Yoo Jonghyuk rushed though the forest of Peace Land. At this moment, he had become unsure of what time it was exactly. Before when he had arrived, Lee Jihye had been in danger, if he were to appear any later then that would cause mortal wounds.
The speed at which he traveled go faster the more time that passed. In the distant he could see smoke rising and cannons firing. It was clearly Veronica which was being attacked. The king of disasters had already arrived.
Not even a few second later, he witnessed the snake with eight heads and a tail open its mouth and gulp down nearby small people. Luckily, non of them were any of his teammates.
Yoo Jonghyuk didn't slow down a second and continued to move at a high speed towards Veronica, the snake's movements were similar to that of before, at this point he should be able to directly cut of one of its heads.
One of the heads were turning in that of a different direction, from the looks of it it could be seen that it had found its target. Thinking about how Lee Jihye had gotten attacked before, he assumed that it must be Lee Jihye who was seen.
But just as it was opening its mouth, it suddenly changed direction.
That included all other heads. All heads were pointing in a single direction. It must of been very threatening. With one glossy knife Yoo Jonghyuk prepared Splitting the sky swordsmanship. A single cut wouldn't have been enough, if all heads were aiming for a single person, even if he could cut of a head, there would still be seven more.
The gaping mouth of 'Sovereign of Eight Heads', Yamata no Orochi, shot towards a single point. It was a matter of a moment and whatever was aimed at would be eaten alive.
Yoo Jonghyuk felt a great panic in his heart and instinctively active [Red Phoenix Shunpo]. He didn't understand this panic, but he didn't have time to think of the reason. All of his focus was on stopping Yamata no Orochi. At all costs, at that.
The glossy knife slid across one of the throat of Yamata no Orochi, directly cutting of. The movement didn't stop there. The knife moved in a arc and cut deep wounds in another head, the closest head was met with a fierce set back as it was directly blocked. It got pushed back and troubled and blocked the other heads. With no chance of attacking because of the entanglement, Yamata no Orochi was stunned for barely over a second.
In this time, Yoo Jonghyuk used Giant Body Transformation and once again attacked with the violet glossy knife. The knife was smaller than the sword he usually used, but Yoo Jonghyuk showed great efficiency in welding it.
Yoo Jonghyuk changed his grip on the knife and attacked in a reverse grip. The knife cut the monster Yamata no Orochi like tofu. There was only a single creature that could be cut like this with this knife.
The weapon showed outmost efficiency against Yamata no Orochi specifically because of its own myth. But unlike the myth, this Yamata no Orochi only had a single tail.
In the midst of the confusion, Yoo Jonghyuk attacked once again. He slid across the throat of the snake and dodged the single tail that tried to attack him. Having to look out and not get eaten by these several heads made it even more difficult to see who got attacked.
Yoo Jonghyuk didn't even get the chance to look back before for the throats of slithered and tried to squeeze him in place. The head with deep wounds was slightly slower and couldn't escaped getting cut again by the glossy knife.
Two head were down, five left to perish.
The Giant Body Transformation was very limited on time, Yoo Jonghyuk choose to show his swordsmanship once more. Splitting the sky reached a perfect state as it gushed out ether, enveloping the blade of the knife. It was flashy and spectacular. It was unlike that of just a battle, it was more of a stage play with Yoo Jonghyuk as its protagonist.
Four left to perish.
Yamata no Orochi had been originally enjoying devouring small people of Peace Land but was now faced to deal with a protagonist. Yamata no Orochi's anger had finally risen to its peak, and the slaughter of the protagonist made Yamata no Orochi furious.
It howled and released its presence as that of a constellation. The pressure, Yamata no Orochi thought that the worm wouldn't be able to take it and die. But the worm wasn't that of Yamata no Orochi's expectations. Instead of stopping, it continued injuring it.
The glossy knife moved in a arc following the moment of Yoo Jonghyuk's wrist, it was the final cut before Giant Body Transformation was lifted.
The snake head disappeared before it could even touch the ground.
There was three heads left.
Yamata no Orochi breathed out fire and poison, which Yoo Jonghyuk hastily dodged. Yoo Jonghyuk even succeeded in avoided the tail that had hit him last time.
Since the effect had worn off, Yoo Jonghyuk was now exhausted. Like this, he wouldn't be able to keep dodging. Yoo Jonghyuk took a few quick steps before jumping of the snake heads.
At this moment, he couldn't finally see who was targeted by the monster snake.
'It was you.'
Yoo Jonghyuk eye's couldn't hide his feelings. And at the same time, Yoo Jonghyuk thought of his worries.
"Why didn't you dodge, Kim Dokja?"
It was inevitable that Yoo Jonghyuk would have asked this of him.
"You're late, Yoo Jonghyuk."
Kim Dokja showed him a shit-eating grin, like it was all as Kim Dokja expected. Yoo Jonghyuk landed next to Kim Dokja, standing face to face. It was as if they had already forgotten about the three headed snake in the background.
"Kim Dokja...this was all your plan? Getting yourself in danger."
"Yes, it was."
Yoo Jonghyuk didn't like being used, but his heart couldn't help but soften when he thought of Kim Dokja. Having been used so many times by Kim Dokja already, wasn't he used to it?
"Setting myself up like this, are you ready for the consequences?"
Yoo Jonghyuk eyed Kim Dokja from top to bottom. Obviously he was searching for injuries. But from the onlookers perspective, it was as if Yoo Jonghyuk was checking him out. But in the two-person world, both were too dense to notice.
"We'll talk about it after the battle."
Yoo Jonghyuk didn't think Kim Dokja understood his words, clearly, these 'consequences' could be whatever. Yoo Jonghyuk's mind went back to when he said he will take 'responsibly'. Kim Dokja didn't seem to understand most of his words.
"By the way, Yoo Jonghyuk, lend me Totsuka-no-tsurugi."
Yoo Jonghyuk gave his glossy knife to Kim Dokja without hesitation. It was clear that the trust between them were soul-deep.
It was a shame that they didn't have time to talk further, because Yamata no Orochi showed no signs of stopping its attacks.
[...Cheeky...worms.]
The true voice of the constellation came as a dawning thunder. This voice wasn't something normal people could endure. The closets of small people all died, their internal organs rupturing.. Yoo Jonghyuk quickly glanced around. He immediately spotted multiple of his teams, most if not all was suffering from headaches and their ears were bleeding.
Several of his teammates were also throwing up blood. It was a gruesome sight.
Yoo Jonghyuk turned back to face Kim Dokja. Kim Dokja wasn't nearly as effected as everyone else. Just like Yoo Jonghyuk, Kim Dokja had his own mental wall as protection.
Kim Dokja might be looking very fine as he was standing straight on his two legs, his white coat fluttering from the wind. But Yoo Jonghyuk knew that Kim Dokja had still been effected, his face was slightly paler and small sweat drops were forming. Even his hands were shaking slightly.
Yet, Kim Dokja didn't take a step back, instead he took steps forward. The steps showed his determination to fight, all confidence he had flowed through his veins. Yoo Jonghyuk watched Kim Dokja's back getting further away, but he didn't make a move to follow.
Yoo Jonghyuk knew.
Kim Dokja knew.
This battle was now all in Kim Dokja's hands.
The fluttering got more intense as Kim Dokja activated his trump card. Pure white lightning rose around Kim Dokja, building up and enveloping around him. His black hair was no longer visible, all that was left was pure lighting.
This skill that Kim Dokja had used countless times, he had once again obtained.
The presence surrounding Kim Dokja rose up unbelievable levels that shouldn't be possible before the tenth scenario. It made Yamata no Orochi, who had been so confident, question the fairness of the scenario.
Kim Dokja took a single step, then another. He was already in front of Yamata no Orochi. Then after the third step, he had already left Yamata no Orochi behind himself.
A white storm had been following each of Kim Dokja's steps. Releasing more power the more steps he took. Without even looking, Yoo Jonghyuk knew that this power was beyond what the current Kim Dokja could handle. Even if the distance created by a mere three steps was so large, Yoo Jonghyuk could still see Kim Dokja's figure which was shaking heavenly.
The worry within Yoo Jonghyuk resurfaced. But he was once again powerless to do anything about it.
The power he had harnessed alone wasn't enough to take care of the King of disasters, making it so that Kim Dokja would have to sacrifice part of his body.
Yoo Jonghyuk clenched his fists. Will he ever be enough?
Yoo Jonghyuk's eyes narrowed in on Kim Dokja. Will he ever be enough for Kim Dokja?
Words touched his lips but he wouldn't let it out.
[The constellation 'Sovereign of Eight Heads' is shocked by incarnation 'Kim Dokja's' swordsmanship.]
In just a moment, Orochi had one head left and was floundering from the pain. Yoo Jonghyuk saw as two heads perished without leaving any traces.
[The constellation 'Sovereign of Eight Heads' is questioning the fairness of the scenario!]
Sparks filled the air as the probability was dancing, it showed the interference of a intermediate dokkaebi.
[Geez, a person of noble blood looks so ugly.]
The intermediate dokkaebi Ganul had appeared just as Yoo Jonghyuk and Kim Dokja had expected. Ganul looked down from above, in the dokkaebi's eyes, all life except the snake was like ants. And the snake of noble blood was only ugly in Ganul's eyes.
[...Ah, really. I can't just watch. This is a big problem.]
[The constellation 'Sovereign of Eight Heads' is shouting with anger.]
[Hrmm, you can't make an impossible demand. As you can see, you've used up all the probability allowed in this scenario. 'They' can't lend you any more power.]
Yoo Jonghyuk's gaze covered the single headed snake. The battle was just about over. At this point, he was about to be left out. Having nothing to say in the first place, Yoo Jonghyuk remained by himself in silence.