The Live

As I crossed the boundary marked by the danger zone, I felt as if the sound from all sides had disappeared.

All the little bugs and giant monsters' movements disappear, and even the slightest sound of grass blowing in the wind disappears at any moment.

“That's creepy.”

I looked around and the usual murmured.

I don't feel anything. It was a very unfamiliar experience for the first time since I became a person whose senses were maximized.

While Yoon Jae and the other five were becoming sensitive, they could even feel the little weevils crawling on the grass.

The fact that they couldn't feel any sense of direction meant that there was really nothing around them.

“It's weird that even the wind is gone. ”

“It's like a different world out here. ”

Elvin and Royce also felt a strange sensation.

It was as if he entered a completely different world with one boundary.

And it wasn't the first time I felt strange.

“Something like a conclusion? ”

Royse mutters, just in case.

Elvin, next to her, asks in a curious voice.

“Consolidation?”

“If you've blocked a certain range of space from the outside, you don't understand the same thing. I can do this. ”

Royse's ability was to spread the veil. Basically, the veil was used to make an absolute defense, but it was sometimes a threatening weapon.

And it was also available for the same purpose as closure. Royse feels that this phenomenon is quite similar to the results she has created.

“If that's the case, how can we not know when we pass through the barrier? You wouldn't recognize the wavelength of magical power. ”

“It's not magic. ”

In Yun Jae's reply, Elvin and Royce look at him.

“It's not magic, it's Margie. It's strange, it's vague, it probably doesn't feel right. ”

“Magi?”

“What are you talking about? ”

Suddenly, everyone else's face became stiff except Yoon Jae.

Pyeongtaek Cheonpyeong also approached me instead of drawing a path on white paper.

“Magi, are you talking about the power of demons? ”

“That's right. This is just inside the boundary, as Royce said. We crossed that line about 10 minutes ago. ”

“Why are you telling me this now? ”

“I wasn't sure at the time because it was so vague. Just now, I was convinced by what Royce said about this phenomenon resembling a conclusion. ”

At Yun Jae's words, Cheon Pyeong-taek was puzzled.

“But how did you figure that out? Elvin or Lois didn't even notice. ”

“I'm used to Magi. ”

Szk-

Yoon Jae said so, raising Margie to the top of her hand.

“I can handle the power myself. ”

“That person deals with Margie? ”

“There was a special occasion. Let's talk about the details the next time……. ”

Yoon Jae looked around and said.

“One thing's for sure, the demons are involved. ”

“That's a hell of a situation. ”

“Phew - Again……. ”

Elvin and Royse mutter as if they were bored.

Normally, I also chewed off my head by myself and sighed deeply. Chon Pyeongtaek also reacted no differently.

The Devil.

I knew the middle zone was dangerous. Somewhere around here, there were some architects encountering demons, so it wasn't so strange.

However, the demons were intervening here, classified as a dangerous area, so I couldn't be more nervous.

"Why is he so calm? ’

Pyeongtaek looked at Yun Jae with curious eyes.

Elvin is not the most calm person to hear of the Devil's intervention.

He was also as cold as he was, but he was even more calm.

He seemed to have anticipated this. Just now, you said the Devil intervened too easily.

‘As if I really knew beforehand...... ’

“What are you doing? ”

Yoon Jae said as he tried to move again, he was looking at him and headed toward Cheon Pyeongtaek.

“Let's hurry again. ”

“Are you suggesting we leave immediately? ”

“Really?"

“But we have to do something.... ”

“Do you know what's in there? Do you have a plan? ”

At Yun Jae's question, Cheon Pyeong-taek became deaf and dumb with honey.

Elvin nods, too.

“You're right. At times like this, the answer is to face each other. ”

“Isn't that right? ”

“Let's go.”

Elvin said that and began walking side by side with Yoon Jae.

After seeing them, Royce looked back at Pyeongtaek and said, "Hurry up and follow me."

“What are you going to do if you fall like this? Let's go.”

Then he starts walking as if nothing had happened again.

Pyeongtaek Chun could not understand.

The Devil was neither a house dog nor an ordinary monster. Until recently, they were the worst enemy that threatened Humans.

And they were here somewhere.

I can't believe you just reacted like that.

“I feel like a coward. ”

“I'm glad.”

I just grabbed my head and said, "I'm screwed...” The regular mumbling came closer to the side of Cheonpyeong Taek.

“I thought I was the only one who was scared. ”

“…… I see. ”

Pyeongtaek Cheongpyeong patted the normal shoulders.

He said with a slightly comforted expression.

“Good. There's one normal person. ”

“Mister……. ”

It was the two people who began to have a love affair in strange ways.

* * *

“Now I know. ”

“The creepy feeling itself was caused by Margie. ”

As they went deeper and deeper into the danger zone, Elvin and Royse felt more strongly about Magi.

It was not because of the horror itself that I felt when I crossed the boundary that separates the inner and outer boundaries.

It was a kind of rejection of Margie.

“But there's nothing... ”

“I don't think it's anything. ”

Yoon Jae, who was walking separately, bowed and sat down.

Elvin turns to him and asks.

“What do you have? ”

“Traces of grizzly bears. ”

“A grizzly bear?”

Following Yun Jae's answer, Pyeongtaek Chun approached with a quick step.

“The predatory bear's habitat was long gone.... ”

“Aren't these the claw marks of a grizzly bear? ”

Yoon Jae asked, pointing to a tree with clear claw shapes.

Pyeongtaek carefully looked at it and narrowed his eyes. It's true, but something was wrong.

“It looks similar... but it's too big. ”

The claw marks were too big. Pyeongtaek was a much larger mark than the feet of other grizzly bears I had seen before.

It was as big a difference as anyone who had ever faced a grizzly bear.

Elvin looks carefully at the traces of his claws and says,

“That's a big one. If you make a mark like this, you're usually twice the size of a hoedown bear. ”

“I don't know if it's another species of the same type. Sir, do you know any monsters that look like grizzlies? ”

“Well, at least of the species I know.... ”

Chon Pyeongtaek recalled the other monsters he knew.

However, Yun Jae was confident that the trail belonged to the grizzly bear.

Is this where we start?

Yoon Jae took his hand to the sword on his waist.

Chia-!

And one step ahead of that, Elvin lightly draws his sword.

“Huh? What is it? ”

“I can see it with my own eyes, without the complexity of thinking. ”

“What, what? ”

“Coming.”

Elvin leaps up with the horse, holding the Cloak of Heavenly Flats in one hand.

Right after.

Shhh...

Kuung-!

A massive figure falls from above echoes the ground. It was just where Cheonpyeong Taek stood.

Rrrrghhhhhhh!

“Here, grizzly bear? ”

Pyeongtaek was embarrassed to see a grizzly bear suddenly falling from the sky.

A grizzly bear.

It was something you might think. However, Cheonpyeong Taek could not think of him as a mere grizzly bear.

How big is that? ’

Usually twice as many grizzlies.

No, he was three times the size.

A grizzly bear of that size has never seen Cheonpyeong Taek acting as an architect in the middle region for years.

“Is that a grizzly bear? ”

“Huh, huh? ”

When Elvin asked, Cheonpyeong Taek quickly replied with a hesitant expression.

“I think so…… ”

The hoarding bear was hit, except that it was too big for the other species. It was like seeing the boss, the monster that caused the mutation.

“Well, first... ”

Elvin raises his magical power, slowly approaching the giant hoarding bear.

“If we attack first, we must kill them. ”

“My body's tied up. ”

Bang, bang!

Kuarrrrrrrrgh!

The grizzly bear thumps into the air with its feet.

The invisible tent was spread around the hoarding bear's body. Royce had restricted his movements at the same time as the grizzly bear.

Royse's ability is defense and restraint.

Absolute defensive capability leads to absolute restraint.

Kung-!

The hoarding bear's feet continue to tap the wall that Royse built.

That power has been conveyed to Lois in harmony. Royse narrows her glabella with an unusual power.

‘At this rate, it will be hard to deal with any crazy rankers. ’

Those who had the skills to enter the rankers could face three or four grizzly bears.

However, the grizzly bear in front of you had a power that even a ranker like that could not bear.

You can see a rough estimate just by tapping the wall that is restraining your body right now.

Of course…….

‘Elvin is no ordinary ranker. ’

Aah! Aah!

A red blood splatter in the air clogs the wall.

Kung-

The grizzly bear's leg snaps and falls to the ground. Inside, Elvin swings his sword and takes a step away from the collapse of the hoarding bear.

“It was a little faster to break down the wall. You take a long break and you lose your senses? ”

“Don't you remember what you said before? Maybe your reaction was too late. ”

Elvin gives Lois a stern answer. In their joint venture, Yoon Jae and Jeong stopped moving and stood still.

“There's nothing to do. ”

“They both fit perfectly. ”

“We've been together for over eight years, so if it fits better than us, it won't be less. ”

The barrier is built through the membrane to bind the target and fire a critical blow while releasing it.

This one process was as natural as flowing water. It was possible because they had been working together for a long time.

Glug, glug-

The grizzly bear, who had fallen to the ground, raised his torso and slapped his front foot toward Elvin, who was standing behind him.

Qajik-!

The grizzly bear's foot presses against Elvin's head.

Pyeongtaek was surprised and shouted.

“Elvin!"

“Don't worry. ”

Saaaaak -

Aah! Aah!

“He's not bitter enough to be beaten by a dying monster. ”

Quore-!

The hoarding bear's feet are cut into pieces and its flesh splits everywhere. Looking back at the grizzly bear screaming in agony, Elvin mutters in an annoying voice.

“You're covered in blood. ”

Evil-

Aaaaahhhh!

The enchanted sword slashes the grizzly bear's head in half in an instant. The tumultuous forest is quiet, as the throat of the crier flies away.

Kung-

Elvin kicks his tongue low, looking at the grizzly bear's head on the ground.

“Life is tough once. ”

Elvin slashes the Predatory Bear's heart for the first time. It was normal for life to be unable to move any longer, even though it was not immediately killed as large as it was.

But the grizzly bear doesn't just move, it counteracts itself. It was usually not understood by life force.

“Not just any grizzly bear. ”

Yoon Jae was completely breathless and approached the corpse of a mutilated bear that separated his neck and body.

A dead body with a severed heart from its stomach and a dismembered arm. It was enough to squint, but even more so, Yoon Jae looked carefully at the corpse of the hoedown bear.

“It's not just a mutated boss. This……. ”

“I know. ”

Elvin intercepts Yoon Jae's words.

“Seeds.”

“How do you know? ”

“Here.”

Elvin pushes the small bead in front of him, which he placed on the palm of his hand.

“Isn't that what you showed me before? ”

“…… Did you find it again in the meantime? ”

Yoon Jae looks at Elvin with the face of boredom.

In that short period of time, Elvin found and extracted the seeds that had been planted in the heart of the grizzly bear.

“I can see it right in your eyes. ”

“Are you bragging? ”

“What's wrong with bragging? ”

Yoon Jae took the seed in his hand instead of answering Elvin's words.

Ooh, ooh-

“Surely the Devil's Seed. The way he reacts to shackles. ”

“Is that so? ”

Elvin's expression suddenly became serious.

Meanwhile, the other three also approached them.

“A seed? What do you mean? ”

“Seeds were planted on the hoarding bear's body. ”

“It looks like it's been planted for a while. It's probably the seeds that made him bigger. ”

After Elvin, Yoon Jae answered Royse's question.

I knew the demons were already in the middle of nowhere.

However, the fact that the predatory bear was planted with the devil's seed was more serious than I thought.

“What happens when these seeds hatch in their bodies? ”

Elvin asks a terrible question.

I thought of it in everyone's head, but it was a curiosity I could not spit out easily.

Unlike the other three people who became mute who ate honey, Yoon Jae replied with a quite calm voice.

“It may take more time for the monster's body to hatch. ”

“Why do you think that is? ”

“He's a lot bigger. For as little as three years, for as long as five years. Perhaps after that time, the seeds hatched in his body. ”

The condition for the Devil's Seed to hatch was that the entire body was transformed into a demon-like structure.

Seeds settle on the body and slowly take a long time to spread Maggie inside the body.

When the body is changed like the devil, the seed hatches and takes away the body and is reborn as a demon.

“The seeds can't have been planted by accident... … and the demons must have intervened here, too? ”

“You probably didn't plant each one yourself. ”

“You didn't plant it yourself? ”

“Do you remember the habit of grizzly bears? ”

“Moving in herds and stocking the bark of trees.... ”

Elvin says, frowning.

“A shell.”

“Scarecrow is a tree that opens seeds on the surface. If it was planted somewhere, you wouldn't have to plant every single seed. ”

“A bit of hair. ”

In the middle of this area, demons were also difficult to operate in. Even predatory bears were hard to deal with.

If catching monsters and having to plant seeds for them one by one, the demons must have been quite a hassle.

But they took advantage of the predatory bears' habits and the devil's timber.

All they did was plant a devil's tree somewhere in here.

“A hoarding bear turned into a demon... I can't imagine. ”

While listening to Yoon Jae and Elvin's conversation, Pyeongtaek tilted his head.

Unlike humans, demons, and angels who looked similar to each other, the shape-shifting bear turned into a demon was not drawn properly in their heads.

Of course, it was the same with Yoon Jae.

A monster turned into a demon? Even if the grizzly bear was in front of me right now, nothing had changed except that it had grown in size.

But…….

“It doesn't matter if they turn into demons. ”

“Then?”

“The important thing is that the seeds are planted, and the bears are all the hosts of the seeds. ”

Even then, Cheonpyeong did not know how serious this situation was.

But…….

“Then who do you think the grizzly bears, the hosts of the seeds, will follow? ”

At Yun Jae's words, Chon Pyeong-taek was forced to harden his face.