Chapter 176 - 176. The Decisive Battle (3)

ㅡKaang!!!

A sword emitting pure white light falls toward Murka's neck, and is soon blocked by Murka's shield.

I thought it would just be blocked, but in Zeto's field of view, a faint red line, a 'weakness', was visible in Murka's protective shield.

ㅡKagagak!!!

Zeto, who momentarily twisted the sword's trajectory and lowered the weak point.

As a result, the protective film is mercilessly broken.

"..."

It was surprising that the shield was broken, but Murka witnessed that the flow of mana flowing through Zeto's body was twisted in that moment.

'Something is coming.'

Judging that it was unusual, Murka predicted Zeto's sword path that would follow.

'What I'm aiming for... Is the neck.'

Jeto, who floated in the air, twisted and rotated his body.

Zeto's double attack followed in the blink of an eye.

As Murka expected, Zeto's red sword aimed at his throat.

'Is there any time to open the barrier again...'

However, Murka, who predicted the path of the sword, slightly twisted Zeto's sword with psychokinesis magic.

ㅡ Fit!

Murka's throat is cut.

However, it was so shallow that it was nothing more than a scratch on the neck.

At the same time as the sword was twisted, Murka pulled out his neck, barely avoiding his fatal wound.

ㅡpain!!!

Murka immediately gave a strong shock to Zeto's abdomen with psychosomatic magic and increased the distance.

Zeto, who was drifting away, managed to land safely by dragging the ground with his sword before crashing into a tree.

It was Murka who was in a hurry to respond, so Zeto did not suffer as much damage.

"...Not easy."

Jetto said while wiping the blood from his mouth as the strain was applied to his body by the power of the reverse spring and Shady.

"..."

Murka similarly ran his neck and looked at the bloody palm.

"Under..."

He smiled lightly.

How many years has it been since you've been hurt by a human?

'Is this the first time since the war?'

Murka rummaged for a moment and recalled the man with the eyes of the sinister snake he had met in the past.

"It's fun... It's fun."

Murka bursts into laughter at the end.

He didn't deny it.

It was a really subtle difference.

Had he made a slight mistake, his throat would have been cut deeply and he would have suffered a great deal of blood loss.

Besides, the terrible living felt from the blind man.

For a moment, he felt 'fear'.

It's been a long time for him too.

A battle where you feel the fear of death.

So he laughed.

After gaining power and getting back on track, he thought he had nothing to fear.

However, a blind man who appeared out of nowhere set off an alarm for Murka, who was living a peaceful life.

'Okay. It was originally like this...'

...Living as a demon.

"..."

On the other hand, Albed, who had been quietly standing next to Murka, was astonished.

'I couldn't see it.'

It was because he had no way of knowing what kind of sum Zeto and Murka had exchanged in that short time of just a few seconds.

"...You know my name."

Asked Murka as he dismounted from his horse.

Jeto, who had been striding towards him, opened his mouth.

"I know. Murka, next to Albed."

Zeto calmly points them out in order with his fingers.

"Ohhh... It's a face I don't remember... How did you get the information? Is it Eisel?"

"...If I tell you, will you give me a compliment?"

"Yes. I will personally give you death."

"Haha... I'd like to decline that."

After that, Jeto straightened his posture.

'Is there no reason or need to hide anymore?'

Murka quickly looked around and surveyed the situation.

He thoroughly analyzed Jeto.

A swordsmanship that only aimed at weapons to the point of being strange and broke them.

And even the shield that had just been broken.

It was just luck, there were a lot of things that I was reluctant to dismiss as a coincidence.

If the shield hadn't been broken right away, Zeto's entire body would have been twisted by Murka's telekinesis magic.

'He had confidence.'

The confidence that you can break the shield.

No, that movement was a movement that had in mind that there was a protective film in the first place.

"Hmm... To think they fought so well against a blind subject..."

Murka let out a drool.

He analyzed, learned, and understood the plot.

Murka's sober judgment soon follows.

'It's not an easy opponent to be on your guard.'

If his hypothesis is correct, the blind man in front of him is an outrageous monster and an out-of-standard strong man who could threaten his life.

He was different from ordinary demons who only built up their pride by spouting things about human subjects.

Murka acknowledged Zeto and accepted the situation.

It was only then that I began to see clearly how to deal with him.

'It's already moved as he intended.'

Murka glanced at the hideous sphere where the flesh of the demons was clumped together.

He was able to fight against it easily, but even that was crushed with his own power.

'I shook hands... But at the same time, I figured out his weakness, so there's no problem.'

Murka continued to retrace Jetto's movements and analyze him.

Of course, Zeto, who knew this, rushed at Murka to avoid giving him such time, but Murka had already reached a conclusion a long time ago.

ㅡKaang!!!

Soon, Murka opened his mouth, receiving Zeto's sword that was approaching at high speed and using his telekinesis magic.

"Albed, how long are you going to just stare blankly?"

"Ha, but... For me, his speed..."

Albed swallowed his words behind his back.

He had long since lost his will to fight.

Murka knew too.

Albed's limits.

Even in his unit, it was not a combatant's role in direct combat.

In the first place, Zeto was persistently aiming at Murkaman as if Albed's existence was not a threat at all.

"...Scatter magic bullets around. As much as possible. That's enough for your role."

Murka, who was completely accustomed to Zeto's speed, avoided Zeto's double attack and hit it again with his telekinesis magic.

'Matan...?'

The basic magic of the demons, which is nothing more than a sphere that is simply condensed demonic energy.

It might shock you, but isn't the magic too weak to kill such a monster?

Albed came to that thought, but he had no time to question Murka's judgment.

Anyway, no matter how bad Albed was at fighting, he was a black horn, so the amount of magic was sufficient...

ㅡPabababak!!!

...Albed scattered countless magic bullets throughout the forest.

Soon, he picked up the magic bullets that were around him with his telekinesis magic and threw them in the direction of Jeto, bombarding them indiscriminately.

ㅡQuaang!!

ㅡQuaang!!!

The impact of the magic bullet shattered the old trees in the forest, and the land mass was hollowed out.

Soon, Jeto, who was no longer able to avoid the magic bullet, leaped backward and increased the distance.

"You bastard... You see a lot."

Murka smiled at the joy of battle that she had felt for the first time in a while and recited that.

"...What are you talking about?"

Albed was just shaken up.

Isn't there a bandage around his eyes as if he's going to be like that.

It was because it sounded like a rather strange sound to a blind person to see so much.

"This guy can see through the structure of magic. Going further, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he can see through the structure of all things in this world."

"You're... Penetrating the fabric of magic? What kind of..."

Albed couldn't believe that such a person existed, but he had no choice but to believe.

Didn't he see it himself too?

Murka's shield was so easily broken.

"Since it understands the structure, it must be easy to destroy it by touching the structurally weak part. It is similar to Dispel. It may be an ability obtained at the cost of losing sight... But it certainly has weaknesses."

Murka stopped talking and threw magic bullets at Jeto, who was seen on the other side.

Soon, before he had time to catch his breath, Jeto spurred his leg to evade it.

"It's a quantity."

"The quantity?"

"Isn't there only one of his swords?"

Break magic by touching its structural weakness.

It was quite similar to Dispel, but Zeto's method was different in that it was a physical act.

Because he can break the magic only when he swings his sword and cuts the magic's weakness.

"But isn't that guy fast?

"I thought there would be a limit. How is the structure of magic bullets?"

"It's just the condensation of demonic energy..."

Albed, who continued to speak, soon realized.

The structure is simple.

It's simple, so you can be more sophisticated.

Sophistication obscures weaknesses.

"Under...!"

Realizing this, Albed admired.

'To finish the analysis in such a short time and find a way to respond...'

He wasn't particularly smart either, but Murka's sense of battle, resourcefulness, and agility were simply unmatched.

On the other hand, Zeto had his eyes on the magic bullet that was aiming at him.

Murka's words were correct.

Magic Bullet's weak point was faint, so it took a lot of concentration to cut it down.

'I expected the dispel to be read, but...'

What bothered me was the large number of magic bullets scattered throughout the forest.

As we moved forward while being hit by magic bullets, there were too many of them.

The shock will quickly accumulate in your body.

However, if you remove Albed first, Murka will be in the way, and time and opportunity will be wasted.

It should never have been a war of attrition.

Zeto, who judged that, quickly ran towards Murka while calculating the duration of 'Blessing'.

"Now, what are you going to show me this time?"

Soon, Murka, who had let out a relaxed voice, floated into the air with Albed.

After all, a swordsman who handles a sword.

Even if there is a means to counter an enemy in the air... Such as swordsmanship, it is enough to receive it.

Murkha thought that if he led the war of attrition, he would be able to win easily.

Even so, Zeto took his step towards Murka without hesitation.

Because the power he couldn't analyze was still there.

"Your feet are slow. Are you tired already?"

Murka throws magic bullets at targets that are much slower than before.

Wringing his hands at the same time.

"Spiral."

Cast a spiral

ㅡKoo-gu-gung!!!

The area where Zeto used to be is twisted.

Eventually, Murka's invisible hand tries to embrace him.

The spiral approaching at the same time as the hard-to-break magic bullet.

However, Zeto was not particularly tired and slowed down.

He just didn't cast 2 cards, he wasn't even running, he was just walking nonchalantly toward Murka.

"Sierra Ryu Reverse Stream. Chapter 3..."

In close proximity of the small, muttered Zeto.

ㅡKwagagagak!!!!!!!

The red sword light that went against causality starts rampaging.

Innumerable sword strikes, magic bullets, spirals, and weak points are cut and broken.

Soon, the broken demonic energy disperses into the air and disappears.

Jetto leisurely walked toward Murka, who had risen into the air.

"How could that..."

Albed, who could hardly understand the situation, blurted out his words.

What I didn't understand was Murka, who was squinting her eyes.

'Is that it again? A strange swordsmanship activated by twisting the flow of mana...'

Even though I didn't swing the sword, a sword strike appeared in the air.

There is no cause, but the effect appears.

The blind man shown below clearly defied cause and effect.

ㅡQuagagak!!

Zeto, who was walking while grinding away all the magic bullets floating in the air, eventually reached the bottom of Murka.

Does it make no sense to throw magic bullets anymore?

Thinking so, Murka paused the attack for a while and looked down at him to see Zeto.

As he walked, his sword, which had never been swung, still had a pure white light.

The power of that light is dangerous.

Instinct was telling me that.

Instinctive fear inscribed in the race itself.

'No matter how much he is, there's no way he's the hero's reincarnation...'

But the only thing worth doing was the strength of the warrior.

'...I can't figure out who he really is.'

Soon, Murka, who shook his head and emptied his thoughts, opened his mouth to Zeto, who was below.

"...So what else can I do? It seems your sword can't reach this far."

As Murka said, Jeto's 3rd chapter couldn't go against the space like the 1st chapter, so there was no power to reach Murka who was floating in the air.

As in Edward's vision before, there are no companions to intercept the levitated Murka.

Zeto just stared helplessly at Murka.

At least it seemed that way to Murka.

But Jetto was looking at the sky, not at Murka.

'It's about time...'

He was waiting

A thousand kalpas soon to be inflicted on him for the crime of violating cause and effect.

Soon, Jeto kicks up the ground.

At the same time, he cast two sheets and approached Murka in the air at high speed.

'I never imagined that he would come in person...'

After all, you guys are shaking hands too.

Murka, who had already become accustomed to Zeto's speed, decided to put an end to it.

That would be the case, and Zeto, who floated in the air, could no longer be evaded.

Murka gathered Magi as much as possible and aimed at Jeto.

At that moment, a light flashed in the sky.

It was a lightning strike that was a 3-card penalty.

The lightning fell from the floor where Zeto was to Murka, who was right above him.

Murka collides with lightning before he has time to react.

Who can respond at the speed of light?

Even Jeto didn't react.

I just calculated the time and got the timing right.

"Keugh...!!!"

The shock of the lightning strike was somehow manageable, but Murka's concentration was distracted by the completely unexpected damage.

So Zeto was able to approach Murka unhindered by the telekinesis magic.

ㅡKeying!!

Jeto's red sword was swinging aiming at Murka's chest.

"Mr. Murka...!!!"

Albed's cry.

In an unexpected crisis, he immediately scattered magic bullets to intercept Zeto, who was aiming for Murka.

ㅡQuaang!!!!!

As Jeto swings his sword, he is intercepted by magic bullets.

Is it fortunate

Thanks to this, Zeto's sword could not reach Murka.

But at that moment, Albed doubted his own eyes.

'I threw it because I was in a hurry... Why was I able to hit him after I couldn't keep up with his speed?'

Doubt for a moment.

ㅡSuddenly!!!

Even though Zeto's sword didn't reach, Murka's chest was cut and black blood gushed out.

Jetto made use of the number he had been saving.

At the moment he swung his sword, Zeto cast one, not two.

So he was able to cut Murka through space.

However, Murka put a protective shield around his neck even when he lost his concentration.

It was so elaborate that even the weak point of the shield was packed in the opposite direction from Zeto.

So he had no choice but to aim for the heart.

"...Tsk."

It wasn't easy to switch directly from Chapter 2 to Chapter 3. So he had no choice but to write the easier chapter 1, and Zeto was hit by Albed's magic bullet just as he was about to cast the third chapter.

ㅡQuarreung!!!!

Thunder resounded in the sky, and at the same time, the three floated in the air and fell.

It was because Murka, who had been fatally wounded, could no longer float in the air with telekinesis magic.

ㅡ Fluffy.

Soon, Albed, who had been falling with Murka, catches him.

'His chest was cut deep. It's not an instant death, but it will die soon...'

Albed, frowning, carefully examined the condition of Murka, who had been cut by Zeto.

'I've widened the distance... But there's no chance of winning against such an outrageous monster without Murka-sama.'

Having judged that, Albed turned his head and checked the direction in which Jeto had been blown away.

It was not yet visible from his field of vision because the surroundings were all forest.

'Is this an opportunity to preserve life?'

Albed swallowed his saliva.

Unfortunately, I couldn't put it into practice.

He knew

If Murka, the right-hand man of the corps commander, dies and the failure to deal with Eisel is revealed to the surface, both demons and humans will not be able to avoid being chased until death.

Rather, let's do it.

The moment Albed had such a thought.

ㅡ Teruk.

Suddenly, Murka grabbed Albed by the neck.

"...Keep...Keep...Muh...Mr.Murka...?"

Murka choking Albed.

Soon, Magi is dragged into the hands of Murka, who fixed Albed's neck.

Murka couldn't die like this.

A death like this was unacceptable.

So he made a decision.

ㅡSuddenly!

Soon, the sad sound of someone's head being cut echoes through the forest.

***

"Haha..."

Meanwhile, Eisel, who was in the forest on the other side, was running urgently in the direction of Zeto.

No matter how long she waited, Murka did not appear, and it was because she heard the sound of lightning while feeling her strangeness.

ㅡQuarreung!!!!

Lightning strikes again.

'It's clear what's going on over there.'

It was so bizarre that lightning fell from a dry sky.

It was in the middle of passing through the gap in the demon realm.

As she ran, she looked at the gap in the demon realm that was visible in the distance, at the 'bird cage'.

'There's no way I'm getting it...'

Wasn't she pushing herself?

It was a place where there was no way to crawl out so quickly.

Eisel, gasping for breath, thought.

If Murka is really out there.

'Then who the hell is blocking Murka over there...?'

***

"Saintess...?"

She tilted her head as Inès looked at her Bernice, who seldom moved her steps.

Soon after, Bernice starts moving her steps again.

"...Is there anything wrong with you?"

Bernice's expression wasn't particularly good today, so Innes asked.

"...No, it's nothing. It just feels like something sinister is about to happen."

"If it's something sinister...?"

"..."

Bernice, who was unable to answer, looked back for no reason.

It felt like someone I knew would die.

But because she didn't want to put such curse words in her mouth.

"..."

The saintess, unable to tell lies, chose her silence.