Episode 892
“hmm….”
Raon was about to strike the enemy island once more when he stopped holding the Jecheon Sword.
‘The fraud is coming back to life.’
The purple sea that split into two on the island began to sway and devour the flames of the cartoon.
‘The fraud inside is much stronger.’
The waves of fraud visible right in front of him could easily be cut down with just his strong energy, but the fraud blooming at the center of the purple sea was so hard and sticky that even a strong ring would have a hard time breaking through it.
‘Then should we make it stronger?’
Raon gracefully pulled the Jecheon Sword behind his shoulder and stretched it out toward the purple sea.
Phew!
A giant fire dragon soaring above the sword pole let out a roar that shook the heavens and earth.
Kuwaaaaaah!
The sword strike of the Manhwagong Cheonhwa Yanlonggyeol stretched out as if it would swallow up the entire purple sea, burning half of the morale that covered the grassland.
But soon a new evil arose from the earth to fill the void.
‘The problem isn’t simply that new scams are emerging.’
The scams are getting stronger and stronger.
Every time I burn the swindler with flames, a stronger swindler comes out. It seemed like I wouldn’t be able to erase that purple sea this way.
‘Then I guess I have to eliminate the cause.’
If I unleash a full-power sword strike from the realm of transcendence, I could push back that sea, but I might be attacked by the enemy in the meantime, so I thought it would be better to check the situation first.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Raon created a huge wall of flames with the remaining flames from the Jecheon Sword to block the waves of fraud.
“What happened during that time?”
After making sure the wave of fraud couldn’t get past the wall of flames, I approached Trevin.
“… When I first came here, such fraud didn’t exist.”
Trevin let out a long sigh and looked at the purple-tinged ground.
“The monsters weren’t like those now, with rotten flesh and decaying flesh, but rather ordinary ones.”
He shook his head as he looked at the corpses of the decaying monsters.
“So where did that purple scam come from?”
I frowned as I watched the purple waves trying to break through the wall of flames.
“After I killed all the monsters that came out of the meadow, it suddenly popped out of the ground.”
Trevin couldn’t believe it, but it was true, he said, wiping the blood from his mouth.
‘You’ve been injured.’
Raon lowered his eyebrows as he saw the black blood flowing from Trevin’s mouth.
‘It must be because I stopped that terrible scam all by myself.’
The Ironclad Inspectors and the Nomads were able to withstand the fraud thanks to Trevin’s ability to emit aura while suffering internal injuries. It must have been incredibly difficult to emit aura from one’s entire body, but it was an admirable mentality to endure it to the end.
“That doesn’t tell us the cause. We need to know how it started….”
“Well, I’ll tell you about that.”
As Raon narrowed his eyes while looking at the purple sea, an old man with white hair approached him, leaning on an old cane.
“you are….”
“My name is Chapran, the village chief of this village.”
The old man, who introduced himself as the village chief of Boduri, bowed with difficulty.
“This is Sieghard’s Stormlord.”
Raon pushed away the evil spirits flying through the air with the wind of Garunua and bowed his head to the village chief of Boduri.
“Ah! I have heard of the great reputation of the Lord of the Storm. He is called the Dragon Slayer, the Usurper…”
“Let’s talk about that later. Just tell me how it all started.”
The village chief of Bodri Village, with his eyes wide open, lowered his hand and asked for an explanation of what had happened so far.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
The village chief let out a deep breath, his hand holding his cane trembling as if he was sorry.
“Actually, there were no monsters in the grassland where we live. There were only dry grasses, so of course they wouldn’t come.”
He raised his eyebrows, saying that although it was a desolate area, it was a peaceful place.
“But one day, monsters started appearing from across the river. The first ones to attack were small ones like goblins and kobolds, so we were able to fight them off somehow, but stronger ones like orcs and gnolls kept coming out, so we couldn’t hold out.”
He said that he was trying to ask for a favor from the mercenary group in the village of Boduri, but then he met the Iron Troops and asked them to do it for him.
“I and the Iron Troops caught all the monsters that attacked the village and went across the river, but there was nothing there.”
Trevin frowned deeply.
“I thought I had dealt with all the monsters around the village, and was preparing to return to my family….”
“no way.”
“Yes. New monsters appeared from across the river. Dozens of trolls that I hadn’t seen before when I searched the area jumped out at once.”
He chewed his lip, saying it was nonsense.
“As I was building a wall to protect the village while killing the monsters that kept appearing, suddenly the river started turning purple.”
Trevin clenched his fist and shook it, pointing to the river flowing at the end of the meadow.
“So you asked your family for support.”
“Yes. I thought this was no ordinary case, so I sent a request for assistance. But as soon as I requested assistance, a terrible amount of morale emanated from that purple wave.”
He shook his head, saying that it was only a matter of time before the river in the meadow swelled to its current size.
“Just before you came, a zombie using swordsmanship came out. I don’t know what the hell is going on.”
Trevin let out a long sigh, not knowing what was going on even though he was there.
“Chief. Before the monsters first appeared, was there anything strange in the village or the river?”
Raon turned his gaze to the village chief.
“Oh, now that you mention it… .”
The village chief tapped the ground with his cane as if he had just remembered something.
“The morning the goblin first attacked, I saw a strange rock down the river.”
“rock?”
“Yes. I could vaguely see a rock with thorns on its surface under the river. Sometimes rocks pushed by the current appear, but the rock I saw was quite large and I thought it was amazing…”
He lowered his white eyebrows, saying that he had forgotten about it as the monster attacks continued since then.
“That must be it.”
Martha nodded, crossing her arms.
“If only we could split that rock, that damned sea of fraud would subside.”
She smiled brightly, saying that she had the answer.
“Then that means it’s not a natural thing, but someone’s trick.”
Burren looked around and narrowed his eyes.
“Black Tower or Eden?”
He waggled his fingers, saying he was suspicious of both sides.
“Then I guess we should get ready to fight right away!”
Crane readied his sword, shouting that there was no need to wait.
“no….”
Runaan shook his head calmly.
“You can’t just rush in….”
She looked at the swirling purple sea with a look of discontent in her eyes.
“Lu, Runaan, you’re scared like me! I understand!”
Dorian sobbed, saying he knew that feeling all too well.
“That’s not it.”
Raon lowered his chin slightly as he looked at Runaan.
“The more you catch monsters and push back against that wave of fraud, the greater the backlash. That means you have to be careful.”
The chief said that after the goblins and kobolds were killed, orcs and gnolls appeared, and after the iron swarm killed those, bigger monsters and that river of fraud gushed forth.
Looking at the results so far, it was clear that the more monsters you killed and the more fraud you erased, the stronger the backlash would be.
‘Lass. Just in case, I ask, can you sense the energy of the celestials in that purple sea?’
Since Delus Robert could combine the abilities of a Celestial and a Necromancer, I asked Lars about that.
-What kind of celestials are you! If I felt the celestials, I would have already said so!
Lars shook his head as if telling her to hurry up and clean up.
– All I can sense from that sea is a terrible stench. But it’s strong enough to pose a threat to you, so you’d better be careful.
The guy snorted, telling me not to think too hard about it.
“So, does that mean we have no choice but to leave it like this?”
Trevin bit his lip, as if he thought he had made a mistake.
“Damn it! I came forward for nothing!”
He pounded his fist on the ground, saying that his well-intentioned actions had led to the worst results.
“no.”
Raon shook his head, placing a hand on Trevin’s shoulder.
“Well done.”
“What? What is that…?”
Trevin’s eyes widened as if asking what was going on.
“Whether the Lord helped or not, this result would have been achieved in the end. Rather, he made a wise decision by discovering it first and even requesting support in time.”
“but….”
“Even if a bigger backlash comes back, we have to deal with it eventually. We can’t stop it like this for the rest of our lives.”
Raon clicked his tongue as he watched the waves of fraud slowly pushing away the flames of the cartoonist.
“That means….”
“Yes. We have to fight.”
He nodded while raising his sword.
“You just have to break that rock with as much force and speed as you can before the recoil comes back. If that doesn’t work, you can just evaporate the entire river.”
“ah….”
Trevin blinked blankly as he listened to Raon’s words, which were filled with confidence and calmness.
“We’ll start as soon as the sun rises, so get some rest.
Raon told Trevin to recover and threw him some medicine for internal and external injuries.
“Are you sure you’re okay? You never know what might pop out of that rock….”
Trevin’s fingers trembled as he held the medicine in his hands, as if he was worried.
“I had a duel with the master before coming here….”
Raon smiled faintly and swung the Heavenly Sword. The white blade glowed red and created a larger wall of flame.
“He said that the only ones who can defeat me now are the old transcendent beings, the Five Emperors and the leaders of the Divine Five Spirits.”
He lightly pushed away the waves of fraud, his eyes flashing with red brain energy.
“Try to trust your new boss.”
* * *
As the purple sea devoured the vast grasslands and mountains, the sun rose above the mountains and poured out golden dawn.
Kuung.
Raon stood before the sea of fraud, bathed in the splendid light. He simultaneously raised the Jecheon Sword in his right hand and the Mokryun Sword in his left hand, and pressed down on the ground with his left foot.
Kuwaaaaaah!
Red and blue flashes of light bloom above the two swords falling at the same time. The fusion of Flame Dragon and Zhongtian Cannon. The power of advancing and pulling exploded at the same time, causing a tremendous explosion.
Phew! Phew!
As if the god of the sky had performed a miracle, the center of the purple sea was completely torn away, opening up a path that could lead to the river in the grassland, the source of this incident.
“charge!”
“charge!”
At Raon’s shout, the Gwangpungdae and Cheoljeondae each formed their own inspection formation and entered the purple waves.
KOOOOOOOO!
The corrupted monsters and zombies that had been hiding in the cracked daggers began to pop out as if they had been waiting and attack the inspectors.
“Sweep them all away!”
“You only get one chance! Focus!”
“I’ll be behind…”
The Tempest Squad, led by Martha, Buren, and Runaan, charged forward, while the Iron Squad supported them from behind. Strangely enough, they worked well together. It was rewarding to fight together many times.
Kookookookookook!
The monsters that emerged from the sea of fraud without Raon having to lift a hand had their heads torn off by the wind and iron fists.
However, it wasn’t as easy a fight as it looked. Just by entering this space filled with fraud and fighting, everyone’s physical strength, mental power, and aura were quickly consumed.
It was no different from fighting in a sea full of poison, so I had to use all my might to break the rocks and escape.
Kookookookookook!
Raon pushed away a large number of frauds from the beginning, and because the combination of the Gwangpungdae and the Cheoljeondae was so good, it wasn’t long before they were able to arrive at the riverbank that the village chief of Boduri had mentioned.
“Hey, the river water is completely black?”
Burren chewed his lip in disgust.
“Can this fit in?”
Martha frowned, feeling as if her flesh would rot if she just touched it.
“It’s terrible… .”
Runaan covered his nose and mouth, saying that it was difficult to breathe. As the three people said, the evil spirits blooming in the river were so poisonous that even the Masters would not be able to approach them.
‘There it is.’
Raon nodded slightly, looking down at the river through the eyes of anger.
‘Is that the rock?’
Just as the village chief had said, there was a rock standing tall beneath the river that looked like it had thorns growing out of it.
‘But that’s not a thorn.’
The things that protrude from the rock’s surface are not thorns, but marks of witchcraft. As expected, the cause of all this was that rock.
No, there was no need to look at the spell. The evil that was blooming from that rock was more poisonous than the purple sea that covered the entire plain.
“Wait behind me.”
Raon ordered everyone to step back, then pulled the cartoonist up to the pole. He went into the river with his whole body covered in golden flames.
Brrrrrr!
He went down, evaporating the river full of fraud, and stood in front of the rock.
‘Just standing here gives me a headache.’
The fraud was so venomous that just standing face to face with the rock caused mental anguish.
‘With one blow.’
The spear bow of the spear bow sword was used to shatter the entire rock.
Gooooooooo!
At the moment when the magnificent flames that filled the sky poured down, the spell engraved on the rock flashed white and caused a powerful explosion.
Kuwaaaaang!
The clash of the swords of the Changgungdaeyeon and the explosion of the evil spirit from the rock swept through the entire area, sending a tremendous shockwave. The waves of evil spirit surged back, and the earth’s crust turned upside down, rising into the sky.
Tch.
Raon had anticipated this situation, so he built a wall of prayer beads to block the shockwave and looked at where the rock had been.
Phew!
An old man with white hair descends onto the purple earth that has been cut flat as if the river had never existed in the first place. The surroundings seem distorted due to the gigantic magma rising from beneath his feet.
“you….”
Raon’s lips trembled as he looked at the poisonous old man’s face.
“The Four Swordsmen?”
“It’s been a while.”
One of the leaders of the Shinju Oryeong, the Sageumma Drek, looked at the arm shaking with fraud and let out a creepy laugh.
“Laon Sieghart.”
