107. Flowering
1 Minute is a short time.
When you’re engrossed in something, it’s so fleeting that you don’t even notice the flow.
Even if you just look at the clock with determination, the second hand will quickly make one turn.
No matter how much we say that all things in the world are relative, and that their value and experience change depending on the perspective from which we accept them.
1 Minute. So, objectively, it could be said that 60 seconds is a very short time.
Except now.
Wow!
With a roar, the Heavenly Flame’s Mana Bullet is canceled out by the blood system I deployed.
This was the thirty-third defense.
At the sparring hall at dawn, with all the lights turned off.
In Ivan’s sparring hall, which is the only place with mana lighting, only explosions brighter than the lighting are constantly exploding.
Bad job!
This time, the mana bullet is absorbed into my right hand.
It was the thirty-fourth shot,
The bullet was returned to the ejection port of Cheonhwa where it was fired.
Bam!
The mana bullets collide in the air and are canceled out.
I have endured this way until now.
If I tried to block all attacks with blood, it was obvious that I would be lying on the floor in less than 10 seconds.
The current situation where we have to withstand attacks without counterattack and without resistance.
The magic bullet hitting me more than once per second was enough to make one minute feel like a year.
I checked the shelf on the side out of the corner of my eye.
What is there is a one-minute hourglass.
Judging by the similarity between the sand above and the sand below, I think 30 seconds have passed.
I should have just set the condition to 30 seconds from the beginning…
Oops, I was too distracted.
I immediately turned my head.
Bam!
Manatan came right in front of my nose in an instant,
He blocked it with almost miraculous reflexes.
When I removed the blood barrier in front of me, I saw Adela attacking me with an expressionless expression on the other side.
Now enough to make me feel PTSD, two flower petals were aimed at me at the same time.
Now Adela seems to be feeling impatient,
Two petals began to shine at the same time.
Kwaang!
Now, with less than 20 seconds left,
Because the decision to save mana was meaningless.
Mana bullets fired continuously from two petals.
I felt it even though I was avoiding it.
How much she has grown in half a year.
I would have been more proud if I wasn’t the target of my skills that day, but anyway.
I need to match the pace here too.
‘Runaway.’
The moment I turned on the ability, the now familiar goosebumps covered my entire body.
You can control every movement of your entire body,
The ability to split a second into several parts.
Kwaang!
There was no need to use a blood system.
Just like Scarlett, I just avoid it.
How many times did I avoid it like that?
How much longer did the explosion sound sound?
“Adella.”
I raised my hands,
She didn’t listen.
As if falling into a state of selflessness,
She targets me like a machine.
“Adella!”
“……Ah.”
Let’s give strength to the mokuldae,
She seemed to have finally realized it.
“Timeout.”
“Ah, ah…”
Let her realize her own failure,
She sits down without her strength.
I did it.
Her crazy trick of avoiding Cheonhwa without counterattacking, she succeeded without any tricks.
But, I almost collapsed too.
Thanks to her nearly depleted mana, she managed to stop her legs from striking the moment she relaxed.
Even if it is not true,
Because I have to look like I overpowered Adela.
That was the only way to color the romanticist’s mind a little bit in gray.
Reality is not this easy.
I maintain the dignity of an instructor,
The topic has been removed.
“Adella.”
She didn’t pass the test,
First of all, I succeeded in buying time.
What remains is a conciliation time that mixes encouragement and admonition in a ratio of about 6 to 4.
I know how you feel,
This is truly life-threatening,
It seems that you have not yet become so overwhelming that you can take responsibility for your own life.
After somehow calming him down and sending him back to the dormitory.
After recovering her mana, the nun left me to my own devices.
It was then.
Snap!
At the sparring hall at dawn, where no one will visit.
I heard the door opening.
A place where Adela and I both focused our attention.
As soon as we confirm the person who opened the door,
I had no choice but to turn on the runaway mode again.
“Oh my, it looks like I finally got him to submit through force.”
Neat attire. A cross pattern that is like a symbol of the church.
It must have been locked in the office,
“I heard he had that kind of personality, but seeing him in person makes him even more merciless. Ivan.”
She was a nun.
She came here to visit.
Was I that untrustworthy?
I’m really sad.
For a moment, I thought such nonsense and ran away,
The situation has gotten much worse.
Even more so in the sense that my mana is almost at its lowest point.
“Hmm…”
Standing in front of the door,
She looked at Adela, who was sitting down, and then at me.
He smiled brightly.
Before I could say anything,
Adela’s voice, as she sat down, was aimed at her.
“…Mr. Evangelist.”
“Yes, yes.”
The nun answered half-heartedly and took a couple of steps forward toward Adela.
I am also careful,
I took a step forward without the nun noticing.
“That child… Are you sure you found it?”
“Hmm.”
A short silence,
Soon, the nun answered.
“No.”
The cruelest truth,
He hit Adela on the head.
As soon as I heard the answer,
Adela’s complexion turned pale.
“Why, why…Like that…”
“Huh, you’re glaring at me scaryly. It’s okay to be swayed by your emotions, but would you like to think about it?”
The nun becomes closer to Adela.
Her arms, which had been given the power of her religious leader, were once again dyed pitch black.
“I wonder if there’s any reason for me to please you anymore when you’ve collapsed from exhaustion.”
“…….”
“You’ll fall asleep for a little while. I don’t think there’s any other future left for you.”
I realized.
Why did the nun reveal her true colors?
What should I do?
I started running with the runaway mode turned on.
Between Adela and the nun.
Toward the place where Satan will arise.
You can think while running.
Use your heightened senses to the fullest and fill all the time you have with thoughts.
“Don’t cry like that. When you open your eyes, you will know for sure who you are meant to serve. I guarantee you that you will be happy.”
The nun is making a huge mistake.
The smile you make upon entering the sparring hall means that you have made a fundamental mistake.
He thought that ‘Ivan had defeated Adela for himself,’ so he assumed that the reason Adela collapsed was because of exhaustion.
However, she is not incapable of fighting.
She was not prepared to be taken away.
Rather, since mana exhaustion is about to hit me after shooting the Blood World, Adella’s condition is in good condition.
I just couldn’t overcome my anger and sat down.
The nun surrendered herself to her.
If only Adela, who clearly heard that mocking revelation, could hold on to her spirit.
If I give her just enough time, she will be completely on my side.
The originally planned ‘Nun Raid’ can now be done here.
“…Huh?”
I ran,
The nun’s eyes were focused in this direction for a moment.
However, there was no variation in the series of movements to attack Adela.
In the nun’s perception,
Because Ivan is still an ally.
That attack. All we have to do is block that one room.
As long as you protect it just once and increase the distance between the original dealer Adela and the nun.
There was a chance of victory.
But…
‘How do I stop it without a bloodline?’
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I already tried to use it, but
I didn’t go out in the first place.
Because I don’t have that much mana.
In the end, you have to block it with your right hand.
I can’t see any way to do that.
With the sense that time has slowed down, I was able to think a great deal.
Your senses have become more sensitive,
It’s not that my legs have become extremely fast.
The way to truly protect Adela is,
Pushing her at the same speed as she runs.
Then, in the end, I am the one who gets hit instead.
Should I fight while sewing her half-broken waist with a binder?
At that moment, a thought crossed her mind.
Conversation at the hospital.
This is a word from a health instructor.
‘I can hide it… With magic.’
There is a magic on my back.
A spell cast for the purpose of hiding scars.
‘Please be careful as this is a spell that will be released if you are injured or receive a strong shock.’
Even if you are not a combat specialist,
The health instructor is also Russell’s instructor.
I thought it would be possible if my back was covered with her magic.
The nun wasn’t trying to cut Adela in half either.
The intention is to stun it, and it must be a quick attack with that much force added.
Then, you can endure.
I kicked off the ground and jumped up.
Just before her arms hit the girl in front of her, she pushed Adela away with her whole body.
Park!
“aaah!”
At the same time, he turned his back.
Without using blood pressure, absorption, or any other technique. Instead, we met the attack with
Etc.
“…What-!”
A nun surprised by a sudden situation.
With her death,
A shock hit my back.
Paaang!
Roaring sound. It feels like something is breaking apart.
But it’s not my spine-
“Ouch…”
It was just the health instructor’s magic.
I fell, but I did not die.
And then, a welcome sound was heard.
Kwaang!
I finally came to my senses,
She decided the direction that the painting would take.
“Ahh!”
The magic bullet hit the defenseless nun.
Her pitch-black arms are burning.
The nun was blown back by her shock,
I got up quickly.
To control Cheonhwa in a collapsed position and run to the sharpshooter who hit the opponent.
“Ugh, huh…”
And as soon as it reached her.
The heavy rain cleared up, and my vision became blurry.
Sharp!
It fell down ugly.
“Instructor!”
I heard Adela’s voice,
I felt the touch of cold hands on my back.
Oh, it looks like the uniform is completely torn.
She traces my back, where her bare skin is exposed, checking to see if her back is broken.
And then, suddenly, her hand stopped.
“Uh, uh…?”
“Adella.”
A voice squeezed with all my might.
“Stop stuttering. I’m fine.”
“Ah, ah…!”
I thought I had come to my senses, but I wasn’t.
In the midst of all this busyness, she touches my back even more, and even pats the scar that was revealed when her spell was broken.
“Seven…”
You say the same thing.
You are so interested in other people’s backs.
I really wanted to say something, but
Now was not the time.
The guy who hit Cheonhwa with a direct hit and flew away.
That nun recovered her wounds.
“This… Traitorous bastard…”
He was a quick-witted friend.
She is a nun, pointing her black arm at me and advancing at a stride.
We have to subdue that guy,
I took out the holy sword Baldr from my inner pocket.
I didn’t know you’d bring this up again at this time.
I can’t use either runaway or blood system.
Because we have to endure through primitive hand-to-hand combat.
But, my body is too slow for that.
“…Pfft!”
For a moment, my posture became disturbed,
Only the nun who attacked me was reflected in her eyes.
I instinctively turned her body, but I had a hunch.
I can’t completely avoid this.
If you don’t fight with the determination to die,
Something will be permanently damaged today.
That’s why I tried to use my jealousy ability, which I had really tried to save until the very end.
Bang!
Just before writing Jealousy.
Just before Miho’s ability was unleashed on this body, the nun’s attack was blocked.
The ‘something’ that blocked the attack on my behalf was shattered upon her impact.
I could see.
A blue shield on the verge of breaking.
What protected me by deploying it was…
“…Adella.”
It was Adela’s heavenly painting.
It was only then that I remembered it.
When she returned from her parents’ home, she said she had something she wanted to show me.
“Ha, hahahaha…”
I never thought you would be able to use the shield without my help.
I adjusted my posture and sword,
Adela muttered from behind.
“Now…”
I couldn’t hear it well, but
I felt one thing.
Two heavenly flowers that protect me.
Adella’s will to block the nun’s attack with the defense shield deployed there.
Okay. Let’s try to guess the sum.
I swung Baldr,
He hit her black arm.
Boom!
It’s blocked. It seemed like it would be so.
The only thing I was better than a nun was that I had more skills and a right hand.
Now that only hand-to-hand combat is possible,
The nuns had the advantage.
“This…!”
An evil attack is coming.
It was aimed at my left shoulder, and a protective shield was deployed from another heavenly flower positioned there.
Click!
The shield was broken again this time.
But thanks to that, I was able to hit her.
Bam!
A rather dull sound rang out from the throat of someone who had been stabbed with a knife.
The head of the nun who struck Baldr,
Her back was strengthened like that of her right arm.
Yes, I thought it wouldn’t go easily.
Because it’s a game where you won’t be able to come back.
The enemy is stronger than expected,
I’m not even embarrassed anymore.
However, there were two Cheonhwa.
Because the shield could not be regenerated every second.
I had to earn that time.
I have both arms stained black,
Toward the nun who was fully prepared for battle.
He rushed.
Bam! Quang!
The strengthened arms and swords intersect.
You swing your sword with your left hand, and you defend your other arm with your right hand.
However, because it was not in a runaway state.
I was not able to respond perfectly.
It caught my eye in an instant.
The nun’s attack grazed my shoulder.
I knew the trajectory, but
Now is not the time to be desperate and fight.
Any attack that is not fatal can be hit.
That is the only way to have a chance of winning.
But just before her arm brushed my shoulder.
“Now, I will protect you.”
Adela’s voice that seems to be possessed,
I heard an unheard sound.
Pow!
Roaring sound. The sound of mana bullets being fired.
“Ahh!”
This time, it caught the nun’s eyes.
She flies again and lands on her wall.
This cannot happen.
I turned my head and checked the number of Cheonhwa guarding both sides of me.
Two. Since both of their shields were just broken, there is no way the beam came from here.
Then…
“…No way.”
I realized.
‘There’s something I really want to show you.’
What she prepared for her instructor was,
It wasn’t something like deploying a defense shield.
I turned around,
I could see it with my own eyes.
“Three weeks, Gyu-ryeon.”
Coming out of her inner pocket,
The third Heavenly Fire is aimed this way.
Cheonhwa. Seven petals.
And then, the dancer who handles the petals.
Like the dancer’s blade,
The third leaf.
“Bloom.”
With the owner’s starting words,
I woke up here.
