255. Shindohwa (4)

aaa …

I slashed my sword horizontally at the charging Shin Ga guards.

One sword cuts both ways

The sword energy shot out with sharp momentum from the skill and struck the Shin Ga guards.

Chaeaaa …

They pulled out their swords at the same time as if they were timing it, and succeeded in blocking the sword energy.

“······.”

The Shinga guards stopped, seemingly taken aback by the coincidence.

I let out a snicker at the sight.

‘Why, are you trying to run away because you don’t think it’ll work?’

I knew their fighting style.

Only rush in when you can handle it for sure.

When it seems like you can’t handle it, run away.

The only time I risk my life is when I am protecting Shintohwa.

I guess he’s trying to retreat because my skills are beyond his expectations.

Because it doesn’t make sense to give up your life to protect Ryu Jin.

But, I can’t be like that.

The fact that he made a fuss in the first place was also intentional.

“I’ll take charge of the Shinga guard.”

“······Huh!? What, what did you say?”

Shin Se-hee answered my words with a surprised voice from behind.

“Mr. Jin Yu-ha, the Shin family’s personal guard······.”

“I know, you guys are not ordinary people.”

“······.”

“If we try to rush in all at once, they’ll probably run away. We have to end it here. If I go alone, they’ll follow.”

“Ha, but······. Even so!”

The party members seemed surprised by my sudden announcement.

I had made up my mind the moment those guys appeared in front of me.

I’ll deal with these guys by myself.

“You guys, you just figured that out, right? You can’t take on all of us with your own strength. But what if I take on you guys separately? Wouldn’t that be doable?”

I spoke in a sarcastic voice to the Shinga guards who were standing awkwardly.

Then the guys who had been glancing at each other nodded slightly.

Kick.

“Then, follow me.”

Taat─

“Ji, Jin Yu-ha!!! T, what is this─”

Let me kick my feet.

The Shinga guard followed behind me.

* * *

Jin Yu-ha suddenly disappeared alone, leading the Shin Ga guards.

Shin Se-hee’s face hardened.

‘······What should I do? What should I do?’

Jin Yu told me to leave it to him.

She couldn’t stop the worries that were pressing upon her.

Who are the Shin Ga royal guards?

Those who are human but not human.

A battle doll painstakingly created by Shinga with a 100% mission success rate.

They were people who had undergone countless modifications that would be unbearable for a normal human, and who would even risk death if it was the order of Shindohwa.

Even the strongest human was powerless against an assassin who rushed at them with no regard for death.

Even their judgment surpasses that of humans.

The reason those people followed Jin Yu-ha was because they calculated that they could win.

‘And······. Thinking about the chimeras I saw on my way here, I think they’ve become much stronger now than I knew······.’

Sweat dripped from his tightly clenched hands.

That was when.

“Hey, flower garden.”

“······Yes, go, Kang Do-hee?”

“It’s a useless worry.”

“Th, what is that······.”

“Jin Yu-ha is strong.”

“I know that Jin Yu-ha is strong, but─”

Shin Se-hee tried to refute, but Kang Do-hee’s sharp voice cut her off.

“No, you don’t know. Because you didn’t participate in the battle.”

Kang Do-hee bit her lip.

As if angry.

“That guy······. is stronger than all of us combined.”

“······?”

“So, I’m very angry.”

Thud thud.

Whoosh whoosh─

Red mana began to rise like a mist over Kang Do-hee’s body as he walked forward.

“That, the fact that I’m still nothing more than a burden to that guy······. Sending him off alone again······.”

Kang Do-hee, who burns with such anger.

“I feel so fucking sick.”

However, Ryu Jin, who was standing alone on the other side, was also angry.

‘Who was it? It was the noisy guys in Korea these days. Utopia, those b*stards······.’

I could recall it when I saw the face of the boy who had been talking so proudly a little while ago.

Because he was so famous and his face had been known here and there recently.

‘Yes, so you came here at Shashapon’s request.’

Wiggle.

Ryu Jin’s thick eyelids twitched.

But the reason she was really angry now was not because of Shashapon, nor because Utopia had invaded without knowing the subject.

‘I can kill these kids with my own hands, like twisting a chicken’s neck······.’

It was just a matter of pride.

These are the people who are called Shinga’s personal guards that Shindohwa gave to himself.

Because the ones who were supposed to protect me and obey my orders completely ignored my orders and just threw me out among myself.

An indescribably deep sense of humiliation came over her.

I just couldn’t stand the way the girls I’d taken in treated me like this.

‘That’s why I don’t get involved with those bread b*tches!!!’

She regretted several times a day that she had accepted the offer at that time.

I’ve never regretted anything so much as I do now.

“Right now, I’m really upset. So, you guys should be my vent partners. You’re Koreans just like that girl.”

She spoke to Kang Do-hee, who had stepped forward, in a voice filled with suppressed anger.

“I see. That’s fortunate.”

“······what?”

“Me too.”

Kang Do-hee looked at Ryu Jin with her neck cracked.

“······Hmm, you don’t seem like a good enough opponent for me to vent my anger on. You’d be just as good as my sandbag.”

Ppoduk─

Ryu Jin bit her lip.

“You only talk the talk······.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she swung the sword in her hand at her.

aaa …

A sword that flies through the air.

However, Yuri Lee intervened and tried to block it with a shield.

“Don’t interfere!!!!”

Kang Do-hee shouted.

And Kang Do-hee stretched out his right hand to the flying sword.

Crunch.

A blade held in the hand.

Duuk─

Duuk─

The sun dug into his hand and blood dripped to the floor.

“Wh, what······.”

Ryu Jin was flustered because he didn’t know that he would do something as foolish as grabbing the blade with his hand.

Pfft──!

Kang Do-hee’s fist mercilessly struck her stomach.

“Ugh─!”

Ryu Jin’s huge body was bent like a dragon.

Kang Do-hee spat it out as if for everyone to hear.

“This b*tch is my prey.”

“This, this crazy b*tch······.”

Ppoduk─

Blood vessels stood out on Ryu Jin’s forehead as he looked up while holding his stomach.

“Get up. I believe it won’t be this bad.”

Kang Do-hee said in a cool, calm voice.

* * *

Taat─

Every time I step, the surrounding scenery passes by.

‘Hmm, is this how it’s going to unfold?’

I lowered my eyes as I headed toward the empty lot with few people around.

‘The one who originally came out here with Ryu Jin wasn’t these guys, but Shasha Pong’s father······.’

However, what actually appeared were the Shinga guards.

It wasn’t a bad sign.

The story was that Shindohwa’s experiment went wrong because Gaeul Sunbae had charged the Baekma Stone.

‘Yes, this way we can reduce the damage significantly.’

The reason why I brought out the Shinga’s personal guard separately like this.

Because I couldn’t afford to miss a single one of these guys.

These guys were a problem in the original game, Velvetsra.

Originally, the final boss of this scenario, Shindohwa, confronts the player together with the Shinga bodyguard.

Shindohwa is quite strong, and the Shinga bodyguards are also annoying.

She is no match for veteran players who have strengthened their characters through gacha draws.

So, if the characters controlled by the player are in danger of losing to Shindohwa,

She orders her fallen guards to do their bidding.

– ······Did you think I would just watch the ambitions of the Shin family crumble so vainly like this?! Rise up, rise up, release all the chimeras!!!

Then, the guards of the Shin family that had already been dealt with rose again,

Free the chimeras that were chained underground.

Not the chimeras I dealt with on the way here, but real chimeras.

‘And from then on, the Shinga Chimera started appearing mixed in with the enemies I faced······.’

Well, from the game company’s perspective, it was a natural thing to do.

The intention was to relieve boredom for players who were tired of just hunting mines and monsters all the time by having them face new enemies.

Maybe it’s consideration on the part of the game company.

When I was a gamer, it was actually a welcome thing because it expanded the variety of enemies you could face.

‘The problem is that this isn’t a game anymore.’

If those chimeras were released into the world, it would be like another terrible disaster for the people living here.

That’s why these guys had to be finished off here.

widely.

I stopped in an empty lot where there were no people.

I looked back.

Ten expressionless dolls wearing black cloaks.

“I’m sorry, but not a single one of you will return alive.”

I pointed my sword at them.

“This is your last.”