Chapter 223

Chapter 223: Explosion (1)

A familiar demon was collapsed against a wall . His whole body was covered with blood . His white face was even paler .

If it wasn’t for the rising of his chest, she would have thought he was dead .

Yoo Eun-hye caught her breath . Her mind was blank . Her hands shook as she formed fists . And she moved quickly .

‘Please . ’

The Awakened . Among them, she was one of the best . Her hearing went beyond the limits of a human so she could hear the sound of a beating heart from far away . But right now, she felt like an ordinary person . She couldn’t hear or feel anything .

Yoo Eun-hye brought her ear to the man’s chest .

Duguen!

Finally, she heard the sound of a heart beating .

Ahh!

Yoo Eun-hye shed tears of relief . She didn’t know why the tears were emerging . There was just a vague feeling .

At the same time, Yoo Eun-hye was quickly able to recover her control .

She looked around .

There were traces of a disturbance . Dead demons .

‘An assault . He was taken by surprise . '

She nodded . It was clear that the man had been attacked and fought back . Yes . He wasn’t an easy opponent . All of his enemies were eventually slain . But the man himself was wounded and collapsed .

‘It isn’t over . It happened at least twice . . . ’

Her mind was jolted awake .

The traces in the surroundings didn’t lie .

It was obvious that he was assaulted several times but defeated them all .

If that was the case .

'There might be another attack . ’

Yoo Eun-hye immediately lifted the man . It was like he was dead . The man was exhausted and Yoo Eun-hye was unable to deal with any demons .

However, the outside was filled with creatures . She didn’t know if it was possible when alone, but they wouldn’t be able to escape notice with two people .

‘Hide in a safe place . ’

That seemed to be the only way .

Yoo Eun-hye started walking . She hadn’t experienced any obstacles when coming here . She was able to remember a place that seemed the most secure .

‘The clock tower . ’

The creatures couldn’t easily approach the clock tower .

It was a gamble . The clock tower had to be dangerous for the creatures to avoid it .

Yoo Eun-hye used all her strength to escape the underground area with the man .

Yoo Eun-hye moved quickly .

She had memorized a map of Greenwich Observatory . Although the interior was renovated, the framework hadn’t changed that much .

This was the fastest and safest road .

‘I have to treat him . ’

The man’s body was like a fireball . Once his stopped heart started to beat again, it burned like a flame . He was emanating such heat that Yoo Eun-hye’s back started to warm .

It would be unlucky if there was a creature that detected heat . There seemed to be no other way .

Yoo Eun-hye looked around as much as possible . She used all her senses to try and determine the position of creatures in the area . Thanks to that, there was a small time delay .

But she couldn’t risk it . It was a situation where the man’s life was threatened . It was the only way to move safely .

The path to the clock tower felt very far . Fortunately there weren’t as many creatures in the castle as she thought . None of them were high ranking .

Suruk . Sururuk .

After she had gone approximately halfway .

Yoo Eun-hye felt an incredible amount of magic power surrounding her .

She turned her head and could see shadows coming up from the ground .

‘This?’

She swallowed her saliva . The shadows found Yoo Eun-hye and the man wrapped around her .

Their intentions didn’t seem good . The shadows seemed like a type of creature .

‘It can't be helped . I have to fight . ’

Yoo Eun-hye carefully put the man down and pulled out her sword . But her sword was considerably damaged . It was due to the battle with Edward .

Thanks to the treatment from the high priest sisters, her stamina remained, but her weapon . . .

'It will be hard with this sword . What to do?’

She bit her lip . At that moment, the shadows turned into Yoo Eun-hye .

Doppelganger?

They were similar but a little different . A doppelganger didn’t appear in the form of a shadow . They stayed as the last creature they transformed into .

"I’ll borrow these for a moment . ”

Yoo Eun-hye’s gaze moved towards the man’s waist . Two swords . She pulled out both of them .

One sword was black while the other one was golden and jeweled .

Bidul!

Yoo Eun-hye stumbled the moment she grabbed both swords .

-Warning!

Wrath and the Emperor’s Sword are looking at the user . The two swords have weak egos and will cause a strong repulsion force when used by the wrong user .

Wrath and the Emperor’s Sword have temporarily accepted the user Yoo Eun-hye .

Yoo Eun-hye regained her posture . The power she felt disappeared .

‘Ego sword!’

Her eyes widened . An ego sword . She had heard of it but this was the first time she had seen the real thing . She never heard of anyone having one so she thought it was just imaginary .

Yoo Eun-hye quickly shook her head .

Now wasn’t the time . She had to move as quickly as possible to remove the shadows that looked like her . If she took too long then other nearby creatures might join .

The enemies also copied Yoo Eun-hye’s weapons . If seemed like they copied everything .

‘ . . . It can’t be . ’

Yoo Eun-hye thought despairingly .

“Pant! Pant!"

Yoo Eun-hye was sweating . She kept on panting . It felt like the world was turning and she wanted to sit down . But Yoo Eun-hye used every bit of her willpower to move her feet .

The shadows were persistent . They had already struck a few times and didn’t know how to give up . Thank to that, her pace was delayed .

She knew how to ease this problem .

She could give up the man .

The goal of the shadows was the man .

If she threw him away then they would stop their pursuit .

But she couldn’t do that . Her heart cried out not to do that .

She leaned against the wall . She peeked at the man’s face .

Despite being bloodsoaked . . . his face looked comfortable . Did he know the current situation?

However, the man had a different atmosphere than usual .

Despite killing in cold blood, she could never hate his face . He seemed like a pure baby .

Yoo Eun-hye’s mouth twitched .

Yoo Eun-hye believed in him, no matter what mask he used .

Everyone had an unknown face . He didn’t have to put on a mask!

“Hold on a little longer . Now . . . almost there . ”

She could see the clock tower .

There was only a bit more to go . If she walked a hundred more steps then she could enter the clock tower .

Yoo Eun-hye moved while holding onto hope . But she didn’t make it far enough .

Suruk . Sururuk .

The shadows emerged again .

Yoo Eun-hye was sick and tired of them .

No matter how many she killed and killed, they kept appearing from somewhere . They were like a curse . They wouldn’t stop until they exterminated their target .

Yoo Eun-hye raised the swords again . She moved despite not being familiar with dual swordsmanship . To be exact . . . it felt like the two swords were telling her how to move . She listened to the swords’ whispers and moved .

And her movements closely resembled that man’s .

-The skill ‘Sword Flow’ (U, Passive) has been created .

Strength and agility have increased by two .

You have become more sensitive to the sound of the swords .

She didn’t worry about the messages . Yoo Eun-hye took a deep breath and quietly took an attack stance . She felt more pliant than before so now it was time to deal with the shadows .

Chwack!

The shadows surrounded Yoo Eun-hye . Yoo Eun-hye sliced the waist of the first clone .

Yoo Eun-hye soon forgot all tiredness . She only focused on killing the shadows . Nothing else mattered .

-The skill ‘Trance’ (Ex U, Passive) has been created .

All stats have increased by two .

When falling into a trance-like state, all stats will increase by five .

Was it due to following the man’s movements? Or was it because the two swords were telling her the way? The messages continued rising . Right now, none of them entered Yoo Eun-hye’s eyes .

Flop!

Yoo Eun-hye collapsed to the ground soon after defeating all the shadows .

She had no stamina left . She didn’t even have enough stamina remaining to flick a finger .

‘Nearly there . . . ’

Her vision was becoming increasingly blurry . Yoo Eun-hye reached out and grabbed the man’s hand . If the shadows attacked again then she wouldn’t be able to do anything .

Death .

Her life would end along with the man’s .

It was at that moment .

"Lul ~ lululul ~ Mirror, mirror, is Yihi the prettiest in this world? Yes ~ Yihi is the best in the world! Omo, really? Yihihi!”

Yoo Eun-hye saw a small fairy holding a hand mirror and dancing in the clock tower .

“Huh? Ugly woman! And . . . heok! Master!”

The fairy cried out in dismay after confirming the man’s appearance .