Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 396



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Episode 396

Ma Gwang-ryang was wearing a breastplate under his clothes.

The breastplate he wears is a masterpiece made with great care by the craftsmen of the Underworld, and is unscathed by even the most powerful attacks of demons.

Thanks to the breastplate, Magwangryang also saved his life several times.

It was the breastplate that protected him on his endless journey from the underworld to Neo Seoul.

But at this moment, the breastplate was not protecting him at all.

The fine, spinning sand particles dug into his chest armor and scratched at his flesh.

Numerous scratches were etched into his skin, which was harder than steel.

He felt the pain of invisible bugs eating away at his flesh.

Kwagagak!

He couldn’t open his eyes because of the sand particles spinning around him like crazy.

If I opened my eyes without thinking, the damned sand particles would surely crush my eyeballs.

Magwangryang’s face was distorted like that of a beast.

“Kuaa!”

Paaaang!

He let out a roar and his spirit burst out. The energy he had been holding inside his body exploded.

It was his own skill called the Explosion.

The art passed down through generations of home appliances has been awakened and strengthened dozens of times.

As if a volcano had erupted, the energy he had been holding inside his body exploded, pushing away the sand that was swirling around his body.

In an instant, a vacuum formed around his body.

Magwangryang didn’t miss the golden opportunity that came at a moment’s notice and rushed at Jeon.

Shoooooo!

The dragon swirled on his Azure Dragon Sword.

It was a dragon made of ki.

“Chaat! The fierce dragon broke the mountain.”

Magwangryang flew the dragon swinging the Azure Dragon Sword towards Jeon.

Crawling!

A giant dragon flying with its mouth open.

Zeon thought it was more interesting than scary.

This is the first time I’ve seen this type of skill manifestation.

But I couldn’t just admire it forever.

Zeon immediately flew the Sand Viper.

Pubberbubbubbung!

Dozens of sand vipers collided with the dragon and exploded.

A single Sand Viper may not be very powerful, but when dozens of them combine, it’s a different story.

As it repeatedly collided with the Sand Viper, the dragon’s size and power noticeably shrank and then disappeared.

“Ugh!”

Ma Gwang-ryang’s face was distorted in an unpleasant way.

Because I never expected that the decisive blow would be destroyed so easily.

He hurriedly stepped back to prepare for Zeon’s attack. But coincidentally, there was a lot of sand where he had stepped back.

He must have thought it was a coincidence, but it was definitely not a coincidence.

Zeon secretly moved the sand.

When Magwangryang’s ankles were submerged in sand, Zeon said.

“Cremoa!”

Kwakwakwakwang!

In an instant, the sand that Magwangryang was standing on exploded.

Magwangryang screamed in despair as he was caught in the unexpected explosion.

“Kwaaak!”

Ma Gwang-ryang momentarily lost consciousness as his entire body felt like it was being torn apart.

A blackout came in an instant.

When Magwangryang regained consciousness, his body was lying on the floor.

I felt a burning pain in my lower body.

I quickly looked at my lower body and saw that my shins were completely gone.

Cremoa’s knees were completely blown away.

“Ugh!”

Magwangryang bit his lip until it bled in excruciating pain.

He looked up at Zeon with bloodshot eyes.

“You, you?”

“What is the purpose of your visit to Neo Seoul?”

“How dare you hurt my body.”

“How many colleagues do you have?”

“I will never forgive you.”

“Let’s take it easy.”

“I can’t forgive you.”

“Tsk!”

It was when Jeon clicked his tongue at the superficial conversation.

That’s it!

Suddenly, Magwangryang’s body underwent a change.

His already huge body grew even bigger, and his arms bulged out as if they were going to burst.

The hair on his body grew in an instant, covering his entire body.

The changed appearance reminded me of a gorilla.

Zeon frowned at the dramatic change in the amount of magic light.

“What? Is it Suin?”

“Kuwoaow! Don’t compare me to those beasts.”

Magwangryang rushed forward, denying Jeon’s words.

“Not Suin?”

Zeon stepped back and observed the light in detail. Then, a familiar feature caught his eye.

White hair that crosses the chest in a V shape.

It was a characteristic of the crescent gorilla that I had heard of once.

Jeondo was a demon he had only heard stories about, but had never seen in person.

A demon that mainly lives in the northeast, it has tremendous strength and can tear apart even small demons in an instant.

It was also known that they had excellent mobility and that if they were to be caught in the desert, they would never survive.

No human known to Zeon had the characteristics of a crescent gorilla.

Magwangryang ran towards Zeon using his two arms that were thicker than logs.

The only good thing is that although his appearance changed into that of a crescent gorilla, the two legs that flew to Cremoa did not regenerate.

“How unusual!”

“What’s so special about this? This is something special. Woohoo!”

Magwangryang kicked the ground with his palm and jumped into the air, hitting Zeon’s head with his two huge arms. However, Zeon was gone where he was aiming.

It was moved with sand steps.

Bam!

His two fists struck the floor, creating a huge crater.

It was truly an enormous force.

Zeon flew into the air on the sand and looked down at the scene.

“Nooooo!”

Magwangryang raised his head and struck the ground with both hands again, flying up in reaction.

Zeon fired Sand Vipers repeatedly at the light source.

Pubberbubbubbung!

“It doesn’t even tickle.”

The Sand Viper that had been blasting through Magwangryang’s entire body was shattered into nothingness.

The original crescent gorilla’s fur had tremendous protective power.

Each and every single hair was as hard as steel, and its elasticity was also incredible. As a result, most attacks were completely ineffective.

Magwangryang, who had broken through the Sand Viper with his bare body, swung his fist at Zeon.

Jeon flew higher just before Magwangryang’s fist made contact. As a result, Magwangryang’s fist ended up cutting through the air in vain.

“You bastard! Don’t dodge.”

“You know what? You talk too much. And when you talk too much, you tend to get sand in your mouth.”

“What?”

Chowhahak!

At that moment, sand poured in through Magwangryang’s open mouth.

Magwangryang quickly closed his mouth, but a considerable amount of sand had already entered his body.

Magwangryang’s eyes shook.

“Really?”

“Yes! That’s the ‘Surely’. Sand Mixer!”

Zeon smiled coldly and activated his skill.

In an instant, the sand that had entered Magwangryang’s body spun around terribly.

The outside was protected by fur that was harder than steel, but the inside was not.

The sand rotating inside his body instantly ate away at Magwangryang’s internal organs.

Ma Gwang-ryang trembled with his mouth wide open.

There was no scream.

Because the vocal cords were ground into sand and disappeared.

Both the stomach and the large intestine were eroded away by the sand.

No matter how powerful the demon was, it could not survive without losing its internal organs.

It was the same with the amount of magic light.

His body, which had been flying high into the air to attack Zeon, fell at a terrifying speed.

Bam!

With a loud noise, Magwangryang’s body fell to the ground.

Only then did Zeon let out a faint sigh and slowly descend to the floor.

Magwangryang was completely out of breath. However, he did not return to his original form and instead maintained the form of a crescent gorilla.

“What is it?”

Jeon looked at Magwangryang’s body with a puzzled expression.

It was surprising that a normal human, not even a water man, could turn into a crescent gorilla, but it was even stranger that he didn’t return to his original form after death.

That was then.

“This way.”

“Huh? Why, Lord Zeon?”

The Awakened Goblin Marketers who had been tracking the amount of magic came running in a hurry.

They looked at the bodies of Jeon and Magwangryang alternately, with expressions of incomprehension.

That was to be expected, since the light source was nowhere to be found, and all that was visible was the corpse of a giant crescent gorilla.

“Isn’t this the way it is?”

“But why is that devil here?”

It is common sense that most demons do not approach Neo Seoul because of the anti-magic power, so this situation is incomprehensible.

“I think I need some explanation?”

At that moment, a beautiful woman appeared, pushing through the awakened people in the goblin market.

It was Yoo Se-hee, the head of the Goblin Market.

She found out about the commotion late and followed along with the Black Lion.

Zeon said to her.

“It’s ‘that guy.’”

“Him?”

“This is the corpse of the ‘guy’ who broke into the goblin market and caused a commotion.”

“What are you talking about? Are you saying that a human has turned into a demon?”

“Yes!”

“Really?”

“Yes!”

“Fuck!”

Yoo Se-hee crouched down in front of the crescent gorilla while swearing.

Upon closer inspection, I could see pieces of broken breastplate and clothing among the fur.

There was also a large blue dragon lying nearby.

There are still traces of when he was human.

“Really! Does this make sense?”

“That’s right.”

“Don’t you know anything?”

“It seems to be related to the Awakened One who came from Sacheon.”

“What do you mean?”

Yoo Se-hee made a puzzled expression.

She still didn’t know about Jang Woo-hang’s existence.

Because even in Neo Seoul, only a very small number of people know of his existence.

Zeon explained to her the existence of Jang Woo-hang.

“So you’re saying that an awakened person from a place called Jijeoseong accidentally flowed into Neo Seoul?”

“Yes!”

“You clearly said you lost all your comrades?”

“Yes!”

“You were kidding me.”

“I think so.”

“How did you find out about interest?”

“It smelled similar to a guy named Jang Woo-hang.”

“It’s not really a smell, but it’s something similar, right? I get it.”

Yoo Se-hee looked at the corpse of the crescent gorilla with a serious expression. However, with her meager knowledge, she could not figure out why a normal human had turned into a demon.

If it weren’t for Zeon, I wouldn’t have believed that a human could turn into a crescent gorilla.

“You little shits! You dare kill our kids and steal our stuff to sell at the goblin market?”

“What do you mean?”

“Didn’t you know? That bastard brought the ghost beetle shells to sell at the goblin market, and he killed and stole our children.”

The first convoy led by Kim Jin-soo ran at full speed and returned last night. After hearing his report, Yoo Se-hee told the merchants at the goblin market not to buy any ghost beetle shells right away, but to report them to the association. That was why the merchants were stalling for time and asking questions.

“We’ll take this little bastard’s body. The experts will examine it and see if they find something.”

“Do so.”

“You bastards! How dare you, outsiders, cause trouble like this in our territory? I will not let that happen.”

Yoo Se-hee gritted his teeth and expressed his murderous intent.

Zeon said to her.

“Let me know if anything comes up.”

“Okay.”

“It seems like some strange guys have come in. We need to be on high alert.”

“Don’t worry.”

Zeon looked around.

The commotion was so loud that all the people in the slums came running out to watch them.

Zeon looked at them with a sharp gaze.

‘If the interest has any companions, they must be hiding among them.’