Chapter 94

I Am Not a Reincarnator Chapter 94

Ancient Constellations (5)

Thousands of demons covered the streets.

Countless demons, as if a beehive had been disturbed, were rampaging in the center of the city, attacking people.

'There are more than in Sokcho.'

And in Sokcho, at least people had evacuated; here, not even that was the case.

"Rrrr!"

"Aaaah!!"

"My, my leg!! My legeeeee!!"

Surging blood.

Deafening screams and wails.

A scene similar to what he had seen through Lee Shin-hyuk's memories of Italy.

'No.'

Oh Jin's eyes sharpened.

'It's not that bad yet.'

The entire city hadn't been overrun by demons like in Rome.

The demons had just started rampaging.

'We can stop this.'

We must stop this.

Not for the people being torn apart by demons.

But to protect the place where he lived with Haeun.

"Sister."

"...Yeah."

"Cover me from behind."

"Got it."

Click.

Haeun turned her arms behind her head and untied the blindfold.

Her left eye, covered with grotesque tendons like tree roots, was revealed.

Her eyes glowed fiercely, and flames surged around her body.

-Boom!

"Aaaaah!"

"Taeho!!"

Two boys, who looked like high school students.

Until just a moment ago, they were probably joking around, deciding whether to go to a PC room or a karaoke bar. The demon opened its mouth wide at them.

"Kira-rra-rra-rra-rra!!"

"Uaaaaah!!!"

"Get, get away!"

A scream that seemed to tear the air.

"Ssh."

Oh Jin bent his waist and took a step forward with his left foot.

-Zzzz!

Blue lightning wrapped around his leg.

Kwa-a-a-a-ang!!

With a sound like an explosion, Oh Jin's body shot forward.

"Huff!"

He plunged his spear into the neck of the demon that was charging at the boys.

A deafening roar.

-Swiiish!

He twisted and slashed downward.

Black blood gushed out like a waterfall.

"Aaah..."

"Th-thank you..."

There was no time to listen.

He turned and charged at another demon.

'The level of the demons hasn't changed much from Sokcho.'

But.

"Kara-rra-rra-rra-rra!"

"Your ears are going to fall off, kid."

Compared to then, he was completely different now.

-Zzzz!

Blue lightning feathers wrapped around Oh Jin's right arm.

He extended his arm forward, aiming at the demon.

'Lightning Shot.'

Hundreds of lightning feathers, formed of lightning, swept forward in a fan shape.

Three demons' bodies were torn apart.

'Not enough yet.'

Even though he had killed three demons with one strike.

In an instant, a number of demons several times that surrounded him.

'Faster.'

Stronger.

He had to overwhelm them.

-Zzzz!

The blue lightning on the spear blade flared up like fire.

He could feel his mana draining quickly as he used Lightning Flame.

"Haa."

He exhaled a low breath and swung his spear.

From top to bottom.

From bottom to the side.

From the side back up.

-Swish! Swish! Swish!

"Rrrr!"

"Kisha-ah!"

The grotesque demons, with their hideous forms like they had been created through a mad scientist's terrible experiments, were torn apart by his fierce spear strikes.

"Rrrrrrra!!"

"Kya-ha-ha!"

"Kerrr!"

Hundreds of demons seemed to have been drawn by the commotion and were running towards him.

The ground shook as if an earthquake had struck, with hundreds of demons, ranging from about 2 meters to 4-5 meters in size, charging together.

A scene like a tidal wave was approaching.

Hundreds of demons, like a tidal wave, were coming towards him.

"Ssh."

Oh Jin slowly inhaled.

He spun his spear and planted it on the ground.

'Spear Lightning.'

He focused his mana on the spear blade embedded in the concrete.

'A little more.'

This wasn't enough to sweep away the approaching demons in one go.

He closed his eyes tightly.

He pulled up a massive amount of mana, enough to make his mana circuits burst.

'Explosion Lightning.'

Zzzz-!

He combined Spear Lightning with Explosion Lightning.

The force that wanted to spread out and the force that wanted to explode fiercely mixed and amplified.

"Grunt."

Perhaps because he had poured in too much mana at once.

His mana circuits swelled as if they were about to tear.

A precarious situation, like a balloon inflated beyond its limit.

[My child! No more...!]

Vega shouted with a pale face.

'I can do it.'

Spear Lightning and Explosion Lightning.

He had often amplified a single skill by stacking it multiple times, but fusing two skills with different properties was something he was trying for the first time.

Fusing two types of skills was as difficult as drawing a circle with one hand and a star with the other.

'But I can do it.'

Yes.

There was no way he couldn't.

A near-certainty.

He wasn't relying on his talent.

The daily training he had repeated.

The days he had struggled to control the mana of the stigmata as freely as his limbs.

He believed in those memories.

The sweat that had soaked his body and the breath that had risen to his chin.

Zzzz-!

Spear Lightning and Explosion Lightning burned together.

"Die, you bastards."

He twisted the spear he had plunged in roughly.

-Crack!

The ground split.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The concrete ground split as if a boulder had been thrown at a window, and a section of the ground, several tens of meters long, collapsed.

"Kie-ee-ee-ee-ek!"

"Rrrr! Krrr!"

"Groo-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-ak!!"

Hundreds of demons charging at Oh Jin lost their balance and staggered.

"Huff!"

Zzzz!

He shouted a short battle cry and swung his spear upward, and blue lightning bolts shot up from the cracks in the concrete.

The pungent smell of gunpowder.

The lightning that rose like a dragon ascending swept away hundreds of demons.

-Ding!

[You have successfully fused two or more skills!]

[Your understanding of the two skills has greatly increased!]

[The skill 《Spear Lightning (蒼雷) Lv4》 has risen to 《Spear Lightning (蒼雷) Lv7》.]

[The skill 《Explosion Lightning (爆雷) Lv4》 has risen to 《Explosion Lightning (爆雷) Lv7》.]

Thanks to the successful skill fusion, the levels of Spear Lightning and Explosion Lightning rose by three levels, as a blue window appeared before his eyes.

"Huff."

Wobble.

Perhaps because he had poured too much mana at once.

Oh Jin's body swayed slightly.

"Haa. You always make me worry, girl."

Vega wrapped her lightning around Oh Jin's swaying body.

The comfort of being wrapped in lightning felt like being in a fluffy blanket.

"Rrrr. You're really out of your mind."

Riak shook his head with a pale expression.

He then glared at the chaotic street.

Hundreds of demons had turned to ashes from Oh Jin's single strike, but demons several times that number were still swarming.

"Hmph."

Riak snorted and crouched.

He glanced at Oh Jin and said,

"Kid, you're not tired from that one shot, are you?"

"Of course not."

Oh Jin, wrapped in Vega's lightning, gripped his spear and stood up again.

He aimed his spear at the demons swarming again, as if the hundreds of demons that had just died didn't exist.

"Kaa-aa-ang!"

"Krrr! Krrrrr!"

He swung his spear wildly, fighting the swarming demons alongside Riak.

He was reducing the number of demons quickly, but.

-Crunch!

"Grunt!"

There were just too many.

"Oh Jin!"

Haeun, fighting the demons coming from the opposite direction, stretched out her arm urgently.

Snap!

Flame streams shot out from her fingers, instantly sweeping away dozens of demons surrounding Oh Jin.

"Krrrrr! Kie-eh!"

"Kaa-aa-aa-aa-aa-ah!!"

"Damn you, you bastards!!"

Haeun turned with an angry expression.

She spread her arms wide and wrapped herself in flames.

Until now, she hadn't used her full power to avoid involving people.

But most of the people around had evacuated while Oh Jin and Riak were fighting the demons.

"By the name of the star of the constellation Draco, Eltanin, I command."

Flurrrr!

Dozens of fire dragons were created, centered on Haeun.

"Fire, dance."

The fire danced.

The fire dragons, moving freely like living beings, wrapped around the demons and opened their massive jaws to swallow them whole.

"...Wow."

Oh Jin let out a short exclamation as he watched the demons being swept away helplessly.

The power was incomparable to the fire dragons he had seen before.

'This is the power of an 8-star Awakened.'

In terms of pure destructive power, the fusion skill he had just used was embarrassingly weak in comparison.

-Flurrrr!

"Kie-ee-ee-ee-ek!"

"Kara... Karrr."

Thanks to Haeun's efforts, over 300 demons turned to ashes.

But.

'There are still so many.'

Demons kept surging endlessly, as if they were being mass-produced.

[Grunt... What are the other Awakened doing at a time like this!]

Vega frowned and shouted.

As she said.

'What are the other Awakened doing?'

It doesn't make sense that he is the only Awakened fighting the demons in the heart of Seoul.

Oh Jin kept cutting down the surging demons with his spear while looking around.

"Is, is that an Awakened?!"

"Help that person!!"

People who had taken cover and evacuated pointed at a woman and shouted.

As the attention of the people focused on her, she scowled fiercely.

"Are you crazy? I can barely protect myself, let alone help anyone."

She coldly pushed away the people clinging to her and turned to run away.

"......"

She wasn't the only one.

The Awakened around her, upon seeing the thousands of demons, didn't even think of fighting and quickly fled.

[These despicable scoundrels! How can those who have awakened the stars show such irresponsible attitudes!]

Vega clenched her lips as she glared at the fleeing Awakened.

Compared to the furious Vega, Oh Jin looked at the retreating backs of the Awakened with a rather calm expression.

'Well, this is to be expected.'

Who would want to fight thousands of demons?

To care about others.

It's a world where it's hard enough to protect one's own life.

'I'm no different.'

What does it matter if others die?

He was fighting the demons now because he could still hold out, but if it became too difficult, he planned to run away with Haeun.

Of course, he would have to endure Vega's criticism if that happened.

'I'm not going to sacrifice my life for a complete stranger whose name I don't even know.'

He didn't intend to make a pathetic rationalization that the world is like this.

He was fine with being called selfish.

He was fine with being called cowardly.

To protect what is precious, he didn't care about others' situations.

'I should start securing an escape route.'

Oh Jin slowly retreated while fighting the demons.

With all the Awakened having fled.

There was no way to stop the endless surge of demons alone.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave.

-Boom!

"Oh Jin!!"

A loud noise accompanied the appearance of over a hundred Awakened.

A section leader approached Oh Jin urgently.

"You were here first!!"

"...How did you get here?"

"We gathered the staff immediately upon hearing the alarm!"

The section leader scowled fiercely and raised his fist at the demons.

Turning his head, he saw some familiar faces he had seen passing by the association.

'Jae Woo-jin is here too.'

A top-tier Awakened known as a "Hunting Dog" and one of the best in the association had also arrived on the battlefield with the section leader.

"Now that other guilds are also heading this way, it's fine for you to take a break, Oh Jin."

The section leader cracked his shoulders and walked forward.

-Thud, thud.

Following the section leader, a dozen or so people appeared with neat footsteps.

Familiar faces to Oh Jin.

The Awakened from the Valhalla Guild led by Lee Woo-hyuk.

"This is much more serious than in Sokcho, isn't it, bro?"

"...I didn't expect such a horde of monsters to appear in the heart of Seoul."

Lee Woo-hyuk approached Oh Jin, leaving the fussing Park Chang-hyun behind.

"I'm sorry for being late."

Lee Woo-hyuk bowed his head slightly and took a low step towards the surging demons.

"From here on."

Swish-!

As Lee Woo-hyuk drew his sword, a fierce gale swept in all directions.

The bodies of the charging demons split and spurted blood, as if torn by a beast's claws.

"We'll take care of it."

Following Lee Woo-hyuk, the Valhalla Guild members drew their weapons.

[Of course! This is what those who have awakened the stars should be like! Fortunately, not all of them are irresponsible.]

Vega smiled and sighed in relief.

"...Hah."

Oh Jin let out a hollow laugh as he looked at Han Jun-man, Lee Woo-hyuk, and the Awakened who had gathered to save people from the demons.

'It seems I was thinking too narrowly.'

While some Awakened turned and ran when their lives were in danger.

Others had rushed here to save people upon hearing the news.

'They are incomprehensible to me.'

He watched the backs of Han Jun-man and Lee Woo-hyuk, who were walking towards the demons with faint smiles.

"The kids are pretty cool, huh."