Chapter 1002 – 1002. Yggdrasil (7)
The opponent is a monster that cannot be killed even with Death Scythe.
I roughly expected that I wouldn’t be able to kill him.
Still, I was confident.
I thought I could at least inflict a critical hit and put him in a groggy state for a while…
My confidence was…
“Khehehehehe! Delicious! “It’s delicious!”
It was torn to pieces by an arrow that was eaten.
“Crazy…”
The words came out of my mouth without me knowing.
In my life, I never thought there would be a monster that eats things rather than blocking them.
And at that moment, Armonia’s voice was heard through the communication.
[Min Hayeon completed one soul stone.]
As soon as Armonia spoke, a red mark appeared on her midwinter head.
A debuff that makes it impossible to obtain powder and fragments.
‘Okay!’
There is only one left.
The situation on this side was not good, but on the other side, the quest was progressing steadily.
And at the same time, Midwinter, who was next to him, also confirmed the existence of the debuff and opened his mouth as if gibbering.
“Oh, I guess you’ve completed one soul stone!”
Even though Midwinter looked anxious, he began to try his best to encourage me.
“Hey, let’s run away first! If things continue like this, I’ll get caught!”
Midwinter grabbed my arm and pulled me.
Looking at his expression, it seemed like he was very worried about me.
To shake off those worries, I took a stance again, holding the Death Scythe.
“Don’t worry! And you must not run away now!”
“Uh, why… ?”
With a question mixed with midwinter doubt, the monster arrived in front of us again.
And then…
“Khehehhhhh! Delicious!!! Masiseouu!! Do you want to eat too!!!”
He attacked again by extending his arms and legs.
Shoot! SGENG! SGENG! Let’s go! SGEG!
I shouted, concentrating on blocking such attacks.
“We have to stop that guy from leaking somewhere else!”
“Ah…”
If Midwinter and I run away and the monster doesn’t chase us and goes somewhere else… ?
Min Ha-yeon and her group, who are collecting soul stones, may be in danger.
If you just run, you can attack from behind, but if you have a teleportation function like before…?
The situation becomes more serious.
“That… I guess so!”
And fortunately, Midwinter understood what I meant.
Not long after the battle started again…
“Ugh… Ugh…”
“?”
The monster that was attacking suddenly began to squeak and wince as if it had been broken.
“Why are you doing that?”
“… Well.”
Sensing something strange, Midwinter and I kept an eye on the monster’s condition.
While I was looking at the monster screeching as if it was broken, I heard the voices of Armonia and Kang Han-na through the communication.
[I have just placed a soul stone on the altar.]
[Now there is only one left. Hold on a little longer.]
‘…’
I thought I knew why the monster was doing that.
It’s because the soul stone is on the altar.
But here I had a question.
The monster woke up as soon as one soul stone was placed.
So, wouldn’t something change happen when the two go up?
And my guess is…
Quad deuk! Quack! Quad deud deuk!
“Kwaeeeeek!” Coop! Wow! KEEEK!”
As the monster’s form changed, it began to change into confidence.
From the face of the monster to the body in the form of limbs as well as…
“Click!”
“Help me!!!”
“Kill it!!!”
“Eat those too!!!”
Suddenly, the ugly faces of people began to erupt like boils.
When Midwinter saw that, he covered his mouth and vomited.
“Wow!”
And it wasn’t just Midwinter who was horrified by that scene.
[… It’s a real monster.]
Kang Han-na’s voice exuded disgust that went beyond discomfort.
And I was feeling those feelings too.
But it wasn’t the situation to be buried in those feelings right now.
“It’s sticking to me. Because I might do something strange again.”
“Eww… Huh…”
Midwinter came to his senses at my urging and clung tightly to my back.
10 seconds for the monster to squeak.
As time passed, the boss monsters that had been killed earlier were resurrected.
Mmmm! Wow! Kyaaaaak!
The boss monsters that had resurrected behind the monster began running towards us, overtaking the monster.
Boss monsters running threateningly…
But those boss monsters…
“Let’s eat! Eat!!”
“These guys killed us too!!”
“Eat it!!”
The arms and legs attached to the face snatched the boss monsters…
Quad deud deuk! Quack! Crackle!
He put it into the monster’s mouth and started chewing it raw.
“Uuuuu!!”
It was a hellish scene that you would never forget once you saw it.
Nevertheless, I did not take my eyes off and held my posture firmly.
As I stood guard like that, Midwinter, who was behind me, cried and apologized.
“Mi… Sorry. Well, I tried to hold back…”
“Are you okay. I guess I just have to deal with that guy for now…”
Apart from watching the disgusting scene, I decided to focus on reducing the number of opponents.
It was a moment to reassure midwinter.
“Keeeee!!”
Quad deud deuk! Quack! Quad deuk!
As the monster’s main body screamed, the arms and legs of the boss monsters it had eaten so far began to sprout from its face.
It’s getting more and more ghastly.
But after seeing such a spectacle, I actually straightened my posture.
It wasn’t easy dealing with the limbs of an ordinary person.
But to make matters worse, the arms and legs of the boss monsters I’ve faced so far also stick out?
There is no way it is weaker than before.
“Stay right behind me!”
“Uh, yes!”
I took a stance, reflecting on the tension of midwinter.
And the moment you take that stance…
“Quehee hee!”
“Pfft!”
The main face rushed at me, screaming in madness.
Earlier, the attack was carried out by extending the arms and legs attached to the main body.
However, it seemed that the changed body was no longer satisfied with that.
“Kkiheeeeek!” Kyahaaaaak!”
“Ugh!”
It came out through the mouth of the main body and rushed in to chew up the midwinter.
In a situation where it was difficult to deal with the countless limbs of humans and monsters extending out, they rushed towards the main body at incredible speed.
It was not a situation that could be endured just by blocking it.
I shouted, embracing Midwinter with my left arm.
“Hold on tight!”
“Ugh!”
I started running with midwinter in my arms.
The speed itself felt a little faster on mine.
The problem was that the monster didn’t just follow me quietly.
Shoot! Shoot!
The monster ran towards me and stretched out countless arms and legs.
Since I was holding the middle of winter in my arms, I decided that I couldn’t cut off all the arms and legs with Death Scythe, so I moved along the optimal route and defended myself.
And let’s avoid it at such incredible speed…
“Aaaaah!”
Midwinter let out a strange scream in my arms.
Maybe my movement speed couldn’t be covered by his reflexes.
“Hold on just a little longer!”
I said that to Midwinter and ran around trying hard to avoid and defend myself.
After avoiding and blocking the monster’s attacks…
“Kiheeeeek! Gmaaaaan! That’s it!”
“W-what!?”
The monster screamed, and its eyes flashed.
A purple glow poured out of the monster’s eyes so strong that it lit up the entire hallway.
Eye light strong enough to cause blindness.
I felt an unusual sign as I saw the eye light that seemed to penetrate into my eyes.
I closed my eyes, turned my head, and quickly covered my eyes in the middle of winter.
“Don’t look!”
“Ugh!”
Fortunately, the eye glow didn’t last that long.
After confirming that the light had disappeared, I quickly opened my eyes and looked around.
Fortunately, the monster did not attack while I was blindfolded.
“Kehehehe…” .”
The monster seemed to have put a lot of pressure on the monster from shooting its eye light earlier, so it was moaning in a fit of laughter.
I was relieved and quickly removed my hand that was covering my eyes in the middle of winter to check the condition.
“Are you okay!?”
“Ugh…”
In the middle of winter, my eyes are loose and drooling.
No matter how I looked at it, the condition looked very bad.
‘Armonia! Why are you doing this…’
The moment I tried to check the state of midwinter through the temperament window… A message appeared in front of my eyes.
‘What is it?’
And the message is…
“… Holy shit.”
It made swear words come out of my mouth.
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Seed of Yggdrasil (Disabled)
Energy remaining until charging: 100%
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I had a vague idea that it was not an ordinary eye glow.
But the seed of Yggdrasil was opened with a single flash of light?
The seed of Yggdrasil was given to me, saying it would save me from a desperate crisis.
This seed was even guaranteed by Yggdrasil and the parties involved.
Such a being…
[It is a mind control skill called the clown’s smile!]
The skill was consumed in one hit.
[Fortunately, there is a cooldown! 30 minutes!]
[And it’s not just domination! Midwinter will attack you sooner or later!]
At Kang Han-na’s words, I came to my senses and checked Midwinter’s condition.
“Keuuuuu!”
In the middle of winter, his eyes turned purple, and he slowly began to show signs of seizures.
I hugged midwinter and shouted over the phone.
‘Are you serious? How to treat it?’
[There is no other way for the being who used the skill to solve it. Other ways…]
During Armonia’s explanation, the monster came out again with a squeak and began to approach Midwinter.
“You also… I… Let’s do it!”
And Armonia’s words continued along with the monster’s cry.
[It kills the caster. I think it might be unlocked even if you complete the quest…]
‘… Let’s jump out!’
I didn’t listen to Armonia’s answer until the end, and started running away, hugging Midwinter.
It has become more difficult to escape than before.
In the middle of winter, she was in a limp state, unable to come to her senses, and I ran while holding on to her tightly so as not to lose her.
It’s not easy to defend, let alone attack properly…
Even the opponent cannot be killed because he is immortal.
And to make matters worse…
Whoa!
“Ugh!”
Midwinter began to attack me with a purple glow in her eyes.
Whoa! Puck! Whoa!
‘Wow!’
I held her tightly even as she was attacked in the middle of winter.
It was heading towards the worst situation.
If there is one fortunate thing among them…
“… Just hold on.”
The point was that the midwinter purple pupils were shaking slightly and shedding tears.
Then, she shed tears and cried out in a sorrowful voice.
“Me… Throw away…”
Even though the mind had been controlled, it seemed like a little bit of the mind still remained.
However, perhaps because the situation was so bad, another bad situation unfolded.
[If you go there, you will meet other members!]
‘…’
If things continue like this, the quest will not be cleared, but you may be wiped out.
I hugged her tightly, enduring her punches in the middle of winter.
And I took a stance while facing the monster running towards me.
“Keez… ?”
When the monster suddenly stops and looks at itself, it flinches and stops as well.
I cried out as I hugged Midwinter tightly, facing the monster.
“I fucking don’t know. Let’s have a fight!!”
***
The hallway began to be covered in purple light along with the monster’s purple eye glow.
“Ugh!”
I was so shocked that I tried to close my eyes.
However, the speed of his hand blocking his eyes was much faster than the speed at which he closed his eyes.
Seong Su-ho.
His hand first covered Midwinter’s eyes.
He even dropped the remaining weapon in his hand to the floor…
While Midwinter felt deep affection for Seongsu-ho, she also felt worried.
‘… ‘And you?’
What about your eyes?
But her worries and doubts were quickly erased.
‘What… What!?’
A being entered into Midwinter’s mind and began coating all her emotions in a sticky tar-like consistency.
‘What, what! What!!’
She tried to escape the pouring purple tar, but she couldn’t escape.
Tar filling up like a swamp.
And in front of her is Seongsuho.
Seong Su-ho…
‘S-stop it!! No! ‘I’m not doing it!!’
I was being beaten mercilessly by Midwinter.
Even though Seong Su-ho was beaten like that, he did not abandon Midwinter and protected it until the end.
‘Stop!!! Stop!!! That’s it!’
Midwinter screamed and cried at the sight of herself hitting Seongsuho.
And Seong Su-ho…
“… Just hold on.”
Rather, he smiled as he faced the attacks of midwinter with his bare body.
However, Seong Su-ho’s appearance actually made midwinter miserable.
‘Leave me… Please…’
And… Those were the words Midwinter left before falling into the purple swamp.
.
.
“Ksk…”
Midwinter slowly opened her eyes, feeling a terrible headache.
It was as if there was a fog of pain in her head.
It felt like I had passed out for over a week… ?
But fortunately, her body instinctively forced her eyes open.
‘It hurts…’
The moment she opened her eyes feeling pain…
‘Ah!! Yes, that’s right! I definitely saw the monster’s eyes earlier… !’
I was able to immediately recall what happened earlier.
Midwinter overcame all her headaches, vomiting, and fatigue and began to focus on everything she could see.
‘Paper… See…’
The field of view, which had been scattered in all directions, gradually began to converge in the center.
After all her vision came together, a person appeared in her eyes.
“Ah… Ah… !”
It was Seong Su-ho.
Seong Su-ho desperately hugged her to protect himself.
That Seong Su-ho…
“… Are you out of your mind?”
She was lying next to the middle of winter with blood all over her body.
