Genius Warlock-Episode 537
537. princess and prince (1)
Creatures in the forest affected by disease-type black magic attacked Oliver with their size, weight, and numbers as soon as they found an opening..
It's like a huge bull crashing into a person..
The withered Oliver was blown away by the impact and collapsed, and creatures covered in pus, swelling, and blisters rushed over him like a pack of dogs..
pure and primal violence.
The sound of hard teeth chewing on a stone echoed quietly in the forest..
The warlocks, mercenaries, and treasure hunters who joined in the middle, including Millieu, looked at the scene in silence..
As those who engage in violence, it was something they instinctively knew..
Right now, Oliver is the biggest force here..
I needed him, like it or not, to survive in this unreasonable forest..
But he was being attacked by creatures..
“······.”
They deserved help in order to survive, but no one could move..
Frightened? It wasn't. It was quite the opposite..
Obviously, it was because Oliver wasn't anxious at all even though he was being attacked..
The visual information clearly showed that Oliver was in danger, but I wasn't anxious at all..
Instead, it spread a different kind of anxiety..
Overwhelming power and presence. Irresistible Dominance.
Those who came from outside Gallos felt confused by this unfamiliar sensation, but those who worked within Gallos felt rather familiar with it..
The remnants who worked under the human meat chef, or the various bosses of Milliu who competed with the human meat chef..
“Lucien. This······.”
Pierre, the oldest of Millieu's many bosses, asked:.
The faint sensation I felt when Oliver stopped me from cutting off the flesh of Iwan, a debt collector, was felt with utmost clarity at this moment..
The presence of a human meat chef..
Lucien couldn't say anything. He too was distracted by the sight before his eyes..
Now that the human meat chef has disappeared, there is a human meat chef here... No, something even worse than that has appeared..
“shadow. Eat it up. all.”
Oliver muttered softly..
Because the surroundings were quiet, everyone could hear, and thanks to this, people could see the wide shadows forming multiple teeth, like ink spilled on the ground..
Kwasik!!
The teeth, which were repulsively aligned, began chewing the diseased creatures alive..
“Wow!······!”
“Gurgling! Grumble!!”
“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
Each of the huge and menacing creatures disappeared between their teeth while screaming strangely, and the people who watched them felt a shiver of discomfort, disgust, and rejection running down their spines, as if they were watching them eat bugs..
Fundamental human emotions that cannot be overcome only by courage and bravery.
That wasn't all that bothered me.
The fact that Oliver's shadow remained fine even after eating a creature affected by disease-weakening black magic was also something that anyone with any knowledge of black magic would find strange..
Creature-only disease - It didn't make sense to eat a creature that was affected by a weakening black magic spell and still be fine..
In human terms, it means that people can eat meat infected with diseases and parasites and still be fine..
It made no sense to say that this was possible other than that it was resistant to the disease itself, but that was not an area that could be handled with magic. The problem of previous innate characteristics.
There was only one person who could do that.
A human meat chef who handled tens of thousands of diseases and had resistance to them..
“Gooooooooooo!”
Just as the shadow was about to eat all the creatures around it, other creatures from afar suddenly changed direction and attacked the shadow..
5A huge skeletal giant over a meter tall let out a gloomy roar and grabbed Oliver's shadow with its huge hands and bit it..
Oliver's shadow tried to fight back by grabbing the skeleton giant with its characteristic mollusk-like movements, but other creatures came in like a swarm of ants and attacked the shadow..
The headless scarecrow stabbed him with a sickle and a hoe.,
The hollow armor is cut with spears and swords.,
A blindfolded beheader swings a huge axe.,
A dwarf with a big nose tried to control the shadow by stabbing it with a stake..
In addition, a hunchback carrying a huge money bag and small but twisted little monsters like children attacked the shadows by biting them..
It was like seeing hell..
So many monsters fighting against a giant shadow monster..
Oliver's shadow gorged on the surrounding creatures with its characteristic greed and ferocity, but more creatures poured out than it could eat, hurting the shadow..
It was proof that the power of Sleeping Forest was in no way inferior to that of the human meat cook..
Well, the number of people making up this sleeping forest seems to be at least hundreds of thousands..
In a hellish landscape that seemed to have no end in sight, Oliver, wearing a shadow cloak, slowly stood up..
Immediately after falling, a shadow protected his body.,
After waking up like that, Oliver tilted his head to one side and made a crunching noise, then took a deep breath and exhaled as if he was tired..
“Whoop... ha-”
As soon as he sighed, Oliver raised the blood-red dagger in his left hand to shoulder height..
creepy······!
A light movement that is nothing special.
However, the part of Millieu and the remnants of the human meat chef who saw that were all human meat chefs. Thinking about that, I felt a chill running down my spine..
The only word that comes to mind is death.
Oliver tilted his dagger arm back slightly, his muscles contracted, and air rushed around his back..
People, creatures, albeit in very slow motion. Everyone looked at that sight in fascination. Like a rat facing a snake.
Then, someone shouted.
“Lie down!”
Squeak━
At the same time as he shouted, Oliver swung his arms forward and cut into the air..
The cold sound of cutting quietly spread through the air with small ripples.,
Centering on Oliver, all the creatures, trees, rocks, etc. within sight were cut cleanly into pieces and parts fell to the ground, making a loud noise..
By a single sword slash swung in the air by Oliver..
In a situation where you don't know what happened. The only thing that understood was Millieu, who had dealt with the human meat chef in the past, and the remnants of the human meat chef who served him..
A beheading that cuts off the heads of those who oppose it all at once..
The only people who could survive this attack were those who were so overcome by the fear of death that they fell to their knees, bowed their heads, and gave up fighting..
Just like the people here.
“······.”
It felt like the dead human meat cook had returned. No, I felt like I was back in my worst form..
Millieu, including Lucien, and the warlocks, mercenaries, and treasure hunters who joined them each looked up at Oliver while lying face down..
The only paladin wearing armor all over his body was standing on two legs to protect himself from the slash..
“Eat it up.”
However, Oliver did not care at all about the reactions of those people and simply ordered the shadow with a stern expression. Made them eat the cut up creatures..
As soon as he heard the command, Oliver's shadow stretched out like a snake and devoured the creatures that tried to recover..
Not only creatures, but even cut down trees and land..
It wasn't strange.
In the first place, this sleeping forest itself was a space created based on the creative system. Although barrier techniques were added and the techniques that comprised them were high-level, the basis was nothing more than creatures..
Oliver's shadow spread out in all directions, devouring everything around him, like a man who had starved for several days..
And Oliver, the root of the shadow that eats everything, stood still where he was swinging his dagger and looked around, his gaze stopped, he extracted his emotions and threw them to one side..
Emotions in the form of fog stretched out thinly, hitting the empty space and causing ripples..
As a ripple erupted, the space became distorted, and a moment later, an old woman with fairy-like wings appeared in the air..
“shadow.”
As soon as the old woman appeared in the air, Oliver asked the shadow, and the shadow rushed at the old woman with its sharp teeth..
A shadow charge that grew in size and ferocity by eating numerous creatures..
The fairy with wings on her back must have already made up her mind, so she swung the staff in her hand and cast a black spell..
It was clearly a creature, but it didn't seem like an ordinary creature..
It must have been made from a unique material like the shadow of a pan..
Emotions poured out of her body in response to the wand the old woman swung, turning into sparkling light and hitting the shadow..
‘Manipulative black magic.’
Oliver guessed the old woman's specialty..
It wasn't that hard to find, as he created darkness to move, hid himself in the air, and used mind-manipulating black magic on Oliver's creatures..
Oliver's shadow stopped for about a second in the light thrown by the old woman..
It seemed like the old woman was a warlock of considerable skill before becoming a creature..
Although there are differences depending on the entity, mind manipulation black magic was difficult to establish without creating an intermediary or situation..
However, at least 1 second.
It was an awkward time to block the shadow attack. However, instead of panicking, the old woman this time manipulated the Sleeping Forest itself to push away the shadow..
The ground itself was pushed away like a wave and the shadow was also blown back..
At the same time, the old woman tried to move by using another technique..
The evidence was the black magic circle that appeared beneath the old woman's surface by twisting the spatial technique..
She tried to escape from this place by applying a twisted magic using a creature called Sleeping Forest..
A fleeting moment. The spell was activated and the ground distorted and exploded, swallowing the old woman and trying to move her, but then the ground stopped and began to return to its original shape..
Oliver reversed the old woman's technique and interfered with it..
“ah······.”
The embarrassed old woman looked at Oliver and let out an exclamation. Surprised that Oliver used his influence on Sleeping Beauty to thwart his spell..
That's right, even if you understand the spell, applying it to the creature Sleeping Forest is a completely different story..
Creatures are artificial life forms. It was difficult to exercise control unless you were the owner..
The old woman reflexively looked around to find the reason, and soon saw Oliver's shadow stuck in the ground of Sleeping Forest in the form of a huge needle..
The shadow, which ate the creatures of the Sleeping Forest and absorbed their characteristics, burrowed into the Sleeping Forest in a parasitic form and exerted control..
A situation where the space you thought was in the palm of your hand has become someone else's hand..
The old woman looked at Oliver with bewilderment and fear, as most people do, and then she made eye contact with Oliver..
The old woman instinctively opened her mouth..
“Now, wait a minute-”
-[Targeting)]
Oliver chanted, extending his left hand..
A dartboard was formed between Oliver's hands and the old woman's neck, and Oliver increased his force and dragged the old woman's neck and grabbed it..
“Kuok······!”
Due to the speed and strong grip, the old woman was caught helplessly without even being able to resist..
Apart from his black magic skills, combat did not seem to be his specialty..
All the captured old woman can do is struggle and make gasping sounds..
The old woman screamed desperately, even though it felt like she was going to die at any moment..
Although he couldn't make out anything because of the tight grip on his throat, Oliver knew what he wanted to say..
Because I was able to read desperate emotions instead of voices..
“I did that earlier. You did it, right??”
Oliver asked, remembering Colin, who was made of darkness, and the old woman answered yes with a flash of emotion, but at the same time, her unfair feelings glowed and she protested that it was absolutely not her will..
Oliver asked again.
“Who ordered it? princess?”
Oliver guessed from memory who the owner of this forest was, and his guess was correct..
The old woman desperately responded with emotion, saying that it was not her will and that it was the princess who ordered her to do so..
Perhaps because of the stronger nature of the material, it was stronger than a normal creature, but Oliver didn't really care..
I wasn't interested in creatures or anything, and I got all the answers I wanted..
“big······!”
Perhaps reading Oliver's feelings, the old woman felt that her life was in danger and desperately asked for a chance..
He said that he had no choice but to follow orders. There was absolutely no malice.
But, as I said earlier, that wasn't important to Oliver..
Tduduk!
After finishing his business, Oliver used his hand to lightly break the old woman's neck..
With a cold and insensitive attitude that does not allow the slightest mercy or defense.
Strangely enough, that look seemed to suit Oliver very well..
Arrogant, one-sided, ruthless.
Oliver threw the old woman's body on the ground like throwing away an unwieldy piece of trash, and the shadow chewed up the old woman's body and swallowed it in one bite..
Everyone looked at it in silence..
There's only one person who can speak first now.
The person opened his mouth..
“I'm going to meet the princess for a moment..”
Oliver said that and went into the forest without listening to anyone's answer. No one dared to stop it.
***
A few minutes after Oliver left for the heart of the forest, people stood up one by one..
They all looked stunned and remained silent as if they couldn't accept the situation..
That's because I had an experience where the human meat cook who was murdered by the archive reappeared..
I thought it was an illusion, but it wasn't..
It was too clear to be an illusion, and too many people were thinking the same thing..
I couldn't understand.
No matter how famous he is in Landa, how can a young man who looks like he is just over 20 years old be an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years? Does it give off a presence that goes beyond that?.
Above all, the beheading I saw at the end was not something I could just copy..
Because it was a technique that was nothing short of a symbol of a human flesh cook, cutting off the heads of those who resisted and subjugating those who were scared..
It was never something that could just be imitated..
Many of Millieu's bosses looked at Lucien and silently asked what happened.,
The remnants of the human meat cook who came to Sleeping Forest as if they were being chased here also looked at each other in silence and asked each other what was going on..
Of course, no one came up with a clear answer..
Rather, my doubts grew. For example, is it really the archive that defeated the human meat cook??
When I saw the scene before my eyes, endless questions arose. If you think about it, who thought the Archive had defeated the human meat chef??
However, since it was not something that could be easily said out loud, everyone remained silent, and then a voice rang out that could not be determined whether it was a woman, a man, a child, or an old man..
“A human meat chef comes to mind..”
The owner of the voice was none other than a paladin clad in iron armor and an iron coat..
Now, with those words, he has brought to the surface the unspoken question that everyone feels..
The human meat chef appeared over Oliver's appearance, and the question of who defeated the human meat chef was raised..
When he, who was always silent, spoke, the weight of his words became even heavier, and everyone fixed their eyes, wondering what he would say more..
However, the paladin was silent again and looked around as if he sensed something, and pointed to a point..
Eyes moving in unison. After a while, as if someone had opened a crack in the messed up sleeping forest, a pile of bubbling sheets rose up from under the ground and turned into the shape of a door..
Black magic? No, it was something similar to black magic, but different. Human sacrifice at the cost of human life.
While everyone is alert and ready. A doll-like man appeared through a side door made of corpses..
A man with a thistle crown on his head and a sharp knife made of flesh in one hand..
He was a candidate for the prince of the Swan Church, who attacked the remnants of the human meat cooks and numerous people, including Claude..
He has now appeared here using human sacrifice..
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