Chapter 134 – Hero Loved by the Goddess, Villain Chosen by the Goddess (3)
The battle between my two escorts and the suspicious stranger seemed to me, who had absolutely no aptitude for combat, as nothing more than a few seconds of something invisible passing by quickly. But I didn’t worry about anything else. Bain and Aine. Powerful people who have awakened the power of images because of me… The strongest combatants I can use as of now. Although the two were ordinary civilians who had no ties to fighting before, now they have become excellent fighters who are not at all inferior to Do Seong-wun, the leader of the dogye.
My ability is to bind the desire and bring out the power of the person’s image… The mind into reality. And since the power of that power comes out into reality through the passage I created with desire as a material, the size of that person’s desire can be seen as the firepower of their ability. And Bain and Aine were very desperate people before they met me, and they had that strong and earnest desire.
As you can guess from the fact that they are using prosthetic limbs and limbs, the two each suffer from physical disabilities. Baine was congenitally unable to use her lower body, and Aine lost both of her arms in an acquired accident. They have something lacking compared to ordinary people, so their desire is simple yet very strong.
I want to stand up with my own two feet off the floor. I want to jump vigorously with my own two legs until I run out of breath.
I want to have two good arms again. I want to have two arms again, so that I can live on my own without the help of others.
They are more earnest because they lack them, and that is why their desires are pure and strong.
“Get away from the teacher…!!”
The stranger swung his sword at me again. It doesn’t mean to kill me, but it seems that he intends to subdue me by cutting off an arm or a leg and take me away. However, the blade was intercepted by Baine’s kick and bounced off before reaching my body. The stranger’s sword looks like a fairly famous sword, but if you look closely, something like an unusual aura is overlaid on it, but if you look closely, Baine’s prosthetic leg is also enveloped in a subtle air current. Every time it tried to collide with the stranger’s blade, the air current that swirled around it like a whirlpool rotated even more strongly, and with that force bounced the blade in the opposite direction before it even touched it.
“Dooooo!!”
And when Baine deflected the stranger’s attack on me, Aine’s fists immediately rushed at him. Her arm is usually just a slightly darker prosthetic arm, but the moment she punches it, it becomes several times its original size and its material also changes to a very hard metal with an unusual shine, making it easy for even the most trained warriors. It was transformed into a heavy blow that was difficult to block. And it wasn’t just size and durability that changed.
Just as the stranger lay her blade down, causing her fist to deflect, and was about to run past her and run toward me again, an ominous sound came from the old planks on the floor, which had been creaking uneasy under the influence of the three men’s ensuing battle. It was smashed along with it, and the stranger’s feet went down and fell. In a battle where every minute and every second counted, that gap was fatal, but surprisingly, the accident, which would normally have been a misfortune, came to the stranger as a fortune that couldn’t be better.
The floor went off and his feet fell off, causing him to lose his balance and fall down. Rather, thanks to that, Aine’s fist flew from a blind spot and hit the empty air instead of the stranger’s side. The fist that had flown through the sky was soon retrieved with an eerie clanging sound through the chain attached to the wrist, and then connected to the arm again. Yes. She had just ‘fired’ her own fist. That unpredictable attack was an outrageous attack that the stranger could never have avoided if the floor hadn’t turned off the moment he stepped on it.
“Huh, really something like that…”
With a bizarrely modulated, irritated voice, the man lifted his foot off the dead floor, regained his balance, and then bent down and pulled his left foot back, taking a pose reminiscent of a kickstand. And the moment he swung his sword, a blue sword rushed towards Aine following the trajectory of his blade.
“Under…!”
Aine crossed her arms to take her defensive posture, and the sword slash from her man scattered without cutting off her arms. Seeing this, the stranger could not help but be perplexed again.
“Crazy… Does this make sense? What on earth did you make the prosthetic arm out of, so that you can use the ship’s armor as if cutting tofu so casually…!”
Oh, that attack just cut through the armor of a sturdy ship? But what the hell are you doing, casually launching such a terrifying attack with a single sword? No, are you human?
“As expected, that arm…”
Awesome love!!
A sharp crackling sound cut off his words, and at the same time, the table on which the man was sitting was shattered by something translucent as she hurriedly threw her body back. Its power was not as strong as the sword that her man had just blown, but it had enough power to put an end to one person.
“It feels good.”
Of course, the person who attacked the stranger to the extent that he felt danger to himself was Bain. Every time his rugged prosthetic leg kicked the air hard, the air currents wrapped around the prosthetic leg spurted out like a sword blown by the man a moment ago. Although its power and speed are not as good as that of the stranger’s sword, Baine’s attack, unlike the stranger’s sword, does not take much time to use again, so it has the advantage of being able to fly continuously.
On one side, defense and ranged attacks at the same time, and on the other side, irregular close-range attacks with unpredictable attack ranges. Either one of them has a troublesome fighting style, and when the two of them fight together, it’s going to be quite tricky.
Of course, the reason why those two and the stranger seem to be fighting on equal footing is because that stranger is controlling his strength.
That person It’s never power. On the surface, it seems that Bain and Aine’s unusual attack keeps getting pushed back, flustered several times, but the attack has never worked properly. And I still feel free from him. He didn’t know why he didn’t do his best, but it seemed impossible to defeat that stranger with just Bain and Aine.
Aine threw out his fist again, and the fist that had swelled four times earlier now swelled six times. The stranger had no choice but to widen the distance at the attack, which could not predict the distance, and at the same time kicked the empty air of Bain and fired a translucent sword… No, since it was not a sword, but a leg, should it be called a foot weapon? The tone is a bit strange. Anyway, Baine’s attack flew towards the stranger. At that time, the tempo of the stranger’s steps strangely changed.
It was a one-beat fast, off-beat step, as if inducing an attack by the opponent. Aine, flushed with the heat of battle, threw out his fist, not understanding his intentions. And the location she ran into was the leg machine fired by Bain… Hey, let’s just say it’s a Qigong wave. Anyway, that was the path that the qigong wave flew. If this continues, Bain’s attack will hit Aine in the back. In order to deal with two people, one attack hits the other. It is a very historical technique to use each other’s strength to hit each other. It was a very obvious tactic, but Aine, who was not used to fighting, easily fell for it. But…
“…But, you didn’t think that such an obvious trick would really work, did you?”
“…!!”
The qigong wave kicked by Baine reached right behind Aine. At that moment… Aine turned around and…’Caught’ the ki ball wave that Baine threw with her own fist. Then, turning his body around again, he ‘threw’ the ki ball wave he was holding in his right hand at the stranger.
Even the most seasoned adventurer would not be able to predict the movement of the air simply by a strong impact, as if it were grasping as if it were an object with volume and weight. What she had just done was an ignorant violation of basic common sense, as if she had cut the water in two with her knife.
The sharp attack from Baine’s prosthetic leg, driven by the power of Aine’s arm, flew even faster and sharper, and the stranger hurriedly wrapped the sword in his hand in blue energy and defended the blow with the side of the blade.
“Kuu?!”
With an ominous sound, cracks spread like a spider’s web from the sword in the stranger’s hand.
“…Haa. Damn it. This knife is really expensive.”
The stranger sighed, looking down at the cracked sword in his hand as he pulled back behind him, far enough away that the two of them’ attacks could reach. The stranger’s sword, which had received a series of shocks from Aine’s fists, had finally reached its durability due to the previous blow. Rather, considering the fact that it still maintains its shape even after receiving that devastating blow from her countless times, that sword must be a fairly strong sword. It’s just that the opponent wasn’t good.
“I tried to moderate the level, but the tools I have are stronger than I thought. And… Sensei, if you have the time and will, how many people can you mass-produce with such formidable power? Ha… This is so…”
The stranger drew a cracked sword to her waist, revealing that she had no will to fight.
“You can learn it faster than magic or powers, and you can learn it regardless of talent… And the power is not low at all. If you were on our side, we couldn’t be more reassuring. All the adventurers in the guild If we think that each of us gains this power one by one… We will be able to win more victories with much less damage against the soon-to-be invaders. I didn’t know that the clause that was put in to rule out the possibility of monopolizing power would actually be a hindrance to me.”
Look at what that bastard is talking about. What are you talking about when you try to dig up other people’s information, or to check the skills of the escorts, and if there’s nothing special, try to kidnap me? Are all the adventurers in the city of Desperado idiots? Or, is this guy just a little odd?
“I didn’t even think of anyone to give me rice cakes, so why not start with kimchi soup?
“It’s really unfortunate. I want to take her as it is… But if I do, I’ll turn other people like Eleista into enemies, so I’ll bear with it. Well, I hope you’ll change your mind later… Let’s stop here for today. I’ll step back. Then, see you later.”
“..Where can you go as you please!!”
At the stranger who bowed his head in greeting and was about to leave, Aine threw a huge fist. However, the same accident that happened to his man a while ago happened to Aine this time. The planks on the floor, which Aine had stepped on vigorously as he let out his fist, broke with a crackling sound. Because of that, her Aine lost her balance, and the fist she swung only hit her petite floor. No matter how much the tavern was broken and damaged by the battle of the three, it was too contrived for a series of absurd misfortunes to happen one after another as the floor suddenly went out of shape and one loses balance.
I knew it. Did that guy just do something? And, with a high probability, that man’s divine protection… The power of [Heavenly Fortune]. It is said that all uncertain factors are compensated in favor of the holder, is this also the effect?
“Keukssuk…!”
“Your abilities are certainly strong and special, but the world is too wide to believe in that ability and go wild.
Shushuk. At the last word, his body melted into thin air and disappeared. After all, did you just come to see the liver today?
“You probably haven’t gone far yet. Sir, I’m after him…”
“No, stop it. The person just now is not something you can do with your strength.”
The purpose of today’s visit must have been to find out what I was planning in this abandoned city and how much influence I could have. And… Now that you’ve seen the strength of the two, you’ve probably become more wary of me. Perhaps judging that Justia’s prophecy might actually happen, they could send an army to this landfill to kill me alone.
Landfill is a lawless land where there is no law, and all five gangs rule it. Therefore, there is no government that can take responsibility even if troops from other cities come to this landfill and commit acts of mischief. It was because of that that I was captured by the hounds or something as soon as I came into this world.
Desperado has an adventurer’s guild, and most of the adventurers in the adventurer’s guild are strangers with special powers from another world. If they invade this landfill in groups… There is nothing to stop them right now. If that’s the case, you’ll have to hurry up the schedule a bit.
“…I’m sorry, sir.”
“It’s okay, Baine. It’s just that the opponent was bad. More than that…”
As the two battled with the stranger, I turned my attention to the only person still left in the empty bar, the bartender/store manager hiding under the table.
“Storekeeper. Remember my words and pass them on to the guys.”
“Yes, yes…! Well, what can I tell you?”
“Hurry up the reorganization of the organization to conquer the eastern sector. Originally, we were planning to defeat the Acid Family next week… But the schedule has changed. The attack on the Acid Family is moved forward this week.”
“Yes…! I will tell you as it is!”
“Oh, and leave the bar repair bills to them.”
I had one last drink and headed for a suitable back alley. Then, after telling Bain and Aine to look around, he took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed the saved contact number. I thought I heard a communication sound that sounded like turr-r-r-rr, and then it clicked and connected to the other party.
“Oh, long time no see. Prisoner Break Wing. How have you been?”
One of the few bonds I made in this strange world, and an ally who can never be hostile to me. The person I called was the owner of the cage I was once indebted to, the prison warden of Breakwing.
[Ah, Ragnar Armageddon-kun. I’m fine. The abilities you planted are going smoothly, and thanks to the guards you have made into abilities, controlling the prisoners has become much easier.]
“That’s good news. By the way, I have a personal favor to ask of you…”
There is an old saying like this.
Lee Jae-yi (以夷制夷). Hit barbarians with barbarians.
“Elei Star, the head of the Magistos, can he arrange a place for us to meet again sometime?”
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“…Whoa.”
The stranger who showed up at the last drink in the tavern in the underground city of Landfeel and caused a stir, he was sighing as he looked at the dark sky from the roof of a building that had no owner. The poncho he wore to cover his identity had long since been taken off and turned into a mat to keep his ass from getting dirty. Blown by the wind that carried the stale air, the man with faded silver hair and blue eyes as dark as the night sea stared at the starless sky for a while, then lowered his head.
“Seriously, I can’t even do this.”
While he was muttering to himself in a self-deprecating voice, a non-human voice came from behind him.
[Siwoo, are you okay? How could it be, my precious child is like this… Those damn bastards, I have to curse them with bad luck and ruin everything…]
Aside from the powerful voice of a great being, the content of the words belonged to the woman who made a fuss about her, and the man who made her head hurt even more weakly shook her head.
“No, please don’t do that.”
[But…]
“Goddess, please.”
[Hmph… If you say so, I get it.]
In an instant, the man who once again prevented the three generations from embarrassing his family had no choice but to look at the great being clinging to him with complicated eyes as if he were treating a lovely lover. He is a great being that not everyone can face in other places, but he treats himself so innocently… That’s why he puts his arm between his chest, as if to seduce the opposite sex. There is only
The woman who seduces him, not worthy of being a great being, is Tyche, the goddess of luck.
And of course, the representative of Desperado, the city of adventure and freedom, the guild master who founded the adventurer’s guild made up of strangers, the strongest man among the representatives of the seven cities.
It was Siwoo Jung.
