[Chapter 171]
[Crimson Wings (6)]
People's screams and.
A night full of monsters' sounds.
Those who were forced to come out as monsters invaded air raid shelters blankly looked up at the night sky.
""""...."""
Whoosh.
Embers were fluttering in the night sky.
People turned their heads towards the direction where embers were scattering, as if entranced.
And they discovered.
"...A Player?"
"Who is it? Who... is facing Ye-gyeong?"
""""...."""
Even from far away.
Crimson wings burning brightly, clearly visible to the eye.
People stared blankly at the man facing Ye-gyeong.
They asked.
Who on earth was the person facing the army commander that seemed like no one could kill?
"...It's the Pandora Clan Lord.
"What? Pandora Clan Lord?"
"
"...No. He was alive. My thought was right. Yeah, Eun-ha hyung isn't someone who would die so easily."
To this, Kim Yu-ha could answer confidently.
There was no doubt.
Kim Yu-ha, whose father was an executive of one of the top 10 central comprehensive daily newspapers, knew more details about the Player industry than anyone else here.
Above all, Noh Eun-ha was a fellow alumnus from Doan Elementary School, and also the Player he watched with the most interest.
His high school friends nicknamed him, the so-called Noh Eun-ha paparazzi.
"He was alive, he was alive...!!"
Kim Yu-ha welcomed his survival more joyfully than anyone.
He shed tears of emotion as if receiving a god.
Then he held up his smartphone that still had some battery left.
Whoosh
Three pairs of wings growing in power.
The flaming wings completely burn monsters heading towards Noh Eun-ha.
Crimson flames flicker incessantly in the night sky, imprinting their existence.
"Ah..."
This must be recorded.
If communication becomes possible later, this moment must be clearly recorded for others to see.
He who aims to be a future journalist displayed such professionalism.
Then he was dumbfounded watching Noh Eun-ha wrapped in crimson flames.
"..."
Noh Eun-ha exuding a somehow sacred, holy feeling.
He was driving away the night that seemed like it would never end.
The crimson flames filling the night sky made those looking up feel that way.
Somehow it feels like he should be worshipped.
"Really... is that Eun-ha hyung?"
Kim Yu-ha couldn't believe it.
Driving away the night with crimson flames.
Is Noh Eun-ha fluttering flaming wings truly human?
No, is he really
""""...."""
No.
Those who witnessed this moment tonight could all say that.
If asked to express what came to mind watching Noh Eun-ha freely handling crimson flames, there was only one.
""""Crimson Wings...""""
Three pairs of wings devouring the night.
Wings made of crimson flames were burning the world brightly.
"...This must be made known. This must be made known immediately so everyone remembers. Today, no, who truly saved us when monsters invaded...!!"
Kim Yu-ha shouted enthusiastically.
The video he's recording now will be the signal flare announcing the existence of
No, not
Following Saenara Daily's method of creating Players' aliases─
"─Yes,
Kim Yu-ha who instantly came up with such an alias shouted loudly.
When this night passes.
And when communication is connected.
He will widely spread the achievements of
☆
The Phoenix familiar becomes stronger with each resurrection, possessing more powerful flames than before.
─Peeeeek!!
It's not just himself that got stronger.
Buldak got stronger too.
Crimson embers scattered, radiating intense heat around.
The three pairs of wings stably supported Eun-ha who had been quite unfamiliar with flying in the sky.
"I guess it's better to reduce the army's numbers first."
People are gathered below.
Though he told them to fight, he didn't intend to make them fight the entire army.
He'll face Ye-gyeong and the army.
He just hopes they'll handle monsters he can't reach until reinforcements arrive.
Blast Cross
Eun-ha swung his sword in the air.
The process of compressing mana in the sword was very stable.
Now that Buldak was fully assisting his flight ability, he could purely focus on magic.
Boom boom boom boom!!
Crimson flames burned fiercely.
The sword strike that flew at the army exploded, creating a sea of fire in the air.
Nevertheless, the army's numbers were many.
In the case of high-rank monsters, some somehow endured the magic and survived.
Whiiiieeeeeaaaaaaooooo!!
And creatures receiving Ye-gyeong's orders rushed at Eun-ha.
Ye-gyeong knows.
That the magic called Blast Cross is a magic that almost inevitably needs to be deployed from some distance.
It sent the army to not give him time to deploy magic.
Eun-ha sneered.
Well─
─Violent Flame
He had a countermeasure.
It was magic he hadn't used until now out of concern for harming people.
There was no need for that in aerial combat.
Flames containing Violent Venom's principle, dealing great damage even to high-rank monsters, dwelled in the blade.
Right Step
Prominence Dance
Freely using Right Step in the air.
Eun-ha caught the creatures rushing at him off guard.
He turned the tables.
He who suddenly revealed himself among the rushing monsters danced with a sword containing embers.
Winter Blooming Coldly in his right hand.
Winter Trailing Snowflakes in his left hand.
He showcased a sword dance taking lives, wielding two Winters like his own hands.
Kieeek!!
Gurgle...!!
The principle of Violent Venom that could only be contained in one sword before.
Eun-ha who contained the principle in two swords simultaneously tore through the group like that.
Creatures whose skin was even slightly grazed by the flames he created coughed blood, and automatically spread poison causing sepsis to nearby creatures.
Meanwhile, poison falling to the ground burned and disappeared in the flames.
Gurgle...
"What? Are you scared now?"
Finally the creatures felt their lives in danger and distanced themselves from Eun-ha.
Eun-ha snorted at the creatures surrounding him while maintaining a certain distance.
Distance was meaningless to him.
Eun-ha took one step in the air.
Right Step
For an instant his form disappeared.
Eun-ha wrapped in crimson flames revealed his form among the group surrounding him.
Violent Flame
The tables had long since turned.
It's not that they surrounded him.
He drew them in.
Creatures that entered the area he could move to with Right Step completely lost the advantage of numbers and area.
Right at that moment─
──!!
Eun-ha stared straight ahead.
Taking advantage of the army rushing at him, Ye-gyeong deployed bombardment magic.
A huge magic circle floating in the air.
The magic circle flashed.
Nevertheless, Eun-ha showed no fear.
"I'm counting on you to dodge."
Buldak responded.
The three pairs of wings fluttered.
Eun-ha immediately soared into the sky.
The huge wings created fierce winds, rising vertically then immediately changing direction.
Whoosh!!
Soon folding his wings.
Eun-ha's head that had soared high into the sky began pointing downwards.
Eventually he wrapped in flaming wings began a steep dive, drawing a streamlined shape as he flew towards Ye-gyeong.
Then the bombardment that chased his tail changed trajectory to aim at the direction he was falling.
Peeeeek!!
Nevertheless, Eun-ha fell.
The three pairs of wings gently spread to adjust speed.
Eun-ha who narrowly avoided the bombardment advanced rotating towards the epicenter where flashes of light were bursting.
Mana Drain
Right hand, Winter Blooming Coldly.
Eun-ha dipped the sword in the flash of light.
He put strength into his arm pushed far back and flew forward like that.
Then if the bombardment changed trajectory again, he flapped his wings to adjust direction.
He moved to the opposite side spinning around the approaching flash of light.
Mana Drain
Left hand, Winter Trailing Snowflakes.
And Eun-ha repeated similar actions to just before.
Winter Trailing Snowflakes roared.
The pure white blade turned pitch black and cried out to be released.
Shut up.
You stay still.
Eun-ha ignored Maengoshu's voice.
Then he focused his consciousness on the two swords that absorbed Ye-gyeong's magic.
Anyway, his familiar will take care of avoiding attacks.
Whoosh!!
Mana gathered on the two swords.
Ye-gyeong's mana made his own emitted intense light.
Eun-ha used that as a medium to stimulate mana dissolved in the atmosphere.
─Gather, compress
Mana calls mana.
The intensity of mana gathered on the two swords emits much more intense light.
─Gather, compress
Making all of that his own mana, he again used it as a medium to call mana dissolved in the atmosphere.
─Gather, compress
Like forging Platinum Cross.
Eun-ha compressed mana three times.
Platinum trajectories formed in both hands, waiting for the moment to explode.
─Control, gather
But Eun-ha had no intention of letting the mana do as it wished.
He forcibly stuffed the mana that seemed about to explode at any moment into the blade.
He gathered the magic.
Thus─
Gift-imbued artifact
─Dawning Blade
I will not fall anymore.
I will surely win.
Eun-ha created new magic with such a wish.
Right Step
Like dawn breaking.
A beam of light driving away the dark night.
Eun-ha flew at the creature holding swords shining brilliantly.
──!!
Towards its forehead.
Eun-ha swung the two swords.
Two trajectories.
Dazzling beams of light spread long, creating deep wounds on its forehead.
Right Step
Eun-ha moved his wings like that.
He kept cutting the creature's flesh with light-filled swords.
Crack!
It was different from before.
The sword strikes that didn't properly reach the creature now carved out its flesh.
Blood fountains spurted.
Chunks of flesh fell down.
The creature screamed.
Whiiiieeeeeeaaaaaoooooo!!
It writhed greatly.
Countless magic circles appeared above its back.
Eun-ha who burned the creature's spurting blood immediately moved away.
Boom boom boom boom!!
It attacked itself with magic.
To that extent, the previous strike must have dealt considerable damage to it.
Therefore─
─Whiiiiieeeeeaaaaaoooooo!!!
Its gaze fixed on Eun-ha.
Pressure and killing intent.
An enormous presence watched him.
It created dozens of magic circles in the air and one huge magic circle aimed at Eun-ha.
"Are you going to do that again?"
Eun-ha frowned.
The dozens of magic circles were targeting him while also targeting the ground.
It was provoking him.
Asking if he would face it while abandoning the people down there.
"I'm not the only one here, you know?"
But Eun-ha sneered.
He spread his wings wide.
Peeeeek!!
The three pairs of wings spewed flames.
The flaming wings burned fiercely enough to cover the night sky.
Right after─
[─Hyung's coming now! Don't worry about it and just gather power!!]
Jin Pa-rang's telepathy was heard.
Frivolous yet worried telepathy.
Eun-ha raised the corners of his mouth and compressed flames in his swords.
─Imperial Sword 10th Style, Sword Pit
One-Shot Style Extreme, Snow Dragon
Huge swords were created in the air.
The swords fell on Ye-gyeong's head, disrupting its casting.
Simultaneously, a snow dragon that soared from the ground bit Ye-gyeong.
One-Shot Style Extreme, Dragon's Scales
Northeast.
Twelve Seats
And
The two brought reinforcements.
Some Pandora Clan members were mixed among the reinforcements.
They kept attacking to draw its attention.
Nevertheless, Ye-gyeong finally completed the magic circle.
──!!
The magic circle emitted intense light.
The magic circle spanning Jongno-gu and Jung-gu tried to bombard the ground.
Right then─
─Film Disposal
As if cutting between scenes.
Protective magic created in midair completely blocked its bombardment.
Its attack was foiled.
It didn't stop there.
─Thunderbolt
A roar as if tearing the world apart.
Though there were no clouds.
Blue lightning fell from the sky.
The lightning struck Ye-gyeong directly.
Crackle!!!
Southwest.
Twelve Seats
Twelve Seats
Eun-ha realized the two who had gone on a business trip following the fairy had finally returned to Gangbuk leading reinforcements.
But it didn't yield.
It momentarily lost consciousness and fell to the ground, but immediately soared into the sky trying to retreat.
─Boom!!
Right after, a beam of light soaring from the ground.
A huge light struck its side, forcibly changing its direction.
Whiiiieeeeeaaaaoooo...
Southwest, Mana Management Organization direction.
Twelve Seats
She had sniped it.
Meanwhile at that time─
"─Basha! You're dead now!"
Someone's shout was heard.
Huge pillars of fire rose in all directions around Ye-gyeong as if piercing the sky.
Archangel's Blessing
Angel's Touch
Fallen Angel's Spirit
Simultaneously, forms reminiscent of angels appeared above Eun-ha's head.
Three angels cast protective magic on him, increased his body's recovery ability, and applied buffs increasing attack power and speed.
Eun-ha could tell who cast the buffs on him.
They returned at a good time.
Northeast.
Twelve Seats
Twelve Seats
They who had been dispatched to Gangwon-do also returned leading reinforcements.
They began annihilating the army.
And Eun-ha who had compressed flames until then swung his sword at the creature trying to rise into the sky again.
Blast Cross
A crimson cross.
Magic compressed to the limit requiring control cut off its tail.
Whiiiiieeeeeeaaaaaaoooooo!!
It screamed violently.
Unable to rise into the sky again, it lowered its altitude to the ground.
Immediately, Twelve Seats members who revealed themselves rushed to subjugate it.
Eun-ha also flew towards it.
It was the start of the raid.