Chapter 113 : Chapter 113
Chapter 113 : Luna (3)
Luna's eyes, which had been swollen just a moment ago, gradually widened.
“What does that……. No, wait, so…… Ha. What am I saying right now.”
Luna, perhaps because the shock she received wasn't small, couldn't quite pull herself together and rambled.
“So, you, no Nim are Cain?”
“Yeah.”
“What kind of nonsense…….”
Luna's gaze swept over me.
For quite a long time.
“……You're not?”
“I have my circumstances.”
“Mmm, the rude tone certainly seems similar though…….”
This rascal?
“Even so, there's no way you're Cain, right? In the first place…… you're too weak.”
Right, I knew she would say that.
“Didn't I say, I have my circumstances.”
“Just what kind of circumstances would make Cain become weak like you─”
Luna's eyes, which were continuing her words, gradually widened.
A face that looked like something came to mind.
“No, wait. Don't tell me……?”
And carefully, Luna's lips twitched.
“……Destruction Dragon?”
As I nodded slightly, Luna's pupils trembled violently.
“Really…… You are Cain, no Lord Cain?”
“Didn't I say so?”
Seeing the title change by the second, she must be quite confused.
“Bu, But! How can I believe that? Your appearance is completely different too.”
“There are circumstances for that too.”
In the first place, the current me wasn't Cain, so I didn't have much to say about that part.
However, it wasn't that there was absolutely no way to prove it.
Anyway, the reason Luna was looking for Cain right now was because of the death facing her, and if I could resolve that, making her believe I was Cain wouldn't be that difficult.
Of course, before that, I also needed to present indirect evidence.
“I know who you are.”
“……You know me?”
“Dalnim-i. A weird guy who always called himself an 18-year-old high school girl. Although I didn't know that was real.”
Luna's pupils widened.
It was the first time I knew swollen eyes could get that big.
“How do you……!”
“Didn't I say, I'm Cain.”
Her wide-open mouth didn't close easily.
It must be that shocking of a fact for Luna.
“……D, Don't make me laugh. You must have heard about me somewhere, but even if you know me, that doesn't prove that you are Cain.”
It was a quite sharp point for the Dalnim-i I knew.
It was also true.
“That is true.”
“What…… You admit that so easily again? What are you trying to do with me right now?”
“Because it is a fact that I am Cain.”
“Ha.”
Luna shook her head from side to side.
“Just what kind of confidence is this? Even now, if I just lift a finger, I can kill someone like you, as the price for playing around with me.”
“Does it look like I am playing around right now?”
“That's…… not it.”
Luna nodded as if she accepted it.
“No, wait. Okay. Let's say you, no Sir, are the real Lord Cain. But if you're in that state, it means you paid a formidable price…… Can you really grant me what I want?”
“That state, you say.”
“A, Anyway!”
“You mean you need proof.”
“Uh…… Right! Proof, that.”
“That much isn't difficult.”
If the method of proof Luna wanted from me was something like instantly killing a King of the Demonic Realm, things only the real Cain could possibly do, it would obviously have been impossible.
However, what Luna wanted right now wasn't that difficult for me.
Should I say it's rather my specialty?
As I stood up from my seat and approached Luna, Luna's small shoulders flinched.
Considering the gap between Luna and me at this point, it was an absurd reaction, but.
“W, What are you doing now?”
“Stay still.”
Goooo…….
Standing close, I can definitely feel it.
The Destruction Dragon's energy eating away at Luna's body.
‘No need to drag this out.’
The Destruction Dragon's energy originating from Haima's Pendant gathers in my hand.
Fight Demonic energy with Demonic energy.
“What in the─”
Luna also couldn't hide her astonishment, perhaps sensing the anomaly occurring right now, but I didn't stop.
Kwaduek!
The hand wrapped in the Destruction Dragon's energy grabbed the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy dwelling in Luna's whole body just like that.
“Wh, What……!”
I felt it the moment I grabbed the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy.
‘As expected, it won't be easy.’
Should I say as expected of the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy?
Although that energy was weaker than the Demonic energy dwelling in Haima's Pendant, which I wore when fighting the Destruction Dragon directly at close range, it was by no means easy to deal with.
‘I won't be able to handle all of it right here.’
There was no need to rush.
Anyway, the stronger I became, the stronger the Postponer of Ruin's power dwelling in me would become as well.
Kwaduek, Kwadeudeuk!
The sticky and incredibly unpleasant Demonic energy was grabbed by me and started to be dragged out.
[The authority of the Postponer of Ruin rejects the interference of Demonic .]
[The authority of the Postponer of Ruin controls the Demonic.]
The Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy also persistently held onto Luna as if it wouldn't leave Luna's body meekly.
The expression of Luna, the person involved, crumbled suddenly as she groaned.
“S, Stop. It hurts, it hurts so much──!”
Luna screamed and struggled, but if I stopped clumsily here, Luna would be in danger instead.
Once the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy felt a threat to its existence, it would dig even deeper into Luna's body.
“Endure it.”
“Hukk, Kkeuheuk…….”
The fortunate thing was that if Luna had resisted in earnest, someone like me would have been blown away instantly.
I didn't know if it was because of the pain caused by the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy or if she was trying hard to endure it herself, but it was a fortunate thing for me.
“Stop, stoop…….”
Luna sobbed and pleaded.
But I had no intention of stopping.
Kkudeudeuk──!!!
The Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy began to be pulled out of Luna little by little, like tough synthetic fiber snapping.
‘Just a little more…….’
The Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy, which was being pulled out by the Postponer of Ruin's power, looked at me for a moment.
To be exact, it felt that way.
“Oh no─”
Kwaang!!!
The Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy that shot out in an instant struck me.
[The Orb of Water protects the wearer.]
[The authority of the Postponer of Ruin rejects the Demonic!]
The Orb of Water that rose at the same time blocked the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy while wrapping around the Postponer of Ruin's power, but it couldn't completely block even the shock.
“Keol-leok!”
Flying and embedding into one side of the cafeteria, it feels like my body is being smashed.
It's this much only because the shock was mitigated; if I had been hit defenselessly, my head would have been blown off entirely by now.
‘……So it won't go easily.’
Luna was trembling, perhaps having half-lost consciousness.
Seeing the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy hovering around such a Luna, it would be quite dangerous if left like that.
“Let's try again, you damned bastard.”
Sssss…….
Demonic energy surges at my fingertips.
Although it was an infinitely weak energy compared to the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy, if the Postponer of Ruin's power was contained here, the story was different.
Demonic energy that destroys Demonic energy.
I rushed at Luna while wrapping it around me.
[‘Hermes's Gale Boots’ activates a blessing.]
[‘Gale Step’ activates.]
A storm wraps around me.
In the cafeteria, not that big, the time for me to reach Luna was truly an instant.
Pajijijik!!!
Demonic energy and Demonic energy collided, and the aftermath of power scattered in all directions.
In the storm of Demonic energy, I reached out and grabbed the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy just like that.
To completely pull this out this time for sure.
“Heup!”
As soon as I apply force, the veins in my whole body rise.
[‘Haima's Curse’ activated.]
[Due to ‘Haima's Curse’, the wearer's blood goes berserk.]
[Due to the ‘Haima's Curse’ effect, physical ability increases by 50%.]
[Due to the ‘Haima's Curse’ effect, resistance to the ‘Bleeding’ status effect decreases very significantly.]
[Due to the ‘Haima's Curse’ effect, a powerful power of curse dwells in the blood.]
Amidst the battle of power and power, the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy burst into a bizarre cry.
Kkieeeeeeeek───!!!
Amidst the bizarre scream that seemed to tear the eardrums, the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy was gradually torn out from Luna.
Ttuduk, Ttudududuk!
The Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy, which seemed like it would be completely pulled out of Luna like that, snapped off.
The Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy, which gave up a part of itself as if a lizard cuts its tail, hid into Luna's body.
I could pull that out if I forced it, but the problem was that I had reached my limit now.
“……Huu.”
That wasn't the only problem.
The Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy surging in my grasp ran wild ferociously as if it would explode at any moment.
Now what remained was how to deal with this Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy…….
‘To exterminate it…… it would be a bit of a waste.’
The Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy is clearly a tremendously dangerous power.
However, it is also true that it harbors a huge power as much as it is dangerous.
‘If so…….’
The answer was set.
There was only one thing that could harbor the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy in this place.
[The authority of the Postponer of Ruin dominates the Demonic!]
The Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy, which was running wild ferociously in my grasp, ran wild even more roughly as it clashed with the Postponer of Ruin's power.
However, the resistance allowed to the bastard who lost its host was only up to there, and before long, it had no choice but to submit to the Postponer of Ruin's power.
[The authority of the Postponer of Ruin has made a part of the huge Demonic submit!]
[The authority of the Postponer of Ruin absorbs the submitted Demonic energy.]
[The two properties mix and the property of the Demonic energy transforms.]
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.
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[Demonic energy increases. (+3)]
[7 → 10]
[Demonic energy stat has reached 10.]
[Acquired trait, ‘Demonic Energy Emission (A)’.]
I can feel it.
As I absorbed the Destruction Dragon's energy, the very nature of the Demonic energy I possessed changed.
Into something similar to the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy, but not exactly the same either.
‘On top of that, Demonic Energy Emission……. What kind of trait is it?’
There are almost no traits I don't know in World of Justice, but traits related to Demonic energy were exceptions.
Since Demonic energy wasn't a power humans could handle in the first place.
‘I want to look into it right away, but it's better to postpone this for later.’
Since there was still work left to be done for now.
“Are you okay?”
Luna had fallen on one side of the cafeteria, perhaps already fainted.
It seems she couldn't overcome the pain.
“Hey.”
I tried to wake Luna by shaking her, but perhaps because the shock wasn't small, she didn't think of waking up easily.
‘Maybe it's better this way.’
I wasn't showing it, but because of the power struggle with the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy, I had already reached my limit as well.
I felt the need to rest a bit.
Right, just for a moment.
***
It hurts, it hurts, it hurts…….
Please stop.
Now, I hate being in pain anymore.
“……Ah.”
Luna trembled her eyes and barely pushed her eyelids up.
And not long after, she felt that the pain eating away at her had disappeared like a lie.
“How is this…….”
Only then could Luna recall the memories of what happened just a while ago.
The man who claimed to be Cain.
The Destruction Dragon's energy being pulled out.
“……Huh?”
Wait, the Destruction Dragon's energy was pulled out?
Is that even possible?
That's something only Cain could…….
‘……It's true. The Destruction Dragon's energy has weakened noticeably.’
Although the Destruction Dragon's energy hadn't disappeared completely, just this much noticeably stopped the pain and erosion that were driving Luna to death.
No, with this amount of energy, it seemed Luna herself could control it sufficiently.
“Are you awake?”
A low voice heard at that moment.
Luna could finally recognize who that man in front of her eyes was.
The one who claimed to be Cain.
Who finally proved that he was Cain.
“……Lord Cain.”
Finally, I found him.