I Became the Patron of Villains

151. Assault (2)

An event that happened without warning.

Alon couldn’t understand the current situation.

His brow furrowed involuntarily.

He saw the Scorpion breaking through the wall and coming inside.

It was darker and more ominous than he remembered, but it was definitely the Scorpion.

A monstrosity possessing the artifact of ‘Pride’.

‘Why is the monstrosity here?’

As far as Alon knew, the Scorpion should have been hibernating in its cave until the protagonist came to deal with it.

In other words, it shouldn’t be roaming around like this.

Alon, who couldn’t understand the situation at all.

“Oh……Oppa?”

He turned to look at Seolang, who was nearby, at the sound of her voice.

Seolang, who had been holding Kamangi until a moment ago, was staring at the Scorpion with trembling eyes, as if she couldn’t believe it.

Following her gaze, Alon turned his head,

‘Ah-‘

Only then did he realize that there was a Langin on top of the Scorpion.

A Langin with ash-gray hair.

The moment he recognized that existence.

“!”

The man looked at Alon and grinned slyly before disappearing, leaving behind a black lightning bolt.

“Acceleration.”

Alon instinctively formed a seal and stepped back.

An instinctive movement, without even a moment to think.

And that saved Alon’s life.

“`

BOOM-!!

A black lightning bolt struck the spot where Alon had been, just by a hair’s breadth.

“Wow- you’re quick! Honestly, I didn’t think you’d react. What a shame.”

The ground was completely shattered.

Through the rising dust, a man walked out with a deep smile on his lips.

At the man’s relaxed demeanor, Alon quickly racked his brain.

But no matter how hard he tried, Alon couldn’t recall the identity of the Langin tribe member who appeared before him.

No, it wasn’t that he couldn’t recall.

‘…Is it a situation like Duke Komalon?’

He was a character who didn’t appear in the original work.

Realizing this, Alon wore a tense expression.

“…Who are you?”

The Langin tribe member, who had completely emerged from the dust, slowly opened his lips.

“Me? Well, how should I introduce myself? The brother of the guy standing behind you with a dumbfounded look? Or should I say- an apostle serving the Great Pride?”

“…An apostle?”

Alon’s mind grew complicated.

He had only heard a few pieces of information, but he had already begun to infer the situation from those two words.

But-

“Sulgak, oh, brother?”

When Sulrang muttered once more, Alon’s gaze naturally turned to her.

Sulrang’s eyes were trembling slightly as she confirmed the apostle’s face.

However.

Unlike Sulrang, the man called Sulgak still had a relaxed expression.

“Yes, Sulrang. It’s your brother.”

“How, how?”

She asked back as if she couldn’t believe the situation at all.

As if drifting in a dream, dazedly.

However, Sulgak didn’t erase the smile from his lips, as if he didn’t care about Sulrang’s reaction.

“What are you curious about, sister? Are you curious about why I’m alive? But unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like we have much time to catch up. I have things to do.”

He turned to look at Alon instead.

“!”

He appeared before him again.

Seolgak thrust his fist towards Alon’s heart without hesitation.

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A speed so fast that even Alon couldn’t react.

But that fist did not pierce Alon’s heart.

“…What are you doing, oppa?”

It was because Seolang had blocked Seolgak’s fist.

“…Bingo.”

Seolgak’s smile deepened.

“…What are you doing?”

“What do you mean, I’m doing what needs to be done.”

“Needs to be done?”

Seolgak tapped his sister’s head with his other hand as if to say she didn’t understand.

“Yes, what needs to be done. To make my sister reborn as a ‘great being,’ it’s something that must be done.”

Seolang’s face still showed confusion.

Seolgak sighed as if disappointed.

“Really- you are a troublesome sister, both then and now. I had everything prepared in advance, and yet you still haven’t ‘broken’ and are holding up well.”

“What on earth are you talking about-”

Seolang’s voice trembled.

Her eyes were filled with confusion.

But regardless of what emotions Seolang showed.

“Well- don’t try to understand, sister. From now on, I will make you into a being that suits you.”

Seolgak grinned.

“!”

At that moment, Alon recalled the conversation he had with the golden dragon, Lainisius.

‘Not at all. The bodies they will possess are created by the apostles in the first place.’

‘…Apostles?’

‘Yes, they often mentally break those with high talent to make it easier for them to descend.’

A short conversation.

Recalling that conversation did not allow Alon to grasp everything.

There was still no information about the ‘Apostle of Pride’ in front of him, and the same went for Seollang’s past.

All he knew was that her village had been completely destroyed for some reason.

It meant that there was currently an absurd lack of information to make a proper judgment of cause and effect.

However, if there was one thing he could clearly predict.

“Well then- let’s put the most precious thing aside for now. Let’s start by sorting out the rags that our little sister worked so hard to sew.”

-That was what was going to happen next.

Soon.

Crackle-!

Black lightning flashed, and the guild building where the Golden Mane tribe gathered began to explode in an instant.

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At that moment.

There was chaos in the royal castle of the colony as well.

“What on earth is that-!”

Carsem’s eyes widened.

A gigantic monstrosity had already crushed all the walls, ravaged the capital, and was now invading the inner castle.

Fear, terror, and helplessness dominated his entire being.

Even though he had learned magic for a little over half a year and reached the first rank, there was nothing he could do in this situation.

Therefore, Carsem, who was watching the monstrosity grow larger in his sight.

“Your Highness! You must take cover!”

At the belated cry of the knight, he let out a short groan and turned his body.

He also wanted to fight that monstrosity, but he already knew.

If he fought it now, it would only be a meaningless death, and if he did something so senseless, only more knights following him would die.

Unlike before, Carsem was now fully aware of the responsibility that came with the power of his position as a prince.

Thinking that he had to make a rational decision, he turned his body.

“We must evacuate until the Baba Yagas arrive!”

He joined the knights.

At that moment.

“Gasp-!”

He turned his gaze at the sound of a groan.

The one who made the sound was a young maid.

A girl, whimpering on the ground, possibly with a sprained ankle.

The child had somehow entered the inner fortress and was now looking up at the Scorpion that had invaded the garden with helpless and fearful eyes.

At that moment, Karsem’s steps slowed.

Of course, he knew even then.

Even if he went now, the chances of saving that maid were incredibly low.

So, going to save that maid was something only a fool would do.

Even knowing that, Karsem hesitated.

Of course, he knew he wasn’t a hero.

He knew he was a man without the power to become a hero.

But even knowing that, the scene from that time kept replaying in Karsem’s mind.

The image of Marquis Palatio and Seolang, who had saved Filian from facing death without a moment’s hesitation.

The image of him saving the Merkilian territory without any regard for his own safety, without any compensation.

What about himself?

Why had he, who had been a walking pig, worked so hard for the past six months?

Karsem had been running all this time because he wanted to be like that.

“Prince!”

“Run forward!”

As he shouted those words, Karsem pulled out the wand from his bosom and summoned the wind.

For someone who had learned magic for less than half a year, he implemented the magic very skillfully and quickly grabbed the young maid,

“Hup-!”

and rolled to the side.

Boom!

The giant pincers of the Scorpion struck at the perfect timing.

Sizzle-!

Seeing the floor turn black and oxidize as soon as the pincers struck, Karsem immediately got up and ran madly towards the ornamental well connected to the underground waterway.

‘If I go down the underground waterway, it won’t be able to follow…!’

He chanted another spell and froze the ground.

In an instant, an ice path formed between the well and Karsem.

He slid his body to dodge the monster’s attack once more and was about to throw himself into the waterway.

“Ah.”

He soon wore a look of despair.

Because the entrance to the well he had desperately reached had collapsed and was blocked due to the recent shock.

Before he knew it, the shadow of the monstrosity loomed over his head.

Karseem saw the monstrosity once again aiming its pincers at him.

At that moment, he gritted his teeth.

“You held out well.”

“…Huh?”

Karseem discovered.

The girl with the alien eyes on her back who appeared before him.

And.

Dozens of golden tubes pushing back the Scorpion’s pincers.

■■■■■■■■■■■■■■-!!!!

The Scorpion, enraged by its inability to get its way, let out a maddening roar and swung its pincers wildly.

The golden tubes summoned by the relentless attack began to break one by one.

“Hmm- It would be troublesome if something like this happened while the Godfather is resting.”

Rine did not lose her composure.

…If it had been a day earlier, she wouldn’t have been able to remain so calm in such a situation.

It was clear that the ability she had gained after fully awakening her ‘eye’ alone would not be enough to stop the Scorpion.

Today, there was only one reason Rine could remain calm.

Yesterday, when Alon left for the ruins.

Rine found the hidden ruins somewhere in this desert through the first clue given after the ‘Traveler’s Eye’ awakened.

She was able to uncover secrets that didn’t even exist in the library.

The information she obtained from the ruins was not much.

No, there were only two things.

That the ‘Traveler’s Eye’ was the ‘key’ and a way to partially activate the ‘eye’.

But even that little information was enough.

Even if she didn’t know how to use this Traveler’s Eye, she knew the being she could summon through it.

Therefore.

“Well, I needed to experiment with the new fact I learned anyway. This is perfect.”

With a relaxed face.

“────Gather.”

The sentence was uttered.

And with it.

Wooong-!

A halo formed from the giant eye behind Rine.

Soon, countless golden pipes burst forth around it, beginning to create a certain shape.

The first thing to form was the skeleton.

Another layer of golden pipes twisted and wrapped around the skeleton.

Again, countless golden pipes tangled and intertwined chaotically, taking shape.

Thus.

What was finally completed was a gate so massive it easily surpassed the height of the city walls.

And then.

Kugugugugugugugug-!!!!!!

“The Ilanef Empire’s magical engineering weapon. ‘Pluto.’”

With an earth-shattering roar, the round gate opened.

What emerged from within was something that even the Scorpion would be overwhelmed by-

“……A hand?”

Even Karsem, who was filled with despair, looked up blankly at the sky. It was a mechanical hand.

A gigantic mechanical hand made of countless parts and golden pipes, as if it could grasp the sky with one hand.

Its mere existence made the world feel alien, a vast hand that could eclipse the sun descended upon the sky above the royal castle.

“Limited deployment.”

At Rine’s command.

“Divine punishment.”

The imposing hand of God shot down to the ground.

To punish the abomination that should not exist in this world.

Kwaaa-!!!