Breaking Up with the Heroine of the Female-Oriented Game - Chapter 122
Chapter 122
Ouroboros (4)
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Could it be enraged from losing its third eye and reverse scale?
“Kieeee, eeee, eeeeeee!”
The Ouroboros opened its huge snake mouth wide. Beyond its massive maw, an unknown power could be felt. Magical energy was boiling.
Dragon’s breath.
Commonly known as breath attack.
It seems the Ouroboros is about to fire its breath attack!
“Dragon’s breath confirmed! Everyone, gather around Soyeon!”
Lee Jinhyuk quickly radioed the others.
To block the dragon’s breath that reaches thousands of degrees over a wide area, a special ability of matching caliber was needed.
The usual Hong Daye could have easily blocked it.
But she had used too much power. In the current situation, it would be difficult for her to block an attack of that magnitude.
It seems other heroes could block it if they combined their powers, but that would waste more energy than necessary.
So let’s ask Soyeon.
If it’s Soyeon, and with the artifact she has, she should be able to respond sufficiently.
They will gather obediently since Lee Jinhyuk had already explained the effects of the artifact Soyeon possesses.
“Everyone, please gather over here!”
Soyeon raised her shield and took the lead.
She looked a bit nervous, but nevertheless, Soyeon faced the Ouroboros with eyes full of determination.
Suddenly, a tremendous heat began to rush towards Soyeon.
Intense flames poured down as if to burn the whole world, melting even buildings and roads.
The hot wind and flames seemed about to swallow Soyeon’s body at any moment.
Soyeon bit her lower lip slightly. Then, after slowly taking a breath, she activated the artifact while letting out a shout with all her might.
“Haaaaap!”
Whiiiiing.
A kind of barrier formed around Soyeon.
The shield Soyeon has is an artifact named Aegis.
As its nickname “God’s Shield” suggests, it boasts considerable defensive capabilities. It’s especially effective against such wide-area attacks.
Of course, it would consume a considerable amount of power, but its effect is outstanding.
“Kiririri? Kiririri…!”
Whoosh, whoosh!
The dragon’s breath beat against the barrier but didn’t budge at all.
It’s not just because of the artifact’s effect, but also thanks to Soyeon’s special ability.
She could amplify the power of artifacts several times through her special ability.
That’s why in the game, Soyeon went around looking for numerous artifacts, and the more artifacts she possessed, the exponentially stronger she could become.
“Kiiiiii!”
The Ouroboros was enraged at the sight of Soyeon and the heroes who didn’t budge even under its dragon’s breath.
Soyeon deactivated the barrier while panting slightly.
It seemed she had consumed quite a lot of magical power to block the dragon’s breath.
But the Ouroboros was also exhausted.
It had burned a massive amount of magical power to breathe out flames, so it was momentarily stiffened from the recoil.
Soyeon seemed to have noticed this fact as well.
She instinctively realized it was a golden opportunity.
Suddenly, Soyeon gripped her sword tightly and quickly turned her gaze towards the wind mage.
“Mister, please use the wind to throw me towards the snake’s head!”
“Will you be alright?”
“It’s urgent! Hurry!”
“Alright.”
The wind mage immediately moved Soyeon towards the Ouroboros’s head.
Soyeon flew towards the Ouroboros at high speed, riding the wind.
Lee Jinhyuk was slightly taken aback by Soyeon’s sudden action, but he quickly asked others to cover for Soyeon.
The heroes worked hard to cover Soyeon so that the Ouroboros couldn’t attack her.
Under the various attacks from the heroes, the Ouroboros hesitated, and Soyeon was able to safely reach its head.
“Kiii? Kiiiiiiii!”
The Ouroboros hurriedly spat out acidic liquid.
The acidic liquid that could melt even steel engulfed Soyeon, but she was able to safely block it by activating Aegis.
And she landed on the Ouroboros’s head.
The Ouroboros hurriedly tried to shake Soyeon off, but Hong Daye and several other heroes combined their powers to prevent the Ouroboros’s movement.
Soyeon quickly drew her sword.
The center of the Ouroboros’s head.
It was one of the Ouroboros’s weak points with relatively low durability.
Of course, even if the durability is relatively weak, it would be difficult to pierce through at once with the power of an ordinary hero.
But Soyeon was no ordinary hero.
The future strongest in the world, a hero among heroes.
That was Soyeon.
She strengthened her sword several times using her special ability and then thrust it into the Ouroboros’s head with all her might.
And then she raised magical power and thoroughly burned the inside of its head.
She burned the Ouroboros’s brain with magical power.
“Haaaaaah!”
“Ke, keeeee, eeeeee, eeee?!”
The Ouroboros writhed.
It thrashed about with its huge body, turning downtown Busan into a wasteland.
It swung its head around and tried its best to shake off Soyeon, but Soyeon only thrust her sword in more forcefully.
How much time passed like that?
Due to Soyeon’s strike and the heroes’ attacks, the Ouroboros finally laid down its huge body.
With a thud, the Ouroboros’s body fell helplessly to the dirty ground.
Spewing blood and trembling, the Ouroboros finally stopped moving.
Its body, which had been panting intermittently with its tongue sticking out, grew cold.
It had perished.
The Ouroboros, a raid-type boss monster boasting endless vitality.
At the hands of Soyeon and the heroes.
“Haa, haa, haa.”
Soyeon, looking drained, looked down at the Ouroboros from atop its head with a half-dazed expression.
When she pulled out the deeply embedded sword with a squelch, blood gushed out.
Soyeon, her body slightly wet with blood, came down from the snake’s head with a disgusted expression. She glanced at the Ouroboros. She seemed a bit worried that it might come back to life and move again.
“It’s really dead, right…?”
With those words.
“Wow, amazing!”
“Shit, I really thought we were going to die.”
“Who’s that kid? She’s incredible, isn’t she? She looks so young.”
The heroes shouted.
Noisy voices were transmitted through the radio.
Lee Jinhyuk let out a sigh of relief and moved towards Soyeon and the heroes along with the bodyguards.
The heroes were surrounding Soyeon and praising her.
Heroes from Gaon Nuri, HanYoung, and others could be seen.
“Wow, kid, you’re amazing! You look quite young though.”
“What? She’s an academy student? Really?”
“Has the era changed…?”
“With this level of skill at that age, she might really become a single ranker?”
Amid the heroes’ flood of compliments, Soyeon scratched the back of her neck with an embarrassed expression.
“Jin Soyeon, it was a bit reckless but… you did well.”
“Ah, th-thank you, teacher.”
Hong Daye, looking quite tired, approached and patted Soyeon’s shoulder.
It seems she thought Soyeon’s action was a bit reckless but not a bad judgment.
“Why are you only praising that kid? I worked hard too~.”
Aisha was whining with the invisibility cloak carelessly draped over her shoulders.
Lee Jinhyuk approached her and gave her a compliment that wasn’t quite a compliment.
“Aisha did well too. Thanks to Aisha, we were able to safely tackle that monster.”
“Is this what Koreans call ‘bowing while lying down’? Well, anyway, thanks for the praise. Hehe.”
Aisha savored the praise with a grin.
This woman, she really has an interesting personality.
“Jin Soyeon.”
“Daehan?”
“Your skills seem to have improved even more than during the final exams.”
“Ah, yeah. I put in some effort.”
“Effort… Huh. I see. I should put in more effort too.”
Kang Daehan made a subtle expression before smiling slightly.
Lee Jinhyuk knew that he had also been thoroughly beaten by Yoo Dahee and undergone hellish training.
The effects of the hellish training were evident, as he had fought quite well against the Ouroboros.
If it had been Kang Daehan from the midterm exams, he wouldn’t have dared to join this fight, but he had managed to check the Ouroboros well somehow.
Kang Daehan had truly grown at a pace incomparable to the original work.
The shock of being thoroughly beaten by Yoo Dahee must have been great.
If he hadn’t experienced being thoroughly trampled by Yoo Dahee, he wouldn’t have undergone such hellish training.
“Jin Soyeon, was it? You’re certainly amazing.”
Joo Hwayun had approached at some point and expressed admiration.
“I watched during the ranking battle, but I didn’t know you were this good. I thought only Lee Siwoon and Baek Yoorin were rivals to our Daehan.”
“Uh, um. It was just luck.”
“Honestly, you were better than some in our clan? Those guys collapsed after getting hit by just one tail.”
“Ah, haha… Is that so?”
“Yeah. Hey, do you have a clan in mind?”
“Pardon?”
“If not, our clan…”
“Hey!”
Han Seowoo interrupted in the middle.
“Ms. Joo Hwayun? What are you saying to our Soyeon?”
“Our Soyeon?”
“Yes, our Soyeon. Soyeon has agreed to join our clan. Right, Soyeon?”
“Huh?”
“Well, I think it would be better for that child to come to our HanYoung Clan for her own sake. If she comes to our side, we can nurture her talent even more.”
“What? Are you saying our Gaon Nuri is not good enough for Soyeon?”
“I didn’t say that, but if that’s how you heard it…”
Soyeon couldn’t do anything as Han Seowoo and Joo Hwayun argued.
Why are those two arguing again?
“Ah! Jinhyuk!”
Soyeon spotted Lee Jinhyuk.
She had an expression of relief.
She quickly trotted over to Lee Jinhyuk’s side.
“Jinhyuk, Jinhyuk! It really happened just as you said!”
“It’s thanks to you and the others doing well, what did I do?”
“Oh come on, look at you. Being modest doesn’t suit you.”
…Wasn’t Lee Jinhyuk usually quite modest?
“Anyway, thanks to you, we were able to safely take down that snake monster. Your special ability is amazing!”
“Hmm.”
Could you not talk about it so openly?
Anyway, she looked quite excited.
Well, it was her first time facing such a huge monster.
Looking back, it was amazing that Soyeon, a mere academy student with little experience, performed this well in actual combat.
Is this what it means to be the protagonist?
‘…It seems to have wrapped up well somehow. Fortunately, it looks like no one died, and while there are some injured people, it ended with just minor injuries.’
Everyone from Gaon Nuri and HanYoung seemed to have relaxed.
They had successfully taken down the most threatening Ouroboros, and other minor monsters had already been mostly eradicated by other heroes and police.
Everyone seemed quite tired from fighting their hardest.
Some heroes were sitting down and drinking water.
One hero even laid down flat.
‘Phew, is this the end of it for now?’
So many things happened today.
The battle with Alex’s group, the fight with Yoo Dahee, and the subjugation of the Ouroboros.
Shit, all this happened in just how many hours?
It could truly be called an exhausting day.
‘Well, compared to others, I didn’t do much.’
While everyone else was busy on the field, Lee Jinhyuk just observed the situation through binoculars and gave orders.
Thanks to that, he wasn’t very tired mentally or physically.
It might sound a bit sorry to say this, but Lee Jinhyuk alone was fresh and energetic?
While everyone else was struggling with minor injuries and depletion of physical strength, mental energy, and magical power, only Lee Jinhyuk was fine, so he felt a bit sorry.
This is…
Lee Jinhyuk should at least keep his guard up properly.
There might be surviving monsters approaching this way.
“Excellent. I didn’t expect you to take down that huge monster so easily.”
But then.
“But aren’t you letting your guard down too much?”
Right behind Soyeon.
“That’s why you didn’t even notice someone like me approaching like this.”
Lee Jinhyuk could see Yoo Dahee with her white hair fluttering, raising her hand.
“Right?”
Yoo Dahee chuckled.
Why is that girl here?
Did she not run away but watch the situation from afar?
What was she doing while they were fighting the Ouroboros, and why now of all times?
Could it be that she was waiting for everyone to be exhausted and let their guard down?
Shit.
“Goodbye.”
“Ah!”
Yoo Dahee thrust her hand towards Soyeon.
As if time had stopped, Lee Jinhyuk’s head started spinning rapidly.
Why is she targeting Soyeon?
Wasn’t Lee Jinhyuk the priority?
Ah, it’s because of the defensive artifact Lee Jinhyuk has.
The attack might be blocked if she’s not careful.
And she thinks Lee Jinhyuk is Vigilante, right?
So she targeted Soyeon first, who she could kill for sure with a surprise attack.
She judged that she could kill Soyeon more certainly than Lee Jinhyuk, as Soyeon was exhausted from fighting the Ouroboros.
So towards Soyeon…!
All these thoughts occurred in an instant.
Lee Jinhyuk’s thinking ability accelerated infinitely.
‘Damn it, not Soyeon!’
Before he knew it, Lee Jinhyuk’s body was moving on its own.
The one closest to Soyeon was none other than Lee Jinhyuk.
Currently, he was the only one who could help her.
Lee Jinhyuk couldn’t lose Soyeon, not as much as Soyeon.
It’s not just because she’s the protagonist.
Soyeon was like the last family Lee Jinhyuk had left.
Having lost his parents in his previous life, he couldn’t lose Soyeon so meaninglessly like this. Absolutely not.
“Oh my?”
Thud!
“What, you?”
“Ah.”
Unconsciously, Lee Jinhyuk pushed Soyeon’s body.
It was a nimble movement that was hard to believe came from Lee Jinhyuk.
Thanks to that, he was able to save Soyeon from Yoo Dahee’s grasp.
But.
“I thought it wouldn’t penetrate because of the defensive artifact.”
Was it because of that?
“But it penetrates when I put a little strength into it?”
Yoo Dahee’s hand pierced through Lee Jinhyuk’s body instead of Soyeon’s.
End of Chapter
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Jhonrock
Hahahaha.. I knew she would do that. Its quite like her character.