Backyard Battle (Part 1)

"Mythical Contact?"

Just as Han Dong raised the staff, Crow Caller, and revealed the power of death.

Meredith, who had just taken out his lute, immediately turned around and caught sight of the phantom image of a Jackal Head that had appeared behind Han Dong in an instant.

A faint smile also appeared on Meredith's lips at the sight.

After all, in the eyes of ordinary knights,

a Mature Body absolutely required a squad of Ordinary Knights to deal with it... But with Han Dong's Mythical Contact, combined with the same immunity to corruption as Commander Hugo, Meredith had nothing left to worry about.

He could focus on the target he had locked onto—the Toad Palace Emissary whose lower body had fused with a toad.

A serenade rang out.

Blending with the nighttime surroundings, the refined and tranquil notes immediately took effect on the Toad Palace Emissary... Fine Threads of goat intestine from Pan shot forth one after another.

They could neither be defended against nor resisted.

The goat-gut threads connected to the emissary's head.

A visible mass of consciousness was directly dragged into the lute.

Of course... it was not that simple.

A great deal of clear water began overflowing from the lute's surface, while a Toad Skin Structure emerged across it... Clearly, this equipment alone was not enough to seal this emissary.

Meredith sat cross-legged and continued playing.

With every pluck of the strings, an invisible barrier formed around his body.

At the moment the barrier was fully formed, Meredith's consciousness also entered the lute, intending to kill the otherworldly demon through a battle of consciousness.

What should have been a brutal fight to the death was forcibly turned by Meredith into an elegant solo performance.

Compared to the elegant battle on that side,

the fight of