Chapter 33 - EPISODE 33 – WITCH’S FOREST (6) (1/2)
Once upon a time, there lived a girl.
The child was sold by her parents for nine copper coins and soon became a sacrifice for summoning demons. However, thanks to the demon’s whims, instead of ending up as a handful of blood, she became a slave of the demon.
The fate of slaves were harsh.
Rest did not exist for those whose souls were captured by the demon.
It was their fate to live being manipulated as the demon’s plaything, and when they die, to struggle in pain for eternity.
And so it was for the girl.
That was her destiny.
But the girl did not conform to her fate.
Instead of bowing down and accepting it, she stood up and eventually changed her fate.
She is-
‘I know! I already know this!’
It was the story of the witch.
It was the legend of the witch who started as a demon’s slave and ended up subduing the demons.
But that wasn’t important now.
How to use the witch’s power was more important than the witch’s past.
[…you know this again.]
The witch spoke in a somewhat sulky voice, so instead of showing to Cordelia her past like a flitting film, she directly manipulated the body and soul of Cordelia to use her power.
Cordelia couldn’t use the witch’s power naturally because it wasn’t hers to begin with.
Although the original Cordelia acquired and used the ‘Witch Transformation,’ it was the future Cordelia and not the present Cordelia.
It was like if you want to get a driver’s license in the future, you have to learn how to drive first.
Moreover, it was not a situation where magic could be used by pressing a single skill button like in the game, so the know-how to use the witch’s power was necessary.
The witch’s power moved.
The power of the great witch that subdued demons, spread throughout Cordelia’s body and spirit.
Just once, but that was enough.
Cordelia instinctively realized how to use the witch’s power, and she opened her closed eyes.
“Jude!”
At the moment Cordelia shouted and her eyes flashed, an intense green-colored air wave swept through the entire place.
The tremendous power not only swept away the monster who tried to attack Jude, but even Jude and Lucas who bounced off too.
“Oww!”
“Gaakk!”
“Kuaaaakkkk!”
Although the monster was greatly pushed back, it managed to hold its ground and yelled in anger.
On the other hand, Jude and Lucas couldn’t stand their ground and ended up rolling on the floor. Especially in the case of Jude, since he was near the wall, he even hit the wall once.
Right after her power was released, the seal’s area came into the view of Cordelia’s shining green eyes.
She saw the monster holding its ground and yelling in anger.
She saw Lucas using his sword to stand up.
And she saw Jude lying on the ground and letting out a painful groan.
Cordelia’s eyes were filled with rage. She took a step forward and bellowed.
“How dare you!”
You hurt Jude.
You knocked down Jude.
I cannot forgive…
I will not forgive you!
[Umm, you actually did that…]
The witch’s voice did not reach Cordelia.
Overwhelmed by her rage, she roughly swung her arms and exerted her power once again.
It was the witch’s power again.
A kind of telekinetic power became green smoke and spread out.
It became a giant hand and then struck the monster!
“Kuooo!”
The monster was roughly hit. But it didn’t just stand there and do nothing. It turned around in the air and changed directions, kicked the wall and rushed towards Cordelia.
“Kuaahh!”
It opened its mouth widely. There was a red flash in its abyss-like mouth, which soon became a huge pillar of light that fired towards Cordelia.
“Breath?!”
By the time Lucas cried out, Cordelia had already reacted. She largely swung her right hand to make the green smoke strike the monster’s chin, which forcibly changed the direction of the breath attack.
Booooom!
The ceiling was directly hit by the monster’s breath attack and the rocks broke off and fell down. And Cordelia took advantage of it. She swung her left hand and snatched the rocks with green smoke and caused a whirlwind to collide with the monster.
“Kuaaaahh!”
The rocks became like blades and cut the whole body of the monster.
But it was still standing.
The demonic monster’s skin was thick, and its eyes still glowed red.
“Kurrraahh!”
When it roared with its arms wide open, the whirlwind itself was crushed.
“Die!”
But Cordelia didn’t just watch. When it crushed the whirlwind, she raised her right fist and struck the chest of the roaring monster with green smoke.
Booooom!
The wall and the monster collided, causing a tremendously loud sound. The impact was so strong that the whole cave shook.
“Haa…haa…haak-”
Blood came out of Cordelia’s nose. Not only that, but her eyes were bloodshot as tears of blood flowed down.
Sweat dripped from Cordelia’s whole body.
She only used it for a short time, but the witch’s power was so powerful that it even hurt Cordelia.
[Not yet.]
The witch spoke, and Cordelia knew it too.
It couldn’t have been defeated with just that attack. In the original story, Cordelia borrowed the power of the witch and created a huge magic spear. She was able to finish the monster only when she had pierced it.
[Use the Spear of Calamity.]
Just as the witch spoke, Cordelia took a breath and waited for the witch to tell her the spell.
1 second passed. And then 2 seconds…
“Tell me!”
[You don’t know this too?]
The moment when Cordelia and the witch’s words overlapped…
“Kuooo!”
The monster with hair over its whole body roared once again and kicked the ground. It narrowed the distance with Cordelia in an instant, as if cutting through space.
“F*ck!”
Cordelia roughly released the witch’s power. She somehow pulled away from the monster trying to punch her, as she rolled on the floor and distanced herself from it.
“<Magic Missile>!”
Cordelia mixed her mana with the witch’s power. Thus, the witch’s power was added into the magic spell that she usually used.
Boom!
As if it were a ballista’s arrow, a huge <Magic Missile> was formed in an instant and was fired towards the monster, creating a massive explosion.
“Kuhak-!”
However, the backlash of using the spell hit Cordelia. At that moment, she bent her body as blood poured out of her mouth.
[It’s still impossible to use my power as yours. Use my magic, not your magic.]
The witch’s power was not like normal mana.
Since the legendary great witch’s power was originally the power of the demon that she subdued, one had to use the spells that the witch had ingeniously created to properly cast spells.
Otherwise, if one uses the witch’s power in the usual magic spells as Cordelia did, a backlash would occur.
[Listen carefully.]
The witch quickly began to cast the spell. But the monster didn’t give her time to do so.
“Kuoooo!”
Thanks to being hit by the <Magic Missile>, the monster’s hair was scorched and its whole body was covered with blood, but it was still alive.
It narrowed the distance at once and tried to smash the barely standing Cordelia, as it greatly swung its right arm.
“Uoooo!”
Just then, Lucas roared and threw his sword.
The sword with the power of the Sage King’s Cross Sword flew like a lightning flash and succeeded in grabbing the monster’s attention even for a moment.
Thud!
Jude used his Thirty-Six World Steps.
He desperately ran towards Cordelia and kicked the ground at some point as he hugged Cordelia.
But there was not enough time.
He tried to escape with Cordelia, but the monster’s attack was faster than him.
Boooom!
The monster’s hand devastated the ground, as it broke from the tremendous force.