Chapter 223 – Dragon’s Nest
#223.
With a sudden roar, the head dragon soldier holding a greatsword jumped into the room where Gaon entered, not paying attention to the enemy in front of him.
In return, he was attacked several times by being exposed defenselessly, but he did not budge.
“Oh, no!”
Wow!
And Hirencia, who somehow managed to withstand the mercenary soldiers’ offensive with the remaining members, let out a shriek at the heavy roar that followed.
Because I know who the attack was directed at and that someone can’t afford it.
When you step into the fact that you have to go get it right now,
“Herencia Chevrons! Wake up! He is a traitor Rather, take this opportunity to reduce their number. Fight back!”
The leader of the knights, Accur Linesis, pushed hard and yielded an inch. No, he gave the order as if there was no reason to do so in the first place.
But Hirencia couldn’t do that.
No matter how many times Gaon betrays himself, even if he dies because of it, his feelings for him will not change.
It would be better to commit and die than to turn away from here and regret it.
‘Sorry. Everyone.’
Hirencia bit her lip and left her formation as it was, heading to the room where Gaon was.
“Vice-captain! Are you crazy!? Come back right away!”
The leader’s cracking cry was heard as if in anger, but Hirencia did not respond as if she had not heard it and went through the broken door.
The inside was a mess.
The floor hit by the sword was completely shattered and cracked, and a large scar was also engraved on the wall that existed in the swinging trajectory.
The person who left the mark was on his knees and dripping blood due to the side effects of the momentary runaway and the wounds left by the leader.
It was as if they were worshiping Gaon, who was bowing his head in front of him.
“Big uh…”
Gaon suddenly groaned and stumbled.
Seeing the unusual appearance, Hirencia hesitated but approached cautiously, calling her name.
“Gaonkyung?”
Tall…
Gaon’s moaning stopped as soon as his name was called. After a moment of silence, he removed his hand from his face and looked up at Hirencia.
Gaon’s eyes were completely black with no whites. It was full of his unknown madness.
Whoa!
At the same time, a terrible amount of demonic energy exploded from her body.
“Wow!? Oh, what the hell is this… !”
Unprecedented sense of pressure pressing down on the body. She had only once had an experience similar to this.
‘Dragon Fear?’
However, she was essentially different from the peers she experienced at the time. Her aura was so thick and ferocious that she gave goosebumps to her body.
When Hirencia, embarrassed by the unknown situation, stiffened, Gaon raised his hand covered in black dragon scales and swung it roughly.
Aww!
A terrifyingly large amount of strong air erupted and split the space. Hirencia hurriedly raised her sword to block it, but she couldn’t stand it and bounced off, rolling on her floor.
“Ugh… !”
Single blow. Just blocking that one shot gave Hirencia a shock that made her hand tremble.
Her power was so great. The amount of strong energy that blacked out his entire field of vision was hardly something Gaon could have possessed.
As she pondered what was going on, Hirencia suddenly recognized that the fog of her demonic energy that filled her dungeon had faded.
All of the magic flowed out from beyond the door. She hadn’t seen anything before, but since that couldn’t be the case, it was more correct to assume that Gaon took what was there.
And that something was most likely the dragon’s heart. A dragon’s heart that is not for normal use.
“Vice-captain!”
Hirencia opened her mouth as she watched the leader quickly approaching along with the rest of her group.
“Captain. Be careful. Gaon-gyeong took the dragon’s heart. All abilities have changed dramatically, so you have to be careful.”
“You took the dragon’s heart? Indeed, that’s why you betrayed us. He knew it from the beginning. The fact that this is the dragon’s nest.”
“…”
That was something that Hirencia also guessed. Gaon’s actions clearly contained conviction. The confidence that the things there must be rare enough to risk betraying the Knights.
But it didn’t matter to her.
The only thing that matters now is that Gaon has lost his temper due to being consumed by the dragon’s heart, and the leader intends to kill such Gaon.
Hirencia tried to persuade her with a desperate expression.
“Leader… We need to regain the rationality of Gaonkyung. There must be some way.”
The dragon’s heart has yet to fully settle into Gaon’s body. If it had, the first attack would have cost her life.
Maybe there was a way to get it off, I didn’t know.
Of course, her persuasion was nothing more than to incite the knight commander’s anger.
“Method? I don’t know what you’re thinking. Are you blinded by love? If that’s the case, even more so, you shouldn’t be like that. You must cut it off before committing deeper sins. Or do you want revenge because you were betrayed by someone you love? Surely, if that’s the case, I’ll have to keep him alive. I’ll take you from the church. Since it was encroached on by the demon dragon, it should be classified as a demon tribe. If you want, I can just torture you in a state where you can neither die nor live forever. Do you really want that?”
“No! That… , No.”
“Then keep silent and follow the decision. Because there is no other way. Get in shape. The vice-captain and I fight head-on at the same time. The rest are looking for gaps.”
“… Yes. Leader.”
[Yes! Leader!]
Having agreed, they immediately changed from the existing formation and formed a wheeled formation with two central axes.
As if waiting for him, Gaon immediately appeared from beyond the door. Behind him, a dragon soldier covered in blood stood guard.
“You are persistent. Did you still have the strength to move? Vice-captain. Take the dragon bottle He was mortally wounded, so he should be able to handle it alone.”
“All right.”
Rather than attacking Gaon, it is better to deal with the dragon soldier alone.
Hirencia left the formation and stood on the side. The moment the fight broke out, she immediately intended to attack the dragon soldier and separate him from Gaon.
After a brief confrontation, Gaon and the leader collided.
Kwaaaaang!
“Kuaaaaa!”
“You have become a complete monster. Haaaaa!”
Gaon’s hand, which formed the dragon’s claws with strong force, and the leader’s sword collided with each other energetically in one second. In the surroundings, regardless of the will, the strong air flew in ceaselessly and went mad trying to steal each other’s right to air.
The knights support such a leader and try to attack whenever Gaon reveals a gap.
Hirencia glanced at Gaon, whose entire body except for her face was now covered in scales, then stabbed with all her might by the dragon soldier who was blocking the attack by her side.
Paaang!
With a shocking sound of the air exploding, Hirencia’s sword, which broke through the speed of sound, was fired while drawing an afterimage of her.
And even when the lower half of his body was soaked in blood, the dragon soldier swung his greatsword and received the attack.
However, as expected, she backs away, taking a backward step in her extension. Hirencia dispelled her thoughts about her warming and continued to attack more vigorously.
The strong air of platinum, which had not yet possessed its properties, exploded and became countless flashes of light, aiming at her whole body.
In terms of her compatibility, Hirencia was perfectly superior. From the moment the mercenary with her greatsword allowed her to approach with her longsword, the fight was decided.
Hirencia quickly adapted to her pattern of dragon disease.
At first, she started at the level of cutting, then gradually counterattacked in reverse, and tightened in a way that cut her veins before the attack continued.
The Dragon Soldier, who was crushed by her swordsmanship, mobilized all of her strength from her mighty body and unleashed a fierce series of attacks, but she couldn’t even touch Hirencia.
In the end, the mercenary allowed a sword strike once or twice before collapsing with an additional blow to the wound on her back.
“Whoa… I have to go.”
Hirencia, who took a breath while watching her body cooling down, turned her head and looked at the place where the fierce battle was still taking place.
As time passed, the dragon’s heart and body were combining, and Gaon, much stronger than before, was pushing the knights.
At one blow, the regular members fell down, unable to handle the shock, and each time the leader stepped forward to buy time and form a formation again.
Of course, he often counterattacked and dealt damage, but it often disappeared once the demon passed through the wound.
It meant that a slight wound could not inflict any damage at all.
‘I have to.’
Gaon has already been ruled by Magi. Even if he undoes the domination, the sins he has committed cannot be forgiven.
It’s impossible to make something that never happened no matter what. So, as the leader said, it is best to cut it off before committing more sins.
Even knowing that, it was difficult to make a decision.
Then,
“Cheak!”
“This… ! Stop it!”
The newcomer, who had just joined the Knights for half a year, collapsed defenseless against Gaon’s attack.
It is a balance that has been barely maintained. If one more person falls out here, the fight becomes more difficult.
Hirencia hardened her heart.
She kicked right off the floor and slashed the descending dragon’s claw to finish her off.
Whoa!
It is impossible to completely deflect an attack with her power. Very little. It was only a slight brushing, but with that alone, the trajectory was greatly distorted and only the floor was smashed.
Hirencia grabbed her newcomer by the neck and retreated to return to her formation.
“Be careful. There will be no chance next time.”
“Ah, yes! Vice-captain. Thank you for saving me.”
Leaving behind the bowing rookie, Hirencia stood side by side with the leader.
“Good job. You knocked it down quickly.”
“… It’s all thanks to the wounds the captain inflicted. His power has gone down significantly.”
“Okay. Excellent. Did you see the situation? It’s getting stronger. It has to be done quickly, even if it takes only one second.”
“…”
“I won’t ask you to do it. Instead, make sure to hold onto it. I will do the finishing touches.”
“… Yes.”
You don’t have to kill the person you love. Should I say that this is fortunate? Hirencia was difficult to judge.
However, her situation did not give her time to deeply consider her current troubles.
“Kuaaaaa!!”
Gaon let out a roar that couldn’t be heard by humans and rushed at it recklessly.
In that action, the usual Gaon that Hirencia knew could no longer be found. She tightened her grip on her sword and bit her lip.
She bit so hard that her skin bleed from the cut, but she didn’t even feel the pain.
Soon, fierce fighting broke out again in the joint.
