Just before Cha Hae-in is engulfed in light.
[Kyaaaaah… … !]
Kaisel hurriedly wrapped his wings around Cha Hae-in’s body to protect her.
The price was catastrophic.
Hwaaaaah!
‘Ah, no… … !’
Cha Hae-in screamed inwardly as she felt Kaisel’s power rapidly weakening.
Kaisel’s body, made of black shadows, was gradually turning into rags.
‘Kaiserli… …!’
Kaisel risked his own destruction to protect himself!
But at that time.
In the center of the dazzling light, Thomas Andre suddenly frowned and looked somewhere.
Phew-
The blue-eyed ghosts spotted a single trajectory flying in a straight line into the distance.
It is a highly compressed, bitter wind.
The blizzard in the Echo Forest was howling.
Phew!
Finally, at the end of the trajectory that cut through the snowstorm, a frozen trident appeared.
Kwajangchang!
The ‘Ice Tree’s Spear’ hit the Ice Dragon’s body directly.
[… … !]
A tremendous impact struck the Ice Dragon’s body.
Ice crystals shattered and flew around that point.
Swaaaah!
To fill the void, new spirits nearby quickly flew towards the ice dragon.
but.
Gooooo!
At that moment, an enormous sense of oppression weighed down on the Echo Forest.
Tiring! Tiring! Tiring!
[The King of the Yetis, the Lord of the Cold, forcibly suppresses the spirits of the ice.] [The King of the Yetis, the Lord of the Cold, forces the ice spirits to submit.] [The King of the Yetis, the Lord of the Cold, forces the ice spirits to… … .]
… … !
The spirits who had been consumed by madness at the sudden appearance of the monarch screamed in confusion.
Even the snowstorm that was swirling through the Echo Forest was at a loss and trembled.
At its center.
Thud!
“Found it.”
Suho barely managed to hold on to his mother.
“mom.”
… … !
[Keeeeeeeek!]
At the same time, Berga clung to Cha Hae-in’s head and cried.
[Mr. Cha Hae-in! Are you okay? Don’t worry anymore! This lowly servant, Verga, has come to save you!] [Goooooooooo!]
A tattered Kaisel burst into tears upon recognizing Suho and Ber, and Cha Hae-in looked at Suho with a bewildered expression.
“Oh, son? No, how did you get here… …!”
“Chacha! I brought it! I am Chacha’s son!”
There was even Sirka who shouted cheerfully upon seeing Cha Hae-in safe.
But it wasn’t a situation where they could have a leisurely conversation.
Krrrr!
“… … !”
“… … !”
The ice dragon, which had been shattered by a direct hit from the ice tree’s spear, had recovered and was now standing up behind them.
Suho opened his eyes wide as he noticed Thomas Andre’s face slightly visible between the thick ice cubes a little too late.
“Thomas Andre?!”
“Could it be that this person is possessed by a spirit? No, something else is different?”
Sirka felt an uneasy feeling as she looked at the blue aura coming from Thomas Andre’s body.
What on earth is that energy?
It’s similar to a spirit, but it’s too different to be called a spirit…
chuck.
[Your Majesty, please prepare.]
At that moment, Berga stepped forward in front of Suho, emitting a murderous aura from his entire body.
[The apostle of Itarim has appeared.]
Chomp chomp!
At those words, Suho immediately took out the longbow from his inventory,
Then, he drew his bow from the shadows and drew the bowstring.
“Rise, Quay!”
And he shot a shadow arrow straight at the heart of the Ice Dragon, Thomas Andre.
“Kill him!”
[As per the Master’s orders!]
Wheeeeeeeeeek-
There was not a single moment of hesitation in Soo-ho’s actions as he fired his quay towards Thomas Andre.
Thomas Andre’s condition was obviously not normal.
But now there was no time to worry about his safety.
Because the opponent was not an ordinary demon, but an ‘Apostle of Itarim.’
It was too dangerous an enemy to deal with while considering the situation, and above all, even a little hesitation could endanger not only himself but also his mother.
In that case, there was no room for hesitation.
Even if it comes at the expense of others.
But such worries were in vain.
Kkwarreung!
Before Quay could even reach Thomas Andre, his body was completely buried deep within the Ice Dragon.
Unfortunately, Quay’s arrowheads failed to penetrate the thick defenses.
[Oh, Itarim!]
And from deep within, a strange voice flowed out of Thomas Andre’s mouth.
Along with that, the ice dragon opened its huge maw wide.
A tremendous amount of energy began to swirl within it.
Cha Hae-in, who had experienced the fear of that attack, shouted urgently at Su-ho.
“Danger! Dragon Breath is coming!”
But Suho had no intention of backing down.
“Ber!”
[yes!]
Suho shouted, glaring straight at the Ice Dragon.
“The Shadow Dragon here has already been exposed to the enemy! In this situation, it doesn’t matter to us, right?!”
Suho’s question was pointing to Kaisel, who was still protecting Cha Haein even though he had become a rag.
At those words, Berdou bared his teeth fiercely and answered.
[Of course!]
“Everyone come out!”
That moment.
His shadow spread widely around Suho.
Swaaaaaaah!
Inside, dozens of shadow soldiers rose up at the same time.
“… … !”
Cha Hae-in’s eyes widened as he witnessed the amazing sight from behind.
‘oh my god.’
It was an all too familiar sight.
That back view surrounded by countless shadow soldiers.
Cha Hae-in saw her husband’s back on her son’s broad back, which she had not seen in several years.
‘When did our Suho become like this… …!’
It was a truly magical feeling.
I never thought I would feel this way in such an urgent situation.
I felt a tickling sensation somewhere in my chest.
[Everyone listen!]
And the little ant Ber, standing proudly at the very front of those soldiers.
Former Legion Commander Verga roared fiercely and gave them orders.
[All forces disperse! Launch an all-out attack!]
Kwaaaaaaaah!
At that moment, the shadow soldiers scattered in all directions and attacked the ice dragon simultaneously from multiple angles.
Shushu shu shu shu shush!
The shadow elves’ barrage of arrows bent at various angles and pierced the ice dragon’s body.
From there, spiderweb-like cracks appeared across the bastard’s iceberg.
Crackle! Crackle!
At the same time, the Shadow Minotaur and Shadow Troll rushed in like chariots and rammed them.
Boom!
Kookwakwakwang!
The ice dragon is about to crack and collapse again from the relentless bombardment.
but.
It was lacking.
This was woefully inadequate.
The opponent is an ice dragon.
Because it was a superior monster in terms of attack power, defense power, and everything else.
Quaoooo-!
In the meantime, a dragon’s breath containing tremendous magical power eventually came out.
With one turn of the head, everything in the forest was destroyed in a straight line following its mouth.
[… … !]
With that blow, numerous shadow soldiers who had been attacking him melted away at once.
Although some soldiers barely managed to survive, most of the shadow elves were completely reduced to nothing by that blow.
but.
‘Time has been bought!’
Gulp, gulp!
Suho took advantage of this gap to feed healing potions and mana potions to his exhausted mother.
And the empty spots of the disappeared shadow soldiers were filled by extracting new soldiers.
Anyway, there were many targets to extract nearby.
Ironically, it wasn’t just the Shadow Soldiers who had just been struck by the breath and killed, but also the Ice Elves of the Echo Forest who had been possessed by the spirits.
“Get up!”
[Shadow extraction was successful.] [Shadow extraction was successful.] [Shadow extraction was successful.]
… … .
In this way, new soldiers continued to be recruited and attacked the ice dragon, and once again, its ice breath destroyed them.
Meanwhile, Cha Hae-in was recovering noticeably.
Even the wounds that had accumulated over the past few years while living in this unfamiliar land were all being healed.
But Suho wasn’t satisfied with that.
Suho used all his recovery items on Cha Hae-in without holding back.
There was not only the ‘Item: Mira’s Bandage’ but also the ‘Item: Echo Forest Spring’ that I had obtained a little while ago.
The spring water of the Echo Forest is a precious antidote potion that can only be found in the sanctuary of the Lord of the Cold.
‘I hope it helps in some way!’
At the same time, I tried to understand everything that was happening around me.
First of all, I confirmed with my own eyes that my mother had awakened as an S-class hunter, just as I had heard in the elf village.
I never thought that my mother, who I thought was just an ordinary housewife, would turn into such a strong person with such incredible energy.
I still couldn’t believe it even though I was seeing it right before my eyes.
And at the same time, I confirmed that the scavenger hunters who came in together were scattered all over the area.
‘There’s Essil too!’
Suho quickly came up with a strategy by combining all these situations in his head.
‘I can never defeat that dragon alone. I have to fight it together with my mother.’
At that moment, Cha Hae-in, who had recovered enough to control her body, walked out of Kaisel’s arms.
“Kaiser, now leave it to me and rest.”
[Grrrr… … .]
Kaisel felt Cha Hae-in’s hand gently caressing his cheek and closed his eyes slowly.
Anyway, it was impossible to hold out any longer, and Kaisel slowly turned into black smoke and seeped into Cha Hae-in’s necklace.
‘Thank goodness Kaisel is safe.’
Cha Hae-in sighs in relief as she holds the necklace tightly with both hands.
And when I raised my head forward again.
“son.”
“Yes, Mother.”
“Mom, are you really angry right now?”
“… … .”
Oh, I was a little scared.
At those words, Suho felt a pang in his eyes and glanced at his mother’s face with a startled expression.
Cha Hae-in’s clear eyes were burning hotter than ever.
“Can you buy me a moment? I’ll pour all my magic power into one skill.”
Gooooooooo!
At the same time, an enormous amount of magical power began to gather throughout Cha Hae-in’s body.
Skill, Sword of Light.
Cha Hae-in’s ultimate skill that can only be used as a last resort, as the magical power consumed is so great.
“If this one doesn’t work, you can stall for time and feed Mom the mana supplement you just fed her.”
That’s right.
What Cha Hae-in proposes to Su-ho is a kind of wheel war.
This strategy was the most perfect strategy that Cha Hae-in, the vice president of the most powerful Hunter Guild in Korea in a time period that has now disappeared, could have come up with.
“Can you do it?”
Cha Hae-in looked at Su-ho with eyes filled with trust.
The sight of Suho, who had grown into a full-fledged adult over the years, was unfamiliar yet familiar at the same time.
Because he looked a lot like my husband when he was young.
‘But it’s still a long way off.’
Cha Hae-in was calmly assessing Su-ho.
The level she felt from Suho at the moment was so weak, not only compared to her husband, but also compared to herself.
But enough is enough.
‘I can buy you some time.’
Yeah, that was enough.
That was Soo-ho’s plan as well.
“Okay. Instead, I’ll decide which direction to attack.”
“what?”
Suho, with his eyes sparkling and a smile of conversion.
In front of that guardian, the information window for the ‘detox potion’ that he had fed to his mother appeared.
[Item: Spring of Echo Forest]
Difficulty to acquire: ??
Type: Consumables
This is the mysterious spring water of the Echo Forest.
When consumed or applied to the body, it has a neutralizing effect.
Originally, the spring water of the Echo Forest was the material for making the ‘Sacred Water of Life’.
And of course, its purpose is to neutralize the toxicity of the ‘purified demon king’s blood.’
“Silard, let me ask you one thing.”
Suho asked Silad with confidence.
“Does the effects of the spring water of the Echo Forest work on the monarch as well?”
Before he knew it, Suho’s gaze had turned to the direction of the hot springs behind the ice dragon.
