Chapter 100 - The Missing Princess 5 (2/2)
He didn’t know how things had turned out in his past life, but this time, there was no way her plan would succeed as long as he took action.
No matter what method she used, Amy couldn’t surpass Woohyuk.
Stab!
Verserios penetrated slid inside Amy’s abdomen. Her innards were cut apart and she let out a screeching wail.
“Kyaaaaaaak!”
“Let’s settle this now.”
Woohyuk raised his sword to end his opponent’s life.
At that instant, countless dark arrows flew towards him from every direction.
The priests of the Witch Cult had intervened in the battle.
‘Annoying pests.’
Although they were getting in his way, Woohyuk refrained from slaughtering the believers right now.
If all these members were to be sacrificed, there was the possibility that the magic sigil on the floor would be completed.
Woohyuk gathered the demonic energy and protected his body from the attacks.
“Now, the time has come! You shall all take your own lives to offer a great, nourishing meal to Behemoth! This is all for Lady Lilith’s return!”
Amy shouted in a piercing voice as she held onto her bleeding stomach.
At those words, the believers obediently took out the daggers hidden in their robes and slit their own necks.
Slash!
A dark red liquid began bursting and pouring out of the severed carotids.
The small puddles of blood surrounding the sigil gathered to form a single sea of blood.
Rumble!
Pitch black sparks of electricity bursted out of the magic sigil on the floor and a dark vortex formed as it swirled.
‘So things have come to this.’
He had somehow expected this situation.
He had experienced a similar situation back in the witch’s forest, and he was also aware of the Witch Cult’s believers’ mentality.
However, he had hoped that this series of events would’ve happened after he had successfully ended Amy’s heartbeat.
Princess Lizbeth’s hidden location would be revealed with the death of the believers, and Amy could take advantage of the defenseless woman.
“Why aren’t you killing yourself?! Cut your throat with your dagger already!”
“...”
The disguised princess flinched at Amy’s outburst and stepped backwards.
Amy’s expressions relaxed immediately as she saw the scene.
“Oh, I see. So you’ve already rescued Princess Lizbeth. Impressive, Chun Woohyuk. I never expected you to hinder my plans this much.”
“...Silence.”
Woohyuk was currently concentrating on the magic sigil.
He had to destroy the sigil before the summoning was complete, just as he had done within Martinus’ imaginary world.
As Woohyuk raised Verserios to prepare his attack, Amy mocked him.
“Huhu… The sigil is already complete. Behemoth will soon be summoned! You should escape instead of attacking meaninglessly, if you wish to save the princess.”
Their surroundings were a mess.
The floor was bloodied and corpses were scattered everywhere, and a black vortex spun around the magic sigil.
However, Woohyuk stood steadily in the middle of this chaotic hall.
“We would’ve escaped already if that could resolve our current problem.”
And if he wasn’t someone who would patiently wait and pray for help. If he were, he never would’ve regressed 40 in time.
He had realized it back in his previous life.
This world had no paradise.
“...That is why I must reach it.”
The Demon God’s Throne.
If he kept challenging and completing impossible feats, he could one day reach the Demon God’s Throne.
It was with this belief that he survived and would continue marching forward.
The importance was to remain calm and steady no matter the situation.
And once this belief turned to resolve and fighting spirit, despair would finally turn into hope.
Woohyuk’s face was confident as he watched the Behemoth reveal it’s head from the pitch black magic sigil.
‘This is but a simple step towards achieving my goal.’
It was unknown if his accomplishment in Martinus’ spiritual world was also achievable in reality.
However, this was another challenge he had to take on.
Avoiding this confrontation would result in nothing but destruction and deaeths.
Crack!
Woohyuk stabbed Verserios into the ground and a large fissure grew on the sigil.
Things had developed differently compared to the battle in the imaginary world.
But Woohyuk didn’t falter and concentrated all his demonic energy at the tip of his sword.
Boooom!
The energy gathered at the tip exploded and shattered the magic sigil, as a black smoke expanded with the shockwave.
Amy coughed and stared at Woohyuk with a furious face.
“Im, impossible… I’m certain that Behemoth had answered my call…”
“Isn’t it a bit too big to call it a pet?”
Asura’s successor spoke as he stepped out of the black cloud.
He pointed at Amy’s throat with Verserios.
“You had great ambitions, but they were all in vain.”
“Huhu… Do you really think so?”
“You couldn’t change anything. Not the believers, nor the kingdom, nor your own fate.”
During their battle, Woohyuk had activated the Memory Pendant when he had grabbed and twisted Amy’s arm.
She had been abandoned when her parents had divorced and remarried due to familial discord.
Amy cursed at the gods and at her own fate, and vowed to turn the tables of the world and change everything.
Later on, it was quite obvious that she was raised by the Witch Cult into a cold-hearted assassin.
“Yes, you’re right. It’s my loss, so kill me already using that fascinating sword of yours.”
“...I shall grant your wish.”
Woohyuk raised Verserios to put an end to this conflict.
Amy smirked at his movements and suddenly took a dagger out of her chest.
“Watch out!”
Princess Lizbeth cried out as she ran towards the two.
However, Woohyuk didn’t react and stared down on Amy. He had already predicted her actions.
Slit!
The sharp dagger cut the woman’s thin neck.
The princess was shocked by the sight of Amy dropping on the floor, as if the strings controlling her had been cut.
“She, she killed herself…?”
“She must’ve wanted to choose her own destiny.
She was like a firecracker that bloomed magnificently and immediately faded into nothingness.