Some time had passed since the Disaster of Questions, Myung Ilsang, used Blink to leave the battlefield.
However, it didn't take long to find him again.
There was me who spread Cursed Energy to detect his specific Cursed Energy, Lycaon who read the air currents to detect presence, and Han Sooyoung who spread numerous Avatars to find him.
"In the west…, not felt."
"None in the east either!"
"…Found him. He is in the north."
-Whooosh…!!
As soon as I uttered the words that I found Myung Ilsang, Lycaon quickly created several strands of wind, wrapped them around me and the party members, and began to fly quickly in the direction I indicated, taking me and the party members with him at high speed.
The feeling of my body floating and then crossing the air according to my will.
Although this was the second time experiencing flight, this feeling seemed like it would never get familiar no matter how many times I experienced it.
"…He's over there!"
When Han Sooyoung pointed to a certain place and spoke urgently, everyone's gaze, including mine, turned there.
To the place where the guy was breaking someone's arm and unleashing a barrage of questions.
"…Damn it, are we late."
"Seems so."
[The Returnee 'Myung Ilsang's' twentieth seal is released.]
[The Returnee 'Myung Ilsang's' twenty-first seal is released.]
[The Returnee 'Myung Ilsang's' twenty-second seal is released.]
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Messages updating endlessly. This was never a good sign.
I definitely killed all those presumed to be the Poisoner's group members. However, due to the scenario created by the Dokkaebis, I couldn't deal with those who newly headed here.
Perhaps aiming for that point, the guy was releasing the various seals placed on him while killing numerous people.
And then.
[All seals on the Returnee 'Myung Ilsang' are released.]
Finally, all seals restraining the guy were released.
And furthermore.
"…What, you chased me?"
That guy spotted us.
"…Lycaon! Immediately take Shin Yoosung—"
I couldn't finish my words completely.
Because that guy, who was grinning at me from the ground just moments ago.
"Oppaaaa—!!!"
"Kuhahaha—!!"
"…This bastard…!!"
Jumped up in an instant, grabbed my collar, and slammed me into a building as is.
-Boom, ba-ang, kwa-a-a-ang—!!!
My body piercing through the walls of the building one by one.
If I hadn't wrapped Cursed Energy around my body quickly, my body might have shattered into pieces immediately.
However, I shouldn't consider it fortunate just with that.
"Hey, mister. Thanks to you, what is this? I was going to kill some arrogant S-class Incarnations, destroy bad groups, and love pretty noonas, but it's completely ruined. How are you going to take responsibility for this?"
"…Chatter chatter, so noisy."
"Mm? What. You speak now? Well, probably because the notification that all seals are released went out?"
The guy laughed loudly, pulling the corners of his mouth up to his ears. And looking at such a guy, I began to draw up my Cursed Energy even more.
The guy in front of me is different from when he just hatched from the meteorite.
Feeling about twice as strong as his original physical abilities. Is that all?
[The Returnee 'Myung Ilsang' uses 'Blink LV.9'!]
[The Returnee 'Myung Ilsang' activates 'Small Red Flame Cannon (小赤炎砲)'!]
His skills also became incomparably powerful and precise compared to before.
-Fwoosh—!!
"Kuhahaha! Die, just die—!!"
"…!!"
He moved to my blind spot in an instant and fired several beams wrapped in dark red flames from his fingertips.
With a kwa-ga-gak-! sound, power enough to turn the buildings and ground in this surrounding area into ash. Not only that, but even though it didn't even graze me, I felt a hot heat as if my flesh was burning.
If I get hit directly, no matter how much I increase my defense with Cursed Energy, I would be helpless and die.
But despite that.
"…F*ck, what is this? Surely all my seals are released…?"
"…."
I wasn't killed by him.
In a way, it was natural.
[The Fable, 'King of Curses', closes its eyes.]
It wasn't just him who became stronger.
-Kwa-ga-gak—!!
"…Kuhup?! This f*ck—"
Several diagonal lines appeared near his chest. It must be because one of my techniques, 'Dismantle', hit him.
However, I didn't feel any discomfort even though I activated the technique.
Because this lousy Fable that was interfering with my technique usage became quiet from some moment.
"…This son of a b*tch. I tried to fight while conserving strength as much as possible, but you won't do."
"…."
"Just like when I killed birds, insects, and wolf cubs, I will kill you seriously."
The guy, who was showing off his overflowing power because all seals were released, hardened his expression seriously.
Then, the openings that were visible all over his body just moments ago disappeared in an instant.
Furthermore, behind the back of the semi-nude guy wearing only a piece of cloth as pants, I caught a glimpse of a boy with empty eyes covered in thick blood amidst tremendous flames.
"…It seems you are firmly misunderstanding something."
When I wiped the blood near my mouth with my thumb and said that, the guy flared up and smiled faintly.
"What, you bastard?"
"This fight isn't a duel between you and me in the first place."
"…?"
The guy's head tilts for a moment.
"It's a hunt to kill you, a Disaster."
"Dieeee—!!!"
"…Th, this f—"
-Kwa-a-ang!!
Instantly, several gigantic monsters fell from the sky and crushed him.
However, if he could be subjugated by mere monsters, he would have been subjugated long ago.
"Just a braaaaaat—!!!"
-Kwa-ga-ga-gak—!!!
He smashed all the monsters at once with the Red Flame Cannon he shot at me and spotted Shin Yoosung who threw the monsters at him.
Then he casts Blink and tries to kill Shin Yoosung as is, but.
-Stab!
"…Keo-heok! Wh, what are these bastards again…!!"
Yoo Joonghyuk and Kim Dokja, who rushed out at high speed, pierced his abdomen as is.
With a crunch-! sound, Yoo Joonghyuk's Splitting the Sky Sword and Kim Dokja's Unbroken Faith piercing through his flesh and bones deeper and deeper.
Whether they gave him enough damage, the Blink he was about to cast was cancelled midway.
"…Kang Yuhyeon! Join in—!!"
The Disaster of Questions with all seals released. His own body already reaching its limit long ago. And the pressure that the Path of the Wind to kill him does not exist.
Perhaps all of this weighed heavily on Yoo Joonghyuk comprehensively, he spat out words to me vocally instead of using the Midday Tryst.
"Don't order me, Yoo Joonghyuk."
"In this situation right now—"
"And shut up. I'm concentrating."
"…!!"
It feels bad that he ordered me, but I'm not inflexible enough to raise hostility towards him in such a tense situation. Well, of course, I plan to make him pay the price later.
…Anyway, from the beginning until now, I haven't lost focus even once to kill the Disaster of Questions, that guy in front of me.
-Whoosh….
Once to kill the Sea Commander. And once used just now to kill him but eventually failed.
Having experienced it about twice in total, I could know what this feeling, this sensation beginning to wrap around my entire body was.
This heightened and free feeling.
This is.
"That is…!!"
"What are you doing, Yoo Joonghyuk! Run away quickly, you stupid bastard!"
"…."
It was undoubtedly Black Flash.
-Zzzzt—!!!
"Damn, sh*t…!!"
This time it went in properly.
The feeling of a fist wrapped in black flames in addition to the heightened Cursed Energy embedding into his abdomen spread from the hand bones to the spine at once.
-Kwa-a-a-a-ang—!!!
But simultaneously, I sensed it.
"…Ha, indeed a Disaster is a Disaster. Doesn't die even after getting hit by that?"
Kim Dokja let out a scoff as if absurd and gripped the Unbroken Faith he was holding even tighter.
…Right, as Kim Dokja said.
"…F*ck, really, being treated like this makes me look like just a minor extra. I am the protagonist…."
Disaster of Questions, Myung Ilsang.
He hasn't died yet.
"Extra bastards who should be sacrificed for me…. These extra bastards dare to covet the protagonist's seat without knowing their place? I'll kill you. Really kill you."
-Thud, thud….
He began to walk slowly, breaking the countless piles of concrete debris one by one.
Every time he did, his killing intent spread instantly throughout this area.
Then, the very few monsters that weren't ground up by his Red Flame Cannon let out painful roars, driven mad by fear, and Han Sooyoung and Yoo Sangah, who arrived just now, wrapped around Shin Yoosung, who was already trembling in panic, and tried to calm the fear gradually spreading to themselves as much as possible.
And.
"…Prepare yourself, Kim Dokja. Kang Yuhyeon."
"I know without you telling me."
"Just don't drag us down."
Yoo Joonghyuk wielding the Splitting the Sky Sword with a hardened expression, perhaps having experienced life-threatening fights enough times already.
Kim Dokja smiling faintly as if nothing is wrong, perhaps this situation doesn't feel real to him properly.
And me, gradually drawing up Cursed Energy to the sensation spread beyond the whole body to the soul, created by Black Flash.
[The Returnee 'Myung Ilsang' activates Small Red Flame Cannon!]
"I will kill you, you sons of b*tches—!!!"
Clashed again with the guy filled with killing intent.