Chapter 279 – Contrast (1)

The demonic fog, which made it difficult to see even an inch ahead, faded as the battle went on.

It was a one-sided defeat of ‘I’.

My mental strength was infinitely lacking in managing too many demons.

Even though the pendant of resurrection was activated after dying once, even though he fought the battle in a completely restored state.

Nevertheless, his opponent, Marco, was in good condition without a scratch.

“I’ll have to go right back.”

Marco slowly approached ‘I’ who was nailed to the floor.

Hyewon also didn’t do anything.

Due to the exhausted mental power.

“…Are you an uninvited guest?”

While approaching ‘me’.

Marco, looking to his right, frowning in displeasure, hurriedly carried the unconscious me around his shoulders.

Creepy…!

An unpleasant crash resounded, and the fog-covered area vibrated once.

And Ah-yeong was the first to emerge from her right side through the fog.

“Siwoo…!”

The appearance of Wendy.

She seemed to be the first to run.

After that, Seoin, Laysha, Chloe, and Yuri appeared, and finally Riel, who had returned to his adult form, came.

“… Are you that subtitled person?”

“… What did the priest do?”

It was a formidable atmosphere, as if each other’s sharp cuts became knives and collided in the air.

“If you’re looking for a priest, here you go. We killed him ourselves.”

There was a black magic stone in Riel’s hand.

Marco looked at it and frowned.

“The unsaved scum…!”

“If you don’t need such salvation and want to have this, get it.”

Riel tossed her magic stone at Marco.

Demon’s magic stone is no different from a corpse compared to a human being.

Marco moved his hand to receive his magic stone, and at that moment.

“Kuh…”

Hundreds of mana ropes, like those seen when using Bind, spewed out from the manastone and tried to entangle Marco at the same time.

However, Marco evaded the rope of mana by turning his body into fog, and the rope of mana, losing her target, tried to grab me, but in an instant, the fog gathered in her me and my figure disappeared.

“… Wait. The Day of Judgment will come when the sins of the scum will be punished.”

The voice came from the sky to the left of Marco’s original location.

I was still hanging on his shoulder.

And the magic fog that covered the whole area began to gather at Marco at once.

Are you trying to fall now?

“See you next time.”

“Mister…!!”

Seeing Marco trying to run away, Ayoung shouted in an urgent voice.

Who is calling you uncle all of a sudden?

“Where?”

The main character was the Great Spirit of Light whom I met once in Jeju Island last year.

Previously, it was manifested by Ayeong, but this time it was the appearance of the Great Spirit of Light.

The figure of an old man sitting leisurely in a rocking chair, stroking his beard and giving off a gentle impression as if he were reading a newspaper.

The Great Spirit raised his arm and lowered it, and at that moment, a huge group of light appeared above Marco’s head.

Then, the pillar of light I saw earlier shot out and covered Marco.

“… I missed it.”

In that place, me and Marco had disappeared without a trace.

And my vision went black.

Just like when you close your eyes.

“It’s over.”

The sharing of the Prophecy Shaman ended with me being kidnapped.

“In the end, I lost. I even got kidnapped.”

Despite fighting with all my might, I was defeated in the end.

The feeling of knowing my defeat before I even fought wasn’t such a good feeling.

But I wasn’t anxious or scared.

“Did you call me to show you this?”

“Yes, I thought that the reason Amaterasu showed me these scenes was to prevent the death of Siwoo, who was about to come.”

“Thank you so much. It’s helped me a lot.”

First of all, the future ‘I’ was defeated.

However, the current me hadn’t even fought yet, and the calendar hanging in the gold and silver room in the scene Mio showed me was October.

That means around October when the leaves fall.

Considering that it is now the end of August, I had plenty of time.

Also, if I knew in advance that this attack would come and prepared for it, I would never have to deal with Marco alone.

Objectively, from an observer’s point of view, Marco’s combat power was much stronger than mine, but weaker than Gayoung’s.

Even the lovers, especially Ayoung, for some reason made a direct contract with the Great Spirit, and I also have Riel.

In addition, Ayoung’s father, Kang Jin, and Laysha’s father, Kayden.

To be honest, there are no people who will not help the son-in-law because he is destined to die.

“You don’t need to thank me. I’m just a shaman who obeys Amaterasu’s orders, so it’s enough if you say thank you to Amaterasu.”

In a way, she is also a benefactor, but I thought that her humble appearance was also a shaman.

“I still want to repay you…”

As much as I have gained such valuable information, it is not enough to just accept it.

Is there any way I can repay you?

“Then why don’t you take me on a tour of the world next time?”

“Watching the world?”

“Yes, since I was a baby, I have lived only in the shrine and have hardly seen the outside world. Everyone treats me well, but… It is very boring to be alone in the shrine. I have only been able to sneak out like this once or twice.”

“Yeah, what.”

“Whoops… Please wait a moment.”

Mio got up from her seat and hurriedly brought a piece of paper and a pen.

And there she started writing the numbers.

“Here is my phone number. If the day of the prophecy passes safely, please call me.”

“Yes, I understand.”

The meeting with the priestess of prophecy is over and we return to the garden.

All that remained was to prepare for the coming raid.

∴

“Are you done well?”

After Siu and the others leave, Mio Maeda is left alone in the room.

Taisei and Hinata came up and looked at her.

“Yeah, I didn’t know it was so much fun to chat with my peers for a while..”

After wrapping the cup with both hands, he slowly lifted it up, took a sip, and put it down again.

Neat, elegant, and luxurious movements.

She was looking out of her window, lost in thought.

Taisei and Hinata also know that Mio just wanted some time to chat with her peers.

I don’t know about the scenes I saw in my dreams and Siwoo’s future.

Mio remembers.

In her dream, Mio asked if she would report this to the president of the association, and Amaterasu shook her head.

Then it meant that I had to overcome myself.

“I don’t have much time left in my term, so I should have been patient a little longer.”

“Whoops… I’m sorry. You must have had a lot of trouble because of me.”

“Well… I’d even say it’s a heartache. Instead, I’ll definitely go home tonight.”

“Yes, it should.”

The term of office for a priestess of prophecy usually lasts until her 20s.

The priestess of prophecy that has been inherited for a long time has been given an oracle since she became an adult.

It is to get her pregnant and give birth to her child to succeed the priestess of the prophecy.

Mio is 21 years old this year.

In short, as soon as tomorrow.

At the longest, her term ends in less than eight years.

“Thank you.”

“Get ready to go back soon. It seems that the gentleman’s old people are slowly noticing.”

“Okay. And Taisei-sama. Even the elders aren’t that bad.”

“… I hope so.”

∴

“This is what the priestess of the prophecy showed me.”

Immediately after returning to the garden.

I gathered them all together and explained all the future scenes I had seen in the priestess of prophecy.

“Then… Are you saying you don’t know the story behind the demon named Marco kidnapping Siu?”

Ahyoung asked.

It was clear that he was embarrassed as if he had not accepted the sudden situation.

“That’s what happened in the future… I’m so lucky to know ahead of time.”

Laysha was quite calm.

Anyway, the one who was kidnapped was not the present me, but the future me.

And now I know the future, and if I know the future, it’s not a threat at all.

“Shiwoo, I’m asking because I don’t know much about the Prophecy Shaman. Couldn’t that future be wrong?”

“No, I’m sure.”

The priestess of prophecy is not a being that has been passed down and revered for centuries.

The confidence and accuracy gained through centuries of prophecies and verification of prophecies are what made the present Shaman of Prophecy.

“But once we know the future, we’ll act differently than we originally planned, and that could change the future.”

“I’m sorry, I put you guys in danger for no reason.”

It was I who subdued the demons of the Demon Cult.

And Marco said he would kill my lovers one by one in front of my eyes to get revenge on me.

My heart felt tight and my fists tightened.

“No, Siu didn’t do anything wrong. That psycho-like demon was wrong.”

“That’s right. And you said that we in the future were safe.”

Ayoung and Seoin comforted me.

True to what they said, the priests of the Demon Cult were no match for them.

But what if there were Seoin, Laysha, and Chloe without Ayoung, Riel, and Gayoung, who would have been stronger than me?

First of all, considering that he already knew the promise of the future, it seemed like he was trying to kidnap them all at once.

It may have been a terrible result that I do not want to imagine.

It was crazy that they were all together.

“I think the same. Siwoo.”

“Neither do I. And the most important thing now is to hone our skills so that we can defend ourselves until the day of the prophecy.”

“Yeah, and I think it’s better to hide your powers so that the demons can stay vigilant as much as possible.”

They all nodded.

“Then let’s start with the contract right away.”

“Wait a minute. You haven’t finished the last event yet.”

“My sister will sign a contract next time. She said, ‘Sister is strong enough now, so wouldn’t it be good for you guys to sign a contract?’

“Yes. I think so too. And I’ve said this before.”

He seemed a little flustered.

“If we think about it rationally and rationally, this is correct. The most important thing for us right now is to safely overcome the Day of Prophecy. And even if this wasn’t the case anyway, weren’t you guys the ones who originally signed the contract?”

In the prophecy, my contractors were Ayoung, Seoin, Laysha, and Chloe.

“Umm… If Riel-sama is like that…”

“All right.”

“Then let’s start with the contract right away.”

∴

First of all, the preparation of the contract went smoothly.

I didn’t have to prepare miscellaneous things like the contract I signed as an F-rank horseman, and I didn’t have to tear the hymen with my own hands.

“…Do I have to recite this incantation…?”

While reading the magic book, I saw a spell to make a contract with the devil.

A cheesy spell that smells like the second bottle of middle school.

Haha…”

It was a look that Seo Indo was also shy.

“It’s much better than when I did, though.”

Memories come flooding back.

When I ran the game, I saw Ayoung masturbating naked on top of the magic circle.

At that time, I wondered what I was doing, but in fact, it was to sprinkle virgin blood on the magic circle to summon a demon.

I still can’t forget the shy A-young.

It was the first time in my life that I saw a woman naked.

And it was also the first time I had a lip smack.

“Let’s start with Seoin. You can say it by putting my name in the blank while reciting the spell.

And the contract started.

The first contract that started with Seoin went through Laysha and ended by signing a contract with Chloe.