A spear with eerie energy shoots straight toward the heart area. Shadows rising from the floor fly in as if to pierce through the torso.

Each and every attack could instantly kill ordinary ability users. Even among Elders, facing Kwak Hyuk's spear head-on was something to avoid. S-rank ability users also found his arrogance disgusting but envied his spear techniques. It's no exaggeration to say Kwak Hyuk's spear is renowned as world's best.

But Irina brushed them away with one gesture, as if shooing away flies. The Spear Ghost's spear that would pierce anything lost its power in the woman's hands.

Immediately after, a flashing golden flash exploded and flew toward Kwak Hyuk. He hurriedly raised his spear, but the flash was much faster, and Kwak Hyuk was slammed into another building.

Kwang! Bang!—

"Kwak Hyuk! You idiot!"

"Come here, fucking bitch. You need to get beaten too."

Hyun Sujin slightly bit her lips and quickly returned to shadow form. An ability that no one had ever dared to pursue or catch until now. But the problem was that this time's opponent was none other than Irina.

No matter how much she hid in shadows, scattered decoy shadows in all directions. The golden flash captured Hyun Sujin like a ghost and stuck to her to the end. It felt like watching the sun that devours darkness.

"Tsk!"

Finally, when she was about to be completely caught, Hyun Sujin unleashed her best. At the same time as being caught, she released all the shadows hidden in her body.

Countless shadows each became sharp thorns and poured toward Irina. If this continued, she'd meet a miserable end with holes all over her body. But Irina, facing that, didn't slow down at all and kept flying in.

Chwachachak!—

The shadows swept past Irina's body all at once. A terrible blow that damaged even the best S-rank uniform. However, the damage to Irina's body was almost nonexistent.

Only her skin turned red as if scraped by something. Even the wounds that showed blood weren't cut or stabbed but just scraped level.

Kwagwagwa!—

The buildings swept up with Hyun Sujin's shadows couldn't withstand that force and collapsed. Concrete, rebar, even things boasting high strength were easily smashed. But in front of Irina, it became less than a needle prick.

"Are you done?"

"Keut!"

Irina, who easily broke through countless shadows, grabs Hyun Sujin by the collar.

She's supposedly an Elder, previously an S-rank who supported a country. To make those things meaningless, the opponent before her was truly a 'monster.'

"Are... you done? Crazy bitch!"

A blade-like shadow pops out from Hyun Sujin's wrist area. She forcefully slashed Irina's wrist that was gripping her collar with that blade.

Originally, the wrist should be cut off or at least suffer a big piercing wound. Didn't that Elder who fought her also get his neck cut by this very dagger?

Puk!—

It went in. Right. At least it succeeded in penetrating the skin. But the problem was that was the end. There was nothing beyond that. At most it just cut the skin a bit, just made some blood flow, that was it.

"Are you done?"

"...Really crazy bitch... This is why they said don't let in anyone who isn't Korean."

"What an anachronistic thing to say. In today's global world."

Kwajik!—

She crushes the shadow to pieces with her left hand in one go. The dagger that became black fragments gets blown away by the wind and disappears.

"Ah, right. It was you two."

When she slightly turns her head, a spear blade grazes past Irina's face. Not missing that timing, Hyun Sujin, who escaped from Irina's grip, counterattacks.

Since Kwak Hyuk aimed for the upper body, she targets the lower body to break balance. Thinking so and trying to aim for the thigh. Irina's reaction was much faster.

"Keueuk!"

Irina's merciless downward strike pierced straight into Hyun Sujin's stomach. From that one attack, dark red blood gushed out between Hyun Sujin's lips.

Though the injuries from the fight with the Elder haven't fully healed yet. Still, considering body strength, truly monstrous power exploded.

Shuaaaak!—

Kwak Hyuk, using Hyun Sujin as sacrifice to seize the offensive, swings his spear once more.

Tearing the atmosphere, at tremendous speed that eyes couldn't follow. A rapid attack where being stabbed once means inevitably taking the next attack, and the next. An attack reeking with concentrated and condensed hatred and arrogance.

"You crazy bastard! Are you trying to kill me too?!"

Even Hyun Sujin, not directly in the path, gets shocked and retreats.

The spears he'd shown until now didn't seem to be this level. Fighting Irina wasn't simply revenge or recklessness. The intuition that death comes the moment you get hit properly is strong.

Kwak Hyuk's spear was incomparably more powerful than before.

"Oh. Ohoh. Ohoho!"

But Irina, placed in front of that spear, seemed completely fine. Every gesture, every tone, and even the atmosphere remains leisurely. And she's avoiding all attacks that make even fellow Elders break out in cold sweat.

"Bastard. You did put in some effort? So what's the conclusion? Stabbing fast so you don't get hit by me? Is this all? It's okay if attacks don't go in properly as long as you prevent me from approaching?"

Blue light flashes and disappears from Irina's eyes. And right after, an unbelievable scene unfolded for both Kwak Hyuk and Hyun Sujin. Irina, who had been avoiding those attacks well, suddenly reached her hand forward.

Chwaaaaak!—

No matter how much of an Irina she is, she can't keep enduring in front of Kwak Hyuk's spear. Right away from the wrist area to the shoulder, a long blood line is drawn and blood flows down. But thanks to that, Kwak Hyuk, who had been blocking Irina's approach, was caught by her.

Hyun Sujin immediately aimed for Irina's back, but her situation wasn't much different. She wasn't originally the type to insist on frontal combat like Kwak Hyuk. Unfortunately, her compatibility with Irina was extremely bad.

"Congratulations. You two working together managed to leave wounds. Amazing, right? You prepared quite a lot."

As Irina said, red blood was flowing from her wrist and forearm respectively. Until now, she never had even a scraped wound when clashing with Elders. She's not provoking or joking - this level was really amazing.

"But this can't be the end. I'm just getting started."

Irina holding one Elder in each hand while giggling. Just as she was wondering how to kill them.

'...Ah. Fucking bastards. This wasn't all?'

Puuk!—

A blue blade directly penetrates and comes out of Irina's shoulder. Red blood flows through there and the affected area immediately turns black and dies.

"You idiot! You should have aimed for the heart!"

"I aimed for it! This crazy bitch turned her body at that moment!"

Another Elder who had been hiding his body carefully until now. Alexei, who had eastern Russia under his feet. A person who had suffered quite a bit from Irina before.

Alexei hurriedly drew his sword and tried to attack again. But Irina had already slammed Kwak Hyuk to the ground and was delivering a murderous high kick to Alexei's face.

Crack!—

"Kheuk!"

With just one blow, Alexei spins through the air and falls. And after that, Hyun Sujin also met a similar fate and rolled on the ground.

"Cough, cough!"

Her body, already messed up from the life-and-death battle with the previous Elder, gets thoroughly beaten again. If she takes two or three more attacks like this, she might really die.

Nevertheless, Hyun Sujin smiled. Though all of them suffered great damage, they ultimately succeeded. They made a big gap in that damned tough woman's body.

"...I wondered. You two were defeated too easily."

Irina clicks her tongue and glances down at her arm.

Irina's entire arm stabbed by Alexei's sword is turning black. It looks like watching a rotting corpse. Like it will necrotize and fall off.

Elder Alexei. Nicknamed 'Mole.' A master of poison that even S-ranks can't endure. There's even a saying that once you land a hit, the win rate exceeds 50%. Alexei's attack was something that absolutely shouldn't be allowed.

The original Irina could have sufficiently avoided this level of attack.

Since Alexei didn't have extreme stealth like Hyun Sujin.

But this time, she didn't notice until he came right behind her.

Unfortunately, both Kwak Hyuk and Hyun Sujin resisted fiercely and diverted her attention. Moreover, while these two have connections as same country, same traitors. She thought there was no reason for other Elders to act together.

'I took a hit. My left arm absolutely won't move.'

She tries to put some strength into it, but the already poisoned arm doesn't budge. It's only because the one who took the hit was 'Irina' that it stopped at this level. She used magic to quickly prevent the poison from spreading throughout her body. However, because of that, her left arm had no choice but to receive a complete 'out' judgment.

"...Shall we start again?"

Kwak Hyuk with a messed up appearance but still venomous spirit. He grips his spear and slowly approaches Irina.

"Haa. This pervert bastard. Since he can't do it alone, he's trying to gang up."

"Say whatever you want. I just need to kill you. Then finally..."

"Don't talk bullshit. Come quickly. One arm is enough."

Even facing three Elders. Even suffering serious injury where she can't use one arm. Irina just provocatively wiggles her fingers leisurely.

The Elders reacted by spreading distance and taking positions. The will to definitely kill Irina since they've come this far is felt. If they fail, they'll die instead, so by any means...

"You really made quite a scene."

At the suddenly heard unidentified voice, all four turn their heads. Some man was clicking his tongue while looking around.

Irina and Hyun Sujin, confirming that man's face, let out 'Huh?' sighs.

"...Huh? Seojin oppa? No, why are you coming out from there?!"

"Baek Seojin? Wait, wait. How are you here? I blocked everything with my shadows..."

"You blocked everything. So I came in riding those shadows."

As if it's nothing, Baek Seojin continued.

"Just like you did."