Chapter 234: Chapter 234 - Witch Hunt (9)
Chapter 234 – Witch Hunt (9)
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Just when the Magic Bayonet was about to land on Vieira Dune’s neck—
Clink!
The Magic Bayonet was flicked away by an invisible barrier . A murderous aura suddenly came down from above .
Yeon-woo quickly considered whether he should finish Vieira Dune off or leave .
Eventually, he turned to leave Vieira behind . At the same time, he put his mask back on .
Kwang!
As he did, something came forcefully down . The ground cracked with a shake .
“Oho . You’re pretty good . You read that? Your senses have become a lot sharper than when you were on the Five Mountains, kiddo . ”
Most rankers would’ve run away . The attacker stood up with a light laugh .
Because the attacker was short, his robe was dragging on the ground .
His face that could be seen through the robe was smiling mischievously .
Yeon-woo could see the cold viciousness on his face . The Plague Ghost, the beast of the Devil Army that ripped apart everything except for his Lord, was in front of him .
“Kindred . ”
“Yeah . It’s been a while . It seems like you know who I am, since you’re not surprised . ”
Kindred flipped his robe back and chuckled . It was the first time they met after the Monkey King’s Palace .
However, it didn’t seem like it had been that long .
“I guess it would be weird if you didn’t know, huh? Our paths overlapped so many times . Our fates must be intertwined . ”
From the Monkey King’s Palace, the Demons’ Forest, and now the Walpurgisnacht .
For the last few months, wherever Kindred went, there were always traces of Yeon-woo . Were there such things as coincidences in this world? Kindred thought not .
Everything in this world was controlled by the Heavenly Demon . So it meant that they were meeting like this because of the Heavenly Demon’s will . Kindred greeted Yeon-woo with a happy smile . He was being genuine .
“So . How’s Brahm?”
“Brahm’s dead… . . ”
“Haha . Nope! Even if we aren’t close, we shouldn’t lie . Did you think I asked because I didn’t know? Of course he must’ve died . But don’t you think I know that he’s walking around on his own two feet?”
Under the mask, Yeon-woo’s eyes hardened . How did he know that? All things related to the Despair of the Black King were kept secret .
Almost no one in his party knew about the real secret of the Despair of the Black King .
But how did Kindred, no, the Devil Army know?
Kindred curved his lips amusedly .
“There’s nothing we don’t know about where the Heavenly Demon will descend . But to be honest, we don’t know about your secret . However, the Heavenly Demon will know, so we’ll know as well . What else would this be if it isn’t the grace of the Heavenly Demon?”
They were right about only being able to understand half of what zealots said .
However, Yeon-woo learned something .
Like how he had watched the Devil Army from the darkness, the Devil Army was observing him as well .
He was wondering why they hadn’t been following him since the Monkey King’s Palace, but it was that they were just watching him quietly .
‘I’ll have to be more careful when I move from now . ’
Yeon-woo clicked his tongue inwardly . What he did from now had to be done in secret . He could never let himself be caught by the Devil Army .
‘It’s a relief that they don’t seem to know too much though . ’
If they realized who he was, they would’ve tried to kill him already . The Devil Army was the one that took the lead to get rid of Arthia . The relationship between his brother and the head bishop was that bad .
However, Kindred was showing a positive interest in him right now . It meant that he had another goal in mind .
And he was right .
“So kiddo . As the Heavenly Demon has proclaimed, you need to be with us now . I’ve been waiting for you to come . ”
Yeon-woo asked with his eyes widened .
“Is it because of Sesha?”
“Half and half . If we have you, Brahm will follow, and that child will come too . But that’s not everything . Aren’t you a successor of the Monkey King? Then that means you’re our brother . We’ll make sure you’re satisfied . ”
He didn’t know what the Monkey King and the Devil Army had to do with each other, but Yeon-woo was concerned about Sesha . It was clear as day why the Elohim were interested in her, but he didn’t have a clue why the Devil Army wanted her .
“What are you trying to do with Sesha?”
“I don’t know either . ”
Yeon-woo furrowed his eyebrows .
“What?”
“Haha . Didn’t I say? Everything is according to the will of the Heavenly Demon . The Heavenly Demon tells me what to do, and I just follow his orders . Does there have to be another reason?”
These people were definitely crazy bastards who were hard to understand .
The Heavenly Demon needed Sesha? Most likely, it wasn’t the will of the Heavenly Demon, but of the head bishop instead .
‘Because it’s been a while since the Heavenly Demon gave orders himself . ’
This meant that to protect Sesha, he had to go against the Devil Army, like the Blood Land or the Elohim . This was no different .
Kukukoong!
Just then, the fortress shook . The intruders had entered the castle doors . Kindred grabbed the back of the gasping Vieira Dune’s neck and extended his hand towards Yeon-woo .
“That’s enough small talk . The annoying heretics will come, so come with me . ”
“What if I don’t want to?”
Just then, Kindred’s kind eyes narrowed . His genial atmosphere changed into a violent one . He bared his teeth, flashing his canines .
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“You dare resist the Heavenly Demon’s orders? How disrespectful . Do you think you have a choice?”
“I can make choices of my own . ”
“What are you talking… . . !”
Just when the growling Kindred was about to take a step forward—
Kwang!
The fortress shook up and down . The shock from Kindred’s arrival couldn’t even be compared to this . With an earthquake, the fortress started to tilt to one side .
“What?”
Everything inside the fortress fell outside in the direction that it was tilted, and cracks appeared in the ceiling and the walls . Parts of the building came crumbling down with dust .
The fortress was about to topple .
The fortress of the Walpurgisnacht that had been around for thousands of years!
The Brocken Castle!
Rumble!
“What are you doing?!” Kindred shouted in a frantic voice . For the first time after becoming the second bishop, he felt a bone-chilling fear .
However, Yeon-woo just smiled behind the mask . Then, he spoke to his subordinates through the connection link .
‘Begin . ’
“Our master wants us to begin . ”
Brahm smiled coldly when he heard Yeon-woo’s voice .
Next to him, Galliard nodded and aimed his bow at a large blue crystal above in the sky .
“It’s that, right? The center of those strange barriers?”
The five barriers around the Brocken Castle .
The barriers had eventually allowed the intrusion of outsiders, but they were still in working condition .
It was to protect the Brocken Fortress .
The barriers were strongest in the sky . Because of this, the players couldn’t attempt to move through the air .
Brahm and Galliard wanted to get rid of these barriers completely .
There had to be a center to create the barriers, and the Walpurgisnacht had gone to great lengths to hide this however they could .
However, there was something they hadn’t been able to anticipate .
It was that no one could follow Yeon-woo’s footsteps for control over death .
[The 3rd Spirit]
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Using the two powers, Yeon-woo had received Boo’s help with the witches’ souls to find where the ‘center’ was .
It was hidden in the canyons around the Brocken Fortress .
Yeon-woo told his subordinates, who had gone off to find the rest of his party members, to wait at each of the locations of the centers .
So they could break each piece at the same time .
Right now, he had found the locations of five centers . There was one in each of the cardinal directions, and one in the middle .
Brahm and Galliard were at the eastern one . Shanon and Phante were at the west, Hanryeong and Edora at the north, and Rebecca at the south . Boo had said that he was prepared to destroy the center in the middle anytime .
Of course, it wasn’t like something would happen right away after the barriers were gone .
So, he would be able to attempt new attacks . Boo and Brahm were already prepared .
‘There are so many . ’
Before he broke the center, Brahm looked below himself .
He could see the battles taking place in the fortress .
The Sea of Time was in the east, and the mercenaries of the West Wind Union were in the west . In the north, the Devil Army and rankers were waiting, and in the south, Elohim had just been attacked, but they were preparing their forces again .
There were countless mercenary guilds and assassination guilds . They looked like starving ghosts .
Although it was a stage they had set up, he felt sorry watching them enter not knowing it was hell .
They were definitely wise people to have reached that level, but what had blinded them?
Greed? Desire? Whatever it was, there wouldn’t be many to survive because of their foolishness .
“Kindred, that guy’s face will be crumpled . It’s a shame I can’t see it myself . ”
Brahm tsked as he thought of Kindred, who was probably meeting his master right now . Would he know? That Yeon-woo was the one who had been waiting for him?
‘He made a mistake thinking he was the only smart guy out there . ’
Brahm made a note to himself to ask Yeon-woo what kind of face Kindred made .
As he did, a thought suddenly occurred to him .
‘Even though the witches’ souls were investigated, Boo found the weaknesses of the barriers too quickly . Was it that easy? It’s something that the witches made after thorough experiments . I heard a lot of his old memories came back . Does it have something to do with that?’
But he stopped there . He had something he needed to do right now . Brahm looked back at his friend .
“Galliard . ”
“Got it . ”
Galliard nodded and lifted his hand from the string . . It was a skill that Dark Elves could receive along with Shunpo if they had the ‘Hunter’ title .
Kwakwakwang!
The arrow landed deep inside the blue crystal . As it exploded, there were smaller explosions inside the crystal, and the crystal shattered to pieces .
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The first center was utterly destroyed .
The Ghost World Formation faded away .
Hwak!
Brahm pulled out a book and began to recite a spell . . It wasn’t as nice as the Book of Mercury, but it was also a grimoire with his knowledge of alchemy contained inside it .
“Come out . ”
Brahm activated his summoning magic . It was magic that required an astronomical price to be paid to forcefully summon an item from the outer space inside .
A large magic circle was drawn in the air .
The price could easily be paid .
There were plenty of Philosopher’s Stones, as the witches had planted them inside the centers to strengthen them .
It was less refined compared to what Yeon-woo had, but it was enough to call items that were floating around outside .
The witches probably never imagined that what they created to protect themselves would hurt them in the end .
Kookookoo—
The sky vibrated, and a stone that was wrapped in heat in the magic circle began to reveal itself .
Brahm smiled coldly as he saw it .
“Meteor Strike . ”
Kwang!
Just then .
Ting, ting, tititing—
Everything stopped like they had been waiting for it .
The Demonic World Formation and the Underworld Formation disappeared, and lastly, the Calamity World Formation scattered . There wasn’t anything left to protect the fortress .
Just then, a large stone fell right on top of the Brocken Fortress . It was a disaster .
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