Apocalyptic Forewarning (3)
“You want to eat that right now in this situation?!”
The situation facing the people here was already on the brink of death in front of the Death Knight.
Moreover, if we failed to capture the Death Knight within the time limit, the apocalypse would begin.
Yet suddenly, in the middle of all this chaos, the White Dragon was demanding Rainbow Mushroom stew.
I had no idea where this kid’s head was even at.
“Everyone, evacuate now!”
While the Grim Reaper dealt with the Death Knight, I began urging the surrounding survivors to flee.
Of course, many had already fled the moment they saw the Death Knight, and more were still running even now.
“Hyung, what do we do now?!”
“I don’t know either. How are we supposed to deal with that thing?”
With our current strength, facing the Death Knight head-on was impossible.
Even if we didn’t know what would happen if we missed the time limit, right now there was no room to worry about that.
“Is the only answer to run?”
Right now, the only remaining option we had was to flee.
“Mi-seong-ah, Kang-mi, run! Now!”
“Hyung, what about you?!”
“Me?”
“I’ll buy us a little more time here.”
At least with the Grim Reaper on my side, I could stall the Death Knight for a bit.
Of course, I could have just abandoned the Grim Reaper and left, but if I had moved with Mi-seong and Kang-mi, the Death Knight would likely have pursued us.
After all, it had harbored a lot of hostility toward me.
“No! You’re coming with us!”
“Hyung!”
But as expected, my little sister refused to listen to me.
After all, how could I abandon my own sister when she was insisting on staying with me?
“Haa…”
I had to get Mi-seong out of here somehow, but she was as stubborn as ever.
“If I keep going like this…”
Perhaps the Death Knight had realized that its attacks weren’t landing on the Grim Reaper.
The strange creature began scanning the surroundings.
Many people had already fled, leaving only a tiny handful remaining.
“Where did everyone go?!”
The Death Knight seemed even more enraged as it looked at the missing survivors.
And at the same time, new messages began to appear.
Death Knight has become enraged.
The shrinking time is accelerating.
Apocalyptic forewarning has begun.
The remaining time limit began to shrink at five times the previous speed.
And it didn’t stop there.
“What the hell?”
The faster the time shrank, the stranger the surroundings became.
“The trees are withering?”
The trees planted nearby were gradually losing their vitality.
It wasn’t just the trees.
Flowers, grass, everything around was slowly withering.
Moreover, magic circles began to appear on the ground, and something started to emerge from them.
Apocalypse Skeleton Warrior Lv. 40
Apocalypse Skeleton Mage Lv. 40
Apocalypse Skeleton Archer Lv. 40
“Damn it!”
Apocalyptic forewarning.
Countless skeleton soldiers rising from the magic circles.
Even the Death Knight alone looked unbeatable, so facing these new monsters as well was truly impossible.
“Is this the end?”
I honestly thought it was over.
The apocalypse hadn’t even started yet, and we were already in this state.
Even if the entire population of Seoul stuck together, it was doubtful we could win.
Looking at the current situation, we had zero chance of victory.
But what if the apocalypse began?
That would be a situation no one could stop.
Just as I was about to give up,
“You said you wanted Rainbow Mushroom, right?”
The White Dragon, grumbling beside me the whole time.
With most people dying and our lives on the line, how could Rainbow Mushroom be so important?
Of course, I had promised to give it to him if he helped earlier.
“Yeah. If I promised, I have to keep it…!”
A sudden thought flashed through my mind.
If I ate something delicious, the White Dragon would definitely evolve, right?!
“But there’s still a lot of gauge left?”
I had fed it quite a bit, but the gauge was still over 50%.
Since it only reacted to delicious food, it had risen quite a bit, but there was still a long way to go.
“Will this evolve it?”
Even though the Rainbow Mushroom tasted great, I wondered if one serving could raise the gauge by 50%.
But there was no other choice.
If I kept it like this, we’d all die.
“Here. Eat it quickly.”
I took the Rainbow Mushroom stew from my inventory and threw it to the White Dragon.
The White Dragon bit into it and began to devour it rapidly.
Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.
After finishing the delicious Rainbow Mushroom stew,
a bright light began to emanate from the White Dragon’s body.
And at the same time, the messages appeared.
White Dragon is evolving.
0% remaining until the next stage.
White Dragon is evolving to the next stage.
Fortunately, the Rainbow Mushroom tasted so good that all stages were completed and the White Dragon entered evolution.
The White Dragon’s body glowed brightly as it evolved.
-Current evolution state 1%. 2%. 3%…
“Huh?”
Only 1% at a time?
What kind of evolution was this so slow?
Meanwhile, the Death Knight, watching our situation, felt something was off.
Instead of ignoring the Grim Reaper, it began walking toward us.
“Damn it.”
Honestly, I thought it should at least give us a little time to transform, like in comics where everyone holds back during transformation.
But the Death Knight had no such manners.
“You damn little fish! I’ll kill you!”
In an instant, the Death Knight approached us.
When it raised its sword to cut down the White Dragon, I quickly used my knife to deflect its blade.
Wind Pressure
“Oh? You dare block my sword?”
Perhaps its pride was hurt because I had blocked its sword.
The Death Knight turned its gaze from the White Dragon to me.
[Special Ability - Wind Pressure]
- Generates strong wind.
I immediately unleashed my maximum attack toward the Death Knight.
Knife attacks.
Summoned monsters.
Bomb abilities.
But none of those attacks landed on the Death Knight.
It felt like an adult playing with 3-4 year old kids with a knife.
While watching the Death Knight toying with us, I tried to buy time as much as possible, but there was still a long way until the White Dragon evolved.
“Now 50%?”
But that was the limit.
Surprisingly, we had held on this far.
Right now, the Death Knight’s sword was flying toward my neck.
I couldn’t see any way to block it.
“Tsk.”
Just as I was about to close my eyes and give up,
Illusion Arrow
📍 Effect: Confuse the target.
📍 Duration: Certain time.
A single arrow flew from somewhere.
Because I was distracted, I couldn’t dodge it and got hit directly.
“Eh? What am I doing right now?”
Perhaps the effect of the arrow had activated.
The Death Knight stopped its sword that had been right in front of my neck, looking confused about what it was doing.
“What is this feeling?!”
Because of the complex and subtle emotions it had never felt before, the Death Knight seemed quite confused.
After all, the Death Knight only fought on battlefields where death was always near.
Perhaps this was the first time it had felt a feeling of liking someone.
“Where did it come from?”
While the Death Knight was confused, I created some distance.
When I turned my head to see where the arrow had come from, Mi-seong shouted at me.
“Hyung! Run! It won’t work on high-level guys!”
Mi-seong, who had the Illusion skill.
Thanks to Mi-seong’s skill, we had somehow escaped the death crisis.
But as Mi-seong said, the effect on the Death Knight didn’t seem to last long.
“You little shits dare to toy with me?”
Soon its emotions settled.
Although it still looked a bit confused, it raised its sword again and glared at Mi-seong.
“You bitch!”
With that, the Death Knight approached right in front of Mi-seong in an instant.
“Mi-seong!”
It was too fast.
The Death Knight, which approached Mi-seong without giving me time to react, raised its sword to strike her neck.
“Kyaaak!”
At that moment,
SWOOSH!
Something passed in front of my eyes at blinding speed and collided with the Death Knight that was about to attack Mi-seong.
“What… what?”
I didn’t even have time to see what had passed.
The identity of what had just flashed in front of me.
“Is that… the White Dragon?”
When I looked at what had collided with the Death Knight, I saw a white White Dragon that was almost the size of a person.
“Is that the evolved White Dragon?”
The appearance of the evolved White Dragon was completely different from when it was like a loach.
Now, I could really see the White Dragon’s form a little bit.
“Grr… You… really are the White Dragon?”
“What are you trying to touch my person for?”
It was a somewhat coquettish line, but thanks to the changed appearance, it actually looked quite cool.
“Wait, how much time is left?”
The remaining time limit.
Only about 5 minutes left.
With the shrinking speed, it was about 1 minute.
“White Dragon! There’s no time left!”
If I delayed any longer, the apocalypse might start.
Even just the group of skeletons that had spawned nearby would spread and become uncontrollable.
If the apocalypse truly began, it would be an unstoppable disaster.
“I know.”
With those words, the White Dragon’s body began to glow brightly again.
White Dragon’s Special Ability Activated
The number of uses of the special ability decreased by 1.
The White Dragon recovered 10% of its original power.
Although the White Dragon was only using 10% of its original power, it was clearly enormous compared to its original abilities.
“W-White Dragon… I’m sorry…”
“It’s already too late.”
With those words, the White Dragon spat out pure white breath toward the Death Knight.
KWAAAAAANG!
KWAAAAAANG!
The white breath enveloped the Death Knight, and its form disappeared in an instant.