The Killer’s Otherworld - Chapter 26



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026. Harin’s Cave (1)

A dark space where you can’t see even an inch ahead. The sound of weapons clashing incessantly rings out there.

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The prediction was right. The demons have something to recognize each other besides sight and hearing. On the other hand, Icarone chases them only with open senses. The only good thing is that they do not use the magic of passing.

Icarone is now dancing with her sword among the demons.

The demons would sometimes clash with their comrades’ weapons as they tried to attack him, and sometimes they would inflict fatal wounds on each other as they fired their own attacks.

Icarone fought among the demons for a long time, and when the number seemed to have dwindled, he would jump to a corner. Then, to replenish his stamina, he would take out a piece of beef jerky and take a big bite. When the demons heard the sound, they would attack him right away, and the battle would begin again. The demons’ attacks themselves were very irregular, without any form, but Icarone felt and heard the murderous intent and the blast, and now he felt like he could defend against any attack as long as his body could react.

How many days had he gone without sleep? When he had reached his mental limit, to the point where he thought it would be better to just sleep talk or snore and get stabbed to death, he noticed that the demon attacks had significantly decreased.

-Phuk!

“Kyahak…….”

Icarone fell down the last demon that he could get his hands on and just lay there. It didn’t matter that the corpses of demons were strewn across the floor. The smell of rotting human corpses was even worse, but his nose had already been numb for a long time. He didn’t have the energy to check if there were any other dangers. He fell into a sleep that might last for several days.

“……Ugh, gasp, huh.”

Icarone woke up from a near-death sleep. No, he was almost dead and alive. After catching up on sleep, he could now feel his body condition. It was the worst. Perhaps the large and small wounds he had sustained from fighting countless demons were rotting away, poisoned by the poison that came from the corpse. He couldn’t feel anything properly anywhere, and his head felt dizzy as if he was going to vomit. If he had slept a little longer, he would have slept forever.

After escaping from one big crisis, a bigger crisis arose. There was no need to think about it, the answer was already clear. Icarone jumped up and ran to where he had fallen.

-Tadadak! Boom!

“Sigh…….”

Even if your senses have adapted to the darkness, running up a wall and stepping on it is a completely different matter. Because of that, you can’t get enough strength and fall before you can even climb 5 meters. After all, you need a torch to shine above you to climb. What if the evil spirits come rushing in again? You’ll die before that happens.

Icarone took out a torch from the subspace without hesitation and lit it.

-Hurrur.

“Keehyah!”

“Kyahak!”

Although he had hoped for something, his expectations were dashed in vain. He heard the sound of dozens of evil spirits running towards him again. This time, he didn’t throw away his torch, but held it still. He could see the evil spirits running towards him at a frightening speed from far away. Icarone glared at them and turned around, putting all his strength into his legs.

“Haat!”

-Tadadadadak!

With a ray in one hand and a torch in the other, he began to climb the wall using only his legs. This was possible because he had abilities that far exceeded his original strength and agility. However, he did not last long. As he circled the wall, his speed gradually decreased, but it felt like he still had about 5 meters to climb.

If he falls like this, there will be a world of demons below. He could be stabbed to death without being able to do anything due to the shock of the fall. Icarone quickly threw away the torch, pulled out the demon sword that was stuck at his side, and together with Ray, forcefully slammed it into the wall.

-Plop!

The wall was so solid that it didn’t go in as much as expected, but it was enough to secure the body. The demons reflected in the torches falling down seemed to be at least twenty. How many demons are in this cave? Anyway, Icarone slowly climbed up, sticking his sword into the wall as if he was rock climbing. And when he reached the end.

‘This is… … .’

despair.

The ceiling, which I thought would be open, was actually blocked by a wall.

-Thump, thump! Thump, thump!

Even though I was hitting the wall with my fists and elbows like crazy until blood spurted out and bones broke, the wall didn’t even show any sign of moving. Judging from the resonance, it seemed to be at least a meter thick.

Now his body will not be able to last even half a day and will rot and crumble.

Now, faced with a situation where there is no hope or solution, I feel a sense of futility as I think about all the times I fought desperately against evil spirits just to survive.

As if things weren’t bad enough, he felt his sword being pulled out, unable to withstand the weight. The sword was completely pulled out, and his body fell into the swarming ground below, but he didn’t move or think a single thing.

‘Okay, let’s die… … .’

Since coming to this world, it felt like he was being tested by God. If he stubbornly overcomes the crisis of death, he is given more crises and trials. It’s as if he is mocking his attachment to life.

The body, falling at a rapid pace, hangs limply. The unfocused eyes are dry and emotionless, like a dead person.

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Just before falling to the demons, Icarone’s eyes came into focus.

“Okay, let’s see who wins. I’ll even let you survive the end of hell!”

Icarone, who shouted loudly as if someone was listening, spun around and landed on the ground. It was a soft landing that was hard to believe he had fallen from a height of over 20m. The demons, whose vision was still clear because the torch was still lit, immediately launched threatening attacks. However, Icarone was the same. He cut down the demons at a speed incomparable to before.

-Bam! Bam, bam!

Black blood splattered everywhere, but it didn’t bother them at all. The torches were quickly extinguished by the demons who hated fire so much, and the fight in the darkness began again. Icarone immediately rolled over and got out of the way.

Before the lights went out completely, I discovered a small blue mushroom blooming in the corner of the wall.

Mushrooms in this place where there is no sunlight and where there are only evil spirits? If a mushroom grows in this environment, it must be either poisonous or detoxifying. He had no choice as his limbs became increasingly paralyzed. He just pulled it out and put it in his mouth.

‘Hmm.’

Even though his nose was numb, he could feel a very disgusting smell filling his mouth. Icarone gritted his teeth and swallowed the mushroom, then extended his sword again towards the attacking demons.

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I don’t know how much time has passed.

As luck would have it, the blue mushroom at that time was indeed a detoxifying agent. Thanks to the mushroom, which was more effective than expected, Icarone completely healed his body and began to wander through the cave, thinking that he would not be able to climb up anyway, so he looked for another exit. There was only one way to know if he was going the right way or if he was going back the same way. That was where the demons lived. Icarone was no different from a hunter who searched for demons.

I can’t tell the difference between day and night, so I don’t know for sure, but it definitely feels like a long time has passed. The demons I’ve dealt with during that time were countless. Judging from the fact that I’ve barely eaten the tiny amount of food in the subspace, it could have been several months.

Now I can’t even tell if my eyes are open or closed. I just walk through the cave, following the sounds of the demons.

At that moment, a faint blue light appeared from far away.

“Light? Light?!”

It had been a while since he had seen her, and Icarone was so excited that he even shouted out loud, something he had never done before because of the evil spirits. But as soon as he turned the path, he came to a dead end. He saw two luminous stones embedded on either side of the wall, which were glowing alone. Icarone couldn’t help but be disappointed that these were the source of the light.

And among them… … he saw an evil spirit standing still like a statue. Unlike the other evil spirits, he didn’t have a bald head, but rather long, pitch-black hair that completely covered his face, and from above his black coat that reached down to his knees, an overwhelming and untouchable aura emanated. His head slowly rose as he stuck a pitch-black sword, the tip of which was slightly curved and shaped like a Japanese sword, into the ground.

‘Ha… … Lin’s piece?’

Not a name like Gerak or Liker, but a piece of Harin? It didn’t have much form, but the aura it gave off was incomparable to those guys. When I pulled out the sword that was stuck in the floor, a black haze rose up from my entire body.

-Click click click.

It’s sending out warnings from all over its body, along with a sound like sparks, but it has no intention of backing down. For some reason, it has a strong conviction that this thing is the key to escaping from this hellish cave.

As I took up my stance with Ray and the Demon Sword in my hand, an ominous sound, as if being pulled up from deep underground, was heard.

“The living…must die to be liberated….”

Icarone felt a chill for a moment as he said those words as if he knew what was on his mind. At that moment, the pitch-black sword seemed to grow rapidly in size. Icarone raised both swords in a hurry.

-Oh my god!

“Ugh!”

It was as if dozens of bulls were running at full speed and colliding. Even though I crossed my two swords to defend, my body was lifted up by the tremendous impact. There are many weak points in the air because there is nothing to support it. Harin’s fragment did not miss that gap and ran up to my nose before I knew it and stabbed me with its sword.

Icarone spun around, stabbing the demon’s sword into the ground, and deflected the attack. At the same time, he swung his ray at his empty back. He was confident that no matter how fast the demon was, he would have to allow this attack.

-Thump!

“hmm?!”

There was a dull sound, like hitting a quilt with a stick. I could tell just by feeling that the attack had not worked at all. I was a little flustered, but now it was time to counterattack. Icarone held his twin swords and swung them at a frightening speed. He may have the upper hand in strength, but he was not behind in speed.

Icarone deflected his attacks and went to fight, landing effective blows. However, the coat he was wearing was the problem. Only the open front part was getting more and more wounds, while the part covered by the coat was blocked without fail. It felt like wearing thin black iron armor. At that moment, he, who had been allowing attacks, seemed angry and pushed hard, suddenly slamming his sword into the ground.

-Kuuuuung!

“Ugh!”

In an instant, a shockwave so large that it shook the entire cavern was created. Icarone was swept away by the aftermath and flew backwards, rolling around on the ground several times. Harin’s fragment did not miss that moment and jumped up, swinging its sword as if it was going to cut Icarone’s waist in two.

-Shoot!

“town!”

Icarone rolled with all his might, but he ended up letting some of it hit his side. He didn’t have time to recognize the pain. He couldn’t even stand up completely when the attack came flying at him again, so he had to block it by kneeling. At that moment, Icarone’s eyes, whose field of vision was relatively low, saw the bastard’s empty knees.

‘Attack the lower body, where the coat cannot cover.’

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