Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 356

356. Holy Wind (7)

My chest feels warm and stinging, and my blood feels dry.

This strange sensation is definitely not an illusion.

‘It’s hot…’ … ?’

Sensing a sense of crisis, Seongjin quickly examined his entire body.

However, there is no noticeable change in the aurors being used. If so, it means that there is something wrong with the passage itself.

[Lee Seong-jin!]

The Demon King must have felt something as well and called out to him in a voice full of anxiety.

‘Let’s put out the emergency fire first!’

Seongjin hurriedly stopped using the aurors in the passage. Then, even though I couldn’t see it with my eyes, I could feel Max’s size shrinking.

Kiing!

Seongjin reached out and hugged the wolf dog, which was snoring anxiously, and gathered all the aura he needed to wrap it around the dog.

Meanwhile, his mind was racing to find the cause of the problem.

-Mores.

Quite a long time ago, the day when King Seonghwang destroyed the backyard of the main palace and blocked the passage with his own hands.

Seongjin had heard the warning he conveyed with strong thoughts.

-Keep in mind that when you pull the water in a channel, the things on the other side are pulled in with it.

Yeah, I didn’t forget.

From that day on, I always kept my father’s warning in my heart.

but… … .

‘Compared to the enormous amount of auras that were put in to block the passage, the auras I used were only a handful!’

If that’s the amount, when I return to the palace, my father can easily replenish it with a single blow. But why does this change happen?

[Hey, Lee Seong-jin! I guess this is… … !]

The Demon King called Seongjin again, as if he wanted to say something. However, I don’t know what I was thinking, but I paused for a moment and fell into silence.

Black flesh gradually began to cover around Seongjin. With countless thoughts echoing in my mind.

-Be [me]!

-Or, accept [me] into [you]!

-The moment you become one with [you], [you] will definitely become a new [me]!

Seongjin, who was nervously swatting them away, soon stopped his meaningless movements and crouched down.

The broken pieces of flesh seemed to be easily pushed away by even a small physical force, but they soon pushed back into the empty space and tried to fill the son-in-law. It felt like I was struggling in dark water.

-Please don’t refuse. The feeling of strangeness is nothing more than a fleeting moment!

The lack of aurors is limited to protecting Max. Soon, I felt the concentrated magical energy being absorbed into my body as if I was being sucked in. I melted in so easily that it was pointless that I was even momentarily nervous.

Then, the devil’s flesh also clung to him as if it was digging into his body, and Seongjin quickly buried his nose in Max’s fur.

Whine whine!

The sound of Max crying next to me somehow felt distant, and the thoughts rushing into my ears became even stronger.

-Now, I will become an even stronger, invincible [me]!

-That would be the most wonderful thing!

-hurry! hurry! hurry!

Trying not to be swept away by the chaotic clamor, Seongjin put more strength into the arms he held Max.

Only then did a small amount of regret arise.

‘Did I go too crazy…? … .’

No, but I had calculated that it would definitely be okay. I felt like it was the best!

‘Plus, I also thought that this was the only opportunity to test the abundant Aurors to my heart’s content.’

Maybe I trusted my premonition too blindly. Because of his own foolish judgment, didn’t even the innocent Max get caught up in this situation?

The damaged eyes can no longer see anything, and the situation is increasingly suffocating as they are covered by demonic species.

But it was truly strange. Seongjin did not feel a great sense of crisis even when the situation reached this point.

Noisy-

Somehow, Seongjin calmed down his pounding heart and slowly closed his eyes.

Well, there is one thing I can trust right now.

When help comes, Logan, who was bound by the barrier, will also be free. Then he will definitely come up with something good.

‘Until then, let’s focus on protecting Max!’

Feeling the flesh filled with demonic energy sticking to his skin as if digging into his skin, Seongjin gathered up the last of his remaining aura and wrapped it around Max once more.

* * *

When black flesh suddenly began to gather towards Lee Seong-jin, Logan intuitively realized that something unusual was happening.

“Sir Otto.”

Holding Arjuna in his hand, Logan quickly gave instructions to the knight next to him.

“Yes, sir.”

“Even if I leave, you will keep your seat.”

“… yes?”

“If the demon species doesn’t move any further, I think it will be okay even if the barrier disappears for a while. “Let’s reorganize the sacred barrier at this time.”

“Lowering. What is that… … ?”

But before Sir Otto could ask-

Phew!

In an instant, an enormous amount of sacred power was withdrawn, and the sacred barrier shook as if it would break at any moment.

“Lowering?!”

Sir Otto was perplexed for a moment. However, while he had been accompanying Prince Logan until now, he had been surprised by the prince’s unexpected behavior once or twice.

He quickly regained his composure and shouted, unleashing divine power with all his might.

“Li, Lilium everyone! Stay in your place! Maintain the barrier!”

Sir Ellie, who was at the edge of the barrier, also calmly looked back and cautioned.

“The Royal Guard, please do not act hastily!”

Sure enough, there was a small commotion behind her. Sir Kurt was barely holding on to Sir Claudia, who was about to rush at her with her sword drawn.

“Calm down, Sir Claudia!”

“Lord Kurt! Now is not the time for this! Our Majesty Mores… … !”

“But if you jump in without taking any precautions, the water will erode in an instant and you will die!”

“It’s our job to protect our country even at the cost of our lives!”

“For now, we must follow Lilium’s instructions! His Majesty Logan has moved. So let’s just wait and see what happens!”

Meanwhile, Logan was already rushing towards the demon species. He had already fired a couple of Auror explosions.

“Lee Seongjin! “Come to your senses and get out of there!”

However, being pushed away by the explosion was only temporary.

The flesh gathered around Lee Seong-jin buries him in an instant and gradually increases in size.

In this way, the demon species suddenly became a huge sphere and was left alone in the land of death.

“Lee Seong-jin!”

Arjuna emitted a bright blue aura. Logan’s true auror was revealed when his divine power was almost depleted.

Liquid! Awesome!

The Sword Master’s fierce sword strike cut into pieces the edge of the huge sphere. Because Lee Seong-jin is somewhere in the center, they cannot dare to blindly penetrate the center.

‘are you okay. If we keep chipping away from the edges like this… … !’

Pass… … .

However, as if to laugh at him, the pieces of flesh seemed to be cut and scattered for a moment, but then gathered together and returned to their original form.

Pow! Whoa!

I tried firing the aura blast again, but the result was the same. The small pieces of flesh that were broken and floating around like liquid quickly returned to their normal state even after being cut again and again by Arjuna.

‘Is there no other way than to purify everything with divine power?’

Logan looked up at the huge black sphere with a perplexed feeling.

It is impossible to purify that gigantic demon species alone. So why didn’t they just tie him up here and wait for the other Holy Knights to come?

Another problem was that his condition was not very good right now. Because he had been handling the huge barrier that should have been supported by dozens of people for a long time alone, his sacred power was already close to being depleted.

As evidence, signs of erosion were gradually appearing on the body that had been in contact with demonic energy several times.

‘… But, it must be done.’

The hand holding Arjuna becomes tense.

‘It is overly optimistic to expect Lee Seong-jin to be safe out there while waiting for reinforcements that may come at any time.’

Logan forcibly squeezed out the remaining sacred power and made the silver and blue flame bloom again on the blade.

‘So now, I have to save Lee Seong-jin!’

Whoa!

As if responding to his will, the fading divine power began to glow white again.

Logan, wearing the silver and blue torch, slowly began swinging his sword towards the center of the demon species.

Cheesy!

When the divine power reaches out, the black flesh begins to burn white and gradually move outward.

Logan dug in without missing the opportunity and swung his sword toward the center again.

Kurrrrrr… … .

The black sphere sways violently, as if the presence of an intruder is unpleasant.

‘… Can you break through?’

Repeated sword strikes.

Logan thought, suddenly feeling dizzy as if his soul was being twisted.

‘Can I last until the end?’

I can not know. But still, he had to get results.

Carrying a heavy burden alone. And to endure until death, pouring out everything you have.

Ironically, wasn’t such foolish behavior what General Gael, who was called an unrivaled genius, did best?

“Lord, please protect your children.”

As he swung his sword and chanted softly, the silver flame began to burn with increasing light as if responding.

* * *

Just as aura reflects a person’s nature to some extent, demonic energy also comes to resemble the original owner’s nature.

In that sense, it can be said that the demonic energy that covers Seongjin has a very annoying nature.

-Let’s spread it all over the world… … .

-Let’s sow seeds and cultivate them. And then we have to harvest… … .

-To go further, you have to divide into smaller and smaller seeds… … .

The demon species no longer mentions [me]. It just divides and divides into small pieces, and can no longer emit thoughts that can be called consciousness.

It has completely lost its individual characteristics and is turning into a demonic energy itself.

-My seeds even in the distant universe… … .

Of course, there is no change in the fact that it is noisy.

Seongjin felt a headache coming from the strong will conveyed by the demon energy.

‘… It is the devil of an annoying person who wants to spread his seeds without any gaps, not only in all dimensions but also in the entire universe.’

Someone’s voice says so.

Oh, it looks like that. How on earth can one have such an absurd desire to spread one’s seeds throughout the universe?

Wouldn’t it be better for both of us if we stopped doing such useless things and just slept like we were dead?

‘… … .’

How long can I last here? Seongjin thought so and tried not to miss the feel of Max in his hand.

No, holding on is not the problem. More precisely, the problem was that the will to hold on was gradually disappearing.

Ah, yes. Until now, I’ve tried not to think about it. But I can no longer deny that these ‘Magi’ feel somehow familiar.

If so, wouldn’t there be no problem in the end? Is this really meaningful resistance?

Exciting-

Little by little, my consciousness expanded, and my vision began to open brightly again.

No, the word vision was not appropriate. His distant eyes were still tightly closed, just touching Max’s soft fur.

Nevertheless, Seongjin’s spirit was clearly recognized. A small passage opened in his chest, and the movement of dark red flames slowly encroaching on it.

Seongjin realized what it was and took a deep breath.

‘… ‘The fire of Gehenna!’

The burning of hell, which burns everything in the world as well as the soul, and is extremely feared by even the goddesses of other dimensions.

‘How did it get here?’

But strangely enough, as soon as I asked the question, the answer automatically popped out of my head.

‘It’s because I broke the boundary my father created!’

The reason why the Holy Emperor’s aura fluttered like water was because its intangible energy was wrapped in a strange barrier-like membrane.

However, because Seongjin continues to pull it, the boundary is completely broken.

Thanks to this, Gehenna’s terrorizer has crossed the curtain, and from then on, he will burn all the aurors and quickly encroach on the passage!

Seongjin suddenly realized.

‘Anyway, all of this was going to happen someday. It was impossible to completely stop Gehenna’s fire in the first place.’

No matter how strong my father’s barrier is, what good is it? Perhaps in the near future, Seongjin, who was cornered, would definitely have to forcefully use the aura of this passage at least once.

‘If things continue like this, soon this body will burn away.’

Seongjin watched without much emotion as the fierce flames spread through the passage.

[Lee Seong-jin… … .]

At that time, the Demon King called to him in a creeping voice. It was a voice that conveyed deep agony, as if there was a fierce conflict about something.

[Maybe it’s not too late. Now, we can stop the fire of Gehenna with the remaining aurors.]

‘Um, well… … .’

When Seongjin responded lukewarmly, the Demon King coaxed him again.

[hurry. At this point, you’ll probably be able to hold out until your father takes action again.]

… father.

As his thoughts came to him, Seongjin felt his heart, which had been cooling down for some reason, quickly begin to flutter.

[Don’t regret it later. You really like this place, right?]

Maybe that’s why the Demon King’s proposal sounded quite tempting.

Yes, even if it is an ending that will be reached someday anyway.

‘Maybe there’s no need to end it now. I know nothing will change anything, but if I could just delay it a little longer… … .’

After making up his mind, Seongjin immediately rallied his will. He enthusiastically moved the remaining Holy Auras and began to push Gehenna’s fire out of the passage little by little.

Grumble!

Then, Gyeophwa, who was suddenly interrupted, struggled violently as if to protest.

[…] … .]

However, he could not overcome Seongjin’s strong will, and in the end, he had no choice but to be slowly pushed to the other side, helpless.

‘done!’

However, Seongjin’s momentum did not last long.

Since when did it start? This is because, a little distance away, he suddenly discovered a soul that began to glow brightly.

‘… Logan?’

A whitish shape wrapped in light. But somehow Seongjin was able to immediately recognize the owner of the soul.

‘But what is he doing now?’

Logan’s soul must have been shining brightly with divine power from the beginning. But now, somehow, the aspect of the light seemed a little different.

The flame burning brightly around him is lighting up his surroundings and at the same time slowly eating into his soul.

‘… … !?’

The image of squeezing out one’s soul while releasing divine power, and ultimately burning one’s own soul along with the sacred fire.

Now, Seongjin could clearly see how reckless Logan’s actions were. As if cold water was suddenly poured onto his dazed head, his mind returned to reality in an instant.

‘That crazy guy!’

Seongjin, who was frightened, used all his strength to pull the Aura of the passage back to this side.

There was no more measuring back and forth.

We have to stop Logan’s foolish actions!

Grumble!

As the Aurors left the passage, the speed at which Gehenna’s flames rushed towards them accelerated even more.

But Seongjin didn’t care one bit.

How about following Gehenna down here? Just like this, I will go beyond my body and burn all of this damn demon species to the ground!

[…] Ah, this is how you do it. In the end, it ends up like this.]

The demon lord watched in silence for a moment and sighed in a somewhat sad voice.

fantasy,