03. Guild Fair (10)

Everyone looks at me doubting their eyes at the sight of the sword flying by itself and decapitating itself.

A three-person sword that sits softly in your hand.

My head was spinning with dizziness as my mana drained all the way, but there was no pain that squeezed my heart like the last time.

‘I can’t use it twice.’

With the help of Baek Ji-soo, even though he had the amount of magic that reached B rank, he used up about 90% of his magic with just one shot.

As expected, the top season of A rank. As much as its power, its magic power was at a high level.

Thinking that it was fortunate that I didn’t collapse, I shook my head loudly to drive out the vertigo, and the hunters around me whispered in a high pitched tone, as if they couldn’t believe it.

“Did you take down a banshee in one shot!?”

“Is it S-class? But it’s the first time I see you….”

Even in this situation, they look back with a dumbfounded expression.

I must have stood in front of Banshee with a feeling of despair, but it seemed difficult to accept the sudden change of circumstances.

But or not, I fixed my three-person sword and straightened my posture. Even though the boss was defeated, countless monsters still remained, and the battle had just begun.

“Huh?”

At that moment, the banshee who thought he had defeated it staggered and stood up.

Without a sound, he lifted his body into the air and glared at me with red eyes that looked as if blood would drip at any moment.

Still holding on even though the throat was pierced!?

Without even time to be surprised, the mighty magic of deep purple color quickly gathered at the banshee.

I screamed in fright.

“Avoid!”

“What? Ugh, aaa!!”

Hunters look back blankly and then scatter around busily.

At the same time, the mana became a ray of light and shot straight at me.

Quaaah! Just before the purple light that rips through the air sweeps me away, I gripped the hilt of the three-man sword until it was crushed.

Should I avoid it? So who are the people behind?

Can you bell?

No, you must cut it.

When I made up my mind, the pure white mana gathered to form a hemispherical shape as if there was no need for that.

That was the magic of the white number. I felt her magic power trying to protect me.

The shield that surrounds me round like a shield collides violently with the banshee’s beam.

Quaaa!!! The light beam and the shield collided violently, creating a powerful storm with each other’s magical powers.

The shock caused the nearby hunters to fall as if they were swept away by the wind.

“aaah!!”

“Mi, crazy… What magic!”

Successfully blocking it for a while, the beam of light continues uninterrupted, pushing Baek Ji-soo’s magic field without a break.

Over the magical storm, I could feel the banshee gathering power once more.

「Ki-i–!!!」

Fall off. A dangerous sound is heard, as if glass is about to break, and the white shield slowly cracks.

“Ugh, no… !”

Baek Ji-soo’s desperate voice trying to hold on somehow.

However, unfortunately for her feelings, the barrier cracked like a spider’s web, and she could not overcome the banshee’s attack and shattered.

Wow! The white mana scattered like shards of glass and scattered in all directions.

“Kyaaah!!”

“Jisoo!”

With Baek Ji-soo’s scream, the light beam flies toward me again.

I was worried about her, but now is not the time to look behind her. Holding her stance, she clenched her teeth.

The light beam was weakening as it broke the shield. This time was when I raised my knife to cut.

Someone with a shield came out and intervened between the beams.

“Hracha!”

Kwaaang!! The shield collided with the beam, and the man’s body was strongly pushed back.

“Turn it off… ! I’m not kidding… !”

Deuk Deuk! A man barely holding on, leaving dents on the ground.

He takes a deep breath, gathers strength, and swings his shield with all his might, blasting the beam upwards.

“aaa!!”

Kwaaang!! Violet beams fly skyward, penetrating the ceiling.

“Heo Eok, Heo Eok… huh.”

The man who confirmed that took a deep breath and looked at me with a big smile.

“Keuk, kuh hahahaha! Did you really try to cut it? A young guy’s ambition is no joke!”

A man with a shield mercilessly pounding on my shoulder.

It was the guild leader who encouraged the guild members earlier.

“Ah, thank you. For stopping you.”

Anyway, it’s true that I received help, so I awkwardly tried to express my gratitude, but the man frowned and waved his hand, as if telling me not to.

“I have to thank you. Thanks to that, the boss who had no answer shrunk like a 100-year-old hag.”

That’s right. When I checked the appearance of the banshee, he was in a groggy state, slumped in place, probably from pouring out his mana to the fullest.

It was still floating in the sky, so it was not within reach of an attack, but it was clear that it had just been pierced through the neck and that it was in a dying state.

The man said, slamming his shield on the ground.

“My name is Sangwoo Sang. You?”

“This is Kim Yi-jin.”

“You look like a student, is it okay if I speak casually?”

“Hmm. Does not matter.”

It wasn’t that the first meeting didn’t offend him by his rude words, but now blocking the gate was more important than wasting time sorting out names.

I glanced back and checked Baek Ji-soo’s condition. Her complexion looked pale from the shock of her shield being broken, but it didn’t seem to be a big problem for now.

‘It’s fortunate.’

She might have been really dangerous if it wasn’t for Baek Ji-soo’s defense.

Her life was almost in danger because it had been so long since she bluffed that she would not die. Even though she had never been careless.

This is the real Hunter’s battlefield. Not only Baek Ji-soo, but also Yoon Seo-hee will experience this countless times in the future. In order to be of help to them, I will have to get used to it.

I made up my mind and looked at the banshee floating in the air.

The banshee was also looking at me with her resentful eyes.

Im Sang-woo raised his shield again and asked me, clicking his tongue.

“Tsk, it’s too far. Can you do that again?”

“No. Twice is difficult because I don’t have enough mana.”

“Sorry. I wonder if I can hit just one properly… Well, come!”

Banshee was already in a dying state, so she stayed high in the sky and didn’t move.

Instead, the army of ghouls and zombies gathered in front of the gate started marching.

「Kkeep, kkeokkkakkak….」

「Yeah… uh uh uh….」

An army of undead walking slowly, clashing their half-rotten jawbones. Although the speed was slow, the number was overwhelming.

“Oh guys! Get your seat!”

“Yes, brother!”

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Gam Sang-woo’s guild members hold on to their shields and stand in one line to maintain their camp.

Boom!! The great shield and the swarm of rotting corpses collided violently, and a dull impact sounded. Sang-woo Sang-woo’s guild was holding up well without being pushed back by the monsters, even though they used dragons as much as they could.

However, there is a limit to just enduring.

“If he recovers and uses the same thing again, there is no answer! I have to clear the way somehow… !”

I know. However, the number of monsters is too many, and there is not enough mana to rewrite the yam.

Should I ask Baek Ji-soo to use space transfer? However, her space transfer is not unusual for her magical power consumption, and she is a bit hesitant to ask for her transfer when she is in poor condition due to blocking her rays.

I wish there was another way.

At that moment, as if they had been waiting, arrows rained down from the ceiling all at once.

Shuwoong! Papababak! An arrow that mercilessly pierces the body of a corpse.

The group of corpses hit by arrows like hedgehogs became real corpses and collapsed on the floor one by one.

「Geuuu!!」

「Pick it up!」

A woman with her long hair in a ponytail comes quickly toward us, slamming an arrow into her longbow.

Swoon! Soon after, the shot arrow exploded strongly in the air, blowing away a group of corpses in all directions.

Kwaguawang!

A long-haired woman who had swept away her corpses looked at me and opened her mouth.

“That road, can I pierce it?”

I am familiar with this person as well. Earlier, he was an A-class hunter who led the guild members and supported fire from a distance.

“Did you say Lee Jin-kun? I accidentally heard the name. My name is Im Ah-ran.”

“Aran Im?”

It’s a name I’ve heard before.

I remembered. Even if it’s not a tier 1 guild like Suseong, isn’t it a top hunter whose name has been heard in the news from time to time with success in attacking the top middle layer?

I was lightly surprised by the appearance of a big player who was expected to have the best skills among the hunters in this room.

“If I clear the way, can you give that banshee a shot?”

“That’s fine, but what about the monsters in Wingland?”

All the monsters in Wingland can fly, so you can’t fight properly with a sword.

Now that the power of wizards has been cut in half, a hunter who can attack from a distance like Im Ah-ran was very valuable.

“I left that to someone else. There was an unexpected support group. Thanks to you.”

“Yes?”

I felt bewildered at the words I couldn’t understand. You got reinforcements thanks to me?

“Hey! Let’s talk about it later, if we’re going to do it, let’s do it quickly!”

Sam Sang-wu bangs his shield and gets angry.

“I will. There was no time for a leisurely conversation.”

Then Im Ah-ran said with a wry smile.

“My arrows can’t be eaten by that banshee. That knife looks unusual… The only person I can trust right now is you. May I ask you a favor?”

I felt a sense of bewilderment.

Neither Gam Sang-woo nor Im Ah-ran are famous A-class hunters who cannot be compared to first-year academy students. It was very unfamiliar to me that a professional hunter active in the field was now relying on me.

“… ….”

I guess I have no choice but to do it.

At this point, there was a possibility.

“Okay. Instead, follow my strategy.”

“Operation?”

“Yes.”

I brought Baek Ji-su, who was breathing behind me, and explained the strategy I had in mind to the three people.

Im Ah-ran pours arrows to make a path, and Sang-woo Sang-woo clears the path with me.

Finally, I discussed with Baek Ji-soo how to catch the floating banshee.

“Can you use magic like this?”

“… Yes, it is possible.”

At first glance, the content seemed reckless, but the three nodded in agreement as if they thought it had enough potential.

“I guess that’s the only way. If you’re ready, let’s begin!”