“I didn’t expect a coward like you to come out to see me off.”
“Haha, as the Guild Master, I can’t just ignore a guest, can I?”
They were having a calm conversation, but Se-un couldn’t help but be taken aback the moment he saw Pelches.
Pelches was seeing him off.
This was completely contrary to the personality of Pelches that Se-un knew.
‘Even if he has insurance, he’s not the type to show his face first.’
He’s the type who thinks the more insurance, the better.
Rather than showing his face like this, the Pelches that Se-un knows would hide himself as much as possible until he was completely out of sight….
‘There’s definitely something going on.’
The reason he’s showing his face.
There must be a reason.
“Your achievements are remarkable. Even though you were a little late, you managed to destroy one of the Descent Points that we had prepared for the start of the Guild War.”
Se-un carefully examined Pelches, but he couldn’t see anything particularly unusual.
Even standing right in front of him, he maintains a confident attitude.
Even before the regression, Se-un had never seen him fight, but he knew that he wasn’t a strong type.
‘No.’
Se-un shook his head as he examined Pelches and thought.
Continuing to talk like this would only mean getting caught up in his game.
The experiences and knowledge from before the regression were definitely one of Se-un’s greatest assets, but now he needed a more fundamental belief.
The skill that was once everything to Se-un, the identity that led Se-un down the path of regression.
‘The Compass of the Journey.’
Beeing-
The golden compass floating above Se-un’s head pointed to Pelches.
No, the angle is slightly different.
The Compass of the Journey wasn’t pointing at Pelches, but at the Black Cross Cathedral towering behind Pelches.
Se-un didn’t know why the Compass of the Journey was pointing at the cathedral, but what he had to do was simple.
– You have opened the Vault of Greed.
[Rock Storm]
– A high-level magic of the Yellow Tower that crushes the opponent by swirling rocks like a storm.
Rock Storm.
Among the 7th circle magic, it is the most powerful in terms of physical attack power.
Dozens of huge rocks floating around Se-un flew towards Pelches and the cathedral.
The goal was to attack the cathedral indicated by the Compass of the Journey, but with Rock Storm, Pelches would naturally be within the attack range.
Se-un didn’t know exactly what the Compass of the Journey meant, but this was the best he could come up with.
“Just like when you came to my room, your information and intuition are truly unbelievable.”
Kwagwagwag!!
Dozens of rocks struck Pelches.
No, the rocks that were supposed to hit Pelches were suddenly blocked by a wall that appeared in front of Pelches.
“Geeeeeeeeee-!!”
A deafening roar strikes the ears.
The whole earth trembles as if an earthquake has occurred, and dust rises to cover the vision.
Ding, ding, ding-
Immediately following is the majestic sound of bells.
The black cross of the cathedral appears above the dust covering the vision.
Only then could Se-un realize why Pelches wasn’t hiding and why the Compass of the Journey was pointing at the cathedral.
Pelches wasn’t not hiding.
He couldn’t hide.
Because the only place he could hide, the Black Cross headquarters, the cathedral, was….
“Hahahaha, can you see it? This magnificent figure?”
“Geeeeeeeeee-!!”
…reborn as a monster.
‘That’s…….’
The appearance of the cathedral transformed into a monster was not simply a moving building.
As befitting the name of the cathedral, the main gate, which had been ornately decorated with the Black Cross emblem, was grotesquely open, and something like saliva dripped from the black darkness inside.
Cracks appeared all over the outer walls, and tentacles protruded from them, and especially at the bottom, thick tentacles like elephant legs supported the weight of the cathedral.
A form that was half building and half monster.
No, there was an even more accurate expression that came to mind.
‘Outer?’
The appearance of the cathedral turned into a monster was no different from a monster occupied by an Outer [a being from beyond the known universe, often associated with chaos and madness].
If the Outer could erode and move buildings instead of monsters, it would look exactly like that.
– Keureung…….
Ru-in’s reaction made the suspicion even stronger, but he couldn’t be sure.
Ru-in’s reaction from the stigma was closer to vigilance against a strong enemy than a reaction to the Outer.
– The constellation, ‘The Crow Who Bows His Head,’ frowns and doubts the identity of that unsightly being.
– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Surrounding Envy,’ licks its tongue and tries to figure out what it is.
– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ is full of expectations, wondering if he can eat that.
Before Se-un could even think about it, the cathedral’s attack began.
The method of attack is a simple body slam.
However, the attack of an entire building, which could be said to be the base of a giant guild, was more threatening than the charge of a giant.
Kukung!
“Isn’t it amazing? This is the true Descent! This is the power it possesses!”
‘It?’
Can you refer to the god you follow as ‘it’?
Arkanas’ conversation ignoring his constellation flashed through his mind, but Pelches’ words felt completely different.
Se-un jumped up from his seat, dodging the cathedral’s charge, but a follow-up attack immediately followed.
Chwareuk!
The tentacles that had been protruding from the cathedral’s broken outer wall covered Se-un.
Dozens, hundreds of tentacles form a thorough encirclement as if each had its own will.
A merciless attack that does not allow escape.
– Through inner energy, the fourth form of the Blood Wolf Sword Technique, Blood Wolf Roar, is enhanced.
Kwagwagwagat!
The sword energy that spread out in all directions like a wolf’s roar cut off the tentacles.
It seemed to be tougher than he thought, so he couldn’t cut off all the tentacles, but he was able to create enough space to escape.
Seeing the severed tentacles wriggling and regenerating quickly, it seemed pointless to cut them off.
‘First, attack.’
Se-un stepped on his footwork to distance himself from the cathedral.
Fortunately, the cathedral seemed to take quite a while to use the movement skills like the body slam it had shown earlier, probably due to its enormous weight.
Se-un took out the Immortal Bow from the Myriad Pouch and fired a series of cold ice arrows.
Pubeubuk!
The ice arrows that were flying quickly stopped before they even reached the wall of the cathedral.
Looking closely, the black haze that he had experienced when entering here was surrounding the entire cathedral.
Just as it had blocked Se-un, it blocked the ice arrows.
– Through inner energy, the third form of the Ice Dragon Spear Technique, Ice Dragon Fall, is enhanced.
Kwajik!
Even Apelion, which he threw immediately after, was perfectly blocked.
If it were simply a solid shield, he would have broken it somehow, but the black haze was impossible to break due to its unique elasticity and fluidity.
“The power of it is imbued in this entire building! The power of it has descended! Did you think that kind of attack would work?”
If long-range attacks don’t work, there’s only one way. The only way is to break through the black haze and destroy the cathedral directly.
Taat!
Se-un took out Durendal and charged towards the cathedral.
“Geeeeeeeeee-!!”
The cathedral, which had already raised its huge body again, opened its main gate wide and let out a roar.
He endured the buzzing vibrations in his head and ran forward.
Even when an invisible shockwave pushed his body every time the bell rang, he took another step forward.
“It’s really admirable how you struggle! But do you think you can reach this place like that?”
The black haze he finally reached.
The unpleasant sensation of the sticky feeling on his skin made him shudder.
Se-un swung Durendal to cut off the haze that was grabbing his body like a sticky membrane.
Jjeoeok!
‘It’s much stronger than what was surrounding the outside.’
It was not comparable to the barrier on the outside that he had broken through using the Ice Dragon Fall.
Even though he swung his sword with all his might, it only felt like stabbing a swamp with a wooden stick.
He couldn’t picture the scene of cutting off this haze in his head.
Not with ordinary methods.
“Ru-in!”
– Keureung!
Ru-in dwelled in Se-un’s sword.
He still couldn’t accurately grasp the identity of this black haze, but one thing was clear.
This black haze was created by the power of the transcendent being that Pelches followed, that the Black Cross followed.
It was almost impossible for an ordinary player to oppose such power, but.
– The stigma reacts to the legend of the Blood Wolf.
– The third ability of the stigma, ‘Destruction,’ awakens.
If he uses the power of Destruction, things will be different.
Ru-in’s fangs were capable of not only devouring the Outer, but also tearing apart the power of God.
That power had already been proven the moment he broke through the tidal current wall created by Triton in the Black Sea.
“……What!”
The black haze that had been sticking to Se-un’s sword like tar began to tear apart.
The power of Ru-in dwelling in the weapon was not simply making the weapon sharper or anything one-dimensional.
It extremely condensed the power of Destruction, and beyond that, the weapon itself became Ru-in’s fangs and claws.
“Geeeeeeeeee-!!”
– Kuaaaaaang-!!
A roar erupted from the cathedral’s door, trying to push Se-un away, but Ru-in also let out a howl in response.
The dark red energy surrounding Durendal ruthlessly stirred the black haze like the teeth of a beast, and before long.
Jjeo-eok!
The black haze was torn in two around Durendal.
The cathedral rushed towards Se-un with dozens of tentacles as if it would not forgive this.
He had avoided attacking earlier because he didn’t want to waste his stamina trying to block that huge mass, but not now.
He had already grasped the characteristics of that guy to some extent.
In other words, all that remains is to attack.
– Through inner energy, the first form of the Pahoegeuk Dark Sword, Shattering the Sky, is enhanced.
– According to the mysteries of the Pahoegeuk Mind Skill, the power of martial arts is enhanced.
The moment Se-un swung his sword, the world went dark for a moment.