How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 112
Chapter 112
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Thud!
What had been pierced by Kim Si-on’s dagger slowly revealed its true form as its camouflage faded.
“…Kugh!”
A Dark Elf with a pitch-black body and pointed ears.
The Forest of Corruption.
These were the enemies of this battlefield where the World Tree confronted the demon realm.
“Thirty-two.”
Grin.
When Kim Si-on smiled and swung his dagger.
Splat!
The Dark Elf that had been stuck on the dagger fell into the swamp and began to be devoured.
“Forty-six.”
Yoon Seung-Ah appeared beside him.
Flaaash!
Black shadows bursting from her body became awls and pierced the Dark Elves hiding in the surroundings all at once.
“Don’t steal mine!”
Kim Si-on shouted sharply, but Yoon Seung-Ah didn’t even pretend to listen and flicked her finger.
Clang!
A black lightning bolt that came flying bounced off after hitting the shadows.
“I, I could have blocked it!”
It was when Yoon Seung-Ah disappeared again.
Craaack!
That sound heard from somewhere.
“Tsk!”
The bet Kim Si-on had been confident about was already over.
Twenty minutes into battle.
Unlike Yoon Seung-Ah and Kim Si-on who only had double-digit numbers.
“I said it’s cheating.”
The number of Dark Elves Go Johan had killed easily exceeded three digits.
“…You’ve gotten stronger.”
Kim Si-on said with envious eyes.
He had noticed that some change had occurred in Go Johan when he took in the Dwarven, Cheol Jung-bae.
But to this extent.
Swooosh!
An arrow flying from somewhere, completely assimilated with the forest’s darkness, impossible to track with the eyes.
Clang!
Kim Si-on deflected it and took a step forward.
Whoosh!
A feeling as if space was folding, like when Go Johan moved.
But unlike Go Johan.
Kwaaaa!
The speed Kim Si-on created was simply due to his excellent agility and strength.
Right in front of Kim Si-on’s nose.
“…!”
He could see the Dark Elf’s camouflage wavering.
Stab!
Kim Si-on’s dagger pierced its heart without hesitation.
The original Kim Si-on would have beheaded it.
“Tsk.”
But the skin and bone density of these Dark Elves was beyond imagination.
Creatures that were merely demons with one horn were exerting power close to two horns.
The Forest of Corruption, this territory was clearly giving them some kind of power.
Swoosh.
Shadows rippled behind Kim Si-on, and darkness was instantly wielded.
“On top of that, they’re even cowardly.”
The already troublesome Dark Elves were different from the demons they had faced so far, doing annoying things.
Like throwing their comrades as bait and targeting the opening, just like now.
Craaack!
But the Dark Elves failed to achieve their goal of ambushing Kim Si-on.
The shadows bursting from Kim Si-on’s body pierced the hearts of the ambushing Dark Elves.
“What noona can do…”
Kim Si-on’s dagger moved as he turned around.
Splaaaash!
Strange blood gushing up.
“I can do too.”
This must be Kim Si-on’s true talent.
“But I still won the bet.”
Kim Si-on, startled, swung his dagger driven by instinct he didn’t even know he had.
Clench!
The hand holding it was blocked by Go Johan.
“You scared me! Captain!”
Go Johan treated even Kim Si-on like a child.
“One hundred fifty-one.”
“No way… Tsk, fine!”
In fact, Kim Si-on had also been counting the Dark Elves Go Johan was tearing apart.
The truth without a single error.
Thus the bet ended.
“Wh-what do I have to do?”
If he lost the bet, there would be rewards and punishments.
“You have to enroll in high school, right?”
“Ahhhhhhh!”
Kim Si-on’s cry of anguish spread through the Forest of Corruption.
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[Remaining time: 181 hours]
The goddess’s warning voice was heard.
Nearly a day had already passed since entering the gate.
The reason they were so sluggish when they would normally have rushed straight to achieve their goal was simple.
“It’s a labyrinth.”
The Forest of Corruption was identical to a single maze.
Even just looking at the place where the first battle occurred.
Once the battle ended.
Kurururu!
Withered and twisted trees immediately shot up forming a forest, and its structure became even more complex.
That wasn’t all.
Gurururu!
The dark swamp covering the ground churned as if it would suck in everything on the surface.
Ripple.
Yoon Seung-Ah tried to move with Go Johan using shadows, but where they reappeared was just on a tree right next to them.
‘Mana interference.’
The World Tree’s mana filled this place, distorting even spatial coordinates.
“Noona! What about me!”
“Jump over.”
Tat!
The trees where Go Johan and the apostles had been were sucked into the swamp, becoming an empty clearing.
But shortly after.
Kukukukuku!
Withered and twisted trees shot up again forming a forest.
“Ha.”
Kim Si-on had a dumbfounded expression.
He had never experienced such maliciousness before.
Before they could take proper rest and decide which direction to go.
Swoooosh!
Tree branches became whips targeting Go Johan, Kim Si-on, and Yoon Seung-Ah.
Clang!
Their strength was so solid that even Kim Si-on’s dagger withstood once.
Guuung!
Even while hitting the wall of shadows Yoon Seung-Ah created, they struggled desperately to penetrate through the gap.
The most certain method was.
Crack!
For Go Johan to tear it all away.
World lines filled with black color, just by grabbing and tearing part of them, the entire space was ripped away.
A brief respite gained.
Go Johan clenched and unclenched his hand, checking his senses.
‘Definitely.’
It had changed.
Whether it was the effect of Divine Eyes strengthened by taking in Cheol Jung-bae, he could definitely interfere with world lines more than before and the area he could influence had also expanded.
“Captain!”
“Wait a moment.”
Go Johan offered his body to the charging tree branches.
Swoooosh!
The incredibly solid tree branches grabbed Go Johan’s arm and applied fierce force as if trying to tear it off.
However.
[Black Steelization]
Go Johan’s arm began to be dyed with something pitch black.
The incredibly smooth thing sparkled as if devouring all surrounding colors or trying to emit light itself.
Crack!
It grabbed and tore away all the attacking tree branches.
[Strength Enhancement]
[Agility Enhancement]
[Mana Enhancement]
He could feel all stats rising at once.
Swooosh!
Taking advantage of that gap, an arrow flew in.
A Dark Elf hiding somewhere must have thought Go Johan showed an opening and shot it.
Clang!
Go Johan deflected the arrow with just a wave of his hand and was about to reach out.
“Kyaaaak!”
The Dark Elf that shot the arrow was caught by tree branches and sucked into the swamp.
“Really…”
Go Johan said with a bitter smile.
“What a tiresome place.”
Everything in this space could be called an enemy.
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[Remaining time: 170 hours]
The Forest of Corruption was a battlefield.
Between the World Tree and the Dark Elves.
Tat.
Catching a Dark Elf, there was no need to interrogate these damn fallen evil breeds.
Everything in this space was telling them.
“The World Tree seems to be resisting fiercely.”
Yoon Seung-Ah said.
She too was feeling exactly what Go Johan was feeling.
The power of Divine Eyes might be weak, but her ‘understanding’ was superior to anyone else’s.
“The Dark Elves couldn’t easily take over the World Tree either…”
Yoon Seung-Ah said.
“It seems like they’re trying to corrupt the entire land where the World Tree hid.”
“Seems like it.”
Go Johan said while tearing apart space.
The torn space became a new path for them to advance.
“But that won’t be long now.”
This forest was the proof.
The Forest of Corruption already synchronized with the World Tree.
It meant that at least part of the World Tree had also fallen.
Perhaps.
“Who knows how long the fight has been. This place seems to be on a different time axis. It’s because it’s the World Tree, treated as divine, that it’s enduring.”
Crack.
The remaining time the goddess told them.
That perhaps didn’t simply mean the time until they’d be expelled from the space.
Something had been triggered by them, and the time it would take to completely corrupt the World Tree.
Swooosh.
He caught an arrow flying in.
Even without Go Johan moving.
Splaaaash!
Kim Si-on was already hunting those who shot the arrows.
Thud thud thud thud!
Yoon Seung-Ah’s magic was killing them.
“The Dark Elves are the proof. They’re struggling desperately to stop us.”
As time passed, Go Johan’s Divine Eyes were regaining their abilities.
In the world dyed black, he could organize those lines and see the gaps.
Bundles of thread moving between them.
He could clearly feel their urgency.
“The Dark Elves haven’t found the World Tree either. They must be trapped in the labyrinth.”
Nod.
Yoon Seung-Ah nodded.
“Can you do it?”
They had already spent close to 30 hours since entering this place.
They had moved without rest the whole time, but still didn’t know how much further they had to go to find the end of this labyrinth.
A world like several glass shards tangled together, with clear limits if using only simple force.
“It won’t be easy.”
It was a rare groan from Yoon Seung-Ah.
“It’s a world separated for too long. The World Tree has poured out everything, and with the demon realm’s power tangled in, it might be possible if given a little more time, but right now it seems difficult.”
Since it was her always honest words, it could be trusted.
But there was one thing that was certain.
“…Permission.”
Yoon Seung-Ah wouldn’t speak of impossibility.
If she spoke of impossibility, it could only mean she hoped to receive Go Johan’s permission for something.
“Will you permit the horns?”
Yoon Seung-Ah asked carefully.
“Can’t be helped. Time is more important than anything. But not for long, I don’t want to see you get hurt.”
At Go Johan’s words, Yoon Seung-Ah’s eyes trembled.
“Wow…!”
Kim Si-on, who had cleaned up the surrounding Dark Elves, approached and said.
“It’s been really long.”
Kim Si-on and Go Johan, who noticed something, stepped back.
“Thank you. Captain.”
Tat.
Yoon Seung-Ah kicked off the tree she was standing on and fell, standing on the swamp.
The swamp of corruption, as if waiting for that moment.
Kwaaaaa!
Surged up trying to devour her.
The moment a round black circle seemed to form.
Flaaaash!
In an instant the circle burst out and the surrounding swamp began to be pushed away.
Sooo.
Goosebump-inducing mana.
That was part of the true power the apostles possessed.
[Sloth desires release of power.]
[Will you permit it?]
Mana so great that the goddess sent a warning.
“I will permit it.”
My goddess.
Crack!
Above Yoon Seung-Ah’s right forehead, her skin began to writhe.