Chapter 177

Chapter 177

64. Downfall (1)

Cha Shin Hyeon, who flew hundreds of meters through the air, barely stopped.

“Ugh… … .”

This one really hit me hard. It was the biggest injury I’ve had since moving to Dreadville. If he had a human body, it wouldn’t be strange if he died from this blow.

The premarital power was constantly moving and healing the wounds. Rather than feeling that the injury was getting better, it was more like pouring soil into the messy excavated ground to make it flat.

I was grateful for this time that I had peeled off. In fact, if he hadn’t lost his body, he wouldn’t have come to Dreadville in the first place.

Anyway, Cha Shin Hyeon, who checked the condition of the body being treated by herself, turned her attention to the Demon Kings.

“… He wasn’t dead.”

Cha Shin Hyeon spit out as he watched Duraus heal his heart’s wounds with magic.

“You don’t seem to know much about my protection. In fact, you don’t even do that. If you were to say the route from which you got the information, it would be a magical spirit or something.”

Duraus grinned.

“Blood luck uses blood as a medium, but its essence is the power to absorb the life force of living things. You never die until you have no more life to absorb. Just like you.”

“That’s a really annoying ability.”

Cha Shin Hyeon grumbled. He must have the ability to be immortal, even if incompletely. If I had known, I wouldn’t have bothered.

“I didn’t even know that those who acted as they were by nature would help me at that time. I didn’t think about it for a second because I acted like it wouldn’t be weird if I let it die.”

“No matter how bad you feel about me, I do not hate you more than my racial enemy. If I had acted as I liked, I would have caused a self-destruction in the past and was ruined by the dragon blood.”

“… Shut up.”

As Duraus spoke softly, Jerichun growled softly. Duraus, who shrugged his shoulders lightly, continued.

“And you received a little bit of your vitality.”

I wondered if it was possible because he had a monstrous body that didn’t flow blood, but it was easy to absorb energy. The moment Cha Shin Hyeon pierced through his body, at least part of his power flowed into him.

“It was really great. His vitality was high enough to face several demon lords. Thanks to you, I’m sure I have the upper hand. Isn’t it?”

“I guess… … .”

Cha Shin Hyeon mumbled in an unappealing tone.

“You seem to have gotten a little stronger because you took it away, and I used up as much energy as I could to repair my wounds. There are also helpers. The more time passes, the more I think I will continue to be at a disadvantage.”

In the current state, it is impossible not to get hurt while fighting Duraus. It is even more so when it comes to the check of other demon kings. To win without blood, there must be a clear difference in skill, but now Duraus was stronger.

Even small wounds that normally would not be a problem become a problem because of blood luck. As much as you get hurt, you lose your strength, your opponent gets stronger, and you fall into a vicious cycle where you end up getting hurt more.

“Are you going to surrender? I can send you cleanly to the next world.”

“I will specify. Don’t use the word neat with such a vicious weapon.”

No matter how gracefully you swing it, the whip will crush it like canned tuna. It wasn’t convincing. Don’t even assume that the other person will accept it.

“First of all, have we come too far to surrender now?”

“You know it well. Whether you surrender or resist, your end will come to an end, with no corpse to be found.”

“So we have to fight.”

When his body was completely restored except for the clothes, Cha Shin Hyeon raised his sword.

Although her anticipation had somewhat lost its brilliance in the successive clashes, the sword made of dragon scales was still proud of its strength.“In return for the hesitancy you gave me about blood luck, let me tell you something.”

“what?”

“You must know that Forridan had been attacked by me before.”

“But?”

“My inaction was at that time. No matter what Forridan does, he can never win. As a result of absorbing the life force of this one and the other, you have become stronger than that.”

The sky-blue energy began to rise following the red sword. It had faded rather than the blue that had flashed a while ago, but it did not mean a weakening of power.

The ratio of the two mixed forces changes. The proportion of public power has decreased and the proportion of premarital power has increased. Naturally, the power increased as more powers of the higher ranks were mixed.

“So, let me go a little stronger.”

Cha Shin Hyeon, who made a brief declaration, kicked the air with all her might. His new model disappeared without even leaving an afterimage.

The distance of hundreds of meters was reduced in less than a second. It was so fast that neither Jerichun nor Bardos could properly grasp Cha Shin Hyeon’s movements.

Duraus responded.

The Demon King’s realm is his domain. No matter what I did inside, I couldn’t escape my senses.

Sensing and reacting are two different things, but once strong enough, Duraus was able to move quickly. He grasped his opponent’s speed and distance and swung his whip for the best moment.

The end, where the destructive power is concentrated, aimed at Cha Shin Hyeon. The shiny, ugly thorns reminded me of a Morning Star.

Cha Shin Hyeon did not slow him down. Instead, his sword flows from bottom to top. The blade ascended towards the whip that was slanted from the oblique line.

The moment the two weapons collide.

Scratch!

A scene completely different from Duraus’s expectations was produced.

I expected a scene where the sword and whip collided and Cha Shin Hyeon’s course was forcibly changed, but instead of that, the whip was cut in the middle!

The broken upper part was not able to hit Cha Shin Hyeon properly due to its reduced power and bounced off.

Cha Shin Hyeon slowly dug into the gap.

The sword that had been pointed upwards again pointed downwards. In a motion similar to the one Duraus had just shown, a slash from an oblique angle flew in.

The cost of being out of breath and reacting one beat late was painful.

Whoa!

The sword barely deviated from the top of the head and hit the shoulder, cutting the collarbone and cutting the ribs. If I had been a little late to step back, my upper body would have been severed.

Without a moment to scream, Duraus hurriedly swung his whip. Fortunately, it was cut off only about 40 centimeters from the tip, so it wasn’t that he couldn’t use it as a weapon.

It wasn’t a proper attack, but a counterattack during the economic downturn, but Cha Shin Hyeon did not pay attention to the situation.

woong!

The sword, which returned to its original position, bounced off the whip violently.

This time, it was not a situation to be relieved that it was not cut. This is because the left hand moved immediately after the right hand holding the sword moved.

Cha Shin Hyeon’s regime exploded while the trajectory of the whip was deflected.

Whoa!

There was no flesh-to-skin contact, but there was no difference from a direct fit. After a short distance, a storm of preconceived power erupted and smashed into Duraus’s face.

“Ahhhh!”

Duraus flew round and round like a baseball hit by a bat.

“Hey, this guy!”

The series of processes progressed so quickly that Jerichun and Bardos responded only then. The spear of the hastily created yoke was shot at Cha Shin Hyeon.

I’ve had fun with this once, but now I’m not too young. They got it right before, they didn’t.

swish!

One step away from Cha Shin Hyeon’s trajectory. A flash of light that crossed in two directions passed through the air in vain.

Still, it wasn’t a pointless attack. Because Cha Shin Hyeon didn’t pursue Duraus anymore – I don’t know if it was really thanks to the demon lords’ attacks.

“this… what… … .”

His protection with blood was spared from the blow of his head, but his face was completely crushed. In parallel with the power of magic, he quickly healed, and Duraus clenched his teeth.

“Are you still hiding more power?”

“… … .”

Cha Shin Hyeon didn’t answer and looked down at him silently. Those gazes felt as if they looked down on an inferior being. Duraus shouted.

“How funny you are looking at me!”

In fact, it was just the opposite. He was pouring so much energy into buying Duraus’s skills high.

Wasn’t he using a mixture of his powers to make up for the shortcomings of his pre-marriage, which was slow to recover? The higher the ratio of premarital power, the stronger the power, but the more severe the consumption. I know that, but because Duraus is strong, he has no choice but to risk exhaustion.

If you don’t know what’s going on, you can’t help but think that you’re being ignored, so you can’t help but get excited.

“Are you finished talking?”

Of course, Cha Shin Hyeon wasn’t stupid enough to tell the story behind the scenes. Allowing your opponent to misunderstand you is also one of the best places to stay.

If you have to use your strength, reduce waste as much as possible and finish quickly. Thoroughly based on pragmatic thinking, he moved again.

shhh!

Cha Shin Hyeon rushed straight towards Duraus.

He still hasn’t fully healed his upper body injury, but he can’t help it. Duraus, who had experience with his whip cut off, swung his arm as carefully as he could.

Tuang! Tuaang!

Is it because he paid attention to the one-hit strike? The whip made a heavy sound and did a pretty good job. At least it wasn’t cut out helplessly.

However, the whip, which had lost its dazzling finesse, was not much different from the lupus club. The simplified route was easy to read, and each time it struck back.

Considering the resilience of the whip, kick it sideways, aim for the gap, and stab it once. One bounce and one cut.

Each time the competition was repeated, the wounds only continued to increase on Duraus’s body. It wasn’t a fatal wound, but it wasn’t a minor injury, and above all, there was no time to use healing magic.

In the meantime, whenever other demon lords’ support fire was applied, the brief time that occurred was too busy to re-breathe. As the injuries piled up, my body began to slow down little by little.

“profit… … .”

Blood luck continues to provide vitality, but if the wound is left untreated, it is pouring water into the poison that has fallen out. It wasn’t an infinite overflow of life force enough to absorb, but this was difficult.

I had to find a way out.

A truly demonic thought flashed through Duraus’s mind as he groaned lightly.

I guess I was too confused. Why couldn’t I have thought of this earlier?

How to buy time to heal injuries and replenish the vitality you are worried about-“Suck!”

With a short synergy, Duraus cut off the attack briefly. Minimizing the recoil of movement, he immediately withdrew as soon as he struck Cha Shin Hyeon’s sword.

Naturally, Cha Shin Hyeon followed closely and attacked, but Duraus was desperate to evade. Minimize the collision of weapons and save power.

Flashing east to west, the chase continued. Because the speed of the two was so fast, it was difficult to read the movement trajectory properly. I was not even in the mood to watch.

“uh?”

Jerichun, who suddenly had a strange feeling, spat out a question.

Suddenly, I couldn’t stand the stronger Cha Shin Hyeon and I wondered if Duraus was being pushed back… Why do you think the direction of avoidance is a bit strange?

“Hey man! Why are you dragging me this way?!”

Bardos was terrified.

Duraus was getting closer to them, who were only doing remote support from a distance!

Surprised, they hurriedly distanced themselves, but Duraus and Cha Shin Hyeon’s speed far exceeded them. He got caught up in a fight between the two of them.

Shh!

Duraus barely avoided Cha Shin Hyeon’s slash, which cut through the space of several tens of meters.

But Bardos, who was behind him, could not avoid it. There was no more time to dodge because Duraus was blocking his sight.

“Aww!”

Bardos’ upper body and lower body were almost separated. Barely cut to pieces by his spine and back muscles, but without deceitful protection such as blood luck, he lost any chance of surviving.

“Bardos!”

Behind Jerichun, who was screaming, Duraus had already moved. Ignoring the falling Bardos, he whipped Cha Shin Hyeon, who immediately followed him.

The problem was that the subject was not Cha Shin Hyeon.

“Uh-huh!”

Unexpectedly, Jerichun, who had been attacked from behind, fell forward.

A whip that pierced his side and forced him to move. Cha Shin Hyeon’s stab was towards the incoming path.

Whoops!

Cha Shin Hyeon’s sword pierced Jerichon’s heart. It was such a great combination that it could be said that Cha Shin Hyeon and Duraus worked together to kill Jerichon. Well, it wasn’t wrong to say that Duraus actually meant that.

“Du… Raus… this… dog… … .”

Unable to continue speaking, Jerichun died.

Rather, it would have been less unfair if he had died while fighting Cha Shin Hyeon properly.

“Huhahahahahaha!”

The voice of Duraus, who burst out laughing like crazy, filled the turbid space.

The color of the blood cloud, which had faded somewhat during the fight, became darker than at the beginning. A red light that seemed to be smeared when touched was dazzlingly shiny.

God’s protection filled with the blood of his people gave him new power.

“… … .”

Cha Shin Hyeon, who frowned slightly, lowered her sword.

The pure spirit, separated from the preexisting power, quietly began to gather at the tip of the sword.