The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 210

"Hoo, it's up."

Oz muttered, looking up at the sky amidst the city that had become a mess, swept by the storm.

In the sky, a huge cylindrical cloud with its top and bottom pierced through was created due to the influence of the storm wielded by Ziz.

The power of the storm created by Ziz was so strong that the cylindrical cloud looked like a bridge connecting the sky and the earth.

Oz chuckled, looking at the single piece of bright light entering the bottom of the cloud.

'To go up so unhesitatingly, that one is really amazing.'

Oz had only seen the fight between Lee Shin and Ziz for a moment through the faint shadow reflected in the clouds.

But if the sight of something that transcended natural phenomena was merely the aftermath of a fight, it was hard to even guess what kind of fight was going on in there.

'It would definitely be fun to see such a huge amount of magic power moving…'

Oz looked at the cloud where Cheon Yuhwa and Lee Shin were with intrigued eyes, then lightly shook her head as if to scold herself.

She could only go there after completely neutralizing and binding the last ten knights.

"Sigh, that pigeon keeps creating wind, so all the important ones have flown away. Does that divine beast not have a concept of being on the same side?"

"It does."

At Oz's words, a small voice answered.

Where the voice came from, Raven was flapping her pitch-black wings slightly, her gaze fixed on the sky.

"But the only one the divine beast recognizes as an ally is me."

"Because you were the core of the summoning ritual?"

"Yes."

Raven nodded her head.

It was flowing from all over Raven's appearance that she was only answering her words because someone had told her to.

"Then if you had told the divine beast not to attack the knights, they could have been safe?"

"Yes, but they were people who had to be caught anyway, so I didn't."

'Well, in the first place, oppa had angered the divine beast to the core, so it's questionable whether it would have had the mind to listen to my request.'

Raven thought that, then closed her mouth as if her role was done, and stared endlessly at the inside of the cloud where Lee Shin would be.

"Hmm?"

At that stone-like appearance, Oz let out a small snort as if she found it cute.

Because although she looked blunt and difficult to handle on the outside, she already knew the magic spell to move Raven.

"If you catch these guys quickly, I think Lee Shin, I mean, your oppa, will be happy and call you a good little sister~"

"…Alright."

At Oz's words, Raven answered in a grumbling voice.

Although she was aware that she was being used, it was difficult to refuse.

"Are you planning on finding the knight commanders?"

"That's right. It seems it will take some time because we have to find the ones who have disappeared far away, but it's a necessary thing."

"No, it won't take that long."

At Oz's words, Raven shook her head and lightly shook the empty bottle with no contents and the familiar screen.

"I've already attached a receiver to those ten and fed them poison. The poison has probably spread by now, so we just need to find them and bind them."

At Raven's words, Oz looked at her with a dumbfounded expression.

And she suddenly felt a very familiar feeling.

Specifically, the unpredictable course of action, the inorganic pupils that were nonchalant even after committing something, and other things were quite similar to someone.

Even the shameless appearance after causing trouble.

'How did he end up with a younger sister like that?'

Oz thought that and recalled Lee Shin's appearance when she first saw him.

Although it was for a short time, the power Lee Shin had shown far exceeded Oz's expectations.

On top of that, the killing intent she had felt from the direction of the cloud a little while ago was so creepy that she had momentarily forgotten that Lee Shin was on the same side.

But still, what couldn't be done, couldn't be done, was Oz's thought.

Lee Shin had split one of Ziz's pupils and made a black hole in its wing.

But to do that, Lee Shin had to cross the line of death several times and become a complete mess.

A little while ago, she had checked his condition through the choker Lee Shin was wearing, and it was a state where it was strange that he wasn't dead.

'So I sent Alice, but… I wonder if it's okay.'

Oz thought for a moment, then judged that it would be better to do her role and got up and got on her broom.

And Raven, seeing that, flapped her wings.

Just as Ziz was wielding a storm in the sky, an earthquake occurred in the direction where Behemoth was, and the ground split and shook, and a rain of rough poison fell from where Leviathan was, and all the water in the city was gathering.

"Hah, if there were usable guild members, I wouldn't have had to move myself. Well, if we do it separately, can we finish it in 3 minutes?"

"Probably."

Oz and Raven, who had finished their short coordination, flew into the sky and moved to capture the knight commanders respectively.

And Lee Shin, who had received all of Raven's worries a little while ago, was in a much better condition thanks to being sprinkled with a potion that was very painful but very effective, which Crowley had made himself, until his whole body was soaked.

"Hey."

Specifically, to the extent that he could somehow speak with a dying voice.

Cheon Yuhwa, who saw that, thought about whether to knock him out or not, and then decided to knock him out.

"I have a plan."

"…What is it?"

But at Lee Shin's words, she decided to let him live for now.

"To catch that one, we need a big blow, don't you agree?"

Because considering Ziz's size and regenerative power, a small attack would be easily recovered.

"Yes."

As Cheon Yuhwa nodded her head at his words, Lee Shin smiled and said the way to land a big blow that he had thought of.

"You're crazy."

And he was roundly cursed.

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"The guild members?"

"Of course, they've all been sent back already."

At Crowley's words, Arachne said with a smile.

And with one hand, she swept her wet hair up.

"Those people would die if they were in this thick poison for just 10 minutes. Well, for me, it's a chance to taste a lot of new poison after a long time, so I'm just happy."

Arachne said that and lightly licked her upper lip.

She could taste the bitter and unique taste of the poison.

'Hmm, if it's this kind of taste, the effects are paralysis, pain, and hallucination?'

Arachne calmly deduced the components of the poison and spun a new web.

Thousands of webs spread out, tying and holding Leviathan's body, and the threads dug into the gaps in its scales and stuck.

The webs that dug into Leviathan's scales turned into thousands of fangs and poured a huge amount of fire poison into Leviathan's body.

VIAAAAAAA--!!!

At the pain of its skin burning, Leviathan let out a roar mixed with anger and roared at the sky again.

Then, the color of the rain began to slowly turn green.

"Hey, Arachne! If you're going to use poison, use it properly! This one is trying to neutralize your poison with its own poison again!"

"Wait! It's a big one, and it has a high resistance to various poisons, so it's tricky to make a poison that will kill it!"

"Then don't use poison!"

"Not a chance!"

Arachne shouted at Uriel with fiery eyes.

"A mere water snake dares to use the name of the king of poison in front of me, how can I just leave a guy like that alone?"

"Hey, you stubborn fool!"

Saying that, Uriel flapped her wings and added strength to the speed generated by falling from above.

The platinum staff, [Pure White], emitted light and amplified the buffs on Uriel's whole body.

Then, for a moment, a huge power, not inferior to Hercules, dwelled in Uriel's body.

Kwaaaang--!!!

Uriel brought down that power on Leviathan's head.

At that impact, Leviathan's head went down slightly, and the scales where Uriel had hit were completely broken and scattered into the air.

At that impact, Leviathan was angry and tried to bite Uriel, but Uriel quickly moved her wings and escaped Leviathan's mouth.

At that, Leviathan moved the falling rain of poison to try to kill Uriel.

But the moment the rain gathered and turned into a spear to pierce Uriel.

Hwioooo-

The wind blew and the trajectory of the spear changed, and the debris of the broken building moved and received the water spear, absorbing the water.

"It's a bit frustrating that two of the things I can use are blocked."

-No! This is better!

-Don't worry! We'll work harder!

Diz grumbled, but the brown-haired girl and the light green-haired girl giggled as if they were happy to have Diz all to themselves.

As if responding to the girls' words, the wind formed the shape of a drill and pierced Leviathan's body, and the earth rose and held Leviathan's body.

While they were attacking Leviathan in their own ways and drawing its attention, Crowley got on Leviathan's back and ran on it.

While moving like that, Crowley said, with his hand lightly touching the gaps between the bones and the core of the muscles that the [Eye of the One-Eyed Giant] was showing him.

"Shoot."

Kwaaaang--!!!

At Crowley's words, the pile bunker attached to his arm pierced Leviathan's scales with a powerful force and shoved a stake larger than a human forearm into it.

At the pain of its flesh being pierced, Leviathan writhed its body and rampaged, attacking Crowley with the falling rain.

But Crowley, who had already finished his business, moved quickly with an artifact, deflected the attacks, and escaped from behind Leviathan's back with only minimal injuries.

"How many have you put in now?"

"79."

Crowley answered Arachne's words and replaced the stake of the pile bunker.

Although it was with one hand, Crowley skillfully put a stake enchanted with explosion magic into the pile bunker.

"How many do we have to do in total?"

Cheolkeok-

"500."

Crowley reloaded the pile bunker.

"As a result of observation, at least 500 stakes must be detonated at once to finish that one."

"500…"

"If it's just to inflict a fatal wound, 300 should be enough."

At Crowley's words, Arachne let out a hollow laugh.

"It's so much fun to use my strength to my heart's content like this after a long time, but hearing such a specific number makes me feel a bit overwhelmed."

Even though the four of them were attacking together, Leviathan was still roaring fiercely as if it were overflowing with strength.

No, on the contrary, it seemed to be getting stronger the more they fought.

The rain of poison, which had been just a drizzle at first, had now turned into a downpour and was soaking their soles.

This didn't mean that their strength was lacking.

On the contrary, it was more surprising that only four of them had fought so hard against Leviathan.

'Still, there's definitely a chance of victory. I don't know if our stamina will hold up, but if we keep dragging it on like this…'

While Crowley was calculating and observing the situation, a signal rang from their chokers at the same time.

-Hey, are you doing it right?

'Lee Shin?'

The four, including Crowley, were surprised by Lee Shin's sudden communication.

But what was more surprising was Lee Shin's next words.

-Uhm, I'm sorry, but I don't have much time right now. So I'll just tell you the main points.

At Lee Shin's words, they argued, asking what he was trying to do again, but Lee Shin, as always, ignored all their words and said only what he had to say.

-Don't get crushed, and survive on your own.

With those final words, Lee Shin ended the communication.

Was it because he was a guy who nonchalantly did the unexpected?

Crowley felt his head ache from a sudden headache.

'By the way, what does he mean by 'don't get crushed'?'

Simultaneously with Crowley having that thought, they, no, they and Leviathan, felt something and looked up.

Swaaaa-

What was in the sky was a black dark cloud that was raining down the rain of poison that Leviathan had called with its authority.

At that, they were slightly relieved, when they heard something's roar.

ZIAAAAAAAAA--!!!

And then, a pure white, huge bird, crushed by a huge sphere of light, screamed and pierced through the dark clouds, falling towards them.

Jjeoeok-

At that sight, even Leviathan's mouth dropped open.