Chapter 48
Bang, bang!
Powerful explosions erupted throughout the A Building construction site.
“Aah! Stop the walls! Stop the walls from collapsing!”
“No, we should evacuate first! People are important, not the wall!”
Because of this, the site was in utter chaos.
While some tried to contain the situation, others were seen trying to escape quickly amid the confusion.
“Don’t run away! We’ll execute anyone we see on the spot!”
Guild members shouted in harsh tones along with the sound of whips.
However, black smoke rising from the burning areas blocked even the view.
Due to the originally small number of people monitoring the workers, it seemed difficult to contain the incident.
“Keep running straight ahead!”
I shouted as I ran, holding a red magic stone in my hand.
Beside me, Yu was running with a calm expression, carrying the unconscious Choi Yudam over one shoulder.
Of course, she didn’t forget to occasionally use her other hand to shoot blue mana to destroy the barrier.
Each time, the barrier collapsed like a tower made of cards.
‘She’s so overwhelmingly strong… We don’t even need an elaborate plan.’
Boom! Thud! Thud!
…Because we can just destroy everything.
It wasn’t that Kali’s third eye had opened or gone berserk because there were no monsters around.
Nevertheless, Yu’s power, contracted with the goddess of destruction, was overwhelming.
“S-stop them!”
“But we can’t see! Where are they destroying from?”
“Are they really awakened ones like us? What kind of power is this…”
Even in the midst of gray smoke everywhere, Yu headed in one direction without hesitation.
“We’re almost at the edge of the barrier.”
Sure enough, soon even I, a normal person, could see the collapsed barrier.
People who had been forced to work were hurriedly escaping beyond the barrier.
“What should we do with the rest of the barrier, Noah?”
Yu asked with an incredibly calm face.
It was a question of whether to destroy everything while we had the chance.
Unlike usual, I couldn’t answer right away and just moved my lips.
“I still don’t know. Whether all of this is good or evil.”
The faces of people living happily in that E Building.
After hesitating for a moment, I slowly opened my mouth.
“…Let’s leave it.”
It’s an act permitted by some good gods.
If we carelessly destroy it now, we might face unnecessary karmic retribution.
Yu nodded immediately without saying anything.
“Then, let’s go straight to the hill. Before it rains.”
We had already reached the collapsed barrier.
If we just cross that, our goal was right before our eyes.
I glanced at the unconscious Choi Yudam dangling on Yu’s shoulder.
‘Just wait a little longer, Baek Yi-heon…!’
That’s when it happened.
Boom!
Everything happened in an instant.
As a normal person in physical abilities, I only grasped the situation after everything had passed.
“What is this…”
A blue blade was right in front of my face.
What blocked it was Yu’s bare arm wrapped in blue mana.
More than being surprised that she blocked the sword with her arm, I was shocked by the fact that a little blood was seeping from Yu’s arm.
‘It penetrated Yu’s mana and wounded her?’
The area was full of gray smoke, so the owner of the sword wasn’t clearly visible.
However, the opponent also seemed a bit surprised by this situation.
A low voice was heard through the smoke.
“…To block my sword. Was there such a skilled person in Busan at this stage?”
But why?
Although it was clearly an unfamiliar voice I was hearing for the first time, at that moment a strange sense of déjà vu brushed past me.
At the same time, I felt enormous pressure that made it impossible for me to take a step.
Swoosh.
Rain suddenly poured from the gloomy sky, hitting my cheeks.
But I stood frozen in place, unable to move for a moment.
Yu also seemed surprised by the powerful opponent she encountered for the first time, tension evident on her usually calm face.
I could see the man’s sword penetrating deeper and deeper through Yu’s mana.
‘I have to do something. I have to do something, but…’
Why won’t my feet move?
As the sharp tension that felt suffocating continued,
“Aagh! Huh? What? What’s going on here?”
The clumsy voice of Choi Yudam, who had woken up from his unconscious state after being thrown to the ground, was heard.
“…Ha!”
Awakening from my frozen state at that voice, I quickly infused power into the magic stone.
“Yu! Step back!”
As I shouted, Yu embraced me with one arm and quickly retreated from the man.
Even while doing so, she didn’t forget to emit blue mana towards the man with her injured arm.
However, the man enveloped in mist easily deflected that attack.
Bang!
Yu’s deflected mana flew towards the barrier.
The massive 3-meter high barrier crumbled down completely.
In that moment, my whole body was covered in goosebumps.
‘Damn, what is that… monster!’
We might die here if we’re not careful.
My instincts were shouting that to me.
Without hesitation, I grabbed whatever magic stones I could and infused power into them all at once.
Amidst the pouring rain, a huge pillar of flame rose up.
That fire pillar twisted its body like a living dragon and charged towards the shadowy figure.
Boom!
Lightning struck the place where the flames had risen, and immediately after, sharp silver metal grew like bamboo, piercing through where the figure had been.
“Huff, huff...”
Having exerted power non-stop, I felt like all the energy had drained from my body.
Forcibly supporting my trembling legs, I peered between the metal bars that had sprung up like a cage.
‘Is that monster… dead?’
The smoke had cleared quite a bit due to the falling rain.
No.
My heart, which had relaxed for a moment, sank coldly again.
The space between the metal bars was empty.
Which means…
“Are you done?”
I turned around in shock at the chilling voice coming from right behind me.
A tall man was standing regally in the pouring rain.
As if he alone was avoiding these raindrops.
Thanks to the cleared smoke, I could finally see the man’s face clearly.
And at that moment.
I stopped breathing.
Unusually black pupils, like spilled ink.
As black and glossy as his thick hair, contrasting with his pale white skin.
Plump red lips.
“Oh, what’s this…”
The tactless muttering of Choi Yudam from far away was carried by the wind.
“Don’t those two look too similar…?”
The man’s eyes also grew a little larger as he confirmed my face.
But only for a moment.
The man curled his red lips into a strange smile.
“…To meet you here.”
Then he stretched his foot straight towards me without hesitation.
“Where do you…”
Bang!
“Yu!!!”
I shouted at the top of my lungs.
She, who had tried to block the man, flew far away, all the way to the barrier.
Her body hit the stone wall with a thud and fell limply to the ground.
Just from the man swinging his arm once.
He threw a cold glance at the fallen Yu and sneered.
“You seem to have contracted with quite a powerful god, but how dare you.”
I hurriedly fumbled in my pocket, but I could already sense that it would be useless even if I poured out all the magic stones I had.
The pouring rain continued to beat against my body.
With trembling hands, I muttered in bewilderment.
“How… How could such…”
“You ask how I got this power?”
The man coldly cut off my words, but unexpectedly answered straightforwardly.
“I contracted with the great god responsible for the destruction and recreation of the universe.”
…No way.
As I stared in shock with wide eyes, the man spoke in an icy tone.
“I contracted with the Shiva.”
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