123 – Knights who swallowed monsters (7)
bang!
The dust rising from the valley caused quite a stir in Lena. In the brief moment she blinked, the boss’s sword pierced Lena sharply.
She hurriedly escaped backwards, lightly bouncing her feet as if she were doing a tap dance. She felt the deadly flesh remaining in her neck and clenched her teeth.
“Are you afraid? If you make the black society your enemy, you will lose someone. That’s normal, so why do you think you’re the only exception?”
Lena said with a smile.
“…You never worried about Millet? It would be so pitiful if he died without being able to say goodbye to me.”
“They say anxious people have long tongues.”
“‘As you.”
When Lena nodded and called the boss like that, he hardened his face. The skinny face of a snake and the long slit eyes conveyed clear hostility and anger.
“die!”
The boss’s next move was simple. The stab approached straight ahead, but Lena, who felt suspicious, did not lightly avoid it, but widened the distance and swung to the side. The boss’s arm stretched out toward her, stretched out like a rubber band, and flew towards Lena’s neck.
“what!”
Lena laughed and rolled her body, and the sword aiming for her neck cut through the air.
Lena swung her dagger aiming at the arm that flowed like a serpent above her head.
Kang!
Sparks flew with a sound that sounded like metal being struck. The triumphant boss raised his arms again and shouted.
“No way!”
When I grabbed the sword in reverse and retrieved my arm, it took the form of an attack aiming for the back of Lena’s head. Lena rolled to avoid her arm, then pulled a needle from her waistband and threw it at the boss’s head. The boss, who lightly twisted his head to avoid the needle, opened his eyes and rushed again.
“die!”
As she rushed recklessly, swinging her stretched arm like a whip, Lena had no way to attack. When he threw the needle, it all bounced off, and with the dagger’s short reach, it was difficult to withstand that attack.
“hahahaha!”
When Lena struggled to find her way, the boss laughed and shouted with satisfaction.
“Lena! Having accepted demonic energy, I was able to be reborn as a more powerful being than anyone else! You, too, calmly accept the Magi! You still have a chance! The two of us are starting a black society again!”
“What did you say! Gross!”
Lena shook her head in disgust. It wasn’t just because he didn’t like what the boss said. It was because the way he swung his arm was really disgusting.
“You are out of your mind! There is no one to help you! die here! Follow me and become a black society again! You have only two options left!”
His arm stretched out and aimed at Lena’s neck. When the dagger was raised vertically and brushed away, the direction of the arm shifted with a rupture sound. Lena frowned at the sparks that flew into her face, and her arm that hit the cliff roared and threw dust.
“Caught.”
An arm flew over Lena’s shoulder. There were no obstacles left between Lena and the boss. Lena smiled and pierced like a bullet.
“Oops… !”
However, Lena forcibly turned her body when she saw the disgusting voice she heard right after she stepped off and the boss puffed out her cheeks. She lost her balance and bounced in an odd direction, but she managed to get out of the seat.
“Oooh!”
The boss’s mouth opened wide like a toad, and he spewed out black liquid at random. The liquid soaking the floor boiled with a burning sound, leaving only a pit in place.
The boss opened his mouth wide and turned his head. Lena looked at the boss with a speechless expression.
“How are you? This is the power of demons. We can be stronger.”
“…Among the demons I’ve seen, there hasn’t been a single demon that has been remodeled like that. Why are black societies like this?”
“It must be because we were chosen!”
The boss rolled his eyes and laughed. Lena’s face showed a complex and subtle expression mixed with pity rather than fear. The boss retrieved his arm from the cliff and revealed it.
“Lena. You too can be chosen. Together with me, rebuild the black society.”
Lena shook her head desperately. Seeing her stubborn refusal, the boss said with a disappointed face.
“Then, there is nothing you can do.”
The boss replaced regret by rushing once again. All he had to do was swing his arm in the air, but a gong sounded, and every time his arm struck the floor, stones bounced and dust was lost. As if a huge ball was moving, the boss rushed into Lena without hesitation.
“die!”
Lena threw herself toward the tent. One step too late, the boss’s arm smashed the guard’s tent and pierced the wooden fence. If you look closely, the boss’s hand had sharp nails like a rake and was viciously distorted.
Lena ducked between the tents and quickly disappeared.
“Lena! You will pay the price for betraying the Black Society here! We did such a good job! Why did you betray us! you are still young! How worthless justice is! Demons aren’t bad! To beings like us who worship power, demons are like saviors who came down from the sky!”
Lena didn’t answer and hid herself behind a wooden fence. If you stick your head out a little, there was a boss who swung his arm to smash the surroundings and screamed.
“Lena! Think again! The days spent with us! We were like a real family! If you come back even now, you and I can become a family! Let’s build a dark society together again! Do you think there’s anything to be gained by siding with the hero? Heroes and kingdoms are all the same! They will use us and destroy us to erase the evidence! Your name will be erased from history just like that!”
Lena let out a laugh. She caught an oil can rolling on the floor and stuffed it into a small pouch she carried. Then, cut the surrounding fabric to make a wick and tie it tightly to make an oil bomb.
“Lena! There is nowhere to run!”
The boss was digging through the collapsed camp. Lena raised her head and looked out into the valley. As the boss waved his hand away from view, Millet poked out his face through the grass in the valley. Millet was about to say something with a happy expression, but shut her mouth when she saw the boss rampaging nearby.
Covering her mouth with her hand, she waved at Lena in the same way.
Lena lit a twig on the floor and held it up to Millet. Then, he signaled to Millet by repeatedly pretending to collide with his own oil bomb as if it were barely touching.
Confirming the signal repeated several times, Miele nodded her head in a circle with her hand, and Lena threw a branch and shouted at the boss.
“If you’re going to live like that, get out and die, you idiot!”
The answer came back with an arm whip. He aimed precisely at the seat where Lena was sitting, and his arm pierced the wooden fence. Lena rolled over, lowered her stance, and took a deep breath.
“Why can’t we be a family again?”
Lena lay as flat as possible. Momentarily, the muscles of her whole body were compressed, and her figure, lowered as low as a cat, was covered with dust. In the dust, Lena clearly saw the leader’s arms retracted and charged.
“die!”
When it hit the floor, the floor caved in with a roar.
Lena was nowhere to be seen.
The boss looked around with a puzzled face and gave strength to his whole body.
Kang!
My body was pushed forward by the stinging shock that hit my back. I turned around, but there was only dust rising, driven by the wind.
“This, this girl… … !”
When I turned around, the hem of my clothes on my side was torn. The boss’s attempt to capture Lena was in vain this time as well. Along with the light sound of hitting the floor, this time a bursting sound aimed at the boss’s shoulder rang out.
Kang!
“aaa!”
The boss started whipping at random.
If you can’t catch her, just make her unable to attack.
As if there were barriers everywhere, the afterimages of the arm remained blurry, and sparks flew from somewhere.
Kang!
The boss turned his head.
Lena was lying on the floor, glaring at him with a sweaty face.
The boss spread his arms and inflated his cheeks. A face full of satisfaction was already intoxicated with victory.
Lena has no means to penetrate her defenses.
And, Lena now shows a gap.
The boss’s mouth opens. Lena, who was lying down, threw something from her waist.
The boss’s eyes widen, but he’s convinced that he can’t harm himself with such a small thing.
“millet!”
Lena shouted someone’s name and bounced off the floor like a spring.
The pitch-black liquid splattered aimlessly into the air, and the boss saw a bright red dot shining in front of his eyes.
“ah?”
The moment I thought it was shining, it came close to me, stabbing the bag Lena threw with precision and digging into the boss’s mouth.
“uh… !”
It pierces the boss’s nape and slams into the floor, steam rising. The boss’s body was thrown backwards from the impact, and heat raged from the inside of his neck.
“ah… ! Ahh… ! uh… ! ah… !”
The boss struggled with his arms and tried to keep his mouth shut.
“Ahhh… !”
Red flames were burning from the inside of the boss’s body.
Lena saw the boss’ stomach swollen like a frog. Black smoke billowed from the boss’s mouth, and he was rolling on the floor with his eyes closed.
“Lena… … ! aaa… ! Lena… … !”
Lena sat down on the floor and brushed her hair. It was covered with a lot of dust, and sand poured out with just a little shaking.
Lena looked into the void and said.
“Why am I saddened by your death?”
The flames that rose from within began to completely consume the boss’s body. As it burned like dry firewood, the boss screamed.
“aaagh! aaagh!”
“I did it because I felt like I would be alone without you guys. there is such a thing After everyone dies, what the hell is left of the existence of the country. I’m just thinking about this.”
“aaagh! aaagh!”
Lena stared at the struggling boss. The boss’s eyes weren’t looking at Lena. His burnt-black eyes couldn’t see anything. Lena smiled at the boss and said.
“But it’s okay now.”
“ah… ! Ahhh… … !”
“I met a wonderful man.”
Lena laughed. The boss, who had been burned to death, did not see her smile. Lena smiled and wiped the tears from her face. And he said it like a conversation.
“He’s a really, really nice guy.”
