Chapter 57

He sliced off the fossa cub’s neck .

It all happened in a blink of an eye .

Muyoung was unwavering .

His movements were natural as if doing this was obvious .

The relationship between Muyoung and the fossae was already past the point of reconciliation .

He couldn’t leave any seedlings if he wanted this war to end .

Muyoung placed the head and body into a sack .

The woman blankly looked at the scene like an outsider .

Brrrr!

‘He’s crazy!’

She shuddered .

The fossae moved in packs while everyone took care of the young . It was like they were all parents .

What was more, if a cub was within tens of kilometers, they would be able to find it .

As the thick scent of blood had spread, the pack of fossae should be on their way to the crater .

He acted this way even though he knew the consequences .

Actions without a hint of hesitation .

Did he have multiple lives?

As if he didn’t care, Muyoung summoned the Sorceress of Lightning .

“Sorceress of Lightning, protect the sack and the woman . ”

Nod!

The Sorceress of Lightning who had the appearance of a girl nodded .

She had incredible defending abilities .

It wouldn’t be easy for anyone to pass through an oncoming lightning storm .

She could definitely buy enough time .

“How can a goblin use an undead?”

The woman who silently looked at the scene asked .

Goblins were races who used natural forces .

They specialized in controlling fires and water .

On the other hand, the undead were monsters that went against the natural forces . The living dead . It was definitely quite a distance away from the powers a goblin could handle .

However, the goblin in front of her…

‘I don’t understand . ’

The woman inwardly shook her head .

Although they were on the same boat, she had never heard of a goblin like him existing .

Even if she would occasionally hear rumors about an exceptional goblin king, it was unimaginable for a goblin to control the undead .

“Keep holding the marble . So that all who come can see it . ”

Muyoung didn’t reply to the woman’s question .

He didn’t care about what others thought of him .

The woman’s eyebrows twitched when she heard those words .

“Are you telling me to die?”

To keep hold of the Marble of Territory .

It would definitely provoke Heidegger .

He would definitely kill her first .

As expected, Muyoung didn’t reply . Instead, he turned his back .

“They are coming . ”

They .

They were Heidegger and his companions .

The woman scratched her neck . Due to her intense nervousness, she wasn’t even able to gulp down her saliva .

Her thoughts were complicated .

There wasn’t a single thing that was normal .

It was simply a mess!

However, she understood one thing .

‘He’s out of his mind . ’

The goblin in front of her had to be crazy .

If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t be taking such risks .

Most monsters would try to avoid a fossae pack .

And Heidegger was a veteran who had already lived in the Underworld for more than five years .

Although the people he kidnapped weren’t particularly strong, his ability to cross over to a Demon God’s territory without anyone’s knowledge was frightening .

No matter how strong the goblin was, it didn’t seem like he would be able to handle them both .

‘I’ll probably die the moment I try to escape . ’

But the goblin was heartless .

It seemed like he had no emotions .

He didn’t seem like a goblin who would just watch her escape .

Like how he killed the fossa cub, he would kill her without blinking an eye .

The woman gathered her courage and asked another question .

“Goblin… sir, it’s strange to keep calling you that so please tell me your name . My name is Atasha . ”

A human and a goblin exchanging names . It would be a funny scene but the woman was desperate .

If she could relieve a bit of the tension, she wanted to know even the insignificant details of the goblin . To not know anything and to wait was too frightening .

At the same time, the woman was finally able to hear a reply .

“You don’t need to know . ”

Heidegger’s hair blew in the wind .

The death warrior’s sword barely touched the lines of his throat .

‘Whew!’

It was close .

However, no matter how strong he was, he was a death warrior . He couldn’t be considered very strong .

Heidegger was able to handle it himself .

‘His defense is incredible . ’

The problem was his armor .

There wasn’t even a dent even after he stabbed and slashed at him .

It didn’t seem like he would be able to smash the armor with normal weapons .

‘He wasn’t created by a lich . There is no way a lich would put this much effort to make a death warrior . ’

He kept his distance as he examined the warrior .

The rank of his equipment could widen anyone’s eyes .

Someone gave that level of equipment to a death warrior?

Liches were the lords of the undead . Although there were different levels of liches, they were existences who could create countless numbers of death warriors .

On the other hand, creating a top ranked undead like a death knight was complicated .

It was to the point where it was rare for liches to have more than one death knight .

Anyways, it was normal to give that level of skills and equipment to at least a high ranked undead .

Unless they were rich[1] .

‘Quite funny . ’

He smiled slightly before wielding his twin swords .

Blaze!

Light shot out of the death warrior’s back .

And for some reason, he started to back away .

“Are you running away?”

Tsk!

He lightly clicked his tongue .

However, his eyes were filled with interest as he looked at the death warrior .

As long as a lich wasn’t supporting him, it wouldn’t matter if he smashed him into bits .

With all his strength .

The moment he decided that, Heidegger stabbed his heart with his twin swords .

Pant!

“Creaak…!”

Heidegger dropped his head .

And soon after, red tentacles started to crawl out of the wound .

To be exact, the things popped out of his heart and wrapped Heidegger’s entire body .

Hundreds, thousands of tentacles formed to create a strong armor .

Heidegger lifted his head .

“Ru, run away . ”

“Why did he transform without telling us…!”

Pang-!

He smashed the head of the man who spoke .

His head exploded like a watermelon and blood splattered everywhere .

However, Heidegger who had killed one of his companions acted like nothing happened and just frowned .

“I always think the same thing when I transform but it really feels disgusting . ”

Crack! Craaack!

He warmed up .

Then he said to his terrified companions .

“You guys go get the Marble of Territory from that woman . Leave the undead to me . ”

“Ye, yes . ”

More than ten men left as if they were running away .

Heidegger turned his attention towards the death warrior at a distance .

With a disgusting smile plastered on his face .

Slam!

It took a moment for Heidegger to approach the death warrior and slam him with his fist .

The death warrior flew up high before being nailed to the ground .

However, the death warrior stood up again like a roly-poly toy .

“Do you think that armor will be able to block the current me?”

His smile became even more disgusting .

In the Underworld, there were no laws .

A place for the strong . The world where the strong would survive while the weak would die out .

And in this world, Heidegger was known as an outlaw .

That just showed how evil the person named Heidegger was .

Kidnapping more than a hundred people was nothing .

Companions? The word companion was comical .

They were nothing but expendable items needed only to watch over the slaves .

Slam! Slam! Smash!

A one-sided beating began .

All the death warrior could do was to block .

“Blackie, look at me now . Am I not beautiful?”

Self-obsession . Heidegger had something like that .

He was very happy with his current self who had taken off the clothes of a human .

A feeling as if he didn’t conform to the standards and rules of humanity .

A mixture of liberation and excitement which was impossible to explain .

“Hideous . ”

“…?”

But, at that moment .

Somewhere behind him, an unknown man appeared denouncing his current self .

A mystery man wearing a red helmet and cape .

“Who are you? Did you start following my style?”

Heidegger’s body was completely covered in red tentacles .

He made a joke because the man showed up covered in red equipment .

However, the voice of the other had a flatness to it .

“Get up . ”

Swoosh .

All kinds of undead appeared around them .

Even Heidegger’s companion who had his head blown up got up .

Heidegger’s expression stiffened .

An impossible performance for corpse sorcerers .

There was only one monster who could do this .

“…Lich?”

Muyoung stared at Heidegger .

The Black Sun Warrior was not an opponent for Heidegger .

Although Muyoung rapidly became stronger over the 15 days, he was still around the same level as the Black Sun Warrior .

If all the undead combined strength with Muyoung, they would have about a 30% chance to win .

‘I am definitely weaker than I was in the past . ’

Heidegger started to gain notoriety after the Great Calamity had started .

The power he showed then, while it might not be the top 10, it was definitely top 100 among humans .

If he still had the power he had before, the Black Sun Warrior would have already been smashed into bits . Because that wasn’t the case, he had a 30% chance of winning .

Plenty of things could change within 10 years in the Underworld .

It was obvious he would be incomparably weaker than his past self .

‘This bastard is careful . And knows a lot . That’s why he’ll mistake me . ’

His thoughts were correct .

Heidegger took Muyoung for a lich .

Liches were the leaders of the undead who controlled top-ranked monsters and armies .

The people who could fight against a lich by themselves were almost nonexistent .

There were even stats that claimed it would normally take 50 Knights of Justice buffed with a high ranked sacred blessing to fight against one lich .

On top of that, Muyoung knew a little bit about Heidegger’s personality .

Heidegger never took risks .

So he wouldn’t recklessly rush into this .

“Why is a lich here? The undead don’t roam this place?”

Heidegger cautiously said as he kept his guard up against the more than hundred undead .

‘If he’s under a delusion then I need to use it . ’

If he fought straight on against him, his probability of winning would go down further .

Instead of risking it, he believed using this misunderstanding to his advantage was best .

“Everything near the crater is my land . You attacked one of my undead here . ”

“What? I’m telling you, that bastard attacked me first!”

Heidegger became frustrated .

It was like he was apologizing after getting slapped in the face .

Although he was a bit special compared to normal liches, since he could create and control undead, he couldn’t find any other conclusions .

And because Muyoung was completely hiding his spirit, Heidegger was unable to tell if he was weak or strong .

Honestly, the undead around him weren’t very high ranked .

So it was confusing . However, one mistake could be the difference between life or death .

‘I guess it hasn’t been long since he founded his own area?’

The crater was originally a territory that belonged to the pyroxes . No, it better to call it a hands-off area .

It seemed like it hadn’t been long since the lich took over the crater as it was his first time hearing about there being an owner here .

He could understand the low ranked undead if that was the case .

Of course, he couldn’t attack . Liches were strong even by themselves .

It was becoming more and more of a headache the more he thought about it .

Muyoung said something a step later because he knew this .

“Pay with your death . ”

“Whoa, whoa! Calm down . I don’t have any desire to fight you . If you act like you didn’t see anything, I will quietly leave, how’s that?”

Heidegger lifted both his hands as if he had no intentions of fighting .

His expression showed hurriedness .

Heidegger was self-obsessed . So obviously he considered his life more important than anything else .

His creed was not to fight fights that he might lose .

His viciousness would always be biased towards weaklings .

Muyoung pondered for a moment before raising a single finger .

“Good . But I will only let one of you survive . ”

“Only one?”

“The cats entered my territory . They are going towards the crater . It’s an insignificant and annoying task to get rid of each one . ”

So you get rid of them .

He talked like he was acting out of kindness .

“Crater? Ah…!”

Heidegger recalled what his companion told him before .

That the person thought the woman went in the direction of the crater .

‘Damn it!’

An alarm rang out in Heidegger’s head .