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Two apostles suddenly appeared at Magic Stone Mountain.

A mischievous young boy and a beautiful girl who seemed bored by everything.

But why are all the villains so pretty and handsome?

Anyway, that’s not important right now, let’s figure that out later.

Just by looking, the lazy girl seems stronger than the mischievous boy.

It would be best for us to handle her and leave the boy to the Hwarang.

The villain executive was taken down by a surprise attack, so they won’t be moving for a while.

Hwarang + Hayan Gyeoul VS Mischievous Boy + Lazy Girl.

Even though it’s dozens against two, isn’t it true that the side of justice usually has more numbers?

For now… we take the first move!

Swoosh—

Drawing the short sword from her waist, she charged forward.

“Hayan! Backup!”

“Okay! Be careful!”

The lazy girl was still lying down, and the boy seemed to be trying to block, but…

“Your opponent is us!”

The Scorpion Instructor and the Hwarang stepped in just in time to separate them.

Squeezing out all the magic power in her body in an instant, she charged forward.

Kakaka—!

But she was blocked by the girl who had already drawn her short spear.

Both sides pushed with all their strength, colliding in the middle and creating a loud noise.

The sight of the girl blocking with just one hand was almost awe-inspiring.

I didn’t even see her draw the spear, but… she’s blocking my attack with one hand?

Even the attack I used was the first form, Falling Star, a technique with profound power.

‘She’s a monster, isn’t she?’

Honestly, I thought no one except Jeong Ha-yul could match my heavy sword in strength, but I guess I was overconfident.

‘The spear seems like it can be assembled, and she probably has multiple. Combined, they could form a giant spear.’

The plan to injure her with the first attack and quickly subdue her fell apart right from the start.

Swoosh—!

A white spear blade shot out from the girl’s chest like lightning.

I had already sensed it, so I didn’t get hit.

I tilted my sword upward, deflecting the spear and knocking away the blade rushing toward me.

“Ugh… can we just end this already? Fighting is such a pain.”

While the girl looked at me with a lazy expression, Hayan’s magic spells flew in from behind.

Ting! Ting! Swoosh! Ting!

The wind blades swept through the girl’s body.

She blocked most of the invisible wind blades.

But one of them cut off a strand of her hair.

Her face instantly twisted in anger.

“…Do you know how much of a pain it is to grow this back?”

“How about going for a short cut this time?”

Without even listening to the end of my sentence, the girl disappeared from sight.

‘Where?’

Even Jeong Ha-yul couldn’t move fast enough to disappear from my sight.

So she must have used the moment I blinked to target my blind spot.

Then…

‘Below!’

Swoosh—!

The girl appeared at my left side and thrust her spear.

A light, almost imperceptible strike—if I hadn’t known the direction, my side would have been pierced instantly.

A move that showed just how skilled the lazy girl was with the spear, and how skilled she was as a killer.

But I knew in advance and could react.

Kwaaaang—!!

Before I could block her spear, her body was crushed.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.”

Lee Ha-yoon appeared beside her and used a shockwave spell to slam her into the ground.

The girl’s body bent as if she had been hit hard on the back of the head, and vines grew from the ground, binding her feet.

It seemed like the fight was over in an instant, but…

“Moving is such a pain… I guess I’ll just kill you all first.”

Whether the thick vines were binding her feet or not, the girl jumped up as if nothing had happened.

She pulled out a central pillar from her waist and assembled the short spears in her hands.

A double-bladed spear with blades on both ends.

It was a bizarre weapon I had never seen before.

Swoosh—!

The ground beneath her feet was instantly cut away as she charged toward Hayan at an incredible speed.

Bang— Bang— Kwaaaang—!

Black magic power flowed from the spear blades, clashing with the shield Hayan hastily created.

At the same time, I charged toward her.

First Form, Thunder Strike.

The fast sword technique, said to pierce faster than lightning, unfolded in my hand.

Fwaa—!

The magic power in the blade sparked like real lightning, drawing a silver flash.

‘…She dodged it.’

At the moment my fastest attack was about to hit, she deflected it.

The girl had both the strength to react to my heavy sword and the speed to react to my fast sword.

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The three entangled women exchanged dozens of blows in an instant.

Huff! Huff!

Only the sound of their heavy breathing could be heard.

“Hayan, focus. That thing’s a monster.”

Jeong Gyeoul, gasping for breath, spoke to Lee Ha-yoon.

“Yeah, it seems so.”

Lee Ha-yoon, wiping the sweat from her forehead, answered in a trembling voice.

“I thought I had gotten stronger, but I might die here.”

“No, no matter what happens, you won’t die.”

“Sorry to interrupt your happy thoughts, but I’m going to kill both of you.”

Pigrithia sneered and charged forward.

At the same time, Jeong Gyeoul also rushed toward Pigrithia.

Meanwhile, a giant bone spear rose behind Lee Ha-yoon, grazing Jeong Gyeoul as it flew toward Pigrithia.

Thud—!

The bone spear spread out in all directions, wrapping around Pigrithia before she could react.

Pigrithia tried to break through, but the bones, harder than steel, were layered two or three times, making it impossible to break through with her body.

While she was blocked by the bones, Jeong Gyeoul aimed for the gaps between them and unleashed the First Form, Thousand Changes Strike.

Swoosh—!

In an instant, Pigrithia pulled out the central pillar of her spear, shortening its length, and spun the spear within the bones.

Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!

All of Jeong Gyeoul’s thrusting attacks were blocked by the spinning spear blade.

“Damn it. At this point, you should at least take one hit, right?”

“What are you talking about? You try taking a hit first.”

At that moment, dozens of ice spears flew through the air toward the bones.

Kwaaang—!

As the ice spears touched the bones, the bones disappeared, and the spears pierced Pigrithia.

“Ugh!”

Even as she dodged and deflected with her spear, Pigrithia allowed only one hit to her thigh before creating distance.

A stream of curses spilled from her mouth.

But her target wasn’t Jeong Gyeoul or Lee Ha-yoon.

“Hey, you damn Grid bastard! Finish those weaklings quickly and get over here!”

“Requesting backup? Grid’s guard service starts at 30 million won.”

“Shut up and get over here!”

Following her shout, Jeong Gyeoul and Lee Ha-yoon also glanced at the Hwarang’s front line…

A few Hwarang, barely standing, were shooting arrows from a distance.

Only the Scorpion Instructor was facing Grid.

As the battle on Jeong Gyeoul’s side calmed down, the fight between Grid and the Hwarang also paused for a moment.

Jeong Gyeoul and Lee Ha-yoon needed time to rest and replenish their magic power, so they didn’t push the attack at this moment.

“…The Hwarang are pretty weak, huh?”

“That’s normal. It’s just that we and those two apostles are strong.”

The Hwarang were at the level of C~B class heroes.

The Scorpion Instructor was also a Hwarang with skills that wouldn’t be ignored even among A-class heroes.

But they were all melted down by Grid alone.

“…Maybe we should have dealt with that guy first instead of taking on the girl?”

“Hmm, if we had done that, wouldn’t the Hwarang have been wiped out by now?”

Now we can’t deal with Grid, and we can’t quickly subdue Pigrithia.

Stuck in this situation where we can’t do anything, Jeong Gyeoul was starting to get annoyed.

“If we knew the Villain Union and the Satan Church were involved, we should have brought stronger people… We’re all going to die here.”

“But didn’t we call for backup after seeing the signal flare? We even called the Hwarang grandfather.”

“…If the Hwarang are in that state, what good will he do alone? What can the Hwarang grandfather do by himself?”

While Jeong Gyeoul and Lee Ha-yoon were chatting, Grid and Pigrithia seemed to have finished their conversation.

“Anyway, finish up quickly and come help. Can’t you see my thigh is pierced?”

“Yeah, yeah, got it.”

Thinking they had rested enough, Pigrithia began reassembling her spear.

“Let’s start again, cuties.”

Still with a look of boredom, her movements were swift.

Whoosh—!

Spinning left, then right.

Just as my mind was distracted by the dazzling spear movements.

“I’m here, sis.”

“I’m not your sis.”

Grid joined in.

‘In that short time?’

‘Did he already take them down?’

Jeong Gyeoul and Lee Ha-yoon looked over in surprise to see the Scorpion Instructor lying face down on the ground.

‘Seriously, they’re completely useless…’

Jeong Gyeoul, thinking she would confront Kim Yu-shin or Kim Seo-hyun about Hwarang training if they survived this crisis, drew up the magic power in her body.

Kwaaang—!

Blocking Pigrithia’s sudden charge, Jeong Gyeoul twisted her body to counterattack.

Thud—!

A kick landed squarely on her torso.

“Ugh!”

Jeong Gyeoul was pushed back several meters as the two apostles charged at her.

“Gyeoul!”

Lee Ha-yoon deployed a shield around Jeong Gyeoul and pressed the apostles with various attack spells, but they had little effect.

In the face of Grid’s kicks and Pigrithia’s spear skills, Jeong Gyeoul could only barely block.

Even that wasn’t enough, as her suit gradually tore and her injuries increased.

Lee Ha-yoon hurriedly joined in, creating some distance, but…

The situation wasn’t turning in their favor.

“Are you hurt?”

“Yeah, my ribs are fine, just some scratches.”

“That’s a relief…”

“We’re going to lose in a 2v2.”

While considering whether to just leave the Hwarang and escape…

A strong surge of magic power was felt from the base of the mountain.

In an instant, someone ran up to the middle of the mountain where the battle was taking place.

“You bastards! Do you think you can get away with this in the Hwarang’s front yard?!”

Kim Seo-hyun, the father of President Kim Yu-shin.

The teacher of the Great Hwarang.

The spiritual pillar of all Hwarang.

The first-generation A-class hero, Kim Seo-hyun, had arrived.

“Let’s go together, old man…”

Following behind him, barely alive, was Manager Kim.

 

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