Chapter 449: Chapter 449

‘Well, it’s not like I get to say anything about that...’

Choi Yeonseung quickly reflected on himself before preparing for the next attack. Any normal mortal would’ve been knocked down by his previous attack, but his foe was a constellation.

Defeating a constellation with one blow was almost impossible.

Stupid... subordinates!

The black magician constellation gathered dark magic power to heal his severe wounds.

You just let the enemy in! Not a single sentry stood watch properly!

The black magician constellation was actually being unfair to his subordinates. The liches had faithfully followed his orders, but Choi Yeonseung’s martial arts had exceeded everyone’s expectations, including the black magician constellation.

Come back!

Following the shout of the constellation, some of the undead troops outside the tomb quickly disintegrated and collapsed.

The constellation sacrificed some of his warriors in order to retrieve a portion of his power.

[The ‘Black Magician Who Shares Everything’ contaminates the surrounding magic power.]

[Dark magic power fills the space.]

True to his name, the black magician constellation could use powerful magic even when he was under attack. He unleashed his unique powerful magic to corrupt all the magic power inside the tomb, rendering everyone unable to use any magic except for black magic.

Even if the enemy could use black magic, they wouldn’t stand a chance against a constellation that specialized in black magic. As such, the power of the black magician constellation was truly frightening.

However, he wasn’t aware that the enemy wasn’t interested in magic at all.

‘What is he doing?’

Choi Yeonseung was confused about the tactic of the black magician constellation. He created internal energy within himself, and he never borrowed magic power from his environment.

As such, contaminating the surrounding magic power was meaningless against him.

[The power of the ‘Arrogant Light Elf’ strengthens ‘Dignity of Light.’]

[The power given to you by the ‘Warrior With a Hammer’ empowers the tip of your attack.]

[...]

[...]

The black magician constellation was struck by another devastating bolt of white concentrated energy.

***

[The ‘Arrogant Light Elf’ says that the black magician constellation has been hiding this whole time like a coward.]

[He tells you to move now!]

“!!!”

Barbagi, the household member of the elf constellation, was astonished to hear the truth. He hadn’t thought that a constellation would be hiding here.

“That despicable bastard!”

He gritted his teeth and rushed indignantly to the location of the black magician constellation along with the other household members.

Because their master had taken a few blows, the undead forces were in a state of confusion and were unable to stop them.

[The ‘Arrogant Light Elf’ points the way with light and orders you to pierce through.]

-I understand!

Barbagi sped along the path of light through the undead.

Looking at the commotion from the other side, it was clear that many household members besides Barbagi were rushing at lightning speed to deal with the black magician constellation.

‘Human, hold on a bit longer!’

Barbagi was running with all his might, but he thought that the chances of Choi Yeonseung still being alive weren’t great. Throughout the long history of the Abyss, mortals who confronted the constellations always met an unfortunate fate.

Future generations would praise the mortal as a great hero who had dared to confront a constellation, but that didn’t change the fact that the mortal had been obliterated because of their insubordination.

Choi Yeonseung had entered the constellation’s stronghold and uncovered a cowardly plot. In return, he would face the constellation’s wrath.

The mere thought of that caused Barbagi’s heart to ache.

Even in the world of the gray elves, where only the strongest survived, very few of them were at Choi Yeonseung’s level. In particular, it was rare for a mortal to properly command several hunter clans without there being any conflict.

It was certainly tragic to think that a hero like him, who could’ve done more good in the future, would suffer a painful death at the hands of that evil god constellation.

‘I’d rather have an angel like Illaphael take his place.’

Barbagi kept running, thinking that Illaphael would’ve been furious if she had heard that.

Bang!

“!”

The wall of the giant tomb collapsed in the distance and someone was thrown out.

Barbagi urgently shouted, “Master, please stop him! Choi Yeonseung will die!”

[The ‘Arrogant Light Elf’ wonders what you are talking about.]

“...??”

It was only then that Barbagi realized something was wrong. It wasn’t Choi Yeonseung who had been beaten up and thrown away.

To his surprise, it was the black magician constellation.

***

‘Deal as much damage as possible.’

Choi Yeonseung got a second chance to attack thanks to the misunderstanding of the black magician constellation and engaged in a close-range fight.

Given that his opponent was a constellation, Choi Yeonseung didn’t think he would manage to kill him in this fight.

‘If it goes beyond what he can handle, he’ll flee back to the Abyss on his own.’

Choi Yeonseung’s strategy was to stay on top of the black magician constellation and overwhelm him with continuous blows.

Surprisingly, even in this situation, Choi Yeonseung wasn’t greedy at all.

[The ‘Warrior With a Hammer’ praises your admirable restraint!]

[The ‘Monk Pursuing Glory’ shouts to stay calm and focus!]

The constellations had no choice but to admire how Choi Yeonseung conducted himself. To think that a household member could do this against a constellation...!

Choi Yeonseung extended his fist with a flash of light, smashing the shoulder of the black magician constellation with white concentrated energy. He followed up with an elbow strike, breaking through his magic shield.

[The ‘Black Magician Who Shares Everything’ casts ‘Dark Vision.’]

[The ‘Black Magician Who Shares Everything’ casts a curse that eats away at your origin.]

[The ‘Black Magician Who Shares Everything’...]

Suddenly, Choi Yeonseung’s vision went dark, and he felt like his internal energy was dispersing from within.

The black magician constellation had finally decided to just go for the kill instead of showing off his grandiose magic.

‘It’s not like I can’t withstand it.’

The black magician constellation had realized that Choi Yeonseung’s skill wasn’t magic, but he still hadn’t realized one more important thing.

Choi Yeonseung was also a constellation, so a few desperate abilities weren’t enough to stop him!

This is ridiculous...!

Unaware of the nature of his opponent, the black magician constellation was naturally baffled to see that Choi Yeonseung could still move. Why weren’t his powers working against a mere mortal?!

“You’re alive!” Barbagi shouted as he jumped in.

The other household members arrived one after another, Illaphael running the fastest. She jumped in to block any incoming attacks from the black magician constellation and grabbed Choi Yeonseung.

“???”

“Get back!”

“What... Is he trying to use some type of wide area skill?”

Choi Yeonseung was taken aback by Illaphael. It wasn’t like he wouldn’t notice if the black magician constellation would try to unleash something big.

The enemy was right in front of him, and he also had the goddess of balance help him with her foresight.

“You need to recover from your injuries!” shouted Illaphael.

“I’m not hurt...”

“Stay still! River of Mercy!”

The River of Mercy heeded Illaphael’s sudden call and used its power.

It didn’t actually see where exactly Choi Yeonseung was hurt, but given how desperate the angel seemed, he had to be hurt somewhere...?

[The power of the ‘River of Mercy’ envelops you!]

[The curse...]

The curse, which hadn’t really bothered him, was gone.

“Th-thank you...” Choi Yeonseung said reticently.

“What?! No, it’s nothing!”

“B-black magician constellation! What a cowardly act for a constellation! There’s a reason giants don’t learn black magic!” Uranta shouted fiercely before swinging his weapon.

[The ‘Warrior With a Hammer’ resides in Uranta’s hands!]

[He says that the household members of the ‘Black Magician Who Shares Everything’ will be destroyed!]

The household members were directly supported by their constellations and exerted their lethal powers. It was terrible news for the black magician, given that he had already suffered tremendous damage from fighting Choi Yeonseung at close range.

Barbagi also jumped in with a flash of light.

[The ‘Black Magician Who Shares Everything’ uses...]

[The ‘Arrogant Light Elf’ presents the Sign of Light!!]

By his nature, the Arrogant Light Elf countered black magic. The moment the Sign of Light held by Barbagi distracted his household members, the black magician constellation growled in rage. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

‘This isn’t something I should say as the one in charge of the attack, but he must be really upset,’ thought Choi Yeonseung as he prepared to attack again from behind.

The chef constellation had truly been an unusual case. Normally, when surrounded by multiple enemies, most constellations would collapse without being able to unleash their full strength.

If they wanted to use a certain power, one of the constellations would know how to counter it, and if they tried another power, another constellation would intervene, and so on...

[The river is overflowing!]

[The ‘River of Mercy’ is wiping out the undead!]

[The ‘Monk Pursuing Glory’ scatters divine marks to prevent the undead from being resurrected.]

The numerous undead warriors turned to dust and disappeared. Only the black magician constellation and a few liches remained, and they were being attacked by household members.

At this rate, Choi Yeonseung didn’t even need to step up and kill them.

‘This much...’

-So are you going to stop it?’

‘Of course not.’

“H-Hunter Choi Yeonseung!” shouted one of the Namahage hunters.

“??”

“Look over there!”

Choi Yeonseung looked to where the Namahage hunters were pointing. Another group of hunters was approaching from the opposite direction.

“What? Are they the ones waiting in the rear...? No, I would’ve seen them if they’d been waiting this whole time.”

“These guys... They’re the hunters of the Onmoraki and Futachi clans!”

The Namahage hunters were shocked when they realized what was going on. Of course, Choi Yeonseung couldn’t possibly know them by their clan names.

“Who are they?”

“Well, to put it simply... The government...!”

“Aah...”

Listening to the straightforward explanation, Choi Yeonseung nodded immediately. If there were clans who focused on their own greed, there were also clans that worked under companies and clans that worked under the government.

Those kinds of clans would do whatever the government asked them to in exchange for getting their goals fulfilled.

“To think those lunatics are interfering now!”

Usually, hunters who intervened in someone else’s raid in bad faith were treated as scoundrels. Even though the world of hunters seemed full of outlaws with no regard for rules, there were actually a few unspoken rules.

Rumors would spread even if the raid was in a remote desert with no one around. However, the current battle against the black magician constellation was happening in a big city with many witnesses, and yet these hunters were intervening like this?!

No matter how desperate they were...

‘What the hell are these guys doing in front of a foreign hunter who’s come here to help? All the Japanese clans out there will be stigmatized, not just them!

Choi Yeonseung was amazed in a different way. ‘Do they really think I’ll just stay still and let them get involved?’

There wasn’t only Choi Yeonseung here. There were also a number of ill-tempered household members... There could be serious bloodshed if others intervened.

“Choi Yeonseung!” Illaphael cried out.

“Ah.”

Choi Yeonseung came back to his senses and jumped in. The appearance of those hunters was definitely strange, but he still had to focus on killing the black magician constellation.

Bang!

He hit the black magician with another ferocious attack, causing his expression to contort in agony.

The black magician determined that he couldn’t endure it any longer and cast away his mortal body.

“It’s over! Kill him now!”

“Kill him?”

Barbagi’s shout puzzled Choi Yeonseung. The black magician constellation had just fled to his realm in the Abyss, so in order to kill him, they would have to follow him there. At this moment...

“D-die!”

“!!!”

There was one thing that Choi Yeonseung had misunderstood about these household members. They were actually more foul-tempered and arrogant than he had initially thought.

...They were also quick to act.

Uranta roared in anger and rushed to kill the hunters from the Onmoraki and Futachi clans.

“Hey!! Stop! Stop!!”