Chapter 51

I Am Not a Reincarnator Chapter 51

Beyond (1)

"…Huh."

A short, hollow laugh escaped Oh Jin's lips.

The brilliant red flames.

The woman standing resolutely amidst the flying ash and dust.

"Sis."

Just like eight years ago.

No, even longer, like when he first met her.

Her appearance, shining like a gem.

Even in the scene filled with blood and flesh, she was still beautiful.

"Stay still."

She took a potion from inside her jacket and poured it onto Oh Jin's shoulder, where a chunk of flesh had been torn away.

A dizzying pain spread through his shoulder.

Though the wound didn't regenerate as if time had reversed, at least the blood that had been gushing out stopped.

It must be a pretty expensive potion.

"That's expensive."

"Huh?"

Ha Eun's expression twisted harshly.

"Is that important right now?"

"Ha ha! Just kidding."

Oh Jin shrugged and laughed.

No matter how much he valued money, he wasn't so foolish as to regret the cost of the potion in this situation.

'Thanks to you, I'm still alive.'

Thanks to her coming, he had a moment to catch his breath.

'And.'

The fact that she was here meant...

-Whoosh!

"Kraaaaaaah!!"

The monster, leaping high through the wall of flames, charged forward with its massive body.

The thorns jutting out like spears glinted sharply.

As the distance between them rapidly closed.

"Ah!!"

Crack!

A young man with a large shield in one hand blocked the monster's path.

The sharp thorns were pushed back by the shield.

The monster twisted its body, trying to pierce through the shield, but.

"Where?!"

With a heavy roar, the hammer filled with the magic of the holy scar struck the monster's head.

Crack.

The head burst, and brain matter and eyes spilled out.

"Are you okay, Oh Jin?"

Park Changhyun called out, turning to look at Oh Jin.

Seeing Oh Jin's sturdy figure, a smile involuntarily formed on Oh Jin's lips.

"Yes, I'm fine."

"Still, did you kill all these monsters by yourself, Oh Jin?"

Park Changhyun's mouth dropped open as he looked at the numerous monster corpses surrounding them.

Just a quick glance revealed dozens, no, over a hundred monster corpses.

'What a ridiculous...'

Park Changhyun looked at Oh Jin with an expression of disbelief.

Even if he was an apostle of the North Star, it was hard to believe that a mere 4-star Awakened could kill over a hundred 6-star monsters alone.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have laughed it off as nonsense.

'Is he even human?'

Gulp.

Park Changhyun swallowed hard and looked at Oh Jin with a tense expression.

"Let's take care of those first."

He turned his spear and moved towards the surging monsters.

Even though it was a short break of less than a minute, it was enough time to calm his ragged breathing and the surging magic power.

"I've already contacted the extermination team. Other Awakened will be here soon."

"Of course, only our sis could do that."

With the addition of other Awakened participating in the operation, things would be much easier.

"...So, don't overdo it and just buy some time."

Hmph.

Ha Eun snorted and turned her body.

"Phew."

After taking a deep breath.

Click.

She untied the blindfold she was wearing.

Her fierce eyes gleamed.

"Sis?"

"Ugh. I didn't want to use this because I'm not used to it yet."

Ha Eun swallowed and took a step forward.

Her vertically slit pupils.

Her eyes, like those of a snake, turned towards the monsters.

"Keeek?!"

Startled!

The monsters that met her dragon eyes shuddered and took a step back.

"Ugh!"

Ha Eun winced and let out a pained groan.

Crack, crack!

The grotesque tendons around her left eye grew thicker.

"Shit. It really hurts like hell!"

Ha Eun bit her lip and spread her arms wide.

Rumble!

The holy scar on her left chest glowed with an intense light she had never seen before.

"Sis, this is..."

"Heh. I didn't just sit around for the past three months, you know?"

She smiled and crossed her arms in an X.

-Whoosh!

A red fire dragon rose from the ground and coiled around her body.

"Still, I've been an Awakened longer than you."

Ha Eun, enveloped in flames, took a rough step forward.

Boom!

Flames erupted like a volcano.

The ground cracked and red flames shot up from the fissures.

"━How long can you hide behind us, Oh Jin?"

Whoosh!!!

The surging flames.

Her chestnut hair, tied tightly, fluttered brilliantly.

"Kraaak."

"Karaarak!"

Perhaps frightened by the intense aura or the overwhelming presence of the giant fire dragon, the monsters began to retreat cautiously.

"You."

Ha Eun's gaze fell on a monster with a chunk of flesh in its mouth, dripping with blood.

It was the one that had bitten Oh Jin's shoulder earlier.

"Do you know whose this is before you just tear it off?"

Baring her teeth fiercely.

She extended her hand towards the monster as if aiming a gun.

-Snap!

With a clear sound, her finger snapped.

The fire dragon coiled around her body flew towards the monster.

Whoosh!

The giant mouth of flame opened wide and swallowed the monster whole.

"Kraaaak!"

"Kishaat!!"

The other monsters in the path were also swept away by the fiercely writhing fire dragon and turned into ashes.

"…Huh."

Oh Jin let out a sigh of amazement at Ha Eun's overwhelming firepower.

'Is this the power of the dragon eyes?'

Though he couldn't tell exactly what it did.

After using the dragon eyes, the flames surrounding her body seemed to move as if they were 'alive.'

A ball of fire that seemed to have its own will, raging in all directions.

It was an overwhelmingly impressive sight that would be hard to believe if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.

Well, anyway.

'Thanks to her, I can relax a bit.'

He smiled and stood next to Ha Eun.

"Who would think you got your shoulder bitten, sis?"

"My shoulder is the same. That's mine."

"What do you mean it's yours?"

Who decided that?

"Kyahaha! Isn't everything that belongs to my little brother mine?"

"What the hell."

"You shouldn't eat, drink, or even breathe without my permission, Oh Jin."

Even the Nazis weren't that bad.

"━And don't get hurt, okay?"

"I'll probably get hurt if I do."

"You little brat?"

"That was so touching, sis."

Tears wouldn't stop.

Drip, drip.

"Y-You, you, you! You were saying such mushy stuff so casually back then!!"

"Ha ha!!"

She burst into laughter and roughly pulled him by the waist.

"Wh-What?"

Smack!

She kicked the head of a monster charging through the flames.

She lightly patted the waist she was holding and turned her body.

"I'll try my best."

I can't get hurt when my sis is worried like this.

"…You two really get along well."

Park Changhyun let out a hollow laugh and turned to look at them.

He shrugged and kicked towards the surging monsters.

-Crack!

Blue lightning shot up through the flames.

The monsters, which had been charging with terrifying momentum, began to retreat.

As time passed.

"What, what kind of monsters are there so many of?"

"Hey, isn't that Brain over there?"

"Damn. Are they really holding off this many with just three people?"

"Crazy. This isn't rookie level."

Awakened who had gathered upon receiving the call joined the battle.

"Kieeek!"

"Karak! Kak!"

The speed at which the monsters were retreating increased.

'Good.'

The advantage was clearly on their side.

[Ha, ha, ha!]

Our goddess seems to be reaching her limit too.

'Should I finish it?'

Oh Jin's eyes glinted sharply as he turned towards Choi Jongchul.

"A, ah."

He looked down at the retreating monsters and shivered.

"Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?"

He scratched his cheek nervously.

Continuing to scratch his cheek, where the skin was peeling and bleeding.

Without stopping.

Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump.

"Why are you losing? Huh? Why?"

Flesh was being scraped off by his fingernails.

"I did what I was told, right? I did everything I was asked, right?"

Creak. Creak.

He turned his head at an abnormal angle and poured out his unanswered questions.

"But, but, but."

Squeak.

His head, turned like a broken wooden doll, faced Oh Jin.

"Whyyyyyy━!!! Can't you kill themmmmm━!!!"

The flesh on his cheek was peeled back to the point where his cheekbones were visible.

Choi Jongchul, unsatisfied with just peeling the skin off his cheek, began to gouge out his own eyes with his hands.

"Oh, Oh Jin. W-What's wrong with that guy?"

Ha Eun's mouth dropped open, and her face turned pale.

"Aa━ Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Whyyyyyyyyy!!!!"

"Kyaahhhh!! Damn, he's really pulling out his eyes!!"

"Kuruk! Kuk! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill themmmmmmm!!"

Chew.

Choi Jongchul, with a madman's scream, put the eye he had pulled out into his mouth and chewed it.

"Shiiit!! That bastard Hahudon is eating his own eyes, Oh Jin!!!"

Calm down, sis.

Stop pulling my clothes.

"Is that guy always like that?"

"No way."

It seemed the black holy relic had completely taken over his mind.

Oh Jin bit his lip and ran towards the convulsing Choi Jongchul.

'Who knows what he'll do if I leave him alone any longer.'

I need to take care of him as soon as possible.

-Thud!

After approaching the convulsing Choi Jongchul.

'Explosive Thunder.'

Ten consecutive strikes.

-Crack!

He thrust his spear with all the power he could muster.

"A, ah."

But.

-Crunch.

Rumble!!

"Kuruk!!"

The black sphere in Choi Jongchul's hand shattered, and a black aura exploded out.

Oh Jin's body was thrown back helplessly.

"━Aaaaaaaaah!!!"

Choi Jongchul raised his arms high.

The black aura that exploded out spread widely.

And.

Rumble!!!

"Wh-What?"

"What is that?!"

A black pillar rose from the city center, mixing with the aura that flowed out from Choi Jongchul.

The ground shook as if an earthquake had occurred.

No.

It wasn't just shaking.

-Rumble! Rumble!

"It's collapsing!!"

"Get out!!"

The ground twisted and broke like waves.

Dozens of floors of buildings collapsed like dominoes.

"…Crazy."

Oh Jin looked at the collapsing city with a pale face.

The collapse was most severe in the city center.

'If I had been there...'

I would have been buried alive between the collapsing buildings without a chance to do anything.

'What the hell.'

What kind of power could destroy a city like this?

"Kuruk! Karak! Hi, hihi! Yeah, yeah, yeah!!"

Amidst the ongoing collapse.

Choi Jongchul's mad laughter continued.

"Me, me, me, can I, can I, can I kill them, can I?"

Creak! Creak!

The black aura that had spread widely gathered towards Choi Jongchul.

His body swelled as if a balloon had been filled to its limit.

Soon.

"Kuruk! Kashaahhhh!!"

With a snake's lower body and a toad's arms.

Choi Jongchul, now a monster with a mouth split into eight parts, let out a terrifying scream.

"…What."

Oh Jin looked at Choi Jongchul, or rather, what was once Choi Jongchul, with a frozen expression.

'A human... turned into a monster?'

An overwhelmingly ominous feeling spread down his spine.

"Kuruk."

Oh Jin gripped his spear tighter.

'Hurry.'

His instincts were warning, screaming.

I need to kill that monster as soon as possible.

If I don't—

"Wh-What? Why? Why, why? Why is my body? Kerek?"

I'll die.

"Vega! Just hold on a little longer!!"

There was no response.

"…Vega?"

He turned his head to look at her.

[Sorry, Ha... My child. No more...]

Vega's body turned into a silver light and scattered.

"……."

The blessing disappeared.