Chapter 102 : Chapter 102

Chapter 102 - Clumsy Love

A Main based on one of the 10 Elders of Millesdusk was not easy.

For a first-generation Main, it displayed a comprehensive ability level between at least a third and fourth-generation Main.

In addition to simple physical abilities, it used yin energy to create combat troops.

They weren't as magnificent as the ones I saw in Eclipse, but their power couldn't be ignored.

“What are these disgusting things!”

Five medium-sized Bone Giants surrounded the Fourth Son, continuing their offense and defense.

Monstrosities that threw themselves forward, chests agape like the First Prince from a moment ago.

“They’re even carrying some kind of poison!”

The Fourth Son was right.

It was because the foundation of a Main is human, not a demon.

“It’s infused with Elder Kian’s sorcery. Breathe less and stay as far away as possible.”

“Ugh, so annoying!”

The Fourth Son, who freely handled large-class Undead Private Soldiers with a tyrannical fighting style.

As he had introduced himself, he was far from delicate.

“I’m just gonna smash them!”

Four of the five medium-sized ones were disassembled as if before assembly.

The stage right before the Bone Giant that trampled the Physicians' Council.

Two large-medium Bone Giants crushed one of the monstrosities.

Fwshiiiiiii─

Trampled like a bug, it spewed an insect-like viscous fluid.

Then, some sort of green smoke spread out like leaking gas.

“Ah, this is it?”

The Fourth Son scrambled up onto the giant’s shoulder like a squirrel.

“Dante! It’s Elder Kian’s Corpse Poison! If it touches your respiratory system or skin—!”

“It will cause rashes or create holes in my internal organs.”

I knew its identity and its effects.

So, I also knew how to counter it.

I spread my griffin wings wide and swept the ground.

The wind raised by the giant wings instantly drove away the Corpse Poison.

But this was also a temporary measure.

The grotesque creatures created by the Main still existed and would continue to exist.

It wouldn't end unless I stomped on the Main that was laying eggs over there.

Furthermore, the more time we dragged on, the more the Main learned about its own power.

It was learning what its abilities were and how to use them.

“Elder Kian’s Poison Demon Sorcery. If we leave it like this, that monster will get its hands on that and attack.”

“That monster? So that’s not Elder Kian? No, do you know what that thing is, Dante?”

There were many questions.

The situation was too urgent to answer them all now.

Chwaaaaak─!!

Blood surged and swallowed one of the monstrosities.

Without a chance to resist, it formed a sphere, creating a vortex.

“What we must prioritize right now is.”

I clenched my fist towards the sphere.

Jjeojeojeojeojeok─

The sphere made of liquid instantly solidified.

“To firmly block the out-of-his-mind Elder Kian so that he cannot leave this place.”

Kuuung─

The blood sphere fell to the ground.

The being trapped inside it burst from the pressure before it could even spew out anything like poison.

“Eh? Block him? Not kill him?”

“We just need to hold on. Holding on is winning, and wouldn’t that be better for both of us.”

“Hmph! I get what you’re saying. But I’m a little disappointed.”

He exhaled through his nose and placed a hand on his hip.

Holding on. Using just enough power to hold on.

By doing so, we were saving the cards we would show in the competition among bloodkin.

So it was good for both of us.

Being disappointed was better.

That was a problem for later that we didn't even need to worry about.

The Fourth Son nodded appropriately and stood next to his younger brother.

“Because you might think I should kill you before you grow stronger. That’s why you’re scared of me, right, Dante?”

“……”

“Dante, you’re my last prey. The prey I’ll save for the very, very end. So you don’t have to worry!”

A faint laugh escaped my lips.

“…Strangely, that’s reassuring.”

The brothers smiled at each other.

The curves of their lips were similarly shaped.

“We’ve both had a taste of each other’s sorcery. Shall we try to sync up?”

“I agree.”

“Then this older brother goes first!”

As soon as the words were out, the Fourth Son shot forward.

With the large-medium one he was riding at the center.

Another large-medium one guarded the front, while two medium-sized ones ran on the left and right.

A single great spear and shield, it ran, trampling the ground.

A speed that made his bangs flutter back wildly.

“Kyahaha!”

The Fourth Son was as bright as a puppy sticking its tongue out of a car window.

However, the things that faced this were not so.

It was hard to even look straight at it.

Illusion.

The countless illusions created by the legitimate heir of Mystics.

They deceptively increased the number of spears to dozens.

The lies used to entice an irrational opponent didn't need to be materialized.

The Youngest Son recalled his memories from his player days.

‘The Fourth Son diverts all physical attacks to the large and heavy giant. After that, his mainstream play is to focus on illusions to deceive the opponent.’

The giant was slow and heavy.

But its one hit was powerful.

The measure of a player who handled the Fourth Son well was the accuracy of that one hit.

‘To increase that, the magic power invested in illusions has to be high. So, what I do here is.’

I would increase the output of the sorcery that had dropped because it was diverted to illusions.

“Enad.”

[Tsk. I know.]

Enad moved reluctantly.

A pair of marrows unfolded within his mindscape.

The Path of the Beast unfolded.

The Six Paths, used secretly through the magic sword, soon granted me two mouths.

My original mouth and the backs of both hands spoke.

“The formed skeletons will become harder.”

“The formed skeletons will become lighter.”

“The formed skeletons will heat up.”

Ma'eon was activated.

The target was the Bone Giant the Fourth Son was riding.

The Ma'eon, overlapped three times, was different from a single one in efficiency from the start.

“Waaaaah!”

I could tell just by seeing the Fourth Son jumping around like that.

The giant, its heat raised as a resistance to yin energy.

The giant, now faster and harder.

It ruthlessly crushed the monstrosities.

“Die! You die too!”

He stomped on, burst, and broke the monsters that were disoriented by the illusion.

A simple charge was clearing a path straight to the Main.

He attacked simply, but a strategy including illusion was necessary for that simplicity.

That was the Fourth Son.

‘This brings back old memories.’

I was momentarily lost in nostalgia and grabbed Enad.

…I felt a little dizzy.

And the abnormality this body felt was also transmitted to the magic sword.

[Isn't that because you're overlapping Ma'eon while using the Path of the Beast? If you do more than three at once, the mental damage from the Path of the Beast is a greater loss.]

The tail was wagging the dog.

But this was a matter of proficiency.

If I kept using it and moving forward, I would find a solution.

Just like how I got used to the Skeleton Armor.

Cheojeojeojeojeojeok─

The prince of the sky who flew from the spatial artifact was instantly layered over my shoulders.

[Activating Skill 「Subsonic Movement」.]

Kuwaaaaaaaaaa─!!

My body flew as if it would touch the ground.

The tip of the sword I held out in front was the arrowhead, and the sharply folded giant wings were the fletching.

The arrow flew along the path pierced by the spear and struck the target.

It wasn't a 10-point shot.

Deudeudeudeuk─

A formidable force grabbed the arrowhead, stopping it in front of the target.

“I wasn't expecting anything anyway.”

The arrow had suddenly folded its feathers and cloaked itself in flames.

The reddest flame in the world.

The Bloodflame blazed violently from the magic sword held by the Main.

Thanks to the cooperation of the magic sword, which instinctively loathed the Main, the flames were explosive in their momentum.

However, the Main’s purple eyes flashed, and it did not let go of the blade it held.

Instead, it used it.

From behind the Main’s back, monstrosities sprouted like branches.

They opened their ribcages to devour the fool who approached without knowing any better.

Like Venus flytraps before their prey.

They tried to close their mouths in an instant.

“Hee-hee. You think my little brother is a pushover?”

Deudeudeudeudeuk─

The bodies of the monstrosities could not advance any further.

The beings pulling them from both sides were stronger.

The Chairman of the Physicians’ Council. And the Earth Dragon.

The two stretched out their arms and tongues and caught the ambush.

Catching them wasn't the end.

Deobseok─!!

They pulled what they caught and stuffed it into their mouths, or rather, their bodies.

They had torn off everything that was no different from armor.

“Older Brother.”

“I know!”

The Fourth Son, who had quickly approached, disassembled the Ma'eon-enhanced Bone Giant.

Each of its parts, possessing considerable weight, were excellent restraints.

Cheolkkeok─ Cheolkeodeong─

The Main’s limbs were blocked by them, and it collapsed to the ground.

Once the restraints did their job, next was the sealing tool.

Ppudeudeuk─

I pushed in the magic sword that had been caught.

The Main tried not to lose in the power struggle, but.

“Hahahat!”

The magic sword was pushed by the strength of two people, and one tired person couldn't withstand it.

Puhwaaaak─

The sword tip pierced its chest and reached the ground.

It wasn't just the sword tip; the body of the sword blazed, continuously melting the yin energy.

The Poison Demon Sorcery that tried to mix with the yin energy was now unusable.

“Feels like it’s wrapped up nicely, huh?”

“Yes. So you can come out now.”

“Me? From where?”

“From over there.”

His index finger pointed to a part of the forest.

Then, a rustling sound was heard for a moment, and a face familiar to one person walked out.

“Vice-Patriarch of the Dark Wheel. I didn’t know you had a hobby of peeping.”

“Hoho. I knew you called me for support, but I was so engrossed in the martial prowess of you two that I couldn't find a gap to intervene.”

“…Vice-Patriarch of the Dark Wheel?”

The Fourth Son scrutinized the old man in the robe.

The old man had truly appeared like a ghost.

Until the Youngest Son mentioned him, I didn't even know he was there.

Though they called him one of the 10 Elders.

There was no one who didn't know he was the strongest among them and the family’s second-in-command.

“It seems you know a certain amount about this, Young Master. What is it?”

“I learned of it from a document in Eclipse. Its name is Main. It’s made by pickling a human body in yin energy without summoning a demon.”

Once you go past the 2nd generation, you harvest Demon Orbs from the 1st generation Mains created that way.

You repeat the process to collect and use them to mass-produce Mains.

The Main, born through a basic method, was a headache because it used the body of a 10th Elder.

So I called for reinforcements, and two reliable allies stood on either side, facing the Main.

“Hooo.”

“……”

The Fourth Son looked intrigued, but the Vice-Patriarch of the Dark Wheel did not.

He had a hunch.

“This will be the new form of the demon worshippers.”

“It won’t be for the time being.”

“Even so, the fact that a new current of the era has arrived does not change.”

I couldn't deny those words.

In reality, the Main was one of the unstoppable currents in this world.

In the heavy atmosphere.

Only the Fourth Son was hopping about.

“So since Kian is gone! We’ll have to pick one more person to maintain the 10 Elders, right?”

“…That is so.”

A competent colleague, pierced by a burning sword.

In the eyes tinged with purple light, no intelligence could be found.

The Fourth Son clapped his hands next to the Vice-Patriarch.

“Then I have someone to recommend! He has a clear intention of his own!”

“Who is it?”

“The Forest Witch!”

“…If you mean the Forest Witch.”

The very person who was said to have recently destroyed Hojeopgung.

The Fourth Son himself was personally recommending such a person.

It smelled of a scheme.

But right now, there were plenty of other things to worry about.

“I will consider it positively. For now, it seems I must execute my official duties.”

“Okay, okay! Do as you please!”

“Then, Fifth Son.”

“I understand.”

I grabbed the magic sword and slowly pulled it out.

In the meantime, Vice-Patriarch Graham prepared the Dark Wheel sorcery.

He repeatedly formed and spread hand seals.

A black dot appeared in the air.

It rotated rapidly, again and again, creating a tail.

The speed gradually accelerated, and by the time the black dot bit its own tail.

A black ring was created above his palm.

The ring, which grew larger as he widened the gap between his clasped palms, soon enveloped the sinner.

“My longtime junior and dear friend. Your clumsy love for the family, I will ensure it is not dishonored.”

He brought his hand to his forehead.

“I will see you next time, Fourth Son, Fifth Son. The reward for this incident will be handsomely returned to you both at the family level.”

Swaaaaaa─

Leaving behind a gray mist.

The Elder and the Main disappeared.

And the Youngest Son also had a place to go.

“I will be on my way as well. Let’s catch up next time.”

“Okay! Should I come visit again, then?”

“No. Next time, I will visit you.”

I mounted the griffin and soared into the air.

The place I had to go now was Eclipse. And within it, Hexa.

I had to meet Lores.

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