The Berserker’s Second Playthrough in the Game - Chapter 142



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Episode 142 Demons and Archmages (4)

The devil froze, doubting his eyes.

– Goo-wook, this is, this is ridiculous… … . How can you break the constraints… … with just physical force… .

Kadim took a step forward. The bright red eyes glowed ominously like the surface of the blood sea that swallowed the pile of her corpse.

“Your nickname is ‘Devil of Predation.’”

The devil could not answer easily. A nauseating feeling of vomiting and an unrealistic haze disturbed the judging. Kadim chuckled and let out a bitter laugh.

“This is ridiculous. Why is this so-called predatory demon using someone else’s mouth instead of his own perfectly fine mouth?”

– Guuup, guuuuk, guweeeek… … .

“Listen carefully, what I mean by ‘predation’. “It’s not like you just rely on authority or something like that to just devour it.”

A pitch-black axe that suddenly soars into the air.

Hoo – ung, Hoo – ung, Hung, Hung, Hung –

As the demon’s eyes blankly followed the spinning reflection, the warrior leaped up like a flash and snatched the sack… …

―――――――――― Write – Geez!!

… … It fell in a wide circular trajectory, and with just one stroke, it cut off nearly half of the goat’s neck.

Crunch, push-shu-shu!

– … … Keuuuuuuck!!!

The carotid artery was cut and blood spurted out like a spring. The devil immediately tried to repair the crack. But Kadim had to stick to the surface first.

Kadim held onto the torn flesh tightly, then ripped open the wound and bit into the muscles and blood vessels.

In other words, I’m going to go to the middle of the day… … .

– Kaaaaaaaaaah!!! Kaaaaaaaaaah!!!

The demon writhed in excruciating pain. But Khadim did not move. Like a starving demon, like a beast that covets the life of its prey, he hungrily drank the blood that flowed out endlessly.

Kwagwagwagwagwagwagwang – !!!

I fell down, unable to overcome the explosion that the devil had summoned late. But it didn’t matter. I had already inhaled enough blood to mix the scent of blood with my exhaled breath.

Kadim wiped his wet mouth and finished what he was saying.

“… … “You can call it ‘predation’ only by cutting off the head of the prey and tasting its flesh and blood.”

– Ugh… … .

“Anyway, since I took a bite and you took a bite, we’re now on equal footing. From now on, it’ll be a fair fight.”

The demon was in a near-death state due to severe injuries including excessive bleeding from a beheading. On the other hand, Kadim, who had his blood and vitality restored in the first round, was in a more than perfect condition. It was an unfair fight for anyone to see, but the demon, whose lower body was trapped in a magic circle, had no choice but to run away.

– Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh… … .

Still, the devil thought. You can’t face destruction blindly.

The humiliation suffered by mortals was enough to rot away in this musty library for hundreds of years.

The demon decided to use a trait he had half-forgotten. As a ‘possessed spirit’, he was able to inject his target with his thoughts and take control of their bodies. He converted the magical energy that was forming his sorcery into thoughts and released it towards Kadim.

The results, needless to say, were almost identical to what the division had experienced outside.

– Khuuuuuck! Guweeeeek!!

Kookookookook… … .

A demon who fails to conquer the world and falls miserably.

– W-what is it, you… … . In that body… … What are you hiding? … . Ugh, how could something like that exist in the body of a mortal… … .

“… … .”

Kadim frowned slightly. He thought it was just a similar reaction to before and tried to ignore it, but there was something about it that bothered him.

“What are you hiding? “What did you see in me?”

– Something red, dark red… … . Just looking at it feels like my heart will be crushed… … . Damn it, I don’t even know what’s in my body? Guuweak, somehow I thought it was strange that a mortal could have such a ‘trick’… … .

“… … .”

It seems that I saw what I had seen in the vision of digging in the Demon Realm, and what the priestess who was judged in Agon saw.

Kadim had thought that he was immune to demonic possession because he was a modern-day person who had been possessed. However, it occurred to him that perhaps that assumption was wrong. From the first to the second round, this unidentified, ominous entity that had taken possession of his body might have been preventing the invasion of his thoughts until now… … .

‘Wait a minute… … But isn’t this body from the first time? The demon’s possession didn’t work from the first time… … .’

The suspicions that had been building up inside him grew thicker. A deep furrow like a valley formed between his eyebrows.

However, it was not a good time to just be lost in thought. He felt blood seeping into every nook and cranny of his mind. Since it had been so long since he had tasted blood, he ate more than necessary.

Everything had to be done before madness set in.

Qua – Ang!

The cannonballs holding the axe handle rushed towards the devil.

– Guuuuk, damn it… … !

The devil also turned his thoughts into magic. This time, as if he would not allow an attack, he obsessively drew a magic circle on the dark canvas. He unleashed a chaos of twisted mysteries that exploded blackly, twisted vines, restricted movement, and caused waves.

―――――――― Kwakwakwakwakwa, tdddddddddd – !!

It had the effect of temporarily stopping the enemy. There was no blind spot in the large-scale sorcery summoned by the demon. The warriors who charged fiercely sometimes got entangled in a pile of vines, were hit directly by an explosion, were tied up by restraints, or were pushed back little by little by being pushed by the wave.

Unfortunately, it was only a ‘temporary’ effect.

—————————— Kwakwakwakwang! Kwaarrur… … .

Even though the area was devastated to the point where thorns were spread out without a single gap and the axis of the earth was twisted, Kadim was not fatally wounded. At best, his skin was torn off and his muscles were slightly damaged. These wounds were nothing more than a stimulant to boost his fighting spirit.

The berserker roared harshly and charged again.

“Uuuuuuup!!”

―――――――――――― Write – Geez! Write – Geung!

A fierce wind pressure followed the angry axe swing. The area cut off was much wider than what was estimated by eye. The demon was so focused on attacking that he could not block the slaughter. Red, deep scars were carved on his chest and right arm.

– Khuu …

Kurkor- !!!

The demon belatedly devoted himself to defense. He summoned a thick wall like pitch-black Saturn to block all approaches. Because it was so thick and solid, even the axe, which had been able to cut through anything it touched without a hitch, could not immediately penetrate the wall.

But even that was just a meaningless struggle.

Kadim just activated the ‘Devil’s Power’ he had just consumed.

Boom – !

Kookookookookookook… … .

The scale of the power was much smaller than when the demon had summoned it. Instead of a shadow covering the heavens and earth, a divine spirit rose from the ground, barely enough to touch the collapsed ceiling.

But the ripple effect was the same. The monster with the head of a goat and a lion grafted onto it opened its mouth wide and rushed towards the thick barrier. The impenetrable barrier that had blocked even the most insane attacks was only a bite away.

Teo – Huh! Kufuuuuuu… … .

The defense of conversion was utterly destroyed, and that too by none other than his own power. The devil cried out in astonishment.

– What! How can you summon an ‘unknowable predator’… … .

There was no need to respond to the enemy’s commotion. Kadim silently grabbed the axe handle and swung it. The young, murderous blade mercilessly slaughtered the mountain goat’s body.

―――――― Sse – geung, sse – geung, cheok, je – geok!

– Haaaaaaa!!

The skin and muscles split apart, and blood exploded. Both arms were torn to pieces and flown away, and the abdomen split open, spilling out thick internal organs. When the half-severed scrotum was completely severed, the demon collapsed magnificently like a giant statue that had reached the end of its life.

thud! Kurrrrrrrr… … .

A head with three horns rolled on the floor. The magical energy that formed the eyeball ruptured and flowed down like black tears. A cold lament flowed from the broken vocal cords.

– Damn it, I can’t die like this… … . Ugh… … balm… … That bitch’s flesh… … To die without being able to chew… … One of Cheonchu… … .

Puck-!!

A fierce kick crushed the goat’s head. The skull shattered, the gray matter exploded, and the hateful words were forever reduced to an incomplete murmur.

The devil, who had been sealed away for hundreds of years and had accumulated so much malice that he could devour the world, was unable to vent even a trace of his pent-up hatred and ended up like a piece of meat from a butcher shop.

Kadim wiped away the crusts and debris that had clung to his hair and skin. Then I stared intently at the corpse pieces, with blood flowing like sewage.

“… … .”

The terrible smell of blood that disturbs your mind. The urge to bite and feast on blood and flesh just like before struck my mind mercilessly.

But there was no need to drink more blood. The battle was already over and the blood in his body was excessive. This was enough. He didn’t need to drink more blood. This was enough. There was no need to drink more blood. This is enough… … enough… … Blood… … No need to drink more… … No… … .

“……no.”

It wasn’t enough.

It was woefully inadequate.

It didn’t make sense. It’s been a while since I tasted good quality blood, but I can’t believe I’m stopping like this. I had to restrain myself. My self-control has become thinner. You should never drink more. Still, it’s a little okay, isn’t it? The madness hasn’t subsided yet. I think it would be okay to eat a few more pieces of flesh and a few more sips of blood.

Yeah, a few pieces of flesh, a few sips of blood.

Just a few more pieces of flesh, a few more sips of blood.

Kadim revealed his red-stained teeth. Then he took steps towards the piece of flesh.

However, just before the bloody carnival, I noticed these things at my feet and stopped.

Throwing axes with wavy patterns scattered about.

And a thick leather book spread out haphazardly.

As the demon died, the protective shield disappeared. Books were lying around on the floor like waste paper. A stream of blood was flowing into the cracks in the page.

“… … !”

Kadim hurriedly picked up the book and the axe and recited a prayer.

“[Atala, god of struggle and wilderness. Please look down upon your great history… … .]”

Whoa… … .

A subtle yellow energy permeated the body. The madness that had polluted my mind was wiped away and flowed out like waste. Kadim, who barely regained his senses, let out a deep sigh of relief.

I almost made a mistake right before the end. I was afraid something like this would happen, so I refrained from bringing out the flesh from the first episode… … . In addition, it had been quite a while since he drank demon blood, and his thirst for blood became very strong, which also contributed to his insanity.

‘… … From now on, I will have to drink blood occasionally to prevent the accumulation of impulses.’

There was no fear of being consumed by ‘madness’ for the time being by summoning Atala’s divine power. However, from now on, the side effects of the miracle were a problem.

Puzzle –

I pulled up my left arm, which was hanging limply. I had to finish everything before the side effects became unbearable.

I filled the iron canteen with the blood of a high-ranking devil and walked away from the blood-smelling wreckage. I took a seat in front of a creaking table in a corner of the collapsed library and opened a book.

Melissa’s records were thick on the outside, but they contained much more than that. As Kadim turned the pages, he soon realized that this book was contrary to common sense.

Para la la la la la larak –

I picked up the book by its side and the pages turned endlessly… … .

No matter how many times I turned the pages, the thickness did not decrease. It seemed as if the pages had been expanded almost infinitely by magic. The densely scribbled research records poured out like a flood. It was the Holy Grail, containing the ultimate knowledge that the magicians of the Magic Tower had longed for, turning lifelong puzzles into mere riddles to pass the time.

“… … .”

Unfortunately, it was useless to Kadim. I scanned every surface with my superhuman body vision, but all I could see were graffiti piled up with earthworms. In the end, I just kept turning the pages until I found letters that I could interpret.

Then, I suddenly found something that wasn’t unfamiliar to me.

Parak – !

‘Atalain comes from the wilderness beyond the mountains, has bronze skin, is very tall, and is as big as an ogre! (Mixed blood between humans and monsters? Is this possible? → Refer to research topic 31), As soon as we meet, he suddenly asks us to accompany him (Human trafficking? Slave dealer? Very likely a criminal!! Be careful!!!)’

A ripple appeared in the black pupil.

Waves of old memories surged over the breakwater of my mind.

The letters were blurry, but at the moment they were written, they were as clear as immortal engravings. The moment I first met the girl magician who had lived her entire life as a desk worker, after she suddenly asked me to accompany her on our first meeting.

But the supplementary explanation written later underneath was something I had never seen before.

‘… … Still, he doesn’t seem to be a bad person!’

“… … .”

As soon as I saw her, my lips hardened like a rock. An emotion that I could not express in words weighed heavily on my heart.

Pitter-patter, pitter-patter… … .

However, the side effects of Shingi urged him not to relax. Kadim forced away the rising emotions and barely managed to turn the page again.

The playful scribblings gradually turned into desperate scribblings. The sentence about wanting to give up that appeared once on every page, the diary of a girl magician stained with hardship and adversity… … I finally found it.

A record of 300 years ago, after the Great Devil died and left.

Kadim exhaled deeply, as if shaking off old dust.

“… … Phew.”

And finally, I faced a piece of the truth.

*

Khadim disappeared through an unidentified rift that appeared after the death of the Great Evil.

And then.

Our warrior, Gale, has disappeared.