Chapter 12: Cat Fight

The fight between two monsters that emerged from the dimensional rift.

As it was a fight between monsters, the scale of the fight was no joke, and as such, the bloody fight was surprisingly noticeable.

It was so much so that the five best S-rankers in Korea, who were resting nearby, had to give up their vacation and come out.

“Damn, I was resting…”

Pale skin, a face with dark circles under their eyes, and a thin body.

If you add the habit of smoking, he is the only S-ranker in Korea who suffers from overwork.

He is the perfection of the barrier magician Oh Jin-seong.

“…So what happened?”

“Ah, a fight broke out between two entities that emerged from the dimensional rift in the outskirts. But the scale was so big…”

“How big is it…ah.”

Oh Jin-seong, who ran to the scene, was immediately convinced that the scale was big when he saw a flash of light fall down, then fail to penetrate something and bounce off, blowing away half of the nearby mountain.

“Well, didn’t the master of the northern reconstruction zone die recently?”

“Ah, you saw the news.”

“The entity that killed Drake is one of the entities fighting over there.”

“… How did it get down here??”

“They said they were looking for one person, so I made a deal to tell them where I was and let them pass quietly. As you know, it was such a freaking strong entity that there was no way to stop it, so there was no way…”

“Whoa… But then suddenly a crack burst over there and a thing that could fight on equal terms with that monster appeared? This is really ridiculous.”

Oh Jin-seong, who was nervously crushing his cigarette, took off his glasses and rubbed his face with a dry washcloth.

Oh Jin-seong, who had been constantly being told to respond early whenever a crack burst and was finally getting struck by lightning while trying to take a break, seemed to have a lot to say.

The problem is that there’s no one to complain to, but…

Kaang!

Oh Jin-seong, who blocked a tree that was flying in with a barrier and replanted it right next to it, pressed his temples and said.

“So what’s the damage?”

“Oh, for now, there’s one injured person, and there are no deaths or other injuries. As for the property damage… they estimate that a house on the outskirts was destroyed.”

Fortunately or not, the landlord, a retired Awakened who really wanted to get some rest, was living in a house built on land where not only people but also wild animals lived.

“So the injured person is the landlord?”

“No, it’s not that. It’s a deliveryman who went to deliver chicken to that house. He was suddenly caught by a northern entity that appeared and flew away. He got stuck in a building in a nearby city and broke both arms and suffered a slight concussion. He’s currently being treated at the hospital.”

“That guy’s really lucky.”

Oh Jin-seong was annoyed that this happened during his vacation, but he was relieved that if he just blocked it, there wouldn’t be much damage.

“But what happened to the landlord? Is he missing?”

“We haven’t found out where he’s been yet, but the owner of that house is… Ryu Si-on.”

“Ryu-ZIon?

The Ryu – Zion I know??”

“Yes, that’s Ryu i-Zon.”

“Then he must have survived. Hey, but did his house blow up?? He loved it so much, but his insurance won’t pay out, right? Hehe…”

Oh Jin-seong smiled as if that was somewhat comforting, then took one last cigarette and sighed.

Let’s get a little closer, and he could feel more clearly just how monstrously strong those guys fighting each other were.

And the fact that if those two monsters came in any further, a real disaster would occur.

Woof!

Oh Jin-seong’s fingertips began to emanate golden waves, and soon, a huge wave enveloped the entire area where the battle was taking place.

Then, his one remaining hand moved busily, and as if tearing off the area itself, Oh Jin-seong strengthened the barrier by inserting a magic circle into the barrier.

“f*ck, I can’t stop this for long, so hurry and bring all the others in!!!”

Oh Jin-seong, who was sweating profusely as he watched his own barrier shake from the debris that had been thrown while fighting each other, not even attacking the barrier, shouted urgently to the Awakened One next to him.

“Run!!”

At that moment, when Oh Jin-seong was desperately trying to prevent the damage from getting worse, the two monsters who were engaged in such a bloody fight were not even paying attention to Oh Jin-seong and were increasing their gears.

***

Saint, Elasia Celestia.

Knight, Aegis Charlotte.

From the moment they saw the one they had wanted to see again in an instant, slipping away from their grasp, their patience had reached its limit.

The two of them looked at each other without realizing it.

They definitely didn’t feel any affinity or intimacy for the fact that they were looking for the same man.

They just felt an endless amount of anger at the fact that the being in front of them was the culprit who had made them lose the man they had been searching for so desperately…

“Zion…”

Snap!

Cracks began to form on the saint’s face, which had regained its former, most brilliant face.

“Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion.”

Soon, she was mumbling her name endlessly, like a broken person.

Crack…

The saint’s body, as she muttered like that, began to change according to her emotions.

Her back split open, her wings poked out, and the ominous halo that had been spilling black liquid rose again.

Just like her, the knight in front of her was also angry.

It wasn’t like there had been any tremendous change like the saint.

However, just because she was quiet, that didn’t mean her affection, obsession, or anger was small.

Because the stress and anger had passed the critical point, blood began to flow out of her bloodshot eyes, mouth, and nose.

And, the knight’s actions, consumed by that much anger, were quick and concise, unlike the saintess whose unfocused eyes shook ceaselessly as if they were broken.

A knight is a position where you have to prove yourself with your skills rather than words.

That’s why she never held back.

Bam!!

The outstretched shield crushed the saintess’s chin.

Crunch!!!

Immediately afterwards, the heavy blade split the saintess’s body in half.

Because he had nothing to say to the ugly man who had ruined his long-awaited reunion with his lord.

Just kill.

And at that action, the saintess’s muttering mouth closed, and her shaking eyes returned to focus.

“…Ah, that’s right.”

Her shattered jaw, her split body grotesquely returning to its original state, found where her anger should be directed.

“You were the cause, right?”

Heavenly punishment kuuuuuuuu!!!

A pure white pillar fell from the sky.

The flash that cut the mighty master of the Northern Reconstruction Zone in two with a single blow flashed even more intensely.

And at the touch of the saintess, skewers endlessly shot out from the ground, trying to pierce the knights.

However, none of the attacks reached Aegis.

“…I am his shield.”

The magical power flowing from Aegis’s shining blue shield thickly covered her entire body.

“The only thing that can reach me is your Majesty’s hand, and the ugly sinner’s outburst cannot reach me.”

The Emperor’s shield, Aegis Charlotte.

Her defense was an invincible shield that had never been broken.

… Even at the moment the emperor she served died, the shield had never broken.

Crunch!

A scream-like roar burst out of the saintess’s mouth, gritting her teeth so hard that they almost split.

“How dare you, how dare you! How dare you!! Don’t mention Zion with that filthy mouth…!!”

However, the knight had no intention of listening to all of those words.

Clang!!!

At the same time, her sword was also the ultimate spear that had never failed to cut through her enemies.

Her sword, engulfed in a clear blue light, cut Elasia’s body in two again.

Even the ground behind her was so cleanly cut that you couldn’t even see its end.

However, the saintess did not die.

After all, healing was the saintess specialty.

Even though I couldn’t save the life of my only love …

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH….

As she pushed Aegis back, she rose into the sky, and her appearance was terrifying yet sacred, bathed in the aura of the Halo that emitted a holy light while also leaking ominous black liquid.

She had pure white wings but a distorted face and was shedding bloody tears.

And soon, her power, which had begun to run wild with rage, began to run wild.