Chapter 285 – Dawn

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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[Great Evil, Seven Deadly Sins Envy appears.]

[The Zero Mountain Range churns with negative emotions.]

[The field transforms.]

Existences that entered the realm of the Bizarre.

A dragon, being one of them.

The Frost Dragon had changed the field and created Peace.

Envy is the same.

The plants of the mountain range rapidly withering.

The land losing its vitality.

Dark clouds gathering in the mountain range.

Indeed, it properly lives up to its name as a Great Evil.

However, who is Granfel?

“Noisy.”

Going beyond not being intimidated in front of a Great Evil.

The possessor of pride who considers even a Great Evil as trivial.

Could such Granfel just watch a sight like this.

“Do not fear. Only what is light is bound to be noisy.”

Speaking seriously to plants?

Compared to the prideful actions I’ve done so far, it’s nothing.

I drew up my magic power.

‘Although it won’t reach Hiel’s blessing.’

Although I look like this, I am the owner of Peace, the [Garden of Elegance]. There is a saying that even a village school dog recites the Thousand Character Classic after three years. Would Granfel’s talent have just been blankly watching elixir herbs grow.

Vvvvng─

The magic power I emitted permeates the mountain range.

Simultaneously, the scenery of the mountain range regaining its true colors again.

Yes, this too is the pride of not yielding a single thing to a demon.

“Do not lose your beauty out of fear.”

The aesthetic eye that doesn’t bend in any situation.

Although I’m the one who suffers thanks to that.

It’s fine right now.

I don’t know how it was updated to reality but.

A demon.

Furthermore, a Great Evil I missed once rolled in, so it’s a [Natural Omen Relationship] after a long while. It’s a properly activated situation at that. Meaning there’s no reason to make a fuss over this level of magic power consumption.

Was that all.

A popping-up message.

[The One Who Awaits the Dawn 5/5]

[The set item effect is applied.]

[Currently applied set effect : 5/5]

Self-luminescent.

Like wearing a sparkly outfit.

I literally have the Dawn set equipped enduring the disgrace……!

I raise my head and look at the sun floating in the sky.

They say there cannot be two suns in the sky, but…….

A glib tongue babbling well.

“Are you hiding out of fear of the Great Evil, Sun.”

A state of talking to the sun going beyond plants now.

“Since I am here, there is no need to step forward unreasonably.”

Truly, being consistent even with a Great Evil in front of me is so like me.

Reluctantly swallowing a lament for a moment.

The boundlessly sharpened senses of a Demon Hunter twitched.

It is a Zero Mountain Range massive enough to be called a new continent.

Although it’s an obvious statement.

‘Even with a skill like clairvoyance.’

Discovering a desired target in the Zero Mountain Range is impossible.

However, something transcending common sense exists in the [Natural Omen Relationship].

Because I can know having experienced it all this time.

‘Since when I wasn’t even level 100.’

I’m telling you, I am me, who hunted demons reaching hundreds of levels and endured to this position right now through unconventional methods. Is it thanks to that? There was a voice digging into the auditory sense developed by the effect of the [Natural Omen Relationship].

“It’s there.”

Having its right arm severed by me.

Loudly.

The voice of the guy who was screaming.

However, the voice was not just one.

-“The contents of that request is……. What was it?”

-“Do you not know regarding that?”

-“That’s right……. It hasn’t been many days since I became Commander.”

I thought ‘perhaps’.

The moment the word request came out, I became certain.

Isn’t that Wolf’s voice?

‘Why is Wolf in the Zero Mountain Range…….’

Actually, I have an assumption for the reason.

He probably moved to look for Kitch.

But the Zero Mountain Range, huh. Did he perhaps acquire a method to obtain a connector in the Zero Mountain Range?

Spinning my head for a moment.

I listened closely.

‘The request of a Great Evil.’

Because I was inwardly curious about it anyway.

To think a Great Evil made a request to the Shadow Mercenaries.

And just what that request was.

That Kitch left behind words about taking responsibility and concealed her traces.

However.

I wasn’t even given the luxury to quietly listen to that story.

The continuing voice of Envy.

-“Clau…….”

Whaaaaat?!

Claudie?!

Why is that name coming out from there again?!

No, I think I know even just hearing up to there.

Please do not babble regarding the Claudie family.

It’s too late if I manifest a portal.

I have to block the guy’s mouth faster than that……!!

“Tempest.”

[Skill, ‘Akshan’s Guardian Spirit’ is activated.]

“Awoooooo─!”

My dark past.

No, the cruel history of the Claudie family.

The one trying to dig it up inevitably.

Tear that demon apart!

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Even if the body suffers a fatal wound, the bodily senses do not turn off.

The howling of a beast.

Its origin was a place incredibly far away.

‘……How did it ring all the way here?’

An incomparably clear cry.

Wolf looked at the Great Evil, Seven Deadly Sins Envy while clutching his side.

Because he wondered if he heard auditory hallucinations.

‘It’s not an illusion.’

However, it seemed the cry was clearly heard by Envy’s ears as well. And its reaction was surprising. Because the Great Evil, which had not been shaken even once until now, trembled its body.

“……It’s him.”

Him, you say?

Even spitting out soliloquies suddenly.

Wolf thought.

Him, does that mean it knows the owner of that cry?

At the same time, a doubt arose.

The opponent is a Great Evil.

If sorting the ranks among demons…….

‘It’s strong to the point it can’t even be compared to Demon Kings.’

It’s Wolf and the Shadow Mercenaries who had engaged Demon Kings while conquering Demon King’s Castle rifts. It wasn’t an exaggeration but a strength that made it sorry to compare it to a Demon King.

‘An existence that makes such a Great Evil tremble in fear, you say?’

The one he could think of was the General Commander.

There was only Ho-yeol.

However, Wolf muttered without realizing.

“The General Commander went Awoooooo……?”

Cough─

Didn’t the listening body also spit blood as if dumbfounded.

However, the doubt did not last long.

What let out the howling wasn’t an ordinary wolf but.

A Tempest.

Because it was an existence fitting for the grandiose name.

Paaat!

“Awoo!”

Eventually, a wolf that popped out of the bushes lunged at Envy.

Driving Envy into a corner like a raging storm.

Wolf doubted his own eyes.

“……!”

Shadow Mercenaries.

Arcana Continent.

Big shots of the underworld.

They do not refuse any request as long as it makes money.

Information of the Arcana Continent to such Shadow Mercenaries?

It was at a level where it rolled in on its own even without collecting it.

-“I don’t know if you are aware, but the resentment regarding the Lord in Heshiya City of the southern part of the Empire has recently reached an extreme. This means a good justification to cause trouble has arisen!”

From the political affairs of the Empire they have no interest in.

-“What I want is the treasure that arrogant Baron bastard possesses. I mean the antique he picked up from the southern sea. Regardless of its value, I want to see him despair!”

Stories regarding gold and silver treasures.

-“Have you perhaps heard regarding Akshan’s Wolf?”

And even unbelievable rumors heard occasionally.

Akshan’s Wolf.

A capture request that came into the Shadow Mercenaries alike.

Wolf remembered the rumors regarding Akshan’s wolf.

-“Because it’s Wolf, how about Wolf takes it, hehe?”

Thanks to the silly joke of Kitch, who was the Vice Commander at the time.

Because he ended up remembering it even without trying to.

He could know just by hearing the stories of why they tried to obtain the wolf while investing massive amounts of money and even turning Akshan into an enemy.

-“It’s too exceptionally beautiful to be called a wolf. Should I say it’s like a single statue? But its bravery is unquestionable. Meaning it’s a guy seriously too good for the beggars of Akshan.”

Regardless of the reason, they are people who do not refuse incoming requests.

However, the capture request for Akshan’s wolf ended anticlimactically.

Because they found out while carrying out the request.

‘That wasn’t an animal.’

An existence guarding something, a Guardian Spirit.

Just like the guardian spirit of the Shadow Mercenaries, the Shadow Crow guards the hideout.

Akshan’s Guardian Spirit, the Akshan Wolf, also guards Akshan.

‘In other words, it was Akshan itself.’

Therefore at this moment, Wolf had no choice but to flinch.

Yes, there is no more Akshan on the continent.

Because Akshan disappeared without a trace during the Holy War.

“Awoooooo─”

However, a wolf consistently overwhelming the Seven Deadly Sins Envy.

What could it be if not the Akshan Wolf?

Moreover, the moment he watched the storm-like raging movements.

Information regarding the Akshan Wolf popping up, overlapping.

Wolf could be certain.

That was definitely the Akshan Wolf.

“……Akshan has resurrected?”

It was the moment Wolf muttered.

“Uwaaaaaah!!”

Envy, whose flesh was torn to shreds by the Akshan Wolf, began to scream. For some reason. Gripping the right forearm that wasn’t regenerating from the severed appearance.

“Just how, how are you here……!!”

It screamed towards midair, as if pressing someone for an answer.

“I definitely heard……! That you wouldn’t be able to leave the cave for a while. I clearly heard it……? Fucking hell, don’t tell me……!!”

Soon, its face distorted hideously.

“Liu Ouzhunchun. As expected, you were in cahoots with that fucking bastard! Daring to hunt this Great Evil. The Seven Deadly Sins Envy. So you tried to deceive me……!!”

Wolf swallowed a groan.

“Good. I shall properly play along.”

Crack─

Crackle─

Envy, who was helpless until just a moment ago, changes the form of its flesh. And then, eclipsing the wounds received from them and the ones inflicted by the Akshan Wolf.

It perfectly finished its transformation.

“I admit it. I cannot help but envy you.”

Paaat─!

Massive demon wings unfurled from its shoulder blades.

The moment he was astonished, Alkali’s strained voice was heard.

“……Phase 2.”

“Phase, old man?”

“Heh heh.”

Tremble tremble─

Alkali opened a potion bottle with trembling hands and wetted his throat.

Elixir.

A potion extremely refining the incomparably precious elixir herbs, its value unimaginable. Alkali rolled another bottle containing an elixir towards Wolf.

Roll─

“Kitch, she put that on your tab.”

“……Commander did?”

“Heh heh. Relieve yourself, I have no intention of scamming you with this.”

The effect of the elixir was amazing.

To the extent of smoothing over the status abnormality of a fatal wound.

Alkali examined the fallen members while staggering.

Looking at Rakkid’s state…….

“Tsk.”

He involuntarily clicked his tongue.

“Excluding Rakkid and Henderson, everyone else would be able to save their lives.”

The two men who faced the Great Evil alone.

They suffered injuries making even the peerless elixir look pale.

Alkali looked at Envy.

“Acting Commander Wolf, I shall ask you politely.”

“Go ahead.”

“The Great Evil has entered the next pattern, in adventurer terms.”

Alkali is open-minded defying his age.

Since it has been a long time since they fell into the adventurers’ world.

Meaning he had roughly grasped the language of the adventurers.

“Who knows how many times it will repeat such a molting in the future.”

Therefore, he realized the gap.

Because they were nearly annihilated at merely the first pattern.

There would be no chance of winning against Envy who entered the second pattern.

Alkali asked Wolf despite knowing that fact.

“Even so, are you going to fight until the end?”

Wolf barely emptied the elixir and examined his own flesh. Although his vitality was rapidly filling up with the elixir’s effect, bones and flesh couldn’t fill his torn side in real-time.

His cool-headed commander’s brain speaks.

That there is no chance of winning.

Providing the best option.

That they must abandon the hopeless Henderson and Rakkid and leave the area. Yes, the past self who turned a blind eye to defeated allies and became a traitor was yelling.

Wolf laughed quietly.

“It’s funny to make this kind of decision now, old man.”

Was looking into it too deeply the source of trouble?

The adventurers who died trusting Liu Ouzhunchun.

Them and the members who fell trusting himself looked overlapped.

Therefore, Wolf picked up his crossbow.

“Trash has its own ranks too, doesn’t it?”

Click─

Wolf thought while loading his crossbow.

‘Is this what they call pride?’

Well, it’s unknown whether he is qualified to mention a word like pride. However, one thing is certain. The decision right now is definitely not meaningless.

‘Winning is not the objective.’

General Commander.

Delaying time until Ho-yeol arrives.

If it’s right now, with the Akshan Wolf joined.

He might be able to delay time to some extent.

Alkali let out a deep sigh.

“In the end, you resemble Kitch too. Even you.”

But it’s finally fitting for the Shadow Mercenaries.

Because if we aren’t twisted, we aren’t comrades.

Alkali raised the corners of his mouth and rummaged through his inner pocket.

“Let’s see, what kind of poison did I have that could be used in this situation.”

It was the moment he was rummaging through his memories.

……Twitch!

The veins popping on Henderson’s head twitched.

Groans flowed out from Rakkid’s firmly closed mouth.

Wolf and Alkali doubted their two eyes.

‘……What’s this?’

Even if they are two men whose heads seem to be filled with muscles.

As long as they were human, that was a level of injury that couldn’t naturally heal.

Meaning it is impossible for them to regain consciousness on their own.

However, the doubt did not last long.

Soon.

Because a change arrived even to those who regained their senses.

Clack─

“I shall hear regarding the situation later.”

That just by its appearance.

“Therefore, everybody wake up until the hunt is over.”

An existence making the darkness laid upon the mountain range retreat.

“Because the Shadow Mercenaries I hired are not weak enough to fall to a single trivial demon.”

Was the dawn.

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[The One Who Awaits the Dawn 5/5]

[The set item effect is applied.]

[Currently applied set effect : 5/5]

[1. When you are the commander, the morale of allies becomes ‘maximum’.]…….

The meaning of ‘maximum’ in the Arcana system is immense.

For example…….

Meaning it’s an expression on the level of reviving even the dead.