Chapter 333 – Chapter 333. Hell’s Damn Centaur.

Heart-

My heartbeat started to speed up.
Heart palpitations that I haven’t felt in a long time.
Even though I’ve become stronger than before, I can’t believe this kind of tension.

‘By the way… It’s worth doing.’

Although the momentum of the Centaur was tremendous, the lineup of this side was also tremendous.

Isaac, the emperor of the night, the strongest in the world.
Rebecca has a similar strength to that Isaac.
Irene, the leader of Team 1 of the Iris Guild.
And me.

Of course, it’s morning so I can’t use Isaac’s full power, but this level of power is enough.
With so many strong people gathered, if we couldn’t catch a single monster, mankind would have perished long ago.

The problem is that he is aiming for suppression, not killing, in a fight where there may be some variables.
It may be greedy, but… I decided to try.

“Class F…”
– Right. F-class mercenary plaque! A sign of hell!

I checked the F-rank mercenary plaque hanging around his neck.
No matter how you think about it, that’s not F-class.
I don’t like the fact that hell’s people use English, but they can’t even grade it properly.

“Why F?”
“You mean the necklace hanging around his neck. What does it mean?”
“Well, I don’t know. I’ll catch them and then ask them all.”

I roughly answered Isaac and Irene’s words.
To be honest, I don’t know either.

[Succubus… Why don’t you show up?]

The centaur kept talking to us while watching us.
I wish you wouldn’t say such an important thing.
If you ever doubt this, don’t worry.

– Why does he keep pretending to know me?
“…”

That’s it.
Seeing her chanting the succubus, it must be assumed that she knew of Liliana’s existence.
Of course, I can’t be sure yet because I don’t know if I’m focusing on a race called ‘Succubus’ or an entity called ‘Liliana’.

[The power of the mana that I can feel is weak… What is the alternative purpose? Are you trying to deal with me now?]

“Irene, are centaurs really that talkative?”
“… No. This is the first time we’ve been in a situation like this.”

I tried to ignore it at first, but it keeps bothering me.
Unless you’re a talkative guy, there’s a reason you’re talking.

‘Is the mind alive even if it’s brainwashed?’

If it weren’t for that, you wouldn’t be able to say it with such clear intentions.

“… Rebecca, how are you? It doesn’t sound like nonsense.”

I don’t mention brainwashing, I ask Rebecca.
Rebecca tilted his head and replied.

“Well. Maybe he’s giving you a hint?”
“Hint…”

At that time, can’t you give us a little body?
I’d just release the brainwashing.

“Hey, so what about this Rebecca…?”
“He’s my friend.”
“Can I trust you and fight?”
“Of course. Trust me as much as you trust me.”
“…Then you wouldn’t believe it.”

Coooooung-

[I want to solve it peacefully, but… That’s not easy.]

The centaur continued and stamped his paw.
The ground trembled with light steps, and black magic pierced the ground.

Heart-

“Avoid!”

It’s not just a shockwave, it’s an ominous magic that seems to cause trouble somewhere if hit.
Despite the magic created in an instant, the centaur’s magic was dark black.

– That’s enough… It’s very strong The darker the color, the stronger the magic of hell.
“I’m fucking pissed off, really.”

Pillars of darkness rising from the ground rose as if to wedge between us.
Fortunately, no one was harmed, but the speed and power were definitely intimidating.

“Lee Ho-yeon, can you really capture that?!”
“Yes. I can do it if I make a gap for a moment.”

If it were just me, I wouldn’t know, but Rebecca is there.
Rebecca has a higher skill level than me, so she should be able to unlock it in no time.

“Either suppression or elimination… Let’s think about killing half of them. Get ready.”
“All right.”

Isaac stepped forward and said, and Irene stood next to him.

“It’s good. I don’t think I’ll die anyway even if I fight with the momentum to kill.”
“If you hit it with the intention of killing it, there will be a gap.”

Like Rebecca standing next to me, I lifted my hand with magical energy.

*

‘My body is light.’

─ Whoops….

Alice felt a feeling she had never felt before.
She could use both sword and magic, so a large amount of mana was essential to make use of her talent, so it was natural that she had never felt such a thrill before.
Only now that her mana circuit was almost normalized by Lee Ho-yeon’s massage, her talent blossomed.

“Huh!”

Elise held her sword with one hand and drew her magic circle with the other.
She slashed the sword on the shoulder of the demon approaching from the right, holding back the demon behind her with her magic.

One. Two.

As her elbow rotated, she slashed her new demon and at the same time channeled the magical power she grabbed onto the sword, increasing her sword skills and piercing the heart of the demon behind her.

Three. Four.

Gradually, the number of demons defeated by Ellis increased.
Acrobatic battles that could never be unfolded before.

“Whoa…”

Alice felt refreshed.
It had been a long time since she felt refreshed by a fight.

─ This, such nonsense. I can’t stand it until the apostle comes….
“Scarlett. Deal with me.”
“Yes. I will assist.”

In front of Alice’s eyes, there was a Pandemic executive looking at the centaur in bewilderment.
Except for the executives, most of the demons ran away or were disposed of.
Team 2, Scarlett, and Sebastian. And it was because of Alice’s performance.

Caan-

Elise stopped the attacking Mine and sent a signal to Scarlett.
Scarlett’s speed and stealth are unrivaled within the guild.
In an instant, she caught Mine’s back.

Support Jijik-!

A sharp electric shock pierced Mine’s belly, and Mine hurriedly swung her arm behind her, but Scarlett was already out.

─ Ughhh… !

Taking aim at the gap created by Scarlett’s attack, Elis cut her sword and then wrung her hand and created her bondage magic.

─ Stop, why do we… !
“Noisy.”

Elis, who subdued her executive with her specialty, the barrier technique, looked around her.
All the executives had already been subdued, and most of the remaining demons had fled.
The wounded were being treated.
It was a fairly satisfying battle because the damage was less than expected due to Elise’s performance.
And the tracking teams with shallow injuries naturally looked at one place.

“Wow….”
“That’s the centaur’s power… Surely guys like us can’t even get in.”
“It’s different from the momentum you feel. It feels like your body is trembling even though you’re so far away. How strong do you have to be to face that?”
“… I’m most afraid of a kid caught among those monsters.”
“He’s taller than you for being a kid.”
“Shut up.”
“Who’s that red-haired woman anyway?”
“Well. It’s pretty. Is it reinforcements? Seeing that the guild leader is still, he must be on our side.”

Quaang-! Faaaaang—!

Elise couldn’t keep her mouth shut as the battle unfolded before her eyes.
She seemed to say that her achievements up until now were nothing, and the four people surrounding the centaur were engaged in a battle of a different dimension.

“… Scarlett. Is that the strength a 20-year-old can achieve?”
“Cadet Lee Ho-yeon is just an outlier.”

Scarlett, who was grooming herself next to Ellis, also shook her head.
The Centaur was menacing, as worthy of its name.
With one stomp of his foot, the ground rang, and dozens of thorns protruded from the ground.
And that’s not all. He closed the distance of hundreds of meters with one step and swung a huge blunt weapon.
Perhaps if he had stood there, he would have been killed in the first attack.

It’s not that he’s weak, that monster is incredibly strong.
A monster like that roamed all over France, so there was no choice but to create a tracking team like this.

In the battle against the centaur, Lee Ho-yeon was enduring.
No, he was doing one serving for sure.
Strangely, most of the centaur’s attacks were directed at Lee Ho-yeon, and while he blocked the attack, other members of the centaur were eating away at the centaur’s health.

“Yeah. As expected, our guild leader is strong.”
“So. But that red-haired woman is also strong?”

The other guild members watched the battle as if they were watching a fun spectacle.
It’s because their mission is over, the tension is relieved, and they trust Isaac so much.

“… Scarlett. Is this the original mood?”

Seeing the atmosphere of the tracking team, Ellis asked Scarlett in a whisper.

“Because there is a guild leader. People in the dark almost treat the guild leader as a god. There must be many people who have entered the guild just by looking at the guild leader’s face.”
“… Not good.”
“That’s right. Not a good mood.”

Due to the characteristics of the Iris Guild, even though there are many guild members who unconditionally trust Isaac, the guild leader, it is still in a real situation.

‘I have to hold onto my spirit too.’

Eris, who ate her admirable heart, watched Lee Ho-yeon’s battle with bated breath.
The centaur, who was noticeably slowed down as if his whole body was scratched and his stamina fell, radiated a tremendous amount of mana as if in a last-ditch effort, covering his surroundings and shooting magic at Lee Ho-yeon.

“… Uh?”

Alice doubted her eyes.
It was because Lee Ho-yeon allowed an attack that he had been blocking well so far.
Surprised by her slightly swaying body, Ellis quickly draws a magic circle on her, but before she can do that, her mana from standing next to him jumps out.

*

“Your condition is not good.”

I figured it out after a few workshops.
She could fight thanks to her battle sense and clear mentality, but she was not in full condition.

‘It’s good that Rebecca is there too.’

Well, what can I do I have to focus.
If you don’t concentrate, you’ll die, but you have to endure it with evil.
The battle itself with the centaur was overwhelming.

The centaur was stronger than expected, but there was Rebecca, a skilled person who could coordinate the battle.
The annoying thing is that the centaur only attacks me.
The succubus said blah blah blah, and was blatantly targeting me.
Of course, thanks to that, the battle itself became easier.

While I cover the centaur’s attack, the other personnel cut the centaur’s physical strength.
In case the other tracking teams were too dangerous or if the centaur was more threatening than expected, they agreed to kill it immediately, but the battle around them seemed to be settled.

Kuwaaaaa-!!!

I quickly created a barrier of runes and evaded the centaur’s attack.
A pitch-black shockwave exploded on the ground, and the moment I allowed even one of his attacks to pierce my vitals, it was a fatal blow.

[Human. Why are you even doing this? It would be more convenient to kill this body.]
“If you’re going to cooperate, just get caught, bastard…! I’m brainwashing you!”
[Do you know? Of course, I’m working hard.]

Quad Deuk-

The centaur turned his arm in a worried voice and broke the rune’s barrier.

– Isn’t that bastard crazy?! Why are you talking nice!
“All the bastards in hell are like that…!”
– Hey, what does that mean?

Still, the intensity of the attack was much weaker than the first.
It felt like the last desperate effort of a centaur with wounds all over his body, so it seemed like he could safely capture it if he stopped it a few more times.
I raised my magic power to block the magic coming towards me….

“… Ah?”

I felt dizzy.
There was no time to be embarrassed by the sudden dizziness.
Because the magic was already approaching me.

– Harm! What are you doing? It’s crazy?!

Liliana’s voice echoed in my ears, and I thought with a cold head.

‘I think it’s fucked up.’

I want to avoid it too, but what if my body won’t move?
The sense of battle was still the same, so the short time until the centaur’s attack arrived felt long, but my body didn’t react.

– This, I have to come out….

I heard Liliana’s urgent voice, and I struggled with my arms to avoid the magic.
… If that hits me, I think I’ll really die.
It took time to release Liliana’s transformation, so I didn’t have enough time to block her magic.

In the end, I closed my eyes tightly in preparation for the impact of the magical power that was approaching right in front of my eyes.

“Hoyeon-nim, you’re weak even when you’re tired.”

At the same time, something warm wrapped around me.