Avoid Yandere Constellation

Meanwhile, Kaine…

‘Phew, I almost had to use my return by death ability.’

Kaine sighed with relief inside his inventory. He had sensed something amiss when the dragonkin suddenly started explaining things on its own. So, just in case, he had secretly used his inventory.

[The Goddess of Fate says you almost died!]

At that moment, the constellation sent a message filled with concern. Kaine shrugged.

“As long as I’m alive, it’s fine. I prepared for this.”

[The Goddess of Fate says you don’t value your life enough.]

Of course. If he dies, he can just return, so it’s not a big deal. However, Kaine ignored her message, as there was no need to explain himself.

‘Should I go out now?’

“I’ll tear this lizard bastard to shreds.”

“I won’t make it easy for you.”

Eileen and Skaya were under the firm impression that Kaine had died.

‘Why would you kill for someone who’s perfectly fine?’

Kaine was a bit taken aback, but it was understandable for them to misunderstand. After all, there was no trace of a body or anything else. Moreover…

‘Even the boss thinks I’m dead.’

Hmm. Should he just stay here? The reason he had been conserving this power was because it was his trump card. As soon as he came out of the inventory…

‘I can go wherever I want.’

Of course, there was a limit to how far he could travel, but it was still quite useful. With this power, he could easily catch his opponents off guard. Therefore, he needed to use it with caution.

‘It won’t work a second time.’

He felt bad for the others, but he needed to be careful here. Even if he went out now, it wouldn’t be of much help to the two women. So, he needed to take advantage of the opportunity to ambush the boss.

‘Just come once more.’n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

With that thought, Kaine waited with his body enhanced.

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Meanwhile, Jenny…

‘Why am I so useless…’

She watched the fight from a distance, feeling a bit down.

She was well aware that she was weaker than the others. While others praised her talent, when she saw them in action, she couldn’t help but feel inadequate.

One of them was using sword aura, not even sword energy, at a young age similar to hers. The other was of a different category, but it was still evident that they were on a completely different level.

‘Even…’

Kaine had become incredibly strong.

“…”

The sudden memory of Kaine’s death made her shake her head. She then…

“Hyaaa!”

She infused her sword with aura, focusing it on a single point.

‘Even the weak have their roles. There will be an opportunity.’

With this thought in mind, Jenny stared intently at the fight, waiting for the right moment.

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The dragonkin frowned at the two people in front of him, who were stronger than expected.

‘Are these really humans?’

The dragonkin, who had lived for a long time by taking the lives of others in this temple, was surprised. The two women were by far the most powerful humans he had ever encountered.

‘They’re probably not even 20 years old yet.’

They looked to be in their early twenties, but their strength was far beyond their age.

‘If they had lived in ancient times, they would have been called heroes at the very least.’

However…

“Kreeee!”

Experience couldn’t be beaten. Eileen was knocked down by the dragonkin’s attack. At the same time…

“Die!”

The dragonkin manifested three spells at once. Skaya also used three spells to defend herself, but…

“What?!”

As if she had been waiting for this moment, a magic formula appeared above Skaya’s head. Then…

“Boom!”

A lightning bolt struck down. The dusty ground rose.

The dragonkin looked at Eileen, who had been knocked down, and Skaya, who was covered in dust, and said, “I admit that you are strong, but you lack experience for the power you possess. You can’t beat me with that.”

Indeed, his words were true. Even though Eileen and Skaya had trained like mad after being defeated by Andrew, their experience in actual combat hadn’t increased. While their strength had grown, their lack of experience was evident.

At that moment…

“Kreeee!”

The dragonkin clutched his heart as if he had terminal cancer. Eileen took this opportunity to approach him and…

“Then you should check your own health first.”

She infused her sword with sword aura and unleashed a barrage of sword strikes. Her movements were like a martial arts display, so beautiful that it could make her opponent lose focus.

“Kreeee! You’re being annoying.”

The dragonkin frowned and punched straightforwardly. The power behind the punch was evident to anyone. However…

“Whoosh!”

Eileen gracefully deflected the punch with her sword aura.

“It seems you lack proper technique despite being a mage, given the power you possess.”

At the same time, her sword strikes were directed at the dragonkin with unprecedented speed.

“This is…”

The dragonkin’s instincts warned him of danger. If he tried to dodge her attack, he might suffer a fatal injury.

“Damn it!”

The dragonkin chose the lesser of two evils and blocked with both arms. Eileen…

“Tsk!”

She stuck out her tongue in disgust. She had been prepared to take a step forward, expecting him to dodge. However, even though he blocked her attack, it still hit him.

“Kreeee!”

The dragonkin’s arms were dislocated. Skaya, with a mischievous smile, manifested a spell. At the same time…

“Woong!”

A barrier was erected around the dragonkin, and dozens of complex magic formulas appeared in an instant.

“Damn it!”

Normally, it wouldn’t be difficult for the dragonkin to defend against this level of magic. However, every creature has its habits. Even the Lich unconsciously snapped his fingers when casting spells.

‘Perhaps the dragonkin’s long life has made this difference more significant.’

Even Skaya unconsciously snapped her fingers when casting spells.

The dragonkin, who had lived for hundreds of years, would have felt a strong sense of dissonance.

As a result, his reaction was slower than before. His arms were damaged by Eileen’s attack, so he couldn’t defend against Skaya’s magic completely.

“Damn it!”

The dragonkin couldn’t fully defend against Skaya’s magic.

“Boom! Crack! Crunch! Boom!”

Numerous spells manifested within the barrier. The barrier began to crack, and soon…

“Crack!”

The barrier shattered completely, unable to withstand Skaya’s magic.

“Huff… Huff… Using a barrier and casting multiple high-level spells at once has drained my mana.”

Skaya, exhausted, finally seemed to have reached her limit.

“You’re really annoying.”

A nervous voice rang in their ears.

“Phew…”

The dragonkin, covered in wounds, glared at them with murderous intent.

Jenny, Eileen, and Skaya’s faces hardened. They couldn’t believe he was still alive.

“Don’t underestimate the durability of a dragonkin. You may have inflicted a fatal injury, but it’s not enough to kill me.”

However, despite his words, he staggered noticeably.

Jenny, who had been watching from a distance, swallowed hard.

Skaya’s magic and Eileen’s sword strikes had hit the dragonkin, although not directly. Still, there was no denying that they had made contact.

‘He’s more intact than I expected.’

Even if he had blocked the attacks of the two women, he would have suffered a critical injury.

‘No, he should be dead by now.’

Except for a few exceptional individuals.

However, contrary to expectations, the dragonkin in front of them had suffered a critical injury but was not dead.

‘Can I, with my level of strength, really inflict damage on that guy?’

Jenny’s face fell at this realization.

Meanwhile, the dragonkin…

“Whoosh!”

Spread its dragon wings and slowly flew into the air. Then, with narrowed eyes, it said…

“Now, die.”

The dragonkin slowly opened its mouth. Normally, it would have prepared to defend or counterattack at this moment.

“Kreeee!”

“Huff… Huff…”

Eileen couldn’t stand properly due to her broken ribs, and Skaya’s face had turned pale due to mana exhaustion.

The two women had already exhausted their strength fighting the zombies before facing the dragonkin. Although it might not make a big difference, in a battle between superhumans, even the slightest advantage could be crucial.

‘I have to do something.’

It might be a meaningless action, a futile struggle. But…

‘If I don’t do something, we’ll all die.’

That’s right. No matter what they did, the outcome would be the same. So…

“Click!”

Jenny swallowed hard, knowing that she had to do something. She looked at the dragonkin, preparing to breathe fire, and felt cold sweat running down her spine.

“Hyaaa!”

She infused her sword with aura once again, not caring about the consequences.

‘Don’t think about failure.’

Such thoughts wouldn’t help anyway. She needed to put everything into this one attack. With this determination, she…

“Woong!”

Enhanced her arm with aura and threw the sword at the dragonkin with all her might. The sword, imbued with dense aura, flew towards the dragonkin.

No matter how strong the dragonkin was, it couldn’t have remained unaffected by such a critical injury. Perhaps that’s why…

“Meaningless.”

The dragonkin turned its head to dodge Jenny’s attack, as if it had expected this.

“No!”

Despair filled the faces of the three women.

“Wait, isn’t this meaningful?”

Suddenly, Kaine appeared behind the dragonkin, grabbing Jenny’s sword.

“What?!”

Kaine, who had suddenly appeared, infused Jenny’s sword with magic, mana, and his own enhanced body.

“Hyaaa!”

The sword, imbued with three layers of power, was pushed to its limits.

“Creak!”

The sword seemed to be screaming in protest, but…

‘Once is enough.’

Jenny prepared to swing the sword, while the dragonkin’s cells were ringing with alarm. It knew that if it took this hit, it would die. However…

‘It’s too late to dodge.’

That’s right. It was too late to dodge the attack. So, the dragonkin chose the worst option over the best. It breathed fire at Kaine.

Kaine swung the sword at the incoming breath. A single sword strike.

It wasn’t as graceful as Eileen’s movements, just a talentless person swinging a sword with all their might. A movement they had seen countless times before.

The dragonkin, who had briefly witnessed Kaine’s sword strike, thought…

‘Damn it.’

As it had predicted, its body and breath were sliced in half by Kaine’s sword strike.

“Crack!”

The dragonkin’s body was split in half, and the barrier it had spread throughout the temple shattered.