Chapter 225 – Dragon’s Nest
#225.
“Aaaaagh!”
Another Templar was torn apart.
Hirencia tried to stop it somehow, but Gaon used her emotions to just parry her non-lethal attacks and relentlessly focused on reducing her head count while parrying the ones she made up her mind.
5 minutes like that. In just 5 minutes, Hirencia and Gaon are in the joint. Only two came into existence.
‘It’s my fault. It’s all my fault.’
Hirencia blamed herself as she looked at the corpses scattered here and there.
Obsessed with personal feelings, he made a series of mistakes and ended up killing everyone. It was the worst ending of all that could happen.
And now it was her turn to die.
“Queuck!”
Gaon turned to her.
A head was held in her hand. The newcomer who joined the Knights half a year ago was in so much pain that she couldn’t even close her eyes and opened her mouth.
Gaon threw the newcomer’s head to the ground as if he had no regrets and slowly approached Hirencia.
It was only after seeing her that she truly realized.
She realizes that the Gaon she loved no longer exists in the world. The fact that she must stop the demon that exists in front of her eyes.
That is the path to Gaon.
Hirencia made a firm resolution and raised her sword and aimed it at Gaon.
“Gaon-gyeong. I will definitely kill you.”
“Kuaaaaa!!”
At the same time as her declaration, Gaon rushed in.
The moment she made her decision, she recognized that she was no longer a safe target and acted to annihilate her nemesis, guided by her instincts.
Compared to the first one, the dragon’s claws, which were no inferior at all, but rather amplified their power, aimed at Hirencia while slicing through space.
Kagagagak!
Hirencia desperately threw herself away, but as all of her knights died and were unable to support her, she began to stumble unsteadily as if she would collapse at any moment in the wave after wave of waves that followed.
Every time she spilled a sum, she felt a shock that made her wrists tingle.
As time passed, the pain only got worse, but Hirencia endured it all with only her will to sever Gaon’s sins, and she somehow found her breakthrough.
‘The trajectory is simple. More delicately, quickly, accurately!’
Hirencia’s concentration reached its peak.
The constant testing of limits doubled her stopped growth.
The pressure to live up to the expectations of her family and the world caused her to crack the wall that had been built rather solidly and try to step beyond it.
As time goes by, the balance spreads out.
In a close-knit battle where even a small mistake seemed like it would kill you right away, now it’s to the point where you can strike back from time to time.
From the moment Hirencia first stepped into this dungeon, until she shared her workshop with Gaon, she was constantly stimulated by demons.
The warrior gene mixed in her blood is about to awaken.
She developed under extreme conditions. She gets rid of the useless habit of swordsmanship and pursues the shortest path she can reach her opponent.
In the process, the form gradually disappeared.
And when the pendulum of balance was finally leveled, Hirencia’s swordsmanship completed complete intangibility.
“Ah… !”
Baekhoehyeol is opened.
The top, middle, and bottom transitions are all connected as one, and communication is achieved by direct contact with the outside.
The possibility of opening the way to the realm of transcendence at the same time as the completion of the body. As she felt the mana clearly enough to hold it in her hand, she was able to understand the nature of it a little.
At the same time, potential fully blooms.
Wow!
The strong energy surrounding Hirencia’s sword transforms into true light. Light is the enemy of darkness. The magic that was exposed to the strong wind disappeared and disappeared.
Gaon also momentarily cringed at the sight of the light, then he roared loudly in anger at the fact that he had been frightened.
Seeing him recklessly attacking again, Hirencia took a step forward.
In that moment, she became a light.
Peeing-!
The moment the sword moved, the heavens and the earth were filled with a net of light. The sword swung hundreds of times in one second attacks Gaon leaving an afterimage.
For the first time since the demonic dragon’s ego took over Gaon’s body and was resurrected, he switched to defensive rather than offensive.
Kaga gaga gaga river!
If one is blocked, two from the side, if two are blocked, four from the front and rear, and if even that is blocked, dozens of sword strikes will pour down from all sides, aiming at the whole body.
Due to its nature, the strength of light can completely block even the regenerative power of demonic energy, so each attack was no different from a fatal blow.
When Gaon realized the danger in a situation where he was about to be hacked to pieces at any moment, Hirencia was immersed in other thoughts.
‘I can extinguish demons. Can I get it?’
It’s a shameless and selfish story, but Hirencia still wanted to save Gaon. Until now, she gave up because even the slightest method didn’t exist, but isn’t it different now?
Her own aura, which took on her light traits, was able to dissipate her demonic energy. If so, wouldn’t it be possible to get rid of the magic in her heart?
She decided to try it out.
“Huh!”
Papa baba babat!
The sword accelerates. The sword attack, which had been constantly attacking her so that it was difficult to track it with her eyes, filled the area tightly without leaving even the slightest gap.
Platinum lines drawn in the air become planes and form an inescapable prison.
Ganggi’s organically connected prison does not collapse even when Gaon attacks. As soon as the jet-black river passed, it filled up the noodles and took away the leisure.
Gaon, who finally felt the danger of death, jumped at him, waving his hands wildly.
As the action grew, the gap inevitably grew.
In the meantime, Hirencia, who had approached, compressed her strong energy and hit Gaon’s heart with the mystique of her penetration sutra.
Bullfight!
The strong air that left the palm of my hand with a dull noise penetrated the skin and caused a magnificent explosion near the heart.
Normally, this would lead to death by having the heart torn to shreds, but as it reached 9 stars, mana control reached its peak and it became possible not to injure.
The aura of light burned only the demons that flowed through the mana rod like blood without harming the body.
“Quaaaaagh!”
The eyes, which had been dyed black and gave a terrifying impression, glowed with platinum light, and the scales of the dragon that covered the whole body were amazing! It cracked and began to peel off little by little, revealing its flesh.
Gaon struggled, letting out an unpleasant scream that sounded like scratching iron.
At that time, when she expected that she would regain her original appearance,
Pounding!
A loud heartbeat rang out.
At the same time, the scales that had broken off to her waist began to regenerate and cover her whole body. It was a bonus that her eyes also turned black.
“Big uh… !”
Magi filled with great anger was blazing.
Although it was only for an instant, terrible killings poured out towards Hirencia, who brought her to the brink of extinction.
However, Hirencia did not budge at all. What mattered to her now was the fact that one of her conversions had failed.
Perhaps the same method won’t work again.
‘As expected, that’s the only thing.’
The reason for the failure was simple. It’s just that the amount of aura is insufficient. For a very short time, the aura of light dissipated demonia, creating a void, but soon the demonia emitted from her heart took control of her body again.
The simplest solution is to remove the cause, but that will kill Gaon.
Then, the remaining thing is to inject the energy steadily, without breaking, until the demonic energy is completely annihilated, but in that case, there is one problem.
That she will die. In general, something to think about deeply. However, Hirencia made a decision at once.
‘As long as I can save him, I don’t care.’
Even if she escapes alone like this anyway, she doesn’t have the confidence to live a normal life. Then, even if she couldn’t be together, she wanted to save even the one she loved.
Of course, her life afterward might be painful for him.
There is a high probability of being chased by both the Empire and the Church for the rest of my life, and eventually facing a result that is less than death, but I still wanted to live.
Even if you curse and resent me for being selfish, even if you say so, surely.
‘I want you to live.’
He was the one who let her know that her joy was hers as she went about her gray life day by day, weighed down by her weight.
Even if he was a villain to someone, he was precious to Hirencia.
She went right into action.
First of all, I disabled her arms. Sever the tendon in her wrist to prevent her from counterattacking.
The aura with the trait of light rejected the demonic energy and suppressed its regenerative power.
That’s why I was worried that I might become crippled, but after purifying the demonic energy, I’ll return to my normal body anyway, so it should be possible to treat it simply by using a potion.
Every time he left a scar, he could feel the grief that engulfed his heart, but he resolutely shook it off and even shattered the cartilage in his knee.
Hirencia climbed on top of Gaon, who was roaring ferociously and spread across her floor, holding her body down and placing her palms on her chest.
“Hold on a little. It will be over soon.”
Hirencia smiled bitterly at Gaon, who threatened to rip off her throat right away, and immediately penetrated her aura.
As the opposite aura penetrated her body, her resistance intensified, but she forcibly pressed it and sent her energy toward her heart.
Eventually, when the aura reached the heart, a violent backlash ensued. In order to drive away anything that threatens her, it attacks her aura by spewing demonic energy, but rather it only dissipates the moment it touches the light.
However, no matter how close she is to a natural enemy, her energy is not consumed. Seeing her aura rapidly diminishing as she dissipated the enormous amount of demonic energy, Hirencia energized herself even more.
‘As expected, it can’t be just that.’
Even though she was prepared to risk her life, maybe it was because she still had a little regret. This time, Hirencia made up her mind and brought out the true spirit.
The minimum amount of mana a person needs to survive. Above all, the energy that was clean, pure, and powerful enveloped the light and collided with the demon.
“Kuaaaaa!!”
“…”
Gaon screamed loudly due to the collision of two huge energies within his body. Even if you don’t attack directly, you can’t be free from the aftermath.
However, thanks to Hirencia’s aura, she was able to drive away her demonic energy and finally enter the heart.
And Hirencia faced her ego left by her demon dragon there.
The insidious, evil, and destructive ego of the dragon was glaring at her energy, filled with demonic energy.
Just looking at it, her body trembled with a serious force, but it was nothing more than scrap, and it did not offer much resistance.
In the end, the ego was destroyed by the light, and the demonic energy that filled her heart was also purified.
“Geuhup… !”
Hirencia was overjoyed at the thought that she had finally purified her heart, but as she squeezed her lips and saw the blood flowing out, she held her heart.
Right now, it only purifies the heart’s demons. The Magi that took over the whole body is still intact. Even if I step back like this, my heart will be stained with demonic energy again.
As she spread her aura that had gathered in her heart all over her, her voice was heard.
“… Vice-captain.”
Gaon, who had returned to her original form before she knew it, was staring at her with her guilt-filled face.
