Weapon-Eating Bastard [EN]: Chapter 347

Weapon-Eating Bastard – Chapter 347

The Barrier in the Unexplored Territories of Northern Asia.

The battlefield where the direct line of the Soongmoo Lee family had departed was nothing short of horrific.

“When is the artillery support coming!”

“This is Papa Leader. Flying types are at the barrier in the west, sector LA-1…!”

“Aaaaaaaargh!”

Monsters surged in without end.

Clearly, the damage was significant.

Because the monsters were that strong and numerous.

A sight that could only inspire terror.

However, the atmosphere on the battlefield was not entirely despairing.

“Hold on! They’ll be back soon! Hold on until they return!”

“Aaaaaaaargh!

Bang! Tatatatatang!

Because they knew about the direct line of the Soongmoo Lee family who had left for the northern unexplored territories, and Lee Cheol who had left for the south.

Hope that it wouldn’t be long now.

They were clearly feeling the approaching doom, but they were looking towards the light of hope that was Soongmoo Lee.

Meanwhile.

“Hoo, haa….”

On top of the barrier, a woman was breathing heavily, squeezing out magic towards the incoming monsters.

A tired-looking face, a pipe in her mouth, and the magic spewing from that pipe.

She was none other than Valerie de Bell.

‘Ugh.’

Thump, thump, thump!

Valerie was unleashing attack magic while feeling her heart pounding, refusing to calm down.

‘Why? Why? It’s clearly going according to plan, so why does it feel so ominous?’

Anxious and losing focus, a wolf-shaped monster suddenly thrust its head in front of her.

“Get a grip! You crazy!”

At that moment, Lee Kyung-hwa, pushing her away, rushed in and smashed the monster’s head.

“What are you doing! Get yourself together!”

“Ah, no. It’s not that….”

Even in that situation, Valerie couldn’t focus on the battle and kept looking only towards the distant east.

‘Something, it feels like I’m missing something… no, this feeling like something is starting….’

Was it because she had experience being tainted by Black ki [dark, corrupting energy]?

Or was it because she was also one of the singularities [unique individuals with extraordinary power]?

She couldn’t shake off the ominous premonition pressing down on her from behind.

‘What on earth.’

And Valerie raised her head.

Valerie, facing the sky, soon opened her mouth wide and couldn’t help but doubt her eyes.

* * *

The fighting wasn’t just happening in South Korea.

In the unexplored territories of Northern Europe.

Ron Russell, Serena Cannata, and even Henry Russell and Saintess Christina, considered the strongest in Europe at the time.

They were all facing ‘something’.

“What Lee Cheol spoke of, it was that.”

A Class 1 monster.

No, a vanguard sent by the Primordial Beast, and something completely different that the apostle of Behemoth, who was once human, had degenerated into.

“…Despicable. Beings that defy the will of God.”

It was Henry Russell who spoke.

His sword, filled with hatred for everything originating from Black ki, was drawn roughly.

“Can we do it? Just us?”

Serena asked with a somewhat worried tone.

“If we can’t, we’ll just die.”

It was Saintess Christina who said the word ‘die’ so casually.

“Well, I guess so. Master.”

There was no choice.

They would just do what they had to do.

“The barrier to protect the west of this continent is us.”

Ron opened his mouth.

It was a very Ron-like statement, befitting his name as the Iron-Wall Knight.

“A sign of destruction, was it? Let’s cut that thing down and try to stop the coming destruction once.”

-Kuh, heu, heuheu, Keuheu…….

It was then.

A sound like dozens of human voices overlapping echoed.

-Destruction… stop it, you say. Such freedom, you will not… even have…….

“Telepathy……?”

Saintess Christina widened her eyes in surprise.

The monster’s telepathy shouldn’t be this clear.

-This is also… just a moment in a grand ritual… not knowing… what, is… going to happen, do you think that if you defeat me, something will change……?

“Shut up. Beast.”

Henry Russell’s sword was drawn from its scabbard.

“You just need to quietly offer your neck to us.”

Then, he strode towards the Class 1 monster.

* * *

Deep within the unexplored territories of Northern Asia.

The monster, once called an apostle, looked at the scene unfolding beneath its feet.

The monster couldn’t understand why they were trying to protect such an unreasonable world.

-Singularities. Foolish… did you come to me while the children were targeting the barrier?

The moment the monsters rushed to break down the barrier, the direct line of the Soongmoo Lee family came aiming for him.

Foolish. So foolish.

They were clearly powerful singularities, but at best, they were beings without the power to resist the approaching destruction.

-If you come here… did you think something would happen? Foolish. You are just beings who will be swept away by the whirlpool of fate and die.

-At this moment, you will die and wither away, so there won’t even be a chance to become one with us.

-On the barrier where you have disappeared, only death will be filled by now.

“Shut up! You lizard bastard!”

Goooooooong!

At that moment, the world distorted like a mirage, and an intense image surged in.

The image contained in the giant sword seemed to have dragged the concept of destruction into the world.

Simgeom [Sword Heart], Crushing Strike.

It was Lee Jin-yoon’s Simgeom that started the fight.

Kwaaaaaang!

The sword energy shot out with an explosion and lodged itself in the dragon’s maw.

The area within a radius of about a hundred meters at the moment of impact was split into a grid pattern as if drawn with a ruler.

Literally, crushing strike.

The impact of the strike shattered and destroyed the surrounding area.

-Kieeeeeeeeeeeek!

A strange cry was spewed from the dragon’s gaping maw.

“Tch, nothing special…….”

Lee Jin-yoon chuckled, gripping the hilt of the greatsword slightly loosely.

But at that moment.

“Big Sis!”

Lee Seo-hyun shouted urgently.

Only then did Lee Jin-yoon realize.

That the cry just now did not originate from pain.

“……!”

“What is that!”

Jjeooooooooeong!

Their eyes widened as if tearing.

Immediately after the cry echoed, the ground collapsed and swept in like a tsunami.

The height, even by rough estimate, was well over 200, 300 meters.

A tsunami unfolding on the ground.

A tidal wave more than 100 times the height of a human body of only about 2 meters was rushing in.

“Everyone! Stance 11 of the Esoteric Skills!”

Lee Seo-hyun took the lead and shouted urgently.

There was no question.

All the direct line members present moved their swords almost reflexively.

The only defensive technique among the Soongmoo Lee family’s Twelve Seasonal Techniques, Reverse Flow, was deployed.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Soon, the tidal wave of earth and sand covered them.

A moment later.

The earth and sand split, and the five siblings sprang out simultaneously.

“Cough! Puha!”

“This crazy…….”

The five siblings looked around with a feeling of bewilderment.

The nearby mountains and fields were all overturned, turning into plains.

‘How can a mere monster do this……!’

Class 1.

They were all clearly aware of the danger of that rank.

But this was too much, far too much.

Was it even possible to turn the terrain within a radius of hundreds of meters, no, perhaps even kilometers, into a plain?

“Damn it. Are we supposed to cut down a monster like this?”

“Our head of the family is asking for too much.”

The twins stood side by side, grinding their teeth.

“Everyone. Stop thinking you’re fighting a mere monster. The opponent is a natural disaster.”

Lee Jin-yoon raised the greatsword with a tone devoid of playfulness.

-Destruction… has already begun… feel helplessness in the process of achieving it… mortals.

And the battle began again.

* * *

Lee Seo-hyun looked straight ahead.

The dull black scales, which looked as hard as diamonds, rippled all at once.

The ferocious maw, with even the smallest tooth looking bigger than a human’s body, gaped open.

She felt her limbs stiffen.

Fear.

The exclusive property of higher-level monsters.

Lee Seo-hyun had experienced countless fears so far, but this was on a different level from anything before.

Pudduddeuk!

Lee Seo-hyun bit her teeth hard.

A brief pain. A tingling sensation felt in her molars. It was clear that her molars were cracked.

But thanks to that, her body moved.

Lee Seo-hyun kicked off the ground, and the other four moved side by side behind her.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

A natural disaster.

That was the only way to describe it.

Lee Seo-hyun had never felt the power she had built up so far felt so helpless.

“Keuek!”

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

Was there an expression like “earth-shattering?”

It was literally that. The sky screamed, and the earth trembled.

Slamming the ground caused tidal waves of earth and sand, and flapping its wings caused typhoons to rage.

However.

‘A natural disaster? Then, I’ll just cut down even that natural disaster!’

Lee Jin-yoon steps forward.

Lee Seo-hyun follows beside her.

Seogeogeok!

Smashing the onrushing typhoon and cutting down the tidal wave of earth and sand.

Can’t do it? Then do it until you can.

Until now, they, who inherited the blood of the Soongmoo Lee family, had always lived that way.

‘Although!’

‘I may be inferior compared to those two monsters!’

‘I will never be a hindrance!’

Supporting the two female members were the twins and Lee Jae-hak.

In the face of the majestic and powerful force of the apostle, they were truly cutting down attacks like natural disasters.

Clang! Kwadeuk!

A massive heatwave was spewed from the dragon’s gaping mouth.

The dragon’s exclusive property, breath.

The amount of magic was so enormous that it made one’s hair stand on end.

The soil and rocks melted as they were, and the magic in the air burned as it was.

Facing that, the five swords were swung simultaneously.

Jjeooooooooeong!

The five humans cut down that heat, like the breath of the sun.

The five were clearly matching their skills for the first time, but they worked together like warriors who had been together for a lifetime.

Because what they had learned was the same, and the lives they had lived were similar.

No matter what anyone said.

Those who inherited the blood of the Soongmoo Lee family were strong.

“Right! Stance 3 of the Esoteric Skills! Counter with Stance 11!”

“Yes!”

“Kid!”

“Don’t call me kid! Big Sis!”

The apostle was capturing the scene in its eyes.

Something.

A very small something.

Emotions from when it was human were rising from inside its chest.

-Weak…… how weak…….

Clearly weak.

No matter how much they were singularities, humans were merely beings who would be swept away in the ritual of destruction that had already begun.

But those guys were blocking its power.

No.

-……!

Hwiik! Tuk!

A counterattack was launched through the gaps in the attack.

One of the dragon scales covering the outer surface fell to the ground with a thud.

It was clearly regenerated in less than 1 second, but it was a clear fact that it had fallen.

“Hoo, are you feeling flustered, you lizard?”

“Now that I’ve warmed up, get ready to die. You crazy bastard!”

The Soongmoo Lee family’s twins spat out curses while sneering.

The dragon’s eyes narrowed.

As if it were not a big deal, the eyes, resembling those of humans, narrowed.

-How amusing.

It was at that moment.

Flash!

A flash burst, and everything went dark.

The two twins and Lee Jae-hak felt momentary confusion.

‘What is it? I protected my vision with magic?’

‘Poison?’

No. Not that feeling.

This was like, yes. The sensation when facing Simgeom!

Seogeok!

Along with the sound of something being cut off, the bodies of the three male members tilted as if someone had grabbed them by the scruff of the neck.

When they regained their sight, the first thing they saw was Lee Seo-hyun’s back and bright red blood flowing down one arm.

“Eueueueuk…… you damn dragon head. What are you using…….”

Lee Seo-hyun groaned in pain and staggered.

“Eighth, you……!”

Lee Jae-hak shouted urgently.

Lee Seo-hyun’s shoulder.

A pure white shape came into view through the flowing blood.

……Bone.

Lee Seo-hyun had received an attack that exposed the bones of her shoulder.

“Shut up and grab your swords, you damn brothers! It’s coming again! It’s Simgeom! That bastard is using something similar to Simgeom! Lee Cheol has told you guys several times how to counter Simgeom!”

Along with Lee Seo-hyun’s shout, everything flashed before their eyes once again.

“Kuaaaap!”

Kwaaaaaaaaaang!

At that moment, Lee Jin-yoon slashed the air.

She really slashed the empty air, but at that moment, the sound of a bomb exploding in the air rang out, and a whirlwind arose.

That meant something was there.

And Lee Jin-yoon had cut that something.

“Haaap!”

And Lee Seo-hyun, piercing through the gap in the moment, bounced out.

Swinging strike.

Simgeom, Pursuit.

Her Simgeom, which she came to realize by watching Lee Cheol’s back, learning his movements and attitude towards life.

The intense sword energy, as if to cut the sky, struck down on the dragon’s neck.

No, she thought she had struck down, but.

“Heok!”

“……!?”

Clearly, there was a monster right in front of her, but Lee Jin-yoon had suddenly appeared in front of her.

Clang!

Lee Seo-hyun and Lee Jin-yoon rolled on the ground in a tangled mess.

Lee Seo-hyun quickly pulled her sword, and because Lee Jin-yoon had used her Simgeom, the tragedy of them cutting each other did not occur.

“So, sorry. Big Sis.”

“Keuek! No. It’s okay. That damn lizard is using some strange trick……!”

Lee Jin-yoon, who stood up abruptly, recognized the situation that had just unfolded.

Space was distorted.

The moment Lee Seo-hyun’s sword aimed for the dragon’s neck, her body suddenly appeared right in front of Lee Jin-yoon.

‘There was no fluctuation of magic…… how on earth?’

Space magic was not something that could be used so freely.

That’s why a single fixed teleportation circle requires an astronomical price, and there is no such thing as teleportation technology.

But, that monster just did it without a single ounce of magic.

-It’s just, space. Humans. Is this so amazing…….

‘Damn it.’

Lee Jin-yoon was sweating cold.

Just now, the concept of space had collapsed.

If that statement was true, that monster could deflect all attacks.

No, attacks would be the same.

-Yes, your thoughts are correct. Foolish mortal.

Kuoong!

The next moment, Lee Jin-yoon and Lee Seo-hyun felt a huge presence from the side.

Kuuuu!

A feeling like a small hill was rushing in.

A tail. It was a tail.

The dragon’s tail, which was at least tens of meters away, had already pushed into their side.

‘No!’

No, the moment they thought it was the side, the air suddenly distorted and fell from above their heads.

Lee Jin-yoon urgently pushed Lee Seo-hyun away.

“Keuek!”

Kwaaaaang! Woodeudeuk!

She avoided it, but she couldn’t avoid it completely.

The tail was embedded in Lee Jin-yoon’s body.

Lee Jin-yoon, who would never be called small anywhere, her body was helplessly bounced into the air.

‘Ribs…….’

Blood flowed from the corner of Lee Jin-yoon’s mouth.

‘Such an absurd……. Can there be this much power.’

Rather than controlling space, it was violating it.

Moreover, there was no magic reaction or prior control.

“Sister. Are you okay.”

Lee Jae-hak caught Lee Jin-yoon, who was flying in the air, and quickly retreated.

Lee Seo-hyun also followed beside them, one step late.

-Did you think something would happen if you defeated me? Did you think you could protect the world…….

-Foolish. Foolish. Human. You cannot do anything about the era that has already begun to roll…….

The apostle was once again spewing out telepathy.

“Eudeuk.”

The apostle did not chase after them.

It was just continuing to look down on them.

-To forget the fear of death, I tried to bestow mercy…… to steal the light.

“Steal the light? What bullshit!”

Kkudeudeudeuk!

Magic condensed on Lee Seo-hyun’s shoulder, and soon new flesh sprouted wrigglingly.

It was Lee Seo-hyun’s ability, regeneration, and the power of the holy sword, Ivory Sword.

Lee Seo-hyun’s regeneration power overwhelmed Lee Cheol’s in terms of instantaneous regeneration.

-Everything in this world…… will lose its light before His power…….

The dragon’s maw moves.

쿵!

At that moment.

The world was plunged into darkness.

-Foolish mortals. I have taken your light.

The five siblings felt the world turning black.

It was not the power of magic. No spells or tricks were felt.

They were clearly opening their eyes, but their vision disappeared.

-Sound will also, disappear.

Another word.

…….

This time, the sound disappeared.

Light and sound disappeared.

‘How on earth…… can there be such power!’

If what it emitted was physical power.

Whether it was a tidal wave, a typhoon, or a wave of fire, the five siblings had the power to block it.

But this was different from that.

Could the power that dragon possessed be expressed simply as strong?

No. This was something beyond reason.

Authority, yes, it could be expressed as authority.

‘Can Class 1 monsters…… use even this kind of power.’

Isn’t it no different from a god?

Lee Seo-hyun could only open her mouth in the face of that incomprehensible phenomenon.

‘Are you telling us to deal with a monster like this? You bad guy?’

The moment she thought that.

Lee Seo-hyun smiled bitterly.

‘……No.’

He ordered it because we can do it.

He ordered it because if we can’t, we’ll die.

In the destruction we will face in the future, if we cannot deal with that, which is merely a soldier of ‘that’, we will simply die.

Fight.

Wasn’t that the value of the Soongmoo Lee family?

Lee Seo-hyun opened her eyes wide.

‘It’s just a lizard.’

That was just a monster.

Just a powerful monster with divine power.

‘Yes, just this much.’

It wasn’t just Lee Seo-hyun who thought that.

Lee Jin-yoon as well.

The twins Lee Hyun-jae and Lee Hyun-chan, and Lee Jae-hak as well.

They were also feeling it.

That what they had to face in the future was a being with such god-like, transcendent power.

That they could only win if they survived from those things.

That fact made the blood of the five siblings boil.

Fight.

Only those who win survive, and we can only enjoy it if we survive!