even face that thing?'
Still a bit away from the Death Knight.
I thought I could escape from it.
And it seemed not just me who thought that.
“Uwaaaaak!”
“Run!”
Two black-suited men started running towards the door the moment they saw the cult leader die.
They were so intimidated by the Death Knight's pressure that they couldn't even lift their feet, but they started running thinking they had to survive.
But that was a wrong choice.
Slash. Slash.
The Death Knight approached the fleeing men in an instant and severed their heads.
Overwhelming level difference.
The Death Knight's action of treating them like toys in front of it overflowed with leisure.
Thud. Thud.
And now, the Death Knight slowly approached me.
'Running is futile.'
Hadn't I seen it just before?
The speed of the creature that moved tens of meters in the blink of an eye.
Even if I ran, it would only go a few more meters.
Then, fight?
That wasn't possible either.
With such overwhelming pressure that the body couldn't move, thinking about fighting was absurd.
Thud. Thud. Tap.
The Death Knight stopped right in front of me.
Then, it swept its gaze from my toes to my head.
- You are a bit stronger than those guys?
The Death Knight, looking me up and down, raised its sword and pointed it at my neck.
- You don't have what I want, do you?
'What I want?'
When I said it earlier, and now too, this Death Knight has something it wants.
'If that thing was preparing...'
Those who had the 'Fruit' before summoning this Death Knight.
“Do you want the Fruit?”
- Yeah! The Fruit. The Fruit that will make me stronger. Are you prepared?
“O-of course.”
Actually, there was no preparation.
People had already escaped outside, and outside, my younger brother and Kang-mi and others were probably smashing the Fruits they had.
So, I couldn't give the Fruit that this Death Knight wanted now.
But if I didn't answer like this, my neck would have been cut off.
- Yeah. Where is it now?
“It's prepared outside.”
- Outside, huh. Really?
The Death Knight, the moment it lied, took the sword pointed at my neck and stabbed it.
Still, it seemed to believe my words for now.
The Death Knight sheathed the sword pointed at its neck and looked around.
'If that thing goes outside, hell will break loose.'
There was no Awakener who could catch the Death Knight in this situation.
The moment the Death Knight went outside and realized there was no Fruit, true calamity would start.
'Damn. What to do?'
I thought of thousands of ways in my head.
But nothing appropriate came to mind, and the Death Knight slowly started moving out of the door.
- Guide me.
While moving with the Death Knight to the place with the door, I racked my brains, but nothing came up.
Then.
“Haam.”
The White Dragon, who had been sleeping in my arms, yawned as if waking up and came out.
Then, the White Dragon that came out looked at the Death Knight in front of it once and, instead of greeting it happily, spoke.
“Hey! Death Knight. Long time no see?”
- What? This eel-like creature, do you know who I am to speak so casually?
A very familiar friend. No, the White Dragon spoke as if scolding a puppy.
But the Death Knight's tone seemed not to recognize the White Dragon at all.
“What? Hey. You, as a gatekeeper, have grown quite a bit? Isn't the Black Dragon educating you properly these days?”
- You dare to casually call the Black Dragon's name? It seems you don't want to die quietly.
The Death Knight who spat that out raised its sword to cut the White Dragon down.
But the White Dragon, seeing the Death Knight's appearance, didn't tense up at all and instead flew up into the sky and looked down at the Death Knight.
“You dare to point a sword at me? It seems you want to die.”
Looking at the White Dragon speaking that way, I was on the verge of dying from anxiety.
Of course, the White Dragon seemed to know the Death Knight.
Perhaps before the White Dragon became its current state, it might have thought of the Death Knight as just a scratch.
From the conversation, it seemed the current Death Knight was performing the gatekeeper mission against the Black Dragon it had met before.
Since the White Dragon had almost the same ability as the Black Dragon that used a level 80 monster as gatekeeper, it was natural to speak down like that.
But shouldn't you think about your own situation?
At best, level 1, how can you be so cheeky to the Death Knight? It's like asking to be killed.
- You! You dare to mock me and fly up into the sky!
“Heh. You know full well that you can't attack the sky, don't you.”
According to the White Dragon's words, could the Death Knight not attack the sky?
The Death Knight standing blankly looking at the White Dragon that had flown up from the ground.
It seemed quite irritated, but the Death Knight that didn't take any action at all began to vent its anger around it.
Kwaaang! Kwaang! Kwa-jik! Kwa-jik!
By swinging the sword wildly around, black sword energy spurted from the ends of the swords and turned the surroundings into scorched earth.
But even in the midst of the building being scorched enough to collapse, the Death Knight still couldn't attack from the air.
'Why can't it attack from the air?'
There was that question, but more importantly, this building was right on the verge of collapsing.
'For now, let's get out.'
In this situation, since the Death Knight wasn't paying attention to me, I secretly slipped out.
“Oppa! What on earth is happening?!”
When I came out, Min-seong, who was destroying the 'Fruits' outside, came running to me and said.
“That cult leader summoned a crazy monster.”
“A crazy monster?”
“Yeah. A level 80 Death Knight.”
“What?! Level 80?!”
Min-seong seemed surprised at the level 80 story.
And that reaction wasn't just Min-seong's.
“Level 80?”
Kang-mi, with Min-seong, also showed a surprised expression at the story, and the other people nearby reacted the same.
No matter how high the monster's level was now, it was at most 30 to 40.
Occasionally, wandering Gargoyles or Harpies were around level 50.
Even those Gargoyles and Harpies weren't thinking of catching them now, but a level 80 monster?
Even one of those Death Knights would be like a calamity.
Kwa-ga-ga-gang!
Kwa-ga-gang!
Inside the building, the Death Knight started rampaging again. At the same time, the building was gradually collapsing.
'It won't die inside, will it?'
I hoped the Death Knight would just die buried under the building rubble inside, but it was just a wish.
Kwaang!
The Death Knight coming out through the rubble of the collapsed building.
- Kuaaaaa! Eel-like brat!
The Death Knight that came out started to go wild, looking at the White Dragon still flying in the air.
But the Death Knight knew it was impossible to attack the White Dragon in the air.
Then, the Death Knight, looking around, quickly moved right in front of me.
- Where is the Fruit... the Fruit?
The Death Knight starting to look for the Fruit.
But the Fruit had already been smashed by Kang-mi and Min-seong.
When I didn't answer and stood still.
The Death Knight saw something being stepped on under its feet.
- Is this the Fruit's seed?
The smashed Fruit.
Or, according to the Death Knight's words, the Fruit's seed.
- You weren't prepared for the Fruit!
The Death Knight who saw that started trembling.
Was it anger at being deceived?
Or anger at the White Dragon?
- Kuhaaaaaak!
The Death Knight started roaring loudly.
At the same time, black smoke started rising from the Death Knight's body.
“Everyone back!”
Just in case something happened, I followed my shout and retreated to the back.
- I will kill all of you.
Golem ★ Lv-1 is summoned.
Grim Reaper ★ Lv-2 is summoned.
Minotaur ★ Lv-1 is summoned.
“Hey. Master.”
But then.
The White Dragon that had fled from the Death Knight came back to me and made a demand.
“Give me grilled Rainbow Mushroom.”