Chapter 121 – 19. Conflict (8)
The source of Xian’s power comes from its formidable speed.
As the speed, which is a factor that determines the momentum of an object, increases, the amount of impact that can act on the outside also increases.
It was very simple, yet destructive.
Of course, as he was once in charge of torture as a secret agent, Xian must be an expert in controlling the strength of his abilities.
You can become a more difficult opponent if you are determined and use the waves only for the proper purpose for interpersonal battles, rather than running amok like now.
But for some reason, Xian didn’t show any signs of that at all.
Given her near-hatred feelings towards her former comrades from last week’s meeting with Rey, and the destructive release of power with no regard for the condition of the building… Perhaps she is furious with the facility itself. Could it be that you have anger?
Events that were not revealed in the original story.
Stories behind the scenes that simply could not be known from the reader’s point of view.
Like Yang Geum-tae, whom I possessed, Xian, who is only a villain who serves as a stepping stone for Ryu Shin-i, must have had a painful past.
But now is the time to focus on the battle rather than that.
It was a matter that it would not be too late to find out after Ryu Xinyi defeated her Xian.
“Juha! I’ll go there first!”
Avoid attacks and calmly advance step by step.
The walls surrounding the hallway had already been half-destroyed by Xian’s attack, and the steel bars serving as pillars must have been made of reinforced materials.
The ceiling was finished with a barrel without any gaps, so there was no danger, but the problem was the outer wall that was most affected by the attack.
Even at first glance, it is not in a very normal state, such as the dust pushing in under tremendous pressure along the cracks in the walls, and the exterior wall materials that are slowly beginning to distort.
It must be finished as quickly as possible.
As soon as we enter the inside of the barrier as designated by the ‘cloning magician’s life and death’, all external shocks are absorbed and disappear.
“It’s all here…!”
Once again, he rolled to the left to dodge Xian’s attack and finally joined up with Juha.
Ray, who was holding Juha’s hand tightly next to him, was still in a state of confusion as to whether Xian’s attack on him was shocking, so he decided to quickly brief only Juha.
Right now I don’t have time for calming hypnosis or anything like that.
“Listen up. They say there is a way for Ryu Xin to win. But to do that, we have to restrain his actions for a while. You don’t have to think about it later, so if I create an opening, react right away and tie it with a ribbon.”
“What…? You’re not even a body type…! You’re too, too dangerous…”
I lifted up the critical shield worn on my left hand.
I would like to explain in detail so that Juha can be relieved if he has a little time, but I can’t help it because it’s too much to follow Xian’s speed right now.
“This is a one-time shield, but no matter how strong the attack is until number 3, you don’t have to worry about it. Why would I try to die without you?”
“Th-but… I’d rather do it… I have a shadow, and I can escape if it’s dangerous…!”
“Juha, trust me just once.”
You need to save your energy just in case.
If there ever comes a situation where everyone is in danger, at that time, you really have to abandon Alice and run away.
The reason why I don’t back down even in Xian’s attack is because the battle between Xian and Liu Xinyi is a ‘scheduled flow’ in the original work, but if an unexpected event occurs while Juha is exhausted, then I’m in a really serious crisis. It might come crashing down.
So, I call myself a tanker.
Only ribbons with relatively low magic attribute consumption can be used.
Juha nodded as if he couldn’t help it at my earnest request, and Xian, who had finished warming up just in time, was rushing in this direction.
“I’ll start from now. If I’m deliberately hit from the side and twist the attack path, then aim for the timing and spread the ribbon at the arrival position with full strength. Okay?”
“…Yeah. Be careful not to get hurt, please…”
After giving Juha a casual look, he turned his head and met Xian, who was approaching at a terrifying speed.
‘Can you stop me at your level?’ The eyes of a sneering pierce through every nook and cranny of me.
And even if I see my personality like that, I can’t tolerate it.
In line with the role of a ‘matador’, I decided to shake my mouth a little so that Xian could get a little more angry.
“How many times have you attacked and haven’t hit a single one yet?”
You must repay ridicule with ridicule.
Xian asked back as if he had misunderstood my lowly remarks.
“What?”
“No… I heard that you did some torture in the past. Did you do that kind of torture that makes it scary by sticking it into a wall like now…? Or did I misunderstand the term torturer, not torture?”
“You fucking… Whoa, didn’t you notice I was playing around with you all this time?”
“Aha~ What kind of 90’s RPG final boss are you? Send your subordinates step by step from level 1 and grow them into heroes?”
Fall out.
Chijijijik-!
Perhaps I had offended a lot of people, but Xian, who lowered his head, did not respond to my words anymore.
Instead, seeing a bluish mass of magical energy creeping out of Xian’s surroundings, creating an ominous spark…
“You really tear it up.”
Juha…! I’m going to tie it with a ribbon while I’m talking right now…!
Oh, it can’t be. Upon closer inspection, the thin magic layer surrounding Xian’s body was formed at a fairly high density, and it seemed that it was difficult to even touch, contrary to what it looked like.
Then there is only one way.
I only have about 70% of my magic power left, so I only use 50%.
Although it is a technology belonging to resonance and self-destruction, it is guaranteed to have that much power, so in the current situation, it will definitely exert an effect to the extent of stopping the cyan for a short moment.
The ruthless recoil toward the body is nullified with a critical shield to reduce side effects, and with the magical control ability polished through training during the vacation, only 50% of the magical energy flows and vibrates.
“Avoid this again, bastard!”
Shian, whose head has been completely turned, speeds up again and charges.
As if my taunting about ‘not being subtle’ was so annoying, this attack feels quite different from the ones I’ve had so far.
It seems that the range of magic enveloping Xian has doubled compared to before.
Even if you roll and avoid it, if your body is still in the magical effect, you will suffer the same pain as not being able to avoid it.
The absolute speed also felt like it was faster than before, so I decided to give 1 stack of Critical Shield and act to accurately grasp the attack rather than avoiding it.
Before I knew it, Xian was approaching a distance that seemed almost impossible to reach.
I didn’t run away, I looked straight in the direction of Xian’s attack with my eyes open.
‘Right below.’
As soon as I confirmed her direction, I twisted my body and narrowly avoided my fist.
The real thing was from now on. He immediately grabbed Xian’s torso, whose center of gravity had shifted toward his arms while aiming downward, and pushed it forward, twisting the direction of the attack.
In the meantime, I didn’t care about the burden on my body at all.
Defense was done autonomously anyway, so what I was worried about was not the reaction.
[2 of 3]
Kwaaaaang!!
Due to the change in the direction of acceleration, Xian flew and crashed into the wall.
However, as expected, this level of blow was not enough to stop the enraged Xian, so he regained consciousness in the blink of an eye and charged me again with his face covered in dust.
“You fucking… How are you all right?”
“Will you say it with my mouth like an idiot?”
Second attack.
The speed was noticeably slower than before, probably because he had not completely escaped from the impact of hitting the wall.
However, I felt a sharper and stronger flow of air, and the power seemed to be stronger than before.
Still, this can be avoided.
If I tried too hard to change direction this time, I could use up my two remaining chances, so with the intention of completely avoiding it, I sprayed waves under my feet and leaped high.
“Juhaya! Watch out for the attack!”
I evaded relatively easily, but where Xian’s attack was heading were Juha and Ray, who had not yet managed to escape.
Ju-ha, perhaps discovering Xian only after the dust cloud cleared, hurriedly raised his magic power and created at least a shield of shadow, but it was clear that with that level of defense, he would be crushed before the attack could reach him.
It’s a big deal. If this is the case, it is absolutely correct.
“No…!”
He hurriedly jumped up and tried to block Juha, but the distance was absurdly short.
By the time they reached right behind Xian, Xian’s fists were already extending towards Ray’s face.
The world plays slowly like a slow-motion video.
Ju-ha closes her eyes and embraces Ray as if she was mistaken, Ryu-shin rushes toward Xian like me, and Ray looks at his fist in front of his nose, though I don’t know what he’s thinking.
Half a second from now… A terrifying sight will unfold.
“Uh…?”
Didn’t happen
“Sister…We weren’t like this…”
Ray lightly clenched Xian’s fist as if he were handling his fluff and took it into his own.
The turquoise light that constantly radiated from Xian’s body also disappeared at some point.
As if all the powers acting on this space were temporarily ‘turned off and on’, the tremendous amount of shock the fist contained and the violent aftermath that followed Xian… All disappeared cleanly.
“Sister, please… Ray will ask you… Can you please stop…? Huh…?”
Me, Ryu Xin, and even Juha, who was holding her, looked at Ray with a bewildered expression.
I never expected to have this kind of ability, so what on earth should I call this ignorant range of nullification?
“…No.”
At that time, Xian hurriedly threw away her Lei’s hand that was holding her own wrist.
She also looked slightly puzzled as if she was experiencing Ray’s ability for the first time, but she quickly regained her composure and spoke to us in a low voice as if muttering.
“No matter how hard it is, Ray… It can’t be impossible. The purpose of my coming here must be fulfilled.”
“Sister… You weren’t like this until you disappeared…!”
Xian let out a drool at Ray’s tearful appeal.
I don’t know exactly what their relationship was like in the past, but it must have been quite special.
Seeing that she stretched out her fist at Ray as if she would kill her at any moment, and she was worried for a long time when the opportunity to talk came up, I think Xian must be in a very difficult psychological state.
“Whoa… Okay, let’s do this. One of the people over there will fight me one-on-one and if I win, I’ll leave without a murmur. Conversely, if I lose, I’ll disappear. What do you think?”
Eh?
This is so… Suddenly things are going smoothly?
“Then… Would it be all right if I played against you?”
Of course, there was no reason to refuse, so Xian’s proposal, which he spat out after much thought, was snapped up by Ryu Xin.
As a cyan, he made a practical judgment and suggested it under the assumption that he could win all of them… Well, okay.
That one-on-one fight is the development we most wanted.
I like it because I can save my critical shield, I like it because I don’t have to waste unnecessary magic power, and I like Xian because I think I can easily win on my own. Anyway, everyone was good.
“Anyway. The onlookers stay far away, I won’t just attack them as violently as before… But if I do everything in my power, you might get swept away and die.”
“You don’t have to.”
“What…?”
“Target designation, life-or-death execution.”
Before Xian could ask back with a whimpering sound, Liu Xinyi stretched out his index finger and pointed at Xian precisely.
Eventually, black mana slowly emanated from the stigma on his back.
As if painting the space with darkness, the black magic crawled across the floor and surrounded the two, gradually darkening the surroundings.
“Aha…! You, you have one-on-one-related abilities… Then, body type?”
“Yes, but no.”
The black barrier has been completed.
A space that is completely independent of the outer dimensions, from which no one can escape until one wins.
“Now you’ll get the telekinesis system as well.”
Finally, the cloning master’s first sacrifice was decided.
