Chapter 151 – Demons (3)

One day the limit will come.
Can not help it.
Right now I have 8 mana potions left.

Now, I can only use teleport on Ayoung and I, who are in my arms, and the mana consumption has decreased significantly, but in the end, the mana potion was not infinite.

‘What should I do…’

I thought as I looked up and inhaled the mana potion I was holding in my mouth.

The demon in the sky was no longer slow.
In other words, it meant that most of the atmosphere was now stained with demonic energy.

Mana, which was naturally charged to some extent, was no longer recovered.

“Mmm…”

It is an established fact that if they continue like this, they will be caught someday.
My heart started to get impatient, but my absolute spirit soon regained stability.

‘…Will the words work?’

Day and night, thinking about the possibility of killing time with a conversation other than running away, I immediately telegraphed the devil.

-Let’s talk for a minute.

Did my electric sound reach you?
The flapping wings of the devil stopped.

-Give me that woman. I have nothing to say other than that.

Does it come out that way too?
The answer I expected so easily made me feel rather drained.
However, without slowing down, he searched for words to continue.

– Why are you trying to take Ah-young?

– I don’t know.

Again, the conversation didn’t go through.
And the demon, which had stopped for a moment, flew at me again.

After confirming that the demon had approached the proper distance, I used teleport again.

-Are you planning to keep playing hide and seek like this?

He opened the cork, put it in his mouth, and blew out the electric tone again.

-In the end, if the mana potion runs out, isn’t it my victory? Keep running away like that.

The devil answered as he flew towards me.
He seemed to answer sincerely, but seemed to have no intention of stopping.

-Do you know how many mana potions there are?

The good thing about dimensional pockets is that you can put any number of items in them as long as they fit within the designated space.
In theory, you can also include a cruise that you took to Jeju Island.
Of course, that would require a dimensional pocket with a wide entrance.

That’s why that demon doesn’t know how many mana potions are in my dimensional pocket.

Yes, it was a kind of bluff.
But with acting skills.

-…

There was no answer this time.
It must be because of this smile that overflows with composure created by acting skills.

I just used the teleport again after checking the distance of the demon silently flying towards me.

– Did you keep doing that to see what would happen? We already know who will win in the end.

– Tsk. Just shut up

The sound of clicking the tongue came from the conduction.
But I didn’t miss it and checked it with my own eyes.
That the devil’s face flying toward me hasn’t changed at all.

That devil was not the devil himself.

Then he used teleport again twice.
There are 5 mana potions left.
But suddenly the demon stopped moving again.

And he looked at me gently, but didn’t make any gestures.

-Why, is there anything you want to say?

-You’d better just hand her over gracefully. It’s annoying that she keeps teleporting away, but that’s all after all, right?

-So? What’s a bitch that I can’t catch?

-If you hand him over, I’ll save the other girls.

It seemed to be threatening me, but it wasn’t too threatening.

– Do it if you can. I can’t do it anyway.

-… Fuck.

-That’s not you, it’s like an alter ego, right? I also entered the command. Looking at it roughly, it seems that after securing Ahyeong, he took the souls of other humans to open a portal for himself to descend… Am I wrong?

After hearing my simple reasoning, she said nothing.
She decided to take her silence as an affirmation.

– You have to pay a huge price just for crossing the dimension, so I sent my alter ego first.

In the case of Riel, it took 100 years to move from her home dimension to the second dimension.
And it wasn’t just humans who paid the price, but demons as well.

-… So what should we do?

-What the heck? You’re already screwed Just cancel this barrier and retrieve your alter ego again. Wouldn’t it be a big blow to you if you lost your alter ego?

-Ha, do you think you can defeat my alter ego?

-Of course not. But wouldn’t it be possible for other hunters who will soon break through the barrier?

Roughly my estimate, there will be a total of 4 S-class hunters.
If they were like that, it would be enough to subdue that devil’s alter ego.

No, it’s about an alter ego. Jang Yeong-sik, the principal alone, will be more than enough.

-… Aren’t you a devil too? But why are you siding with humans?

– You don’t need to know that. So are you going to continue? Hide and seek?

-… Think carefully. I don’t know why you’re in the human world, but from what I’ve seen, you’re a count-class devil, and if you bring that woman over to her demon realm, I’ll give you a high credit.

Did he finally decide to come out as a conciliatory measure?
She said softly to me.

-… I do not need.

But her words made me even more distraught.
Count-level demon.
Before she was young, Riel once said that the baron class was the limit to the demons she could deal with.
In other words, it means that it is an overwhelming opponent.

But again, my heart calmed down.
By sacrificing about 900 demons, only the clone was able to descend into the human world.
What if she was forced to come over to the human world now?
At least to the level of a baron, maybe even less.

The fact that demons who dedicate their lives to building their own power would take such a risk was a fact that I couldn’t quite understand with my common sense, which had reached the end of the hero of the academy.

-Okay? Then follow up

-What…

“Ugh…!”

The instant I was about to send an electric note again.
A hot pain rose from her chest.

The first feeling I felt was emptiness.
I lowered my head and checked my chest.

“Heuk…!”

At the same time, blood gushed out of her mouth.

I saw an empty space.
To be precise, there was a hole in my left chest where my heart should be.

No bones or muscles were visible.
Red blood covered the hole.

“Forgive me for being late. Parsitina.”

The sound of footsteps came from behind.
But before I could look back, my legs gave out.
My body lost strength and balance and was about to fall, but I couldn’t crush Ahyeong in my arms, so I squeezed my strength and turned my body.

“Kuh…!”

As the body collided with the ground, a shock was transmitted through the body.
The fishy smell of the blood soaked into the ground entered his nose.

And by changing his posture, his field of vision widened.
A man with a gruff impression dressed in a neat suit with his hair neatly toppled.
And on his ring finger was a ring he had seen somewhere.

His face was not unfamiliar.
And I could barely recall who he was as I searched my memory.

“The branch manager was not an easy opponent. I have no face.”

Kneeling on the ground, he bowed his head, a figure that did not exist in the original work. He was Seo Ga-young’s husband.

∴

Ah-yeong was crying as she hugged her knees on the bed.

It wasn’t a metaphor, but I tried to bleed.
From the time I open my eyes in the morning until I go to bed.
He skipped a meal and swung his sword until his hands bled.

The body of an Awakener is strong.
Since you have never cleared the glass world, you will receive basic stats even if you do not get points.
That said, she swung the sword until her hand was bleeding, I don’t think it needs any further explanation.

Is that all?
In order to learn at least one more, to acquire the basic skill of the common top-end slash, the swordsmanship instructor taught him endlessly.

But what was the result?
Even after a month of hard work, in the end, even a single ghoul could not be overcome in the F-class dungeon.
I can’t remember exactly, but I must have woken up in front of the glass world because I was beaten by a ghoul.
In fact, there were a lot of odd parts, but they weren’t important to Ah-young.

If I close my eyes now, I have to greet the morning.
The sun rose again, Ah-yeong knew, and she herself would wield her sword.
Even though she realized that it was all futile, she remained foolish.

That fact was so painful and frightening.

– Wake up.

“Huh… Be quiet.”

I was already disturbed, but a voice that I couldn’t understand the meaning kept ringing in my head.
Have I even heard hallucinations now?
Ah-young fell into the sea of ​​depression even more.

– Was it just this much?

At the sound of that voice, Ayoung flinched at her body.
Yes, she was just about as he said.
She no longer had the ability to move forward with her at all.

But… What can I say.
The word repulsion would be appropriate.

“What do you know!”

Ah-yeong shouted desperately while hugging her knees.
But she is also she is a person.
I couldn’t help but resent the unfair and absurd reality.

“How hard…! I, I am…!”

Ah-yeong’s words, as she gasped for breath and shed tears, didn’t form a complete sentence.

– Dumb.

Hearing that voice, Ahyoung shuddered again.
Stupid?
She recalled the meaning of the words.
Stupid and dull.

-Is this something you can’t understand? Yes, as you think, someone may sympathize with you for your pitiable appearance, and someone may see your foolish efforts as virtual.

Words of relentless selling.
However, Ayeong could not refute his words.
After the faces of her father, Yeong-sik, her little sister, Na-yeong, and her eldest sister, Ga-yeong, flashed past in her mind, she felt that something was missing.

-But you are just ignoring it. Relying on them while ignoring one’s own weaknesses.

“Don’t talk nonsense. I worked harder than anyone else!”

I tried hard to endure the countless stares of disregard.
Why did she have to listen to such harsh words, Ah-yeong thought.

-Effort… It’s not even funny. All of the things you said were just a means to escape. Can you say that I’m wrong?

“Out of it!”

– Then I will ask you.

There, the unidentified voice stopped once, and Ah-young trembled with anxiety.
She decided to just ignore it, but she just couldn’t ignore it.

-Do you remember what color the sky was yesterday afternoon.

“Of course…!”

-Yes, the sky is of course blue. That’s common sense But what if the sky suddenly turned red? Or if it was raining and covered in a dingy gray?

An absurd question, as if testing oneself.
The sky is of course sky blue.
If the sky had turned red, other people would have gone mad.
If it rained, the students would have carried umbrellas.

What color was the sky yesterday?
Since she hadn’t seen him in person, Ah-yeong couldn’t answer his words.

As she finished her thoughts up to that point, Ah-young felt a spark run through her head.

Why could she only know by looking at other people’s reactions?

– Raise your head. And see it with your own eyes. Your limits are not set by others.
Do not be afraid.

A kind voice, like hearing her for the first time. Ah-yeong, who had buried her face in her lap, slowly lifted her head.

Only then did the world begin to come into view.
The sky seen through the window was an ephemeral clear sky blue, and between them, pure white clouds floated around.

“Thank you.”

Ayoung wiped her eyes with her sleeve and said with a smile.

-I think the devil played a trick… I’m glad he’s come to his senses. But it’s still too early to be relieved.

After his words, Ah-yeong’s mind darkened, and she went back to her light.
Should she say out of body?

At her own feet, with her eyes closed, her own image in sound sleep came into her eyes, and her gaze moved slowly along the arms that held her.

“Siwoo…!”

– Stop.

With a hole in her chest pierced, Ah-young, who was about to run to Si-woo, who spewed her blood out of her mouth, was stopped by her white orb, which radiated pure white light.

– Even if you run, it’s no use. This is just me showing you the scene of reality as a fantasy.

“I have to get out of here… No, why are you showing this to me?”

– Your lover won’t be long before she dies. And you will be dragged by the demons and become a slave leading the ejaculation spirits.

Looking at the sphere of light, Ah-yeong understood his intentions.

“You are a spirit.”

-Okay. It is the culmination of all spirits, the Great Spirit.

Great Spirit.
According to the explanation I heard from Siwoo, it has existed since the beginning of time.

An existence no different from the father of all spirits.

“Good. Then make a contract with me.”

It was a waste of time to be surprised.
Ayoung asked the Great Spirit.

-Impossible.

The sphere of light answered calmly without any movement.

“Why?”

– You must already know? Your body is still not strong enough to accept me.

“Also…”

Ah-young looked down at Si-woo and bit her lip.
Now, spiritism has barely reached level 3 of Awakening.

– But it is possible for a while.

“Then…!”

– I can understand your heart, but don’t be impatient. A contract comes with a price to pay. You know because you signed a contract with that incubus guy.

Ayeong silently nodded her head at the words of the great spirit.

-It is not different from the spirits. It doesn’t harm the contractor like the dirty fiends, but it comes at a price. That is the providence of this world.

“What are the conditions?”

-Hmm… To defeat them… Yes, I will descend into your body for just 2 hours. Under those conditions…

And the Light Spirit began to speak of the terms of the contract.

After hearing his words, Ah-young put on a surprised expression, then raised her eyebrows as if she was complicated, but her eyes were determined.

“Okay.”

-But you should know. That it only helps this time.

Just like that, A-Young started waking up from her dream.