Chapter 58 – Disaster

[They haven’t said they belong to us yet.]

“I have to save him first….”

[It’s time to show it to you. We all need to know how helpless the world is without us.]

“You…”

[Likewise, you also need to know.]

The energy of Taegeukhye arose in Lee Lee Se-min’s body.

At the same time, Black Armor members pointed their weapons at Lee Lee Se-min.

They faced off.

The director smiled leisurely.

[Do you have time for this?]

“They say they protect humanity.”

[That’s why I’m doing this.]

“Damn it.”

Lee Lee Se-min realized that he had no intention of moving.

By setting an example, they try to solidify their position.

The old man who had become a monster welcomed this situation.

It’s a waste of time to argue.

“Ugly bastard.”

Lee Lee Se-min spat at the director and turned around.

[Don’t die.]

Behind my back, the director smiled and said.

***

Lee Lee Se-min ran in a straight line through the city’s obstacles.

Dawn was coming.

There was nothing like the sound of birds waking me up in the morning.

In its place was the long cries of the demonic beasts.

Lee Lee Se-min cut down any demonic beasts that blocked his path.

Time was running out.

I broke through the concrete and crossed the collapsed Hannam Bridge. His new form became a light and crossed the city.

After continuing to ran, Lee Lee Se-min caught the Auror’s presence.

Soon a group appeared in his field of vision. slowed down A person whom Lee Lee Se-min knew well was standing in the lead.

One of the six black marks representing Korea, Ryu Kwan-woo of Iron Horse.

No, Ryu Gwan-cheol.

Ryu Gwan-cheol had already noticed Lee Lee Se-min’s approach and was waiting for him. Gradually the distance became closer. Lee Lee Se-min arrived in front of him.

“Brother.”

“Little brother.”

They held each other’s hands and hugged each other’s shoulders as if they were united.

The members of Cheolmasa were seen over Ryu Gwan-cheol’s shoulder.

Bang Yubi was also there.

Although she had a dark complexion, she smiled brightly when she made eye contact with Lee Lee Se-min.

There was a lot I wanted to say.

But I can’t afford that now.

“I heard that a disaster monster has appeared. I will help.”

“Thank you.”

Not far away, an unidentified energy was rampant. It was stationary in place, but that made it a more ominous force. Taegeukhye trembled, sensing the coming danger.

Ryu Gwan-cheol’s always relaxed face also stiffened.

Lee Lee Se-min said.

“Wouldn’t it be okay to ask for help now to become part of Heron Base?”

“I already did it.”

“Then…”

“They say they will accept it if you eliminate the disaster beast.”

Lee Lee Se-min remembered the director’s face.

If we meet again, I will take it out of that capsule and hit it hard.

“What kind of guy is he?”

“According to the reconnaissance team….”

There were a total of four types of disaster beasts that humanity had had to deal with so far.

Each time it appeared, a single entity crossed the gate alone, but the number of casualties was always the worst.

“That guy…”

At that moment, Lee Lee Se-min and Ryu Gwan-cheol stopped at the same time.

The raiders who were following stopped, not knowing why.

“Ready.”

Ryu Gwan-cheol said. It was a low voice, but everyone heard it because there was silence everywhere. Each weapon rose towards the sky.

The demonic beast had already recognized their approach and was scattering its life force as if greeting them.

“It’s him.”

Ryu Gwan-cheol pointed to a building standing tall on top of the ruins.

All the nearby buildings were destroyed, but it alone maintained its strength. It must had originally been the headquarters of a radar company, and the sign reading Nine Dragon Corporation was half-broken.

The building had its back to the rising sun, casting a backlit shadow.

Lee Lee Se-min frowned and desperately stared at the top of the building.

A shadow flickered.

I made eye contact with the demonic beast.

Lee Lee Se-min’s body stiffened.

When he first encountered the Sewing Gate, Lee Lee Se-min saw the Disaster Beast Orc beyond the gate. Even then, he couldn’t move like this.

Overwhelming presence.

The moment you make eye contact, a sense of crisis wells up your spine.

The demon beast that was standing on the roof of the building walked towards them and stood on the railing.

Now everyone could see him.

brown skin.

High-pointed ears like a devil and viciously slitted eyes.

Teeth like saw blades exposed every time the mouth opens.

Although it was not tall, it was a creature that exudes so much terrifying power that it distorts the atmosphere every time it moves.

The devil who devastated the Mediterranean Sea and was named the second Disaster Demon.

Disaster beast lineage number 2.

Goblin.

“Kiruk….”

The goblin threw the ax into the sky.

The ax blade spun around and sparkled in the sunlight.

And then he jumped off the roof of the building.

Upon landing, a shock wave exploded, and a goblin walked out from the rising dust.

The goblin caught the spinning ax blade from above its head.

“Girl….”

Lee Lee Se-min realized.

The battle had already begun.

The deadly spirit emanating from the goblins was already aimed at their death.

Ryu Gwan-cheol came forward and blocked the goblin’s energy with his body. Then the pressure on my heart eased. The frightened breathing of the raiders behind us gradually calmed down.

Lee Lee Se-min looked back.

There were faces he knew and faces he didn’t know. Those who had raided with him as part of the Iron Mage, those who had joined Ryu Gwan-cheol although they were in different companies, and raiders whom he had never seen while living in Seoul, stared in the same direction with the same expression.

Lee Lee Se-min captured the scene in his eyes.

After this battle was over, some of us may never be seen again.

“What are you looking at? Just look ahead.”

Bang Yubi said.

Lee Lee Se-min grinned.

“Okay.”

Lee Lee Se-min turned his head again. There was still a distance between them and the goblins, but Lee Lee Se-min felt that the gap was meaningless.

A distance that can be attacked in an instant, far away but also close.

What broke that precarious balance.

“I will go first.”

As expected, it was Lee Lee Se-min.

He picked up Rufus and sprinted towards the goblin.

The new model crouched low and cut through the wind.

His senses were infinitely amplified.

Beyond the limits of my physical body, I became sensitive enough to feel even dust particles passing by my face.

The goblin’s whole body was visible at a glance.

I could understand where the guy’s eyes were pointing, why his fingertips were shaking, and even the fact that the slight tilt of the ax blade was aimed at his shoulder.

So I pretended to offer up my shoulder and planned to attack in reverse.

The will was one with the brother.

The moment I thought, my body was already moving. His aura was fully loaded with Rufus. Taijihui vibrated his sword body and revealed his teeth to bite the goblin.

The goblin’s ax moved toward his shoulder.

Lee Lee Se-min gently leaned forward.

Lee Lee Se-min and Goblin were colliding with each other through inertia. Lee Lee Se-min lowered his body even further. Lee Lee Se-min’s body was caught in the ax’s path.

The goblin’s ax will graze his shoulder.

Then it’s Rufus’ turn to bite the guy’s side.

The moment our bodies meet like that.

Lee Lee Se-min was frightened and used Jeunjong’s technique to kick the air and change direction. Dok2 chased after him. Lee Lee Se-min covered his entire body with an auric shield and prepared for impact. The ax blade rushed all the way to the chin, making a terrifying sound as if it were splitting the earth.

Kwaaaaaaaa!

Just before the ax was struck, someone hit the goblin.

The goblin slammed the ax into the ground to apply the brakes to the body being pushed forward.

“Thank you.”

It was Ryu Gwan-cheol.

“Be careful. He’s strong.”

“Yes. I understand now.”

Lee Lee Se-min reflected on what had just happened to him.

The goblin aimed for his shoulder, and he tried to use it against him.

I thought everything was perfect.

However, his plan was actually planned by the goblins. The goblin twisted the ax’s trajectory toward his neck, not his shoulder. With just a slight tilt of the axe, he brought Lee Lee Se-min into his flow.

This made it clear.

It had a high level of intelligence.

It was not a fight against a magical beast, but closer to a battle with an outstanding expert.

In the clash just now, strength, skill, and even psychological warfare were his victory.

If it weren’t for Ryu Gwan-cheol, he might had died.

“After….”

The raiders surrounded the goblins. Lee Lee Se-min and Ryu Gwan-cheol remained inside the siege. The goblin looked around with a relaxed expression.

Although it had a small body that could only fit a human’s chest, the sense of intimidation it exudes was like a tidal wave.

The goblin chattered his teeth up and down. There was a sound I didn’t want to hear. The moment Lee Lee Se-min watches his next move.

A neck flew into the sky.

The goblin was already standing outside the siege, chopping off the head of one of the raiders.

Thump, thud, thump.

And the head rolled on the concrete rubble like an object.

“What!”

“Kijeong!”

Shock and sighed erupted. But there was no time to grieve any more. The goblin immediately swung his ax at the raider standing next to him. Although Radar managed to block it, he was unable to overcome the shock and lost the sword.

There was no formality in the goblin’s movements.

He swung the ax as he pleased, moving between the floor and the air, sometimes as if he were dancing, sometimes as if he were doing acrobatics.

The goblin’s ax split one raider’s knee. He collapsed on the floor, bleeding. The moment the goblin was about to strike with the ax again, Lee Lee Se-min rushed in and blocked the goblin’s path.

I made eye contact with the goblin.

A strange light shone in its yellow eyes.

The goblin struck Lee Lee Se-min in the abdomen with his fist.

“Wow!”

As Lee Lee Se-min knelt down, the goblin stepped back.

A scimitar was stuck where the guy was standing.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes!”

Ryu Gwan-cheol pushed Goblin. But his attacks had no results at all. Everything went as the goblin intended. Since the battle began, the goblin had not shown any signs of panic.

He was a master of battle.

The goblin seemed to be retreating from Ryu Gwan-cheol, but instead cut off and killed the raider who was running after him.

Ryu Gwan-cheol was furious and swung his scimitar, but the goblin blocked his attack with minimal strength. It didn’t stop there, whenever Ryu Gwan-cheol lost his rhythm, the goblin continued to attack the surrounding raiders.

It was an extremely efficient move.

Deal with the weak first to reduce their numbers.

Kill what can be killed first.

The raiders were dead.

Gathered here were the elite of those gathered at the Iron Mage’s base. All were platinum marks. I decided that starting with gold would not be helpful.

But that judgment was wrong.

Even the platinum mark didn’t mean much.

“Ugh!”

“Keeeeek!”

Ryu Gwan-cheol was kicked by the goblin and fell to the floor.

“Die!”

In the meantime, someone hit the goblin. It was Bang Yubi. The goblin leaned back to avoid the attack and swung the axe. Bang Yubi barely escaped.

It was a precarious battle.

Lee Lee Se-min joined the battle. Lee Lee Se-min, Bang Yubi, and Goblin came together. Lee Lee Se-min and Bang Yubi attacked the goblins from front and back. As if mocking them, the goblin closed one eye and swung the ax with one eye and one hand to block their repeated attacks.

Lee Lee Se-min gritted his teeth.

It can’t go on like this.

“Yubi, get out of the way!”

Bang Yu-bi jumped into the sky and escaped from Lee Se-min’s face.

Lee Lee Se-min suddenly unleashed the energy of Taegeukhye that he had gathered while exchanging attacks.

Pure white aura hit the goblin like a wave.

Lee Lee Se-min put murderous intent on top of it. It was his will to end the goblins. An explosion rang out, and a crater formed on the floor. My vision was completely obscured by smoke.

When the dust settled.

Lee Lee Se-min could not believe his eyes.

The other person was fine.

“Girl.”

The goblin’s body was protected by a black aura.

The guy raised his axe.

A black aura took shape and soared.

Must be avoided.

The moment he thought that, Lee Lee Se-min’s body was already hitting the floor.

A black auror struck the spot where he was standing.

The land was split.

“Crazy.”

Meanwhile, the goblin’s eyes were glued to Lee Lee Se-min.

Something had changed.

Lee Lee Se-min realized that the goblin had targeted him.

I don’t know why, but the goblin felt hostile towards him.

He fought mechanically. We just followed the most efficient method and did not set any specific goals within it. Kill if you can, or swing the ax at an easier opponent.

However, the goblin was now targeting Lee Lee Se-min.

“Kiruk….”

The goblin leapt towards Lee Lee Se-min.

Lee Lee Se-min muttered as he lifted Rufus up.

“Why do ugly guys bother me?”

A raider intercepted a goblin in the air, but was cut into pieces by the goblin’s axe. The goblin didn’t stop. Wandering through blood and flesh, it continued to fly towards Lee Lee Se-min.

“Is it a lack of qualifications?”

Lee Lee Se-min raised Taegeukhye. Air currents boiled up from my body. Lupus vibrated.

Fighting methods such as strategizing or controlling the tempo were useless against him. In order to overcome the overwhelming difference in power, you must fight with all your might from start to finish. Only by struggling like that can there be even the slightest possibility. Lee Lee Se-min gritted his teeth and exploded his aura.

Suddenly, I felt Ryu Gwan-cheol running behind me.

Lee Lee Se-min realized his intention.

I instinctively adjusted the timing.

It was a passing score.

Rufus and the scimitar were swung together, and the goblin’s ax came down on top of them.

They both jumped out at the same time.

Lee Lee Se-min got stuck in the concrete and rolled around for several turns. Blood flowed from all over my body. Lee Lee Se-min put his head down on the floor and spit out the dust that had gotten into his mouth.

When my all-out attack failed, my stomach turned from the recoil.

I wiped the blood flowing from the corner of my mouth.

When I looked up, Ryu Gwan-cheol was in a similar situation to Lee Lee Se-min. I made eye contact with him. Ryu Gwan-cheol smiled bitterly and stood up.

“I might die today.”

Lee Lee Se-min responded to Ryu Gwan-cheol’s words.

“Maybe.”

Lee Lee Se-min also relied on Rufus to get up.

A goblin was walking towards them holding an axe.

He’s now turned off the little Platinum Mark raiders.

The raiders also hesitated and retreated, not daring to attack.

Lee Lee Se-min stood up and faced the guy. I forced the corners of my mouth to twist up. The goblin’s pitch-black eyes without whites slit even longer.

“Kirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr still repulsive.”

The goblin made a noise.

“Kiruk. Karak… Kia….”

It seemed like the goblin’s own language. The guy swung his ax in the air and continued to open his mouth. Was it a threat? Lee Lee Se-min also did not lose and raised an auror. Taegeukhye was performed again.

Then the goblin stopped in place. He held his head, lowered his head, and started muttering something.

“Kirrr….”

Soon the goblin raised its head again.

The black aura emanating from its body became even darker.

It was much clearer and more powerful than the auras of the Black Armor members that Lee Lee Se-min experienced. It was an evil force that distorted the principles of the world. Taegeukhye shook as if in protest. Lee Lee Se-min suppressed his pounding heart and opened his chest.

I tried not to give in to that guy’s murderous ways.

Rufus stood up and stared at the goblin through the blade.

Our eyes met.

At that moment, Lee Lee Se-min felt a deadly force flying toward his neck and leaned back.

The ax passed by leaving a scratch on his neck.

The goblin was already approaching him.

It was incredible speed.

“Tsk!”

Goblin attacks continued to target Lee Lee Se-min. The speed of thinking had already reached its limit. Lee Lee Se-min cleared his head and moved his body to live in the realm of instinct.

Wounds piled up all over my body. However, he narrowly escaped fatal injury. Taijihui was dominating his body. Wherever the ax flew, Taegeukhye resided and protected his body. Lee Lee Se-min squeezed the dantian to increase the output of the auror.

“Kiaaa!”

The goblin let out a roar.

The goblin’s fierceness intensified. A black auror stopped Lee Lee Se-min. It was difficult to move, as if I was stuck in mud.

The ax flew towards Lee Lee Se-min, who hesitated. I blocked it with Lupus, but it bounced back due to the force of the impact. The goblin kicked the ground and chased after Lee Lee Se-min, striking him again with his axe.

Just before the ax blade split the three people, Ryu Gwan-cheol appeared and took the attack instead of Eonwoldo-ro.

Ryu Gwan-cheol raised aurors and counterattacked.

The goblin stepped back.

Ryu Gwan-cheol pushed forward and continued to attack the goblin. The goblins were on the defensive. The aura emanating from Ryu Gwan-cheol put pressure on the goblins from all directions.

Then, raiders who had not dared to intervene began to support Ryu Gwan-cheol.

Fang Yubi attacked the goblin from the lead. Her magic sword, which reached the highest level even in Platinum, pierced the goblin’s weak point. The goblin jumped up and tried to escape their attack. However, the raiders formed a solid formation and chased the goblins. It was a unified breath.

Just before their swords touched, the goblin screamed and unleashed its aura.

A shock wave swept through the area.

Everyone was rolling around.

“Is everything okay?”

Ryu Gwan-cheol, who withstood the attack, struggled alone, but was soon cut on the thigh by the goblin’s axe. Ryu Gwan-cheol sat down. The goblin kicked Ryu Gwan-cheol without stopping. Ryu Gwan-cheol was blown away and landed on the remains of a collapsed building. He just wriggled and couldn’t get up again.

The moment the goblin ran to finish off Ryu Gwan-cheol with an axe.

“Where!”

Lee Lee Se-min blocked the goblin.

I hurled Rufus at the guy’s heart. It got stuck on the side of the ax blade. The goblin’s front kick flew. It was a strike like a thunderbolt. Lee Lee Se-min reflexively dodged the kick and caught it in his side.

The goblin was not embarrassed, but jumped off the ground and threw a spinning kick with his stepping foot.

Lee Lee Se-min also turned around to avoid the goblin’s feet and attempted a reverse kick counter.

Their attacks differed.

They both fell at the same time.

Lee Lee Se-min tried to get up, but the goblin was faster.

The goblin took control above and struck Lee Lee Se-min with his axe. Lee Lee Se-min turned around. The ax grazed his shoulder. The ground was dug up and cracks appeared in the earth. Lee Lee Se-min was heartbroken. It was a narrow miss.

But it’s not over yet. The moment Lee Lee Se-min tried to escape from the guy, he was grabbed by the neck.

A black aura took his breath away.

“Wow!”

The goblin’s black eyes were focused on him.

It’s pitch black.

Lee Lee Se-min seemed to see something beyond those eyes.

Hatred.

No, something else.

Something flickered in the goblin’s eyes.

“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu….”

Lee Lee Se-min grabbed the goblin’s wrist and protested, but the goblin didn’t budge. On the contrary, the pressure became stronger. Lee Lee Se-min’s resistance soon turned into a struggle in pain.

“Ugh….”

Gradually my consciousness faded.

Lee Lee Se-min felt death.

Something that cannot be undone.

To sink forever.

It was coming.

Black streaks flickered out of sight. Lee Lee Se-min felt a sense of fall. Consciousness that begins to fall toward death gradually accelerates toward the abyss.

Just before my eyes were completely stained with darkness.

Something splashed on my cheek.

Red stains spread across the pitch-black darkness.

The goblin’s grip weakened, and his vision returned vaguely. The goblin’s ugly teeth and brown skin were visible. Red blood dripped from it.

One raider was impaled on a goblin’s axe.

Our eyes met.

The light disappeared from his eyes.

“Please…”

At the end of that muttering, Raider’s head dropped.

The goblin waved his ax roughly. Raider’s body was lying next to Lee Lee Se-min. His eyes were not closed, but were looking into space.

That wasn’t the end.

The raiders continued to rush in to save Lee Lee Se-min.

The goblin fought them with one hand while strangling Lee Lee Se-min. Those who attacked the goblins either died or were mortally wounded.

Lee Lee Se-min gritted his teeth and raised his aura.

However, they were all consumed by the black aura.

The grip strength in the goblin’s grip became stronger.

Death loomed again.

Was it really the end?

Lee Lee Se-min tried to find Rufus and hold him, but his body gradually lost strength.

A black curtain fell over my vision again.

Lee Lee Se-min resigned.

That moment.

Someone pushed the goblin off his body.

Lee Lee Se-min regained his breath and grabbed his neck and screamed. My neck was being crushed by the goblin. Lee Lee Se-min grabbed Rufus and stood up. I felt dizzy and stumbled once. I came back to my senses as quickly as possible.

It’s a battle now. If you don’t move quickly, someone else will die. Lee Lee Se-min turned towards the goblin.

And then, Lee Lee Se-min opened his eyes wide.

Time stopped.

The goblin’s ax was stuck in someone’s chest.

The sight of the back collapsing was familiar.

Lee Lee Se-min’s face distorted.

All kinds of thoughts flooded my head. Memories that had been sleeping poured out. It was difficult for Lee Lee Se-min to distinguish between the sight before his eyes and the past memories playing in his mind.

‘Yubi. Just watch. Because this is the man who said he could make you look like a piece of chewed gum. If you meet later, don’t be gentle.’

‘Ah, that was this person.’

Lee Lee Se-min ran like crazy. The goblin stopped him. The ax flew.

‘I can see it from here. ‘I heard you bet with your sister?’

Lee Lee Se-min swung Rufus and struck the goblin with an axe. The goblin jumped out. Lee Lee Se-min ignored him and continued running.

‘There was a rumor that he fell beyond the gate and came back. Is this true? ‘How was it there?’

‘Why is that?’

‘You’re curious. So did you become stronger? In the past, you broke it for me… … .’

Lee Lee Se-min sat down next to the fallen Bang Yubi. Her abdomen was completely pierced. Blood poured out from the open mouth.

‘I’ll help you buy a gift.’

‘I heard you saw Mr. Seonha?’

‘I have time until I meet my sister. How long does it take to choose a gift? You can go right away.’

I made eye contact with her. Bang Yu-bi was in no position to say more.

What was she looking at? Am I even looking at the person in front of me? Lee Lee Se-min couldn’t tell because his eyes were blurry. I just kept muttering her name.

‘Oh, how does that happen?’

‘It’s effort, effort. There is nothing you can’t do if you work with passion. Did you understand?

‘Old man! ‘Do you want to spar?’

Lee Lee Se-min’s tears fell down her cheeks.

‘I lost, I lost. Black Mark is amazing. The humble Platinum jumped in without knowing the topic. Hey, don’t do it. ‘I told you not to do it.’

Lee Lee Se-min called her.

“Yubiya.”

Fang Yufei slowly raised his hand.

Her bloody fingertips wiped away Lee Lee Se-min’s tears.

“Yubi. Hey, Bang Yubi.”

A faint smile.

“Yubiya.”

That was the end.

Her hand dropped.

Death was a moment.

“Yubiya.”

Her heart stopped beating.

Lee Lee Se-min hugged her body. My head was tangled. My breathing became heavy and it was difficult to breathe.

I desperately embraced her. As if he could bring her back to life with his warmth, Lee Lee Se-min could not let go of Bang Yubi.

Her death was like everyone else’s.

“Yubiya.”

No matter how many times I called, there was no answer.

Lee Lee Se-min raised his eyes blurred with tears.

There, a goblin stood.

“Kiruk.”

The guy was standing there waiting for Lee Lee Se-min, as if giving him time to say goodbye.

Lee Lee Se-min quietly looked down at Bang Yubi’s face.

I pushed back my disheveled hair.

The body was lying on the floor.

And then I heard about lupus.

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