The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

68.

“Uh…”

Stepping into the new station, I frowned at the sudden heat I felt.

It wasn’t to the point of being damaged thanks to the Flame Ruler skill, but the air that was full of sticky heat was unpleasant, like a midsummer wind.

Also, the scenery around me had completely changed before I knew it.

“This···”

Even though I must have entered the cave, I could see the red sky above my head.

Also, white sand was laid on the floor.

And on both sides of that sand, red lava flowed like a river.

It is by no means a sight to be seen in a cave at the foot of a mountain.

No, a view that could not be seen on this earth before.

But I’ve been to places like this before.

The spirit realm where the fire spirit lives.

The scenery there was similar to this.

It’s just that it’s a crazy place where flames fall from the sky in a pure volcanic area.

Compared to that, the sacred place of Jujak was a little calmer, and the white sandy beach contrasting with the lava added a strange mystique.

“·······”

I finished my search and started walking.

There was also an arrow guiding the quest, but even without it, the way forward was clear.

Like a road that splits the sea, there was only one white sandy road on the sea of lava.

“Crossing lava… is it impossible?”

I went near the lava as a test.

But that heat didn’t reach me either.

In other words, even if I submerge myself in lava, I won’t be burned to death.

However, to enter the real lava, the depth was the problem.

You can’t tell how deep it is just by looking at it, and swimming is impossible in lava, which is much more viscous than water.

So if you say you’re immune to flames and do something like diving there, you could end up drowning in lava.

So I decided not to do anything nonsense and quietly followed the path.

There are no level signs around.

Is it that there is no way that a mischievous demon exists as much as it is the divine role of Suzaku?

It wasn’t long after I thought about it.

“hmm?”

There was a change on the white sand road I had to go on.

The road itself remained unchanged, but flames gushed along it.

At first glance, it seems that several flames are blocking the way.

But if you look closely, the movement of the flames hitting the road is regular.

It’s like an action game where you avoid obstacles and head to your destination.

It was designed so that you could barely get past it by jumping left and rolling right at the sight of the flames, performing an unsightly dance.

Is this the master’s test?

“I made it pretty difficult.”

This path of flame was so intricate that even I couldn’t easily penetrate it.

Even with the lore of Arhats, the basic ability to break through the flames, such as jumping power and reaction speed, was still lacking.

In terms of level… about 20?

At this level, it was worthy of being called the Suzaku’s test.

Of course, it was a story that had nothing to do with me.

“then···”

I lightly loosened my ankle.

I wanted to pretend to avoid it if I had to.

This seemed too difficult for me to just pass the time, so I decided to just ignore it.

Subsequently, the clothes and shoes were protected by the walls of Jericho.

This was to prevent burning.

And then,

fault!

It was just galloping.

Immediately, fierce flames attacked me from all sides.

They didn’t do any damage and passed me like an illusion.

Then the floor exploded and lava gushed out.

But I just moved forward, covering it all over my body.

“hmm···”

For some reason, I felt like I had been in a hot spring for a moment.

However, it didn’t feel very good because I felt like I had gone in with my clothes on.

A shower of flames then covered his vision, and flamethrower-like flares emanated from the left and right.

I moderately avoided it, being careful not to burn my clothes.

So I ran through all the obstacles in a straight line, and the long road of flames ended in an instant.

“after···”

After running for about three minutes without stopping, I let out a long sigh.

As expected, choosing the test of the master was the correct answer.

With fire immunity, I never thought it would be this easy.

Before I knew it, there was a door in front of me.

At the end of the white sand road, there was a huge iron gate on a high wall made of sand.

Also, the door was burning red hot.

Could it be that opening this is also a test?

Thinking so, I just opened the door with my bare hands.

It’s a little heavy, but not so much that I couldn’t open it.

Hey hey-

I opened the door and went inside.

A space where white sand stretches like a plain.

In the middle of it, there was a huge fire bird, Jujak.

“That’s…”

Zhu Zhao stood on the ground with two feet, but the height of his head reached 3 meters.

There, flames like feathers covered its entire body, and at the end of its three-pronged tail, there was a pattern resembling pupils.

It’s a new story, but it looks similar to the phoenix and phoenix I saw in another world.

Phoenix was also a fire spirit with a fairly high hierarchy, but what about that one?

With that thought in mind, I checked the level.

60 levels.

In terms of age, it was a level corresponding to the enemy age, and was quite high.

But that’s just higher than me.

It was too ambiguous a level to be called a god.

If so, is it like an alter ego?

while I’m thinking about it

“Keee!”

Recognizing me, Zuzak cries ferociously, spreads his wings, and emits flames.

A menacing look to anyone who sees it.

I thought it would be all about passing obstacles.

After all, even fighting against that thing and winning seems to be the test of the Suzaku.

But… is it possible?

I calmly observed the Suzaku.

Level 60 is twice my level.

No matter how much you have divine and traditional traditions, the difference is too great.

Fortunately, he had experience dealing with a monster in the form of a phoenix.

You will probably get used to that attack pattern after seeing it once or twice.

“I have no choice but to bump into it.”

I had no choice but to draw my sword.

Flames don’t work on me, so it wasn’t difficult to defend against his attacks anyway.

So, first of all, it was a plan to move defensively and put in a counterattack.

Then, as if he had waited, Jujak flew into the sky.

and,

“Chur-uh-”

It spewed flames out of its mouth.

Flames like the fire dragon’s breath.

Flames, like a warm wind to me, pass through the ground.

“Come down, kid.”

I didn’t deliberately avoid that breath, but provoked him in it.

Because while he was flying, there was nothing he could do.

Then, did he even understand what I was saying, or did he intuit that the flames didn’t work?

Like an eagle snatching prey, it descended with its claws out at me.

kang!

Suzaku’s claws collided with my sword.

Despite deliberately trying to shock, a considerable shock was transmitted to both hands.

“Tsk…!”

I immediately stepped back and adjusted my posture.

It was no different from a violent kick, but the hand that blocked it was tingling.

“Keeek!”

The zodiac soared into the sky again, then swooped down towards me.

Unlike the breath, it seems that the claw attack was judged to be effective against me.

But that made me laugh too much.

I don’t know if it was once.

My swordsmanship wasn’t stupid enough to allow the same attack twice.

shhh!

With the sound of cracking air, claws rushed toward my head.

I didn’t block it, but lowered my body as low as I could and moved forward to avoid it.

Positioning behind him, I immediately raised my sword and cut off the three tails rustling in front of my eyes.

however,

Kagak!

A strange sound came from the tip of the sword.

A noise like a sword hitting a piece of metal.

“Kieeh-”

Soon after, the crow flew up into the sky again.

There are only a few scratches on the tail of the Suzaku I cut.

Its thin tail hadn’t even been cut off.

“What is so hard?”

I muttered that and raised my sword towards the descending Suzaku again.

so many times

I evaded his attack and put a counterattack in the gap.

But each time, the sword felt like hitting a rock.

After all, is the level difference too big?

My sword attack wasn’t working properly for Suzaku.

Perhaps it was because of the huge difference in basic stats such as strength, stamina, or defense.

I feel like I got the wrong way while playing the game and ended up in the high level zone.

At least, it was a situation where the damage was only inflicted by using the Guardian’s blow, which ignores a certain percentage of the defense.

“This is difficult…”

I muttered as I watched the Suzaku fly up into the sky again.

If the Guardian strikes like this, it will only take damage.

Unfortunately, the skill had a limited number of uses.

Since it consumes spiritual power every time it is used, even if you use the tradition of the Mafuraga family, which restores all spiritual power and spiritual power, the number of times is less than 10.

However, that jujak has high defense, but also a lot of stamina.

Literally, it’s a monster that’s too high level for me to deal with.

“·······”

It can’t go on like this.

Thinking so, I looked at the skill and item window.

I was wondering if there was something useful.

And fortunately, there was one item that caught my eye.

＜+3 Equipment Enhancement Coupon＞

Enhances unenchanted equipment by three levels.

It was a quest reward I received after solving a voice phishing case in the past.

An item that I kept holding because I didn’t know which equipment to use.

But now, its use was all too clear.

Strengthen your weapon.

Isn’t it the only item that can fill the lack of attack power right now?

Also, if you strengthen an item, a random attribute is attached every 3 strong.

That’s why it’s a trait that can effectively attack Suzaku just by strengthening it.

For example, it could be aimed at attributes such as granting water properties to weapons or giving additional damage to beasts.

If you’re lucky, of course.

“Keeek!”

I dodged the claws of Zuzak, and immediately strengthened the Star Cloud Sword of Mystery in the Magic Cube’s reinforcement window.

Then, for an instant, an enhanced value was added to the star cloud sword of Myorang.

＜Star cloud sword of extinction +3＞

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Attack damage 60-90 -＞ 75-105

strength +15

Agility +15

wound effect

Attribute [King’s Guardian] Acquisition

Attribute [Double-edged Poison] acquired (newly added)

– Always grant Poison Lv.3 to the wearer

– Increases opponent’s poison level when attacking Lv.3

– When attacking a poisoned enemy, the poisoned status damage ignores all resistance values for 5 seconds

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Attack power also increased.

Is it 15.

Looking at the numbers, it wasn’t that high.

Based on the minimum damage, the rate of increase was 25%, which was quite good.

furthermore,

“This is a win.”

The random attachment feature came out quite useful.

it’s an addiction

For me, it was the first abnormal state characteristic.

Perhaps for this reason, a small help text was printed below the property description.

＜When the poisoning level reaches a certain level, you enter the poisoned state.＞

＜If the level is additionally accumulated while in the poisoned state, the poisoning damage increases and the duration increases.＞

Is it such a system?

In other words, the poison damage is not fixed, but increases gradually as the poison attack is performed.

In addition, the trait I obtained was a dangerous trait that gave poison damage to the opponent ignoring resistance instead of giving the attacker a penalty of poisoning.

The effect of the double-edged deadly poison, as the name suggests.

However, I have a Heart of Light skill that nullifies all status ailments.

So I was able to take only the gains without receiving the penalty.

“Keeek!”

Now fully descended to the ground, Zuzaku spread his wings and swung at me.

Perhaps he realized that my attack was not very threatening, and he was actively trying to launch an offensive.

It was a good opportunity for me.

Green venom came out of the blade with the applied attribute.

I grabbed my sword and looked at its wings.

An attack that takes over the entire space around me, including me.

So I rather dug into the body of Suzaku.

The height of the jujak is quite large.

So, the closer the attack with the wings is to the body, the more places to avoid.

Chow!

There were plenty of opportunities to attack at the same time.

In the short span of time I passed by Zuzak, I cut through the body of my black bastard several times.

“Kiyi!”

Then, the master shook his body as if he was annoyed.

It means that even after strengthening, the attack power is still insufficient.

But before I knew it, there was a graph that I hadn’t seen before.

A graph in which about half of the black bars are colored green.

Perhaps that one… seemed to indicate the level of poisoning.

In other words, half of the poisoning level has already been accumulated.

“also···”

Seeing that, I smiled with satisfaction.

In the explanation that the poisoning level accumulates with each attack, it was because a few moments ago, instead of inserting a powerful attack, he made several light attacks.

In response, I immediately switched to the offensive.

I got closer to the guy standing on the ground, avoiding its wings and claws, and thrusting my sword.

Then, in an instant, the addiction graph was painted green.

“Geee…”

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Jujak started to let out a bizarre groan.

It was a state abnormality.

But I didn’t stop there.

Rather, taking advantage of the slowness of his movements due to poisoning, he launched more attacks than before.

Then, belatedly, Jujak flew up into the sky.

No, that’s exactly what I was trying to do.

However, the poison level must have accumulated seriously, and the body flew into the air and shortly thereafter crashed back to the ground.

And… it didn’t move anymore.

“Are you dead?”

I tilted my head and approached him.

When I got closer, I saw that Jujak was still breathing.

But the fire-breathing, coughing, convulsing convulsions were just that of a sick, dying bird.

In response, I pierced his neck with the blow of a guardian, and as it did, Suzaku disappeared in smoke.

Then, what remained was an orange light like a light bulb.

Eventually, it was sucked in as if it were being absorbed by the bracelet I wore, the soul called the vessel of God.

＜You have defeated the spirit of Suzaku!＞

＜Sub Quest – Succession of the Four Four Gods (Suzaku) has been completed.＞

＜The spirit of Suzaku dwells in the bowl of the forged god.＞

Subsequently, such letters were printed in the log window, and at the same time, the energy of the divine station was greatly shaken.

The mysterious atmosphere of the divine station was slowly fading as if my job was done.

When I came to my senses, I was standing in the corner of Baeknokdam before I knew it.