Chapter 1619 – 1619. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated In The Baek Family
I sprinted towards the Demon King alongside Floy.
The Demon King’s gaze was fixed on us. However, I noticed that he wasn’t truly focused on us. To the Demon King, the most dangerous one wasn’t me or Floy, but Yuria. Right now, the Demon King was on high alert, trying to locate the hidden Yuria.
Multiple magic circles appeared in the air. It was Priscilla and Sharnel’s support magic.
The vibrant, colorful magic that manifested was dazzlingly beautiful. However, the outcome wouldn’t be so beautiful. Just as the magical bombardment aimed at the Demon King was about to begin, a ripple occurred around him.
The magic that touched the ripple shattered. The formulas that made up the magic broke apart, and the mana scattered. I felt a churning in my stomach when I touched the ripple. I stopped walking without realizing it. Floy’s condition was the same as mine.
“Where is she?”
The Demon King’s eyes glowed. He looked around, his head turning this way and that. He was searching for Yuria.
“Found you. To think you could hide your presence so well. I have to admit, that ability is something.”
The Demon King reached out his hand to the left. He flicked his fingers, staring at the empty space. The space began to distort.
Yuria, who had been hiding in the shadows, revealed herself. She leaped, avoiding the distorting space. The hem of her skirt fluttered.
“I won’t let you escape.”
Yuria momentarily stopped in mid-air. It was the power of stasis. The Demon King took advantage of that gap to distort the space, but from Yuria’s shadow, shadow chains emerged, piercing the distorted space. The distorted space stopped, and Yuria gracefully evaded and hid again.
The Demon King’s eyebrows twitched.
“Those chains. They’re quite bothersome.”
The Demon King’s eyes glowed again as he searched for Yuria.
‘This bastard. Are we not even in his sights?’
Crackling, sizzling.
Lightning gathered in my left hand, swirling around. Red and blue lightning rotated and mixed together.
Thunder Sky Style (雷天流) Double Resonance (二重共鳴) Spiraling Lightning Swirl (卍雷螺旋).
The two lightning bolts became one and shot straight towards the Demon King.
Kiiiiiiiiing!
The Spiraling Lightning Swirl was ground away by the barrier protecting the Demon King’s body.
What was shocking was that this barrier wasn’t a power. It was just a shield created using the corrupt mana that was scattered everywhere, like casting a barrier with magic.
“Right. You two were here too. I’ll deal with you.”
As soon as the Demon King finished his indifferent words, a wave rose from his feet. The blue wave came towards us and gradually increased in size. In less than 5 seconds, it became a tsunami over 20 meters high.
“My lord! We can’t avoid this!”
The tsunami was too big. There was no space to escape.
“Stay still!”
Melissa shouted from behind. Her magic enveloped us. A transparent barrier protected us from the tsunami. I looked back. The mages behind us had flown into the air with magic to avoid the tsunami.
Kaaaaaang!
A shockwave was heard.
Looking at the Demon King, he was being attacked by Yuria. The Demon King was holding a sword, which I didn’t know where he got it from, and was blocking Yuria’s dagger.
The Demon King’s swordsmanship and stance, as he blocked Yuria’s sharp attacks, were familiar.
My nose tickled. I could smell plum blossoms. The Demon King’s swordsmanship was Kyle’s Plum Blossom Sword Style.
‘Foolish. Yuria and I have already broken down the Plum Blossom Sword Style! Yuria has broken down the Plum Blossom Sword Style and…’
The situation wasn’t going as I thought.
Yuria was struggling against the Demon King’s Plum Blossom Sword Style. I widened my eyes and focused on the Demon King.
‘It’s different.’
The Plum Blossom Sword Style and the forms were the same as Kyle’s. But something was different.
‘…Plum blossoms. Plum blossoms are blooming even though he hasn’t swung his sword.’
It was a power.
He was using a power I didn’t know, creating plum blossoms without swinging his sword.
I could smell the plum blossoms. The scent was getting stronger than before. The number of plum blossoms drawn around the Demon King was also increasing.
“Floy. Stop!”
“My lord?”
I stopped Floy, who was about to charge towards the Demon King. That place, filled with plum blossoms, was a death zone. Floy and I wouldn’t last long there.
‘There must be some secret. I need to find a weakness.’
When I focused, I felt like I was grasping something.
‘The Demon King’s sword is moving to the position where the plum blossoms are drawn. It’s moving about 7 beats late.’
It was as if he was calling the future result into the present.
‘He’s using another novel power.’
How could I interfere?
‘If I interfere with his movements, that should work.’
I raised my sword. I was ready to jump into that space filled with plum blossoms.
“Floy. You wait here.”
“My lord. Please trust me. I won’t hold you back.”
“It’s not that I don’t trust you. You don’t know how to break down Kyle’s Plum Blossom Sword Style, but I do. Floy. Trust me. I’ll go give the Demon King a good hit.”
“…I will trust you.”
I ran towards the Demon King. I felt regret that I couldn’t use acceleration. The closer I got to him, the stronger the plum blossom scent became. The plum blossom scent was so strong that it made me feel sick.
The Demon King also recognized me. Plum blossoms were drawn to block me. The plum blossom buds appeared, slowly rotating and blooming fully.
Thunder Sky Style (雷天流) Myriad Lightning Bloom (卍雷開花).
While running, I drew flowers in the air with the Flower Lotus Dagger. Red lightning flowers, the opposite of plum blossoms, rotated and bloomed. The plum blossoms and lightning flowers collided and canceled each other out. The Demon King turned his body. It wasn’t just a level of recognition. He was clearly hostile.
I broke through the plum blossoms. Every time the plum blossom petals touched my body, my skin tore and blood flowed onto the floor.
“Master! It’s dangerous!”
Yuria warned. What was dangerous? I realized it a step later than her. The space around the Demon King was moving.
The plum blossoms drawn in the air shattered and became petals. It wasn’t a size that could be handled with lightning flowers.
As the space moved, the plum blossom petals also rotated around the Demon King. It was a blender. I immediately activated my protective aura and covered my whole body. I could endure it, but there was a clear limit. The protective aura was gradually being worn away.
Yuria’s shadow chains surged. They tried to grab the rotating space, but it wasn’t easy, as if the Demon King had made up his mind. Still, the rotation speed slowed down.
Yuria’s shadow opened a path behind me. Yuria wanted me to retreat. Even in this situation, she was worried about my safety.
‘I’m not helping Yuria, I’m just getting in her way. Should I retreat?’
Could I retreat and focus on safety while still being able to defeat the Demon King? Absolutely not. The opponent was the final boss of the original story, the Demon King. I couldn’t just keep pursuing safety. And time wasn’t on our side either. We had to deal with the Demon King before Leosio woke up.
‘I see why the Demon King said Leosio would finish evolving in an hour.’
It was to make us feel anxious.
My legs moved forward.
There had been many times like this. I had acted believing in complete recovery. But now, I wasn’t acting because I believed in complete recovery. Being in the middle of the blender, there was a high chance I would die immediately even if I used complete recovery.
‘If I want to land a hit on that Demon King, I have no choice but to gamble.’
Even if I didn’t have a moment, I still had the time of a genius left.
[Activating the time of a genius for 10 seconds.]
My senses expanded. I could see a path through the swirling plum blossom petals. But the path was too narrow. If I went now, I would definitely die.
Swish, swish, swish.
The shadow chains moved. Yuria, understanding my intentions, widened the path towards the Demon King instead of opening a retreat route.
The mana inside me surged. Lightning energy ran through my body, stimulating my flesh. As I took a step forward, a light flashed.
Shadow Sky Style (影天流) Ultimate Technique (極技) Heavenly Light (天光).
I became a streak of red light and sprinted towards the Demon King. The flustered Demon King focused the flow of space in one place.
Too late.
I leaped through space and arrived in front of the Demon King. The light slashed the Demon King’s right arm.
“Kuh-uhk.”
The Demon King’s face contorted. The distortion of the plum blossoms and space disappeared. Yuria and I didn’t miss that gap and rushed at the Demon King. A shockwave erupted from the Demon King. Swept away by the shockwave, Yuria and I were sent flying far away.
Magic circles appeared and enveloped Yuria and me. A gentle force wrapped around our bodies and landed us on the ground.
[Ending the time of a genius.]
I looked at the Demon King. He was writhing in pain, clutching his severed right arm. It seemed that he was fully feeling the pain because he had taken over Kyle’s body.
‘It’s ironic. Kyle originally lost his left arm.’
Light gathered on the Demon King’s severed right arm. It seemed he was trying to recover his right arm with his power. Yuria didn’t stay still. She, who had been pushed back with me, crossed space using shadows. Her dagger aimed for the Demon King’s neck.
“I… I underestimated you too much!”
A storm of power raged.
Around the Demon King, powers were changing every second, creating an indescribable situation.
“Retreat! That space is not something we can handle!”
Priscilla shouted. She and the other mages used defensive magic.
‘The Demon King’s power is raging within a radius of about 10 meters around him. Why the sudden barrier?’
It was corrupt mana. The magic stone gates all over the background were spewing out corrupt mana like open dams. The corrupt mana was gathering towards the Demon King.
“Krr-rrr-rrr.”
Demons and demonic beasts appeared from the magic stone gates. They had unpleasant appearances and were trying to come out of the magic stone gates.
‘Damn it. Is he summoning demons and demonic beasts?’
A demonic beast crossed the magic stone gate. Immediately, the demonic beast’s body disintegrated and scattered in all directions. The demon was horrified by the sight.
“Hiiik! T-the Demon King is here! I’m sorry! I didn’t recognize you because you were in a human body!”
The Demon King sighed and stabilized his power. He quietly glared at the demon beyond the magic stone gate.
“I told you. Even if the gate opens, it’s not time yet, so don’t cross over.”
“I-I’m sorry. I-I made a mistake!”
“What’s your name?”
“It’s Garion!”
“Garion. You have the power to take the form of a demonic beast. …You’re trash.”
The Demon King reached out his hand towards the demon. A purple laser shot out and pierced the demon’s head.
I felt a question about that sight.
‘If he summons demonic beasts and demons, he can easily deal with us. But why isn’t he summoning demonic beasts and demons? And why did he kill the demon that tried to cross the magic stone gate?’
