Chapter 1598 – 1598. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into A Baron’S Family
“Ah, right. Shall we get to the point? They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. What do you want from me?”
Rabbit said he was waiting for me. He gave me the power of the labyrinth and was waiting at the lowest level? That means he wants something from me.
“Her trial is taking longer than expected. It’s the worst-case scenario. I need your help.”
“Do you know what kind of trial Yuria is going through right now?”
“No. Only the person undergoing the trial knows the details of the trial.”
“Explain where and why my help is needed.”
“The Demon King has already grasped the lowest level. You must have seen the sunflowers outside the castle.”
“I did. There were a lot of them. Aren’t they the monsters you created? Can’t you control them?”
“I am merely a gamekeeper. I can guide the prey, but I do not have the authority to hunt the prey. The sunflowers outside were created by the Demon King. At best, I can only suppress their aggression. When the time comes, they will advance on the castle.”
“Are you asking me to deal with the sunflower monsters?”
“Yes. And I would like you to stay here until her trial is over and protect this castle from the Demon King.”
I clicked my tongue.
It seems like he’s asking me while giving me a choice, but in reality, I have no choice but to accept this request. If this place falls to the Demon King, it was clear that Yuria, who was undergoing the trial, would be in danger. The Demon King, who realized Yuria’s danger, would not leave her alone.
“You already know my answer. Don’t you?”
“……”
“I appreciate you giving me power, but I’m not doing this because of that. It’s for Yuria. Just keep that in mind.”
“Yes. I know even if you don’t say it.”
“Then, shall we burn all those sunflowers to a crisp?”
I flapped my wings and rose into the air. Right now, I am a sex fairy. I wasn’t afraid of thousands of sunflower monsters.
“Before that, you must prepare for the Demon King’s power. There is a possibility that the Demon King will come directly. I will teach you how to resist his power.”
“Indeed, ancient civilization. You even know how to resist the power of demons.”
“First of all, let me tell you in advance. It is useless against powers that use physical laws. For example, you can only physically respond to steel attacks created by power.”
“I understand, so tell me how to resist power first.”
“It’s ether magic. You convert mana into ether and wrap it around your body. Then you can resist the power directed at your body. It’s a magic that demon hunters learn as a necessity.”
“There were demon hunters in ancient times? But I don’t know how to use magic. I don’t have the talent to learn magic either.”
“You are a fairy now. And you have already felt ether before. Remember that feeling.”
“I felt ether before? That can’t be.”
“Don’t you remember? When you were turned into a fairy by the Demon King’s power. At that time, I intervened directly and protected you with ether. The reason you became a fairy is because you resisted the Demon King’s power. If I hadn’t intervened, you would have become a mayfly. It’s the power of the Great Demon Nupunu.”
“It wasn’t a power that turned me into a fairy?”
“Why would the Demon King turn you into a fairy?”
“……That’s true. But I really don’t remember feeling ether.”
“You have reached the position of a great warrior. There is no way you can’t feel ether.”
“You’re overestimating me too much.”
I didn’t reach the level of an aura master through talent. It was a level I reached through elixirs and experience. I benefited greatly from the game life app.
“I don’t have spirituality. It’s difficult for me if you demand the same spirituality as geniuses.”
“…You are not human now, but a fairy. Fairies are a race more sensitive to mana than elves. You should be able to feel ether now. Do you feel ether?”
“I feel… it!”
It’s faint.
It’s infinitely lighter compared to mana.
“Can you resist power with this light thing?”
“Ether magic is a magic created by imitating power. It’s a magic created with the idea that only power can counter power. However, it was impossible to reproduce power with magic. However, they found out that power is a force close to pure nature. Ether is a force close to nature.”
Honestly, it was information I wasn’t very interested in.
The important thing is that I felt ether.
I used ether magic. There’s no need for formulas or anything. I’m a fairy now.
From the outside, nothing has changed. But my surroundings are covered in ether.
“So this is ether.”
“…Let me say it again, ether only resists power. It cannot overcome power.”
“I’m grateful just for being able to resist it.”
I turned back to Rabbit as I was about to go outside.
“Rabbit.”
“Yes.”
“My maids are on different floors above. Can’t you bring them here? If the Demon King attacks them or takes them hostage… I think I’ll get really pissed.”
“I can’t, but you can. I’ll give you a little more power. Bring them here with space teleportation.”
“Thank you.”
•••
She, who was the thought and remnant of Shadow Master Grisha, looked around again.
It was a gray world.
Sky, land, river, trees. Everything was gray. If it weren’t for the gray, it would have looked like a very peaceful world.
In this gray world, two women were fighting with daggers against each other.
Same movements, same faces, same magic. The only difference was that one was real and the other was her shadow.
‘Yuria Grace. I knew she wasn’t ordinary, but… this is unexpected.’
This was Yuria’s mindscape.
The trial that Grisha’s remnant gave to Yuria was to defeat her own shadow.
It was a cliché trial.
‘Originally, it’s not a very difficult trial. A shadow is just a shadow. It’s a trial to show that… it’s a trial designed for the person undergoing the trial to win unless they give up.’
Grisha didn’t have a hobby of tormenting her juniors. If they had a certain level of skill, she was planning to hand over the authority of the hunting ground manager and the shadow chain Glaive.
‘There are three variables.’
The first is the mindscape.
This gray mindscape had the effect of strengthening the shadow. Yuria’s shadow was also strengthened by that effect.
The second is Yuria’s absurd talent.
The shadow even imitated Yuria’s talent. Yuria and the shadow were getting stronger little by little as they fought each other. The remnant of Grisha, who was watching, even felt fear.
The third is the shadow chain Glaive.
Glaive is intervening and giving power to the shadow. The weak will of Glaive is trying to test the one who will become its master.
‘What’s absurd is that the shadow should be overwhelming at this point. But Yuria Grace is….’
Far from being overwhelmed, she was slowly gaining the upper hand. That’s how it felt. Grisha couldn’t completely understand Yuria Grace’s battle. That’s because her level had already surpassed her own.
‘Shall I look around this world?’
It was a world full of gray. There was nothing else to see.
Grisha discovered something that wasn’t gray or a shadow in this world.
It was lightning.
Blue lightning that burned forever in the gray world.
Grisha didn’t know what that lightning meant. She just felt that the burning lightning was beautiful.
• • •
Kwakwakwakwang!
Lightning struck the sunflower field with a thunderous sound.
Instead of the smell of burning sunflowers, the smell of chestnut flowers wafted in the air. Looking at the hollow where the lightning had struck, there was semen dripping.
“Kieeeeeeeek!”
A sunflower monster that had been hiding in the ground sprang up and attacked me, swinging its vines. I dodged the attack by spinning in the air. When I waved my hand, icicles of semen created in the air fell and pierced the sunflower monster.
Since two days ago, the sunflower monsters started attacking me as soon as they found me. The non-aggression effect was over.
According to Rabbit, it was because the Demon King’s power had become stronger. Conversely, Rabbit was getting weaker. He said that he had lost a significant amount of control over this labyrinth to the Demon King.
‘The Demon King has about 75%, and Rabbit has about 25%, I think.’
I heard the reason why the Demon King was so obsessed with the labyrinth through Rabbit.
The Demon King’s goal is to use the power of the labyrinth and the magic stone gate to realize the demon world.
‘Roughly, he’s building a Demon King’s castle with the labyrinth. At the same time, he’s opening a gate to the demon world.’
Even while thinking about this and that, I steadily dealt with the sunflower monsters.
‘I think I killed about 3,000 yesterday… how is there even more today?’
It was the moment I was about to drop lightning on the sunflower monsters gathered in one place.
Kiiiiiiiiing!
A sharp sound similar to metal was heard from the ceiling. I narrowed my brows and looked up at the ceiling, then widened my eyes.
The ceiling was cracking.
And monsters were pouring out from there.
-It’s the Demon King! The Demon King has invaded!
Rabbit’s urgent voice echoed in my head. I swallowed my breath and glared at the ceiling. The Demon King’s figure was not visible. But a huge presence was felt beyond the pouring monsters. The Demon King’s presence was certain.
“Close the door and defend it. You can hold out with Melissa and the maids. Just in case, I’ve gathered enough bullets.”
I look at the crack in the ceiling. There’s no need to waste energy on the small fries. I’ll kill the boss first.
Right now, I’m a munchkin sex fairy. I could even take on the Demon King.
It was then.
Suddenly, the world reversed.
The ground became the ceiling, and the ceiling became the ground.
The monsters that were pouring out of the crack crawled out like bugs.
-It’s the power of reversal. Perhaps, he intends to gather the monsters and then reverse them again to drop them into the castle.
“Ha, you’re making it interesting? I’ll make you regret reversing it.”
I prepare magic while looking at the crack in the ceiling that has now become the ground. A large amount of mana disappears in an instant, and I feel a sense of exhaustion. I gritted my teeth and endured it.
“Meteor.”
Meteorites began to fall from the sky to the ground.
But this can’t be. The state of the meteorites was strange.
‘Why are the meteors white?’
I was puzzled, but then I realized something and was shocked.
‘They’re semen meteors!’
The white meteors falling with white tails were like sperm rushing towards an egg.
Sperm meteors are trying to impregnate the ground.
