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[Chapter 220]
[Unresolved (3)]
Before regression.
The two 3rd rank overrank Basilisks that appeared in Gangneung drove the players to the brink of annihilation.
<Yama> Kang Hyeon-cheol, <Thunder God> Lee Do-jin, <Holy Mother> Park Hye-rim, <Silent> Yu Su-jin.
In addition, the elite players of their clans succumbed to the Basilisks that wouldn't die and kept reviving.
"My, my. Looking at the situation, it seems I won't need to step in." "The Basilisk alone is powerful enough. The artifact lent by the <King of Darkness> is quite impressive."
Armageddon, who had taken On Tae-yang's body.
He laughed from atop a tree a little distance away from where the battle was taking place.
Mastema, who was known to be dead, was guarding his side.
The crystal sphere he held in his arms was emitting a soft light.
The Basilisk's third life vessel was functioning.
"If this affair ends successfully, we can firmly step up as beings who rule this country. I will truly be reborn as a divine being, and that Seo-jin will become the implicit ruler of this country."
Since the era of monarchs began.
Too much time had passed to reach this point.
Baek Seo-jin and Armageddon.
They, who had been of one mind since they first met, had finally reached this point.
However, there were a few unexpected variables.
"Tsk, it's good that I obtained this body, but the sword is utterly useless."
"Are you referring to that sword called the nation-saving holy sword?"
"That's right. Since this sword doesn't recognize me as its master, I can't exert its power. It's fine since I'm a caster, not a dealer, but..."
"But you need to be a dealer to act as On Tae-yang." "Yes, that's right. When I get the chance, I should find a new symbolic sword. I'll hand this sword over to someone else."
Armageddon tapped the sword at his waist.
The sword showed no reaction.
The nation-saving holy sword that didn't recognize him as its master and couldn't activate its built-in magic.
He decided to get a new sword fitted as soon as this affair was over.
"It's a shame though."
"What do you mean?" "Although some have been revived, many died without being able to do so. If they were alive, we wouldn't have needed to mobilize Slayers like this..."
"You mean Belphegor, Beelzebub, Lilith, and Agares."
"Yes."
Armageddon clicked his tongue.
It was regrettable.
Belphegor was defeated by <Index> and annihilated along with his soul.
Beelzebub and Lilith were taken out before Armageddon could do anything.
And Agares chose to commit suicide at the last moment, not wanting to be revived.
"I could have saved at least Agares, what a shame."
"It can't be helped. Agares wasn't really suited for this kind of thing."
"To have such power yet wish for innocent people not to get hurt... It's hard for me to understand such talk."
Agares, a Mine who had power worthy in his eyes, but whose personality was extremely weak.
Armageddon decided to forget about her.
Although the plan had gone slightly awry, the result remained unchanged.
"It's finally over. It seems we should let one of the Twelve Seats live, who should we spare?" "Hmm... <Holy Mother> would be better."
Some time later.
The battle ended.
Abaddon couldn't resist his appetite and swallowed <Yama> Kang Hyeon-cheol whole.
Samael laughed while stepping on <Thunder God> Lee Do-jin, and Mammon seemed to be deeply contemplating something while looking at <Silent> Yu Su-jin, whose arm had been torn off.
And <Holy Mother> Park Hye-rim─
"─With such a fate, I won't even need to interfere and destroy her mind." "Still, you never know."
☆
The battle was fierce.
It was only when the Basilisk was annihilated that they could breathe a little easier.
The situation was still not good.
The Slayers were different from the kind Kang Hyeon-cheol and Lee Do-jin had fought until now.
They were assassins specialized in killing people.
No matter how strong the two were, they were at a disadvantage against numerical superiority, fighting styles that drained stamina, surprise attacks, poison attacks, and so on.
"Kuk...!!" "Hyeon-cheol!!"
Eventually, Kang Hyeon-cheol let his guard down to a big Mine.
The Mine that launched a surprise attack from behind bit into his shoulder.
"Tough, tastes bad."
Munch munch, ptooey.
The Mine spat out what it was chewing.
Then it tilted its head.
"No, I should try eating it again. I think I heard that these things taste different when you eat them twice."
"You crazy bastard..."
The Mine picked up what had fallen on the ground and put it in its mouth.
Crunch crunch.
The sound of bones breaking was heard.
The Mine swallowed it with a gulp.
"Hmm, tastes bad. There was no need to eat it twice."
The Mine grinned.
Kang Hyeon-cheol was enraged.
He ignited flames.
The flames that ran along the road immediately engulfed the Mine.
There was a reaction.
"Aaaah!!! Hot hot hot hot...!!"
The Mine engulfed in flames rolled on the road.
Kang Hyeon-cheol was about to move to finish off that Mine.
It was then.
Whoosh!
Munch munch
The Mine suddenly opened its mouth wide and sucked in the flames.
It chewed the fire that filled its cheeks.
"Burp, that was good."
Then it burped.
It patted its belly with its plump hand.
"I'll be honest. It's a taste I've never had before. Delicious. Got any more? Give me more."
"Damn it... What kind of crazy bastard is this? Eating someone else's fire, fucking hell..."
"You won't give me more?"
"Shut up!" "Then... I'll have to eat on my own. If I eat you, I can get <Flame Transformation> too, right?"
Mine Halphas.
The Mine created with Abaddon's factor drooled.
☆
The Basilisk was annihilated.
The players who received Eun-ha's signal immediately turned their backs without looking back.
"Run!! Even if just one person survives, let the world know about what happened today!!"
The players shouted at the top of their lungs.
Even if just one person escaped from here, they had to let the world know about their situation.
That was the only way for as many people as possible to survive.
If this incident became known to the world, they wouldn't be able to attack so openly like now.
"We'll guard the rear, so everyone run without looking back!!"
Because everyone knew this.
The players ran desperately.
Players like Bae Su-bin who still had strength left were following at the very back to protect them.
Eun-ha was the same.
"Bae Su-bin, Kaede." ""Yeah.""
The Slayers' magic flew in.
Eun-ha deployed Mastema's protection magic that he had just absorbed with the Twilight Sword.
As soon as the magic's effect disappeared, he cut the side of a Slayer launching a surprise attack from the flank.
Bae Su-bin and Kaede were also following Eun-ha and keeping the Slayers in check.
"Bae Su-bin, how much strength do you have left?"
"...I don't have much left either."
Bae Su-bin's face was dark.
She was getting anxious.
There wasn't much internal mana left, and looking at the pursuing Slayers, there seemed to be no way out.
Eun-ha read her anxiety.
"Don't do anything rash, and if you feel your mana is about to run out, ride Pa-rang hyung and run away. Take good care of the clan members."
"...Alright."
Han Chang-jin was exchanging swords with four Slayers.
Bae Su-bin, who nodded, covered Han Chang-jin with magic.
The Slayers were startled and retreated, and Eun-ha seized that moment to attack the four at once.
Blast Cross
Flames spread.
The directly hit Slayers fell into the forest below the road.
But the pursuing Slayers seemed to have gained resistance to flame magic as they didn't take much damage.
"Those guys will be blocked by me, Su-bin, Chang-jin hyung, Pa-rang hyung, and Min-ho. So Kaede, you quickly leave this place and alert others about the crisis."
According to Jin Seo-na, it seemed telepathy wasn't spreading over long distances.
It must be the Slayers' doing.
So there was no choice but to run directly and tell.
Among them, the person who was fast and excelled at finding people was Hoshimiya Kaede.
Eun-ha instructed her.
"Yeon-hwa noona should be waiting somewhere around here with the clan members. So you..."
"You were preparing for a contingency without us knowing. I want to ask how you knew, but this isn't the time for that. Alright, I'll leave like this."
"The Slayers' pursuit might catch up. Be careful."
"You be careful too. Make sure to bring everyone back safely. See you later."
Star Plucking
Kaede shot an arrow into the sky.
She grabbed the arrow's trajectory and quickly soared into the sky.
Whoosh!!
She left the frontline.
As soon as the Slayers noticed this, they tried to shoot her down.
The magic that was targeting the players suddenly changed its trajectory upwards.
"How dare these bastards..."
Eun-ha attacked the Slayer who intercepted the magic via subspace.
The Slayer died.
But the magic had already left the Slayer's hands.
The Lord said,
No one can touch my people.
Just then, Iriya blocked the magic targeting Kaede.
She, who was running at the forefront with the players, had noticed the sign.
Then she cast buffs on all the players.
Are there only two supporters who can fight now, Eun-woo and Iriya?
Eun-ha coldly analyzed the forces.
Noh Eun-ah had run out of internal mana due to using <Miracle>.
Currently, she was being carried on Meiling's back while recovering mana.
In the end, Cha Eun-woo and Iriya.
The support from supporters depended on these two.
It was then.
"Did you think you could escape? If so, you're mistaken."
<Abyss> Seon Woo-hwa-ryeong.
He revealed himself.
The space around him, wrapped in a black cloak, was changing.
His mana was encroaching on the space.
Eun-ha could tell what kind of sign this meant.
It's the manifestation of a myth.
The abyss where people fall when they die.
That bottomless place is indeed <Abyss>.
Seon Woo-hwa-ryeong smiled coldly.
Immediately after, the space enveloping the Slayers quickly extended forward and soon invaded the space where Eun-ha was running.
Myth Manifestation
As If Approaching an Abyss
The world changed.
A world dyed pitch black.
All terrain features disappeared.
Am I running properly?
Where am I running to?
The players had to constantly doubt as they ran through the darkness.
It didn't stop there.
The ground disappeared.
""""...!!""""
An endless feeling of falling.
They became dizzy from the sensation of falling.
They flailed their arms and legs.
But no matter how much they fell, they couldn't meet the ground.
Meanwhile, <Abyss> and the Slayers were snickering right above.
"Experience the eternal feeling of falling. Surely when this myth ends, even beings with the strongest minds will have their minds collapse."
<Abyss> laughed loudly.
His words were right.
The players were screaming at the sensation of falling.
Beast Transformation
Phoenix Wings
Even if I spread my wings, I'm falling?
Eun-ha was the same.
He spread his flame wings but couldn't resist gravity and was falling downwards.
He too became dizzy.
A world where acrophobia is maximized.
All humans have a fear of falling from high places.
<Abyss>'s myth maximizes this to make people feel fear.
Moreover─
"─If there's no ground, I can express anything. Of course, even this."
""""...!!""""
The world changed again.
The feeling of falling decreased.
At that moment, they felt suffocated.
The pain of being underwater.
Even if they try to swim up to the surface, they can't distinguish up from down.
No matter how much they struggle, they can't escape.
They keep sinking.
"The world is covered in darkness, but actually nothing has changed. You're just caught in the illusions you create and feeling that way."
Hearing those words.
Eun-ha tried to wake up from the brainwashing by exerting the power of his gift.
But the gift didn't respond to <Abyss>'s myth.
His myth was superior.
Although he had recovered his strength with <Miracle>, Eun-ha was still exhausted.
He was still getting exhausted even now.
As a result, his gift wasn't manifesting in this world.
In the end, myth against myth.
That was the only way.
Eun-ha finally unleashed his power.
Myth Manifestation
Revival
The second activated myth.
The rank of the myth decreases.
The burden on the body increases.
Even with a Mine's body, he can't do anything about it.
Whoosh!
Myth clashes with myth.
The ranks of the two myths were similar.
<Abyss>'s myth was comparable to the second myth he activated.
Originally, it would have been a myth far inferior to Eun-ha's myth.
"In the end, you ended up manifesting myths consecutively."
<Abyss>'s world shrinks.
The black world enveloping the Slayers and the world of flames enveloping the players collide.
Eun-ha glared at him while the players who had come to their senses were behind him.
Now that I've manifested a myth, I must defeat <Abyss> here.
This is the only chance.
Baek Seo-jin wasn't pursuing.
He was showing off.
So he had to kill at least <Abyss> while he wasn't there.
Killing them all together later would be quite difficult.
"Hoho, are you saying you want to have a proper fight here? Do you think you can beat me?" "Armageddon said the same thing before he died by my hand."
<Abyss> burst into laughter.
Eun-ha responded with a sneer.
His laughter stopped abruptly.
"I've suffered a lot because of you. I will definitely kill you."
"Can you really do that?"
There was a big difference in power.
But people protected by Eun-ha's myth gain the ability to revive when they die.
Considering that, they should be able to handle <Abyss> and the Slayers to some extent without Baek Seo-jin.
Moreover─
─Han Mae-ryu Special
Infinite Shower
The crimson world shook for a moment.
And within it, countless giant icicles shaped like awls flew in.
"What...!?"
"With this, the tide has turned again?"
The endlessly pouring ice rain eventually invaded <Abyss>'s world.
<Abyss> couldn't continue speaking due to the sudden attack.
Ice glowing blue in the darkness boldly revealed its existence.
☆
The support was too late.
It was because they were ambushed by Slayers hiding in the rear.
But they were small fry.
Ryu Yeon-hwa swung her spear and trapped them all in ice.
And she realized.
Surely Eun-ha and the Pandora Clan members were being attacked by Slayers.
"How dare..."
Ryu Yeon-hwa was clumsy at expressing emotions.
But she was overwhelmed by passionate emotions after being ambushed.
"You dare lay hands on my man?"
She was very angry that her husband, Noh Eun-ha, had been cowardly ambushed by Slayers.
If anything happened to him, she wouldn't let it slide.
She flashed her eyes while wrapping her body in violently swirling snow crystals.
She opened her mouth.
"Tae-hee." "...Yes, Yeon-hwa unnie."
It was a voice tinged with cold air.
A voice that made one shrink involuntarily.
<Browser> On Tae-hee answered cautiously.
"Find information on the people over there and report it to the Fairy government. We need to let the Fairy know how many people have defected."
"Yes, I'll do that."
Although her emotions were passionately burning.
At the same time, her head was coolly analyzing the battle situation.
Ryu Yeon-hwa instructed the clan members.
"From now on, we exterminate the traitors."
Thud.
Ryu Yeon-hwa stamped the ground with her spear.
And thus she launched a preemptive attack on <Abyss>'s world.
Although she hadn't manifested a myth.
<Divine Spear> Ryu Yeon-hwa, who had raised her reputation alongside Eun-ha all this time, could be said to have already embodied a myth.
Han Mae-ryu Special
Infinite Shower
Her magic activated fully in <Abyss>'s world without being nerfed.
☆
At that time, the party led by Yu Nam-hoon and Yeo Woo-bi also managed to arrive at the scene.
With the addition of Gangneung city clan members, the power difference between Slayers and players significantly decreased.
But among those chasing Regulus Clan, to which <Holy Mother> Park Hye-rim belonged, there was also a Mine.
"Woo-bi, please support from the back. I'll handle the Mine."
"Be careful, if that's a Mine..."
"Looking at it, it doesn't seem stronger than the Seven Devils? It's fine."
"Sigh, alright."
<All Poison Immunity> Yu Nam-hoon.
He stepped forward to face the Mine.
It was then.
────────!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suddenly.
Something fell from the sky.
At that moment, a thunderous roar arose.
The ground split miserably.
The ground collapsed in an instant, and the Slayers on it fell down.
"That person, just who..."
Yu Nam-hoon gaped blankly.
The being that appeared in the gradually clearing smoke was a woman.
Horns growing on her head.
A woman in a black suit.
A woman who looked just like a career woman had created such a scene by punching the ground with her fist.
It didn't seem like she even used magic...
She created this just with brute strength?
What... Wait, red eyes?
Meanwhile, Yu Nam-hoon was wary of her.
The woman's eyes were red.
Only then did he realize that the woman's existence was very alien.
She's a Mine.
And a Mine of a different caliber from the ones in front.
Yu Nam-hoon tensed up involuntarily.
A new enemy had appeared.
"..."
But contrary to his worry.
The woman gave him a glance and turned her back.
Then she directed her gaze towards the Mines he was about to face.
She took a boxing stance.
"Actually, I don't like taking lives... But it seems there's no answer but to kill you guys."
"That's right, there's no need to hesitate."
Click click.
Then a woman appeared from behind the players, making sounds with her high heels.
A woman wearing yellow sunglasses.
She responded to the words of the woman in the boxing stance.
"It's fortunate that I happened to be in Gangneung. I came to Gangneung because something felt off, but to think I'd stumble upon this. I was lucky."
Mine, Hermit.
<Star-Counting Witch> Song Yun-seo.
They joined the players' side.
☆
At that time, the party led by Yu Nam-hoon and Yeo Woo-bi also managed to arrive at the scene.
With the addition of Gangneung city clan members, the power difference between Slayers and players significantly decreased.
But among those chasing Regulus Clan, to which <Holy Mother> Park Hye-rim belonged, there was also a Mine.
"Woo-bi, please support from the back. I'll handle the Mine."
"Be careful, if that's a Mine..."
"Looking at it, it doesn't seem stronger than the Seven Devils? It's fine."
"Sigh, alright."
<All Poison Immunity> Yu Nam-hoon.
He stepped forward to face the Mine.
It was then.
────────!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suddenly.
Something fell from the sky.
At that moment, a thunderous roar arose.
The ground split miserably.
The ground collapsed in an instant, and the Slayers on it fell down.
"That person, just who..."
Yu Nam-hoon gaped blankly.
The being that appeared in the gradually clearing smoke was a woman.
Horns growing on her head.
A woman in a black suit.
A woman who looked just like a career woman had created such a scene by punching the ground with her fist.
It didn't seem like she even used magic...
She created this just with brute strength?
What... Wait, red eyes?
Meanwhile, Yu Nam-hoon was wary of her.
The woman's eyes were red.
Only then did he realize that the woman's existence was very alien.
She's a Mine.
And a Mine of a different caliber from the ones in front.
Yu Nam-hoon tensed up involuntarily.
A new enemy had appeared.
"..."
But contrary to his worry.
The woman gave him a glance and turned her back.
Then she directed her gaze towards the Mines he was about to face.
She took a boxing stance.
"Actually, I don't like taking lives... But it seems there's no answer but to kill you guys."
"That's right, there's no need to hesitate."
Click click.
Then a woman appeared from behind the players, making sounds with her high heels.
A woman wearing yellow sunglasses.
She responded to the words of the woman in the boxing stance.
"It's fortunate that I happened to be in Gangneung. I came to Gangneung because something felt off, but to think I'd stumble upon this. I was lucky."
Mine, Hermit.
<Star-Counting Witch> Song Yun-seo.
They joined the players' side.
Status Power Mingguan
-- Peringkat
Power 
-- Power
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