Chapter 706
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Suddenly, I had a thought.
‘Can’t I just bow out now?’ The greater good. Self-sacrifice. Martyrdom. And so on.
All good words. Moderately warm, yet slightly embarrassing. Well, they are good words, but…
‘I think I’ve done enough so far.’
For the greater good, I came all the way to this cursed continent’s green belt, and I fought with self-sacrifice plastered all over my body, as if it were a tattoo.
No, considering the number of battles I fought in the Southern Barbarian lands, it’s unfair to just say I fought.
I fucking fought like hell.
In the forests. In the fields. In the swamps and jungles.
I plunged spear blades into the bodies of spiders as big as houses. I responded to the Southern Barbarian warriors, who relentlessly swarmed in pursuit of merit, with nothing but my fists.
If it had ended there, it would have been better.
In the Poison-Blooded Land, I even experienced the insane situation of facing two supreme masters at the same time, and before I could fully recover from the aftermath of the injuries, I had to face a monster called the Southern Demon Empress.
‘And on top of that, One Annihilation.One Annihilation.
It literally means to kill everything in one strike, but lately, I’ve been wondering if that ‘everything’ includes me.
What the fuck. Am I pouring Internal Energy into this one strike, or am I pouring my lifespan into it?
Still, it wasn’t bad. Just when I thought today was the day my life ended, the Beast Miao King and the Hundred Heavens Corps appeared, and with the Beast Miao King’s help, I recovered some of my internal injuries, and I also learned that my allies were already swarming outside the Inner Palace.
The fact that the tide of the battle had turned in my favor made me feel like I could finally breathe a little.
Until some crazy tiger went on a sudden rampage.
Whoosh!
No, seriously. Is this bastard’s staple food Corn Flakes?
I felt it ever since I first encountered it at Mt. Aino, but this beast was faster than three hundred members of the Hundred Heavens Corps, even faster than the Beast Miao King.
Now, the vast Inner Palace has become a ruin. And a thousand Mutants blocked the way like an iron wall.
The silver body shot like the wind towards the Southern Demon Empress beyond them.
At the same time, I heard Whitey’s Telepathy echoing in my head, and I thought.
-Hold on tight, human!
‘An assassination…?
It was at that moment. A huge, turbid light burst out over the heads of the Mutants.
Kyaaaaaaa!
-Duck!
With a short Telepathy, Whitey tilted its form. Its powerful forepaws stepped on the ground, and its huge body turned at an angle.
Whoosh!
Truly Mystical Creature-like, no, a Divine Beast-like sense and movement. The Southern Demon Empress’s Palm Energy, filled with powerful Internal Energy, lost its target and struck the ground.
Bang! Rumble!
A cloud of dust rose with the explosion.
At the same time, towards the countless fragments that shook the space and came crashing down, I swung White Flame’s spear blade.
Whoosh!
The spear blade, creating a tearing sound, cut through the space, and the countless fragments, bounced off by the shockwave of the Palm Energy, scattered into dust.
And at that moment.
Hundreds of figures riding on the back of a giant beast shot through the darkness and hazy cloud of dust that filled the surroundings.
A triangular wedge formation filled with tremendous weight and momentum.
The middle-aged man with half-white hair at the apex. The Beast Miao King unleashed a Fist Aura.
Whoosh, Bang!
There was no cry of anger, no command.
However, the green Fist Aura that burst out instead of a voice crushed dozens of Mutants in an instant, creating a gap, and three hundred assault spears became sharp awls and pierced through it.
Crack!
Blood spurted out, and limbs torn from bodies soared high into the sky.
One thousand versus three hundred. Humans and beasts versus monsters.
Slash! Slash!
Whoosh, Thwack!
“Ugh!”
-Kuaaaaa!
Terrible screams and cutting sounds echoed from all directions.
What awaited the Hundred Heavens Corps, which had crushed an estimated hundreds of Mutants with their simultaneous charge, was a fierce close combat, and the Beast Miao King shot towards the true enemy waiting for him beyond that.
“Southern Demon Empress!”
The figure shot forward like a ray of light with a roar. Soon after, the aftermath of the clash, carrying a distant flash, shook the earth.
Bang! Rumble!
Countless movements and sharp weapons intertwined towards each other. Above their heads, the darkness, pushed back little by little by the green Force Energy, could be seen.
‘The Southern Demon Empress is already exhausted. The Beast Miao King is winning.’
However, the situation on the battlefield, which had entered close combat, was not so good.
The beasts, which had become even larger and stronger through Mutation, were as good as first-rate masters, and the warriors, who retained the martial arts they had possessed when they were human, moved at a speed incomparable to before and targeted the Hundred Heavens Corps.
Just like now.
Whoosh, Slash!
With a sharp cutting sound, the Mutant’s neck soared.
The Hundred Heavens Corps warrior, who belatedly realized what had happened behind his back, looked at me with wide eyes.
“Even if you’re busy, you should keep an eye on your back.”
“Thank you. But who are you…?”
Beast Miao King and Hundred Heavens Corps.
After hesitating for a moment at these two crossroads, I answered.
“I’m an ally. I’ll lead the way, so follow me.”
It’s an unavoidable choice.
It’s only because each and every one of them is at least at the level of a super-elite that the Hundred Heavens Corps can stand up to this much even in a numerically inferior situation. The power of the Mutants, who had already been completely consumed by Demonic Energy, was strong.
Now that the focal point of the Beast Miao King has disappeared, Whitey and I must play the role of vanguard.
“…Shit. Come to think of it, why me?”
-Is it just my imagination, or does it seem like you’re fighting just fine even while grumbling?
“Tell me honestly. Do you have a grudge against me?”
Thwack!
Whether it was because of the ferocity given by Demonic Energy, or because of the loyalty to protect the commander.
Whitey, who crushed the Mutant that rushed in, filling the field of vision beyond the hazy cloud of dust, asked back.
-A grudge?
“I know everything, you bastard. You’re going on a sudden rampage because I set Mt. Aino on fire, aren’t you?”
Crack!
Four or five necks were torn off with one swing of its forepaw. Whitey, a tiger, clicked its tongue and replied.
-Don’t be ridiculous.
“Are you sure?”
-No.
“Then is it revenge for the Millennial Poison Spider who lived upstairs?”
-What nonsense are you talking about now?
“I’ve been thinking about it, and no matter how I look at it, it’s suspicious. There’s also a saying. Our friendly neighbor. Millennial Spider… Hwi!”
Thwack!
The spear blade of White Flame, extended with a shout, accurately pierced the head of the tiger that rushed in, casting a shadow over Whitey’s head.
Gurgle…
The wailing sound subsided in an instant. I swung the tiger, which had died with a final cry, greatly while it was still impaled on the spear blade.
Whoosh, Crack!
The corpse, weighing at least hundreds of pounds, flew away and crushed other Mutants.
“Unless you’re consumed by a grudge, you wouldn’t throw a patient who needs rest like me into this mess. That’s the conclusion I’ve come to.”
Whoosh! Slash!
Five necks soared along the trajectory of the spear blade, swung horizontally like flowing water.
The headless corpses collapsing as they were running. White Flame, staring blankly at the sight, muttered.
-I think that patient is different from the one I know.
“Are you crazy? Can’t you see my condition right now?”
-I’m saying that because I’m watching you directly.
“That’s because you don’t know my condition. My bones ache even when I just breathe.”
Thwack!
-It’s not convincing at all to say that while you’re poking around here and there with a spear.
“Damn it. This is just trying to survive somehow…”
-Do you perhaps know?
“What?”
-You’re too clumsy at lying for a human.
“What’s that…”
There wasn’t even a chance to continue speaking.
Thwack, Whoosh!
Silver mane stained with blood fluttered. Whitey, who burst the Mutant’s head and soared into the air, swung its forepaw at the same time as descending.
The hook-like sharp claws were filled with a wind like a blade and an energy that should be called Force Energy.
Bang! Rumble!
With a single strike.
Amidst the roar and vibration, dozens of Mutants were splattered with blood and bounced away, and even more Mutants filled the empty space and rushed in.
Whoosh!
-Kueeeek!
A swift yet fierce movement that didn’t match the scream.
The Sword Energy pouring out in streams from the weapons of some Mutants is evidence that they were once famous warriors even in the Southern Barbarian lands.
But…
-Kuaaaang!
A guardian existing solely for the Divine Stone. The bodies of the Mutants stiffened at the roar of the giant White Tiger that no one had ever seen.
At the same time, as if promised in advance, I slashed White Flame diagonally.
‘Cut. In one breath.’ The Scorching Yang Energy, which had reached three cycles, and the blue-white flames that had been burning while wrapping around the transparent spear blade, could no longer be found.
All that’s left for me now is a handful of Internal Energy, a body as heavy as waterlogged cotton, and the only Divine Weapon I can trust, White Flame.
Surely that’s all there is… I don’t know.
Slash!
Cutting without rest.
Thwack!
Stabbing.
Thwack!
I’m fighting the Mutants while swinging.
At the same time, I was even giving strength to my legs, which were complaining of pain, to avoid falling from Whitey’s back. No, maybe I knew it vaguely.
The meaning of what Whitey had said to me a little while ago.
“…Damn it.”
At the curse that flowed out without me realizing it, White Flame laughed softly.
-Didn’t I tell you? You’re clumsy at lying.
-If you wanted to live, you wouldn’t have come to this place in the first place. But you don’t stop this fight even though you’re tired.
“That’s enough. Shut up.”
-What is it for? Are you sorry for those who have fallen from humans like you to monsters? Or do you want to cut off the breath of some ugly human who made them monsters?
The moment I heard that Telepathy that seemed to be whispering in my head, I felt suffocated and something hot welled up from deep inside my chest.
However, the hand that reached out was stabbing the spear towards the neck of another Mutant.
Thwack!
The transparent spear blade cut through flesh and broke bones. I could see the darkness slowly receding from the opponent’s eyes, which had been dyed completely black without whites.
And the death that was cast in that empty space.
Thud.
The collapsing figure. I muttered to myself as I looked at the unknown warrior who had died with a bizarrely distorted face.
“Did you feel pain?”
-Yes. Probably.
Thwack!
The leopard that was running in, aiming for the gap when I stopped moving, bounced off like a cannonball.
Whitey, who annihilated the Mutant by swinging its huge forepaw, calmly continued the Telepathy.
-But after that short moment of pain, there would have been a great and warm rest waiting. For them now, just being alive would be painful.
….
-They don’t resent you. So, human, don’t blame yourself anymore. Damn it.
I know too. I did my best. I always fought risking death and came all the way here to prevent a terrible disaster.
But as always, the best effort did not lead to the best result.
‘I should have stopped it.’
I couldn’t stop it in the end. I saved many people, but I also failed to save many people.
In the end, all I can do is to do my best to end their lives.
Just like now.
The spear blade, swung with all my strength, tore through the wind and cut through the space. At the same time, my whole body, which had to bear the full brunt of One Annihilation’s aftermath, screamed.
A pain so intense that the world turned white for a moment.
But I gritted my teeth and endured it. I poured out a spear of terrifying power and speed towards those who were once humans like me.
Crack!
The huge trajectory drawn by the spear blade. At the end of it, the Raging Wind that swept through contained crimson blood.
Severed necks and limbs soared, and countless deaths and rests followed.
Ting. Ting. Ting.
It’s the first time. I even wanted to cover my ears at the clear chimes announcing the acquisition of experience points. It was also the first time that the sight of the enemies collapsing while spraying blood felt so sad, but I didn’t stop moving.
Slash. Slash. Slash!
I cut. I cut. And I cut again.
Until everything blocking my way disappeared. Until the spear blade cut through the empty air.
Whoosh!
The world tilts.
No, my body, unable to withstand the power of the spear blade, tilts.
And the next moment, someone’s rough hand grabbed my body, which was about to roll off Whitey’s back.
“It’s over. Stop it.”
Hundred Heavens Corps Leader Wang Ho.
I took a rough breath at his voice filled with astonishment and surprise, and looked around.
I could see the Hundred Heavens Corps, which had been reduced to less than half, and countless corpses submerged in pools of blood that had gathered in all directions.
But…
‘No.’
His words were wrong.
This fight, today’s disaster, is not over.
At least not until I completely cut off the breath of one person.
“Let’s go.”
“…Human.”
“I have to end it.”
At the voice that flowed out between my chapped lips, Whitey, who was about to answer something, heavily extended its form.
Whoosh!
The wind sweeping through my whole body. At the end of the road we were heading to, there was one person struggling to live even while vomiting blood.
No, there was a monster.
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