Chapter 472 – Shadow (2)
This was his territory.
I decorated it only to my own taste through the power given directly from God.
A cruel land that gives me countless advantages, but gives nothing to the opponent.
Every single one of his targets met their death here.
It did not take into account whether the target was weak or strong.
Isn’t there a saying that a lion does his best to catch a rabbit?
He really likes that word.
If you underestimate your opponent and fail to assassinate him, wouldn’t you have to target the same target twice?
‘There is nothing more troublesome than that.’
I hate annoying things.
Especially doing the same thing two or three times.
This is the best and best move he can do.
This incident was no different.
-“Kill Kim Do-jin and come back.”
I took on an annoying mission and set foot on Korean soil.
In the process, what the opponent’s organs are, where to set up traps, etc.
I studied it countless times and finally put it into practice today.
Although the opponent acted more violently than expected, the result did not change.
“Ah, you really fight like shit…”
High praise from the other person.
Everyone he targeted lost their lives after spitting out those words before they died.
To him, it is actually a sign or signal of victory.
He gives orders to the shadows in an emotionless manner.
‘Kill.’
The shadow takes a step.
The 999 shadows that broke the opponent’s will just to kill one human.
Hiss!
The shadow that arrives first raises its dagger and slashes at the top of the opponent’s head.
But something strange happened.
Jju-wap!
The shadow disappeared with a strange sound.
Have you been hit by an opponent’s counterattack?
‘No.’
The shadow that disappeared due to the enemy’s attack returns to his side.
To be more precise, I would say that the power of authority that was planted while projecting my image is coming back.
However, the population clearly decreased, but the strength did not return.
How did this happen?
‘Stop.’
Feeling an ominous feeling for no reason, he stopped the shadows.
And he gave a separate command to only the shadow closest to Kim Do-jin.
‘Attack.’
A shadow running through the darkness as soon as an order is given.
The moment when you are about to lift the large ax in your hand high into the sky and strike it down.
The man, Shadow Walker, saw.
Jju-wap!
The way my shadow is absorbed into the other person’s body.
“… !”
The man’s eyes widen as he watches this scene.
How did this happen?
It was the first time in my life that I was seeing a sight that created great confusion in my mind.
Hehe… “Why didn’t I think of this?”
A bizarre laugh flowed from the corner of Kim Do-jin’s mouth when he thought that her will have been broken.
I realized it too late.
She was impatient.
‘Not yet.’
The opponent’s will did not break.
No, more accurately, he has re-established his half-broken will and is aiming it at me.
And with the means to get rid of my shadows in a completely unknown way.
‘Step back!’
That time when I was hurriedly trying to push back the shadow.
Shwaaaaak!
A black haze rose from Kim Do-jin’s body.
Blacker, darker, rougher, and fiercer than my domain.
There is no other way to describe this energy other than that it is truly ferocious.
Jju-wap!
He catches some of the shadows that are retreating and pulls them roughly.
Cheap!
Every shadow that was pulled disappeared without exception.
Exactly.
‘I ate, my energy…’ ?’
It was swallowed up.
The shadow that had been reduced from 999 to 998 has decreased once again.
The remaining number is 888.
Kim Do-jin, who has eaten as many as 111 of his shadows in an unknown way, opens his mouth wide.
“Ok-eok.”
Nasty burps.
When he smelled an unknown scent there, his body trembled, and he was seized by a slight fear.
* * *
I forgot.
Sword and magic.
Besides that, there are powerful abilities given to me.
No, we cannot forget its existence.
How can one not recognize that heavy presence that is revealed at any time and in any situation?
However, I just looked away for a moment.
Since joining the organization called Guardians.
And ever since I found out that Seoyeon had become an apostle of self-control on my behalf.
Rather than thinking about how to use this power, I have been thinking about how to hide it.
It was natural.
Because the risk of being caught was too great.
Normally, it would be right to hide it.
It’s been a while since I joined the Guardians, and even more so now that I can’t figure out the saint’s intentions exactly.
But it’s okay here.
Sound, sight, and smell.
I have now realized that I can use this power as much as I want in this place where I have been consumed by the opponent’s power.
“Gluttony.”
It awakens the sleeping monster.
The vicious, vicious energy spreads like wildfire and extends its tongue towards the surrounding shadows.
Jju-wap!
The power of the other person is swallowed up as if it were natural.
You cannot take away the source of energy.
However, as long as it comes from the source, it can be consumed.
Like right now.
Chureup-!
I guess I really liked the food after a long time.
As soon as he got my permission, Gluttony swung his tongue widely, pulling in all the surrounding shadows and stuffing them into his mouth.
Bye!
Cheap!
Energy that is crushed, crushed, and absorbed by sharp teeth.
Since I ate quite a bit, my stomach filled up quickly.
[It is in a state of predation.]
This was both a signal that my power was at its peak and a warning.
If you covet more food here, you will end up in trouble.
“Whoa…”
The wound is healing.
The lost stamina regenerates quickly.
But it’s not enough.
If you try to fight again in this state, the only result you will get is a random result.
You will feel helpless as you cut down the shadow and watch it regenerate.
It shouldn’t be like that.
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”
When dealing with a guy who fights like a shit, I have to be like a shit too.
Let’s awaken his gluttony again, and he starts shaking again as if he’s happy.
The only thing that feels full is my body.
A guy who is just in a hurry to eat and feel the taste is just happy for this opportunity.
Chureup.
The tongue that flutters while trying to taste the food stings again.
Of course, this is just the form I see.
In reality, it will look like a black haze is kidnapping the shadow.
Bye!
Wow!
The shadows quickly begin to retreat as they see the shadows being eaten before them.
You can understand it from their chaotic movements.
The other person is extremely embarrassed.
[You are in a state of predation!]
[You are in a state of predation!]
[Predation… !]
Ignoring the red warning sign flashing in front of me, I put a smile on my face.
The energy that filled my body began to harm my body.
I’m starting to feel a bit scared.
I tried to say that you die, and I die, but if I keep going like this, I’m really going to die… ?
However, once a bluff is started, it must continue to the end.
Instead, I slow down the pace of gluttony a little and think.
How to overcome this situation.
Then I look at the shadows clearly reflected in my eyes and think.
“… How do you give orders to those things?”
After swallowing my energy, one thing became clear.
The fact that the main body that commands these many shadows does not actually exist here.
In that case, it means that they are just giving orders from somewhere far away.
What on earth is that command given?
“Hmm.”
There is a saying that you see as much as you know.
With the ultramarine magic power within my body, the outlines of things that were vague until a moment ago are slowly starting to become clear.
The viscosity of the energy is close to that of a sticky liquid.
Through this, this area and the shadows traveling within it are connected to each other.
The connection is definitely connected to the main body.
In other words, if you find the connecting passage, you can trace the opponent’s location back.
The problem is how to do it.
The answer was simpler than I thought.
“… “I just need to connect too, right?”
Wouldn’t it be enough if I were included in that link?
The energy they share fills me as well.
If I build a connection by overlaying this on my body and confusing it with a shadow.
Wouldn’t the main body’s commands be delivered intact to me?
It doesn’t matter where the order comes from.
“Hmm, okay.”
The answer is unknown.
I just glimpsed the possibility.
So now I have to check it out.
[Disables the ruler’s area.]
Break down boundaries.
It uses energy that fills the circuit and crashes here and there.
I overlay my existence so that I am perceived as a buried being, not an outsider in this area.
Hands and feet turning dark.
Eventually, the entire body is covered with ultramarine blue magic and transforms into a shadow-like appearance.
I feel like my body is slowly breaking down.
After all, I was putting someone else’s energy, not my own, around my body without even activating the ruler’s domain, so of course I was bound to be attacked.
But regardless of that, the energy faithfully opens the way.
I can hear it.
-“Step back.”
The other person’s voice mixed with confusion.
-“Now… “What are you doing?”
The questions I ask about my darkened appearance.
I trace back the conveyed thoughts and estimate my position with the other person.
Through this, I learned something I didn’t know.
“… It wasn’t a simple area.”
The shadow did not rise.
I was dragged into a world where shadows exist.
Likewise, the world is not covered with ultramarine blue magic.
“It’s a projection.”
It was projected onto the existing world.
The shadows that were originally supposed to exist only under our feet and under the ground were forcibly brought out and overlaid on the world.
It is for this reason that more than hundreds of shadows can be active.
After understanding the concept, its location is clearly visible.
Outside the overlaid world.
The guy is riding in a long limousine parked there.
And that too while lying down in a very comfortable position.
A man’s voice is heard in confusion.
-“How did you… ?”
He noticed it too.
The fact that he used the link that gives orders to the shadows to determine his location.
It is unavoidable.
It’s not something that can be done while hiding it from the owner of this connection.
So he had to move quickly.
The world in front of you.
He roughly tears off the shadow that covered the original world and warns the bastard.
“It would be good to run until your feet get heat rash.”
A world that is quickly falling apart with only a single ray of light seeping in.
As I leave there, I continue my conversation.
“Don’t regret being caught in vain.”
