Episode 263 Demons of Domination (5)
Jo Se-hyeong informed the outside world of what happened in front of Rason Castle.
High-level talents and large guilds heard the news and rushed to Brasov, but they were unable to stop the demonic flames spreading from Spiral Castle.
Even with the combined efforts of the unmanned magicians with divine abilities, the flames of the demon energy only died down a little, but soon regained its strength and flared up again.
“Damn it…”
Jo Se-hyeong bit his lip as he watched the flames of magic coming in like a tide.
“How can we stop this!”
I have seen a lot of demonic energy along with Baek Eun-kyung, but Creon’s demonic energy was strong, sticky, and vicious. It was no exaggeration to say that it was the worst demonic energy I had ever experienced.
“I have no choice but to step down from here…”
“There is no need to step down.”
When Jo Se-hyung was about to request a retreat, a heavy male voice was heard from behind. It wasn’t a voice I’d heard for the first time, and it didn’t have a tone that an outsider would use.
I turned around. Baek Yeon-hwi and the powerful men at the front of the Hyeongeomdae who followed him were approaching holding black spears.
“First young master!”
“A long time.”
Baek Yeon-hwi nodded and threw the spear in his hand toward the place where the demonic flame was burning.
When I looked closely, I saw that it was no ordinary window. It was a wooden spear made of black wood.
Teuong!
The spear stuck in front of the demonic flame trembled.
Whoa!
The Hyeongeomdae and the powerful men at the front followed Baek Yeonhwi and threw spears.
Teuong! Teodeodeodeong!
Thirty-six black wooden spears fell in front of the demonic flames, leaving a small distance apart, as if they had been prepared in advance. It was a form of formation used on the front lines.
The black spear was made of wood, and did not burn in front of the magic flame, but gave off a strange light.
Wooooow!
The warriors at the front and the elemental warriors with divine abilities came forward and simultaneously raised their divine energy and spirit energy aura.
The three types of energy came together and injected great power into the formation created by Mokchang.
Quaaaaa!
The light flowing from the wooden window mixed together and a pure white brilliance burst out and began to push away the demonic flames.
“Huh!”
“How!”
“What on earth is that window?!”
Those with abilities who saw the amazing sight opened their mouths and were horrified.
“First young master. How on earth…”
“I received a call from Woojin.”
“yes?”
“They asked me to come quickly because there might be a second frontline incident.”
“Huh…”
Jo Se-hyung trembled. He was truly a shrewd man who made these preparations after telling others to prepare well.
“It is a spear and strike method using a black neck, so it can stop the fire to some extent, but in the end, it is only a temporary measure. “I can’t keep it up for long.”
“Then…”
“Ujin, who entered the castle, must kill the demon to end this. Until then, focus on being able to hold on to the demonic flames for a long time.”
“I’ll help too.”
A man wearing a red dragon mask approached from behind Baek Yeon-hwi. It was Gwangryong, the great disciple of Daeyeonmunju, who exuded grandiose spirit.
“Gwangryong? “Why are you…”
Baek Yeon-hwi narrowed her eyes. Since I didn’t know why the light dragon appeared here, I raised my aurors and prepared to fight at any time.
“I only came because it was nearby.”
“That’s why I’m asking why you came. “You wouldn’t be interested in something like this?”
“There’s a man in there who owes a debt.”
“No way, they’re targeting Woojin….”
“I’ll have to avenge my loss, but that’s not right now.”
Gwangryong slowly shook his head. The energy flowing from him was far from life. It was a strong will.
“He let me go even though it could have taken my life. “I just want to repay that debt.”
“…You’ve changed too.”
Baek Yeon-hwi burst out laughing. Gwangryong was a guy who only thought about martial arts. Just because that guy came here for Baek Woo-jin, I could see that there was a lot of change in his mind.
I could not help but be amazed by the youngest brother’s ability to even transform Gwangryong.
“There are a lot of people waiting. “Please come back quickly.”
Baek Yeon-hwi smiled softly and looked at Spiral Castle.
**
-Huh?
“Hmm…”
Baek Woo-jin frowned when he saw the various flowers, large trees, and neatly organized bushes that covered the 7th floor. It’s not just a forest. It was a forest that gave the feeling of a well-maintained garden.
“what?”
“What kind of trick is this again?”
Chae Jung-hyeon and Chae Jin-jin’s father and daughter also looked blank when they saw the 7th floor. This is because, unlike before, I felt a clean energy without any demonic energy.
-It’s not just a garden, right?
‘of course.’
Baek Woo-jin nodded and walked down the flower path on the 7th floor. Beautiful, colorful flowers fluttered gently as if welcoming their arrival.
“Right. “I understand now.”
Baek Woo-jin nodded as if enjoying the scent of flowers and headed to the center of the 7th floor, surrounded by flowers and trees.
“Woojin!”
“young master. If it’s okay with you, can we come in too?”
“No, don’t come.”
Baek Woo-jin turned around and waved his hand. He smiled and continued speaking.
“It’s poison.”
As soon as those words were finished, black smoke spewed out from the flowers and trees on the 7th floor.
Hahaha!
Black miasma rose from the flowers and trees, like smoke rising from a factory chimney. It’s not an ordinary poison. It was the poison and demonic energy of the demon world hidden deep in the roots.
Whoa!
The poison from the demon world became fog and covered the entire 7th floor.
The flowers and trees shone with strong vitality in the harsh poisonous fog, spewing out even stronger poison. It was clear that it was not a plant from this land, but a plant brought from the demon world.
-It’s a good trap. Even if someone came in, they would have been killed or in danger. But…
“It doesn’t work for me.”
Baek Woo-jin laughed. He had both the characteristic of blocking demonic energy and the characteristic of blocking poison.
Ugh!
The spirit and black brilliance of the Auror King of Rasadum. Cheonpokbulsim blocked all the poison and magic energy of the demon world that enveloped the entire 7th floor. There was no problem with breathing or exerting effort.
widely!
Baek Woo-jin snapped his fingers. The space in front of him split vertically and red flames erupted.
Hahaha!
Ignis the size of a dog appeared from a blazing pillar of fire. Although it was small in size, its presence and firepower did not decrease in the slightest.
“Eliminate all Dokdo plants as well.”
[Kaaaaaaan!]
Ignis let out a cute cry and spewed out all the bullies he had accumulated in his mouth toward the floor. The bright red fire that poured onto the ground spread out in concentric circles.
“Kwiik!”
“Kyaaaaak!”
The plants of the demon world that were touched by the flame of the Abyssal Fire let out a tearing scream.
“Kyaaah!”
“Squeak!”
The plants in the demon world tried to escape by lifting their roots, but once they were attached, the flowers did not fall off. It climbed up the stem like a snake and burned down all the leaves, petals, and tree trunks.
Quaaaaa!
Ignis’ terror disappeared only after erasing all the plants and miasma that existed on the 7th floor. All that was left was the black, burnt floor.
“Good work.”
[Crunch!]
As Baek Woo-jin stroked his head, Ignis opened his mouth sleepily and returned to the spirit world.
-This makes me feel sorry for the people dealing with you.
His strength is extremely strong, his heart is excellent, and even poison magic and magic are impervious to him. To be honest, there was no way to deal with it other than using force.
“Not the one up here though.”
Baek Woo-jin erased the remaining solo dances by drawing a black and white sword and looked back.
“Let’s go. “There isn’t much left now.”
**
Pudduk!
Creon could not bear it anymore and ground his teeth harshly.
“What kind of crazy person is that…”
I expected that Baek Woo-jin would pass through the floor where the monsters were, but I didn’t expect that he would pass through the 6th and 7th floors easily.
Those two floors were much more dangerous than the other floors with powerful monsters.
On the 6th floor, I had to die without being able to escape from the darkness, and on the 7th floor, I had to die while feeling extreme pain from a poison several times more severe than that of demonic energy.
However, contrary to expectations, neither the magic, barrier nor poison of the demon world worked on Baek Woo-jin.
I knew he was strong in swordsmanship, but I didn’t expect him to have that kind of ability.
“miss! “The youngest master has already surpassed the 7th floor!”
“Wow!”
Yura Han fixed her eyes on the screen and clenched her fists. The children behind her also cheered with courage.
“Things that are lacking.”
Creon turned around with cold eyes. Seeing Yura Han and the children happy made me feel cold.
“Why do you think the guy next to you is quiet?”
“Uhm…”
Han Yu-ra swallowed her voice when she saw Baek Eun-kyung’s expression as hard as the bark of a tree.
“You know. “Even if Baek Woo-jin breaks through the 10th floor, he can’t beat me.”
“Oh, don’t be ridiculous! “If we don’t fight…”
“Do you really think like that?”
Creon raised his head and unfolded his condensed magical energy. The entire castle was shaken by that vicious and enormous energy.
“Ugh….”
“Ugh!”
“Cover the kids!”
Baek Eun-kyung bit her lip and hugged the terrified children tightly.
Even though it was protected by the origins of a saint, it was a magical energy so terrifying that it made my skin ache. It seemed like even my father wouldn’t be able to withstand it if he used that demon’s control ability.
“Damn it….”
Baek Eun-kyung saw Park So-min shooting deathly threats at her with incomparably sad eyes.
Seeing Creon’s magic, I felt like Baek Woo-jin would be just like her, and my heart was already tightening.
“I’ll show you right before your eyes that that struggle means nothing.”
Creon smiled, showing his teeth as he watched Baek Woo-jin heading to the 8th floor.
**
Baek Woo-jin passed the monster waves on the 8th and 9th floors and finally reached the 10th floor.
-Hmm….
“What is this again?”
The 10th floor was twice as big as a soccer field, and there was a mannequin with her body lolling in the middle.
-If you go in, it will move and attack. It’s obvious.
‘I don’t think it’s that simple.’
Baek Woo-jin shook his head and entered the 10th floor. At that moment, the mannequin began to move with a rattling sound.
Geek geek!
When the mannequin raised his head and saw Baek Woo-jin, his whole body began to burn with black magical energy.
Hahaha!
The mannequin, engulfed in magical energy, began to change into a human-like appearance.
A tall handsome young man with black hair and black eyes. It was Baek Woo-jin.
-Huh?
“me?”
When Baek Woo-jin was surprised, the blackened floor shook like a lake where a stone was thrown.
Ugh!
The sticky floor like a swamp trembled and dozens of mannequins rose up. The mannequin began to change into Baek Woo-jin’s appearance, just like the original mannequin.
-what’s this!
Darkness sighed in vain. All the mannequins that appeared on the ground had turned into Baek Woo-jin and were running.
Chiiing!
The mannequins pulled out fake cancer swords and flew the swords. The power of the sword strike was low, but the method was similar to Baek Woo-jin.
“It’s a little different.”
Baek Woo-jin’s eyes lit up as he blocked and dodged the mannequins’ swords.
-Different? Are you saying that my sword skills are weak?
‘No, it looks different.’
The first mannequin that changed looked exactly like him, but the ones that came up from the floor looked different from him.
Their appearance was different, such as having a large mole, being a bit shorter, or having a larger face.
-Then….
‘I guess in order to pass through here, I have to find and kill the mannequin at the beginning.’
-Why are these tests so annoying?
‘Let’s discuss that later and get it right now.’
Baek Woo-jin pulled out his sword. We had to deal with it quickly because the mannequins kept popping up.
Absolutely!
He drew a sword with a thunderbolt and shot out two lightning bolts.
-uh?
“This is…”
Baek Woo-jin, who was preparing for the second Muryeong Cham, opened his eyes. The moment the lightning island was about to touch the mannequin’s body, black magic energy flowed out from their bodies and absorbed the lightning island.
Whoa!
The Seongwoon City that Chae Jung-hyun threw from behind also lost its power the moment it touched the mannequin. However, the arrow got stuck in the mannequin’s body.
“Now I understand.”
Baek Woo-jin looked at the arrow stuck in the mannequin’s body and nodded.
-Is this a similar ability to the Orc Lord?
‘different. That’s not the ability to ignore auras, but to absorb auras.’
Instead of ignoring Auras like the Orc Lords, the Mannequins had the ability to absorb Auras.
-Then what you’re saying is explode it with a force that exceeds your ability to absorb it. Tsk, this is terrible.
Mannequins that absorb auras keep appearing, and you have to find the mannequin that was there in the beginning to get out of this place. It was literally a layer of hell.
“It’s a difficult place, but I met the wrong person.”
Baek Woo-jin put in the dark sword and grabbed the black sword. He stretched out his searingly sharp, black-colored blade towards the mannequins that were flocking towards him like a swarm of ants.
[The first sword of darkness, Seomya, is activated.] A
black flash rising from the blade of darkness swept the front.
Kwaaaaang!
Seomya tore apart the demonic energy that absorbed auras and magic and exploded on the bodies of the mannequins.
Coo coo coo coo!
A massive explosion occurred, and all the mannequins piled up like a mountain exploded.
‘now!’
Baek Woo-jin cut through the billowing black smoke and headed to the end of the 10th floor. The mannequin I saw at first was still there.
Gigi geek!
When the mannequin was startled and tried to run away to a corner, Baek Woo-jin kicked the ground.
Kwaaaaang!
The darkness rose, exploding the mannequins that rose from the ground.
[The second sword of darkness, Dark Man, is activated.]
A black blade soars from the swaying shadows of the mannequins.
Whoa whoa!
The sharp and thick blade of the female sword pierced the hearts of all the mannequins.
Geek.
The first mannequin was also unable to avoid the cancer man and fell to the floor with its heart pierced.
Wooooow!
The mannequins that resembled Baek Woo-jin melted to the floor, revealing a staircase leading to the 11th floor.
“I’m sure you’ve heard this a lot, but all I can say is that he’s a monster.”
“I too am surprised every day I see you, Master.”
In response to Chae Jung-hyun’s admiration, Moon Ju-young nodded with a proud face.
“mister. “I think up there is the last floor.”
“That means…”
“That demon and my second sister’s children are also over there. So…”
“I understand. “I won’t go out without permission.”
Chae Jung-hyun nodded because he knew what Baek Woo-jin was trying to say.
“I will also stay behind.”
“Me too.”
“Then let’s go.”
Baek Woo-jin climbed the stairs after hearing the three people’s pledges.
‘Now it’s the last time.’
As I walked up the stairs, I thought back to Baek Eun-kyung’s story that Chae Jung-hyun had told me. The anger piled up like roof tiles, blooming with hideous murder.
chin.
Baek Woo-jin climbed 33 stairs and arrived at the 11th floor. There was no entrance to the 11th floor. The area beyond the stairs was the center of the 11th floor.
“You came at the right time.”
I turned my head back when I heard a low voice.
“It’s the perfect moment for the saint’s origins to disappear.”
A young man with five horns sprouting from his forehead grinned. Although he had a noble appearance that left you speechless just by looking at him, the life shining in his black and blue eyes was extremely cold.
-Is that bastard Creon? From the beginning, it looks odd. Killer!
“….”
Baek Woo-jin looked behind Creon in silence.
The transparent membrane protecting Baek Eun-kyung and Han Yu-ra’s children was blinking as if it would disappear at any moment, and in front of it, a female prosecutor with horns was glaring at the curtain as it disappeared, shedding an evil aura.
‘Is it Park So-min?…’
Baek Woo-jin saw Baek Eun-kyung’s expression and the female prosecutor in front of her and instantly grasped the situation.
And then I realized again that Creon was a man who should never be left alive.
“It’s dangerous up there!”
“Aaaah!”
Chae Jung-hyeon, who came up late, lifted his bowstring as he watched the curtain disappear, and Chae Jin-jin raised his divine energy.
“Stop.”
At that very moment, Creon opened his mouth. The demonic energy that covered the space trembled, giving control to his words.
“Tsk!”
“Ugh!”
Even Moon Joo-young, who was observing the situation behind Chae Jung-hyeon and Chae Jin-jin, froze. It was the power of words that went beyond domination.
“Did I tell you? Your hopes were nothing. “No one can beat me here!”
Creon smiled, baring his teeth as he looked at the four people who had stopped. With that evil laugh, the demonic energy that covered Spiral Castle rose like a tidal wave.
“Ugh….”
“Oh no!”
Baek Eun-kyung and Han Yu-ra trembled with blood in their eyes. Even Baek Woo-jin, who was the last hope, could not escape Creon’s control. All I could think was that everything was over.
“I was a little annoyed when I saw you come up the castle, but I guess things aren’t that bad now.”
Creon smiled and continued speaking.
“Stand there and watch the people you tried to save die.”
“Ugh! You take the kids and step back. “I will try to do something in front of you.”
Baek Eun-kyung stood up, picking up the sword that had fallen on the ground. I looked at Park So-min with sad eyes and gritted my teeth.
“Oh girl!”
“Don’t worry. Because I won’t kill you right away. You should tell them your situation too. “It becomes more fun that way.”
Creon walked leisurely and stood next to Park So-min.
“Who do you think this kid with beautiful horns is? Actually, this kid was originally….”
“I know.”
Baek Woo-jin responded coldly and took a step towards Creon.
“uh?”
Creon’s eyes widened in disbelief. He clearly used the power of domination on all four of them. It was impossible to talk and move like that.
“Stop it!”
Baek Woo-jin did not stop even though he shouted with full of demonic energy for dominance. I stepped on the ground even more vigorously.
“stop! Harden! “Stand up!”
“It’s terrible.”
“profit! Stop… gasp!”
Baek Woo-jin lunged to the left and punched Creon’s right cheek.
Pudddeuk!
Creon’s cheekbones collapsed and bounced back.
“Ugh! This guy!”
When Creon barely came to his senses and tried to use his magic power, Baek Woo-jin moved behind him and raised his fist.
“Not yet.”
I gathered enough aura into my fist and struck the guy in the back of the head.
Kwaaaaang!
Creon’s head fell to the ground with a loud noise like a shell exploding.
Pow!
Baek Woo-jin raised his right foot and struck Creon’s head on the ground.
Kwaaaaang!
The energy of the Sword Emperor’s reign exploded, and the ground where Creon’s head was stuck cracked like a rice paddy in a drought.
“I don’t like to torture…”
Baek Woo-jin struck Creon’s head, which was stuck upside down on the ground, once more and his fierce blue eyes shone.
“You need to get hit and search.”
