“Set it up around here.”

“Understood.”

People moved busily at Park Hyun-a’s words.

They were specialists setting up a spatial transfer gate.

‘It would be better to build it further inside… But it could be dangerous, so it can’t be helped.’

Park Hyun-a is currently standing at the entrance of Inessimot.

Choi Hyun-seok and his group were a bit further inside.

While it would be more convenient to create the spatial transfer gate deeper inside, doing so would come with several risks.

‘Deep inside, there are creatures that will attack even after sensing my magical power.’

Most magical beasts won’t come near when Park Hyun-a’s magical power is spread around.

But that only works at the entrance of Inessimot.

The deeper you go into Inessimot, magical beasts appear that ignore such magical residue and attack anyway.

In the worst case, unmanageable creatures might be drawn to the scent of a strong being.

So even if it was a bit inconvenient, setting up the gate on the outskirts was the right choice.

“Why is it so noisy over there?”

Park Hyun-a frowned while looking to one side.

She had been sensing the forest stirring for a while now.

If it could be detected from such a distance, it must be quite a commotion.

And the direction matched where she had left Choi Hyun-seok, Abelson, and Bobo.

“These idiots. Did they cause some trouble?”

Park Hyun-a flew up into the sky.

It seemed she needed to check it out herself.

Quickly crossing the sky, she finally arrived at the source of the commotion.

Park Hyun-a made a dumbfounded expression.

“What kind of mess is this?”

It was literally a chaos.

As if all the magical beasts in the area had gathered, there were over a thousand magical beasts engaged in a fierce battle.

Combat power over 100,000, powerful magical beasts were scattered everywhere.

There were even occasionally troublesome ones with combat power exceeding 200,000.

However, the most impressive thing was the huge mass of flesh smashing all those magical beasts’ heads.

“An orc? That’s an orc, right…?”

Park Hyun-a stared intently at the giant orc Kadrak.

“Since when are orcs that big?”

With a body twice the size of normal orcs and covered in flesh, it looked more like an ogre, but it was definitely an orc.

Park Hyun-a checked Kadrak with her combat power meter.

[Combat Power: 336,200]

A combat power exceeding 300,000.

It was much higher than expected.

“At that level, while it can’t match a Corps Commander, it’s almost on par with a legend… Where did something like this come from?”

Though there are individual differences, generally human legends have combat power between 300,000 and 400,000.

Demon King Army Corps Commanders are around 400,000 to 500,000.

This giant orc wasn’t at Corps Commander level, but it possessed abilities nearly equal to a legend.

And Choi Hyun-seok’s group was being chased by this orc.

“Sigh, what did that guy do this time?”

Park Hyun-a sighed while watching the group fleeing while riding on Bobo.

***

“Kraaaa!”

“Kyaaak!”

“You guys! Stop following already!”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted while throwing away the approaching magical beasts.

It had been over an hour since the battle started.

During that time countless magical beasts’ heads had been smashed, but rather than decreasing, their numbers seemed to be increasing.

“Kill! Kill! Kill!”

Kadrak was still rampaging madly.

Somehow, his momentum seemed even more ferocious than at first.

‘Should I be grateful the magical beasts came?’

The magical beasts focused more on Kadrak than the group.

This was because his body was covered in flesh.

Thanks to that, Kadrak’s speed was slowed down allowing them to escape like this, otherwise they might have become jerky long ago.

“Ms. Abelson!”

“Yes!? Did you find the fruit!?”

Abelson was still obsessed with the fruit.

Choi Hyun-seok slapped Abelson’s cheek.

*Slap*

Focus gradually returned to Abelson’s eyes after being slapped.

“Ms. Abelson! Get a hold of yourself!”

“Uh, uh…?”

“We’re all going to die at this rate!”

“Ah…!”

Only then did Abelson look around and grasp the situation.

“Why am I like this…?”

“That’s not what’s important. We need to shake off that pig orc somehow!”

Currently the group was walking a dangerous tightrope.

If Bobo made even a small mistake, or if the group fell off Bobo, that would be certain death.

“I’ll blast it away with holy power!”

“Holy power won’t work. It’s more likely to have the opposite effect.”

“Why?”

“The magical beasts will retreat from holy power, but that pig will follow us to the end.”

“Ah…”

“If the magical beasts disappear, it’ll actually make it easier for him to chase us and we might get caught…”

Just as Choi Hyun-seok was speaking.

A magical beast as huge as Bobo appeared in front of them.

“Puuuuuu!”

The beast that made a bizarre howl charged forward and performed a body slam.

Thanks to that, the group riding on Bobo went flying through the air.

“Uwaaa!”

“Kyaaak!”

Choi Hyun-seok, who flew quickly, unfortunately crashed into a hard rock.

“Ow… My whole body hurts.”

It was practically like being in a traffic accident.

Even Choi Hyun-seok couldn’t help but feel his joints aching.

“Human! Got you!”

“Damn it…”

Orc Kadrak had already approached right in front of him.

With a height of around 3m and a large build, having him stand in front felt like being blocked by a huge wall.

“Treasure thief! Die!”

Kadrak swings his club.

It was already too late to dodge.

Choi Hyun-seok activated his demonic energy.

‘At this point, it’s all or nothing!’

Whether it worked or not, he had no choice but to fight.

Reidrun-style Fighting Technique

Form 1 – First Battle Kill

He extends his fist toward the incoming club.

As fist and club collide.

Then pain like his entire body’s bones breaking washed over him.

“Kuhek!”

Choi Hyun-seok coughed up blood as he flew through the air again.

‘Isn’t this cheating…’

Even though he clearly offset it with Fighting Spirit, an enormous impact still hit him.

His right arm that directly collided with the club was completely destroyed.

“Human. Not bad. But die.”

Kadrak, who instantly caught up, raised his club again.

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes widened as he saw the club raised high in the sky.

‘I have to dodge somehow…!’

At the last moment, extreme concentration kicked in.

The falling club appeared to move slowly like in slow motion.

However, his body moved even slower.

The club steadily drew closer.

Choi Hyun-seok was still defenseless.

Death approaching gradually.

With no choice, he crosses his arms in a defensive stance.

“What are you doing?”

That’s when he heard a familiar voice.

A woman with her hair tied tightly in a ponytail was standing in front, though he didn’t know when she had appeared.

“Die!”

Kwaaang!

Kadrak’s club fell.

***

The woman who blocked the club with her arm, Park Hyun-a, frowned.

“Damn… This is crazy strong.”

Excluding magical power, their pure physical strength seemed about equal.

Combined with his huge build and the force of falling from above, she felt quite an impact.

“Human woman. Who are you?”

“I’m a former Corps Commander, you bastard.”

Park Hyun-a swings her sword.

Kadrak instantly raised his club to block.

Feeling the unusual impact through the club, Kadrak’s eyes lit up.

“Human. Strong!”

“I am pretty strong. But who are you?”

“Keuung…! None of your business!”

Having finished sizing each other up, Park Hyun-a and Kadrak began clashing in earnest.

Kwang! Bang! Kwaaa!

Every time sword and club collided, it sounded like bombs exploding.

Kadrak swung his club like one possessed, and Park Hyun-a blocked and dodged all those attacks while thrusting her sword into openings.

Paaat, Pat!

Blood sprays as Kadrak’s skin is cut.

However, perhaps due to the thick fat, it didn’t seem to do much damage.

If anything, it seemed to only make Kadrak angrier.

“Kraaaa! Treasure! You’re after the treasure too! Die!”

“This is really annoying! Where did such a monster come from!”

Park Hyun-a frowned as she hastily retreated.

“Hey. Pig. What are you really? Are you with the Demon King’s Army?”

Suddenly Kadrak stopped dead in his tracks.

“N-no! Kadrak! N-not Demon King’s Army!”

His flustered behavior was clearly that of a demon trying to hide that he was with the Demon King’s Army.

Park Hyun-a narrowed her eyes.

‘Was there someone like him in the Demon King’s Army?’

She examined Kadrak carefully.

‘He’s elderly. In human terms, at least in his 80s. Why is someone who should be dying of old age so energetic?’

He was probably a demon over 500 years old.

Since Park Hyun-a hadn’t been with the Demon King’s Army for very long, she thought perhaps he might have been a Corps Commander or Vice Corps Commander in the past.

‘Wait a minute…’

At that moment, for some reason, a conversation she had with Hemis flashed through her mind.

‘I’m so tired of being surrounded by idiots~ There’s no one I can trust with work.’

Before a Corps Commander meeting.

Hemis had complained like that once.

Park Hyun-a remembered picking a fight by saying: ‘For an idiot! Just make your Vice Corps Commander do everything like I do.’

‘Hmm~ Vice Corps Commander?’

‘I heard that position has been vacant for quite a while… Oh right! Was it that you couldn’t find someone even if you wanted to?’

Park Hyun-a didn’t know the details.

She had just heard that the 3rd Corps’ Vice Corps Commander position had been vacant for a very long time.

For some reason, she heard no one wanted to take that position.

‘Well who could handle your terrible personality. There’s no way anyone would want to be Vice Corps Commander.’

At that moment, a vein popped on Hemis’ forehead.

‘You wouldn’t know since you’re still wet behind the ears, but I did have a Vice Corps Commander.’

‘Pft! No need to make up stories.’

‘Ohoho! It’s true. Though he ran away later…’

‘A Vice Corps Commander ran away? What nonsense is that?’

Instead of answering, Hemis raised the corners of her mouth.

Though it looked like a smile to anyone, Park Hyun-a could tell.

That anger was contained in Hemis’ smile.

‘When I catch that pig someday, I’ll make a full course meal of orc meat~’

‘…’

‘I have no idea where he’s hiding. He should still be alive…’

With the image of Hemis muttering while licking her lips…

Park Hyun-a’s reminiscence ended.

“That big-mouthed woman!”

If the giant orc before her was Hemis’ runaway Vice Corps Commander, everything made sense.

Suddenly an interesting idea flashed in her mind.

“Hey. Pig! Hemis was looking for you?”

“Lady He-He-Hemis!?”

Kadrak’s eyes went wide.

‘Bingo.’

Park Hyun-a grinned.

“Yeah~ That big-mouthed one. You know her well right? She used to be your superior.”

“N-n-n-no. I, Kadrak, d-don’t know! Such monster! Don’t know!”

Kadrak backed away while sweating profusely.

The more he did so, the wider Park Hyun-a’s smile grew.

“Why are you stuttering? Hm? Hemis is looking for you, you know? Let’s go back to the Demon King’s Army together.”

“D-d-don’t be r-ridiculous! I, I… I…!”

Kadrak fell into panic.

Even after 200 years had passed, his fear of Hemis hadn’t faded at all.

Rather, it had been slowly eating away at Kadrak’s mind.

The fear of not knowing when Hemis would find him.

The terror of becoming dinner the moment he was caught had been growing inside his heart for 200 years.

“I, I, I, I, I, I…”

Kadrak repeats the same words like a broken robot.

Park Hyun-a raised her sword.

“Ha, to think there’d be a day I’d get help from that big mouth.”

Thanks to Hemis, things were resolving easily.

The situation would end if she beheaded Kadrak now.

Just as Park Hyun-a was about to swing her sword.

“Graaaaaaaa!”

Suddenly Kadrak let out a tremendous roar.

His muscles buried under fat swelled ferociously, and rough demonic energy sprayed in all directions.

“Kadrak won’t die… Want to live!”

Kadrak raised his club and glared clearly at Park Hyun-a.

“To live. You must die. Big trouble if Hemis knows.”

“Uh… This isn’t right…?”

“Human. Die here.”

Kadrak kicked off the ground and flew up.

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