The seven apostles narrowed their eyes as they looked at the people lying on the ground.
‘What on earth happened?’
Not a single person who received the blood energy of Hyeolhyeongoejin died. No one seemed to be injured, let alone killed.
On the other hand, the believers surrounding them were all dead.
‘Is this possible?’
I expected the believers to die. Even though I knew that Raon was going to strike with Yogi’s sword and was prepared to defend myself, I was still a bit shocked.
However, it was hard to believe that the bugs who were much closer than the dead believers simply fainted.
‘Unless Auror control goes beyond humans…’ .’
This means that the people who are nearby are given a shallow cut, and those who are far away are given a deep cut, but even he himself seemed to be unable to use the auror like that.
“I knew it.”
The 7 Apostles raised their heads and saw Raon aiming the magic sword.
“That’s amazing.”
I applauded leisurely, acknowledging my surprise at the unexpected situation.
‘I can accept this level of distortion.’
Because this isn’t everything.
The directing of bringing in blood-filled humans and making them choose whether to kill or save was just a device to ridicule Raon and break his spirit.
The real thing is the magic in the sky that is still swelling. It was a blood clot.
“Raon Sieghardt.”
The seven apostles raised their fingers and pointed to the sky.
“The name of that spell is Hyeolhyeongoejin. “Do you know what it means?”
“…….”
Raon pointed his sword and did not answer.
“Of course you don’t know. You probably didn’t even know that magic existed. Hyeolhyeongoejin means manifesting the strangeness of blood into the world. It represents insects like these that will become our food, and in another sense… .”
The seven apostles smiled eerily and raised their spirits. His blood soared to the point of ignorance, and the area around him began to dry up.
“Sometimes they talk about cultists who become stronger under that spell. However, right now, there is not even a warm-up, so if Hyeolhyeongoejin is activated properly, the amplification effect of blood energy will be more than double the current effect.”
“…….”
Even though the seven apostles were burning with enormous blood, Raon’s expression did not change at all. He just looked at the seven apostles with sunken eyes.
“From now on, I will bring you true despair. “Die under the star of blood.”
The Seven Apostles snapped their fingers. It was a signal to Tews to activate Jin.
“hmm?”
But there was no change. Hyeolhyeongoejin’s blood energy was still swelling up by absorbing the surrounding energy.
Perfect!
He snapped his fingers a little louder. But the Jin still wasn’t activated.
“Tews!”
Even if I called his name, there was no change at all.
“this… .”
“Did I say I don’t know that Jin?”
I raised my head at Raon’s cool voice.
“I definitely didn’t know the name. but… .”
He sneered and pointed at Hyeolhyeongoejin.
“I know more about that spell than you.”
“What did you do to Teews!”
The eyes of the seven apostles, who had been relaxed a moment ago, were shaking as if they had been hit by a wave.
“I don’t know anything else, but we shouldn’t have taken advantage of children. “If you’re trying to sacrifice those little ones, you’re just humans and worse than animals.”
Raon looked down at the seven apostles with eerie eyes.
“I entrusted such dirty work to the guy I hate the most, so wouldn’t the Tuss you’re crying about have his head blown off by now?”
The 7 apostles looked into Raon’s eyes and swallowed dry saliva.
‘Do you really know? Blood hyeongoejin? how?’
How on earth!
He also knew that when the blood phenomenon was activated, the children closest to him would be sacrificed, so it seemed like he really understood the magic circle.
‘Shit… .’
If Tus dies as Raon said, a lot of things will go wrong. Suddenly, anxiety came over me like a wave.
Taaaaah!
When the Seven Apostles snapped their fingers, the white-blooded believers who had been hiding nearby rushed out.
At best, more than 30 people raised their spirits without panicking even after seeing the current situation.
“Help Tus! “Spread everywhere and move!”
I had to send Raon before he sounded the sword again, so I gave the order right away.
However, instead of sounding the sword, Raon turned his head back.
“Gwangpungdan!”
With a cool shout, the swordsmen of the Gwangpungdan appeared and formed a circle, surrounding the white blood cultists.
“They are trash not worth buying.”
Raon glared at the white-blooded believer with a cold, murderous expression.
“Kill them all.”
As soon as his instructions were given, the Gwangpungdan swordsmen, who seemed emotionless, began to sweep away the white blood cultists with a powerful aura.
There wasn’t even that common sense of spirit. The only thing that could be heard was the sound of the sword being slashed and the white blood cultist’s head falling.
“Let’s start here too.”
Raon held the Requiem Sword in his left hand and the Jecheon Sword in his right.
“Because even the air you breathe is a waste.”
* * *
Two hours ago.
Marta swallowed dryly as she watched Luna talking to Teus.
‘It was true.’
Just as Raon said, Luna and the children from the back alley received Tus’s call and gathered at his store.
‘That guy is Tus.’
Tus was a middle-aged man with blue hair, and he had such a friendly appearance that people naturally called him impressive.
‘Doing that shit with a face like that… .’
With such a benevolent face, it would have been easier to take advantage of children. Because abandoned children miss affection.
‘pup.’
I wanted to chase after Teus right away and punch him in the head.
“Please do this again.”
Teus smiled brightly and handed the children a stone and a silver coin the size of an adult man’s fist.
“yes!”
“Do not worry!”
The children smiled and nodded in joy at receiving the money.
“mister. “I have 5 silver coins?”
“uh? “I have 5 too?”
“Usually there was one or two. “You gave me the wrong one.”
The children who received five silver coins tilted their heads as if they were curious rather than happy.
‘That damn bastard…’ .’
Are you giving me that as money for the afterlife?
The reason for giving more silver coins than usual was obvious. As Raon said, it was the price paid for sacrificing children.
“Oh, I have one more favor to ask you today.”
“one more?”
“What is that?”
“Don’t bury the stone right away, wait where you are and bury the stone when I give you the signal.”
Tus smiled and said please.
“How do you give the signal?”
“Because the uncle will yell. “You can hear everything.”
“ah!”
“all right!”
“yes!”
Since the children received five silver coins, they left for their assigned seats without much complaint.
“hmm… .”
However, Luna, who was behind, did not leave like the others.
“Is it Luna?”
“Uncle, I… .”
She parted her lips slightly as if she had something to say.
“huh?”
“Oh, no!”
Luna, who was looking Tus up and down as if examining him, shook her head and stepped back.
“I’ll tell you after work today.”
“Sure.”
Tus nodded gently, as if telling him to do as he pleased.
“Whoa… .”
Martha let out a low breath. I worried about what to do if I told him, but it was worth it to continue to convince him that the author was a dangerous person.
As soon as all the children left, 10 men and women with grim expressions appeared next to Tus. The clothes were ordinary, but it was clear that they were white blooded Christians.
“good.”
As soon as they heard Tus’ instructions, they dispersed in the direction the children left a moment ago.
“Now it’s our turn. “Spread out as specified earlier.”
“yes.”
As Martha gestured, the first group of prosecutors left in the direction where the white-blooded cultists had moved a moment ago. Trace of trace. It was a double chase, with the White Blood Cult following the children.
Marta did not move from behind the sign on the rooftop and continued to watch Tus.
After an hour, the sun disappeared and night came, and people walking around the city entered a nearby building as if they had made an appointment. There was not a single dog left in a city famous for being noisy.
‘This too… .’
It was exactly like Raon’s prediction. He said that after sending the children away, the sun would set and the people would disappear, and that is exactly what happened.
‘That guy is a real monster.’
It wasn’t enough that he had the best swordsmanship on the continent, and I wasn’t even jealous that he had such analytical and judgment skills.
Tuk.
Only after the sun had set and the people had disappeared did Tews come out. A completely different outfit than before. Wearing the robes of an archbishop, he walked down a deserted road.
‘Now it’s my turn.’
Martha forcibly suppressed the rising struggle and disappeared into the darkness.
* * *
Luna sat down helplessly at the place where she had planned to put the stone. She sighed as she looked down at her silver coin that Tus had given her.
“ha… .”
I should have told you.
There was no way that Uncle Teus, who was the only one who cared for abandoned children like himself, was a strange person.
Martha, whom I met yesterday, didn’t seem to be lying, but I felt sad because it seemed like she was betraying Uncle Tus.
‘okay. Let’s talk later. ‘That would be nice.’
Luna nodded, deciding to confess what happened last night to Teus after this was over.
“hmm? what… ?”
When I came to my senses, the world was dark. It was so dark that I could have believed it was the middle of the night.
‘There’s no way this much time has passed?’
The time I spent worrying about it was only for a short time. It didn’t make sense for afternoon to suddenly turn into night.
“Huh!”
Feeling strange, I raised my head to look around. In the sky where the sun had disappeared, red clouds were swelling like balloons.
“What are those clouds…?” .”
“Luna.”
Luna turned her head at the voice heard from behind. Tus was approaching with a kind smile.
It’s definitely the same smile as usual, but it feels different. It sent shivers down my spine, like when I encountered a wild beast in the mountains.
“Oh, uncle?”
Luna’s lips trembled as she pointed to the darkened sky and bright red clouds.
“What the hell is going on?”
“It’s no big deal.”
Teus smiled as if there was really no need to worry.
“What was it you were trying to say to me earlier?”
“yes?”
“What did you say you would tell me later?”
“Well, that’s… .”
Luna couldn’t open her mouth. As Marta said yesterday, Tus’ appearance felt very foreign.
“Oh, it doesn’t matter if you don’t tell me.”
Tus gently waved his hand.
“Because it doesn’t matter what the dead say.”
“Well, what is that… .”
“Now put a stone in it.”
“mister?”
Luna tried to refuse Teus’ instructions, but her body moved unnaturally and she turned her back.
‘uh… ?’
I wanted to stop, but my limbs wouldn’t listen. I felt like I was in someone else’s body.
“Luna. I have so many things to be thankful for. “Thanks to you for coming to me first, the other kids started to trust me.”
Tus’ voice was the same as usual, but there was a chill inside it that sent shivers down the spine.
“So, I thought about leading him to the religious camp, but unfortunately, he got hurt. It was a year at most. “But your younger siblings are okay in their own way.”
He clicked his tongue and smiled faintly.
“I will take good care of those children.”
“ah… .”
no. No way!
I tried to scream that I couldn’t do it, but all that came out of my mouth was a low moan.
Luna’s body betrayed her will and walked to the place where the stone was to be buried. Her hard hands dug into the ground and picked up the stone again.
“eww… .”
My palm hurts. There was severe pain, as if I had grabbed a stone with thorns in it.
“Oh, the bloodstone is sucking up the blood energy in your body, so don’t worry too much.”
Tus whispered in a soft voice.
“Huh… .”
“The pain will soon go away.”
Contrary to what he said, the pain got worse.
“Ah, but since it’s the last time, I think it would be good to hear your voice.”
When Teus gestured, his stiff mouth loosened. However, what came out was, of course, a scream.
“Aaaahhh!”
I screamed until my throat was torn from the excruciating pain, as if my palm had been thrown into a fire. Even her mind became dazed and her eyes began to droop and close.
‘please… Someone please… .’
Anyone was good. He didn’t care if he died. He prayed and prayed that his younger siblings would not be taken away by that devil.
But of course there was no change. There was no God like when he was boarding up his younger siblings in the rain in his back alley.
Damn god. Fucking God!
It was time to cry out to the unlucky God.
Kyaaaaa!
The red stone in my hand was shattered into pieces by something flying from behind.
“who… “Wow!”
The moment I heard Teus’ scream, my body started to move. I urgently turned around.
Drip.
Teus’s left arm was on the ground, and in front of it was Martha, whom he had seen yesterday, holding a knife with gray blood dripping from it.
“You bastard!”
Martha rushed at Teus, spitting a curse that did not match her face.
“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… .”
Tus urgently took a step back and swung his remaining arm. A gray current spread from his grasp, erecting a wall blocking Martha.
“Aaaah!”
Marta let out a loud scream, broke the wall in one go, and rushed at Teus.
“You damn bitch!”
Tus wrinkled his face to the point where his gentle expression looked distorted and spoke strange language.
Kya gya gya gya!
Red thorns shot out from the air and the floor, sweeping away Martha.
“You bastard! “You just do the most obscene things you can do!”
Marta struck down the sword, breaking the thorns of blood with her auror-clad body.
“joy! “I just needed time!”
Tus stopped his endlessly moving legs, put his index and middle fingers together, and recited a spell.
bang! Kwaaaaang!
Whether those words were true, Martha’s sword strikes began to be blocked by the blood magic. The walls of her blood became thicker, and sharp thorns sprouted, tearing her skin.
“Whoa… .”
Thick breath flowed from Martha’s mouth. Her black eyes turned red, and her brown aura swirling around her body swelled to twice its size.
“Kaaaa!”
Her red eyes flashed and she rushed at twice the speed as before.
Quaaaaaaaaa!
It instantly destroyed the wall of blood and thorns, and rushed at Teus.
“Whoosh!”
Tus stepped back on the Blood Spirit and narrowed his eyes.
‘Is it photobombing…? .’
This is evident from the fact that his physical abilities and aura have increased by about 1.5 times, and his eyes have become red.
It was clear that the warriors of Cian Canyon used the berserk gun when waging war against monsters.
‘Stupid bitch.’
Berserking has a very big drawback. Its major disadvantage is that it cannot distinguish between enemies and only attacks those in front of it as if to kill them. Even now, Martha was constantly pounding on the rising wall.
“Hehe.”
Tus smiled coolly and summoned a blood man made of blood.
“Keuuuu!”
As expected, Marta slashed her sword not at herself, but at the Blood Man summoned right next to her.
‘I’ll finish it in one go.’
In case something unexpected happened, I built a two-layer wall of blood and memorized an advanced spell that could rip Martha to death in an instant.
‘The demon blood annihilation spear will be enough.’
It was time to quickly memorize the spell to annihilate demon blood and then throw it at Martha.
Quaaaaaaaaa!
Marta, who should have been distracted by the blood spirit, broke the wall of blood energy at once and rushed forward.
“It’s already late!”
Teus quickly stepped back and fired the demon blood annihilating spear. A berserk swordsman would never avoid that window.
I’m going to try to destroy it with my sword, but that will be the last time for that bitch.
But the exact opposite of what he thought happened.
Whoa!
Marta’s red eyes flashed brightly, and after throwing away the spear, she lowered the sword raised above her head.
“Whoosh!”
Tus urgently tried to raise his blood shield, but it was already too late.
Puddeuddeuk!
Because Marta’s sword cut through blood and burst Teus’ chest diagonally.
“Ouch… .”
Tus fell back, his chin shaking in disbelief. His gray blood was constantly flowing from his open wounds.
“Boo, it was definitely a berserker… .”
“I overcame losing my temper.”
Marta approached Teus, swinging her sword.
“You can’t be blocked by the same wall all the time.”
She wiped the blood flowing from her cheek with the back of her hand and held the sword back.
“Apologize to the people you used and get away! “You fucking bastard!”
Martha screamed and struck Tyus’ heart.
“Ugh, why should I apologize? The blood god’s protection… Since I let you wear it, I should actually be grateful… .”
Teus, like a fanatic, did not reflect until the end. It was fortunate that he died in extreme pain.
“Huh… .”
Marta put down her sword and fell to the floor. In a state where she was full of wounds from her blood, she used berserk and maintain her sanity at the same time, and it felt like her insides were turning.
“Uh, sister… .”
Luna came closer, biting her lip. The shaking eyes were full of fear, regret, and embarrassment.
“Come on!”
Marta gesticulated nervously, and Luna squirmed as she approached.
“Show me your hands.”
“yes?”
“Are your ears clogged? “Show me your hands!”
“Ah yes.”
Luna extended her hand to Marta. Her palms were red and cracked, as if she had been clutching the pineapple shell with her hands.
“Tsk, I should have gone first.”
“Oh, no! I can’t trust my sister… .”
“Close your mouth.”
Marta frowned and raised the few remaining Auras to push away the blood in Luna’s hand.
“ah… .”
“It’s foolish to trust someone you just met. you idiot!”
Luna’s shoulders trembled at the soft energy tickling her hands.
A harsh voice that does not match kindness. It was a warmth that reminded me of old times that I can’t even remember anymore.
* * *
Quaaaaaaaaa!
The Jecheon Sword and the Top Sword collided from the front, creating an intense shock wave. The gorgeous buildings around them collapsed like sand castles, and Raon and the Seven Apostles clashed once more.
Damn it!
Five clashes that took place in a split second. Power and strength. The competition between speed and speed was a whistle itself.
“Keuuuu… .”
The seven apostles rolled their eyes and raised their saw blades from below to cut. A huge surge of blood rose like waves rising from the ocean.
Gooooo!
Raon lowered his requiem sword with a cold smile. The sharp energy and heavy energy that extended from the dagger combined to emit an intense light.
Wow!
The collision between aura and blood caused the earth to twist, and a distortion occurred in the air.
Teuong!
Raon kicked the abdomen of the 7 apostles who were crossing swords. The seven apostles bounced like rubber balls and rolled on the floor.
“You… .”
The seven apostles gritted their teeth as if their pride was hurt.
“You probably felt it too.”
Raon approached the 7 Apostles with the Jecheon Sword draped over his shoulder.
“The guy you called Tus died.”
He chuckled and pointed behind him. The streets were also filled with the corpses of white-blooded believers who had been defeated by the 2nd and 3rd groups of the Gwangpungdan.
“Now all that’s left is you.”
Raon lifted his chin and smiled.
“We have a company dinner, so let’s finish it quickly.”
“Kk, hahahaha!”
The seven apostles collapsed on the floor and burst into laughter. She narrowed her eyes and started clapping.
“okay. I’ll admit it. Your schemes, strategies, and even your force. “Everyone is impressed.”
He slowly got up. He gave off a cool glow in his eyes with a completely different aura than before.
“But there’s something you’re wrong about.”
“Are you mistaken?”
“okay. That spell. “It doesn’t end when the caster dies.”
The Seven Apostles held the handle of the sawknife with both hands and recited an incomprehensible mantra at high speed.
The moment the mantra spread without stopping, the dark clouds of blood filling the sky stirred greatly.
“Now, Hyeolhyeongoejin explodes.”
With his smile, the dark cloud of blood swelled as if it were about to explode, creating a terrifying aura.
It’s huge and huge. The sphere of blood that filled the sky expanded endlessly and began to slowly fall.
“If that thing explodes, the whole place will be blown away. “Perhaps only me, who is fine, and you, who is a slut, will remain.”
The Seven Apostles spread their hands and giggled.
“don’t worry. “I will suck and drink every last drop of your blood.”
“Have you forgotten what I said earlier?”
“what?”
“I would have said I knew that spell better than you.”
Raon smiled faintly and raised the cartoon ball to its peak.
Coo!
He stepped on the ground and rose from the ground, sending a serious sound and powerful heat into the requiem sword and shooting it into the sky.
Crumbling!
The requiem sword, clad in red-hot flames and bright yellow magic, became a thunderbolt surging backwards and pierced into the sphere where blood energy was endlessly gathering.
However, even though the requiem sword pierced through, there was no change in the sphere of blood energy. In fact, it amplified the energy even more.
“Khahahaha!”
The seven apostles sneered, pointing to the sinking blood.
“No matter how much magic you have, what can you do with just one dagger? That sphere contains the blood of more than a thousand people! “It’s not something someone like you can erase!”
Raon raised his right hand with calm eyes shining.
“I heard you like poking fun at it. Let’s borrow it.”
He smiled slightly and snapped his fingers.
Perfect!
With a cool ringing sound, Hyeolhyeongoejin trembled as if facing a storm.
Jjijijijijik!
A roar like the cries of thousands of birds erupted, and the sphere of blood stopped completely.
Wooooow!
Along with the sound of the blade rotating roughly, incontinence was drawn on the Hyeolhyeongoejin. Thin cracks spread throughout the red sphere like spiderwebs.
Quaaaaaaaaaaa!
Yellow light emanated from between the cracks, and the blood phenomenon exploded.
An explosion that seemed to reverberate throughout the continent escaped from the skies of Gran Seville and rained down outside the city.
“Seven apostles.”
Raon stood in front of the seven apostles, leaving behind a cloud of blood pouring down like a meteor shower. He smiled as he looked into the guy’s wide-open eyes.
“I am. “I will never lose to someone I beat once.”
He adjusted his grip on the Jecheon Sword and kicked it into the ground.
Hahaha!
He filled the blade with a spinning flame and struck down the saw blade, pushing the seven apostles.
“Keuuuuuuu!”
Even though the seven apostles were embarrassed, they took the correct defensive stance, but their emotional turmoil was conveyed as it was.
Raon stepped on Taehwabo, lunged forward, and drew a frosty kite with his Jecheon sword. A group of blue lights passed through the air, racing along a silver trail.
“That’s a sword technique I know!”
The Seven Apostles slashed their saw blades diagonally, blocking both of Seoriyeon’s sword strikes.
“Then what about this?”
Raon stretched out his left hand in the air.
Oh my!
The requiem sword that returned after destroying the Hyeolhyeongoejin was caught in his hand and let out a chilling sound.
The bodies of the seven apostles were momentarily paralyzed by the blood rain that spread at close range.
“Ugh!”
The 7 Apostles quickly pulled away, but Raon did not miss that moment and lashed out with his requiem sword.
Pukaaaaaak!
The wounds of the seven apostles that had been split open after being hit by the frost kite were torn open again, spewing cloudy blood.
“Off… .”
“I promise.”
A red flash of lightning appeared in Raon’s eyes as he looked down at the seven apostles who were bowing down.
“This is your grave.”
