Chapter 963 – 963. Rainbow Fruit
“But is it possible to get inside by breaking through the barrier around the city walls?”
The reason why people were dying and yet unable to leave the city of Revilidy. The barrier. If the space was divided by a barrier, it would be impossible to enter.
“This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this barrier. I’ve seen and experienced similar barriers in other cities in the past. That’s a barrier to trap prey. There’s no need to stop prey that comes in on its own.”
“Is it a kind of fish trap?”
“You could say that. It’s a fish trap where you die 100% once you enter.”
“You said you experienced it?”
“I wasn’t alone back then. The Holy Knights were with me.”
Colman and I strode towards the city gate. The screams of the people were heartbreaking. People who couldn’t get out of the gate were reaching out to us. Asking for help. Begging to be saved. An ordinary person might have felt fear at their desperation.
“Sir Eugene.”
“Yes, what is it?”
“Let’s remind ourselves of our purpose. The lord. That is, the purpose is to kill the heretic who caused this mess.”
“That’s right. My only purpose now is to avenge the Baroness.”
“If someone grabs your ankle asking you to save them, kill them without hesitation. It’s the same if they interfere with you. If we fail to punish the heretic, remember that they are already dead no matter what they do.”
“Don’t worry. If necessary, I can start by killing all the people there.”
“Haha. Conserve your strength as much as possible until we meet the culprit. Hmm. Do you need time to prepare?”
“No. I want to avenge the Baroness as quickly as possible, even if it’s just a minute or a second.”
“I see. Let’s go.”
We pushed our way into the city. As if they had been waiting, the pressure of the people was felt on my armor. Their desperate hands grabbed my arms and legs.
“Save me! Please save me!”
“Let me out! Please!”
“I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die!!”
I looked to the side. Colman’s situation was no different from mine. Colman raised his mace without hesitation.
“I am Inquisitor Colman. I have come to punish the heretics. All who stand in my way are heretics, so step aside if you want to live.”
Colman swung his mace without hesitation. People’s heads exploded, their torsos were crushed, and their limbs were mangled.
‘That’s intense.’
I couldn’t just stand still after seeing that.
“Get out of the way. If you don’t, I’ll cut you down.”
Before I could even finish speaking, I was swinging my sword. I swung it in a large circle. Eight people’s bellies were split open.
Even so, the crowd did not easily back down. They were desperate too. The fear of the monsters rampaging in the city and the very small hope and expectation that they might be able to get out of the city.
I cut down and killed those people as I moved forward. It was only after killing about 30 people that I was able to get out of the crowd.
Colman also managed to break through the crowd next to me.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Do you think I’d get hurt by just this?”
“I asked because you’re covered in blood.”
“You’re the same.”
He and I were covered in blood. Of course, all this blood belonged to other people.
“People seem to be a bit crazy. Even with their bellies split open, they only think about running away.”
“It’s the power of the evil god, Bramasen. Bramasen spreads madness. And madness is easily contagious. Maybe after a little time, people will start slaughtering each other. Even if they survive, they will either try to commit suicide, become monsters, or lose their reason due to madness.”
Thud, thud.
We walked down the street.
Monsters were running rampant. They ran around, attacking and devouring people. They were eating the entrails of the dead. Looking at them, you could believe they were zombies.
What was surprising was Colman’s reaction. Colman ignored all the monsters except those that attacked him directly.
“Aren’t you going to deal with the heretics?”
“In these special situations, we must prioritize. The most urgent thing now is to eliminate the cause of this situation. We can clean up later.”
A loud explosion was heard.
The closer we got to the lord’s castle, the louder the explosions became. Someone was fighting in the lord’s castle.
As we got closer, we could see ice and flames rising from the lord’s castle. It was magic.
“Someone is fighting in the lord’s castle. Is it a mage? Whoever it is, we can’t easily lose our strength! We must help!”
Colman started running. I followed him.
‘The mage fighting in the lord’s castle… it must be Kang Seok-soo. He said he had made some preparations… Is he strong enough to defeat the culprit alone?’
Colman stopped in front of the castle. On the other hand, I was about to enter the castle. There was a small chance that if Kang Seok-soo had acted in time, the Baroness of Revilidy might still be alive.
“Wait.”
Colman grabbed my shoulder.
I turned to Colman with a frown.
“Why are you suddenly doing this? We need to go in quickly and get rid of the culprit.”
“I feel an indescribably evil power over there…. We should check it out first.”
I looked at where he was pointing. It was the garden of the castle. Unlike the burning castle and city, the garden was peaceful, except that the flowers and trees were dyed black. That’s why it was so out of place.
Colman hesitated at first. He seemed to feel fear at the darkness lurking in front of him. But whether it was a sense of duty or something else, it urged him forward. I quietly followed behind Colman.
“What a bizarre…!”
“Shit.”
Colman was shocked, and I cursed.
In the center of the garden. In the center of a field of black roses in full bloom, the naked bodies of the Baroness and her son and daughter were twisted grotesquely like rose petals. Blood and entrails from the corpses decorated the roses like dew on the flowers.
And in the center, there was something round that shone with rainbow colors. It looked more like an apple than a bead. This must be the rainbow fruit. Judging by the faint rainbow light, it doesn’t seem to be in perfect condition yet.
‘Am I lucky? The condition for clearing the dungeon is to get the rainbow fruit… If I get that, the dungeon will be cleared.’
My hand went to my sword, not the rainbow fruit. My gaze was fixed on the face of the dead Baroness. Memories flashed by. The hot sex I had with her….
‘If I clear the dungeon now, I won’t be able to kill the bastard who did this to the Baroness.’
Clearing the dungeon wasn’t important.
Revenge was important.
The hand holding the sword hilt tightened.
“All the grief in this city is being sucked into that bead…. Is it growing by eating grief…? This… this is terrible! This must be destroyed!”
Colman raised his mace. The mace shone brightly with holy power. The mace struck the rainbow fruit directly. But it was the mace that was bounced back. The rainbow fruit didn’t even budge, let alone break.
“Kuhhhhh!”
Colman, grabbing his hand that was trembling from the recoil, glared at the rainbow fruit and swung his mace again. It was a useless act.
“Colman, I think we should kill the culprit.”
“…You’re right. All of this started with the culprit…. We must kill the culprit.”
It was the moment we moved our feet towards the castle. A part of the castle was smashed, and something flew and fell in front of us.
It was a person. No, it was a monster in the shape of a person.
It was over 3m tall, its eyes and skin were red, and bone spikes were sticking out all over its body.
“Did you dare covet my treasure?”
The monster growled at us.
“Is that the Baron of Revilidy?”
Colman asked, pointing his mace.
“That’s right. You must be that Inquisitor?”
“I don’t need to interrogate you to know the situation. All of this must be your doing. In the name of the Goddess, I will punish you.”
“Try it if you can!”
The Baron roared. At that moment, a sphere of light fell from the sky and struck the Baron’s body. The Baron’s body was slammed into the ground, and Kang Seok-soo fell next to me. His coat was half torn, and blood was flowing from his mouth.
“Sung Eugene. You’ve finally come. I thought you had given up.”
“You look terrible? Can you still fight?”
“I’m at my limit. I was barely fighting using the things I had prepared. With my magic, I can only inflict minor injuries on him, but it’s hard to inflict more than serious injuries.”
The Baron, who had been slammed into the ground, twitched. Colman took his shining mace and smashed it into the Baron’s head. A gruesome sound was heard. The Baron’s head was crushed like a watermelon.
“Inquisitor, you’re impressive. But it’s meaningless.”
The Baron’s head regenerates again. I glanced at the rainbow fruit next to me. At the same time as the Baron’s regeneration, the light of the rainbow fruit diminished. It was obvious what the connection was.
I was about to run towards the Baron with my sword when Kang Seok-soo’s voice stopped me.
“Sung Eugene.”
“What?”
“The grade of this dungeon is not B. It’s at least A. Giving up is the answer. There’s no hope anymore. The other hunters have already given up and escaped the dungeon. Maybe you and I are the only ones left in this dungeon.”
“If you had moved faster, it would have been easy to finish.”
“What does that mean?”
“There’s no time to explain now. Give up if you want to. I have to kill that bastard.”
The Baron was leisurely getting up. His crushed head had also regenerated.
“…You seem reckless. But… if you’re here, there might be a chance.”
Kang Seok-soo pulled up his mana again and used magic. His magic strengthened my body. My body became lighter, and I felt even stronger.
‘Lightning.’
A blue lightning flowed along the sword with the sword energy.
Yeongcheon Style (影天流) Lightning Snake (雷蛇).
The sword moved like a snake and pierced the Baron’s solar plexus. The sword hit. The problem was that it didn’t go in deep. The bastard’s bones, which couldn’t be cut even with sword energy, were thoroughly protecting his heart. The lightning didn’t work either.
“Oh, oh, oh, oh…!”
Suddenly, the Baron’s body trembled. Feeling uneasy, I pulled out my sword and distanced myself.
Colman, spotting an opening in the Baron, swung his holy mace with all his might at the Baron’s back. The Baron’s body was half blown away, but the Baron didn’t retaliate and instead smiled with joy.
“Bramasen has given a divine message!”
The Baron’s voice echoed loudly. Then, he looked at me and smiled.
“Bramasen wants your heart. I will capture you and offer you to Bramasen!”
Ignoring Colman, who had attacked his back, he rushed towards me and stretched out his hand, which was bigger than a pot lid.
The speed itself wasn’t agile. But the power felt from the Baron’s hand was enormous.
‘Maybe I’ll die once the moment I get caught.’
Using a split second, I dodged the Baron’s hand and climbed onto his shoulder. The Baron tilted his head back to look at me. It bent more than 180 degrees. The back of his head was almost touching his back.
“Be a sacrifice obediently!”
“Fuck you.”
I shoved my sword into his mouth. The sword pierced his neck and aimed for his heart. It pierced his heart. I could feel it. He would die like the other monsters with this.
Thud!
The Baron grabbed my left leg. I groaned in pain as my leg was crushed.
‘What, why isn’t he dying?! His heart is his weak point, right?’
I could see the rainbow fruit shining next to me. Maybe it’s because of that.
Crack.
The bone in my left calf broke. It wasn’t easy to get out.
‘I used Heavenly Heart earlier because of the farmer penalty. It’s on cooldown, so I can’t use it. Damn it. What should I do….’
There was something I had overlooked for a moment.
I wasn’t the only one fighting the Baron right now. There was Kang Seok-soo and the Inquisitor. The Inquisitor’s mace smashed the Baron’s arm. My leg was free, so I quickly dropped my sword and moved away from the Baron.
“Wind Field!”
Kang Seok-soo used magic. A powerful wind rose from the ground and blew the Baron’s body into the sky.
“Sung Eugene! Are you okay?!”
I swallowed the high-grade potion I took out of my pocket and sprayed it on my left leg. Even so, it was hard to regenerate immediately.
“I can fight. I’ve lost my mobility, though….”
The Baron, who had been blown away by the wind, returned to us again. We gasped.
“You disgusting heretics…. I will definitely punish you!”
Colman rushed at the Baron. I limped after him. I summoned a sword-shaped Stormbreaker and held it in my hand.
“Kang Seok-soo. You support us from behind.”
We had to work together to kill the Baron. He was too much for me to kill alone.
