Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 331



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Episode 331

“Ha! I need your help again. Thank you!”

Jang Yong-beom held out his blood-soaked hand.

Zeon answered, taking her hand.

“Thank goodness it’s not too late.”

“Whew! What the hell is this place, I almost got hurt.”

Jang Yong-beom sighed and looked around.

Fortunately, unlike other raiding parties, the raiding party led by Jang Yong-beom did not suffer much damage.

This is because Jang Yong-beom, Aiden, Giselle, and Mountain demonstrated outstanding abilities to minimize the damage.

Thanks to this, they were able to conserve power, but the four of them ended up completely exhausted.

As if waiting for that moment, a powerful undead appeared.

It was the headless knight Durahan.

This crazy undead had its head tucked to its side and was swinging it around like a club.

The problem is that this head contains the breath of death.

If it hit, it was instant death.

Only those who could protect themselves with at least an aura shield could face the Dullahan. There couldn’t have been many of them.

The B-rank and higher awakened martial artists stepped forward to stop him. However, Dullahan cleverly avoided them and attacked the lower-ranked awakened artists.

In terms of mobility, the Awakened could not keep up with Durahan, because Durahan was riding a beast-like horse.

A horse as large as a medium-sized beast was a terrifying weapon in itself.

They trampled the Awakened ones with their large feet and slaughtered them indiscriminately by biting their bodies with their teeth.

The attacks of the lower-level Awakened ones had no effect on the horse at all.

It was an undead being, and as expected of a being that denied death, it was not affected by even the slightest attack.

In the end, Jang Yong-beom, Giselle, and others were unable to recover their mana and were about to fight again when Zeon and the Awakened Ones appeared.

This time, there was no need for Xeon to come forward.

Before that, Seo Tae-ran’s subordinates moved first.

Armed with gauntlets soaked in holy water and having broken the first stage of the seal, they were the natural enemies of Dullahan.

Even though I wasn’t deploying an aura shield, the death aura that Dullahan was emitting was not penetrating.

Of course, the aura of death cannot kill everything. Still, it should have dealt some damage to any living being. However, for some reason, Seo Tae-ran’s subordinates were not affected at all.

Zeon clicked his tongue.

‘As expected, he’s not a normal human being.’

They were called bio-soldiers, and they were no different from chimeras.

Perhaps there was a more sinister combination lurking than the chimera.

Neo Seoul’s scientific and technological capabilities had advanced to that level.

My mouth felt bitter.

Although it was an inevitable choice for the survival of humanity, even God could not know what the outcome would be.

Jeon cleared his thoughts and spoke to Jang Yong-beom.

“We don’t have much time.”

“I guess so. Is this a dungeon?”

“Yes! That’s also the dungeon of a crazy necromancer.”

“If I get caught, I got caught by a dirty guy. A necromancer.”

“Have you ever experienced it?”

“If that were the case, I wouldn’t be here. Instead, I thought that he would appear someday. Elves, dwarves, werewolves, and all sorts of other races have appeared, so there’s no way a necromancer wouldn’t show up.”

“That’s true too.”

“The only problem is that we met sooner than I expected. So what’s the solution?”

“Quick and easy!”

“Good! Let’s move right now.”

Jang Yong-beom immediately understood Jeon’s intentions.

As time passes, the damage to the Awakened increases, and the number of enemies increases as they die.

To minimize damage, you need to catch it as quickly as possible.

That means there is no time to sit back and relax.

He gave orders to his subordinates.

“Everyone, get up. Get moving now.”

“yes!”

“let’s go!”

His men, who had been resting on the floor, rose up groaning.

Through conversations with the Awakened who have joined, they have come to understand the seriousness of the situation and are trying to move even though it is difficult.

Zeon estimated the number of Awakened.

‘About one thousand three hundred?’

There are three thousand four hundred people who fell here.

It seems like we haven’t even found the peninsula yet.

I didn’t know how many were left, but I had to save as many as I could.

Numbers mean strength.

When several groups that had been split into small pieces came together, their power naturally increased.

And several times more.

Kwaaah!

Huh!

Zombies attacked, but they weren’t pushed back as easily as before.

While the martial arts awakened ones became tanks and blocked them, the magic awakened ones used their skills and killed them.

Those with slightly higher ranks were dealt with by Seo Tae-ran’s subordinates, Giselle, Aiden, etc.

After dealing with so many undead, the Awakened have now gotten the hang of it.

I got a feel for how to effectively take them out.

Zombies were no longer a match for the awakened ones.

At the center of it all were Jang Yong-beom and Seo Tae-ran.

Jang Yong-beom led the Awakened with charisma, and Seo Tae-ran provided information by identifying the weaknesses of the newly appearing undead.

Thanks to this, Zeon and the old man Go didn’t have to step out, so they could focus on recovering mana.

The Awakened ones advanced forward, defeating the undead with great momentum.

Occasionally, when too many zombies or high-level undead appeared, the old man, Zeon, or Jang Yong-beom would come out and deal with them.

In the meantime, the number of Awakened exceeded two thousand as survivors joined.

When the number of awakened people exceeded two thousand, things started to get lively.

Now they were no longer a defeated army, nor a leaderless Bupyeong Elementary School.

With people with strong presences like Jeon, Jang Yong-beom, and Seo Tae-ran at the center, they came together as one and displayed tremendous power.

Levin, who had gone out to reconnaissance, returned and spoke loudly to the people.

“There’s a group of survivors four hundred meters ahead. They’re zombies, ghost dogs, spectres, and durahans.”

“It’s bibimbap. Okay!”

“Did you hear? I mixed everything up. Each attack the opponent according to their compatibility.”

“If I say more, it’s just nagging.”

The Awakened answered with confident voices.

These were all things I had already encountered at least once.

We’ve already figured out how to respond.

One of the Awakened said to Levin.

“The Spectre is yours, kid!”

“Heh! Just trust me.”

“Of course I believe you, Ghost Bird!”

“yes?”

“It’s just a nickname we use among ourselves.”

“Hey! What is that? Isn’t there something cooler?”

“That’s the coolest, Inma! Then we’ll go first. Hahaha!”

Levin smiled and looked at the Awakened one running towards the end, joking.

‘I hope you survive till the end… … .’

Levin flew away as a ghost, praying for his survival.

Meanwhile, Seo Tae-ran was looking at Levin closely.

Levin’s ability to freely scout by turning into a ghost like a Spectre was impressive.

Seo Tae-ran approached Jeon.

“That Levin… … .”

“No.”

Zeon flatly refused without even listening to the rest of the story.

Seo Tae-ran looked at Je-on with a bewildered expression.

“Do you know what I’m going to say… … .”

“You want to study Levin’s abilities, right? If possible, you want to give your subordinates similar abilities.”

“If you want to increase the survival of humanity even a little, I believe that Zeon will naturally cooperate.”

Seo Tae-ran looked straight into Jeon’s eyes.

Eyes that do not waver at all.

It was a look that contained so-called conviction.

People with this kind of look in their eyes are the most annoying to deal with.

Because you can do anything for your beliefs.

But it’s different from Seo Tae-ran’s.

“I refuse.”

“Can you take responsibility for that?”

“Mr. Seo Tae-ran!”

“Go ahead.”

“Are you the one who can take responsibility?”

Jeon Do also looked straight at Seo Tae-ran.

The orange light hidden within the black pupils slowly began to shine.

The gaze that resembled a blood-red sunset gave Seo Tae-ran a sense of fear.

‘Just to this extent… … .’

Seo Tae-ran gritted his teeth.

She was confident in her mental strength.

I barely have the confidence to not be consumed by the gaze of others…

At that moment, she saw a huge mountain of sand in Zeon’s eyes.

The blood-red sunset was like a giant mountain of sand, covering him.

The sand dunes that were said to have existed long ago, taller than Mount Everest, came crashing down on her like a giant tidal wave.

What she thought was a mountain of sand was actually a sand tidal wave caused by Zeon.

The existence of Seo Tae-ran seemed so faint in front of the huge sand tidal wave.

It’s like an ant underfoot that you don’t even notice when it passes by.

Behind Seo Tae-ran, who is smaller than an ant, is Neo Seoul. However, even the gigantic Neo Seoul looks too small and dangerous in front of the fiercely advancing sand tidal wave.

No matter how much magical power Neo Seoul had, there was no guarantee that it would be able to handle such a massive attack.

Only then did Seo Tae-ran realize.

The sight she was seeing now was the future that Zeon had shown her.

It is not known whether such a huge sand tsunami could actually be created, but even if it were even a tenth of that, Neo Seoul would suffer irreparable damage.

‘This guy is too big! He’s too big for me to handle.’

Gulp!

Blood flowed down her lips.

Just facing the illusions that Zeon shows you is a serious blow to your mind and body.

This was an impossible task even for Jin Geum-ho.

She quickly shut her eyes tightly and lowered her head.

“I’m sorry. I take back what I said.”

“One more thing.”

“yes?”

“Tell the rulers of the other districts to not pay attention to Levin either. I won’t have to worry about this anymore.”

“I… I will do that.”

Seo Tae-ran barely managed to answer.

Normally, she would have felt extreme shame at this point, but she didn’t even have the presence of mind to do so now.

That’s because I was overwhelmed by the presence and illusion that Zeon showed me for a moment.

It was truly a huge blow to the mind.

Jeon looked at Seo Tae-ran, who was still unconscious, with an indifferent expression.

Levin’s abilities had endless uses.

It could be the worst assassin, an undetectable scout, or even a navigator.

Wherever you recruit Levin, you are getting the strongest sword.

Of course, I couldn’t help but be greedy.

Zeon wanted to protect Levin as much as possible until he was able to protect himself. However, Levin’s secret was revealed in front of countless Awakened people.

Levin’s abilities are no longer a secret.

Many guilds and raiding parties will approach Levin with greed.

Levin has to decide everything.

Not by the city hall or the rulers of each district.

Zeon only intended to protect Levin until then.

Levin’s true independence will begin from then.

“Hey!”

“Die, you beasts!”

“Dirty monsters!”

From the front, the Awakened ones’ wailing could be heard.

In the meantime, the battle began.

As we went a little further, a huge underground space appeared.

In the underground space, the Awakened were engaged in a fierce battle against the undead.

Here too, Levin was displaying his dazzling prowess.

Levin, who had turned into a ghost and was flying, chased after Specter at a terrifying speed. Still, since he had seen it once, he was able to predict Specter’s trajectory to some extent.

So I unleashed purple lightning to block their path before they could reach the people.

And that’s only limited to Specter.

Drop!

The Spectre was disappearing helplessly, as if it were a fly swattered by an electric fly swatter.

Zeon smiled.

“You’re growing well.”