Side Story Chapter 108 - Demonic Sword Midir (2)

“You have to! Okay?! Promise!!” shouted Han Seol-Ah, her eyes filled with madness like a webnovel addict.

Oh Kang-Woo awkwardly nodded.

‘Sometimes I forget Darling isn’t normal.’

He loved Seol-Ah, but as someone whose manner of speech and actions were in the range of a normal person, he couldn’t help but be weirded out sometimes.

Riiing!

[You... consider yourself a normal person?]

“Every human thinks about how they can take advantage of others every day.”

Hence, Kang-Woo’s actions could be considered that of a normal person filled with love for humanity.

‘That aside, this bitch is even reading my thoughts.’

He did not like it since it was like he was being fully exposed.

[You haven’t even been hiding it at all lately.]

[(-_-)]

“Since I didn’t need to.”

He put on an act whenever he needed to when he was with his lovers who knew his true self. He just needed to follow his instincts.

“Well, anyway.”

Kang-Woo smiled widely. Since his lovers had evacuated, he could now satisfy his desire to his heart’s content.

Slash—!!!

[KYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!]

Kang-Woo spread his arms out, and black blades shot out from his split hands. He stabbed the blades into the swamp as hard as he could.

“Dark Spears.”

Black spines burst upward from all around him like the attack of a Lurker in a famous sci-fi video game.

[KYAHAHAHA! WHAT KIND OF ATTACK IS THAT?!!]

Midir burst into crazed laughter as she charged fluidly. The spines were useless against her since she could move freely by stepping on the air.

[Ehehehehe! It sure is flashy, but it looks like that’s all there is to it~]

Midir giggled as she looked down at Kang-Woo from above. Kang-Woo smirked as she looked up at her.

“You think so?” He slowly raised his hand and closed his fist as if clenching the air. He chanted, “Sunset.”

The ends of the spines split open and black mucus made from the demonic energy of the Abyss burst out from the ends.

[H-Huh?]

Splash—!!

Black mucus exploded from the thousands of spines and enveloped the surroundings like a tent. Black mucus fell like rain.

Crunch!

The black mucus attached to Midir. Sharp teeth sprouted from it and bit off her skin.

[Kyaaah?!] Midir yelled as she thrashed about, trying to get the black mucus off.

Crunch! Crunch!

However, the black mucus would not let go once it embedded itself into flesh.

[URRRRGGGGHHHH!!!]

Rumble—!!!

Midir bared her teeth and drew out her power. Dark blue light burst out and blew the black mucus away.

She looked at Kang-Woo in disbelief and asked, [H-Hehe! Who the hell are you? I’ve never heard about someone like you in the Tower.]

Kang-Woo shrugged and answered, “The Demon King.”

[Huh? You’re the Demon King of Pandemonium?]

Midir tilted her head wide-eyed. The former owner of her body also named himself the Demon King.

“No.” Kang-Woo slowly shook his head and lowered his stance. “I’m the Demon King of the fucking Nine Hells.”

Boom!

He stomped his feet and charged at Midir.

Fwoosh!!

Hideous black wings that looked as if they were melted sprouted from his back. He flapped his wings to fly into the air and kicked her to the ground.

Slam—!!

[KYAH!]

Midir fell into the black swamp like a meteor. She stood up as she stumbled after sliding across the black swamp. She looked up at Kang-Woo and smiled.

[Aha. I got it, I got it!! What you’re saying is—] Her dark blue eyes shone. [You’re not from this world, right?]

She had never heard of a place known as the Nine Hells— not in the Tower or in the ancient myths before the Tower was created. Hence, the man in front of her had to be from outside the Tower.

“Yeah.” Kang-Woo apathetically nodded.

He was an otherworldly being in her perspective.

[KYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! A DEMON KING OF ANOTHER WORLD!!! THAT’S AWESOME!!]

Midir burst into laughter as she clenched her stomach.

[COOL! COOL! MY... MY... MY...] She stabbed her sword into the black swamp. [MY BRAIN’S GETTING FRIED FROM EXCITEMENT—!!!]

Slash—!!

Midir swung the sword stuck in the black swamp. The earth quaked massively, and a dark blue laser shot from the tip of the sword toward Kang-Woo.

‘That’s...’

Kang-Woo’s eyes narrowed.

‘Dangerous.’

He did not mean it in the sense of physical harm since any injury he suffered could be regenerated instantly as long as it wasn’t from the Light of Akart.

‘But that dark blue laser can even deal spiritual damage.’

Likely because Kang-Woo learned Astral Projection, he could instinctively tell he shouldn’t use his Astral Projection Trait the moment he saw that light. It was probably because he was fatally weak to spiritual attacks in his astral form.

‘I guess it can be used this way, too.’

It was quite a useful Trait if he could distinguish whether an opponent’s attack could deal spiritual damage or not.

‘But I can still regenerate from spiritual damage.’

Even his soul was linked to the Demonic Sea, so he could still regenerate his soul even if damage were dealt to it.

‘But...’

It was far more dangerous since regenerating the soul was far slower than his body.

‘So I should dodge.’

Spiritual attacks were just as dangerous as the Light of Akart.

Zoom—!!!

[KYA—HAHAHAHAHA!!! DIE! DIE!!! DIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!]

Midir laughed crazily and shot dark blue lasers from her sword repeatedly. Kang-Woo traversed through the swamp to dodge the lasers powerful enough to destroy the entire swamp.

“Fucking crazy bitch!”

Kang-Woo smirked as he ducked, jumped, and tumbled to dodge the lasers.

[KYAHAHAHA!!! IS THAT ANY WAY TO SPEAK TO A DELICATE LADY~?!!]

“Delicate lady, my ass.”

There was nothing delicate or ladylike about a woman laughing crazily as she shot death lasers everywhere. No, she did not even look like a lady since she was using Oh Hyun-Seong’s body.

[I’M HURT!!]

Zoom!!

A laser grazed Kang-Woo’s shoulder, dying the area dark blue.

“WELL, I’M LITERALLY HURT!!!”

‘That hurt like hell!’

Kang-Woo looked down at the area where the laser grazed him and saw that the dark blue light was spreading like poison. He didn’t feel any spiritual damage, likely because it only grazed him, but the feeling of despair flowed through him along with extreme pain.

[EHEHEHE! YOU’RE DONE ONCE YOU’RE HIT BY THE

LIGHT OF DESPAIR

!] Midir giggled maniacally. [Despair will now spread throughout your... huh?]

Slash.

Kang-Woo severed his entire left arm where the dark blue laser grazed him without hesitation. His left arm fell to the ground.

[Huh? Are you sure you’re fine with that?]

Midir stared at Kang-Woo, confused by his actions. Kang-Woo smirked and charged at her.

“I guess—” His arm grew back before he even took his third step. “You can see for yourself.”

He ferociously swung his newly grown left arm.

Bash—!

[KYAAAAAAAAHHH!!] Midir tumbled backward after getting punched in the face. [Wh-What? How?]

She felt her flattened nose as she stared at Kang-Woo’s regenerated left arm.

[Hmm, not even slimes have this level of regeneration.]

She narrowed her eyes and gripped her sword again. She tapped the ground with the tip of her sword, and her eyes brightened.

[KYAHA! If you regenerate this quickly, it means we can play for even longer, right?] She trembled as if she had an epiphany. [GREAT, GREAT, GREAT!! I LOVE YOU SO— MUCH!!!]

Midir swung her sword crazily as she laughed crazily.

Zoom—!!

Dark blue lasers shot everywhere again.

“Unfortunately for you,” said Kang-Woo as he smiled fiercely and lowered his stance. “I already have a Darling.”

Fwoosh!

The Flames of Voracity set Kang-Woo’s black blades ablaze. He ran forward and swung his arm at the laser shot toward him.

Rumble—!!!

The swamp shook. Midir had the power to deflect the Flames of Voracity but it didn’t mean Kang-Woo couldn’t deflect her attacks either. The blade enveloped in the Flames of Voracity slashed through the dark blue laser, splitting it into dozens of smaller streams and deflected everywhere.

“Fuuu,” Kang-Woo inhaled deeply.

He relaxed his shoulders and brought his hips back.

‘I have to control my strength properly this time.’

If he let his power spread everywhere instead of focusing it on one point, the destruction of Huan would replay here.

Bang!

He stomped his foot and swung his blade vertically. A line of flame blazed from where the blade slashed.

“Twilight.”

The flames blazed ferociously, spreading like a tsunami of fire from the line.

[KYAAAAAHHH!! W-WAIT! THIS IS CHEATING!!!] Midir screamed.

RUMBLE—!!!

A tsunami of fire engulfed her. Dark blue light shone blindingly to deflect the Flames of Voracity but it was impossible to deflect the flames that had already engulfed the entire swamp.

[Gah, kurgh!]

The Flames of Voracity lifted and left Midir collapsed on the ground.

[Kya... haha... ha.] She trembled as she vomited blood. [You’re... a goddamn monster.]

It was to the point that the likes of Oh Hyun-Seong using the title of Demon King was laughable.

“Let’s end this.”

Kang-Woo was more than satisfied. He couldn’t feel the extreme hunger or thirst anymore.

‘I wanna go home and rest now.’

It had been a week since they left home to search for relics and of course, he had not eaten kimchi stew in that time. He wanted to go back to his cozy home and get fed kimchi stew in his Darling’s arms.

“I’m so fucking tired.”

Fatigue swept over him once the heat of the battle died down. Kang-Woo quickly moved to collect the relic and go home.

“Phew. Urgh... Th-That was no joke. Why is a damn relic that strong?” Yeon-Joo, watching the battle from a safe distance, shook her head in exasperation.

She thought the battle between Kang-WOo and Hyun-Seong was monstrous already but this was in a league of its own.

“Anyway, she’s dead, right?” she asked as she looked down at the trembling Midir vomiting blood.

Kang-Woo’s eyes widened.

“Wait a second, Yeon-Joo. If you say something like that—”

[Kyaha, ha, haha.]

The blood-vomiting Midir suddenly raised her head, her neck twisting at an unnatural angle.

Grrrrk.

The swamp vibrated as Midir giggled maniacally. The entire black swamp wriggled as it gathered around Midir.

[KYA—HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!]

Rumble—!!

The darkness of the swamp was absorbed into Midir. The earth shook and dark blue light surged from her.

“FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!”

Kang-Woo pulled on his hair as he stared at Midir slowly getting back up. The resurrection flag Yeon-Joo chanted was super-effective.

“IT’S TIME FOR PHASE TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!”