Chapter 557 – Shock, and Anger #2

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Weird.
Yoo Seung-hyeon, who was dealing with the monsters in the basement of the branch school and following the mark left by Se-hwa, was suddenly struck by a thought.

I instinctively felt a suspicious energy.
It feels like I’m walking straight into a trap.

Why do I feel this way?
I don’t know. No matter how much I think about it.

As I got closer to the safe house that Sehwa had mentioned, leaving behind my anxious feelings, I felt good energy along with a weak demonic energy in the distant sky.
It was Sehwa’s. It seemed like he was exploring the surroundings.

There was no demonic energy felt inside the house.
Did Sehwa handle it? I guess that was probably the case.
Her anxiety seems to go away when she thinks about being protected by the woman she trusts more than her own life.

Yoo Seung-hyeon, somewhat relieved, looked around the dilapidated safe house.
Sehwa may have already confirmed this, but he did so just in case.
When he felt no threat, he nodded and carefully opened the door to the house.

Sigh…!

The unlocked door opens with a dissonant sound.
Inside, everything is pitch black. The railing above is faintly visible, and it is a two-story building.
And it was narrow. It was a place that had the image of special forces conducting an unofficial military operation capturing and torturing targets.

“… Hmm?”

Yoo Seung-hyun, who was looking inside with his head out through the crack in the door, let out a curious exclamation.
This was because in the middle of the house, a shadow was writhing slightly.
It is clearly a human shape. It looks like I’m sitting on a chair…

When I raised Aeter and looked, there was no magic.
Were civilians captured? I need to save him quickly.
Yoo Seung-hyun, who entered inside with those thoughts in mind, walked carefully.

Yoo Seung-hyun, who had been approaching the person without making a sound, was startled as his eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness.

“Uh…? Rain, Chief of Staff…!?”

This was because the person sitting in the middle of the house was David Herschel, the head of the headquarters who had been kidnapped.

Hershel is tied to a chair, with his hands and feet gagged.
Yoo Seung-hyun, who confirmed his identity, hurriedly approached him and removed the gag from his mouth.
And then he started to untie the bonds.

What on earth was Sehwa doing leaving his chief of staff alone?
Have you never been inside the house?
With those thoughts in mind, Yoo Seung-hyeon freed the Chief of Staff.

“Ugh…”

Hershel’s complexion brightened as a moan escaped his lips.
Although he is not unharmed, he is still alive.
There were no visible wounds on his face or body… It was really fortunate.

“Chief Secretary…! Are you okay?”

“… Who… Is Agent Yoo Seung-hyun Yoo?”

Yoo Seung-hyun, who heard his weak voice, shook his head hurriedly.

“Yes, it’s me!”

“I see… Ugh… I took a confession…”

“Confession…?”

“Yes… I had no choice but to reveal all the information I knew…”

What else is that…
David Herschel’s mouth is heavy.
Since he was a righteous person, there was absolutely no possibility of revealing secret information to a group of clearly evil monsters.

You can pull out information from deep within such a person?
No matter how advanced the world has become, has such a confession system ever existed?
The technology is truly amazing.

It’s a big deal, but that’s not what’s important right now.
The urgent priority was to evacuate Hershel to a safe place.

“I will help you for now. Let’s move…!”

“Well, there’s something more important than that…”

“The most urgent thing now is to move the chief secretary.”

“No… That’s not true… You are now…”

Hershel moves his weak hand and grabs Yoo Seung-hyun’s arm.
When Yoo Seung-hyun, who had stopped in his tracks, was waiting for Heshel to speak, his mouth mumbling,

Sigh…!

With the sound of an old door, Sehwa came in.
Yoo Seung-hyun said with a look of joy upon seeing her standing with her arms crossed in front of her door with the soft moonlight shining down on her.

“I’m here? Can you help me? “I found the chief secretary.”

“Um… I see.”

Why are you slacking off?
What is that teasing tone?
The moment Yoo Seung-hyun, who frowned at Se-hwa’s strange reaction, was about to say something, Hershel raised his trembling arm and pointed at Se-hwa.

“Leona…! Subdue Leona…!”

“Yes…?”

“To me… A confession…!”

Judging by the gibberish, it appears that the medicinal ingredients of the confession agent are still present.
While I was thinking this, Hershel shouted, mustering up all his strength.

“Yoo Seunghyun!! Take down Leona right now! “Leona was one of the people who administered the confession to me!”

“W-what…?”

Kwasik-!

At the same time, a huge shock is felt in the arm.
Then, Yoo Seung-hyun’s new body was thrown into the wall of the house.

Quaaaaang-!

“Ugh!”

Bright red blood poured out of Yoo Seung-hyeon’s mouth, who was unable to properly absorb the shock because he was only partially agitated.
Even though he was unconscious, he used his maximum strength to get out of the wall where he was stuck, and shouted with a bewildered expression at Sehwa, who had clearly attacked him.

“What are you doing…!!”

“Phew…”

A sneer bursts from her mouth.
The moment Yoo Seung-hyun felt that bewitching tone and the demonic energy growing in size within Se-hwa’s body, he recognized exactly what the anxious feeling he had felt earlier was.
And I realized that Herschel’s words were true.

“S-No way…”

Seeing that reaction, Sehwa opened his eyes wide as if he was surprised.

“I thought you were just dumbfounded, but you regain your composure so quickly? “I guess it’s because of Aether?”

“Sehwa… You…!”

“Do you know why you are deceived by others? “It’s because I’m stupid and naive.”

The woman in front of him gives off a completely different vibe from the Sehwa he used to know.
Seeing that scene, Yoo Seung-hyun’s heart pounded ominously.

“You you…”

Yoo Seung-hyun stutters.
Sehwa smiled brightly at him, his emotions clearly showing, and snapped his fingers.
OK,

Gooooo…!

A dark aura rose from Sehwa, and her blue suit transformed into a dress that exposed one of her legs.
The same goes for the great sword. As the black energy surrounded the great sword, it melted and created a new shape, soon turning into a scythe larger than most adults.

The change didn’t end there.
As Sehwa’s skin became pale, her flowing light blue hair grew long enough to reach her thighs and turned light purple.

The fingernails grew long and sharp as if they did not belong to a human, the iris turned bright red like a devil, and the pupil became slitted.

“No way… No way…”

Yoo Seung-hyun’s mouth opened wide as he watched the scene.

“Haha…”

The heart beats louder than the allowable range.
He said that the Sehwag he was seeing was not a person.
It was a monster. It is also a high-ranking monster that surpasses the S-class, constantly spewing out immensely powerful magical energy from its body.
No, it would be more accurate to say that it was something that transcended monsters.

“Hello, Seunghyeon.”

Sehwa’s cheerful greeting after completing her transformation.
Seeing that carefree behavior, Yoo Seung-hyun rolled his eyes and muttered in a trembling voice.

“Well, since when…? Obviously, you and I were hardly ever apart from the headquarters… But we didn’t even notice Tyrat’s presence… No… No…! Something’s wrong… Right… This shouldn’t be happening…”

Yoo Seung-hyun’s current actions were like running away.
He couldn’t believe that his ex-girlfriend, whom he had loved until now, had changed like that, so he couldn’t even wake up his will to fight and was comforting himself to escape reality.

“Um… Are you okay? “It looks very difficult, doesn’t it?”

Sehwa’s coquettish remarks towards him… Seem arrogant at first glance.
The Aether that was embedded in Yoo Seung-hyeon’s body began to circulate around his body at an incredible speed, forcing his mind to return.

“Hot…!?”

“It’s fake, but Aeter is Aeter… It would have been better if his mind had just collapsed.”

Yoo Seung-hyeon took a half step back and swallowed his saliva as he watched Sehwa saying something scary.

“Sehwa… Right now… That look…”

“This is my true self when I pledged to serve my master. How is it? “Isn’t it beautiful?”

“W-what… Master… You…”

“You still don’t understand? I thought you would understand the situation as soon as you saw this… Even though you have developed with the power of Aether, you are still you, right? “I still feel stupid.”

“…”

“I have so much to tell you. I want to tell you in detail why I changed like this. But the place is a bit different? I’ll tell you everything later. “I have no intention of killing you yet.”

“Ah, not yet…”

“Would you like me to tell you one thing? Do you know why I spent so much meaningless time with you?”

“…”

“It was to attract Rachel to us.”

“Re, Rachel…? “I… What are you… Talking about…”

“If you don’t understand, you can just stay like that. Anyway, now that it’s over, I’m putting the finishing touches on it. I heard that you have great potential. Of course, if you exert that feeble and dirty power, it will be of no use to me now… But I still want to give you a gift.”

After finishing his words, Sehwa raised the demon energy in his body.

Puhwaak-!

The demonic energy that was already filling up the house is leaking out through the tiny cracks in all the walls…
And not long after, Yoo Seung-hyeon’s sense of energy caused four huge, ominous energies to fall towards this place at high speed.

Kwasik! Kwazijic!

Four energies shattered the ceiling and landed around Sehwa.
The identities were four women.

“Hehe… Hello? “Nice to meet you… Should I say that?”

One was a cute woman holding a gem filled with red beads.
One is a tall, beautiful woman who silently turns her two daggers and glares at her;

“I… Hello.”

Another woman appears to be somewhat gentle, silently pulling and loosening her whip and greeting her in a kind voice.
And another one…

“Hi. Long time no see.”

She was a mature-looking woman with a familiar face, with an arrow hanging from her string and pointing it at her.
They all looked familiar, but the woman holding the bow was an unforgettable face.

“Yu… Yuria…?”

“Thank you for remembering.”

She was Yuria Elenar, who attacked Yoo Seung-hyeon himself while he was dealing with monsters at the headquarters.
And the rest… Are Beast Slayers from headquarters.
No, I can no longer call him a Beast Slayer… I think it would be more correct to say that he has been transformed into an evil being.

“Ah…”

Yoo Seung-hyun’s new brother stumbled when he saw them and Se-hwa at the head of the four.
The first thought in his mind right now was despair.
It’s complete despair, with no future in sight.