Chapter 705: Soulmate (4)
“Oi-Oi! Is it real?”
-Kneel down.
“Jihye Noona, I was counting on you! d.a.m.n it!”
I guessed she couldn’t hear me.
“When the h.e.l.l did you sign the contract with Ronove?”
I didn’t even know how she had signed it, but I thought it was somewhat probable. Ronove could have gone to meet Lee Jihye in her dream.
Perhaps Benignore and Belial were in the middle of a s.n.a.t.c.h.
The succubus Ronove, formerly a member of the 27th Corps, currently proudly occupied the seat of the 72nd Demon monarch.
No matter how expedient Lee Jihye was, it was impossible to sign with Ronove at that moment. It was more convincing to think that perhaps she signed the contract before Ronove had gained the Corps captain’s position.
‘You must have thought about it a lot.’
Of course, Ronove was powerful enough at the time, but she probably didn’t like the fact that she signed with Ronove with some penalty.
The succubus would’ve persuaded Lee Jihye with a vision and, Lee Jihye threw the dice. As a result, it was a perfectly profitable contract.
I didn’t know what she saw and signed, but Ronove proved herself worthy. Lucifer favored her because she put her name in the position of commander of the corps.
In other words, less than a few years after buying stocks, with half a doubt, it had returned more than ten times over.
‘How much did you like it?’
That was considering that Lee Jihye had a disgusting soul.
The question was how to get the mana needed for the contract.
I hated to imagine it, but maybe there was a black magic factory operating in one of the corners of the continent that maintained Lee Jihye’s contract.
Actually, I didn’t even want to dig in. What’s important about the process? The only important thing that mattered was the fact that Lee Jihye had signed the contract and that it was so unprecedented that it broke through the ceiling.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
Combat was already underway inside the narrow room with the sound of a shout.
Yeon-soo looked around with a sea-turtle-like expression when she first saw, but she also understood what she had to do.
The succubus Ronove, who appeared next to Lee Jihye, smiled and swung her arms, and soon a huge black spell overtook Dominions.
-I’m surprised you signed with the Devil, but you didn’t sign it properly either. Where are the suffering people in your stead?
-Oh, you’re talking too much. Someone might misunderstand that I’m being forced to run a black wizard’s factory. You don’t have to worry too much. I’m a boss who treats workers well. Welfare is fine, and I give them a comfortable life, so you don’t need to worry about it… We always maintain the best working environment for our employees.
-A sickening human being.
-You make all our employees work overtime… Are you going to pay for overtime? Are you sure you’re working overtime while getting paid? Think about coming over to me. I’m confident I’ll do better than your boss, in more ways than one.
-I won’t answer your offer. As expected, you are a human being who must disappear. How dangerous it is to bring demons to this continent…
-In my eyes, pigeons and demons are the same. How do you use weapons? Oh, don’t make that face. I didn’t express Ronove as a weapon. I’ve been obsessed for a while, but… Dominions, you realize your ideas are ridiculous, right? Every human being deserves to live with their own free will.
‘Look at her sudden change of pace.’
-It’s an idea that’s never acceptable from the standpoint of justice. Hahahahaha! Human dignity! You guys are ruling it out. We are justice, and you are evil. No, I’m the justice. It’s justice to stand in the heat. You’re here because you know that.
-Don’t compare me with a disgusting human being like you…
-Everyone has different ideas, don’t they?
-I will kill you and free all suffering human beings.
-You’re right about the welfare of our employees. The real devil was here. If I die, all our employees will be unemployed. I guess we have to fight to protect each person’s family.
This was simply a battle of transcendents.
Ha Yeon-soo, who had just entered the first tier, didn’t dare intervene. Still, it was her duty to protect Lee Jihye somehow.
Dominions was trying to kill Lee Jihye without Ronove, but it couldn’t be done as she wanted.
She was one of the 72nd Corps commanders. However, Ronove said her specialty wasn’t combat-related but subpoenaed and had a penalty.
It was a lower rank, but she was no different from a G.o.d in terms of grades.
‘The staff are short of ability. I think it’s downgraded, but…’
It was enough to deal with Dominions. I could see which side was dominant.
Ronove was constantly wielding her claws or using her powers to push Dominions, who was busy defending. Stopping like a fuse was one of the factors that interfered with the battle. Her cooldown time was very short, but it seemed to tell me that Ronove was penetrating into her psyche.
-I’m not shaken even if I see dirty things.
-We’ll see about that, pigeon.
-Shut that filthy mouth, you devil.
‘I think they even have feelings.’
The way she fought was pretty b.l.o.o.d.y. I watched her battle fiercely, which was hard to describe in many ways. I wanted to keep looking at that clash, but I couldn’t make that choice under the current circ.u.mstances.
-I think they’re coming here too. You’ll do well, right, Oppa?
One situation room was utterly destroyed, and the burden on my side increased.
‘It’s a little twisted.’
Cha Hee-ra was once again playing with Cherubim, who was apparently unable to resist, and the match was going smoothly.
The problem was that the troops were concentrating in the area where Dominions and Ronove were fighting.
Pigeons seemed to be flocking to the news that humans and demons with disgusting souls had popped out.
It was originally a geographically important base, so it couldn’t be left alone. What was comforting was that Red Mercenaries were based there too. There were even several members of the Lee Jihye Division.
‘I know all their faces.’
Maybe even if it wasn’t me, anyone could handle the current situation enough. Just in time, the Red Mercenary Choi Young-ki began to come into view.
“Yoong-ki, can you hear me?”
-Yes, I can hear you, Lee Kiyoung.
“As you know, there’s a problem in your situation room. I can’t get instructions from Jihye. Young-ki will have to control the battlefield for the time being. Unless there’s an emergency, just follow the manual. We’re getting a lot of enemy troops, so we’ll send you extra support. For the time being, we’re fighting a war of attrition.”
-Yes, I understand. Lee Kiyoung, if you don’t mind, may I ask how the queen is doing?
It wasn’t an easy enough situation to say that she was doing well.
I didn’t know how to explain how they were fighting against each other, red and blue intertwining and paralyzing the battlefield itself. Both the ma.s.s-produced pigeons and the friendly humans had long since left their posts.
“She’s in battle with an angel named Cherubim, and she doesn’t seem to be in bad shape. The battlefield is in a stalemate. I’m observing it, so you don’t have to worry.”
-I look forward to your kind cooperation.
“I’m sure you’ll contact me immediately if there’s anything unusual. My eyes are a little busy right now.”
-Yes, I hope you don’t overdo it. Your health…
“Yes, yes.”
Cha Hee-ra vs. Cherubim.
Lee Jihye vs. Dominions.
‘Did I tie up the two for now?’
I didn’t know if it could be described as completely binding Dominions, which I believed to have the ability to teleport, but at least Cherubim could be determined to have been bound.
Cha Hee-ra, who initially wanted to fight with him somehow, kept him in check, so it was currently hard to get her out. Overall, the situation was neither good nor bad.
‘No, this isn’t a bad thing.’
It was a welcoming story that an unexpected power was tying one of the four angels, but to put it bluntly, Lee Jihye shone when controlling the battlefield rather than being tied to that angel.
One could somehow make a paddle to stop the Four Angels, but no one could replace Lee Jihye’s ability to command the war. Of course, even though Choi Young-ki of the Red Mercenary could play the role for a while, but he was only influential in his small areas.
What I didn’t like most of all was that I lost my partner for a while.
‘This is big.’
Lee Jihye’s absence was huge.
Lee Kiyoung wasn’t perfect. It was fundamental wisdom that two heads were better than one.
The lack of Lee Jihye when making a decision was bound to come to me. She understood me and knew what I really wanted, after all. We had a tactical discussion and a short meeting on several big choices.
‘Jihye Noona, you have to go back as fast as possible.’
We didn’t tie them up. Perhaps we were the ones that had gotten bound. Such a thought suddenly pa.s.sed by my head.
“The a.s.sumption that these b.a.s.t.a.r.ds have a control tower is true.”
‘It’s also true that these b.a.s.t.a.r.ds remember the first timeline.’
If they had really been slapped in the back by the masked trash, they might have judged the duo to be the biggest stumbling block. In a way, it was natural to decide that separating them was the top priority.
I felt like I was suffering from the karma of masked trash Jin Qing…
‘I want to see the other person’s face.’
The level of the tower’s operators was high.
I didn’t know who was running that force, which frustrated me. At least if we were facing each other, we’d know what both of us were thinking.
I was looking for the enemy control tower with a telescope, but I couldn’t see anything. I didn’t think it would be so easy to locate, but there’s no further progress than the original postulate.
In addition to that…
‘I didn’t learn anything.’
There was something I could feel whenever I looked at the operation of the battlefield.
‘Where are we going to get more troops?’
Red Mercenary’s front needed support. I realized that I needed to send additional troops, but it was then that I saw the movement of enemy troops on the surrounding front, entirely at my own expense.
The intention was obvious. The moment I pushed the extra troops into the Red Mercenaries, they were going to push the extra troops through the cracks.
It was a battle of hands, so to speak. It felt like we were going to have a childish proportion fight. It was a clean operation that reminded me of Jihye Noona.
“That’s funny. You guys wouldn’t need this in the first place.”
It was unexpected that foreign forces and angels were using high-quality soldiers.
In the first place, if they had thought that they would be affected, those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds wouldn’t even be close to the soldiers.
The control tower of the first timeline was the masked trash duo. There was no way that I could manage that tactic by learning it superficially.
‘One of the Four Angels.’
As I got up from my seat with a slap on my thigh, I noticed a figure of the battlefield spread out on a huge desk.
As I slowly moved my horse, I noticed the troops moving as well. It must’ve been conveyed properly that our side was the one providing commands in real-time.
As soon as I threw my troops, I could see the enemy’s movements changing.
‘You’re responding fast. And… ignored it?’
I felt like I knew it was a meaningless move. No, it wasn’t just that.
“Ha…”
I noticed pigeons moving in unison. The entire enemy force took a step in earnest as if the purpose was really to keep Lee Jihye apart from me.
Our targets were 14 strongholds that the allies considered being the main strongholds. Anyone could see that those were essential locations. Still, pigeons were thrusting their spears into our weaknesses with the exclusion of all the traps everywhere.
“What is it?”
I had moved a few more horses, but… No, it was already blocked before I could move it. The enemy control tower was moving as if it were reading my mind. It hurt my pride, but their control was higher than mine.
‘It’s perfect.’
If I had decided to go after that battlefield, I would have made the same choice as him. Maybe the picture I was painting was an idea.
It wasn’t a good example, but it felt like I was playing chess in a mirror.
“Who the h.e.l.l is that?”
From far away, a pigeon was visibly approaching. I couldn’t figure out what he was trying to do, but I thought I could figure it out for some reason.
Even if it were me, I would have made the same choice. There was nothing more appropriate than that to add battlefield.
“Tactic Kim Hyunsung?”
“Are you really Kim Hyunsung?”
The enemy’s control tower was mimicking Tactic Kim Hyunsung using the Four Angels.
“You’re copying that?”
It almost felt like it was working perfectly.