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“Tiamat. So what about this one? He’ll remove the barrier and try to run amok too. Isn’t that what you did last time? He wants to kill a lot of humans himself.”
Tiamat, who had objected the whole time, hesitated.
“...Is that okay?"
"What can you not do?"
“Tiamat-nim!”
Embarrassed, Kai called out Tiamat's name, but it seemed that she was already gone mentally. Even with her tattered hands, her eyes were shining. In this state, there was no going back. Kai closed his eyes tightly.
"It sucks."
His hoarse voice intervened.
"Do you think I'll just watch it happen?"
Hyeon-woo stood crookedly and glared at Libby.
“Of course I don’t. But this one is not alone. I'm a little curious. How are you going to stop us both?"
As soon as those words were spoken, Kai's barrier was lifted.
“Krrruk!”
Tiamat, who maintained her human form the whole time, immediately shifted to her real body. The building collapsed in the process, but no one was affected except for Bacardi, who passed out.
“It’s not fair.”
When Hyeon-woo, who escaped unscathed, said that, Libby replied with a smile.
"It would have been no fun if you died with that. We don't need useless humans.”
"Puha! What, what!"
Bacardi crawled out of the rubble on his own. The broken limbs also seemed to have recovered to some extent. He staggered, but was standing up. Then, Kai also returned to his original form.
The feeling of intimidation was great as two huge figures blocked the way. As he was looking at the two of them, Libby stepped out between them.
"Okay then, let's fight."
It was a relaxed attitude, as if he knew he had an advantage. Hyeon-woo burst into laughter as he saw that. Then he asked.
“Did you come to this realm with all your strength?”
“You’re curious about that?”
"Yeah."
“Hmmm. I don’t see the need to tell you.”
Hyeon-woo decided. Alberg, who came over using the portal that appeared in the middle, came over here with a lot of strength. Compared to him, Libby, who would have prepared thoroughly, would have come with more strength, but she wasn't afraid.
“It’s only part of it.”
Because Hyeon-woo, unlike those demons, came over here with all his strength intact. Among the demons, there were quite a few who did not believe that he had fought Alberg. Because Alberg was the best among them. However, Hyeon-woo actually fought him and did not lose.
“Okay, let’s fight.”
The first to move was Tiamat. She spread her big wings and tried to fly. If her wings were attacked, she would be useless, but Kai, a hydra, was protecting her from below.
Hyeon-woo took a deep breath. He thought back to the days in the Demon Realm. After a terrible struggle, he had gained new powers.
In a way, it was no different from Bacardi's power. The only difference was that Bacardi obtained it without effort, and Hyeon-woo obtained it through effort.
Hyeon-woo's shadow swayed and increased his volume. No, if one looked closely, it wasn't a shadow.
"Hoo?"
Libby looked at Hyeon-woo with a curious gaze.
“You can use Demonic energy? Are you a human similar to Bacardi?”
“Think whatever you want.”
Hyeon-woo, whose entire body was covered in pitch-black smoke, replied. It was not easy to survive in the Demon Realm with pure human power. So he accepted it to survive. And while fighting, he learned how to gradually increase the amount of magic. He decided on a direction and refined his magic. Thus, he finally got his hands on enough power to fight Alberg.
“Krrrrng.”
The cry of the beast came from the smoke that had increased in volume.
“Ahahaha!”
Tiamat heard someone's laugh. There was a small whispering voice, the sound of footsteps, and the sound of metal. Then, all sounds stopped immediately.
Watching it gave her goosebumps for some reason. But Tiamat didn't forget what she was doing. She took advantage of the silence and soared into the sky. Her gigantic body rose rapidly into the air.
It was then something stretched out of the smoke and flew towards Tiamat. Kai was the first to notice and stepped in front of her. He tried to block the attack by swinging his neck.
Kai had strong regenerative power. So he believed in it and stopped it, but the result was disastrous. A long black spear passed through the Hydra's neck and pierced Tiamat. At the last moment, she twisted her body so it didn't pierce her fully, but the blood membrane on her wings was punctured.
It started out as a small hole, but the more she flapped her wings, the bigger the wound got.
“Krrk!”
Tiamat fell to the ground on the spot.
Thud! She landed properly, but the ground shook and a loud sound rang out.
"Ick!"
Tiamat, who straightened her body, gnashed her teeth. But the attacks did not stop there. As Hyeon-woo swung his arm, a black spear flew out again.
“Stop!”
At Tiamat's cry, Kai stood out again. Although it was only enough to slow down the attack, that alone gave Tiamat enough time to evade. He didn't know what to do before the first hit, but now he knew to evade it.
“Are you good at avoiding? How about this then?"
Dozens of spears appeared in the air. Seeing him, Kai swallowed without even realizing it. He sacrificed one neck to block one. But there are dozens of such spears. Could he stop it?
No, he couldn't stop it. Maybe today, this spot would become a graveyard. Kai put on a dejected expression. To overcome his fear of Hyeon-woo, he clung to Tiamat, but in the end, he couldn't overcome anything.
Dozens of spears flew in, and Kai closed his eyes in anticipation of his death. But even after a long time, he felt no new pain. Then, when he opened his eyes, Libby was standing in front of him.
“They’re still necessary, so you can’t kill them yet.”
Libby was holding a large shield before he knew it. It was a divine weapon of the Demon Realm and was his favorite weapon.
“I've seen attacks like this before, by the way. Ifricott, ranked 12th. Isn't that his skill? He was a spearman. He handled spears well, but his ranged attacks using demonic energy were excellent. Did you learn something from him?”
“Should I say that I learned it?”
Hyeon-woo tilted his head. And asked.
“Am I obligated to answer that?”
“No.”
Libby replied, putting down his shield.
“But I’m curious.”
“Then die curious.”
Hyeon-woo started attacking again. Libby skillfully countered Hyeon-woo's attack. He was strong, but not to the point of being unstoppable.
Moreover, the spear was only being created near Hyeon-woo. As soon as she realized that, Tiamat tried to jump forward again.
"It's not possible!"
Feeling strange, Kai belatedly stopped it, but she was already late. For the first time, a spear was created somewhere other than near Hyeon-woo. The back of Tiamat's head.
"Back!"
At Kai's cry, Tiamat quickly returned to her human form. Then his spear passed in vain over her head.
"What."
Goosebumps ran down her spine, and cold sweat broke out. If she was even a little late to transform, she would have died. From then on, spears spawned here and there, aiming for their lives.
'I was tricked!'
Most of the attacks were blocked by Libby, but some fell on them as well. Everything was like a nightmare. How much time had passed like that? Libby, who had been blocking the attack the entire time, lowered his shield.
“It’s boring to keep blocking. Are there any other attacks besides this?"
“You want something else?”
“Could you?”
"Then I'll show you well."
Suddenly, her feet felt cold. Tiamat jumped up from her seat and climbed onto Kai's torso. Her senses were exactly right. At one point, a black thorny vine that bloomed tried to snatch Tiamat's foot.
If she got caught by her ankle while avoiding the spear, she would have been done for.
“Ooh, this again.”
Libby exclaimed as he watched the vine digging into his ankle.
“Maia?”
Tiamat let out a groan. Was she 18th place in the demon realm? There was a demon with the ability to handle plants freely. Unlike Ifricott, she had some interaction with her.
“Have you seen her lately? No, not if you’re asking me. Come to think of it, Maia hadn’t shown up for some time.”
“Maia? Do you know that demon?”
"It's a demon with the ability to manipulate plants."
Simply manipulate the plants. It was versatile enough to be defined as such. Not only did they use vines to bind their opponents, but they also poisoned them with plant poison. That was why she also interacted with Tiamat, who also uses poison.
But to even use Maia's power? Something was strange.
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Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: Davine, YaagRabRag
HM: this is definitely not biased… but I really hate this fight scene.. It’s too long. Lol. Where’s Do-jin? I miss him already….TWT
Davine: Even HW didn't have separation anxiety so fast.
HM: Wwwwwww. I guess… TwT
YRR: Libby really just stood by until the spear was gonna kill Tiamat
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