We moved before the sun rose.
Would I have thrown myself into a hopeless fight if I had come to this street in the beginning?
Kangseol gathered the lost otherworlders and started a small rebellion in the Devil District, and I was the only one who could stop it, but I didn’t.
They left their shops and followed.
“Let’s go!”
“Cecil. Stick close and follow me.”
“Un!”
I didn’t hate dealing with the otherworlder hunters.
The hunters were drunk on blood, and they fearlessly attacked us even after seeing our numbers.
Like mad dogs.“Oppa!”
Whenever I was in danger, Cecil protected me.
Without even trying, the hunters were knocked down.
But their obsession was strange. Even after falling, they clung to Cecil’s ankles, and it was my job to finish them off.
The feeling of thrusting Dawn Moon deep into their necks was something I would never forget.
“Thank you.”
“Let’s not let our guard down and keep going.”
“Okay!”
Thanks to Cecil’s bright smile, I was able to shake off the bad feeling.
So what if it was my first kill?
Now is not the time to be sentimental.
People you can kill, people you can’t kill.
Just fight with a clear distinction!
Cecil and my battle attracted quite a bit of attention.
Gayeon, who was watching from the side, was pleased.
“Your movements are good. It’s easy to forget to breathe when you’re excited, so be mindful of that.”
“Yes! Master!”
“How’s it looking ahead?”
“No problem.”
It was something I didn’t need to ask, but isn’t this what the bond between master and disciple is all about?
Opponents like these are no match for Gayeon.
What would it have been like if it were the old me? It might have been difficult before I learned to master the flow of mana.
Just being able to read the flow that fills the atmosphere allows me to move one step ahead of my opponent.
This was a huge advantage.
“This way!”
Kangseol sets the direction.
I spotted a guide in a dark robe on that side.
‘A Breaker?’
Breaker.
The Collapser group.
As the name suggests, it’s reasonable to assume that all members are Collapsers.
They were lending their strength to Kangseol.
‘It was true.’
Will we be able to laugh in the end?
Will I be able to meet Ariella?
“Cecil. What’s our goal?!”
“Boobs!”
“That’s right, Ariella’s boobs. Don’t forget that.”
“Okay!”
Thanks to our hard running, Raven Castle was right in front of us.
I spotted Ariella waiting for us in the plaza in front of the castle.
As if no one had told them to, everyone stopped right there.
“Is that the woman?”
Gayeon said.
Everyone waits for the opponent’s reaction.
Even though they knew how dangerous it was, no one dared to touch Ariella, who appeared in front of us dressed in a black evening dress.
The appearance of the woman with the world’s best boobs, beautiful no matter when you see her.
She doesn’t seem to know I’m here yet.
“Oppa, Oppa, those boobs are very different from the ones I know.”
“Aren’t they amazing?”
“Yeah! They’re really the best boobs!”
Cecil’s cat ears perked up.
“I want to bury my face in those boobs and take a nap too.”
“I’m first.”
Did she hear us chattering?
Ariella looked this way.
And….
“Begin.”
A short word.
Ariella didn’t introduce herself, nor did she reveal her intentions to us.
Just told us to begin.
Without knowing what was about to begin, we stood still for 1 second, 2 seconds….
Arrows flew in from the darkness.
Cecil protected me by deflecting the arrows with her shield, but most of the otherworlders were injured and fell from the initial attack.
“Spread out! You’ll be targets if you stay bunched up. Injured to the rear!”
Kangseol carried a fallen person on her back.
“Gayeon, please!”
“Is this all? If you were planning to stop me, you should have prepared a little more.”
Gayeon confronted Ariella.
“….”
Ariella said nothing.
Mysterious purple eyes, short black hair.
I couldn’t read what she was thinking beneath her indifferent expression.
“Next.”
Ariella said.
“There is no next!”
Gayeon’s sword flashed in the darkness.
Surprisingly, the sword pressure Gayeon emitted completely altered the trajectory of the arrows, and we were all safe.
The Sword Empress steps forward!
“Master!”
Even I was nervous.
“I commend your courage in appearing before me in a body unable to fight. Kneel!”
Gayeon swung her sword.
With a world-shaking impact, rocks erupted from the ground, splitting it apart and raining down on Ariella.
No, isn’t that a bit too strong for a warning attack, Master?
“Yah~!”
Liruke appeared at the perfect timing.
The rocks fell to the ground without even grazing Ariella.
‘Phew.’
I sighed in relief.
“You are….”
“Yes, it’s me~.”
No one would welcome the appearance of a troublesome enemy.
Gayeon’s expression clearly showed what she thought of her.
No matter how strong the Sword Empress is, there’s nothing she can do against an enemy she can’t defeat.
“A body unable to fight?”
Then, Ariella spoke.
“There’s nothing more pitiful than a beast caught in a trap.”
“What?”
“Because it struggles, clinging to the hope of survival.”
“How dare you!”
Gayeon’s sword vibrated.
The flow of mana was unusual, and I knew Gayeon was preparing a deadly attack.
Should I step in now?
I can seal Gayeon with the branding magic once, no, maybe twice.
But if I don’t step in at the right time, the branding magic could kill Gayeon.
Liruke’s bouncy body trembled.
“Oh my~. Don’t do that suddenly. You know it won’t work, right~?”
“I knew we would meet again someday.”
“Huh~?”
Liruke replied in a relaxed voice.
“This time, I will, definitely, turn you into dust.”
Whoa, she’s much more vicious than I thought.
If I interfere, I think I’ll die too.
Liruke, who was provoked, also stepped forward with a bright smile.
“You think you can kill me, with a sword~?”
“Kangseol, get away from there!”
“Everyone, back off!”
Did the weather change?
A strong wind swept through the street as if a typhoon had suddenly arrived.
“If the opponent is a monster, there’s no need to hold back!”
“I hate people who don’t know their place~!”
“Here I go!”
Cecil and I couldn’t even open our eyes because of the wind.
Gayeon, who had absorbed all the surrounding mana as if she were gorging herself, clashed with Liruke.
It was a tremendous impact.
Liruke flew at least 30 meters and got stuck in a wall, but that wasn’t the end.
When she swung her sword, the building where Liruke was embedded shattered into pieces.
Among the building debris that had returned to its raw materials, I could see Liruke’s jelly splitting into countless pieces.
“Haaaa!”
The air crackled!
Lightning struck the ground several times, then discharged as if following Gayeon’s will, gathering into a single point on her sword.
Gayeon released that power with a slash.
Swoosh!
With an explosive sound and the impact hitting my body, my vision went white.
Even though I was just watching from behind, it was impossible to keep my eyes open until the end.
I only witnessed everything turning into a white light with a deafening roar that shook the heavens and earth.
A moment later, I couldn’t believe the scene in front of me.
Nothing remained in the direction Gayeon had attacked.
Half of the plaza had disappeared, and the place where Liruke had been was burned white.
Even Ariella was surprised and stared at Gayeon with wide eyes.
“How is it, black-haired wench.”
Gayeon shook my heart with a refreshing smile.
“Do you still think I’m a beast caught in a trap?”
Cecil was clinging to me, trembling.
“I, I want to go back~.”
My hand, stroking Cecil’s back, was also in vibration mode.
Is that… swordsmanship…?
Swordsmanship that was too strong was no different from magic.
“G, Gayeon…. You could have held back a little.”
Kangseol said.
“If you don’t know, be quiet.”
“Yes….”
“That bouncy thing won’t die unless you do that much. I made sure there were no people in that direction.”
She even calculated whether anyone would get caught in the crossfire and launched the attack.
If Gayeon had been determined to kill Ariella, who could have stopped her?
It was a good thing she was a reasonable person.
Now, if Master says ‘I’ll slash you with my sword,’ I can only nod.
“I admit it.”
Ariella said, looking directly at the Sword Empress.
“I apologize for calling you a beast.”
“Hmm, honesty is good. I thought you would be a wicked woman with only evil schemes in your head since you rule this kind of street….”
“I also didn’t expect the Collapser that appeared in the Devil District to be this young.”
“Young? the two of us will look like friends of the same age when others see us.”
“Friends with a Collapser? I’ll have to decline that joke.”
…What?
They’re both having fun without me!
So the Sword Empress acknowledged her?
Is it over like this?
Liruke, is she dead?
My heroine….
Even though it couldn’t be helped, the thought of never being able to touch that bouncy body again made my stomach churn.
“You seem to be the owner of the castle, would you mind telling us your name?”
Kangseol, who had been tending to the injured, stood up and said.
“Ariella.”
“Owner of Raven Castle, since you have come in person, I will briefly convey our demands.
Guarantee the safety of the people here!”
Gayeon gripped her sword and glared at Ariella.
If I were Ariella, I would have collapsed on the spot and begged for my life.
“I know the Princess isn’t here. If you’re trying to buy time….”
“Huhu.”
Ariella… laughed!
It was just a slight twitch of the corner of her lips, but even Ariella sneering was beautiful.
“It’s the opposite. It was a ploy to keep Seina away from here.”
“What?”
“The rats that ran away came back on their own. Right here.”
“…Hmm.”
Everything was Ariella’s plan.
Even knowing that, Gayeon wasn’t surprised.
Rather, she looked at Ariella with pity.
“The fire within you burns brightly.”
“….”
“Even if you try to burn everything around you without taking care of yourself, what will be left?”
It’s a riddle that Master likes.
Ariella seemed to understand what she meant.
Am I the only one who doesn’t understand?
“There’s too much left, so I’m trying to burn it all.”
“Too much left?”
“Kusley died like that, but you guys keep popping up like bugs.”
“How dare you call me a bug? You’re a wench who doesn’t know the value of life.”
“You’re like bugs. Mindlessly swarming, mindlessly killing, mindlessly breeding.”
“Then will you die with your fire!”
Gayeon’s roar echoed through the plaza.
Ariella doesn’t flinch.
“It’s too early for me to die. There are too many of you.”
“Gayeon!”
Kangseol called out to Gayeon.
Because at some point, soldiers wearing masks had surrounded us.
Resembling the masks worn by doctors during the Black Death….
Raven masks.
They were Ariella’s soldiers.
“Are you going to take hostages?”
“You can say whatever you want. Drop your sword.”
The energy between the two, which had been locked in a tense standoff, finally reached an equilibrium, forcing an unavoidable choice on one side.
Fight or kneel?
Strength slowly returned to Gayeon’s hand.
Just then.
Liruke rose from the dust that couldn’t even be called debris.
“Ouch…. This regeneration took a while.”
“What…!”
She survived that?
Everyone looked at Liruke.
It was that unbelievable a revival.
“It’s embarrassing when you stare at me like that….”
“Are you immortal?”
“My durability is just a little good.”
Gayeon clicked her tongue, sweating.
“A little? You’re the toughest one I’ve ever met!”
Ariella, seemingly relieved, let out a deep breath.
“Were you worried?”
“…I’ll file a complaint with the receptionist. Your subordinate was completely useless.”
“I, I’ll work properly from now on!”
“You said confidently that you wouldn’t lose to an opponent who uses a sword.”
“Yes~.”
“…Can you even call that a sword?”
Ariella seemed curious too.
Liruke’s fraudulent regenerative ability….
“Actually, I can survive even if I’m turned into dust.”
“….”
“….”
Isn’t she a Collapser too?
If something like that crosses the gate, it gets labeled as a Collapser, so it’s practically the same.
“Shall we continue? I can’t show my darling my pathetic side.”
“Kill the Collapser. Do whatever you want with the rest.”
“Yes~!”
Ariella leaves.
I have to follow her!
“An immortal monster that doesn’t die no matter how many times you cut it….”
“She’s not a monster, she’s the Slime Queen! She’s a Queen!”
Gayeon looked back at me.
“Taeyang.”
“Yes, Master!”
“This is as far as we go. I’ll hold off that bouncy thing, you go ahead.”
“Yes!”
I jumped up without hesitation.
“Let’s go, Cecil!”
“Oh my, did anyone say you could pass?”
“I’ve always wanted to try this. ‘Your opponent is me.'”
“Actually, I was going to let you pass if my darling wanted me to.”
“What? Darling?”
Gayeon looked at me.
“S, something like that happened.”
“Darling~! Good luck!”
“Liruke… I’m glad you’re alive.”
“Huhu.”
Liruke smiled brightly.
“The Slime Queen doesn’t die~!”
“And, Master.”
“What?”
“If you just agree to become a slave, Ariella won’t kill anyone.”
“…How do you know that?”
“….”
I didn’t answer and passed by Liruke.
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