How to Survive as a Genius Spy in the Game Chapter 293 - Great Devil (2)

The grotesque darkness was still lingering where we had disappeared. I quickly move while holding Erendil’s hand.

I could see unclear soil flying up where we passed.

To the eye, it felt more like mist flying up rather than soil.

It seemed the Great Devil was experimenting on us. Whether its attacks would work or not. Fortunately, those attacks didn’t reach us.

Still, it didn’t follow us for long. Erendil prepared to throw the spear. This time, the Great Devil was the target again.

“I’m going.”

Erendil, in position, nodded. Without further words, she starts her run-up. I focus on Erendil’s movements like before.

Legs, torso, whole body used for the throw, I deactivate the amulet just before Erendil releases the spear from her hand.

Back to the world. Boom-! A sound like some explosion reached my ears. The ground where we were was torn up.

Dust was scattering around. I thought I knew how the situation had unfolded.

Right after we entered the season that doesn’t exist in the world again, the Great Devil had been intercepting us intermittently. This time, it seemed the timing was off.

We had to consider ourselves lucky. Thinking about it, the Great Devil isn’t stupid either. Seeing us move, it must have felt that its attacks weren’t working.

I thought it might have aimed its attack for when we came out, not so much knowing the timing but aiming to catch us by chance.

Since we were moving towards its back, it wouldn’t be strange for us to come out at any time.

‘If it can sense us, it might recognize when we’re preparing to throw the spear too.’

It might be a bit more difficult from now on. I wondered if we should pretend to throw the spear. Anyway, the timing was okay this time.

Erendil threw the spear without panic. Teme’s Spear left Erendil’s hand. I hoped this explosion and dust would cover us.

The spear flying with a whooshing sound was fierce. The scattering dust swirled following the path the spear had passed. A clear line of sight opens up along the spear’s trajectory in the middle of the dust.

The Great Devil flinched. It twists its body. The spear touched its body. I saw it clearly this time.

But it wasn’t a perfect hit. The Great Devil dodged, so it only grazed its shoulder. Darkness splattered like blood from its shoulder.

It’s become harder to hit with the spear than before. I was worried. If this is how it is on the second try, won’t we miss on the third?

“You!”

The Great Devil runs towards us. Erendil retrieved the spear. I wrapped myself in winds and dodged with Erendil.

The reason we didn’t immediately return to the season that doesn’t exist in the world was to grasp the battle situation and manage the Sword Masters’ condition.

“Don’t protect us!”

The Sword Masters approaching to protect us hesitate. They weren’t all in good shape. Even if they were holding out, their opponent was the Great Devil.

Even if they tried to fight safely, it wouldn’t go as planned. We needed to give them a moment to catch their breath.

The Great Devil’s charge just now was very threatening, but this time it wasn’t as terrifying as before. I’m a Sword Master too.

Having experienced it once, it wasn’t difficult to catch the timing to return to the season that doesn’t exist in the world.

While blocking the darkness surging from the ground with Sword Energy, I observe the battlefield with winds. And when the Great Devil approached within a certain distance, I breathed mana into the amulet.

We returned to the season that doesn’t exist in the world again. Erendil staggered for a moment. She looked strained.

“Are you alright?”

“It’s getting a bit harder, it wasn’t this bad when we practiced.”

“It must be because of the Great Devil.”

Originally, training and actual combat are different. You get more tense and pour all your energy into it, so your stamina drops faster.

Moreover, Erendil wasn’t a being strong enough to withstand the Great Devil’s killing intent.

It wasn’t strange that her mental strength was depleting faster than during training. I was a bit worried.

It didn’t seem like the Great Devil would fall after doing this once or twice more. But with Erendil’s current state…

It seemed like Erendil might collapse before we could deal a proper blow to the Great Devil. Perhaps sensing my gaze, Erendil waved her hand.

“I’m still fine.”

“You need to tell me if it gets hard.”

“How could I do that? They’re fighting out there risking their lives, I too must risk my life.”

“Your Majesty.”

As I looked at her silently, Erendil smiled.

“I’ll tell you when a dangerous moment comes.”

The conversation didn’t continue further. It was better to aim for the Great Devil than to have this kind of exchange. Erendil’s words weren’t wrong either. It’s just that I didn’t like it.

Anyway, even though this attack didn’t hit properly, the outside situation was unfolding better than expected.

‘It looks like it will fall soon.’

The devil of slaughter was running away from the Sword Masters. Rather than facing them head-on, it focused on killing imperial soldiers while avoiding them.

It seemed to be trying to recover its strength through slaughter. But it looked like a meaningless action.

Due to the big hit from Teme’s Spear, even its movement speed wasn’t the same as before. It will fall in a few minutes.

And if three more Sword Masters are added against the Great Devil, the fight will become even easier.

‘If six people pressure it, the hit rate of the spear will increase too.’

I held Erendil’s hand and aimed for the Great Devil’s back again. It seemed like it would become a dangerous repetitive task.

***

“…It dodged again.”

Erendil spoke in a tired voice. I had nothing to say. It was exactly as she said. After the first two times, the Great Devil had dodged three spear throws.

The situation wasn’t good. The devil of slaughter was still alive. It was on the verge of collapsing, though.

And Erendil’s mental strength seemed to be depleted now. I realized why I didn’t feel as terrified as before.

It was because all of the Great Devil’s killing intent was pouring towards Erendil. It seemed she couldn’t maintain it any longer.

Erendil was staggering even though I was holding her hand. It was similar to Terka from the old days. I pondered briefly.

And I made a decision in my heart. We can’t maintain this state. There’s still fighting left to do.

For Erendil’s sake and for our sake, it seemed we should stop staying in the season that doesn’t exist in the world.

“Your Majesty, we’re going to leave.”

“I’ll prepare.”

“That’s not what I mean. You need to rest, even if just for a moment.”

“No.”

“You must do as I say.”

I looked at Erendil with a resolute face.

“That’s how we’ll create an opportunity. In this state, it will only have a negative impact.”

It’s not that we didn’t anticipate this situation. We thought of hundreds, thousands of scenarios, to exaggerate a bit.

The contact person from ‘Star Cluster’ had a Mystic Power called hideout, and we decided Erendil would hide there if the battle situation wasn’t good.

“Rest for just 10 minutes. The devil of slaughter will fall soon.”

The contact person is with Cedric. We confirmed that Cedric’s ‘healing’ affects mental exhaustion too.

It won’t recover completely, but 10 minutes should be enough to fight again.

“…Alright.”

As soon as Erendil nodded, I picked her up.

“Sch-Schurtafen!”

“I’ll move quickly.”

For the sake of the Sword Masters fighting, we had to go back and forth quickly. I ran through the blurry world.

The Great Devil didn’t chase us. Rather, it started moving roughly. I could understand its intention.

‘Whether it catches us first or the Sword Masters first, the result won’t change.’

We and the three Sword Masters outside were in a relationship where if one side falls, the other side falls too.

Without Teme’s Spear, there’s no guarantee we could catch it even if three more were added for six Sword Masters to attack together.

“I’ll see you in 10 minutes.”

Back in the clear world, I guided Erendil to Emmet and turned around. I need to rejoin quickly.

“Don’t die.”

“Don’t worry.”

My hands were itching. I had witnessed the Great Devil’s terror, but I couldn’t participate in combat for Erendil’s sake.

I dash out like a gale with the assistance of winds. The scenery changes as if the ground is folding.

In the distance, I saw Faorn being flung away. Blood splattered from his body. It was not a small injury. The Great Devil had targeted him.

I ran at full speed and raised Moonlight. The blooming full moon wasn’t just one.

Inspired by the Eastern Sword Master before, I block the approaching massive darkness with five full moons. It was difficult to block alone, but there was no problem.

Rudehrn and Mondegreen stood beside me. They didn’t look in good shape either.

I had never seen Rudehrn and Mondegreen panting like this. Their hands holding the swords were trembling slightly.

“Sir, let’s switch.”

“Carl…”

Faorn got up, composing himself, and raised his sword. Rudehrn asked me.

“Where’s Her Majesty?”

“She’s in a safe place.”

Rudehrn nodded and gestured to Faorn.

“Old man, go in and rest, it’s time for the young ones to shine.”

“You rascal.”

“It was hard because of the old man, but it’s good a young one came. Right, Mondegreen?”

“Now we can win.”

Even in this urgent situation, a playful banter continues. But it couldn’t last long. The Great Devil was moving.

“Rest quickly and come back.”

I said that and ran out. Rudehrn and Mondegreen followed on either side of me for Faorn’s safe retreat.

“We must prevent it from reaching the main camp!”

“I know!”

Moonlight strikes the darkness. But I didn’t feel like it cut deeply. And the sword made of darkness that the Great Devil swung was right before my eyes.

The moment I kick off the winds’ foothold, I draw a moon to block it. But the impact was beyond imagination.

I flew 10m in the air. It was just a moment of clash, but I developed respect for the Sword Masters.

Moving in the season that doesn’t exist in the world was arduous, but they had been fighting this thing for over 10 minutes.

‘I was crazy too.’

Still, there was an inexplicable elation. Should I call it excitement? Hmm, the expression ‘longing for battle’ would fit.

Strength entered my hand holding the sword. I wanted to succeed in attacking the Great Devil. Of course, it looked difficult.

‘But now…’

The fortunate point was that Denif’s side had finally caught the devil of slaughter. They didn’t look in good shape either.

Still, they looked much better compared to Rudehrn or Mondegreen. We can’t compare the Great Devil and a devil after all.

The Great Devil had been staring at that direction with an expressionless face since the devil of slaughter died. Was it angry? It didn’t rush at us first.

Even if I wanted to fight, it was for Rudehrn and Mondegreen’s rest. Our immediate goal was to hold out.

“Finally, reinforcements are coming.”

Mondegreen grumbled. Rudehrn nodded too.

“How much time did we waste on such a lowlife? We should have gone there.”

Of course, we can’t call a devil a lowlife. And it would have been the same if Rudehrn and Mondegreen had gone.

The devil of slaughter had been flying and buying time since it was hit by Teme’s Spear.

“It’s finally complete.”

And the Great Devil’s chilling voice was heard. Complete? What on earth? The question soon led to the darkness-dyed plain.

It was something we were worried about. We were concerned that it might summon another devil using the dead soldiers on the plain as sacrifices.

However, saying it’s complete now that the devil of slaughter is dead meant that the purpose of this plain was different from what we expected.

The darkness of the plain churned. It started to swallow the devil of slaughter. And the soldiers who had become corpses too.

‘Don’t tell me…’

Because I had destroyed the Great Devil’s orb, its body condition wasn’t the same as in the past. And I didn’t think it could restore that.

But looking at the current situation, it seemed the purpose of this plain and the corpses of the devil and soldiers was to recover the Great Devil’s power.

The Great Devil wouldn’t tell us even if we asked. There was only one thing we could do now.

“Attack! We must attack!”

I kicked off the ground and ran out. We weren’t stupid enough to wait for a transformation or sacrifice to be completed.

Rudehrn and Mondegreen, recognizing that the situation was ominous, followed me. But it was meaningless.

Boom-! Suddenly the plain shook as if an earthquake had occurred. And darkness rose from all over the plain and started gathering towards the Great Devil at tremendous speed.

The black sphere that was created looked like an egg. And though I desperately fired Sword Energy, I couldn’t even make a scratch.

“…Damn it.”