Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 261

261. Purple Hair’s Scheme

“The numbers… it’s not just one or two.”

Undushin muttered, tense as he looked into the shadows. Enemies were packed tightly all around, and the only allies inside were three in total. Moreover, only one of the numerous enemies had revealed themselves. The rest were nowhere to be seen. It was truly the worst situation.

Rembrary was in just as much trouble.

‘Shoes are two. Enemies are more than that. At a glance, at least twenty or more…’

But anyway, the situation had come, and he had no choice but to solve it. Instead of taking off his shoes, Rembrary bent his knees slightly. Then, just as Undushin was thinking, ‘Why is he suddenly bending his knees?’, he turned his body to the side and performed a knee strike.

Even though it seemed like he had hit empty air, a moment later, the table behind him was pushed back with a bang, as if someone had been pushed by force and collided with the table.

Undushin looked back and forth between Rembrary and the table in surprise. He couldn’t see anything. But how did he succeed in attacking? What does that kid see?

Moreover, Rembrary didn’t just randomly lash out in all directions like he had done before. He only struck the air once, succeeding in attacking the opponent in one go. Was it a coincidence or skill?

Whether Undushin was surprised or not, Rembrary leaned his body slightly forward, then swung his fist in an arc at about waist height. Then, just like before, a dull thud sounded from a slightly distant spot.

“He can see them?”

Purple Hair asked, marveling at the sight as if he was surprised too.

“How does he see them?”

Instead of answering, Rembrary attacked in all directions in succession at a slightly faster speed than before. He quickly turned his head to the side or twisted his body as if trying to avoid something.

Each time, with a very slight time difference, the furniture moved little by little, or something collided with the wall. On the other hand, Rembrary was unscathed, so anyone could tell that he hadn’t been hit even once.

Wasn’t his body supposed to be unusable? Undushin was flustered as he watched. He thought he couldn’t use his body for anything other than swimming, but attacking invisible enemies was one thing, but not allowing a single attack meant his reflexes were also incredible, right?

“Is he usually that good at fighting?”

Undushin looked at Woo Sungwoo and asked in a small voice, and Woo Sungwoo shook his head and quickly replied.

“I don’t know.”

“He’s your brother, right?”

“He’s my brother, but not me.”

As they were doing that, Rembrary shouted.

“If you’re not going to help, at least get out!”

Undushin reflexively grabbed his spear. Right, the youngest one is fighting so well, he couldn’t just stand by and watch as an instructor!

“…….”

However, Undushin could only grab his spear and couldn’t do anything else after that. No matter how much he concentrated, Undushin couldn’t tell who was around him.

It was amazing how Rembrary was distinguishing and striking down the enemies one by one, but since the spear had a large attack range, the gaps created when swung incorrectly were also large, so he couldn’t just blindly follow Rembrary. Moreover, since the weapon was long, there was a high possibility of hitting Rembrary and Woo Sungwoo if he swung it recklessly.

“This is driving me crazy.”

Moreover, his awakened ability was even more difficult to use in this situation. His ability was effective on distant targets but was useless for catching invisible targets. He needed to see where the target was to shoot properly, but now he couldn’t see the enemy at all, so he couldn’t do anything. Every situation was the worst for Undushin to use his abilities.

As Undushin fidgeted, Rembrary saw that even in the midst of all this and scolded him.

“Useless. I shouldn’t have brought you.”

It wasn’t like Woo Sungwoo was helpful either. Woo Sungwoo also couldn’t deal with invisible enemies with his basic weapon. He tried kicking around once, but there was nothing there.

Still, Woo Sungwoo had a way to use his head a little. Woo Sungwoo held his basic weapon in one hand and tried to levitate ‘everything’ around him using psychokinesis [the ability to move objects with one’s mind]. If he could levitate the surrounding enemies in the air like this, he could at least tie up their feet. This was especially an application that Woo Sungwoo had been training for days.

“…Damn it.”

The problem was that it was an incomplete application. It was difficult to levitate even one moving target, but trying to levitate everything around him didn’t work well. First of all, it was difficult to concentrate because he couldn’t see them, and those invisible things were constantly moving. Moreover, as if the invisible enemies had noticed that Woo Sungwoo was trying to do something, they poured attacks at Woo Sungwoo more frequently than before.

In the midst of all this, Woo Sungwoo tried to concentrate, but when a kitchen knife flew towards his head, he hurriedly stopped it in the air. The kitchen knife stopped in the air for a moment and then fell with a thud. However, although he blocked the urgent attack, the effectiveness of his concentration decreased in the meantime, and the furniture and objects that he had barely levitated around him fell back down with a thud.

‘I need more training. This is not enough.’

It was a good mindset, but even this seemed useless to Rembrary, who was checking on Undushin and Woo Sungwoo in the middle of the battle.

‘I should have come alone.’

Rembrary regretted it belatedly, but he had already brought them, so there was nothing he could do. Still, to control the situation as best as he could, Rembrary attacked the air according to his instincts.

In fact, it wasn’t like Rembrary could clearly see the invisible enemies. Rembrary’s current attacks were almost entirely dependent on instinct.

Of course, even Rembrary, who Undushin and Woo Sungwoo admired, was not having an easy time right now. He was attacking to immediately incapacitate the opponent with one blow, but not all attacks were effective hits.

Moreover, no matter how many he knocked out, the number of those rushing at him didn’t decrease, so he couldn’t get closer to Purple Hair. If this was Purple Hair’s ability, it was amazing how he had learned such power in just a few days.

In the end, to calm the situation, Rembrary immediately struck down two enemies who came close and immediately unleashed ‘Divine Majesty’ [a powerful aura or ability]. Using it while making eye contact one-on-one was the most effective, but he spread it in all directions even if the effect was slightly reduced to calm the situation.

“Ugh.”

“What is this.”

The problem with the widespread ‘Divine Majesty’ was that it affected allies and enemies alike. Undushin and Woo Sungwoo stopped in their tracks, suddenly feeling a fear as if they had been pushed off a cliff.

The movements of the monsters also stopped for a moment. Purple Hair, who had been leaning against the doorframe and watching all directions, frowned for the first time.

“A useless ability.”

Ability? Is this also Woo Yeonwoo’s ability? Undushin looked back at Rembrary even in the midst of fear. He didn’t know what he had done, but Purple Hair described it as an ability.

Undushin became suspicious. Wasn’t Woo Yeonwoo a healer? As far as he knew, there were no cases of awakened people having several completely different abilities, although there were those who applied one ability in various ways.

However, regardless of how Undushin and Woo Sungwoo saw him, Rembrary took advantage of the invisible enemies’ hesitation and immediately rushed towards Purple Hair, swinging his fist.

Purple Hair dodged, but Rembrary continued to link his attacks and this time kicked around Purple Hair’s waist.

Purple Hair immediately avoided that attack, grabbed an invisible weapon, and swung it at Rembrary. Although the weapon was invisible, Rembrary also avoided it, braced himself against the wall, and kicked Purple Hair’s waist again using the recoil.

Then, when Purple Hair swung the weapon at his legs, he immediately retracted his feet and swung his elbow towards his back.

Purple Hair avoided that attack and this time bent down to aim for Rembrary’s legs. Rembrary instead stepped on Purple Hair’s arm and punched Purple Hair’s head.

In the relentless back-and-forth exchange, Woo Sungwoo anxiously watched them. His body was still trembling from the aftereffects of what Rembrary had done earlier, but he was worried about his brother.

What was fortunate was that the two of them were not the only ones suffering from the aftereffects. The frequency of attacks by the invisible monsters had also decreased significantly, indicating that they had not recovered from the shock.

Taking advantage of this gap, Undushin swung his spear recklessly in all directions.

“Here!”

Then, when the spear was blocked somewhere, he grabbed the area with his hand and inserted speed into the spear. Then Undushin glanced at Rembrary and was surprised.

“Where did he go?”

Rembrary, who had been fighting Purple Hair, was nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, the answer came from the room where Purple Hair had come out.

“Here.”

At that time, Rembrary had finally succeeded in cornering Purple Hair completely. Purple Hair showed a faster speed and response method than before, but once he tied up the movements of those who were hindering him, Rembrary easily drove Purple Hair into a corner.

Purple Hair, who had been pushed into the room, was frowning with the smile from before gone. Rembrary, who accurately struck Purple Hair’s stomach for the last time, stopped and indifferently looked down at the monster as it groaned lowly and rolled on the floor.

And then, at the moment when he was about to gather divine power in one place and strike down to completely knock out Purple Hair.

“Rembrary.”

Purple Hair muttered, frowning.

Rembrary paused when a strange monster called his name, which had never been called here even once.

‘Why do I feel his presence from you?’

Purple Hair muttered again. It didn’t seem like he recognized Rembrary and called his name, but this alone was shocking enough for Rembrary.

That person. He was talking as if he knew about him. But Rembrary had never seen a person like this Purple Hair, even in his original world. Nor someone with abilities like Purple Hair.

Rembrary glanced at the living room and lowered his voice to ask Purple Hair.

“What did you just say?”

Nakru kills or captures monsters, and if Rembrary knocks out Purple Hair, Nakru will definitely take him away. This moment was the only chance to ask questions.

Purple Hair stared intently at Rembrary, clutching his stomach as he lay on the floor, then moved his lips, as if trying to say something.

But it wasn’t clear. In the end, just as Rembrary was about to lower his head slightly, Purple Hair suddenly tried to snatch Rembrary with the hand that wasn’t holding his stomach.

“Where do you think you’re going.”

Rembrary quickly straightened his body and stepped firmly on Purple Hair’s arm.

At that moment, the corners of Purple Hair’s mouth widened into a grin.

Why is he smiling? As soon as he thought that, Rembrary felt like he had become a coin spinning around on the floor. That’s how his vision was spinning.

And beyond his fading consciousness,

“It’s not like I can only use my abilities through my hands.”

He heard a voice saying,

“Yeonwoo-ya!”

He heard a scream.