Chapter 198 – #43_festival(4)

#196

One.
It was a hell that descended into the present world.
The musty smell that makes my head ache, mixed with the darkness full of malice, drifts to my nose like the perfume of a reaper.
Severed fingers, fragments of internal organs, limbs, etc., Were trampled by feet if one was not careful.

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Announcements and classical music from speakers that have not yet turned off.
And the incongruity of this terrifying landscape was nauseating.

The new floor was the same.
Dozens of piranhas floating around with their eyes glaring.
Even though each one had blood on their snouts, they responded to the newly appeared prey as if they were still hungry and rushed at it.

“…. Bastards!”

The sight of a monster the size of a truck swimming through the air and attacking.
Even though it was a sight that a human would instinctively shrink or avoid, Siu did not shrink in the slightest.
Calculate the timing of the charge and swing two long swords.

– Chow!

The sword in her left hand gently slid through the piranha’s flank, exposing her tortuous innards.
The sword she held in her right hand extended in a straight line and slammed into the piranha’s mouth, breaking its dense teeth.
Despite the difference in size, Siwoo did not move.

These are weak
The armor of the shadow, which strengthens the body like an exoskeleton powered suit, easily received a charge of more than 200kg in weight.

-Puck! Puck! Puck!

Just like Ea did before, Siu twisted the ribbon and pulled it out using elasticity.
The ribbon, which was shot quickly in a flexible curve, pierced several piranhas at once.
It was so vicious that a huge hole was pierced through it.

– Phuduk Phuduk Phuduk

A dying piranha opening her mouth instead of screaming.
In the fierce battle, all you hear is the sound of flesh bursting and organs being crushed.
And there is only the dry sound of the fallen piranha smacking the ground fleetingly.

“Fuck, fuck, fuck…”

Even if you don’t want to be afraid of your eyes, your eyes will automatically go to the corpses scattered everywhere like the background.
There are also children among the victims.
There are also young children who cannot open their eyes in a stroller yet.
There is also a middle-aged couple who would be the same age as Siwoo’s parents if they were alive.

It wasn’t a life that would disappear lightly like prey or a meal.
The body and mind, which had already adapted to the war, did not violently burn their anger.
It’s because the blinding anger creates gaps in battle.
But as calm as embers, my heart groans. Bubbling

Shiu, ignoring his swear words, grabbed the piranha’s jaw with the gauntlet and stopped it.
Its teeth looked sharp like knives, but they were not strong enough to pierce armor.

– Flop flop

The piranha wriggling hard as if embarrassed, but that figure was no different from a butterfly with one wing caught.
It’s just a futile struggle in front of an overwhelming difference in physical strength.

“Search!”

As Siwoo pulled his chin down with all his might, the struggling piranha’s jaw crumbled and her snout tore up and down.
He smashed the lower jaw of the piranha that was clinging to his hand like throwing garbage.

“Come out of hiding! The monsters have been dealt with! I’ll send you out!”

As soon as Siwoo roughly cleaned up a floor, he raised his voice and shouted.

“Come out! You are safe now!”

I wonder if my voice couldn’t reach the outskirts.

“Excuse me! Anyone! Answer me!”

None.
Not a single word comes back.
Not a single survivor out of that many people answered.

“……”

Siwoo’s face was cold.
The twins looked at the rooftop with a distorted expression enough to burst into tears when they saw it, and moved on.

Since then, there has been no significant change even after going up the floor.
The piranhas roamed through the hangers and mannequins like seaweed, and Siwoo beat them all.

With a hammer, with a spear, with a longsword.
Slashing, stabbing, piercing, crushing, smashing and advancing.

Siwoo did a series of tasks naturally without his breathing becoming rough.
Once you hold any type of weapon in your hand, how to use it becomes more and more natural.
As if only the body remembers forgotten memories, the body moves first before being conscious.
He chose not to question it for now.

When the sweep was over, he raised his voice and called out for survivors.
But he did not return even a single echo.
By the time Siu reached the rooftop, he was no longer looking for survivors.

“I’ll be hiding anyway. What do they believe in?”

In such a terrifying situation, no one will believe only one person’s words and come out.
Therefore, it is best to prevent further spread of damage rather than to find survivors one by one.
He believed so

Meanwhile, he was clearly visible the closer he got to the rooftop.
The unpleasant flow of magical energy that covered the building was overflowing from this place.
Black, muddy, and heavy mana can be seen dripping down the building from the rooftop like a waterfall of mud.
The thickly locked rooftop door was blocking Siwoo, but he was sure.
Behind this is a courtesy note called Dagon’s flute.

And if you open this door and pass through, Siwoo will not be safe from then on.
An unknown danger awaits with an open mouth.

“……..”

-Kkigigigguk thump!

Siu pushed the iron door as it was.
Even with a light push, the entire cement and frame holding the door collapsed.
The cool and sweet air, completely different from the indoor air filled with salt and fishy smell, passes by the pinna of the ear.

There was an altar in front of him.
A flute is placed on the altar carefully decorated as if offering food to the god.

“What are you again?”

And there was a sentinel guarding it as if blocking access to the altar.
It was 2M of pure white plate armor.
A long spear about 3M in hand.
A kite silt that can be completely covered from the upper arm to below the knee.

The thickness of the armor, which is crafted with colorful and delicate pieces, seems so heavy that humans cannot move while wearing it.
As soon as Siwoo climbed onto the roof, the white knight flashed two pairs of eyes inside the helmet and immediately prepared for battle.

It is a homunculus.
As soon as they met, the shudder that started at the tips of their toes traveled up their spines to the top of their heads and then came down again.
Intuition that has crossed many limbs so far is telling me.
That this guy is on a different level from the miscellaneous things he dealt with below.
He also said that he had to risk his life from now on.

However, Siu did not back down.
There was some certainty.
He is not as helpless as he used to be.

Although the good fortune and the good fortune of being exhausted after the battle overlapped, he defeated Della Redcliffe of the 20th rank.
He also caught and killed a mother dog that ran through the neighborhood.
More than anything, he doesn’t feel the fearsome force on this guy as much as he felt during Ea.
It’s worth a try.

-Clap!

Siu removed one of the swords he was holding in both hands and made a shield in the image of a white knight.
Rather than foolishly mimicking dual swordsmanship, a shield that can provide reliable defense and counterattack is much better.

I had to get past this guy to stop the flute.
Siwoo first twisted the ribbon in the air.
It is planned to use long-distance means of containment that can attack while securing a sufficient distance before reconnaissance.

-Kikiiik!

Two strands of ribbon, twisted to the limit, split the air as if releasing a spring that had been bent to the utmost.
The white knight’s reaction was astute.
The white knight, who disappeared from the original target point, easily dodged the ribbon released at subsonic speed.

The white knight, who let off a first attack, rushed right in front of Siu before he knew it.
A speed that would be unimaginable for heavy armor reaching 2M.

“What the fuck!”

Siwoo spat out his curse words and hurriedly turned his body.
A long white spear pierces straight up from the bottom.
Siu instinctively held out his shield.
The white spear flew so fast that it made me think that it had disappeared.

But it’s not too late.
Siu caught the attack just in time.
The trajectory of the thrust must necessarily be a straight line.
A shield that completely covers half of the body is an effective means of defense.

Blocked.
Now all you have to do is prepare for the shock.
As I was about to keep my complacency, Siwoo felt a chill.
It was a momentary intuition that cannot be explained in words.

Siu immediately gave up his defense and attempted to evade.
And he saw
The tip of the spear that had been flying straight bent.
Like a winding snake, it bends from the middle of the spear pole, turning over his body and tenaciously pursuing Siwoo’s heart as it retreats.

– Kang!

Siwoo was able to escape the relentless attack only after striking his spearhead with his sword.
If Siwoo had tried to block it in place, the curved spear would have crept in through the gap in the shield and pierced his empty right side.
He almost lost his life when he only exchanged a sum of money.

And what’s even more shocking is that the bizarre stabbing that shakes common sense isn’t magic.
Siu watched the white knight’s strike from beginning to end.

The blow I just made was purely a physical skill.
A spearmanship trained to the point of dazzling the senses like magic, as well as a one-of-a-kind skill.

He has something distinctly different from the ignorant homunculus we’ve been watching.
It wasn’t just the number of eyes that judged combat power.
This guy was different.

Siwoo took a few steps back, and the white knight rushed straight ahead.
The white knight did not even give a chance to panic and raised his arm above his shoulder.
It is an exciting overhand that throws a harpoon and slashes down from the top as if catching a whale.

Thanks to that, the armpits were exposed and the torso was empty.
If you dig into the flank now, you might be able to aim for a gap.
However, Siwoo, who was embarrassed by his clever spearmanship at first, decided to reserve his winning numbers a little.
It is atrophied
Instead, carefully observe the opponent’s movements and respond accordingly.

– Whoosh! Hiss! Hiss!

And as if to say that the choice was right, the spear, which suddenly changed from overhand to underhand, quickly occupied the space of number 3.
It was a ferocious stab that seemed to pierce a hole in space.

– Kang! Kang! Kang!

It was purely thanks to his reflexes and his body that moved spontaneously that his shield blocked an attack that was difficult to properly identify even once.
Siu felt a tingling trembling felt on his shield as he stepped back.
His hand hurts

The white knight looked similar to Siu in terms of physical strength.
In addition, the force is not ambiguously dispersed in an awkward posture, but it is heavy as if all the weight and power are on the tip of a spear.
Rather than a window, it felt like being stamped with a pile driver.

It’s a waste.
Until now, Siu was able to deal with witches or homunculus because he used or used magical compatibility.
The Law of Shadows had the upper hand against most magic.
However, the strength of the white knight came from purely physical strength and skill with a spear.
It is not an enemy that can be dealt with with improvisation or hair.

There is no time to rest.
I didn’t even have time to use the ribbon.
This time, the white knight with his shield forward charged.

You shouldn’t back down any further.
We must fight back before the initiative is completely taken away.
Whispers of instinct.
Shiwoo also lunges forward, kicking the ground with his hind feet, holding his shield out in front of him.

-Bang!!!!!

The impact and noise was unbelievable that cold weapons collided with each other.
The cement on the rooftop that one person and one homunculus were stepping on cracked like cookies.

It worked.
For the first time, there was a gap in the attack of the homunculus.
In line with the homunculus attempting a shield strike once again, Siu also attempted an honest physical attack.

“Oh!”

There was no sound this time.
Siwoo’s mouth, which had been clenching his teeth, gaped momentarily at the shock that would fill his helmet.
The white knight, who had behaved as if he would come running towards him, did not respond at all this time and quietly pulled his body back.

The balance of the tip of the toe, which had been vigorously stepped out, collapsed.
His whole body falls forward as if it were being cocked.
In his slanting field of vision, as if he had been waiting, he saw a spear blade flying towards his face.

“Keugh!”

It was the two ribbons that saved Siwoo from a near-miss moment.
Using the ribbon as an arm, he forcibly propped up the ground and escaped from the attack range as if swinging his body.

“Hee-euk… Hee-euk…”

It was quite unexpected, but the white knight did not hastily close his distance and aimed his spear at him.
It caught on the edge of the spear and severely tore my eyelids.
I can feel the blood flowing profusely, staining my right vision red.
Fortunately, the eyeballs were not injured, but it is too big a penalty for the eyesight to be hindered in a state where the gap in technology is already wide.

He was completely cornered.
It was a crisis of desperation.