98. Operation Name: Destroying the Pearl
Long and lifeless corpses are blooming like flowers on the red pond spread out here and there.
Pajik, Pajik!
A dark red electric current spreads from Kale’s body, and sticky blood drips from his sword body.
“I can’t see Kaarak.”
Poof. When she swung her sword, all the blood that had stuck to it flew out in one go.
“Is there really a need to find that person? According to what that person said, he is very strong.”
Kale chuckled at Radea’s words.
“I’ve honed the skills to beat that guy. And the mercenary king never forgets what happened.”
Kale’s curious face was full of anticipation.
“Is that so…….”
For some reason, it didn’t seem like they could communicate, so Lathea just agreed and moved on. People with faces like that usually don’t show anything once they’re attracted to it.
“Let’s move forward now. “I see the ceiling shaking and the roar repeating, so it looks like things have already started well over there.”
Radea turned her head to follow the direction of the sound.
“I see. “It looks like you’re fighting properly.”
“We can’t lose either. Let’s go.”
Do I really have to win? The words were deep in her throat, but she decided to stop. You seem excited, so let’s just enjoy it… ….
Kale and Radea started walking again. This temple-like structure had countless streets and rooms in the basement.
“That’s strange.”
“Why?”
“It’s strange that I don’t feel any presence.”
“Aren’t they all dead?”
Cale shook his head with narrowed eyebrows.
“If that was the case, I wouldn’t have said anything. “This means someone intentionally drained the power.”
It hasn’t been long since I came here. There were some pretty strong guys out there, but at most there were about 10 of them.
“The number of mooks is not like this. “Because we have the title of the strongest guild on the continent.”
“… When you say that, I feel anxious. “Can’t you think of something better?”
“No, that’s how strange it is. It’s as if it’s luring us further inward…… “
Boom!
Kale and Radea turned their heads and looked back with wide eyes.
“What?”
“The way out is blocked?”
A large wall fell on the road we came in, blocking the road.
“It doesn’t matter. “If you just blow it up anyway, that’s it.”
“No, that would be difficult, right?”
A heavy male voice was suddenly heard. Kale and Radea turned their heads again and looked straight ahead.
A tattoo of the sun on the chest. One arm is missing.
“It’s Kaarak.”
The corner of Cale’s mouth twitched.
“See you again, Baekgwi.”
Kaarak looks down at Kale with an arrogant look on his face. He continued speaking, showing his pure white teeth.
“I didn’t forget about this arm. “I’m the type of person who is a bit harsh.”
“Is that so? I’m glad I didn’t forget either. “I was worried about what would happen if I went over there.”
Kaarak and Kayle looked at each other and laughed. Lathea didn’t understand what was so enjoyable.
“Stay back, Lathea.”
“Yes? But… ….”
“Listen to me. “Because normal attacks won’t work on him.”
Radea nodded her head and stepped aside.
“Is it one to one? “I like it.”
“Nothing good will come of liking you.”
“Is that so? “It would be an honor if I liked it, right?”
Kaa Rak smiled bitterly, revealing her pure white teeth. Cale responded by raising only one middle finger.
“I’ll end the comic talk here. “Let’s start soon.”
The atmosphere changed in an instant. A cold tension touched Radea’s skin, as if it were winter.
‘What is it?’
Rathea, a sword master with intensively developed senses, was able to feel this strange current.
Both of them plan to settle in an instant.
“… ….”
Chi Ik. Kayle drags her right foot on the ground behind her, bends her left knee and lowers her upper body. La Dea could see that Kayle’s aura was focused on her lower body.
‘Are you planning to go in an instant?’
On the other hand, a dark red sphere floats above Kaarak’s palm. If you look closely, the thin lines are wriggling and forming a spiral.
‘Magic?’
It would be difficult to call that sphere magic. I couldn’t feel any magical power at all, it was a power that gave goosebumps to my five senses.
Gulp. That was when Radea swallowed her saliva and got a lump in her throat.
Kwajajajak─! A large dark red electric current surrounded Kale’s body. Unrefined auras began to fly here and there, cracking the surrounding area.
Blah blah blah, blah blah.
The cracked feet are on the verge of disappearing at any moment. A vein is rising on Cale’s neck, and her hand on the hilt of her sword is strained to the point where the tendons stick out.
‘What on earth are you going to do?’
Kaarak, seeing this, laughed heartily and squeezed the dark red sphere.
“Sweet it out.”
Beep──!
The tinnitus that causes headaches is so intense that it feels like my eardrums are going to rupture at any moment. And a storm is approaching, spiraling enough to tear apart everything she touches.
“This…” !”
Radea quickly raised her sword. Aura flows into her sword body and swings under the acceleration of the wind.
“Hwaap!”
Longitudinal cuts, horizontal cuts, diagonal cuts. These three things happened in succession, just changing directions, and drew a curve.
“Ugh… !”
But it was not enough to stop this spiraling storm. Radea changed her strategy to only avoid critical points.
Then.
Kwaja Viscount──!
A cool, spreading dark red electric current filled the space, and the red spiral storm disappeared at once.
“… What?”
Things happened so suddenly and consecutively that Radea was unable to follow the situation properly. What caught my eye then.
“Huh?”
Kale standing in the center of the dark red current that erased the storm. His face was so excited that it was as vivid as raw meat.
“I won, Kaarak!”
hahahaha! Cale bursts into laughter and pulls out his sword. At the same time.
Kwaang───!
With a loud roar, a storm of electricity erupted everywhere, and Kale rushed forward at an invisible speed.
“… ?!”
Kaarak’s head swimming in the air with its eyes wide open. Blood gushes from the remaining torso through the throat.
Pajik, Pajik. Cale laughed, her whole body radiating black and red electricity.
“Did you see it, Radea? “I’ve crossed my limit again!”
“Oh, yes…” ….”
After giving an appropriate answer, Radea looked at Cale and closed her eyes. She was dazed, but she seemed very happy, so she decided to just move on.
* * *
Until now, I have only fought those who are much weaker than me.
But what stands before me now is a strong man who has risen to the rank of transcendental like me.
“… ….”
It holds your breath and calms the blood flow to your body. Human emotions are influenced by the heart. It stabilizes the heartbeat and cools the mind.
“Whoa…” ….”
The hot breath was exhaled and cooled completely.
“When the day comes to face Gene Barenberg, should I consider this an honor or a karma?”
Malek smiles and takes a martial arts stance. When seen with the naked eye, it looks like a typical martial artist.
“Then go first!”
Cow! A crack appeared under Malek’s feet and he bounced.
The pupil contracts and the trajectory of the rushing fist is visible. The destination is my crowd. I bent my back.
Malek’s arm passing before your eyes. I snatched his wrist and threw him back.
“What… ?”
In an instant, Malek was taken aback and lost his balance in the air. I regained my balance in time and then advanced towards the landing site.
“You think I’ll be defeated easily!”
Malek stretched out his auror-filled fist forward in the air. Paang! The body was pushed backwards with the sound of air bursting. Then it lands stably.
‘He is definitely a transcendental person.’
Condenses the aura at the end of the body and explodes it at once. Move due to the resulting wind pressure. This is a method I often use.
“You’re good at using auras.”
“Are you the only one who can do it?”
Malek chuckles bitterly. What’s so fun about it?
“Then let’s go properly!”
In an instant, Malek flew in front of me. I reflexively swung my sword sideways. Huh! However… ….
Kaang! It felt as if I had hit a stone with a blade and the sword body bounced off.
“… ?!”
Malek moves his arms, exposing his bright white teeth. I swung my sword accordingly. It contains more aura than before. It won’t be easy to get rid of…….
Kaang!
“?!”
Malek’s arm, moving languidly, changes the trajectory of the sword body. At the same time, a counterattack. He reflexively tilted his head to the right. Wedge! The blade of a hand stretched out like a long spear grazed my cheek.
‘Is this what Cale said?’
It is a strange fighting method. Fists and arms moving as if water were flowing. And focus on avoiding all attacks by changing their trajectory. It specializes in counterattacks. The nature of Aurors is water.
“It’s an amazing fighting technique.”
“Right? “I’ve been practicing it for a long time.”
“… ….”
I opened my eyes shallowly and stepped back. You need to analyze the other person’s patterns. If we fight like usual, we will never reach a conclusion.
‘What should I do with this?’
I don’t know anything about swordsmanship. As Jin’s memories return and synchronization deepens, unfamiliar things become more familiar, but the essence is unknown.
Until now, I had only swung the sword based on my senses and the experiences my body remembered.
‘Doing this will only waste time.’
If the fight until now was a fight between humans and insects, now it is a fight between teenagers and adults.
The difference in power is clear, but if you allow a momentary mistake or the opponent’s move, it will be fatal.
“Aren’t you coming?”
Malek smiled wryly and clapped his hands.
‘Looking at him like that, he’s not the type to go first.’
A fighting technique that focuses on evasion and counterattack. No matter how large the aura is, it is useless because the trajectory is distorted.
“… ….”
Quuk. I gripped the hilt of the sword tightly.
I know that it is dangerous to rely only on the memories and senses engraved in the body. But there is no other way.
“I’m going.”
Kwaang─! As soon as I stepped on the ground, the ground collapsed and my body shot forward like an arrow. He swings his sword relying solely on his imagination.
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“Khahahaha! This is it!”
Chaeng─! Chang—! Chang—! Chang—!
A cold yet cheerful sound echoes throughout the square.
If you cut it diagonally, it bounces horizontally, and if you cut it vertically, it changes to a diagonal line. What is cut horizontally has a diagonal trajectory.
Nevertheless, he keeps swinging.
The fist containing the aura and the sword body clashed without stopping, creating a gust of wind around the area. They focus only on attack and defense, as if they don’t even have time to breathe.
“As expected, Gene Barenberg! “This is the first time I’ve ever fought like this!”
The joints on both sides are bent this way and that way. Fighting techniques that change the direction of sword strikes like flowing water, and sword techniques that try to overturn the current.
Kwaang─!
As the large clash of Aurors occurred, the distance between me and Malek widened.
“Ha, look at the state of this. “I threw it away like that, but the wound was no joke.”
Suddenly. Pop. Malek, hot blood flowing from both arms. Even if the damage from the sword body was eliminated, it seemed impossible to reach the Auror level.
‘You will win as long as you concentrate and do not lose focus on your breathing.’
The nature of my auror is destruction that turns it into nothingness. A quality that cannot or should not exist in this world.
He must be the final boss because he has this.
“Okay, I guess it’s still worth it.”
Malek smiles and takes his fighting stance again. However, seeing as cold sweat was running down his temples and he was slightly out of breath, it was clear that he was overdoing it.
‘Victory is certain. ‘I just need to finish it.’
The worries I had earlier were useless thoughts.
I poured more and more aura into the sword body. Of course, the answer is to just press it with force.
“3 Minutes.”
Malek furrowed his eyebrows at my unexpected words.
“What 3 minutes all of a sudden?”
I turned the blade and laughed.
“I’m talking about the time remaining until your head is blown off.”
