Chapter 236 - The Summer Queen (1) (1/2)

Kindred ran furiously at Yeon-woo. Demonic energy whirled around him like a storm. Dust clouds rose up to pelt him like a sandstorm.

But—

“That’s nice too.”

Yeon-woo smirked. He even crossed his arms with a relaxed face.

Kindred felt anxious looking at Yeon-woo. It was the same danger he felt when he was hit with Meteor Strike.

“What?”

“Meteor Strike. You didn’t think I only prepared one, right?”

“……!”

“Stop it if you can.”

Kindred quickly looked behind him. He thought he could stop it if it came from the sky like earlier, but the summoning circle was already in front of him.

“Cainnnn!”

Kindred’s face crumpled when he saw the shadow that covered his face.

It was small compared to the meteorite that destroyed the Brocken Fortress, but it was still big enough to bury tens of people.

Boom!

Kindred punched the meteorite to shatter it. However, his body wasn’t completely healed yet, so his punch wasn’t as powerful as it should’ve been.

Kindred was flicked away like a kite without its string.

“You’re doing well. Keep trying that.”

Yeon-woo lightly flicked his finger where Kindred was. As he did, tens of magic circles opened around Kindred, and small meteorites were spewed out.

Kwang! Kwangg!

Kwakwakwang!

The price was the 4 blue crystals of the barrier’s centers. He used the first 3 and the Philosopher’s Stone to summon the first meteorite, but if he just summoned small meteorites, the remaining one was enough.

On top of this, Boo opened a portal with the Lawless Book and Yeon-woo added Demonism, so they didn’t have to worry about the meteorites’ strength. And this was all focused on a single person, so even Kindred wasn’t going to be able to bear it.

Krrrng!

Kwakwakwa—

Currrrr—

When the magic attack finally ended, Kindred was left above a burnt crater.

He was kneeling on one knee, and his entire body was covered with burns and holes. His face was broken too, so he could only look up at Yeon-woo with his single eye.

The nickname of Plague Ghost no longer fit him.

“C…..ain!”

“You’re enduring well.”

“Cain!”

“Sorry.”

Clack—

“But there’s still one left.”

The last portal opened above Yeon-woo’s head.

“Cainnnn!”

Kwangg!”

***

Yeon-woo lightly clicked his tongue seeing a burnt Kindred collapsed on the ground.

Although he wasn’t in the condition to move, he was still faintly breathing.

He had a tenacity for life, like a cockroach.

‘Is this also due to the influence of the 72 Bian?’

If he was left alone, he would probably heal himself. It was an unbelievable recovery speed. However, Yeon-woo was happy that the depth of the 72 Bian was deeper than he thought.

“I’ll…..find you, and kill…..!”

Yeon-woo stabbed Vigrid into Kindred’s babbling head.

His head broke easily. Black dust scattered away.

“So it was fake.”

Yeon-woo clicked his tongue. He had stabbed him first with Vigrid to confirm, but it seemed like his suspicions were correct. It was a shadow.

The corpse that was found in the Monkey King’s Palace was probably also a shadow. His actual body or another shadow might come to avenge himself, but Yeon-woo thought it wasn’t going to happen for the time being.

‘Even if it’s a shadow, the attack to his mind wasn’t something that he could recover from easily.’

The Reflect didn’t disappear just because a shadow died. Rather, it would have even more detrimental side effects.

It would probably take a while for Kindred to get himself together.

And that was enough for Yeon-woo.

Just by stopping the interference of the Devil Army, he had done a lot. Also, the other bishops that Kindred brought had probably died as well.

Yeon-woo passed where Kindred had been. Not too far away, he found Vieira Dune half-buried by the remnants of the explosion.

Unlike Kindred, Vieira Dune was dead. There weren’t any traces of her using Body Transfer either.

He could see her soul tied to her body through his Draconic Eyes.

Kya!

Vieira Dune, having become a soul, was completely on the defensive against Yeon-woo. But there was nothing a soul could do to Yeon-woo.

Tsk.

Yeon-woo clicked his tongue seeing her.

If he knew she was going to die this futilely, he would’ve made her suffer more.

But since she was a high ranker and the leader of a clan, he thought it would be a somewhat difficult fight.

Even if the function of the Philosopher’s Stone was blocked, she was the apostle of the ‘Great Mother.’

But Vieira Dune did not resist much. Was it because she didn’t have any time to use magic from the sudden attack, or because she trusted in the stone too much?

Whatever the reason, Yeon-woo felt it was futile.

‘This woman shouldn’t have died like that.’

Yeon-woo’s eyes flashed sharply. Vieira Dune had to die more painfully than the other traitors.

The others just turned their backs, but Vieira Dune had played with his brother’s heart.

And with what happened to Sesha, he could never forgive her.

He could add her to his collection and make her feel horrible pain, but there were still differences between when you were dead and when you were alive.

However, there was nothing he could do anymore.

Thinking he should at least squeeze everything from her soul, he spread his left hand and absorbed Vieira Dune’s corpse with Bathory’s Vampiric Sword.

“Swallow.”

A great amount of magic power flowed into his body, probably because she had been an apostle.

[You absorbed life and vitality.]

[Strength increases by 1.]

[Dexterity increases by 2.]

…..

[The proficiency of ‘Bathory’s Vampiric Sword’ has increased. 49.8%]

His body was already complete, so it didn’t affect his stats too much.

But there were still some unexpected gains.

[You have succeeded in collecting the soul. All the magic barriers set up by the soul have been released, and the artifacts are being given to the taker.]

[You have earned the ‘Ominous Philosopher’s Stone.’]

A purple light wrapped around Yeon-woo’s left hand. There was a stone the size of half his hand. It wasn’t as big as Yeon-woo’s, but it was the biggest of the Walpurgisnacht.

And its rank was different, as expected of the stone belonging to the leader.

Yeon-woo wondered whether he should keep it, but he just handed it over to the one it should belong to.

‘Boo.’

[Thank. You.]

It would be difficult to combine it with the Philosopher’s Stone he had. Also, Boo was one of the largest contributors to this attack. He wanted to give him a present.

Boo accepted the stone with trembling hands. Inferno Sight flamed up. A mixture of emotions swirled in his eye sockets. Joy, happiness, gratitude.