Chapter 129: Prophet of Wrath (4)
―Hmm… My ego doesn’t remember, but it seems my body does.
“Is that so?”
Choi Hee-yeon, who had come to the Pyongyang Contaminated Zone together with the Heavenly Thunder Sword.
While heading toward the depths, she hardly discovered any monsters.
It was because during the Monster Wave, they had already all come down to Beijing Command.
At that time, she also recalled the memory of struggling quite a bit while dealing with the monsters together with other Hunters at Beijing Command.
―Yes, it seems correct. There is a strangely lingering atmosphere of home.
As soon as the Heavenly Thunder Sword entered the depths of the contaminated zone, it flew around here and there while muttering.
The Dungeon Gate had already gone into a rampage and disappeared, leaving only the contaminated zone, but it seemed the scent inside the Dungeon could still be felt by the Heavenly Thunder Sword’s senses.
“What should I do now?”
―From now on, I’ll have to find a way.
“Didn’t you come knowing everything?”
―Knowing and not knowing are separated by a single sheet of paper. If you remove that sheet, you come to know what you didn’t know. Do you understand, my disciple?
“…….”
Choi Hee-yeon did not bother to reply and looked around the contaminated zone.
This was the contaminated zone where the Heavenly Thunder Sword had first been discovered by Psycho.
Originally, to purify a contaminated zone, one had to defeat the boss monster of that place.
The Heavenly Thunder Sword was precisely the boss monster of the Pyongyang Contaminated Zone.
To put it simply, this place could only be purified by killing the Heavenly Thunder Sword.
But that was something neither Psycho nor Choi Hee-yeon wanted. There was no need to mention the Heavenly Thunder Sword itself.
That was why the Heavenly Thunder Sword had come here saying it would solve the problem itself.
But it seemed it hadn’t brought the answer either.
―Don’t be so dejected. This seat is…
“Yes. The proud famous sword of the world’s greatest sect, the Heavenly Thunder Sect, and my master.”
―Yes. Trust me, my disciple.
Tszkwakwakwa-
The Heavenly Thunder Sword released energy from its blade and cleared away the toxic fog in the depths.
Choi Hee-yeon also operated her mana and resisted the toxicity of the Creep.
Considering she had entered the depths without contaminated zone protective gear, her breathing was quite stable.
Not even a wisp of poison could seep into her body.
It was not simply because she had wrapped her body with a mana barrier.
She was pushing out the poison using the breathing method she had received from the Heavenly Thunder Sword.
“I will train here.”
While the Heavenly Thunder Sword looked around, Choi Hee-yeon sat cross-legged on top of the Creep.
Tsztsztz…
Naturally the Creep tried to climb up and cover her body.
Pazik- Pazijijik-
Blue sparks rose from her body and instantly disintegrated the Creep.
Her buttocks were not even firmly attached to the ground.
A faint electric current flowed, and her body floated slightly above the floor.
In that state, she began the Heavenly Thunder Sect’s secret mind method by circulating the mana inside her body.
The more extreme the environment, the greater the training effect, so the contaminated zone was an ideal place.
There were no monsters to disturb her training either.
―Hmm… It seems to be here.
Meanwhile, the Heavenly Thunder Sword followed the atmosphere of its hometown and stopped at one point.
In front of a collapsed building that had become ruins.
It was entirely covered in Creep, so one could only tell it was a building upon close inspection.
The Heavenly Thunder Sword went up to the place that had now become a Creep hill.
―This is the right place. The smell of my hometown.
Of course there were no traces of the lower world, and there was no dimensional rift either.
However, the power of the Dungeon that had burst out when the gate went into a rampage still remained.
To the Heavenly Thunder Sword, it felt like the air of its hometown lower world rather than the Dungeon.
Shuik- Shuuuiik-
The Heavenly Thunder Sword, which had been flying back and forth above the Creep hill, stopped in mid-air as if it had made a decision.
―My disciple. Listen while you train. From now on, I will try to purify the Creep here. I won’t be able to move during that time, so watch over me well.
After finishing its words, the Heavenly Thunder Sword moved to the place where the residual traces of power were the thickest.
Puuuuk-
And the long blade pierced into the Creep.
Tsztsut- Tsztsutszut-
Soon after, the Creep began to slowly climb up the blade of the Heavenly Thunder Sword.
It was strange for the Creep to cling to it because the Heavenly Thunder Sword, the boss monster of this contaminated zone, could not possibly be contaminated by Creep.
In other words, it meant the Heavenly Thunder Sword was voluntarily absorbing the Creep.
This was the only way to purify all the Creep.
Since the Pyongyang Contaminated Zone was quite large, it would take quite a long time.
Meanwhile, Choi Hee-yeon, who had been training and heard the Heavenly Thunder Sword’s voice.
There were no monsters here, so there was no particular need to stay on guard.
However, she could not rule out the possibility that beings more problematic than monsters would come.
Namely GODS.
Since the contaminated zone was practically their home ground, caution was necessary.
While she was training with all her senses open like that.
Tsztsztzts…
“……!”
A wicked energy coldly wrapped around her skin.
Choi Hee-yeon quickly stopped her training and stood up from her seat.
Srung-
The moment she drew the hellstone demonic sword from her waist.
Kwarurururung-
Red lightning fell down above her head.
Pazijijik!
She raised the demonic sword above her head by a hair’s breadth and blocked the lightning, but.
Crack-
Due to the strong pressure contained in the lightning itself, Choi Hee-yeon’s knees buckled and she braced herself with a wide stance.
“I thought you were just a nothing human. Interesting.”
A thick voice came from beyond the toxic fog.
At the voice that sounded human yet not human, Choi Hee-yeon was certain.
GODS.
And not an ordinary one, but a prophet-level powerhouse.
Today was the first time she faced a GODS powerhouse alone.
She felt tense, but she didn’t feel fear or anything like that.
It was because she had learned a lot from her junior Psycho and her master Heavenly Thunder Sword in the meantime.
Swish-
The moment she seriously readjusted her grip on the sword.
Kwagwagwagwang!
Once again, flashing red lightning.
This time it was shot from beyond the toxic fog in front, not above her head.
Kwatztsztz-
Her body, which had blocked the lightning, was instantly pushed back dozens of meters.
“You dare to come out and fight me? You’re just an extra who will be toyed with and then exit.”
The villain’s continuing voice.
Choi Hee-yeon’s head buzzed from the wicked Demonic energy contained in that voice.
It was frustrating, but she had no choice but to admit it.
That he was a powerhouse she could not handle alone.
Beep beep-
[Cannot transmit signal]
[Service unavailable area]
Since this was the depths of the contaminated zone, her watch was naturally dead.
She couldn’t carelessly leave the depths.
Not only did she have to protect the Heavenly Thunder Sword, which was purifying the contaminated zone.
From the beginning, the moment she showed even the slightest opening to that villain, she would be as good as dead.
But it wasn’t that there was no method at all.
Of course, whether it would work was unknown.
Still, she had to try.
‘So-young, can you hear me? It’s Choi Hee-yeon.’
She spoke in her mind while resonating with the unidentified energy enveloping her body.
That was exactly the method her junior Psycho had told her for exchanging telepathy with Chae So-young.
The one problem was that communication could be difficult in special places like the depths of a contaminated zone.
Because Psycho had arbitrarily left power in her body, it could not be perfect.
She had no choice but to keep trying until it connected.
Of course, even during that, the villain’s attacks continued.
Paztsztzts- Kwakwakwa!
Red lightning flew at her as if toying with her, adjusting its strength.
There was no problem blocking it for now, but if things continued like this, she would eventually collapse from exhaustion.
“You must be feeling it too. That only futile death awaits at the end of your desperate struggle to survive. Keuhuhu…….”
The villain’s mocking laughter disturbed Choi Hee-yeon’s mind, but she did not yield easily.
‘So-young, if you can hear me, please respond.’
Kwagwagwagwa-
Choi Hee-yeon was hit by the red lightning that split the air and was sent flying far away.
“Cough.”
In the end, she spat out red blood from her mouth.
“As expected, your concentration is dropping more and more. That was your limit.”
Thud thud.
Finally, the villain walked out from beyond the toxic fog and revealed his appearance.
He could no longer be seen as human.
A reptilian human whose entire body was covered in red scales, with horns on his head and a tail on his buttocks.
“Prophet of Wrath Edgar Malone…”
“Oh, you know me?”
Choi Hee-yeon knew him.
Because he was the one who had left Federation Chairman Hannah Adams on the verge of death.
Since she shared CIA and villain information, Choi Hee-yeon also roughly knew about his appearance and abilities.
She had guessed from the moment he emitted red lightning, but she became certain the moment she saw his dragon-like appearance.
“…….”
Choi Hee-yeon did not carelessly provoke him.
It was because he was known to explode with rage at the slightest provocation and brutally trample his opponent.
Doing such a thing with her current skill level would be no different from suicide.
Instead, she had to somehow deliver the telepathy to Chae So-young.
Whether she heard it or not.
‘So-young, a prophet has appeared in the Pyongyang Contaminated Zone. If you can contact junior Psycho…’
―Huh? Hee-yeon…
Finally, Chae So-young’s voice faintly reached her head.
But because it was the depths of the contaminated zone, it was not clearly audible.
To make matters worse.
“This is boring. You should die now.”
Kwarurururung- Pakakakang!
Choi Hee-yeon twisted her body and quickly swung her sword to parry the attacks as much as possible.
But Edgar’s attacks grew fiercer and fiercer.
She could no longer only play defensively.
Paztsztz-
Blue lightning wrapped around Choi Hee-yeon’s body.
The moment Edgar noticed it, a flash of interest crossed his eyes.
“Lightning? This looks like it’ll be a bit fun.”
Edgar grinned and swung his arm.
Kwakwakwakwakwa!
The moment multiple streams of red lightning surrounded Choi Hee-yeon from all directions and struck.
She lightly swung her sword.
Drawing a very precise straight line.
Pasut-
A thin line was drawn in the air.
For an instant, a blue flash flickered and disappeared as if brushing past Edgar’s eyes.
Pasasasasak-
The red lightning streams slowly crumbled.
To Edgar’s eyes it looked endlessly slow, but everything happened in the blink of an eye.
The extreme meaning contained in a single sword strike.
Edgar, who knew nothing of the sword, could not understand it, but he instinctively felt it.
Edgar raised the corner of his mouth in a grin.
“You were more interesting than I thought, human. Good, a little more…”
But Choi Hee-yeon’s single strike was not the end.
Kwarururururung!
A single stream of blue lightning poured out from the place where the sword had been drawn.
Tszkwakwakwakwa-
Edgar, who took it with his bare body, was pushed back several steps.
Choi Hee-yeon originally had no intention of provoking her opponent, but the full-scale fight had already begun.
Therefore, the only answer was to press the attack.
Swish- Pakwakwakwa!
Every time her sword swung, blue lightning struck Edgar’s body.
Edgar spewed dark red mana from his body to defend.
Clearly Choi Hee-yeon was the one pressing the attack, but strangely she looked even more pressed for time.
While she was pouring attacks for a while.
Tat-
Edgar, who had only been retreating, suddenly kicked off the ground and charged toward Choi Hee-yeon.
Kwadeuk!
In an instant he grabbed both her sword and her nape with his bare hands at the same time.
Kwaaaang!
And slammed her straight into the ground.
“……!”
Choi Hee-yeon’s head pierced through the Creep and the ground without resistance.
Her eyes widened involuntarily from the surging pain and fear.
“I’ll teach you why you fools who still don’t follow Father can never defeat us.”
Puak-
Edgar pulled Choi Hee-yeon, who had been driven into the ground, back up.
Ppak-
The wrist of Choi Hee-yeon holding the hellstone demonic sword broke powerlessly, and she dropped the sword.
Crack-
And the scaled hand gripping her neck tightened harder and harder.
Tsztsztz-
Red sparks rose from Edgar’s hand, but the mana barrier wrapped around Choi Hee-yeon’s body was blocking them.
But she also knew well that she couldn’t endure for long.
“Weak body and shabby mana. That is the limit of ordinary humans. If you had accepted Father’s great will and overcome the limits of humanity.”
Pazijijijik-
Dark red mana gradually tore through the solid mana barrier.
It looked as if black insects were crawling over Choi Hee-yeon’s white skin.
“You could have welcomed the new world that will soon arrive together.”
“Such a new world… will never come. Not in your lifetime.”
Choi Hee-yeon, who had remained silent the whole time, finally opened her mouth.
Edgar made a sneering smile.
“Full of spirit.”
“Godfather will die at Psycho’s hands.”
At the following words, Edgar’s eyes sank heavily.
It was visible how he instantly began to be engulfed in rage.
If he put strength into his hand right away, her neck might break and she would die instantly.
But Choi Hee-yeon did not even blink.
The moment she confirmed strength entering Edgar’s grip.
Kwaaaaa-
She instantly exploded the mana she had been continuously circulating inside her body.
The moment blue lightning raged like a huge storm.
Shuuu- Kwaaaang!
A figure appeared like lightning and slammed a hammer down toward the ground.
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