Chapter 154 – Mom Is Strong ( 2 )
“Kkeaaak..!! What happened! How?!”
Contrary to the relaxed look he had shown so far, Belial grabbed his arm and took a step back from him.
One of Belial’s horns had been cut off somewhere and had long since disappeared, and her golden hair also left long sword marks all over her body, covering her whole body with red blood.
Jerk-…
“…”
The one who left all these scars was none other than Belial, an incomparably small girl.
Fire up..-!
‘Unbelievably.. Well cut.’
The girl who glanced at her and saw the flames of pink and red flames that rose from her fingertips, Hiro couldn’t help but marvel at her cutting power.
Wow..!
Let’s add the buff that the fetus in the belly adds.
Phew–!
– Haha-! Saying that there is no use even if you pierce the blade..!
Seoguk— Chewhwaak—!
– Keuheouk?!
The adamantine-like muscles that Belial boasted are now easily cut like a mass of jelly.
Jerebuck-
As Hiro takes a step closer with her sword spirit held high.
“Don’t come human! Don’t come closer!”
Coo-! Coo-!
Belial, who was frightened by the human who mocked her for being a small creature, took her two or three steps backwards.
“..Don’t come closer!!”
Jiying–!!!
Woowook–..!!!
He pulls out a huge stone fist from the created magic circle and throws it at Hiro.
Whee-ah—..!
When a stone fist flew in, it made a noise that pierced the air and filled the field of view in an instant.
“…”
Jerk- Hiro didn’t stop walking at all.
With a bang-!
I lightly waved my arm at the flying stone fist.
Seoguk—- The feeling of cutting something from the edge of the blade of the sword to the wrist.
Toouk—..!!
Fragments of stone fists that had been cut diagonally right in front of them and were split in two.
“…”
Kwaguawa—..!!
It flies from side to side with Hiro at the center and is crushed to the ground.
“To the subject of human beings!! To the subject of insignificance!!”
Jiying—..
Belial, who creates a large amount of the magic circle he just created and summons countless stone fists.
“Destroy! Insignificance!!”
Boo Woo Woong — !!
All the stone fists flew towards Hiro with Belial’s spiteful shout.
Squeak. Squeak. Squeak. Squeak. Squeak.
Kwagwagaga–..!!
Dudududuk..!!
Without a single exception, all of them are cut down, and the fragments hit the floor and walls.
Wow..
Even though the fragments of stone fists were piled up from the back to the extent that it would not be strange to call it a stone grave along with dust.
“..Come on.”
Belial couldn’t even stop Hiro, whom he called a small creature, from taking even one step.
Sump-..!
Belial felt goosebumps goose down his spine at the sight of Hiro approaching with a red-eyed gaze full of life, holding the shape of a sword on fire in one hand.
‘No way..!’
The feeling that made my hair stand on end was not from simple fear, but from an animal sense, close to facing ‘death’.
‘It can’t be! This Belial-sama… To a human from another world who isn’t even the strongest in the demon realm!?’
Belial, who could not admit that she had felt death to a little girl.
“That can’t be the case…!!!”
She roared and began to circle with her arms moving wide.
–Giyiing..!!
The largest magic circle I have ever cast began to activate while covering the front of Belial’s body.
Chuck-
Hiro, too, must have felt that he couldn’t cut as easily as this time.
“Lend your strength to Mom.”
Talking to her fetus, she clasped her hands together to strengthen her sword blade and took her slashing stance.
“Little water— die!!”
Roaring—..!!
“Haaaaap–!!”
Belial throws a huge fireball like a meteorite, and at the same time, Hiro screams and swings her arm!
Wedgesweet liquid—–Pargag!
“Huh..!!”
I felt a little bit of resistance as the blade of the sword pierced me.
“Haa–!!”
Kwagwagagagak…!!!
By concentrating the whole body’s strength and magic into both hands, it cuts through the surface of the meteorite’s magma and advances the blade.
-Tuk—!
In the end, the meteorite chunk that was cut by Hiro’s sword skill.
-Kwaaang—!
Blazing..!!
It exploded and turned the surroundings into a sea of fire.
A girl with red hair in a ripped dress stands in the middle of such a hellish landscape.
“It’s over.”
‘Finished..!’
It was the moment when Hiro’s words and Belial’s thoughts completely overlapped.
Swoop-
That’s when Hiro lifted the unblemished sword over his head for the final blow.
Cheek..! Chick..!
“..?!”
Red single horns and flaming wings that disappear in an instant with the sound of lights going out in an instant.
Seruk-
The fetus, which lent strength in the stomach, also closes her eyes and falls asleep when her mother’s strong will is cut off.
‘Paewang Advent.. Has been canceled..!’
An expression of embarrassment that could not be hidden was revealed on Hiro’s face.
In fact, it hasn’t been long since Hiro learned the Advent of the King, and it was the second time he used it in actual combat after the battle with Baek Seo-hee.
Advent of the Kings is a skill that consumes a lot of energy, so it is difficult to last for a long time, and the duration inevitably becomes shorter as the skill level decreases.
“Hey… You.”
Cooung…
Belial, noticing Hiro’s strange behavior, takes a step closer to Hiro.
Sigh–
“Are you running out of strength?”
He asked with a more mean laugh.
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An office dedicated to the president at the top of Cheols Pharmaceuticals.
In front of the dark night sky seen through the rear window.
“Hmm.”
There was Cheols, a big bald man sitting in a black cushion chair with his chin resting.
“Currently, pharmaceutical companies owned by Baekga, such as Baekseo Pharmaceutical, White Medical, and Baekyang Pharmaceutical, have lowered their prices to less than half of all drugs that overlap with Cheols Pharmaceuticals.”
And Hwang Hee-yeol continues to explain the current situation while holding a report.
Although it is Hwang Hee-yeol, who was working in the Princess Knight and Strategy Team within Bondi Cheols Pharmaceuticals.
In a situation where there was no work, there were parts where it was a waste of his genius, and crucially, he was in charge of the overall work of Cheols Pharmaceuticals by requesting that he would like to take on other tasks.
“You mean that the Baekga are working hard to keep you in check? They don’t even care about their damage?”
“Yes. That’s right. So, as a countermeasure, I would like to discuss with the chairman what kind of strategic marketing would be like lowering the price of our drugs or penetrating areas that Baekga Pharm did not target..”
“That’s okay. Rather than that, we’ll adjust the price of our drugs.”
“Yes? The price?”
Hwang Hee-yeol made a surprised expression at Cheols’s words.
Baekga, which occupies most of the pharmaceutical market, lowered the price of drugs, but Cheols Pharmaceutical, which has less influence than Baekga, is trying to raise the price of drugs.
On the surface, it was nothing short of suicidal.
“Excuse me, may I ask the reason? Chairman.”
In the end, Hwang Hee-yeol, unable to hold back his curiosity, asked.
“Reason.. We only produce a limited number of rapid recovery potions, and most of them are sold in order of pre-order or affiliated groups, right? All of them.”
“Yes that’s right.”
“And we can’t sell it because we don’t have it. We are the only pharmaceutical company with rapid recovery technology that can recover more than 90% of injured areas. No matter how much the hundred families lower the price of drugs to increase market competitiveness… It’s only going to increase. The purchasing power of the top guilds and top families, our main consumers, will not decrease. It’s a monopoly situation where only our company sells these drugs.”
Saying that, Hwang Hee-yeol guessed what Cheols was thinking from the gaze he took off his glasses and looked at himself.
‘Well… If it was a faction that would save money on life-and-death matters, they wouldn’t have become the top guild or faction. Chairman, you’re right.’
“Then… The part about raising the price that was previously maintained. If we raise the selling price of drugs to our company while hundreds of pharmaceutical companies are lowering the selling cost, we may buy backlash from consumers.”
If it were an ordinary employee, he would have bowed his head and said he would do as the chairman wanted, but Hwang Hee-yeol, who could not see harm to his benefactor Cheols, explained the side effects of raising the price of drugs to the end.
“Does Team Leader Hwang know the word advanced?”
“Are you talking about advanced?”
“Customers. Sometimes, even if the item has no value or use, if it is a product of a famous brand or has an image of luxury, they will pay more than the value of the item.”
“No way..! Hundreds of medicines have lowered the price, so the image that those without money mainly use is embedded! Our Cheols Pharmaceutical’s rapid recovery potion is a high-end potion used only by upper guilds, upper-class organizations, and families, and has an image embedded in it. Are you saying you want to further increase the company’s profits?”
“Uh.. Yes.”
‘As expected, the smart guy is different..?’
Cheols himself absorbs entrepreneurs and squeezes ideas with dozens of people’s heads, but Hwang Hee-yeol feels the difference in his ability to predict everything by himself.
“You are indeed the president!”
“By the way, what’s that on your head?”
Putting aside Hwang Hee-yeol’s flattering praises that he spat while bending his waist at 90 degrees, Cheols pointed out the headband that was stuffed into his head.
His name was written on it, but he couldn’t help but pay attention to the white letters on the red background that made it stand out like that.
“Ah! You mean this? Sub-employees were using it, so I got one and used it! Haha!”
“Subordinates?”
There was a hierarchical system of upper and lower ranks among employees within Cheols Pharmaceuticals.
Usually, dummy humans in charge of important or secret tasks were upper-level employees, and those who were composed of ordinary people and were in charge of simple tasks that anyone could perform were called lower-level employees.
‘Is there a union because the salary is low? No, it can’t be, the salary is 30% higher than other pharmaceutical companies, and the company paid incentives at the exact rate whenever there was a profit at the end of the day.’
“Do you know why the staff wears such a thing? As the chairman, if there are complaints about the staff, you need to know… I’m just personally curious.”
To Cheols’ cautious question.
“Yes! As the pharmaceutical companies of the Baek Family keep Cheols Pharmaceuticals in check and commercially attack it, let’s all unite among the employees and defend the company against the Baek Family! Let’s repay the favor we received from the Chairman! !”
Hwang Hee-yeol replied with a proud face.
“Uh.. Yes. Go and work.”
Feeling like he would get tired if he delved into something in detail, Cheols issued a congratulatory order to Hwang Hee-yeol, whose eyes were shining.
“I will always work hard! President!”
Kik-Tak.
That’s how Hwang Hee-yeol bowed at 90 degrees and said hello in a voice so loud that his office rang and left…
‘What is Hiro supposed to be doing?
Dreuk-
I turn my chair and look out the window and think of Hiro.
Cheols thought about using Cock Ring’s telepathy for a while.
“It’s just a book. What?”
He lowered his hand again and moved his attention to the ’21st Presidential Election Candidate Prediction Report’.
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Thud..-! Thud..-!
“Where where! Let’s try attacking like before~ Huh?”
Belial continued to playfully step on the ground and kick with a voice mixed with laughter.
Tadak..!
“Whew..!”
Hiro stepped back to avoid the gigantic feet and at the same time struggled to rekindle the flame of magic within himself.
Tick..! Cheek..!
However, the flame of momentum, once extinguished, did not rekindle easily.
“Before I bother you again, I’ll finish it quickly!”
Blazing..!!
Pretending to be relaxed, Belial, who was wary of Hiro using his power again, tried to deliver the final blow to Hiro, even putting magic power on his fist.
Booooong—!!
Belial’s fist flew at such a speed that the current Hiro couldn’t avoid it, just like that urgent heart!
‘My strength hasn’t returned yet…!’
When Hiro stood still, unable to resist, even as he watched the approaching fiery fist.
Seo Geo-eok—-!
‘The sound of cutting with a knife?’
With the sound of cutting something being cut.
Whiiik— Kooooong–!
A huge object passes right next to Hiro and quickly flies backwards.
Aaaaagh..!!
“What?!!”
At the same time, along with Belial’s screams of bewilderment.
Whoops–..!!!
A baptism of blood fountains poured from the shoulder where Belial’s arm had disappeared..!
‘Your arm… Was cut off?!’
Hiro realized that it was Belial’s arm that had just flown beside him.
‘Who the hell…?’
I was very nervous about the help of someone I couldn’t feel, and focused on awakening my strength again.
“Who are you..! Who the hell?! Insignificant thing! The four insignificant things are me, the great demon again..!!”
The moment when he couldn’t find the culprit and was about to spit out curse words, suspecting Hiro.
“Little water. Little water is very noisy.”
“…?”
I turn my head and look to the side at the sudden voice right next to my ear.
“What you looking at?”
Above Belial’s shoulder, a pale-faced boy in a red robe was holding a sword made of dark red liquid and staring at him expressionlessly.
“What kind of thing are you again..!”
Belial couldn’t utter his words to the end.
Chow-wow-!
The boy swung his sword lightly as if to drive away flies, and a red incontinence was drawn across his neck–
Pushuuuuu…— Toouk…!
–With the fountain of blood, Belial’s face is blown off and lands on the ground.
“It is indeed a small thing.”
The red-haired boy who left those words.
Booooong— Cooooong—!
Taat-
As soon as Blood Lord’s feet touched the ground, the golden body with his arms and neck missing collapsed onto the stone floor, creating a loud roar.
‘Monster..! A monster…?’
Seeing the red-haired boy who landed 10 steps ahead of him, Hiro trembled.
He was more confident than anyone else in terms of his visual acuity and senses, and in the previous battle, even though Belial was inferior to Belial in terms of physical abilities, he was able to detect the attack so quickly that it looked like slow motion.
‘..I couldn’t see it at all.’
However, even in Hiro’s eyes, the swordsmanship attacks performed by the former Blood Family could not even be felt, let alone move.
Chalpak..–
The blood-gain that dropped the sword he was holding turned into blood.
“I came to see if there was someone I could fight with…”
That buck that buck
I moved my steps and came right in front of Hiro…
“You. Are you using blood family magic?”
“Yeah..?”
He bent down and asked while staring straight into Hiro’s face.
