Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 308



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Episode 308

Even while talking to Hotsim, Zeon had been scrutinizing the Helbrin Mercenaries with sharp eyes.

The person who particularly caught Zeon’s eye was none other than Alton.

Although he tried to keep a calm expression, to Zeon’s eyes he looked tense, like a sniper about to pull the trigger.

The moment Alton was noticed like that, an explosion occurred.

That’s when I knew.

That he and Brielle were the ones responsible for the explosion that occurred when they entered the survivor village in the desert.

So that’s the first thing I removed.

In some ways, he is an Awakened One with abilities that are more dangerous than Hotsim.

“pup!”

“Dead!”

The Awakened ones who lost Alton attacked Zeon with fire in their eyes.

These were people who had lived without fear in the world, but for the first time in their lives, they were driven into a corner because of Jeon.

They were chased through the desert, and when Zeon chased them into the sewers, they too were overcome by evil.

A rat possessed by evil will even bite a cat.

Moreover, they were not rats but awakened beings.

He is also an Awakened being trained through human hunting.

In particular, they were butchers who were more skilled than anyone at killing people.

Those people were attacking Zeon out of spite.

The martial arts awakened ones engaged in close combat, and the few magic awakened ones unleashed various attack skills.

Kwakwakwang!

The underground sewer shook as if it would collapse at any moment due to the clash between Zeon and the Helbrin mercenary force.

As expected from those who have been working together for a long time, the Helbrin mercenary unit worked well together.

The martial arts Awakened simultaneously attacked Zeon’s vital points, disrupting his defenses and making it difficult for him to defend, while the magic Awakened supported them with precise artillery fire.

There weren’t many attack teams in Neo Seoul that could attack with such precision.

Their combined efforts were that amazing.

It was a move that could not have been made without a lot of experience.

Many Awakened people lost their lives in their combined attack.

Among them, there were some Awakeners of a much higher rank than them.

“He’s human too.”

“Fuck! I can kill you.”

“Wow!”

The faces of the Helbrin raiders attacking Zeon were filled with madness.

It was a sight that would frighten an ordinary person, but Zeon’s reaction was different from what they expected.

“Tch!”

Zeon’s eyes, clicking his tongue, were more heavy than ever.

True madness wasn’t like that.

Showing your emotions openly and pressuring them is child’s play.

Cool head, sharp reason, hot anger.

That was the true madness that Zeon had learned.

Swish!

A black subspace opened behind Zeon’s back.

The Awakened Helbrin Mercenaries were startled by the massive amount of sand pouring out from the subspace.

“what?”

“What sand… … .”

Gosh!

At that moment, the sand piled up under Zeon’s feet began to rotate at high speed.

The fine sand particles rotated and ate away at everything.

The turban on his head and the deshada on his body were the first to turn to dust and disappear.

Then their skin was torn off.

“Fuck!”

“Kwaaak!”

The Awakened screamed in agony as their entire bodies disintegrated alive.

It was no use raising the aura to resist.

Sand particles ate into the flesh and muscles between the torn skin.

In an instant, a person disintegrated, turned into particles smaller than a grain of sand, and disappeared from the world.

“What is this? What is this… … .”

Jetoya, who had been following along with Brielle, opened his eyes wide.

Naturally, there wasn’t much sand in the underground sewer.

Although sand that had flowed down from the ground had piled up here and there, it was not enough to fill the space where the survivor crew was living.

I didn’t even wonder where so much sand suddenly appeared, because a much more shocking sight unfolded before my eyes.

The surface invaders who had slaughtered his crew were being torn apart by the sand.

Now, even screams were barely audible.

This is because even the vocal cords that would normally be used to scream were destroyed.

“Eww!”

“This devilish little bastard!”

A few Awakened beings with exceptionally strong bodies and defensive power attempted to counterattack by breaking through the sand.

More than half of their armor was eroded away by the sand, and even their exposed skin was peeling off, but they endured the pain and swung their weapons.

But the miracle of their attacks reaching Zeon’s body did not happen.

Bam!

This is because the sand people who suddenly appeared in front of them were attacked instead.

“Fuck!”

“what’s this?”

For the Awakened who had almost exhausted their strength from breaking through the Sand Mixer, the appearance of the Sand Soldiers was like a bolt from the blue.

The Sand Soldiers, who had been hit by the Awakened’s attacks with their entire bodies, pushed forward.

“Oh, no!”

“Fuck!”

The Awakened, defeated by the Sand Soldiers’ brute force, were pushed back into the Sand Mixer.

What awaited them were sand particles rotating at high speed.

“Kwaaak!”

“S, save me… … .”

The Awakened went out with the Sand Soldiers.

Jetoya’s body trembled as he watched the scene till the end.

“W-What is this? Is that person controlling sand? How can a human… … .”

“That’s right! Zeon is a sand wizard. Neo Seoul, no, the only sand wizard on Earth.”

“Sand wizard?”

“Yes! The ruler of the sand. That’s Zeon.”

Brielle’s eyes were filled with pride as she looked at Zeon.

At first, he made a soul contract with Zeon simply for survival, but now he respects Zeon more than anyone else.

Because I watched his every move closer than anyone else.

With that level of ability, one could dream of becoming the master of Neo Seoul, but Zeon had no ambition to rule over people.

Some might say that Jeon, who is like that, is too irresponsible compared to the power he possesses, but Brielle didn’t think so.

Because I know very well how difficult it is for someone with great power to live in balance.

Even though people were disappearing into blood and sand right in front of her, Brielle didn’t feel even a shred of sympathy.

Because I saw with my own eyes what the Helbrin mercenaries did on their way here.

Above all, the Helbrin mercenaries were the ones who had kidnapped him.

If it weren’t for them, Brielle’s life wouldn’t have changed so dramatically.

Ultimately, her life improved dramatically after being rescued by Zeon, but memories of making drugs and surviving in the sewers still haunt her from time to time.

‘It would be better for the world if those human hunters disappeared.’

The sand particles that had filled the underground space at that time slowly dispersed.

Zeon is returned to subspace again.

As he put all the sand into the subspace, his blurry vision became clear again.

“ah!”

Jetoyah let out an exclamation of admiration without realizing it.

Because the view was clear, it was too clear.

Clearly, all of the Awakened Helbrin Mercenaries that had filled the room just a moment ago were gone.

As if erased from the world.

It was a sight I wouldn’t have believed if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.

I couldn’t believe that this was a human ability.

But I had to believe.

Because I saw it with my own eyes, not anyone else’s.

But Zeon’s expression wasn’t that good.

Brielle also noticed Zeon’s feelings and asked cautiously.

“What’s wrong? Zeon!”

“Run away again… … .”

“Who ran away?”

“I think the captain has escaped.”

“really?”

Brielle’s eyes opened wide in surprise.

It was a closed space.

There was no exit except where Zeon was blocking it. It was hard to believe that Hotsim escaped from there.

“I think I possess an item related to teleportation.”

“Space travel?”

“It suddenly disappeared.”

As if a candle had gone out, the heat and the presence of another person disappeared from Zeon’s senses in an instant.

There was no way that an awakened person of Hotsim’s level would be ground into sand before his subordinates.

“If there was such an item, shouldn’t it have been used when you were first tracked?”

“There must have been some kind of limit to the number of times, number of people, or distance. So they probably saved it and used it at the last moment.”

“That could be the case.”

Brielle nodded.

Without Zeon’s words, the disappearance of Hotsim and another Awakened could not be explained.

Many magical techniques and skills were lost when coming from Kurayan to Earth.

The technology related to space travel also disappeared at that time.

I heard from the High Elf village that in Kurayan, there was an item that allowed instantaneous teleportation over long distances. However, even in Kurayan, there were only a few items related to teleportation over long distances, and most of them were for short distances.

Even that was so precious that ordinary people could not obtain it, and only a very small number of people knew how to make it.

That is why when Qurayyaan was destroyed, the tradition was completely lost.

“after!”

Zeon let out a soft sigh.

It’s a shame that I couldn’t completely get rid of my hot temper when the opportunity came.

Zeon knew very well that he had to kill poisonous creatures like Hotsim without fail to avoid any aftereffects.

“Now that I know you have the teleportation item, I won’t miss it next time.”

I suffered because I didn’t know.

If you know it and still get fooled, you are proving that you are an idiot.

I couldn’t be an idiot here.

Brielle asked.

“What are we going to do now? Are we going to keep chasing him?”

“It’s too late to track him down. I don’t even know where he went.”

“That’s true too.”

“We need to start by taking care of things here first.”

The only ones that Zeon has ground with the Sand Mixer are the Awakened members of the Helbrin Mercenaries.

The inhabitants of the sewers still lived here.

“Ugh!”

“Are you really human?”

The residents looked at Zeon with fearful eyes.

The Helbrin mercenaries who suddenly appeared and slaughtered people were scary, but Zeon who dealt with them so easily was even scarier.

Some residents were shivering, not even realizing that they had peed their pants.

Only then did Zeon take a good look at the residents.

The appearance of the residents was truly miserable.

It wasn’t just because they were massacred by the Helbrin mercenaries.

Everything was shabby from head to toe.

Her hair was so matted and shiny that it was hard to tell when she had last washed it, and her skin was covered in flakes from not having washed it for a long time.

The eyes were so degenerate that even the slightest exposure to light would cause pus to flow out.

The body was as thin as dry firewood, and even the toenails were long, reminiscent of a primitive man or an ape.

It was hard to believe that there were people living such subhuman lives underground in a city as highly civilized as Neo-Seoul.

“How could this be… … .”

Brielle covered her mouth with both hands.

She had been living underground for quite some time, so she thought she knew the truth about them. But now she realizes how wrong that was.

What she experienced and saw was just the tip of the iceberg.

The Crocker gang that had enlisted Brielle in making drugs were at the top of this vast underground ecosystem.

Because of that, there was no opportunity to meet people at the bottom of the underground ecosystem.

Brielle thought she lived the most miserable life, but she was very mistaken.

These were the people who were struggling to survive at the very bottom of the megacity called Neo Seoul.

Jetoya walked towards them and said.

“Now you understand? Why we need a magic generator.”

“okay!”

Zeon nodded.

That’s why I didn’t really want to know the details of the underground situation.

Because I knew that once I found out about their circumstances, I would have no choice but to help them.

The world was wide and there were as many poor people as grains of sand.

Even though he felt sorry for them, Zeon couldn’t help them all.

Zeon thought that everything should be intervened within a reasonable limit. However, when it comes to direct involvement like this, it’s a different story.

“Brielle.”

“huh?”

“I guess you’ll have to make a magic generator.”

“I will do that.”

The beginning of modern civilization begins with electricity.

Zeon was trying to pass on the seeds of civilization to the dark underground.