Chapter 210 – Episode 143 – The Goddess Who Became Prey

*All characters appearing are adults.
*This is a fictional story that is nothing but fiction. Never follow

[As Carpo said, the demon king’s children must be gathered here.]

Evil demons were huddled in the floche.
There must be Leviathan’s children gathered there.
Therefore, before Iris descended to the ground, she established a plan to annihilate Leviathan’s flesh and blood.
As the eighth of the ten goddesses, she was appointed as the general manager of the flosh invasion.
Iris, entrusted with an important mission, vowed to make this invasion a success.

To achieve that success, she decided to get rid of the demon king’s children first.

[We need to keep them away from the city. They won’t be able to do anything in an isolated state.]

Leviathan’s descendants.
We must kill them without leaving a single one of them behind.
If even one of them is alive, it will greatly hinder the plan to purify the ground in the future.
So it’s better to gather them all together and kill them.

Therefore, Iris established the following strategy.
To summarize:

The children of the devil are forcibly moved to the forest using Harpy’s ability.
They attack the demon king’s children with the low-class goddesses ambushed in the forest.
Her self, Harpy, and Vesta slay the most threatening of the Demon King’s children.
Her invasion of the city is left to her own lieutenants.

[If possible, take care of supply and demand. If they see their leader dead, their morale will plummet.]

Iris believed that she would succeed.
No matter how strong the demon king’s children are, they won’t be able to reach even under their own feet.
There are three people including himself, but can they win?
With tens of thousands of low-level goddesses mobilized, there will be no failure.
In front of the power of the goddesses, Iris thought that they would be robbed helplessly.

[Let’s go and show what we saw. Let’s tell them who they’re dealing with.]

Iris’ thoughts were not wrong.
In fact, Demon King Eris almost watched the other world while fighting Dike.
Lea Espani was also driven to the brink of death by Harpy, and Arietta was the same.
Lillia almost went to the goal.
If there were no variables, the winners would have been the goddesses.

[Abandon the thought of playing and kill unconditionally. We do not come down to earth to torment.]

Iris had no idea that the variable would lead to a fatal outcome.
Even looking at it objectively, her strength was stronger on their side, so they didn’t consider it worth considering.

[Hmph, to even hit the defense. He seems to be a very timid guy.]

She didn’t do that, so Iris fell into her conceit.
She believed that she could deal with Junice, the child of the demon king she was targeting, by herself.
She believed that if she aimed her vitals with her own arrows of light, she could easily destroy her.

Iris thought so,

“Ha, ha, ha…”

She became the prey.
She was supposed to be a hunter, but ended up becoming a poor herbivore who didn’t know when she would be captured.

“What is this, what is this? What is this!”

It is impossible.
It shouldn’t even happen.
She must have seen it hit by an arrow.
She saw her heart pierced.
I saw her head pierced.
She rained down arrows and saw her entire body become her hedgehog.
Then she had to be done with it.

But why are you alive?
Why didn’t he die even though he attacked him like that?
Iris was so confused.

‘My eyes won’t be weird.’

The ability to find targets no matter where they hide.
The ability to pierce through whatever the target defends with.
That was Iris’ power.
Although half of her silver hair down to her waist has turned black and her strength has weakened, she can easily deal with dozens of minor creatures.

Iris used her own powers to find Junis hiding behind a tree, and pierced Junis’ heart with an arrow of light.
Even though Junice had previously struck a shield with lightning, it was all to no avail.

But why don’t you die?
What did he do to get him back on his feet?
Iris shot dozens or hundreds of arrows. She hit it all.
Still, Junice did not die.

‘You were there. I didn’t know where he was.’

Eventually, Iris found out where she was.
Junice struck her lightning bolt at her location, intending to kill her iris.
Ruthless blue lightning struck her Iris, scorching the forest.
Iris quickly dodged it, but her attack didn’t end there.
Junice’s blue lightning relentlessly pursued her Iris, and Iris had to run for her life.

She led to a chasing and chasing situation like that.
After barely escaping her main nisse, Iris sat down under a tree and took a deep breath.
Iris fell into fear at the thought that Junice might attack again.
Iris was terrified by the existence she looked down on as a small creature.

‘What’s this. Why did this happen The operation was perfect. Why!’

Where did I go wrong?
Realizing that one by one her sisters are corrupting?
Or because I didn’t know that the demon king’s children were stronger than I imagined?
Iris was so confused.
She didn’t want to admit that her perfect strategy had been devastated.

‘I, first of all, I have to join. Go to Harpina or Sister Vesta…’

The lower goddesses were annihilated.
The place where the lower goddesses and Leviathan’s children fought was so quiet.
Seeing this, Iris intuitively sensed that the lower goddesses had been annihilated.
She couldn’t believe that tens of thousands of sisters were killed by just four people, but she couldn’t help but believe it was true.
Otherwise, there is no way to explain why it became quiet.

So Iris had no choice but to join her two sisters.
Harpy and Vesta.
It doesn’t matter which of the two you join.
If you can join us, you’ll be able to show the demons a lesson.

The moment she thought so, something flashed above Iris’s head.

“Oh, no!”

Iris quickly rolled her body in front of her, and her thunderbolt landed where she was.
The tree that served as a resting place for a while was charred.

“Ugh…”
“I heard from them that they are different, but aren’t they too weak?”

Someone trudges along.
Waist-length blonde hair and blue eyes.
She is a woman in a black uniform.
She had a short red cloak draped over her shoulders, symbolizing a commander.
Blue sparks were constantly flowing through her hands.

Junice.
The commander who is the head of the demon army, and the target that Iris must hunt.
And now she was the feared object that Iris had to run away from.

“Let’s finish it now. I don’t have time to play with you.”
“Oh, don’t come. Do not come…”
“Do you think I won’t go because I told you not to come?”
“Don’t come over!”

Iris raised her bow.
As she drew the bowstring, the light began to gather.
The light turned into an arrow.
Iris shot an arrow through Junice’s heart.
She continued to shoot without stopping.
She shot, fired, and fired as arrows spawned at an invisible speed.
She didn’t stop shooting until her fear was completely gone.

I shot like that.

‘Why won’t he die?’

Don’t fall
Obviously, the arrow was lodged in the heart.
It also got stuck in her head.
Vital points were all shot with arrows.
Then death is normal.

But why doesn’t it die?
Why don’t you fall down?
Weird. It’s so strange.
Is that demon weird, or is it myself?

Afraid. It’s so scary and scary.
I don’t know if I’m dealing with an insignificant creature or if I’m fighting an incomparable being.
Tears welled up in Iris’s frightened eyes.
Her hands were shaking and she could hardly draw the bowstring any longer.

“What’s the matter? Are you done with this?”

Junice approached with a smile.
Clearly, even though his heart was pierced, he was still alive even though his head was pierced.
The hole that had been drilled was quickly filled.
Seeing that scene, Iris couldn’t keep her mouth shut.

“Oh, how did that happen… You, you are not a goddess…”
“Why is that? Guess it.”
“…”

It’s unbelievable that there is such a regenerative power in the first place.
When even herself, the goddess herself, is hit by a critical spot, she cannot regain her consciousness for a while.
But that demon has none of that.
It seems as if she has overcome death.

Is such a thing possible? What the hell did that demon do to go beyond common sense?
Iris didn’t know how to accept this situation.

‘If she’s not even vital…’

She has no choice but to blow the whole thing up.
Having made up her mind, Iris drew her bowstring once again.
The arrow of light was put into Iris’ hand.
Same behavior as before.
But there was a difference.

Arrowheads are gathering light.
The arrowhead grew larger and sharper as Iris focused all her power.
A gust of wind raged around the arrowhead, where the power was condensed.

‘I don’t know if this will work.’

If neither her heart nor her head work, blow them both.
Her simple, ignorant method doesn’t suit Iris, who prefers to do things neatly.
But there was no answer other than this.

“Hmm…”

Junice’s expression hardened slightly.
Seeing this, Iris’ face turned red.
She’s nervous even the guy. That fact alone made Iris feel relieved.
If this skill hits, she should be able to kill him too.
She had such expectations.

But her joy was short-lived.

‘Why, why are you laughing?’

They are smiling.
I might die, but I’m smiling.
With her arms outstretched as if to give her a shot.
Iris couldn’t understand why she was smiling because she believed in it.

‘I still have no choice but to shoot.’

It doesn’t matter if it’s a trap.
This one shot was Iris’ last resort.
She has to end everything here if she can’t get away anyway.

‘Mother, please give me strength.’

Iris let go of her bowstring, hoping that her earnest wish would come true.

-Quaaaaang!

Arrows fly with a tremendous roar.
Biting off everything, the arrows were pointed straight at their targets.
At the same time as the plug, a huge explosion occurred.

-Kwagagagagang!

A storm rages.
All the surrounding vegetation is uprooted.
After a while, the storm calmed down, leaving only a large pit where Junice had been.
Junice didn’t even leave a trace.

Haha, finally, finally…”

She finally knocked it down.
The moment Iris was about to cheer,

-Poo-wook

“Uh?”

The sound of something breaking through.
Suddenly, pain comes from her chest, and blood flows from her mouth.
Iris lowered her gaze in disbelief.
Her arms were seen piercing her own chest.

And Iris, who followed that arm with her eyes,

“AA AA AA…”

He panicked
He saw an unbelievable sight.

“The last one was great. I thought I might die too.”

It’s Junice.
Junis pierced Iris’ chest with her left hand.
He had penetrated his back and held Iris’s heart in his hand.
Her blood-stained heart continued to beat, unaware that she had left her place.

“Uh, how… Surely it couldn’t have been avoided…”
“Yeah, I couldn’t avoid it. I didn’t even know my clothes would tear like this.”

Junice’s top was torn.
The right side of the top completely disappeared.
In the missing area, pure white skin was revealed.

The reason, it turns out, is simple.
Because I was hit by an arrow.
The arrow exploded and blew Junice’s right arm, chest, and head.
Normally, he would have died instantly.

But Junice survived.

“What, what the hell, what tricks… Mu, what did you do to buy it, surviving…”
“That…”

Junice whispered in Iris’ ear.

“I ate your sisters.”
“What, what?”
“I took all the power of those who killed my men in vain to find Minerva.”
“No, that is nonsense. Little creature, how can I get the power of a goddess…”
“I also thought it was nonsense. But it worked.”

The trigger was the fall of Minerva.
After hearing how Lillia corrupted Minerva, Junis suddenly thought of this.

Can’t you make the goddess’ power your own?
To become the Demon King, you must become stronger than you are now.
You must become stronger than Eris.
That way no one would dream of treason.

So, Junice tried.
Dozens of lower goddesses who became slaves through a deal with Eris.
He corrupts the goddesses and steals their power.
It was painful indeed, but it was not enough to stop Junice’s ambition for power.

‘Of course, the price was excruciating.’

It was a bit burdensome to have to do it like a daily meal, but Junice didn’t mind.
As long as the whole body is not destroyed, he has a body close to immortality, and he has gained powers worthy of that immortality.

-Quaaaaang!

Suddenly a loud noise is heard.
An ice storm surged in the distance.
Both of them focused their eyes on it.

“Is that Arrieta? Did you win?”
“Sir, no way Vesta Uh, even my sister…”
“Somehow, I have a feeling that the rumor is right.”
“Ugh…”
“I need to finish this one soon.”

Junice removed his hand.
Spitting dark red blood, Iris fell to the floor.
Junis put both of his hands behind the fallen Iris.
Grasping the source of Iris’ power, Junis began to infuse evil demonic energy.

“Ugh, stop, please that, stop…”

Iris struggled, but to no avail.
Even if her silver hair turned black, even if her red eyes turned gray, there was nothing she could do.

‘Why, why…’

Why did things turn out this way?
Where did things go wrong?
It must have been the perfect plan.
I couldn’t have lost to them.

You can’t get tired of microbes.
That thinking itself was the cause of her defeat, Iris didn’t notice until right before she lost consciousness.