## Chapter 609 – Scent of Spring
…Did I just hear that right?
She’s going to launch me?
“This lady’s eyes are accurate!!! You can definitely do it!!! That bravery of charging towards the monster alongside this lady!!! And the absolute skill to use refined sword energy!!!!”
I’m screwed.
Looks like I need to run away right now and meet up with Saintess Kadia to head to the capital immediately. Seriously, becoming acquainted with the young lady was the biggest mistake of my life.
Time to pack my bags and elope.
“This lady trusts you, Barbarian Warrior! So you can do it! This lady’s trust is exactly that!!!!!! This lady has an eye for recognizing the true worth of a warrior!!!!!”
Too much faith, woman!!!
I imagined myself flying towards the head of that Deathworm. If I’m unlucky, I’ll go straight into its maw and die.
If I’m lucky enough to avoid its teeth and get into its throat, I might be able to kill it.
Just like Thumbelina being swallowed by a frog, I could use my life-saving sword to tear through its flesh and guts and escape. I don’t think I can’t do it. It’s just damn dangerous.
Besides, there’s also the method of smashing its head as the young lady said… You’re telling me to fly all the way up there and smash its head?
That’s just insane.
How the hell am I supposed to refuse this?
“Aaaah!!!! Your eyes are already burning with fighting spirit!!!! Touching! So touching!!!!! To think a warrior exists who can move this lady’s heart so much!!!!!!”
“What…!”
The young lady covered her mouth with the back of her hand, widened her eyes as if she had seen something amazing, and shouted at me. What fighting spirit, you crazy bitch!! I’m thinking of running away!
Young Lady Isvant is seriously overestimating me!!
Of course, it’s a fact that I’m a damn powerful Heavenly Demon, but that monster is not something a human can handle.
“I already feel like we’ve defeated the monster! If we just execute it, we’ll succeed! Let’s go, Barbarian Warrior!!!”
I already feel like I’m dead.
“Let’s decorate this battlefield with the corpse of that maggot!!!!! If you fight, you have to win!!!”
While I was racking my brain trying to figure out what to say to overcome this crisis and return home alive, the young lady said confidently.
“If you succeed, I will bestow upon you a reward worthy of your efforts!!!! A reward that a glorious and great warrior rightfully deserves!!!!!!”
W-what?
“Come to think of it, it reminds me of when we hunted the ogre! It’s just like then, Ohohohohohohohot!!!! To think there would be a day when I would be so cheerful!!!!”
`Reward` you say?
“Reward…!”
I was about to fall into confusion for a moment, but the young lady’s words of reward intensely captivated my mind. At the same time, the brain that had been working at its limit lost its purpose and poured its energy elsewhere.
“Reward!!!!!”
In an instant, all kinds of fear and confusion, hesitation and reluctance disappeared. An inhuman feeling began to descend upon my body, along with a sense of omnipotence.
ㅡGooooooo…!!!
If I could monopolize the reward for defeating the Deathworm? If the young lady is shouting so confidently like that?
I don’t know for sure, but it was clear that she would give me a damn awesome reward.
This is not something that can be ended with just 1 gold.
More money, maybe valuable equipment!
ㅡMerit.
ㅡExploits.
If Claudia were here right now, wouldn’t she grab my shoulders and encourage me? For a slightly higher realm, for a slightly higher position!
In order to obtain such things, there is no choice but to boldly move forward!
That is exactly what Claudia wants from me!
ㅡShiver…!
“Clㅡaudiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
ㅡThrill!
As soon as I became aware of him, a scream erupted from an irresistible impulse. My whole body was trembling as if struck by lightning.
Fear into courage, confusion into valor.
And the surging fighting spirit and desire into a conviction for victory!
“ㅡKkieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!!”
At this moment, the burning desire was my true strength, and the strong belief of a conqueror who could obtain the future.
“Ah, aaaa…! What a brave cry!!!!! You are just like a true warrior from a story!!!!!!!”
When my long roar ended, the one in front of me was Young Lady Isvant, who was already deeply moved. She had even dropped her greatsword and was clenching her fists with both hands.
Good, stay there and be moved.
I will move forward as a Heavenly Demon.
ㅡSwoosh!
I raise my sword and block the sun.
My sword can even block the sun.
It didn’t make sense from a common sense perspective that such a sword couldn’t cut down that maggot.
ㅡBooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Even in the midst of that, the Deathworm was moving in all directions, devouring the blood and flesh scattered on the battlefield. Fusion Confucianism will never tolerate such a monster. It’s okay here now because it’s a battlefield with monsters, but if that thing heads to a village, or even a city, there will be countless casualties.
Human power can never stop a monster running through the underground. If we don’t kill it here, the world will be screwed.
“I can’t.”
I can’t watch that happen.
“Young Lady!!!!!!!!”
I call out to the young lady with a determined heart.
“With the flat of that greatsword!!!”
“The, the flat of the greatsword!!!”
“Please launch me high into the sky! I will split the head of that maggot!!!!!!!”
As the young lady said in the first place, I fly towards the head of the Deathworm!
“To think I would feel such a strong fighting spirit!!!!!! As expected, this lady’s eyes were not wrong! True warriors are born in times of crisis! I trust you, and I will do as you say!”
I knew very well that my attack with sword energy worked from the previous collision. Even if that thing is strong and its shell is hard, I can kill it as long as I have sword energy!
I clearly cut through its armor and flesh.
I’ll just do the same to its head!
ㅡTuquaqwaqwaqwaqwaqwaqwaqwaqwaqwaqwang!!!!
At the same time, it appeared quite close. It raised its mouth so high that the sun was blocked and a shadow was created.
ㅡDrip, drip.
The monster’s saliva mixed with blood drips down.
I too was dripping with saliva and sweat, vibrating my whole body.
A crazy impulse and desire ignited my desires…! If I kill that bastard, I can definitely move on to the next stage…!
“Kkeureureureureuk…!!”
A sound that I couldn’t bear to hold back even though I clenched my teeth tightly leaked out. Was this how Captain Barkerel felt?
There was nothing alive nearby anymore. The drakes, adventurers, and soldiers had all either fled or become corpses guarding their positions. Because there were only corpses, the battlefield was eerie and a ruin in itself. The fact that the Deathworm had turned the battlefield upside down added to the gloom.
ㅡCrunch crunch!
In front of me, the Deathworm was chewing on the corpses of the drakes with its mouth full. A terrible sound echoed. The time when that thing is eating is the perfect opportunity!
ㅡPaaat!
I immediately perform the Backstep Heavenly Demon Advent Step to pull my body back.
As a signal, the young lady grabbed the greatsword and took a stance like a professional batter. The young lady’s skills were genuine. She hits the soles of my feet as I jump, thereby I step on the flat of the greatsword and become a rocket. That’s all I have to do.
ㅡPapapat!!
No special strategy meeting was needed.
This is the instinct of a warrior and a warrior, running through the earth while performing a Real Jangjilju. The young lady was staring at me with frantic eyes. Good! I received that will well!
ㅡPaaat!
In that state, I kick off the ground and jump.
“Truly a dangerous and audacious attack!!!!!”
The jump, powered by the run-up, was fierce, and also precise, bending the knees and gathering both feet together.
“—Go, Barbarian Warrioraaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!!!!!”
—Thwack.
And so, when the soles of my feet met the flat of the greatsword.
“Rocket Cheonma Kim Kkat.”
In a momentarily frozen world,
“Ignition.”
I became a `rocket` and was launched into the sky.
「—Wooooosssshhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!」
Bang! With a violent sound, an unbelievable rebounding force was felt from the soles of my feet. I was already being shot into the air with a ferocious momentum. A sensation on a completely different level from jumping with Cheonma Gunrimbo!
The Young Lady used all her strength to send me flying into the air!
“It, it far surpasses the creator’s expectationnnnnnnn!!!!!!”
—Wheeeeeee!!
A speed that would have impressed the legendary Wright brothers…! Maintaining my posture, I gripped the sword tightly, taking the resistance of the frantically crashing air head-on. My body passed through the Deathworm’s body in an instant, rising into the sky like a rocket.
“Propulsive powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I am becoming a star!
—Kweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
The Deathworm’s roar faded away with the Doppler effect. I rose too high. If I keep going up like this, will I be able to use Yeorae Shinjang? But I don’t want to. Cheonma Pacheonjang is stronger.
And so, I.
“Ah.”
Reached the end of the sky.
“The sky is blue.”
From beneath my feet, the Deathworm’s crown came into view.
Can I do it?
Such a thought occurs to me anew.
“I’m doing it.”
The body that reached the end of the sky stops. It doesn’t go up any further. Now is the time to fall. Betting everything I have, Deathworm, you bastard.
I’m going to split your head open.
—Shushushushuk!!!
And so I fall.
Gripping the sword, falling headfirst, accurately aiming for the Deathworm’s crown. A familiar sensation wraps around my entire body.
“I am Black Birdman Kim Kkat.”
It’s not a difficult task.
I’ve already survived the Harpy’s cliff. The experience and sensation from that time remain intact, vivid in my body. It was definitely the same feeling back then, and it was a similar height, so I’ll definitely survive this time too. Except that Sesirit isn’t here.
Believing that.
“Field Skydiviiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I shout.
—Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech!!!!
The body, gaining gravitational acceleration, falls like a meteor!
A fall with the same speed as being shot into the air! The Deathworm’s head, which had been far away, was rapidly approaching, trying to crash into me!
If that bastard dodges or moves, I can honestly say it’s a failure. However, I don’t think about that. The Young Lady will somehow tie its feet! That’s what I’ve chosen right now!
“—Dejaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
At the end of the fall, I unleashed the ultimate concentration and strength, accurately swinging Hwalin-geom towards the Deathworm’s crown. Hwalin-geom (活人劍) is a sword that saves people. If so, it will definitely save me too. Yes, I am not alone. At least in this moment, Bigael is with me.
And so, when it met the Deathworm’s crown—
「—Kugugugugugugugugugung!!!!!!!!」
An unbelievable shock, and a roar that seemed unreal.
I examine the phenomenon with open eyes.
—Kwee, Kweeeoooook…!
Hwalin-geom pierced through the Deathworm’s crown and went in deep. —Thwack! Brain fluid splattered with blood. I felt a pain that seemed like my arm would break, but I ignored it. I thought I had succeeded, but I ignored it.
A moment of stillness in the world.
I’m not yet certain that I’ve destroyed its brain. Instinctively, as I’ve always done, I put down the sword, take a stance, and carry out the most necessary procedure right now.
“Cheonma Gunrimbo (天魔君臨步).”
I perform Cheonma Gunrimbo, stomping on the end of the handle of the embedded sword.
—Kwaang!
By stomping, Hwalin-geom pierced through the Deathworm’s skull.
“But it’s not enough yet.”
If it’s not enough, I need to add more power.
I have to make sure of the finishing blow.
“Naegajungsubeop.”
—The ultimate technique that Liztina taught me.
“I add that to my Cheonma Gunrimbo.”
I channel mana through my feet. For some reason, I can clearly understand its profound mysteries right now. In fact, I’ve used Cheonma Gunrimbo all the time, concentrating mana on my legs a lot, so that might be why. I’ve always trained Naegajungsubeop with my hands, but I’ve never actually done it with my feet.
In other words, the Naegajungsubeop that Liztina taught me was easier to use with my feet. Because I was so used to using my feet.
I could even feel Hwalin-geom burning with sword energy.
—Kwaduk.
I channel internal energy into Hwalin-geom through my feet.
—Kwaduduk.
At the same time, numerous cracks appeared in the Deathworm’s head, and blue energy burst out with blood. The blood was just blood, and the blue energy was my mana that had flowed back from inside the skull.
—Badeudeudeudeudeuk!!!
“I am Cheonma.”
—Kadedeudeudeudeudeudeuk!!!!
“Kim Kkat.”
Declaring that, I turned the inside into a quagmire as Liztina had taught me. And so it was Cheonma Gunrimbo. The true Cheonma’s reign, smashing everything and making it kneel.
—Pueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeong!!!!!!!!!!!!
As the Deathworm’s head exploded, I fell with its long body.
“Ah.”
I felt a cool breeze. The blowing wind was blue, but the scent was blood-red. Everything felt sweet. Because I had won.
The scent of spring tickles me.
—Wheehoooooooong!
I fell, stomping on the half-exploded Deathworm’s head until the end.
