Chapter 54 – Episode 54 – The Tiger Crushed by the Monster

“Are you crazy?”

At Kang-rim’s request to tell him the spell, Su-a looked at Kang-rim, asking where did she get the stupid comments.

“What if something goes wrong while using it?”
“I am of the same opinion as Sua.”

Iris also agreed with Sua’s words.

“You cannot gamble with your master’s life.”

Advent also uses 〈 Instinct Return 〉 just like Tiger Chief Tai used it.

There are two conditions for using 〈 Instinct Regression 〉,

1. The catalyst must be in the body.
2. Recite an incantation to break the seal.

Because Tai satisfied these two conditions, he could become a giant tiger monster.

And Advent also satisfied the minimum conditions.

From Su-ah, he possessed a spirit stone, a treasure of the nine-tailed fox tribe, in his body.
Now all you have to do is recite the order.
If successful, you may have a means to counter Tai, but

In case of failure, life cannot be guaranteed.
Even if you succeed, there is no guarantee that things will work out.

That’s why Iris and Sua vehemently oppose it.

Advent doesn’t even know this.

“So, are there any other rooms?”

No, but it is also a reality that there is no sharp solution.

“He’s a guy who didn’t budge even when the three of us attacked. Can we beat that guy with our own strength?”

If there were other means, I would have written it right away.
Advent also doesn’t want to use his life as collateral.
He wants to live, but Kang-rim did not want to commit the contradictory act of risking his life.
If there was a means to completely subdue Tai, Kang-rim would have chosen that method.

Unfortunately, however, that means does not exist.

“Tell me. Is there any other way to defeat him with certainty…”
“…”
“…”

Neither Sua nor Iris could refute those words.

“If it’s not there, let me know quickly. We’ll do it quickly before he notices where we are.”

Kang-rim asked for Su-a again.

“Stop procrastinating. Hurry up. If you don’t want to get along and get into the tiger’s belly, tell me quickly.”
“…Are you really okay?”

Sua asked with her sincere heart.

“I don’t know what the outcome will be, but are you really going to do it? What if I can’t come back like Ty?”
“If you can’t come back, just live as if you couldn’t come back.”
“…Ha?”

Sua almost burst out laughing at the absurd remark.
Iris, who was listening next to her, also looked at Kangrim with her face, wondering what crazy thing she was talking about.

Even if the two were shocked, Kang-rim didn’t care at all.
In the tone that a bright future awaits her, she talked happily.

“If you become a monster, it’s good to live the life of a monster. The demon lord who ravages the world with fear. It wouldn’t be bad to live that kind of life. I’m already the demon lord.”
“…”
“I want to live by building something like the Demon Castle, but since I’m getting bigger, I think it’s better to build it bigger, right?”
“What the hell is that…”

Soo-ah was dumbfounded, but Kang-rim was sincere.

“I’m saying this because it makes sense. Do you think I’m saying it for nothing?”
“…”
“So, tell me right now.”

Advent demanded again.

“I’ll take care of all my problems, so tell me now.”
“Haa, how did you fall for a guy like this…”

A man who took everything from himself
Unable to endure being trampled by this man, Sua eventually chose to give in.
He sacrificed not only his own life, but also his own people.
To the extent that Sua wanted to do that, he became a body that could not live without Kangrim.

Even if Advent goes wrong and lives as a monster for the rest of her life, she will serve him for the rest of her life.

And on the other hand, for the sake of Sua and the women he has eaten so far, this man will sacrifice himself without hesitation.
Sua was genuinely curious about how a guy known as a heinous scum who sacrificed even a woman who loved him for his own sake turned into a man with a strong spirit of sacrifice.

Well, even if I asked you to tell me, I don’t think I’ll tell you.

“Okay, I’ll teach you. Instead…”

Sua put up one condition.

“Do not die.”

I don’t need anything else.

“Be sure to come back alive. Don’t let us spend the rest of our lives in tears.”

Keep only that If you decide to take all of them, live and take responsibility until the end.

“Yes, I will come back alive.”

Kang-rim readily accepted Sua’s request.

“I’ll be back, so tell me quickly. Ty, I already smelled it. He’s coming this way.”
“Okay, I’ll tell you. The order is…,”

After a while,

-Oooooh!

The monster’s roar echoed across the island.

●●●

‘Where are you, trash? Where did you hide…’

Tai is looking around.
The tiger monster’s black pupils blazed with rage as it trampled through the trees.

‘Just show up. I’ll chew them all up.’

Grid, the silver armored woman who attacked him, and Sua.
Kill those three guys for sure. Kill them, kill others. I also kill all the other guys who cooperate with the pirates.

Kill, kill, kill, I will pay off all the souls of my compatriots who were ravaged by the pirates.
I will repay everything and restore the lost honor.

To do that, living as a monster for the rest of his life was nothing to Ty.

‘Destroy everything.’

Snowflake said so.

‘You have already lost your honor. Even if I go back, I will kick you out as a disgrace to the tigers.’

That’s right. What shame can you go back to?
If he recruited elite warriors, he would have to achieve that much, but the bet failed miserably, let alone bet.
The warriors were turned into slaves of the pirates, and Tai was also transformed into a body that could not fight again.
With just one failure, the power of the Beastman Alliance was cut in half, which soon led to the collapse of the Alliance.

Who will welcome the person who committed such a thing when he returns?
You will only hear the cry of paying for your sins with your life.
You will be exiled as a disgrace even to your own people.

Tai didn’t want that. He wanted to make up for his failure by somehow restoring his honor.

Because of such earnestness, I was easily given over to the twists and turns of the tale.
Although it is partly because he lost his reason after being injected with 〈 black light 〉 and was unable to think normally.

‘The only way to restore your honor is to kill all the pirates. The same goes for those who collaborated with them.’

Eliminate all the islands that have become pirates’ dens.
Eliminate all prisoners who have become traitors.
Eliminate Sua, Akelon, Kaw, and Levi.

‘And be sure to kill Grid.’

And get rid of the grid that is the cause of everything.
Seolhwa whispered that it was the only way for Tai to make up for his failure and restore his honor.

‘Then no one will curse you when you go back.’

At that command, Tai moved.
Following the order, he decided to be the first to destroy Fox Island.
Tai didn’t think this was wrong.

What’s the point of massacring when it’s about restoring honor?
Since it has become a den of evil anyway, the answer is to purify it, but this can’t go wrong.

So kill them all kill all of them kill all, all, all
He will kill all those who stand in his way.

-Ooh oh oh!

It was then that a monster’s roar was suddenly heard.

[… What?]

Ominous black aura soars high into the sky.
It’s the same aura he felt when Tai injected 〈 black ore 〉.
It’s the same, but the concentration is so different.
It’s so thick that Tai can’t breathe properly.

What the hell is going on?
When I had such doubts, something appeared in front of Ty.

‘Muh, what is it? That one?’

For a moment, Tai, terrified, stepped back from him.
It was a shameful thing as a warrior, but he shouts this in his head.

Not to fight tell me to run away This guy is not an opponent you can do alone.
Tai began to tremble to the extent that he forgot even the suggestion of the folk tale to annihilate them all.

‘Ho, by any chance Sua?’

Tai felt that way.
Because the only ones who can become monsters through 〈 Instinct Return 〉 are you and Sua.

But, is that monster that appears in front of you really Soo-ah?
That monster with a hideous face?
That monster whose whole body is covered in black upper?
That monster glaring at you with dark eyes emanating bleak energy?
Is that monster without a tail, that monster that doesn’t look like a nine-tailed fox really the existence that Sua transformed into?

‘It doesn’t matter who became the monster.’

Tai, who had managed to make up his mind, immediately prepared for battle.

‘Because just biting the neck will end it anyway!’

With that determination, Ty rushed in.
The moment Tai opened his mouth wide and bit the monster’s neck,

Tai’s vision reversed.

[… ?]

What happened?
It was only after he fell to the ground with a thump that Ty realized that he had been blown away by the monster’s fist.
All of his teeth were shattered with a single blow.
Tai was stunned, blood dripping from his mouth.

What’s even more shocking is…

‘Ah, won’t it play?’

Broken teeth are not restored.
The fact that I was fine despite Atria’s onslaught,
Even though his mouth turned to charcoal from fighting Sua’s familiars, he was fine.
The reason why Iris was fine even when the sword was inserted into her cervical vertebrae was because she had transcendental regenerative powers.
Originally, Ty didn’t have this ability, but got it after being injected with 〈 black ore 〉.

So, broken teeth deserve to be regenerated.

It should be, but it didn’t happen.
New teeth couldn’t grow, as if something had blocked them.
Same with the cracked jaw.

Why are you doing this all of a sudden?
Tai couldn’t pay attention to this question.

– Chur uh uh?

Because the black monster started attacking.
Tie became rags from the continuous punches thrown by the black monster.
Even though he wanted to respond properly, he couldn’t even counterattack.

‘Who, who do you think will win?’

After barely swinging his front foot to block the repeated hits, Tai leaped backwards.
Tai opened his mouth to the front.

-Cooooo!

An enormous shockwave that shook the world exploded from Ty’s mouth.
The place where the shockwave from the tiger’s mouth passed through was nothing but a wasteland.

The black monster crossed his arms in the shape of an X.
The black monster that collided with the shock wave was pushed back greatly.

Tai did not miss that moment.

-Cooooo!

Jump into the air with all your might. Leap up and land on his back.
At the defenseless back of his head, Tai swung his front paw.

If you swing it like this, his head will break.
No matter how strong the armor is, it is useless in front of the tiger’s claws.

Tai, who thought so, stopped as it was.

[… What?]

I can’t move. Not to mention the forepaw that swung at him, his body didn’t move either.
Confused about what had happened, Ty immediately realized why.

[This, this…]

Thick black tentacles connected to the back of the monster like vines,
The nine spear blades at the tips of the tentacles pierced Tai’s body.
The black monster threw the tie as hard as it could.
.
Ty was thrown and plunged into the sea.

-Koo wo uh uh uh?

It was Ty who came up to the surface quickly, but a large shadow fell right after that.
The black monster appeared with a huge spray of water and grabbed Ty by the neck with one hand.

-Kuruk, kueouk, kueoeouk!

Just as it is, drive the head into the sea, remove it, drive it in, and subtract it repeatedly.
Kang-rim continued to torture him with water until Tai became limp.

-Keep it off…

The black monster, deciding that it was no longer necessary, lifted the tie with its right hand.
The tiger that had turned Fox Island into a mess a while ago had become like a wet mouse.
The monster clenched its fist at the tiger who became a mouse,

-Kouruk?

He thrust his fist into Ty’s body.
It pierced his fur hide, ripped out his muscles, broke his bones, and grabbed Ty’s heart.
In that state, the monster began absorbing it.

‘Hey, the power…’

Power goes out The power bestowed by Seolhwa,
The power passed down from generation to generation is sucked into him.
I need to block it, but I can’t put strength into my front legs.
Jaws do not move.
Ty’s vision is getting darker and darker.

Die like this? But, why do I feel so liberated?
And,

[I’ll definitely get the price for the game, so be prepared.]

Why did the voice of a disgusting man come from that monster’s mouth?
Before the question could be resolved, Tai lost his consciousness.