Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Kneel

Crack!

A sound of something breaking and twisting was made.

Then from the floor a huge something pierced the ground and popped out.

Roar!

It was a huge bug. A bug a bit more resembling an earthworm than a maggot, having a huge mouth, and inside the mouth saw-like teeth were densely filled in a circle. Even not one layer. A structure of a full three layers.

The diameter of the round mouth was about 2 meters, and the body not even all out of the ground yet, the length was about 5 meters. Roughly guessing with posture the total length seemed about 15 meters.

Seo I-hyeon quickly retreated back.

Subordinates if saying fight among subordinates it's enough.

Black and White charged at the huge bug.

And quickly circling the surroundings diligently swung swords.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

Every time swinging the sword once a long wound arose on the bug's body, and body fluid splashed.

The bug roughly swung the upper body and tried to somehow knock Black and White or bite with the mouth, but Black and White every time agilely avoided the bug's attack.

Seo I-hyeon glanced at that appearance and nodded.

Certainly fights well.

Drawing the conclusion that if leaving there Black and White can finish on their own Seo I-hyeon turned the gaze again and looked at 'Bug Mania'.

He was standing fine even with half the upper body disappeared. Maggots swarmed all over the body, and from the cross-section of the disappeared upper body also maggots pierced the flesh and dropped onto the floor.

'Bug Mania' took out one small ampoule from the pants pocket then broke the cap and gulped in one go.

Then the cross-section of the disappeared upper body began to boil. And very slowly but the disappeared part gradually grew.

"Oh, is that the expensive potion?"

Clearly the treatment ampoule of thousands of coins that even regenerates.

Because having such a thing he summoned such a ruthless bug without hesitation at the cost of his own body.

'Bug Mania' glared at Seo I-hyeon.

"Accepting my proposal would have been convenient, regrettable."

At his words Seo I-hyeon chuckled.

Seeing that 'Bug Mania''s eyebrows twitched.

And before he knew it a large book one volume appeared in his hand. 'Bug Mania''s magic book, 'Bug Praise Theory'.

'Bug Mania' skillfully unfolded the book even with one hand. Just unfolding the book, the pages automatically flipped then a certain page appeared.

'Bug Mania' recited the spell with a world's serious expression. Sacrificing even his own body and summoning a large bug was to earn time to recite the spell like this.

"I am the king of bugs. An existence crawling the bottom of the universe. All things originated from bugs, and in the end return to bugs. You also will be so. Return to a bug and kneel before me!"

The moment the spell ended, from the unfolded book maggots surged like a fountain as if a volcano exploding.

The maggots that surged like that burst in the air, and scattered the mist of body fluid in all directions.

Not ordinary mist. Well, mist made of body fluid so already not ordinary, but not that meaning but sticky mystery was entangled in the mist itself.

Seo I-hyeon watched that scenery with somewhat curious eyes. In fact he couldn't do anything. The distance was also a bit, and between 'Bug Mania' and Seo I-hyeon the fight of the huge bug and Black, White was very fierce.

Of course if wanting to do one could. Through shadow movement moving near 'Bug Mania' and shooting a gun or punching or taking out a sword from the shadow and stabbing one could have.

But still one couldn't have blocked that spell.

To block that at minimum a person with Black degree power had to cut the neck in one go. No, even with that one might not have blocked.

To that degree mysterious power was pouring out from the magic book 'Bug Mania' has. Of course Seo I-hyeon felt nothing.

Anyway the spell was completed.

Seo I-hyeon was slightly tense. Although having confidence to endure whatever attack, if that is a binding series one has to be careful. One has to prepare to avoid with shadow movement anytime.

But that spell was not that kind.

Mysterious power poured on Seo I-hyeon. The mist was still wrapping 'Bug Mania', and only the mystery that was inside moved to Seo I-hyeon.

"Become a bug and kneel!"

'Bug Mania''s shout rang once more.

Seo I-hyeon tilted his head. The mystery that flooded just now returned again.

'What? Amplifying and shooting again?'

While Seo I-hyeon was having such thoughts, 'Bug Mania''s expression was dyed with fluster.

"What, why is it like this at all!"

The spell just used was among the spells he can use, that is among the spells 'Bug Praise Theory' has the strongest anti-person spell.

For a single target there was no stronger spell than this.

But that didn't operate properly.

"Become a bug and kneel!"

'Bug Mania' shouted again until the throat burst. All the willpower he has, the dominance regarding mystery, even vitality he put into the spell.

Enormous power of mystery flooded to Seo I-hyeon.

And returned.

"Keuueok!"

'Bug Mania' vomited blood. Not just blood but blood made entirely of maggots.

Seo I-hyeon seeing that slightly frowned.

"Really dirty."

He roughly grasped what happened how.

"It was a curse series spell."

Curses don't work on Seo I-hyeon. As previously analogized sunk in the deep sea, no matter how storms rage above no vibration at all is transmitted principle.

The mystery containing the curse briefly entered the sea of mana then couldn't overcome that thickness and bounced out.

Where would the curse that bounced out like that have gone. Returning to the place it came from.

"Keuueeok!"

'Bug Mania' poured bugs along with successive bizarre groans, screams.

His body wriggles. Not struggling. Places of the body bulge out then also dent in and bones and muscles twist separately.

The face is crushed and the bugs that popped out from the body ate all the clothes he was wearing.

'Bug Mania' who became naked curled the body like a ball. Even in that state the change continued.

And soon 'Bug Mania' became a bug.

Really a bug. A large bug of the same shape as a maggot.

The size was only half a person. Curling the body like a ball then as is crushed and became a maggot.

The bug 'Bug Mania' changed into was on the magic book. No, even while wriggling it was embracing the magic book. As if absolutely can't let go.

"Even becoming a bug not dead yet still the owner is the owner."

Seo I-hyeon muttered like that then turned the gaze and looked toward Black, White.

The summoned huge bug was still rampaging. Of course thanks to Black and White diligently swinging swords places of the body were cut off, and the face side with the mouth was also half disappeared.

Seo I-hyeon turned the gaze to the bug side again.

"Haa. Regrettable. My 200 thousand coins... if just handing over the coins there would have been no occasion to kill. Then mutual good. I good earning money, that guy good living."

Of course memory would be lost a bit, but still where is that. Saving life at the cost of just a few coins.

"The phone was also all eaten. Appetite is also good."

All that 'Bug Mania' was holding the bugs ate. Those bugs are no more. From before burst and turned into body fluid.

What's left is one large bug 'Bug Mania' changed into. And one long bug rampaging over there, now soon destined to die.

"Ha, damn. If 200 thousand coins how much at all. 20 billion. A full 20 billion. With that one could have lived well without money worries for a while."

Of course if in this field whenever a lump sum goes out with a whoosh it's not strange.

Still how solid it would have been.

Seo I-hyeon calming the regrettable heart took out a gun from the shadow.

"Earlier even if hit it was useless, now I don't know how."

Seo I-hyeon accurately aimed the gun at the large bug and shot.

Pew! Pew! Pew!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Three shots accurately pierced the bug.

As expected there is effect. The bug madly twisted the body. It seems painful.

"There is effect but still doesn't die with just three shots."

Then shooting more is enough.

Pew! Pew! Pew!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Evenly hit the parts not hit earlier.

From the pierced holes body fluid flowed continuously. Struggling while hit by several gunshots body fluid splashed in all directions.

Seo I-hyeon retreated a few steps back so it doesn't splash on the clothes.

"The obsession is great."

Even in the midst of that embracing the magic book. Even twisting the body and rolling on the floor curled and tightly gripping the magic book with the whole body.

"While becoming a bug only instinct remained, a considerable part of that instinct seems obsession regarding the magic book."

Seo I-hyeon organizing like that held the gun again. Seeing it if shooting about five or six more shots it seems will die.

Pew! Pew! Pew!

Shooting three more shots the bullets all ran out. Seo I-hyeon naturally switched the gun and shot a few more.

Pew! Pew! Pew!

Shooting like that in the end the bug died.

From the corpse of the limp bug body fluid flowed continuously. And even though the bug died it still tightly gripped the magic book with the whole body and didn't let go.

"I should obtain more bullets too. Can one buy at the cartel?"

As expected guns are good.

Killing such a large and disgusting and dirty bug without even approaching nearby with just moving the fingers a few times, right.

This is magic.

Seo I-hyeon put the gun into the shadow and slowly walked toward the dead bug, no, toward the magic book the bug gripped.

"Um. Grabbing with my hand is a bit so."

The magic book was all covered with the bug's body fluid. He didn't even want to touch.

Rather if that was blood or flesh pieces it would be nothing, but somehow the bug's body fluid or flesh pieces he didn't want to touch.

So he looked at a subordinate who can do this kind of work instead.

Black and White were still in fierce engagement.

Seo I-hyeon seeing that exhaled a deep sigh and raised his hand. In his hand before he knew it blood was clumping and pouring.

Seo I-hyeon largely turned his arm and drew a circle in the air. The blood he was holding scattered in the air and a circle made of blood appeared.

It fixed in the air as if ignoring gravity.

"Connect to the void. Bind. Erupt."

When the spell ended, the circle of blood floating in the air disappeared as if melting into the darkness.

And from under the large bug chains of blood popped out and bound the bug.

At that moment, something popped out from the chains of blood. What that is was not visible. Just one could know that something came out.

The chains of blood disappeared at that moment, and places of the large bug's body disappeared in chain shapes.

As if torn and eaten by something.

The large bug eaten like that couldn't come to its senses and staggered.

Seo I-hyeon seeing that shouted.

"Until when will you fight! Finish quickly! Busy!"

From Black and White's bodies momentum that seemed to pierce the sky poured out. Of course Seo I-hyeon felt nothing.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

The large bug was finely fragmented. Every time Black and White swung the swords not the flesh splitting, but the body itself was cut.

If using force like that earlier the fight would have already ended.

Seo I-hyeon seeing that clicked his tongue.

"Still not fully adapted. One has to grasp up to where one's force is."

Of course Black also and White also smarter than existing skeletons so such expectation arises.

That those two could use Seo I-hyeon's mana and blood a bit more efficiently, well.

Anyway the large bug fragmented and fell.

Even though a summon the corpse didn't disappear.

Seo I-hyeon quickly ran that way. Such good material came out one has to confirm, right.

Black and White retreated a few steps from the large bug corpse.

Seo I-hyeon approached the corpse and examined carefully.

The teeth in a circle were really impressive. But besides that there were no bones.

"This is a bit difficult."

Seo I-hyeon mainly uses black magic of raising into skeletons using bones. In that process the remaining body excluding bones all absorbed into the bones and strengthens style.

If processing this guy like that only teeth would remain. What to make with that.

"Still if having somewhere there would be a use."

Seo I-hyeon using the shadow drew a magic circle with blood under the large bug corpse.

And raised his hand and connected the magic circle and himself with mana.

"Melt. Absorb. Settle. Preserve."

The bug corpse boiled then soon melted like water. And mixed with the magic circle then spinning and all sucked into the remaining teeth that didn't melt.

The bug's teeth made of three layers of circles spat sharp light.

From the teeth that absorbed all liquid mysterious light flowed.

Seo I-hyeon feels nothing, but the power of mystery the teeth contain was powerful to the degree of pressing the surroundings.

Seo I-hyeon put that into the shadow.

Since processed, when later having occasion to make something mixing and using a decent result would come out.

Since also taking the bug corpse now the turn to take the magic book last.

When Seo I-hyeon was going toward the side where the magic book is again, Black boldly walked forward.

Turning his head and looking at Black Black threw the swords he was holding in both hands.

Clang.

Seo I-hyeon alternately looked at the two swords that fell on the floor and Black.

"What? Are you rebelling now?"

Speechless. Is this something a skeleton can do to the owner now?

Staring at Black, Black put one hand into the eye and pulled out the finger with the other eye and fidgeted.

Seo I-hyeon seeing that hit his forehead with his hand.

"Aww, this stubborn. Understood, wait a bit. I'll make goggles. Still no time to order goggles. If returning today I'll order right away. Okay?"

Only then Black removed the hand from the eye.

And Black pointed at the two swords thrown on the floor with a finger then crossed both hands and made an X.

And widely spread both arms. As if expressing something big.

"What, don't like those swords and asking to obtain a greatsword?"

At Seo I-hyeon's question that understood perfectly Black largely nodded.

"Originally used a greatsword seems. Okay. That also if returning I'll obtain right away. Since saw what the cartel sells."

One shouldn't only take care of Black. Seo I-hyeon looking at White asked.

"You no wish?"

White pointed at the two swords Black threw on the floor with a finger. And pointed at himself.

"Those you want? Well, no reason not to. Anyway that guy says uses a greatsword."

White pointed at Seo I-hyeon's shadow with a finger and pointed at his sword and pointed at himself again.

"The swords in the shadow also want? Then meaning using a total of five swords, can one do?"

White largely nodded.

Saying one can do where is the reason to particularly refuse saying no. Anyway those swords, even if having Seo I-hyeon doesn't use.

"You also okay. Take all."

Seo I-hyeon contained the swords on the floor with the shadow and took out up to the originally existing swords three and handed to White.

White received all that and stuck them on the back neatly.

Seo I-hyeon blankly looked at that appearance.

"How does one do that?"

Anyway strange guys. Such skeletons are really the first time.

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