362. I Raided the Demon God’s Warehouse
“How do you want me to purify you? Should I just cut off all the soul threads as they are?”
– My soul thread will be at the innermost part of the thread ball. Please leave only that one.
“That’s a tricky request.”
– I’m sure my words will help you too. Please.
Her voice is heard each time a soul thread is cut.
Seun wasn’t sure, since this was his first time, but perhaps that boss monster was a monster created by gathering numerous evil spirits into a human named Heath Rabbit.
Therefore, it seems he has to cut off all the evil spirits that have taken over her.
‘Could it be she was waiting?’
Hearth Rabbit spoke as if she had expected Seun to come, saying, “You’ve finally come.”
Of course, she could have just thrown it out randomly to be freed from the evil spirits, but Seun was convinced by her words.
‘To cut off all soul threads except her own… That’s not a condition that other players can meet.’
This was a request possible only because Seun, who could distinguish soul threads as a guide for the journey, was here.
If it were another player, they would have indiscriminately poured magic and annihilated the monster itself, soul threads and all.
‘Could she see the future?’
There was a similar case at the fourth shelter.
At that time, the ancient being he summoned also foresaw that Seun would come.
As far as Seun knew, there were no players in the Tower who could see the future, except for such ancient beings, but it wasn’t entirely impossible.
Anyway, that’s something he can only find out by completing the quest.
Swoosh-
“Kyaaaaaa-!!”
– Just a little more, just a little more…….
A voice cheering for Seun was heard, but in fact, it wasn’t just ‘a little more.’ The more he cut the tangled soul threads, the more complicated they became.
He didn’t know how much deeper her soul thread was, so he couldn’t cut it all at once, and soul threads couldn’t be cut all at once anyway.
Just, one by one.
Swoosh-
He somehow creates a gap and cuts off the soul threads one by one from the outside.
If he were just defeating it, he would have crushed it with 7th circle magic and rising martial arts, but since that wasn’t possible, he gradually felt frustrated dealing with it.
Even.
“It’s mine, this is mine! It’s my body-!”
The monster was adapting to Seun’s attacks.
From the time about half of the soul thread ball was peeled off, it began to attack Seun without regard for its own body.
No, actually, he didn’t know whether it knew Seun’s attack intentions and was doing that, or whether it was rushing in without looking back and forth in anger.
However, for Seun, who had to create gaps somehow and delicately peel off the soul threads, the situation became quite annoying.
‘I have no choice.’
Today, the purpose was to enjoy the journey’s guide, but regaining her soul thread was deemed more important.
He didn’t know what she was hiding or what she was trying to say, but if she was the former owner of the casino as Seun guessed, he would be able to find out quite a bit of information.
– The Treasure Warehouse of Greed has been opened.
[ Sword of Sealing Souls and Spirits ]
– A sword that sealed a legendary monster that crawled up from the depths of the earth to destroy the world a long time ago.
Seun’s Durendal [his sword] was dyed pure white.
Regardless, the boss monster flails its hair even more wildly and reaches out its claws to Seun.
The surrounding ominous energy ripples, and even black teeth-like things appear.
Seun, who was watching its path, gently extended Durendal forward.
Stab.
It is clearly felt that the monster’s body, which had not been affected by any physical attacks except when cutting soul threads, is being stabbed.
– The sword that split the rock, Durendal, bursts the energy of the seal dormant in the ‘Sword of Sealing Souls and Spirits’.
– The sealing of the grotesque is reproduced through the ‘Sword of Sealing Souls and Spirits’.
Poopoopoopook!
Soon after, pure white long swords that sprang out from all directions pierced the monster’s limbs and were embedded in the floor.
The monster tried to scream in pain, but the last one that appeared, especially the huge sword, was embedded in the monster’s head.
“Keuk……”
It’s not dead. It looks like it stabbed it physically, but the role of this sword is only to seal it.
It only stops movement for a certain period of time and does not inflict any damage.
In addition, if you attempt to attack in this state, the seal will be released through the external stimulus.
But.
Swoosh-
Cutting the soul threads is a different case. This was an attack based on a completely different principle from attacking the body.
– Just a little more, just a little more…….
There is only one thing to do from now on.
Concentrate on the journey’s guide and unravel the monster’s soul threads tangled like a thread ball, one by one, except for Heath Rabbit’s.
Swoosh, swoosh.
The soul threads are cut off one by one.
Along with that, the monster’s body becomes more and more transparent.
You can see its claws trembling, but even so, it couldn’t resist the ‘Sword of Sealing Souls and Spirits’.
The unique skill of the sealing sword, called Grotesque Sealing, was especially effective against enemies such as ghosts and monsters.
‘Now the last one.’
The thread ball that seemed like it would never be untangled finally showed its end. But, could it be that the monster doesn’t want to die quietly?
“Kkii, kkieeek! Kyaaaaak-!!”
The sight of it opening its mouth wide and screaming while stabbed by the sealing sword is quite grotesque.
It wiggles its body, trying to escape from the sealing sword, regardless of whether its body is damaged or not.
At first, it seemed like a useless act, but as time passed, its movements grew larger. As that happened, it was only natural that it became more difficult to aim at the soul threads.
When he wondered how it did it, he saw that it was boldly tearing off the part that was stamped with the sealing sword.
‘Is that okay?’
If it were a simple boss monster, he wouldn’t care, but Heath Rabbit’s soul still remains inside.
He was worried about what would happen if her body was in tatters when her mind returned.
The only thing Seun can do in times like this is one thing.
It is only to completely separate the soul threads before the boss monster completely escapes from the seal.
– Through internal energy, the first form of the Flowery Sword Technique, Lotus Flower, is enhanced.
By applying the first form of the Illusion Sword, called the Mysterious Illusion Sword, it transforms into a quick sword.
Befitting the name of the form, Lotus Flower, the sword cut off the monster’s soul threads, drawing a trajectory reminiscent of a lotus flower.
Concentrating on the journey’s guide and using a quick sword to cut off the soul threads made him feel like his mental power was draining away, but the battle was over anyway.
When he swung his sword using his internal energy to the fullest, he even felt the illusion that time was flowing slowly.
Just as the boss monster completely tore off one of its arms and let out a rough scream right in front of Seun’s nose.
“Kyaaaaaaaaa-”
Swoosh-
As all the threads were untangled, a single strand of blue soul thread hidden in the deepest part was revealed.
At that moment, the boss monster’s scream cut off like a lie.
A semi-transparent piece of cloth was torn into hundreds of pieces and fluttered away, then melted and disappeared in the air.
And from within that.
“Thank you. Thank you, Wolf Mask-nim [term of respect].”
A woman who looked exactly like the woman in the portrait appeared.
Looking at her condition, it seemed that the boss monster’s arm being torn off was not a problem, and her limbs seemed to be intact.
However, the problem was that her body was shimmering semi-transparently as if it would disappear at any moment.
Anyway…….
“Wolf Mask?”
A familiar title was heard from her mouth.
Wolf Mask.
Wasn’t that the title that Arcana first called Seun when she saw him at the casino?
Although she now omits the mask and calls him ‘Wolf-ssi [Mr. Wolf],’ the contrast between the two figures was inevitable.
“Yes, yes. I’m sorry, I didn’t hear your name. I just heard the title that the human I chose as my successor called you……”
He became even more certain.
Whether she was a prophet or heard it through a prophet…….
She.
“Who are you?”
Knows the future.
* * *
What should I talk about first?
It was a life that could be said to have been eventful in its own way…… Well, it would be best to talk about it from then on.
“Mom, what’s that?”
“That’s a comet. Hurry and make a wish.”
“A wish? Will it come true if I make a wish?”
“If our baby sincerely wishes for it, it might come true.”
“Okay! I’m going to make a wish!”
A dark night sky.
A comet that was particularly noticeable appeared in a place full of stars shining like jewels.
However, strangely enough, the comet had a black tail.
It was impossible to see a black tail in the dark night sky, but the tail was clearly black.
Even in the brilliant lilac night sky, it was extremely rare for a comet to fall, so many people looked at the comet and bowed their heads.
And that comet.
“Mom……?”
Pierced through the brilliant lilac sky.
“Ru, run away!”
Kwaaaang-!!!
It finally fell in the middle of Lilac [city name].
Fortunately or unfortunately, even though a meteorite fell, there was not as much damage as expected.
The crater was not large as if something had cushioned it, and the meteorite looked strangely intact.
People looked at the rock that fell from space with awe and gathered one by one.
The real misfortune began then.
“Glug, gluggleuk-”
“Wh, what is it?”
A black liquid crawled out from inside the meteorite.
The emergency guard unit rushed over and aimed their spears to warn them, but of course, their warnings did not work.
They threw their spears at the approaching liquid, ignoring the warning.
Stab-
“Gluggleuk-”
The result was obvious.
The attack did not work, and the guys crawled along the spears and swallowed the guards.
It didn’t take long for the black liquid to engulf the guards.
“Wh, why are you doing this! Don’t come near me! St, stop! Keok!”
“Keureuk-”
At first, the damage was not great. At most, a few guards were eaten.
However, as time passed, the damage spread throughout the city.
Those who recognized the danger of the guys poured out attacks in various ways, but the guys never fell.
At most, they would pause their movements for a while.
“Save me!”
“Kyaaaak!”
The beautiful city, Lilac, was instantly covered in fire and screams.
They couldn’t fight because they didn’t die.
The moment she thought she should run away, her husband shook his head and stepped forward.
“Please take care of Lilac.”
“No, no!”
The continent’s best magician. Known as the Flower Magician, he surpassed the realm of humans and gained the power to slightly twist time, the continent’s best magician.
When he used magic, Lilac was dyed light purple.
Time was distorted, and all the black liquid was sucked into the meteorite.
The great magic used by the continent’s best magician at the cost of his own heart.
Unfortunately, even with that power, he could not save the people who were already dead. He could not restore the ruined Lilac.
All he could do was return the black liquid to the meteorite and place an unstable seal on the meteorite.
‘I…… I have to stop it.’
It was from then on that she began to investigate the meteorite.
The first thing she needed was money.
At first, she struggled, but she found a way to use the vagrants and criminals who began to enter the ruined Lilac.
She turned the brilliant city of Lilac into a street of night, accepting vagrants and using criminals.
She turned a blind eye to the prevalence of alcohol and crime, or rather, encouraged it, and somehow developed the city. It was also at this time that auction houses and casinos were created in Lilac.
Fortunately, as the city grew in size, she was able to maintain at least minimal security.
As the casino became active, she was able to collect the money she had been thinking about.
‘I have to do it.’
She gathered information. She collected various rare items from the continent. Even so, she was frustrated because she could not gather proper information, but then, guys called ‘managers’ appeared.
Words like the devil’s whisper that they would help her.
She had no choice but to nod at the absurd story that instead of being isolated from the dimension, she would be freed from the dimension.
‘I…… I must. I must, I have to do it.’
Information poured in one by one.
She was able to find out weak information about meteorites that had fallen in other dimensions besides Lilac.
However, all the information pointed to them as ‘immortal’.
She was frustrated and frustrated again.
Then, the moment she touched the flower-patterned brooch left by her husband, who was called the Flower Magician, she was able to see the future through the time magic her husband had left behind.
It was very limited, but she could definitely see it.
A woman she had never seen before was dominating the casino in her place, and a man she called Wolf Mask. And he is approaching the meteorite and holding out a sword with a dark red glow.
‘I…… I have to die.’
Only then could she end her life.
The moment she first saw ‘Arcana’ at the casino, she calmly gave up her life.
And now.
“Who are you?”
Finally, that man revealed himself before her eyes.