Chapter 213 – Naa → Rock! I→Rock! (4)
Justia proudly violated the rule that she should not manifest herself as a real body within Atipia by creating a realm that the gods could not see through the fantasy space created by her subordinates.
She planned to wipe out those who maintain the balance of this world within it at once, throw this world into chaos and ruin it, and then use that as an excuse to start a war between the gods. It was as if she would use countless innocent people as sacrifices, solely for her own personal grudge.
And I heard that the fantasy space created by her subordinate, Elder Nemu, is the boundary between dreams and reality, and I waited for Mono to come find me. Dreams are the realm of dream demons, so she will be able to quickly notice that I, who I usually keep an eye on, is suddenly in the realm between reality and dreams.
As expected, Mono came to visit me, and I got out of the fantasy space with Jung Si-woo and entered the realm of dreams.
However, the prudent Justia did not recklessly step into the realm of dreams, and Jeong Si-woo and I came to a situation where we fought each other because of the damn authority of the fate of the struggle woven by the goddess of fate. In the meantime, Jeong Si-woo said that since his wounds were severe, the one who was slightly more intact should remain and deal with Justia… But I think differently.
In order to carry out her plan, I think, Justia must come down from her own home ground, her fantasy space, to this realm of dreams. And if only one of us had to stay for that, Siwoo Jung had to take care of that. Because I had other things to do. So… I must be the villain to be defeated by the greatest hero in this Attopia.
Despite being injured, a very lucky man armed with overwhelming skills and experience, by showing the image of a foolish scoundrel who follows an evil spirit and ending it with certainty, to that damn Justia year ‘everything is going according to my thoughts’ had to instill an illusion. For that…
“Haaaaa…!!”
“Keuuuuu!!”
Aaaaa!!
We need a winner in this fight. It’s not just about winning, either side deliberately didn’t care and even though each other did their best to bump into each other, we need a perfect win or loss so that there is no disagreement. And if someone has to play the role of a winner, it’s the role Jung Si-woo should take. My role is to defeat him, to reassure Justia that her plan is all going smoothly, and in the leisurely moment to plant a deadly dagger in her careless gap.
Kang! Kaaang!
The sword collides with the fist, and my arm is pushed back with an inexplicable metallic sound. As expected of a person called the strongest, the weapons he used were unusual. Now, this power that has colored my skin black is 〈 Shimui – Geumgang〉. The ability to temporarily strengthen one’s own body parts and endow them with the property of never being destroyed. However, the more parts are strengthened, the more mental power is consumed, so it is applied only to the arms and legs used for attacks, and critical areas that would be fatal if attacked.
Excluding the scars that Eustia herself inflicted on my chest with her own power, this skin, which hadn’t even been scratched by her power of punishment, left so few traces of cuts. She knew for the first time that she could achieve such tremendous sharpness without powers, purely with the performance of the weapon itself. There is a saying to cut water with a knife, but I wondered if that knife could actually cut water.
“Kaaaaagh!!”
Of course, that didn’t mean I was being pushed one-sidedly.
〈 Deliberation – Focus〉
Five pairs of muzzles appeared on either side of me, and they fired all at once at the hero in front of me. A terrifying rupture sound that could be mistaken for thunder sounded, and Jeong Si-woo’s body jumped backwards and fell. However, there were no punctures or burns anywhere on the body, and seeing steam rising from that sturdy sword, it seems that the new sword was laid down to defend against all ten shots.
“It’s amazing… That incarnation, the real star has all the special abilities. Even if it touches this holy sword, it hardens its body to the point that it only cuts lightly and ends. They fire all at once, and you really can’t predict what’s ahead.”
Deliberation is the power that the user’s mind materializes. And just as there is a proverb that says that a person knows what is inside the water and does not know what is inside, it is impossible to know what shape a person’s heart is in until it is expressed on the outside. Like magic, you don’t know in advance what you can use, or you don’t use only what’s decided like powers, but as each person has the power of different traits, the unknown information adds to the power.
“But there’s no way I’m going to fall for a trick I’ve seen once.”
As the saying goes, an ability that was used against him once would not work twice. In other words, it is safe to say that 〈 Deliberation – Concentrated Saturation 〉 can no longer be used. It can be used as a surprise anyway, but instead of having tremendous power, it has the disadvantage of taking a long time to use again after using it once, so there is no need to bring it out twice in this battle.
“That hard skin is also very annoying, but looking at the fact that it doesn’t cover the whole body and is only applied to a part of the body, it seems that the duration is short or the power consumption is high. If so, attack that defenseless part…”
Charking. The double-edged greatsword in Jeong Si-woo’s hand disappeared, and instead, he held a katana in a scabbard in that hand. With an ominous intuition, I hurriedly wrapped 〈 Shimui – Geumgang 〉 all over my body. And the moment Siwoo Jeong unsheathed his sword.
———!!
The sound of the wind ripping echoed in succession, and sharp and terrifying slashes from all directions pounded my body. The power of each shot has been lowered than before, but the attack speed and number of attacks have increased overwhelmingly. If you use 〈 Mind – Diamond 〉, you can endure it enough, but the part where the power is not applied is cut off like head slicing. It was a quick and threatening attack.
The dozens of slashes that came before me even blinked filled my entire body with thin, solid lines, but eventually I recovered them with the strong regenerative power unique to this body. Seeing that, Siwoo Jeong let out a sigh of regret and returned the drawn sword.
“…A sword art?”
“The name of this sword is ‘Tokisetsu’. It is a special demonic sword created by a pervert who is crazy about swordsmanship. It is a weapon that lifts the user’s body to the limit in just 0.5 seconds after pulling the sword out of the scabbard, enabling dozens of attacks. But unfortunately, it’s a weapon with a lot of flaws because you can’t move at that moment and can only wield a sword. Even considering that, it’s quite useful. In the eyes of others, it would look like the opponent is cut into dozens of strands at the same time as drawing the sword? “
A sword that allows you to use an extreme double attack only at the moment you unleash it. Certainly, if such a terrifying attack suddenly arrives, you will not be able to deal with it unless you know the information about it in advance. And above all, one thing is absolutely certain.
“With the speed of this sword, my strength, and Tyche-sama’s blessing, if I exquisitely attacked only the fatal vital points, most of the enemies would fall in one hit, but I never thought I’d meet an opponent who could use this twice. There is no defenseless area around it, but if you keep pushing in this state, you won’t be able to maintain that state for long because of the power consumed.”
The strategy Jung Si-woo chose was to lead the fight into a long-term battle. Even though the gap between attacks is long, once an attack is made, I use all my strength to completely exhaust my strength by continuing to deliver fatal blows that could have killed me if I didn’t defend with all my strength. That’s an attack that’s hard to deal with.
“Then let’s go one more time.”
Unless I had the skills to deal with that attack.
With a clicking sound, the moment the katana contained in the scabbard revealed its shiny teeth, dozens of sharp consecutive strikes rained down on her from all sides. Starting from the left shoulder, right flank, stomach, left thigh, right arm, etc… The moment an irregular trajectory of attacks that you can’t tell from where to defend begins, the intangible shield is in direct opposition to the slashing attack. By giving the power of the direction, all the super-fast sword attacks that I couldn’t react with my reflexes were deflected.
“…!”
“Since you first gave information about your weapon, I will explain this ability.”
〈 Deliberation – I, who had endured the speedy series of attacks without any damage without using Keumgang 〉, quietly broke into a cold sweat and pretended to be calm about the fact that a very dangerous gambler had luckily succeeded.
“This ability is 〈 Deliberation – Rainbow Reflect 〉. While keeping both feet on the ground, it spreads an invisible sphere centered on me, and changes the direction of the force being applied to anything approaching at a speed faster than a person punching out. It’s the ability to turn it the other way around. It means that no matter how fast or powerful it is, it will automatically bounce back.”
At my explanation, Jeong Si-woo opened his mouth wide and looked at me with ridiculous eyes.
“No, what is that? It’s despicable! Use your open fire skills sparingly!”
“Isn’t that what you’re talking about…?”
As if regretting it, Jeong Si-woo sent the katana somewhere out of sight again, and this time he took out a longbow that was as tall as himself and decorated with all sorts of fancy decorations. I realized that the advantage of speed is meaningless in the face of a shield that automatically reflects everything no matter how fast it is. Realizing that fighting with my bare hands would not yield an answer, I brought out a full-fledged means of attack.
〈 Shimui – Glass Crafting 〉, which creates glass that has poor durability but is excellent in sharpness and beauty in the desired shape, and 〈 Shimui – Distortion Acrobatics 〉, which ignores the laws of physics and moves the projectiles thrown by me as I want. A link between the two incarnations obtained very early in this world, and at the same time still the most used. The power derived from the mind of a stranger girl who longed for a castle made of glass in an old fairy tale and the heart of a young man in a slum who wanted to undo what he threw away precious things with his own hands took shape in my hands.
I threw the glass blades at once, and the glass blades, which seemed to fly at normal speed, accelerated rapidly in the middle and flew toward Jeong Si-woo at a speed faster than any bullet. In the meantime, when Jeong Si-woo pulled the protest without an arrow inserted, invisible arrows were fired and the attack that flew at him was intercepted midway.
But the real fear of the glass blade didn’t just end with its sharpness beyond common sense. It’s poor durability, which would be fatal for a normal weapon, but on the contrary, it is easily intercepted and broken by even weak attacks… Small fragments that are difficult to cut out all pour down toward the enemy without losing their unique sharpness.
“Kuh…!”
Indeed, the phrase “A man loved by luck” Was not a joke. Even in the coordinated attacks of 〈 Shimui – Glass Crafts 〉 and 〈 Shimui – Distortion Acrobatics 〉, it did not leave any fatal scars, even though it inflicted minor scars. That’s the protection of heavenly luck… Even in a situation where the damage suffered from the glass shards shattered by one’s own attack is confirmed, that variable works in one’s favor, minimizing the damage. It’s a terrifying force that I really don’t know how to deal with.
If someone told me to win against Siwoo Jeong, I would hit the man who gave the order that way in the head. It’s really fortunate that the role I’m playing right now is not victory, but defeat.
Jung Si-woo, who escaped fatal injuries amidst the pouring glass shards, again drew a protest at me. The string of the longbow was pulled tight and screamed as if one wondered where such strength came from in that thin body. The moment he releases his hand from his string, unnumbered arrows leave the bow and rush.
“…!!”
I realized that the world is much wider than I thought. I never thought there would be a ranged attack that shoots a projectile that flies at a slower speed than a person swinging a fist.
The landscape in front of your eyes shimmers. The arrow created by twisting the air slowly approaches me. However, it was too huge to dodge by throwing itself, and because it was too slow, it was an attack that was not within the range of 〈 Mind – Rainbow Reflect 〉 to block. And since there is no fixed form, the moment it touches my body, 〈 Deliberation – Fixed 〉 can’t block the damage.
In the end, when I unfolded 〈 Shimui – Geumgang 〉 all over my body to prepare for a defensive posture, an attack that was slow enough to cause a yawn, but too wide to dodge, burst upon me.
—-?!
No sound. Originally, I thought it was a soundless attack, but it was only after I heard an annoying tinnitus that the surroundings except me exploded splendidly, and I realized that my hearing couldn’t recognize it because of the noise that was so loud. And with 〈 Sim-ui – Geumgang 〉, there were no scars on the outside of my body…
“Cool…!”
The inside of the body was completely different.
In the Middle Ages, a sword cannot be used against an enemy wearing armor, but a blunt weapon such as a mace strikes the armor and the shock is transmitted through the armor. The shock delivered by the huge arrow that was absurdly slow shook the inside of my body as it was.
I felt like I was about to turn over from the motion sickness of being on a boat rocked by strong currents. No, maybe it’s already overturned. Even though I hadn’t eaten anything, I had a strange feeling of wanting to vomit what was inside. Before long, a red clot of blood flowed backwards from my open mouth.
“Heo-eok, hee-eok…!”
“That… You’re still alive after being hit?”
I was taken aback by that strange and terrifying attack of power that I had never seen before, as if it were made to counter my ability itself. And Jeong Si-woo also looked embarrassed when he saw me still alive after being hit by that brutal attack.
“Oh my God… Even the Dragon Lord couldn’t stand it, so the whole body exploded… With that attack?”
If it’s a dragon lord, isn’t it the captain of the dragons? Ordinary dragons belong to the highest level in any world, and among those races, the strongest being is the dragon lord… An attack that has killed such a thing?
Wow, was it a miracle that I was really alive? It seems that the body made by a foreign body is definitely strong. It is because I saw that even though all the organs in the body were crushed to the point where it was difficult to recognize them, they could still be alive, and I felt that they were gradually recovering over time.
Breathing hard, I glanced out of the corner of my eye for a moment to examine the illusory space above. And the Goddess of Justice was looking down at Jeong Si-woo with slightly fearful eyes, saying that it was hard to understand what she was seeing. It seems that even in the eyes of a crazy goddess, a guy who casually unleashes an enormous attack like that, a guy who survived after being hit by it, or something like that, he seems crazy enough.
However, it is far from enough. Originally, we were going to get her to come down here on her feet by making her feel confident that she could finish with her own hands when she was exhausted, but the exchange of attacks between us showed how unreasonable our strength was. It seems that he gave her some hesitation by showing what he had. Ah… Isn’t this? Damn, then I have no choice but to fight with the most unconfident super close combat?
“After…”
It wasn’t until the inside of my body fully recovered that I took out another incarnation.
〈 Deliberation – Mind Sword〉
A sword that never breaks, can be returned at any time even if it leaves my hand, disappears when it disappears from my surroundings beyond a certain distance, but can create any number of swords.
“Hyaaaaa!!!”
After adding various deliberations related to the blade obtained from the Dogye gang members to that sword, I attacked Jeong Si-woo.
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[…Ha, you’re doing quite a bit of fun. Fortunately, thanks to that friend, I found out before it was too late.]
A neutral voice, hard to tell whether it was male or female, resonated in the quiet house.
[Originally, I was going to just cross it, whether it was like that last time… Unfortunately, this time, even if she crossed her line, she crossed it properly. That’s to the point where even those who oppose me are on my side.]
Click, turrrr., The connection that seemed to never end ended, and the voice of the other party rang out.
A voice that cannot be perceived by the human ear.
