Chapter 110: 110

“Eww . They look gross,” Su-hyeun muttered .

Crack, crack, crack—

Su-hyeun looked down to the ground . There were eyes all over the place . He had no idea how all those eyes suddenly appeared, but they were staring at him . It seemed like the reason why Ouroboros laid down was because it noticed that Su-hyeun was inside of its body .

‘I guess it can only focus on either the inside or outside of its body . ’

Su-hyeun had made the wrong decision .

‘No way . I didn’t know it was capable of noticing the stuff inside of its body . This was a mistake . ’

It was a mistake that he made because he was not familiar with the demonic beast . However, even if he knew about this, there would be no better alternative on how to defeat the creature . Even if he decided to attack Ouroboros from both the inside and outside, there was nobody who could help him in passing this trial .

‘Well, I already made a mistake . It can’t be helped . ’

Hiss—

Su-hyeun turned his head in the direction of the snakes crying .

Hiss, hiss—

They were not just in a couple of areas . There were snakes everywhere .

“Are these snakes natural inhabitants of this body? Or are they small versions of Ouroboros?”

Su-hyeun called them small, but each of them was bigger than an anaconda . Since many snakes had gathered in the area, they looked like wiggling worms . Although they were as big as anacondas, Su-hyeun felt like they were small in comparison to Ouroboros .

‘These snakes appear to be a part of some kind of defense system . ’

Just like an immune system in a human’s body that kills viruses, it seemed like these snakes function in the same way for Ouroboros’ safety . The black venom and the small snakes in its large body seem to function like an immune system to get rid of enemies like Su-hyeun .

Shwing—

Su-hyeun drew out his sword that he had put away for a while . He could see thousands of snakes right at that moment . He assumed there would be tens of thousands more in the deeper area .

‘I will go through them . ’

Swish—

Su-hyeun penetrated through numerous snakes . At the same time, the snakes rushed towards Su-hyeun, revealing their black fangs .

Slash—

Syaa—

He cut the bodies of the snakes that jumped toward him, but no blood flowed from their wounds . These snakes were made of just flesh and had no blood or intestines . They didn’t fear death either . Although many of the snakes were slaughtered, many more still rushed toward Su-hyeun without hesitation .

Slash—

Rumble—

Su-hyeun’s sword moved unceasingly . Soon, snakes appeared again in the path that Su-hyeun had been clearing . It seemed that snakes kept reappearing in the area .

Kiyaa—!

The fangs of the snakes rushed towards the back of Su-hyeun’s neck .

He utilized the Doppelganger skill .

Slash—

Su-hyeun swung his sword and cut the snake’s body in half . He had to pay attention to his entire surroundings since they were coming from every direction . They were weak individually, but there were too many of them .

‘I can’t hesitate . ’

There was a long way to go . From now on, this would be a physical battle .

‘I have to find its heart . ’

He had to reserve his magic power as much as possible . He didn’t know where the heart was in this huge body . Since he had no idea how long it would take to find it, he could not waste his power .

Rumble—

Su-hyeun stretched his arms to access the subspace . He grabbed a Dragon Slaying Spear made by Kim Dae-ho . He didn’t have many of them left, but no other weapons could handle many enemies efficiently like this one .

‘Mr . Kim will scold me about this . ’

Kim Dae-ho had nagged Su-hyeun to save this weapon, but he had to use it again . He had no other choice and grabbed the spear tightly . He didn’t need to aim accurately . Everything in front of him was an enemy that needed to be killed . Su-hyeun bent his body like a bow and threw the spear as hard as he could .

Whiz—

***

The delicate scent of tea filled the room when the hot water was poured into the teacup . Dozens of the dark magicians stood behind Raeng . Malcolm looked awkwardly at the old man who was escorted by so many dark magicians .

“You’ve changed a lot,” Malcolm said .

“Not as much as you . ”

At Raeng’s words, Malcolm turned his gaze toward the dark magicians standing behind him . The dark magicians, who usually frowned their faces at Malcolm, avoided his eyes . They didn’t know Raeng, who they served, was acquainted with Malcolm .

“Please explain this,” Malcolm said .

“You are smart . What do I need to explain?”

“So, was it you?” Malcolm asked while putting the teapot on the table . “The one who wanted power over Ouroboros?”

“I didn’t feel comfortable using my friend to gain control over the creature . ”

“If you truly thought of me as your friend…”

“I did consider you as a friend, and I mean it . ”

Malcolm stared at Raeng’s face while he sipped on his tea . This was the friend that he met for the first time in over ten years, but he felt more betrayed than welcomed .

“A long time ago, you said that dark magic is the study of a higher concept of magic,” Malcolm said as he remembered the words that Raeng had told him . “Do you still think so?”

“I feel sorry . ” Raeng put down the cup and took his hand off of it as if he did not want to drink tea anymore . “We could stay good friends . ”

‘You were no longer my friend,’ seemed to be the hidden meaning behind Raeng’s words . Malcolm wasn’t too shocked about this since he also did not consider Raeng as a friend of his . His response answered Malcolm’s question .

Raeng had been devaluing ordinary magic, but he considered dark magic as the best to study . He was different from Malcolm . Malcolm had figured out the truth of the dark magic and turned away from it .

“Just tell me why you are here,” Malcolm said .

“Malcolm, there is a way for us to go back to what we used to be . ”

“Used to be?”

“Yes . Wasn’t it good back then? We studied together and understood everything . We walked the same path . ”

“As I said last time, I am no longer a dark magician . I am just an ordinary old man . ” Malcolm shook his head as if it wasn’t worth mentioning this anymore .

Raeng’s face was slightly distorted, but he soon smiled again . “I understand . You are entitled to your own opinion, of course . ”

“Then—”

“My request is not for you to learn dark magic again . What I want is this . ” Raeng reached his hand out to his back and handed Malcolm a book .

“Chimera composing method?”

Chimera making was a sorcery that was a part of dark magic . This book dealt with combining humans to animals, monsters, or demonic beasts .

“Why are you showing this to me? I don’t know anything about chimeras . ”

“No, you know something about it . Don’t lie to me,” Raeng said as if he knew everything . He shook his head and opened the book . “You also know about Ouroboros better than anyone else . ”

At Raeng’s words, Malcolm’s eyes widened . Soon, Malcolm recalled the crying of Ouroboros . His face turned pale .

“Wait . Are you…?”

“What if humans have the same amount of power that Ouroboros has?” Raeng grinned and said, “Wouldn’t it be quite the evolution for humans?”

***

Clank, clank—

Boom, boom, boom—

Slash—

Su-hyeun threw the Dragon Slaying Spear once more . It swept away the snakes in front of him . As soon as the spear left his hand, he grabbed his sword again, and he started running towards the path that he just created .

‘I have only three spears left . ’

He had seven spears originally, but he had used four of them so far . He decided that today was the day he would use them all, but he felt pretty bitter about it . A lot of Ether stone was needed to make a Dragon Slaying Spear . It also took a long time to create .

‘I will save my remaining spears for now . ’

The Dragon Slaying Spear was a weapon that could kill many snakes with minimal force, but he still had some strength left . So, he decided to rely on the sword more .

Da-dum, da-dum—

A small beating sound came from afar . It was the heart .

‘Found it . ’

Although he could hear the heart, he did not assume it was close by . The blood vessels that he was running beside at the moment were winded and irregularly connected . However, the heart was closer than he had been expecting . Su-hyeun touched the wall and tried to find the source of the sound . The sound was coming from under the esophagus and inside the wall . He had to make a hole .

“Sure, it was easy so far . ”

He couldn’t guess how thick the inner wall around the esophagus would be, but since there were no scales, he assumed it would be easier to cut through . It wouldn’t be as difficult as it had been to cut the outside of the beast .

‘I should say thank you to Mr . Kim later . ’

Chink—

Su-hyeun took out the small stones that he had been keeping in the pocket of his armor . They were the magic amplifiers . Su-hyeun put them on the wall and made a circular shape .

Hiss—

Kiyaa—!

Of course, the snakes didn’t just stand by and watch . They tried to attack Su-hyeun, revealing their teeth . At that moment, Su-hyeun turned and swung his sword .

Slash—

Boom—!

The Flame that wrapped around his sword ignited brightly . It created a protective wall of flames around Su-hyeun . The snakes burned black and fell dead, but that wasn’t the end . The Flame didn’t extinguish as it surrounded Su-hyeun like a globe and continued to burn . Even if it was only for a limited time, that was enough for him .

‘Done . ’

Su-hyeun infused his magic to the magic amplifiers that were attached to the wall .

Rumble, rumble—

The stones shone brighter and brighter, but Su-hyeun instinctively knew that it was not enough . He focused and needed to concentrate on bursting his magic at once . One shot was crucial .

‘A little bit more . ’

Hiss—

Kiyaa—

A few snakes pierced the wall of the Flame and rushed toward Su-hyeun . Sharp fangs penetrated the armor and bit his shoulder . As soon as the black venom penetrated his skin, Falcon’s Holy Armor began to detox the poison from his body . Su-hyeun remained focused . He ignored the pain in his shoulder and continued to infuse his magic .

‘Now!’

At that moment, he released the magic he had been infusing .

Swish—

Su-hyeun tossed the snake that had been biting him off of his body and ran away from the spot .

Ka-boom—!

Boom, boom—!

The concentrated magic, which was amplified several times, caused an explosion . The explosion tore off the esophagus wall of Ouroboros .

Da-dum, da-dum—

The open wall made from the explosion led to a spacious area . There was no heart in this huge dome-shaped space, but the loud beating sound was still there .

Hiss—

In the enormous space, a lot of snakes were waiting for Su-hyeun instead of the heart .

“Damn, there are too many . ”

Da-dum, da-dum—

The heart was somewhere in here . It just wasn’t visible .

‘It is certainly here . ’

Su-hyeun looked carefully among the hundreds of snakes . There was a space that a large number of poisonous snakes gathered around . He could see a small sphere about the size of a watermelon within that space .

‘That’s it!’

Su-hyeun’s eyes sparkled . It was the power source that could control this giant beast . The moment he found it, he gave strength to his legs by using the Leap skill .