Chapter 458 – Friend or Enemy (12)
The thought stops for an instant.
To be precise, the mind that should be focused on defeating Brain Washer Yoon Myeong-ho is diverted elsewhere.
Something so mysterious happened right in front of my eyes.
‘How did Dojin learn his father’s swordsmanship…? ?’
My father has never taught swordsmanship to anyone.
If there had been, there would have been an uproar.
There must have been a series of articles on the Internet saying that the national hunter had a disciple.
‘Ah…, By any chance?’
Maybe he didn’t want it to happen like that, so he kept it a secret from everyone and took in disciples.
Even so, not all questions were resolved.
The swordsmanship skills he demonstrated were clearly superior to his own.
Even compared to my father, the original owner, it is very similar in terms of completeness.
To be that skilled in handling a sword, doesn’t it mean that you’ve been training for a very long time?
‘… I don’t know.’
Even if I rack my brain, I can’t come up with a clear answer.
It would probably be difficult to know the correct answer unless my father or Kim Do-jin directly reveals it.
So she gave up thinking.
‘Let’s leave it aside for now.’
He told her never to ask, but she was sure he would find out someday.
To do that, the first thing to do is to survive here.
He forcibly takes his gaze away from me and aims it at the enemy.
‘I can do it.’
I feel it every time I strike my sword.
“Tsk…, This insolent bitch… !”
The opponent’s strength has significantly decreased.
The attack that was easily blocked just a moment ago is slowly starting to work.
But it’s still not enough.
‘Cut it off.’
Temperance.
The name of her God who chose her, and the name of her power given to her.
The gist of the ability is as simple as its meaning.
Limit yourself and cut yourself out.
And by investing that much extra money elsewhere, it creates explosive power.
‘Now I understand. How should I use this ability?’
Simple, but ambiguous.
What to limit and what to add.
After much thought, I finally stood at the starting line.
‘First, emotions.’
Cut out emotions that make you more excited than necessary.
Thus, calmness prevails.
‘After that…, Hearing, smell.’
Cut off part of the sensitive senses.
The noise pouring in from all over and the acrid smell of smoke fade away.
It takes away the power that should have been naturally consumed and puts it somewhere else.
What she desperately needs right now is none other than agility.
There is strength in the legs that hit the ground.
Hiss!
The distance narrows in an instant.
Standing in front of the border that Myeong-ho Yoon has spread, I take back the strength that was in my legs.
And reinvest in the magic power put into the sword.
The sword energy blooms a little more clearly.
“Haaa!”
Quad!
The sword that forcibly cuts off the negative on the wall stops near Yoon Myeong-ho’s chest.
“Ugh…”
A deep sense of regret comes over me.
If I had squeezed a little more strength, I could have reached it.
‘It’s okay.’
But the situation itself is not bad.
“Holy shit… !”
The opponent gradually began to become agitated.
I began to see, feel, and take on death, which had been invisible until now.
‘I used too much force.’
Sloth.
This power, which denies everything and isolates itself, even had a special way of accumulating power.
Natural recovery or training does not help at all.
The only way to increase power is through robbery.
Negative energy emanating from those who are influenced by my ideology and follow me passionately.
You accumulate strength by pressing it into your body.
There were pros and cons to this method.
The advantage is that there are no clear limits, so infinite power can be accumulated.
The downside is that the moment it is consumed, it takes a long time to accumulate it again.
At first, they overwhelmed the battlefield with their strengths, but now they were pushed to the edge due to their weaknesses.
His eyes turn to Angela, a woman who is blocked by a man.
‘If only it weren’t for that bitch!’
It was all because of that woman that my shortcomings were revealed.
Using all of her accumulated power, she succeeded in turning her into her puppet.
Until then, I thought everything was done.
I thought that if I put her first, no one would be able to harm me.
‘What on earth is that guy!’
An unexpected variable arose.
Kim Do-jin.
That arrogant brat is holding back the masterpiece that gave his all with strength and skill far exceeding expectations.
Because of that, he is in a situation where he is being pushed out by a woman who already has the opposite power.
He shouts as if his sense of crisis is at its peak.
“Everyone, come here now and stop that bitch! “I’m telling you to protect me because your lives are in good hands. Come on!”
Summon the subordinates who were tying up the Paladins.
But this wasn’t easy either.
“Stop it!”
“We must risk our lives to stop it!”
The Holy Knights, realizing that the situation was going in their favor, blocked the believers with their entire bodies.
The number of people who managed to break through the gap and reach Yoon Myeong-ho was extremely shabby.
And they were no match for Son Seo-yeon, who was in her prime.
“Hey, hey… !”
His anger reached its peak, and he swore harshly at Angela.
“You stupid bitch! Are you going to let me die like this?! “Come here and protect me!”
“Ugh… !”
Angela grits her teeth at the pouring criticism.
She understood.
I have to overcome the opponent and protect the cult leader without any regard for my own body.
But contrary to what I thought, my body didn’t quite comply.
I’m sure I could break through it if I take some damage, but my body doesn’t want it.
As if it were a bigger loss to me.
“Move, move, move… !”
This was an instinctive resistance.
Even though the mind has been taken over, the body still remembers the past.
The dissonance created by that difference limited her abilities.
“Aaaaah!”
She rushes in once again.
Perhaps the constant repetition of words had an effect, as the hesitation in the hand wielding the mace decreased.
That means the attack has become more intense.
“Okay.”
Every time I block an attack, my bones ache.
If I blocked it like this a few more times, it wouldn’t be surprising if the muscles or bones ruptured or broke.
“Get out of the way, out of the way, out of the way!”
“No, no, no, no?”
“Aaaaah!”
“Kyaak!”
Kim Do-jin fights back with a comical scream and endures.
Seo-yeon Son, watching this, bit her lower lip and adjusted her grip.
‘Now this is the limit.’
Her true self is visible to those who have been watching him for a long time.
Although he pretends to be very relaxed, he is actually being pushed to his limits.
Still calmly judge the current situation.
‘I can do it.’
The foundation has been laid.
All that remains is to push open the boundaries of Yoon Myeong-ho’s denial with all his might.
To achieve this, she also needed to gamble a little.
And she decided to throw her dice for Kim Do-jin.
“…”
I put restrictions on my body and lock it down.
Stop speaking and close your nose and ears.
Complete blocking rather than reducing.
Her feet leave the ground in a quiet world.
Several times, attacks pour in from those around her to keep her in check.
Dangerous attacks that come from outside your field of vision while your sense of hearing and smell are gone.
But nothing touched her body her
‘I feel it.’
The sense that Kim Do-jin emphasized so much has finally sprouted.
The sixth sense detects magic flowing around you and detects attacks outside your field of vision in advance.
Relying on this, he overcomes the strong checks and arrives in front of Yoon Myeong-ho with his teeth clenched.
Before swinging her sword, she cut out one more thing.
‘Time.’
The light in the sparkling eyes goes out.
Four of the five senses left her.
All that remains is the feeling of touch.
Still, it doesn’t matter.
The things she saw before she closed her eyes are vividly pictured in her mind.
Memories come to mind in a dark space that cannot be seen, heard, or taken in.
Before being banned from practicing by her mother.
The moments when she fiercely wielded her sword in front of her father, Son Si-woo.
Happy moments are remembered for a long time, but they are always fragments.
Her learning was also short, and she only learned one sword technique from her father.
When she was young, she was as simple and clear as she was taught.
‘Running star.’
Contrary to its grandiose name her, it is nothing more than a downward slash that is only slightly more powerful.
She asked her young heart.
But why did you give it such a grandiose name?
Then he said.
-“That’s how it looks like it exists.”
That was the first time I realized it.
She found out that even my dad, whom she always thought was dependable, also had a cute bravado.
Slowly recite the explanations you heard that day and put them into action.
Lift your sword and arm high enough to form a single (一) shape, lift one foot, and step forward vigorously.
When sliding forward, make a powerful downward motion with the sword as if drawing a circle.
One important point at this time.
Flow of magical power.
You must create a small sphere by gathering the magical power distributed throughout the sword to the striking point.
This not only maximizes destructive power, but also brings about external changes.
A sphere emitting blue light hanging from the tip of the sword descends along the sword’s trajectory, leaving an afterimage.
Like a tail that hangs down for a moment after a meteor passes by.
A small meteor falling at a furious speed.
Plop!
At the same time, a single sense is transmitted through the sword and hand.
The brutality you feel when you tear into the opponent’s flesh.
One by one, I regain the senses I had cut out.
The smell of blood right in front of your nose.
“Aaaaah!”
A scream of terrible pain is heard.
You can see Myeong-ho Yoon with his eyes wide open in pain and the sword cutting deep into his shoulder.
When she saw this, she cried out with an ecstatic expression on her face.
“I did it…”
Success.
I plunged my sword into the infamous S-class villain Brain Washer!
For a moment I was happy about this.
She realized that her work was not yet done.
She plunges a small dagger into Myeong-ho Yoon’s throat, who is in pain, and thinks for a moment.
‘How should I say it?’
What should I say to stop the chaos that fills this battlefield?
When it didn’t come to mind, she changed her mind.
‘If it’s Dojin…’
If it were him, how would he speak at this time?
The answer was quickly derived.
I put all my remaining magical energy into my vocal cords and shout out loudly.
“Stop all the movement!”
The sound of sharp metal clashing and a loud shout breaking through the screams.
As she felt all eyes on her, both enemies and allies, she spoke her last words.
“Ooh, just move! If that happens, this guy will be heading straight for the goal! Got it?!”
It was the moment when she realized what kind of person Kim Do-jin was inside her.
