31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 95)
This time, Karuna goes beyond simply becoming stronger and her energy has changed significantly..
Magra, who witnessed that energy, froze as if turned to stone..
pot.
“I'm First!”
Karen soared into the air..
The burning scarlet sword struck down Magra..
Kwaaaaang-!
“Ughhh!”
And then, Karuna's sword crushed Magra..
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
“Wow!!”
Magra's feet fell to the ground, and the floor of the summit and the ceiling of the lower level collapsed..
Kwazizizik!
It was the beginning of the great collapse of the Altar of Fire..
* * *
Sulfur skeleton troops entered Magra's blurred vision..
“Magra! Magra! What happened! come to your senses!”
This was a voice Magra had heard often recently..
“glass… do….”
“Magra! Are you out of your mind? They are….”
pot.
Paat.
Kwaaaaang!
Karen, Karuna, Jamad, and Snow fell one after another through the collapsed ceiling..
Rumble…
Afterwards, people who had no need to climb up to the torch gathered here, which had collapsed and expanded..
“snowman!”
“Everyone is fine! I survived thanks to you!”
“What should I do now? Trolls are coming up from below!”
Magra stood up shakily..
Whoop whoop…
Magra takes a deep breath..
I had to put a lot of effort into saying that much..
“Cough… Come on, Jando.….”
“Magra! What happened??”
“…There's a problem. very serious.”
“What kind of problem is this? The central axis of the altar was shifted again due to the impact. Once this is restored, I will join in as well.!”
“No, the central axis is not important anymore. It's better to break something like that..”
Snowfall quietly waited for Magra. There were no variables no matter how the situation progressed..
Magra said with a sombre expression..
“This place is over today. Your plan is over, so don't hesitate and go back to your tribe right away and tell the alliance..”
“yes? What is that... Is it because of those rats??”
Magra shook his head..
The words he spoke with a self-deprecating laugh were shocking..
“It wasn't a rat. It was a misjudgment.”
“yes?”
“Even if you get older, the feeling is still the same. today… i will die.”
“Magra! Additional troops have arrived! Now they….”
“Shut up and listen! A cup too! There's nothing we can do with our troops. A body without a head is nothing more than a piece of meat! today… I will die, but for the price of my life, the Sulfur Skull will not have to die. Tell it to the federation. Magra even used gold magic. If I just say this, the old people will judge for themselves. No time, go. hurry!”
“…….”
“and… Be sure to remember the shadow. If this Magra's end is a bitter one..”
“Mr. Magra!”
“stop! There's nothing more to say!”
“…thanked.”
Magra urged Zando and stepped forward..
This was my first time seeing snowfall like this. Running away.
And indeed, Jando bit his lip and without saying a word, gathered up the few remaining soldiers and began to leave..
“Come on, catch it.….”
“I can't afford that.”
In reality, it could be said that snowfall accounted for almost all of the combat power of these personnel..
Since the two twin knights were dealing with Magra and Jamard had to protect Snowfall, there was no time to escalate the fight here..
Just worry for a moment.
Magra lit a final flame as if to draw attention away from the retreating Jando..
Grumbling-!
he said decisively.
“Magra, I will try my best not to be ugly in the end. It would be nice if you could be my friend on the road..”
simplicity and honesty.
Ujijijik.
His weak body gradually swelled..
Muscles that had only traces of them built up again, and the wrinkles went away and tight skin took their place..
[Fierce Magra uses the forbidden spell: Incarnation..]
[Fierce Magra's physical abilities and magical power are maximized..]
[Forbidden spells use the caster's life as their sacrifice..]
Squeaky-!
Magra's appearance changed into a monkey covered in flames, just like the Purga he had encountered earlier. She seemed to have lost her mind, the whites of her eyes were exposed and she was drooling..
Kwaaaaang-!
Unlike before, his attack on Karen was powerful enough to push her back..
“This young man!”
Karen resolutely swung her sword and pushed his blade away. Karuna suddenly took a breath through the gap..
Caen!
a cheerful sound.
Magra also easily blocked Karuna's attack and then continued the offensive..
Kaaaang!
Kaang!
Caen!
In an instant, more than a dozen collisions occurred..
In the process, the back and forth continued to the extent that it was difficult to say which side suffered the loss..
At that time, the entire altar began to shake..
Kwaaang!
bang!
As the clash with Magra continued, the shaking grew. Probably because the zando stopped supporting the altar..
Magra quickly fell into a trance..
Kwagwa River!
“stronger!”
Kaaaang!
“faster!”
Go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go!
Kaang! Caen!
It was a truly strange fight..
“Burn to death! Burn to death! Hi-Hi! It's fire!”
His speed was like lightning and his power shook heaven and earth..
Even Karen and Karuna, who were in the most perfect condition, could not hurt him..
‘no, that's not it.’
Karen and Karuna were constantly hurting Magra. However, even if Magra gets stabbed or cut, it recovers instantly..
Once the incarnation spell is over, unless something goes wrong, Magra will face his end..
It was then.
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
One corner of the altar shook violently, and the shaking of the altar became more severe..
Jeokjeok…
So bad so bad-!
The altar collapsed in real time..
“Wow!!”
“Everyone hold on tight! Don't let it fall!”
“wagon! Someone help me with the cart!”
“catch! Dad, hold my hand!”
In the midst of the father.
In a dangerous situation, people gathered together as one mass..
Kang Seol felt ominous when Magra's pupils, who seemed to have lost their senses, returned to their original clear state..
“damage!”
Magra used his final move, aiming for the moment when the altar collapsed..
Damn it…
“Tsk tsk tsk… too… late. You can't escape, let's die together, shadows!”
crackling…
Chijijik…
[Fierce Magra uses Forbidden Spell: Fuse..]
[explodes after a while.]
Cheeeeeeeek…
“Hehe… Before you escape, the flames will engulf everything. This altar too… You too... everything.”
Whioooooooo…
Magra felt like he had become a huge bomb..
A huge force was gathering within his body. All the power he had gathered during his lifetime.
“run away….”
“how… what should i do!”
This time is so urgent that it can be said to be desperate..
“Save me, save me.”
“Help me, snowman!”
“please save us!”
“I don't want to die... no… mom.”
People were united as one, looking at the snowfall..
The fairytale-like anecdotes he showed gave hope to the residents who thought they would never survive once they were taken to Yognatun..
I can buy it. Don't give up.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Kang Seol..
Just when Kang Seol was about to open his mouth, someone stepped forward..
Cheolgruguk.
“I guess it won't work….”
“…Karen?”
“99I'll give you points.”
It's a gray knight.
It was Karen.
“I just filled it all out, 100 points”
Kang Seol remembered something she once said..
- If I complete all the points, I will serve you wholeheartedly..
Soon Magra's explosion drowned out the sound..
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
Bleep.…
At that moment, Karen spun violently..
[Karen uses Fire Flower.]
[Absorbs heat within a certain radius.]
……
It was a truly strange meeting..
A knight from a fallen empire is awakened by the hand of a mere shadow summoner. Even for those who are still far below that level..
After giving Jin's head to the usurpers, Karen was reduced to ashes. My heart was burned with so much anger and sadness..
But why did she stand up after such a long time?.
By the hands of that cold-looking human.
That's how the journey began.
Still, she had no reason to live..
Even though Karuna was now within reach, she still felt empty..
The trip with the summoner was okay, not bad..
Even though I became a shadow, I was still hungry, so I ate a lot of delicious food. Food that has changed from previous times. The taste was more refined and stimulating..
Still, the food I remember most now was the food the summoner cooked. When I sat around the campfire and ate stew while the puff blew, I felt lost..
It was like a dream I had while falling into a deep sleep in her place, deep in the Montra Empire..
I really feel like an adventurer.
She still wanted to be a knight of Jin, but that was the first time she got the feeling that being an adventurer wouldn't be bad either..
Karen felt herself wandering throughout the trip..
‘wandering? I?’
Between what and what is that wandering?.
life and death.
Or from Jhin and the Summoner.
‘Probably not.’
She denied being shaken..
I wanted to be Jin's knight forever.
It happened in Shadow Canyon..
- It's okay to fly, Koopa..
The summoner with his back turned, tickling the giant bird's neck, was a mysterious person. For no reason, her heart felt relieved at what the summoner said..
Even if it was only a few months of travel, she knew for sure.
Wherever he went, wherever there was life, he was wanted..
- thank you… Thank you, hehe… Ugh….
- It is salvation. Can something like this happen?!
There were people who considered him a miracle or salvation..
‘It looks ordinary to me….’
All eyes followed him..
The fact that she herself was flattered by that look was a secret she couldn't tell anyone..
- Heroes are lazy. You didn't save me.
Gunt's dying words pierced her heart like a dagger. It was a remark that seemed to scold her for still wandering around in her inner self..
This is the world, you're still lazy.
‘no! I am… I am….’
she was lost.
Even though I had power, I had no idea how to wield it..
However, the summoner was different..
He looked somewhere with expressionless eyes. As if I'm confident, as if I know this path.
she envied him.
She couldn't control her shaking anymore..
I already knew.
that he is right.
But I got scared again.
If things continue like this, I will forget Jin, and then the most precious memories of my life will disappear..
Sigh…
The summoner who was stroking the bird's feathers turned back..
he wasn't snowfall.
It was Jin.
“So, are you coming back to me? A faithful knight.”
“Yeah, Jean.”
“You're still hesitant. That's how you are. You need to know that I'm stubborn..”
she knows too.
The fact that I can see Jin now means that this place is not real..
Quaaaaaaa-!
…wren!
Geek…
Gigi Geek!
The reality was in a more painful place..
hot.
So painful.
If the rotation stops even for a moment, the flames will engulf people..
it's more painful.
‘It's painful….’
Is this what a hero is like?.
Having to shoulder everyone else's pain.
I felt proud and distressed at the same time, and my mind went blank again..
When you get further away from reality, Jin approaches you..
“what answer do you want?”
“…jin.”
“Karen?”
“…They say the emperor is made by the times and the times are made by people..”
Jin's illusion nodded..
“Of course.”
“It's a new era in which an emperor is born... Something like that... How do you know that??”
“Are you curious about the method??”
“okay.”
Jin gave an answer right away..
“follow the eyes.”
“eye?”
“Eyes are like the soul of life. Remember where those eyes go.”
“where the eyes go….”
Kiriririririk-!
There was no way Karen, who was still spinning to suppress the flames, could see such a thing. Obviously, it was. There was no way it could be seen.
But I saw it.
‘see.’
Everyone's eyes were on Snowfall..
‘No, it's me?’
I do not know yet.
“Was it the answer??”
“Yeah, Jean.”
“…Karen.”
“Thank you for the time.”
“Karen.”
Grumbling!
The gray world began to turn red..
Just like burning all the pictures containing memories, her world was set on fire..
Together…
Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
Gigi Geek!
Finally, she stopped spinning.
As if a curtain had lifted, as if a clear sky had pushed away dark clouds, Magra's flames gathered around Karen's missing sword. It looked as if she was holding onto the air..
“ha… Haaa….”
“Karen!”
“The hair….”
Her hair changed from gray to red..
Finally, it's back.
“Kahaha! yet… I still had something left to burn!”
she looked happy.
There was silence.
Before I knew it, the collapse of the altar had already stopped, perhaps because the central axis had been corrected due to excessive shock..
she said with a grin.
“Summoner!”
“Karen….”
“I still don't know. Even if you have power, you don't know how to wield it and what to cut down..”
“…….”
“One, you seem to know it. So I ask.”
her smile disappeared.
“can you tell me the way?”
Kang Seol answered.
“However much.”
Karen muttered quietly..
“Karen, the 10th guardian of the Montra royal family, will step down from her position as guardian as of today. Thank you so much.”
Grumbling…
A huge flame shot from her hand towards Magra..
[Karen uses red lotus cham (紅蓮斬).]
[can't control the force.]
[Red lotus charm is improved.]
“Hello, Jin. i'm leaving.”
Karen still saw the illusion of Jin in her eyes..
However, Jin's welcome caught fire..
His vision was distorted, like a faded photograph being set on fire..
he said with a smile.
- Feel free to fly, Karen..
The illusion finally disappeared.
Chijijiijijikei profit…
A warm energy swept over the altar..
[enlightenment! Karen discovers new abilities.]
[Karen explains the seasons: how to draw a sunset.]
[Season: Sunset drawing is born!]
Now is the era of great purification.
All that is hungry and evil will be burned and destroyed..
“big… Wow!….”
Magra screaming in pain while engulfed in flames.
The dawn of a new era came with the glow of dusk..
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