Chapter 149 - 149
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Wow!
A swarm of bees came down from the sky and coalesced into one on Suho's palm.
Queen bee Arsha.
As soon as she revealed herself, she gently placed her hand on her chest and bowed her waist.
[It's been a while, Seong Su-ho. How have you been?]
"It got a little smaller while I wasn't looking."
Arsha responded to Suho's words with a bitter smile.
[yes. My body has already left this village.]
Currently, Arsha was floating in front of Suho in a doll-like size.
[This is my alter ego created by gathering scout bees that were left around.]
"reconnaissance?"
[Keeeeek! As expected, you were also part of the demon tribe!]
As Suho's eyebrows rose, Ber immediately grabbed Arsha's waist with a strong hand and growled.
Since Arsha was so small, the size of her Ber seemed very large in comparison.
Arsha, who was appalled by her ferocious spirit, responded urgently.
[Oh, no. At one point, she decided to do that, but they didn't agree so they broke up a little while ago.]
"Breakup?"
[yes. In the first place, I had no intention of being hostile towards Seong Su-ho... ....]
"What, you are Quresha's people?!"
Esil's eyes widened at the sudden appearance of Arsha.
However, the person who was most embarrassed here was Arsha herself.
Arsha let out a small exclamation as she looked at her Essil while being held by her Ver's hand.
[...] ...When I saw him from afar, I thought he was a real devil noble. It is an honor to meet the great demon noble like this.]
"Hmm. Yes, it could be an honor."
In response to Arsha's polite greeting, the corner of her mouth twitched and she responded.
She then cocked her nose and introduced herself haughtily.
"I am Esil, the eldest daughter of the Ladir family. "Who are you?"
[Ah, it was the Radir family. My name is Queen Bee Arsha.]
"..."What are you guys doing now?"
Next to me, Suho made a bewildered expression.
Arsha felt dizzy at the sight of Suho and Esil looking close to each other.
'I never would have thought that there were demon nobles still alive.'
What he meant was that there was a high probability that the devil in front of him would one day become a descendant of the Demon King.
And such an amazing being is now a companion of Seongsuho, a descendant of the Fang Lord.
No, moreover, how on earth did a descendant of the Fang Lord gain the power of a strong body...? ....
'I can't even guess what's going on with the large joint.'
Besides, isn't it elaborate?
What on earth is this small outskirt village that brings so many races together in one place?
And the fact that her strength was currently the weakest among the races gathered here frustrated Arsha more than anything else.
'As expected, this village was a place that did more harm than good.'
Arsha said that she should never have set foot here in the first place and that she later regretted it.
Anyway, in this situation, there was ultimately only one option given to her.
To fall flat.
Even if the main body had already left this place, it was urgent to avoid causing as much hatred as possible in case one encountered Suho again like today.
[Seong Su-ho, I didn't do anything here except scouting.]
Arsha fervently maintained her innocence.
She then began to open up honestly about her past experiences.
[Since 'that day', I have been wandering around looking for places where Seong Su-ho is not as much as possible. But it turned out to be not as easy as I thought.]
The problem started when Suho suddenly said he wanted to become a guild leader and was moving around to build up his dungeon experience.
Whether it was coincidence or bad luck, wherever Arsha moved, Suho would visit the nearby dungeon.
From the guardian's perspective, it was just a matter of stopping by for a day, but Arsha had no choice but to leave the area in a hurry, even though it was ominous.
Then Arsha couldn't do anything, so she finally made up her mind.
In this case, I would rather go to another country where Seong Su-ho is not present.
However, the problem is that the Korean Peninsula is made up of sea on three sides.
Bees couldn't fly across the Pacific and Atlantic to another country.
[...] ...However, if you try to hide in an airplane, these days, airplanes are under strict security to prevent villains from sneaking in.]
Given the situation, there was ultimately only one option left to Arsha.
North Korea.
[I was just moving north to go to another country. Then, I happened to encounter Harmacan near here.]
"Harmacan?"
[yes. Harmacan, the war chief of the Demon Race, was planning to use the villains of Jisan Prison to increase his power, and offered me help with reconnaissance.]
[Anyway, I guess it helped.]
As Ber's grip on her waist strengthened, Arsha hurriedly finished speaking.
[At first, I thought it was a plan to use villains who deserved to die, so I only helped them a little! If I had known it would get this big, I would never have helped.]
Arsha was truly aggrieved.
Didn't he already encounter Suho while he was resolving the villain situation?
However, I couldn't help but think that if the villains caused another incident, Su-ho might come to visit again.
[The plan that Harma Khan initially told me was to kill the villains in Jisan Prison and use them as material for his shaman camp.]
Arsha, who judged that Su-ho would not care if the villains in the prison died, as long as the villains killed the citizens, readily accepted the offer.
What Harmacan wanted from her was to scout out the situation within her prison and the movements of the villains after they escaped.
[If I just helped with the reconnaissance, she agreed to give me some villains to create new spear knights in return. But it turns out....]
Arsha thought that the moment the villains escaped, Harmakan would kill them all.
Then, the plan was to keep some of them alive rather than kill them, and feed them royal jelly to transform them into the new queen bee's lancers.
But the plan went awry when the villains escaped all at once.
[Harmacan especially likes souls tainted by evil.]
Harmakan wanted to further defile the souls of villains to make his shamans more powerful.
And it was an extremely simple thing.
As Hwang Dong-seok, who leads them, is a villain with an extremely greedy personality, he does things on his own even with a little coaxing from his side.
The moment the villains, led by Hwang Dong-seok, escaped from prison and arrived in a nearby village, they liberated the freedom that had been suppressed for so long.
And the sight was truly terrible.
The moment when awakened people with superhuman abilities become free from the law.
Because it was a living hell.
[This village is already heavily under Harmakan's spell. And that spell further fueled the villains' desires.]
Suho, who was listening to Arsha's words, suddenly turned to the side. This chapter's initial release occurred on the N0v3l-B1n site.
Then, the villains who had not yet been killed but kept alive tried to avoid his gaze with servile expressions.
The surprise of Arsha's sudden appearance only lasted for a moment.
As the story of what they had done so far flowed out of Arsha's mouth, she felt that her life was in danger.
Of course, they were not directly involved in the tragedy that occurred in this village, as they had not yet been killed by the sword of shadow assassin Kang Tae-Sik.
But they also destroyed villages to their heart's content, and the reason they didn't kill people was just... ....
This was because he had been confined to nearby restaurants and bars to eat the food and alcohol he could not eat in prison.
Sigh.
[Shall we kill them all?]
The villains' complexions turned pale as they saw Kang Tae-Sik, the shadow assassin who noticed Su-ho's gaze, raising his dagger as if he had been waiting.
"No, wait."
Suho raised his hand to stop Kang Tae-sik.
"Don't kill anyone from now on."
[...] ...yes.]
Kang Tae-sik lowered the dagger again without saying a word due to his firm will.
However, the reason why Suho told him not to kill the villains was by no means because he felt sorry for them.
"It seems that the more someone dies in this village, the stronger the magic of the demon tribe becomes."
[you're right. As expected, Seong Su-ho is truly an amazing person. You can see right through the core of Harmacan's magic circle!]
Arsha couldn't help but be surprised by Suho's words.
The demon race's evil magic, which treated souls like toys, was a complex magic that was difficult for other races to understand.
Arsha also knew this because she heard it from Harmakan, but she couldn't figure out anything just by looking at it vaguely.
But it wasn't difficult for Suho.
This is because system messages that I had never seen before appeared above the corpses of the dead villains.
[There is no soul, so extraction is impossible.]
[There is no soul, so extraction is impossible.]
[There is no soul, so extraction is impossible.]
The missing soul probably fell into Harmacan's hands.
Arsha's story is that Harmacan tried to kill the villains and use them as material for a sorcerer's camp.
Putting all these stories together, the answer was obvious.
The more people who die here, the stronger Harmakan's spell will become.
[Seong Su-ho, if you trust me, I will show you the way to get out of this village.]
It was Arsha who quickly stepped forward and said she would tell Suho's escape route.
No matter how much of the magic of the Demon Spirit tribe was activated in this village, Arsha was already the one who evacuated the main body from here.
but.
"no."
Suho flatly refused her help.
It wasn't that he didn't trust her.
"In times like these, we need to attack head-on."
Suho looked ahead with his eyes shining.
The Death Knights sent by Harmacan were already walking there.
thud. thud. thud. thud.
Hollow full body armor was walking towards me.
Just looking at the ominous energy wafting inside was creepy.
"W-what is that!"
The complexions of the villains who had surrendered to Su-ho turned pale due to the enormous force.
but.
Suho was the opposite.
[Death Knight]
[Death Knight]
....
These guys even have name tags on their heads.
The corners of Suho's mouth couldn't help but go up when he saw that.
"It's Harmakan..."He was surprisingly a good guy, right?"
[What a remarkable guy.]
Ber followed Suho and smiled sinisterly.
Suddenly, Suho glanced at Esil, and Esil noticed the gaze and immediately stepped back.
She was not to be disturbed from now on.
"..."You're creating monsters from the souls of villains with little experience."
Suho smiled meaningfully, raised his dual swords, and jumped forward with Gray.
"Crunch!"
Now, it was time to level up.
Crumbling!
That moment.
The two huge hands of Harmacan sprouted from the ground, tore down the surrounding buildings, and struck the guardian.
Wow!
"What an amazing talent."
Suho chose to attack head-on.