The White Tiger Clan’s Baby Cotton Ball - Chapter 244

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Part 2, Chapter 36

“Su Ri!”

As the shield shattered, the barrier dispersed and Su Ri’s body was flung far away by the strong impact.

“Ugh…”

Su Ri, who couldn’t get up and was groaning in pain as if his leg was broken, suddenly shouted.

“Be careful, Young Lady! Young Master!”

Evil, who had appeared before them, swung his scythe with eyes gleaming wickedly.

Slash—

Against the relentless attack, Gayul transformed into a large tiger and wrapped his entire body around Soya.

“Cotton Ball…!”

Growl…! With the roar of a beast, the white tiger took Evil’s attack head-on and rolled across the ground while holding Soya tightly.

“Yul Elder Brother…!”

A scream-like cry burst from Soya.

Gayul staggered to his feet on four legs and stood in front of Soya.

“Cotton Ball…”

His body trembled as he barely managed to stand.

In truth, his legs had been weak ever since taking that attack earlier.

“I’m… your elder brother…”

Cough. Cough.

Each time he coughed, blood flowed from between his teeth.

“I will… protect you…”

Thud.

Gayul collapsed sideways before he could finish his words.

Red blood soaked into his pure white tiger fur.

“Elder Brother, are you alri— Ugh.”

The moment Soya reached out toward Gayul, her fingertips hit something blocking her way.

As if trapped by a transparent barrier, her body couldn’t move beyond a certain range.

“This is…”

Soya recognized what the transparent barrier confining her was.

This was Seolyeo’s ability.

That wicked Evil had used Seolyeo’s kind ability that had protected her during their first meeting to trap her instead.

—It’s alright, Baby Bird. This barrier is a device that both confines and protects you. As long as you’re inside the barrier, Evil won’t be able to attack you either.

White Tiger Mountain Lord explained reassuringly to Soya who was trapped in the barrier.

—If Evil wants to harm you, he’ll have to remove the barrier. If we target that moment…

“The one chattering away, is that White Tiger Mountain Lord?”

Gasp.

White Tiger Mountain Lord glared at Evil with a coldly hardened face.

—So you can hear my voice, Evil.

“How could I forget? It’s a voice I’ve wanted to tear apart and kill even in my dreams.”

—…

“It’s regrettable that I can’t see your form with this beastman’s body. If you were before my eyes, I would have torn your limbs apart and scattered them as food for demon beasts.”

Instantly, the air surrounding White Tiger Mountain Lord froze cold.

It wasn’t just White Tiger Mountain Lord.

Even Vermillion Bird Heavenly Lady who was always benevolent, and Cheonghae Yongsin who was always gentle to Soya.

The Divine Beasts glared at Evil with chilling expressions they had never shown before Soya.

Evil snorted and approached Soya.

Step, step.

His footsteps echoed ominously.

Evil stopped and glanced at Soya, thinking to himself.

She was in the way.

Five years ago, and now as well.

‘There’s no need to leave behind a seed that will only trouble me.’

Just as he raised his long scythe high.

“Squeak…!”

Small demon beasts came hopping over and blocked Soya’s path.

“Squeak, squee…!”

“Demon beasts?”

Evil frowned.

‘Those demon beasts are…!’

They were demon beasts Soya had seen before too.

The very same Thorny Rabbit Demons that had attacked her when she encountered Seolyeo previously.

“Move aside.”

Evil commanded in a chilling voice.

Originally, all demon beasts were born from his influence and should obey him, but…

“Squee, squeak…!”

The thorny rabbits trembled in fear at Evil’s murderous gaze, yet they didn’t move aside.

“Are these insignificant creatures rebelling against me now?”

“Squeak…!”

The thorny rabbits shot thorns at Evil.

However, the demon beasts’ thorns couldn’t damage Evil at all.

Evil looked down at the thorns embedded in his body, wrinkled his eyes in annoyance, then swung his scythe.

The thorny rabbits couldn’t even let out weak cries before collapsing with thuds.

Watching that scene where he showed no mercy even to his own minions, Soya gripped the White Tiger Sword tightly in her hand.

There would be only one chance.

The moment Evil removed the barrier to attack her, she had to counterattack.

Evil would also know she was targeting that opening, so she couldn’t let her guard down even slightly.

As the distance with Evil narrowed and cold sweat gradually formed on Soya’s palms.

Pause.

Evil’s expression, which had been relaxed all along, suddenly hardened.

“You…?”

He stared at Soya and muttered blankly.

More precisely, he was looking at the pure white soul visible beyond her eyes…

“The owner of the oracle that would eliminate me… was you?”

Under the pure white sacred tree, the afterimage of a woman who had smiled beautifully surrounded by colorful lights overlapped with her face.

“…Ha! Haha! Hahaha!”

Suddenly, wild laughter burst from between his teeth.

Soya hesitated with a bewildered expression at Evil’s mad laughter.

However, the three Divine Beasts surrounding her only glared at him without being shaken, as if they had expected Evil’s strange reaction.

“What a twisted fate this is.”

Evil, who had been cackling for a long time until tears formed at the corners of his eyes, looked at Soya with gleaming eyes.

“Right. Those lofty Divine Beasts wouldn’t hover around a mere beastman woman without reason.”

Evil remembers his birth.

She was the being who gave birth to him.

At the same time, she was the being he hated to death.

He wanted to corrupt her.

He wanted her to suffer like him.

He wanted her to be abandoned by her beloved, become alone, and die lonely in piercing solitude.

Evil, who had changed his plan to kill Soya, stepped back.

If she was the Dragon Emperor’s Bride, he couldn’t easily take her life.

“Is that tiger what’s precious to you right now?”

He muttered while glancing at the white tiger collapsed on the ground, barely breathing with ragged gasps.

Soya, who had been waiting for the moment when Evil would attack her, panicked at his sudden change of target and shouted.

“Stop! Don’t touch Yul Elder Brother!”

“It would be more interesting to start after losing at least one.”

Evil smiled sinisterly and swung his scythe toward Gayul.

“Yul Elder Brother!”

“No, Young Master!”

It was the moment when Soya’s cry as she struck the barrier with the White Tiger Sword with all her might and Su Ri’s scream as he crawled toward Gayul with his immobile legs echoed loudly.

Swoosh—!

Along with the sound of swift wind, a large shadow flew from somewhere, snatched Gayul away, and deflected the scythe Evil was holding.

“How dare you touch another family’s precious youngest tiger.”

Gaya landed gracefully with a tiger as large as himself slung over one shoulder and pointed his sword tip at Evil.

“What kind of pest is interfering now…”

When the interrupted Evil frowned and glared at Gaya.

Swish—.

Another blade descended upon his nape from behind.

It was Ga Hyeon.

“So this is Evil.”

Ga Hyeon muttered while looking at Evil who wore Seolyeo’s face.

If they were human, they would naturally hesitate when confronted with the body of someone they knew.

Soya had been shaken seeing Evil who had devoured Seolyeo’s body, and Gayul and Su Ri, though bravely confronting him, had clenched their fists with trembling fingertips.

However, Ga Hyeon swung his sword coldly without a moment’s hesitation.

Slash—

Evil quickly liquefied his body, but Ga Hyeon’s blade was faster in slicing through his nape.

Drip, drop.

Evil, who had turned into black water and flowed down from the attack he couldn’t dodge in time, reformed into Seolyeo’s shape again.

“Ha. How troublesome.”

Evil grabbed his half-severed, tattered nape with one hand and ground his teeth.

His irritation flared up.

Though he wouldn’t suffer fatal wounds from such blades anyway, he disliked having scratches on the new shell he had finally obtained.

At that moment, he sensed Irim and Saeon running toward them from afar.

“Following the descendants of the White Tigers, even the Imperial Dragon…”

This was quite an unfavorable situation for him.

Though he had perfectly seized control of Seolyeo’s body, it had been less than an hour.

Clashing with the Imperial Dragon was premature.

‘Besides, killing the Dragon Emperor’s Bride is no longer my purpose anyway.’

He glanced at Soya, then lazily curved his eyes.

“We’ll meet again soon, Dragon Emperor’s Bride.”

Evil’s body turned into black water and flowed to the ground, then vanished without a trace in an instant.

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