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[ Si-Balaam subjugation operation (1) ]
“ “Mazdashi…”
The blood rider looked at the scene unfolding in front of him with a mesmerized expression.
Demon King Balaam was strong. It was difficult for even a Blood Qi Sura, who was at the beginning of the Transcendental Stage, to follow its movements with his eyes, and even a herbivorous meal loaded with strong energy could not even make a scratch on its body.
[Hehehehe….]
All the blood sura could do was guard Lily from the left and right with Flame Demon and deal with the demonic beasts pouring in from Balaam’s summoning magic circle.
In fact, even that might not have been necessary.
[Hehehe… You truly are a monster…]
Balaam smiled in a half-melted manner. Lily, floating in the air, was looking down at the Demon King with eyes as red and transparent as rubies.
“…Where is your uncle?”
[Hehehe….]
Balaam shook his head and looked around.
-Everything burned and melted.
The demonic beasts he had summoned turned into pieces of meat with an acrid smell, and the demon king’s powerful magic melted into flames before it even reached the girl’s body.
Balaam’s boastful poison and curse also did not dare to invade the flame that protected the girl.
[King Bon is nothing but ‘humans’…]
Balaam remembered the man who appeared before that little girl.
A human who used formidable sword skills.
If the erosion barrier had not been spread here, this weak body would have been destroyed by him already.
I was barely recovering from the wounds inflicted by him…
[Hehehe… I never thought such a disaster would strike twice.]
Lily shouted as if she was frustrated with Balaam who kept saying something else.
“You bastard! “Where are you?”
[Kkkkkkk. Was I not even paying attention from the beginning?]
Sreuk. Slurp.
Balaam’s body slowly began to regenerate. In this place, which was no different from the Demon World due to the erosion barrier, the Demon King was ‘almost’ immortal.
“Are you not going to tell me?”
The demon lord’s melted body was standing up, but Lily didn’t pay much attention.
Because I knocked down Balaam, who had already stood up, several times.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
A huge flame bloomed behind Lily’s back, illuminating the girl like a halo.
The color of the flame continued to change.
From red to yellow.
From yellow to white.
White to blue.
And from blue to another color…
Lily’s fire magic was advancing to a level that even its creator, the Sun Mazon, had never been able to reach.
Although the person involved did not realize that fact.
[Kuh… Hahahaha!]
“Don’t laugh!”
Lily’s big eyes were filled with tears.
Lily muttered, wiping her eyes with her sleeve.
“Mister… he’s not dead, is he?”
When she first came here, Lily saw people clinging to the walls.
People moaning with painful expressions.
The moment she saw them, the girl remembered the terrible trauma she had experienced in the past.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The flame behind the girl grew bigger. It trembled wildly, sparks flying around.
“Ugh….”
“I’m sorry. “Mazdashi….”
Unable to withstand the formidable heat, Blood Kisura and Flame Demon stepped aside and widened the distance between them.
“…There’s no way he’s dead.”
Lily muttered like that. However, his anxious eyes continued to look everywhere. The great man was nowhere to be seen.
“The man is very strong. “I won’t lose to a bad guy like you.”
[Hehehehehe.]
The devil’s creepy laugh stimulated the girl’s unstable psychology. For a moment, a evil light flashed in Lily’s eyes.
The girl spoke in an eerie voice.
“-I told you not to laugh.”
The moment Lily stretched out her small palm forward, the flames that poured from her palm set the Demon King’s whole body on fire.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!
[Big …. big!]
Although it melts in the flames, Balaam did not stop a painful smile. His laughter contained a strange ‘magic power’.
“I’m going to kill you…”
Lily gritted her teeth and spewed out more flames. The Demon King’s body melted and regenerated repeatedly.
Kyaaa!
Ukkii!
Malang and Geumo, who were worried about Lily, tried to comfort the girl. He rubbed my cheek, held my hand, and patted my shoulder.
However, Lily did not find stability easily.
“Where are you?”
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
[Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuest appear
Attachment is an emptiness that cannot be completely replaced by anything.
The presence of one person could turn a girl into a foolish child or the worst disaster.
The cunning demon lord noticed this. A smile formed on his lips.
[Is what you seek from me most precious to you?]
Balaam, with his cunning snake tongue sticking out, said,
[Does that existence make you this angry?]
“Tell me where he is!”
[Does that existence make you this sad?]
“I told you to tell me! hurry!”
[Does that existence make you so desperate?]
“Horse. sun!”
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The flames that melted Balaam’s body became stronger. The Demon King was in pain. But at the same time, I laughed.
[That existence is what makes you so… strong.]
The speed at which the flames melted the body began to outpace the speed at which it regenerated.
Inside the erosion barrier, which has the same environment as the Demon World, the Demon King ‘almost’ does not die.
But it is not ‘absolutely’.
If the melting continued like this, this weak human body would soon turn to ashes, and the soul would receive a huge shock and return to the demon world.
[Kkkkkkk. I can’t go back like this and be laughed at by others.]
Balaam looked up at the girl floating in the air, her red hair fluttering like flames. The power felt from that small being.
Surprisingly, it wasn’t much different from himself.
[I will answer your question.]
Balaam continued speaking with difficulty, wiggling his tongue, which was more than half melted. I felt that the fire that had been warming my body had weakened.
[The being you are looking for was here. This is what a human looks like, right?]
Balaam’s face was crushed like clay and soon transformed into another shape.
It was the face of a great man.
“mister!”
Lily screamed in surprise. The girl’s mind wavered unsteadily.
At that moment, Balaam sacrificed half of his soul to activate the magic.
[Kkkkkkk. You will meet him soon.]
Kiiiiing!
The moment light burst from the eyes of the Demon King with the face of a great man, Blood Kisura and Flame Demon, sensing danger, simultaneously embraced Lily.
“Mazdashi!”
“It’s dangerous!”
At the same time, Geumo rushed at Balaam and split his face lengthwise.
Sigh!
Balaam felt the sensation of his body being split lengthwise. But his magic had already come true.
[Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
!
The enormous darkness that burst from Balaam’s body engulfed Lily.
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Inside Shelter No. 13.
“So the kid went looking for me and didn’t come back?”
“I tried to stop you… but I’m sorry.”
The great man sighed as he saw Choi Seong-min lowering his head like a criminal.
Actually, it wasn’t Choi Seong-min’s fault to blame. If Lily decides to go, how many people will be able to stop her?
‘I should have noticed sooner that the bracelet was broken.’
The great man looked at his empty right wrist. The space where the [Guardian’s Bracelet] had been filled was empty.
“…I treated it a bit roughly.”
Since I continued to wear it and fought all sorts of battles, the bracelet must have suffered a little bit of shock. Then it must have been broken by this incident.
“manager. “Shall I look for it?”
Wang Guhao said with a worried face next to him. The great man looked back at him and said.
“Can you find it?
“Because I’ve been getting used to the roads here for a few days. “You will be able to find it quietly.”
The great man thought for a moment and nodded.
“okay. “You go out and look for it.”
An hour later, Daein was scheduled to meet with the directors of various shelters. Because of this, I couldn’t go find Lily right away.
‘Nothing much will happen if the kid has the skills…’
Feeling uneasy, the great man also gave instructions to the warriors of the Heavenly Demon Church.
“You all should look for the little boy together. Two people wait at the location where the battle truck was. “I might come back soon.”
““Jonmyeong!””
“…I want to go with you.”
Jang Young-shin also followed Wang Gu-ho. After looking at their backs for a moment, Daein turned his head and asked for Joo Da-hye’s understanding.
“sorry. There’s a troublemaker on the team. “I’ll bring it to you soon.”
“If necessary, we will also dispatch search personnel.”
Then, as if he had been waiting, the great man smiled and said.
“Oh really? “He’s a kid with red hair and about this height…”
The pressure in those eyes was so great that Joo Da-hye nodded without even realizing it.
“…I will dispatch a search party right away.”
Even soldiers were dispatched to search for Lily.
After a while, Choi Seong-min dragged the combat truck to the garage, and only Dae-in and Joo Da-hye were left there.
Joo Da-hye said.
“I have thought carefully about the plan you mentioned.”
Joo Da-hye was not the type to talk back. She spoke honestly.
“To be honest, I think the Vice President’s plan is very vain.”
“That’s quite possible.”
The great man nodded obediently.
It was natural for people who didn’t know much to think that way.
Dae-in was rather surprised that Joo Da-hye brought together the people in charge of other shelters so easily.
“Then why did you agree to my plan?”
At Daein’s question, Joo Dahye stared at his face.
“I tend not to trust the superhumans who belong to the guild.”
“…….”
“They hunt monsters for money and most only use those abilities for their own success. I understand…. Loyalty to the country and devotion to the people are only required of soldiers like me. But that’s why I can’t completely trust the superhumans in the guild as comrades in arms.”
The great man shrugged his shoulders and said. Because it was exactly his story.
“But why?”
“Because I heard that the White House Guild is different.”
The growth and achievements of the Whitehouse Guild over the past year were widely known in other cities.
And at the center of it all is the name ‘lessor’.
The only person who didn’t know how famous he had become while in martial arts was Daein himself.
“is it so? There are some good things about being famous.”
“…I’m not trying to believe the Vice President based solely on rumors. “I only trust people I’ve met in person.”
The great man asked with a puzzled expression.
“You saw me for the first time today, right?”
In his past life, Dae-in had seen Joo Da-hye several times.
The sight of him massacring demons with his characteristic [divine power] wrapped all over his body was still vivid to my eyes.
Assuming the enemy was a demon, she was clearly one of the strongest superhumans.
So much so that he participated in the operation to subdue the demon lord several times.
‘Unfortunately, I don’t have that level of skill right now.’
But his attitude and eyes were the same as what Daein remembered.
Joo Da-hye said with a serious expression.
“I trust Wang Gu-ho and Team 7. “I decided to believe the attitudes and words they showed over the past few days, the citizens they saved, and the stories they told about the Vice President, whom they praised so hard.”
The great man nodded with a hesitant expression. It wasn’t easy to manage my facial expressions because I had skin on my arms.
“Ah yes….”
‘How on earth did this bastard behave?’
In any case, it was fortunate that he gained Joo Da-hye’s trust thanks to Wang Gu-ho.
Joo Da-hye bowed silently to Dae-in.
“I’m sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable.”
“You’ll have to apologize…”
It was when a somewhat awkward atmosphere began to flow. A powerful earthquake shook the shelter.
Kugugugugugugugu!
The ceiling and walls shook and people fell. Screams and cries of fear erupted from everywhere.
Coo goo goo goo goong!
Coo goo goo goo goong!
The earthquake did not stop at just one time. Although weaker than the first, aftershocks continued to the point where shaking was felt.
“This…!”
“It’s probably not a natural earthquake.”
The two looked at each other with stern expressions. And without even saying who should go first, I started running.
Whick!
The purpose was to determine the reason for this sudden earthquake.
After a while, Joo Da-hye, who came up to the ground, opened her mouth blankly.
“What is that…”
The shape of the skyscraper that Balaam had used as an altar was changing.
Coo goo goo goo goong!
The size of the building grew several times, and sharp spiers that seemed to pierce the sky rose here and there. Images of demons were carved on the walls and pillars, and thorny vines wrapped around the walls.
Kugugugugugugugu!
The modern building was transformed into a huge gothic castle, pushing the surrounding terrain and causing an earthquake.
Kyaaaaa!
Wow!
The zombies of the city rushed there, screaming like fanatics.
The great man who saw the scene muttered without realizing it.
“This crazy guy…”
He knew the identity of that huge castle.
‘Summon the Demon King’s Castle here?’
A great magic that summons the Demon Castle, the home of the Demon King, to Earth.
It was one of the worst struggles used by demon kings who were in a pinch. But the great man could not understand even if he saw it with his own eyes.
‘Why are you using that now?’
As Daein knew, summoning the Demon King to Earth required enormous power. It is not simply a matter of magical power, but a great magic that even the devil himself must prepare for extinction.
‘He has barely descended into a human body. In that state, the risk of magic would have been greater….’
As Daein looked at the Demon King’s Castle with a questioning face, Wang Guho, who had gone out to look for Lily, returned.
“manager! “There are a lot of burned monster corpses in front of me!”
The place that Wang Guho’s finger pointed to was the Demon King Castle.
In almost the same way, the warriors of the Heavenly Demon God Church returned and reported to the great man. They also pointed in the same direction.
“The traces of Mazda’s movements lead there.”
“No way… this troublemaker.”
Daein was able to understand roughly what was going on.
Where did Lily go and why did Balaam make such a choice?
Next to me, Joo Da-hye spoke with a stern expression.
“Vice President. Then our plan is….”
“Nothing much changes.”
The great man pressed his throbbing temple and continued speaking.
“The problem is that the level of difficulty has increased. From normal to hello.”
The great man sighed. The good news was that Lily was still safe.
‘The little one will be safe.’
It was not a guess but a certainty. The great man knew the tendencies of the demon king named Balaam and also knew what he preferred.
‘He won’t kill the kid. Instead…’
There isn’t much time.
But in times like these, you need to think calmly.
The opponent is the demon lord who has set up a military base.
If we rush in hastily, we will be the one to suffer.
‘And maybe…’
Daein called Joo Da-hye.
“Lieutenant Joo.”
Ju Da-hye, who saw Dae-in’s expression, nodded with a stern face.
“Please speak.”
“Let me tell you one thing upfront.”
The great man thought.
Perhaps that Demon King may play a decisive role in preventing the Hell Gate that will begin in earnest later.
“I will have that castle after the work is over.”
[Operation Si-Balaam Suppression (1)] End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
