Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 335



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Episode 335

“Ugh!”

“Haa! Haa!”

More than two thousand people lay on the ground, gasping for breath.

They were the awakened members of the Magic Stone Mine Expedition who had fallen below the underground barrier.

They all escaped the barrier and came up to the surface.

“Huh! Huh!”

The old man was lying on the ground, gasping for breath.

I have poured all my strength into breaking the barrier, so I don’t even have the strength to move a finger.

On either side of him lay his twin sisters.

They also poured all their strength into helping the old man. As a result, they were completely exhausted.

Seo Tae-ran gave orders to his subordinates.

“Protect the numbers first.”

“yes!”

The subordinates answered in unison and surrounded the three.

Their entire bodies were also covered with wounds large and small.

Some of them had wounds so deep that their internal organs were visible.

If it was a normal person, it would not have been strange if he had died already because of such a deep wound. Despite such a wound, the subordinate did not show any expression of pain at all.

It seemed as if there was no sense of pain that a normal human being should naturally have.

That wasn’t the only strange thing.

The deep wounds he received while fighting Bone Drake were healing quickly.

The wound, which was so deep that the internal organs were visible, was partially sutured.

It was an incredible regenerative power that could not be considered human.

It was a secret that Seo Tae-ran and Si-chang wanted to keep hidden until the end.

This is because a group of superhumans with such powerful regenerative powers would be best kept hidden. But now that so many people have witnessed it, it is no longer a secret.

That fact made Seo Tae-ran bitter, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Because Bone Drake was hiding various secrets, he was not an opponent that could be dealt with.

Seo Tae-ran’s subordinates fought fiercely against Drake, who had managed to break the seal at this stage, and thanks to him, the other Awakened were able to survive.

The problem is that even though they fought so fiercely, they were unable to completely defeat Bone Drake.

Bone Drake was an immortal monster.

No matter how strong the regenerative powers of Seo Tae-ran’s subordinates were, they were still within the category of living beings.

Wounds that exceed the limits of life do not heal, but rather worsen and result in death.

Bone Drake was different.

No matter how much you destroy them, they come back to life.

Undead.

It literally cannot die or be destroyed until the nuke is destroyed.

Seo Tae-ran’s men struggled to find Bone Drake’s core, but were ultimately unable to find it.

All that remained was a tedious war of attrition.

The only way left for them was to take their time, slowly find the core, and destroy it.

It was the same with Bone Drake, whom other raid leaders had been dealing with.

Even the experienced raid leaders leading each raid force had difficulty in raiding because they could not find the hidden core of the Drake.

In the end, they gave up on taking down the Drake in a short period of time and decided it was best to just block him from attacking other Awakened beings.

I didn’t realize how much we fought.

Several of the cavalry leaders were seriously injured and left the battle.

Because of this, those who remained were driven into a corner.

It was at that very moment that the change occurred.

The Bone Drakes who had been aggressively pushing the raid leader and Seo Tae-ran’s men suddenly lost their lives and were shattered into pieces.

Bone Drake, broken into large bone units, never moved again.

“What? I didn’t even destroy the nuke.”

“Did the sand wizard kill the necromancer?”

This is what happened after Zeon prevented the Hydra from getting out with a sand wall.

Naturally, people had no choice but to think that way.

Even if an undead has infinite regenerative powers, if the necromancer dies, all of the inflowing mana is cut off and the undead loses life.

It was at that moment that the barrier was lifted.

“Everyone get out.”

People who were tired of the old man’s cries came out of the basement without a second thought.

The result is what it looks like now.

Two thousand three hundred Awakened people were lying on the ground, panting.

The scorching sun that seemed to pierce my skin could not be more welcome.

“Damn it! I got out of that hellhole.”

“Haa! Haa! If I go underground again, I will not be human but a demonic beast.”

“This is the first time in my life that I’ve felt so happy about the sunlight.”

Most people were lying on their backs, enjoying the hot sun. But Levin and Brielle looked uncomfortable.

“Why aren’t you coming out, hyung?”

“You didn’t get hit, did you?”

Both of their faces were filled with worry.

Then Eloi spoke to them.

“Are you worried about that person right now? Don’t worry. He’s a person who will crawl out of hell. Surely you don’t have that much faith, do you?”

“Who has no faith?”

“I’m just saying this because I’m worried.”

Eloi smiled at the two people who were getting angry.

“Yeah! Kids! So just trust me. You can worry about other people, but you don’t need to worry about that guy.”

Eloi looked up at the sky, holding the crazy nine-tailed fox tightly in her hands.

Like everyone else, he is just enjoying the hot sun now.

That’s when the change happened.

Kwaaaaah!

The sky far above the horizon suddenly darkened and a storm raged.

It was a phenomenon that people commonly called a waterspout.

A sandstorm rose from the ground and soared into the sky like a dragon ascending into the sky.

“What is that?”

“Is it a tornado?”

The waterspout that started from the ground quickly pierced through the darkened sky.

A sudden surge of force as it remains.

It quickly grew several times its size by drawing in the surrounding sand and wind.

Kwarrung!

The sky darkened as if in anger at the sandstorm, and lightning struck repeatedly.

Every time lightning struck, the whole world turned white.

A huge bolt of lightning, which seemed to require an S-class Awakener to exert all their power to appear, struck the sandstorm without stopping.

Kwarrung!

Every time lightning struck, it was accompanied by a roar of thunder, like the roar of a monster.

It was as if lightning and a tornado were fighting.

It looked like a battle between giant demons, competing for power to devour each other.

Since it was their first time seeing such a strange sight, all the Awakened ones were dumbfounded and looked on.

It’s fortunate that the distance is far away. If that had happened right nearby, it would have been chaos as everyone would have been running away to avoid the lightning.

“Wow!”

“This is crazy.”

“What on earth is going on?”

The Awakened ones were lost in thought and looked at the overwhelming scenery created by nature. However, some of them looked at the phenomenon occurring far away with serious expressions.

“That is by no means a natural phenomenon.”

“Something is happening over there.”

“Shit!”

Even though it is a phenomenon that occurs in a far away place, it makes my hair stand on end and the goosebumps that once appeared on me just won’t go away.

The instincts of the high-ranking Awakened were warning them.

They say something unusual is happening there.

Flash! Kkwarung!

As time passed, the battle between lightning and waterspouts became more intense.

Lightning poured down like rain, and the tornado was now so large that it was no longer a simple storm, but was engulfing an area.

Kwakwakwa!

The sandstorm, spinning with terrifying momentum, rose into the sky as if it had gathered every last bit of its strength.

The sandstorm was struck by hundreds and thousands of lightning strikes.

It was a sight that seemed like the end of the world.

Just looking at it from afar was enough to send shivers down my spine.

Brielle muttered as if realizing something.

“Could it be Zeon?”

“Is that what Brother Jeon did?”

Levin looked at the place where the catastrophe had occurred in disbelief, but Brielle did not answer.

Because all my attention was focused on the sandstorm.

No one here thinks Zeon could create a sandstorm like that.

That would be the case, because the sandstorm seen now was of such an enormous size that even an S-class Awakened could not create it.

But Brielle knew better.

This means that Xeon’s actual abilities are much stronger than people vaguely guess.

“Zeon! What the hell are you fighting?”

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Shoooo!

A doll was falling to the ground.

The one who fell, charred as black as charcoal, was none other than Zeon.

Even as he crashed down towards the ground like a meteor, Zeon’s gaze was fixed on the sky.

Nigel, the half-demon dragon who had just fought a fierce battle with him, disappeared like a mirage.

The sky was incredibly clear, with the lightning and rain that had been shooting down terribly and the tremendous pressure that had been pressing down on him all gone as if it were a lie.

The sandstorm that Zeon had caused was also dissipating and disappearing.

“You didn’t win in the end?”

That doesn’t mean it was true.

If I had to explain, I got hit hard once and then got hit a few times in return.

“Tch! This is a loss.”

If I had to correct it, it was a draw, which means nothing.

Because Nigel, the half-demon dragon, didn’t use his full power, and Zeon didn’t fully reveal his hidden numbers.

Nigel probably knows that too.

But I just let it go.

What seemed important to Nigel wasn’t Xeon’s true power.

The question was whether Zeon would meet the minimum standards he desired.

When Zeon crossed that line, he left this place without any regrets.

Even as he fell, Zeon thought.

“The jewel recovered from Pilgram’s chest seemed important. That must be the real reason Nigel was moved.”

No matter how legendary Pilgram was in Kurayan, he was now nothing more than an appendage to the dungeon.

A boss that belongs to a dungeon, nothing more, nothing less.

I created a summon that was too strong for that topic.

Both the Bone Drake and the Bone Hydra were undead that Pilgram could not possibly have created.

It might have been possible when he was alive, but now that he had become the boss of a dungeon and lost his autonomy, it was impossible.

It was clear that such a thing was possible because of the jewel that Pilgram had hidden deep within his heart.

“It’s clear that it holds too much power for a mere human to possess. That’s why Nigel came to retrieve it… … .”

I didn’t know what Nigel wanted to do with the gem.

If the already powerful Nigel were to harness the power contained in the jewel, he would become unmanageably strong.

“But he didn’t seem to covet the power of the gem. Rather, he seemed extremely reluctant to use it. As if he absolutely had to avoid using it. Why is that?”

While Zeon was lost in his own world, the earth rapidly approached.

Even if he was Zeon, he would lose his life if he crashed to the ground like this. However, Zeon showed no concern.

-Beep!

Because a small whale that was poking out of subspace gently embraced his body.

Gaia saved Zeon just before he fell.

Zeon lay on Gaia’s back and stroked her head.

“thank you!”

-Beep!

“I’m sorry! I didn’t even have the strength to lift a finger.”

-Beep! Beep!

“Yeah! I was just trusting you. I won’t make you worry like this next time.”

-beep?

“Okay! I promise.”

Only after Zeon gave a definitive answer did Gaia stop nagging.

Gaia landed gently on the ground with Zeon on her back. Only then did Zeon dismount from Gaia’s back.

When he stood on the ground with both feet, Zeon’s appearance was restored to its original state.

The skin and hair that had been blackened had soon returned to their original state.

It was thanks to one of his abilities, super regeneration.

Although not as good as Bone Drake, Xeon also had the ability to instantly regenerate wounds.

Thanks to this, he was able to recover immediately even after suffering severe injuries.

The robe, which had been torn like a rag and burned, was soon restored to its original state.

The robe made from Leviathan’s hide had an automatic repair function.

It automatically returns to its original form unless it is destroyed at the atomic level.

Thanks to that, Zeon now didn’t look like someone who had fought in such a fearsome battle.

Knock! Knock!

Zeon sighed and shook the dust off his body.

I felt like those who escaped from underground were gathering beyond that horizon.

“Whew! We fell quite a distance. When will we get there again?”