Chapter 236 – The Sleeping Flame (3)
A giant who competed with the spearmanship of the mythical age that arose thousands of years ago?
I couldn’t believe what I said. If that’s really the case, how old is that bastard I’m fighting with?
No, even if there was no limit on life span, why was he playing with statues on an island built by a bicorn prophet?
Of course, it could be my mistake, but the fact that the giant predicted my skills was an outright fact.
If I had thrown the spear as it was, my spear would have snapped at the back while cursing at the idiot-like owner again, and I would have had to face the walking terror with my bare hands.
‘… Shall I watch more?’
I put an enchantment on the tip of the spear with the thought that the skill might be read.
Hwareuk-!
It was an enchantment of 〈 Burning Hand 〉 now possible like breathing. A golden flame bloomed from the breath of the golden sun at the tip of the spear! There was no sign of being wary of the giant.
“Gvvvv.”
It looked like he was going to cut me off sooner and lay his hands on Veronica.
The bastard wasn’t even wearing anything around his waist, so his pillar-shaped cock dangled. Damn, this is why all giants appear as eunuchs in movies and cartoons. Looking up and down, it was a series of hateful jokes.
“Die face-impaired people!!!”
“SsW!!”
A giant who waved his hands while spitting out meaningless screams.
While figuring out his distance, I launched an attack with a full buff on that arm. His skin cracked in a splatter of dirty blood like sludge. I managed to hurt him, but I clicked my tongue.
“Tsk!”
The wound was too shallow. This kid’s job was not a dealer, but a tanker, so his defense was much higher than his attack.
Chi profit…
There is one more fact that has been uncovered. I frowned as I blew away the noxious blood vapor with the windmill.
‘The wound is not ripe!’
In the full buff state, even after receiving the ᚨ (Ansuz) enhanced flame, which is no different from a welding torch, the giant’s wounds only evaporated blood.
‘He has a strong body and is resistant to fire!’
Maybe that’s why they were able to survive on such a hot island for a long time. Aren’t jotuns usually ice type? No, it might not be Jotun, so it was useless to think about it.
“Veronica!! Fire magic doesn’t seem to work!!”
“I know!! Hold on for 10 seconds!!”
Veronica’s answer spilled in one ear. Oh, yes. From the reaction of the Orihalcon Pillar, it seemed that he was aware that that bastard had a lot of flame mana.
– Booung! Booung!
While evading the rush of his fist, he grabbed the angle and unfolded the 4th poomsae counterattack.
Penetrates the tip of a spear that absorbs the impact of a punch. As if waiting, the giant snapped his wrist and tried to snatch his spear.
“If you touch someone else’s property, you are a thief!!”
– Wow!! I hit the window sill like a cane. Black bruises were carved on the back of the giant’s hand. Maybe it’s because the blood is black, so the color of the bruises is also black.
‘Does the blow work better than the blade?’
Analyzing the information, I extinguished the light at the tip of the spear. If it was resistant to heat, even a pikapika electric attack would be a waste of mana. Looking at it like this, I don’t have many attack patterns.
If there is no heat, it is cold. My lips murmured an incantation.
“〈 Freezing Hand〉.”
─Bad!
When mana was used, the window was filled with cold air.
The giant’s facial muscles did move when he saw the cold air, but he looked at him like shit, and when he looked at it, he couldn’t even analyze what kind of emotion it was, so he just punched him.
Provocation was also difficult. There is no language system, so words cannot be interpreted.
Jotun doesn’t have the same language as goblins and beasts? Nonsense. It would have been correct to think that the bastard only screamed, but was actually reticent, or not Jotun.
Then it’s a fight There is only fight!
─Pippipiping!!
The 1st Poomsae of the attacking aircraft poured a stabbing rush. Since it was a simple technique, it would not have been possible to stop it, but because of the height difference, the spear could only reach the chest unless it was a javelin.
The leather pierced by the spear was slightly frosted, but again, it looked far from fatal.
“Gpll── llrrrrl!!”
The giant raised his arms and tried to crush me, as if he was sure of his defense. The huge body that covered the aisle was fucking intimidating thanks to the face that looked like a dick, but I sneered and retreated.
10 seconds have already passed.
【Teiwazu is the leading star. Keep the oath with nobles (Tir biþ tacna sum, healdeð trywa wel).].
As they came out into the cold crater, the giant tried to chase them but stopped.
I naturally thought it was because I found Verokina casting a spell, but for some reason the giant was wary of the sky before Veronica did.
【He stands on the course over the night mist (wiþ æþelingas; a biþ on færylde) and will never fail (ofer nihta genipu, næfre swiceþ).]
“──Gqeeeee!!!”
Dyeing the muscles of his expression black, the giant exhaled life. Hesitant feet jumped out into the crater, but by then the spell had already been memorized.
Veronica pressed her finger down on the giant.
【Stjǫrnunnar Steinn.】
─Kooung!!
An invisible weight pressed down on the back of the blue giant. The giant who came running fell to his knees.
A giant crouching like a worm that stepped on his head. But both of us were more surprised than relieved. Embarrassed, I asked Veronica.
“Isn’t this an offensive magic?”
“It is an attack magic through gravity. It should be blocked by ᚦ(Thurs) rune──”
Veronica couldn’t hide her ominous doubts either.
Magic is a means to reduce that bastard’s mana. Jotun is a racial passive skill that has magic resistance. Didn’t you say that during the operation time earlier?
“G, ww… !!”
As it should be, the giant was banging his head with blood spurting from his skin.
‘Is there no mana to activate magic resistance?’
No, I wouldn’t be able to move such a big body if I did. Veronica also said, maintaining her magic.
“Because it is a giant that emits ice mana, I thought it was a variant of Jotun, but maybe I was wrong in my guess.”
“… It doesn’t matter. No matter what kind of monster you are, you can do it.”
There was no need to clear the question. There doesn’t seem to be any poison, so I’ll just drain the energy and cut off the head.
It was when I raised my spear that I was determined to fight.
─Thump.
The giant hit the fist of his right hand on the floor. Blood poured from his arm, as if his blood vessels had burst under his weight, but cold air burst from the place where the fist struck, like a barrel of liquid nitrogen.
─It crackles!
The giant’s right hand was wrapped in a block of ice.
It continued to beat its limbs on the floor and began to arm its body with cold. I screamed with chills.
“Veronica! Turn off the magic! Buff that bastard!!”
“──Cheet!!”
When the gravity disappeared, I immediately threw the spear and ran after it.
─Pueruk! The spear that flew like a beam of light ruined the eyeball. Before the giant pulled out the spear, he retrieved it with the magic given to it.
“Gbvvvvvv!!!!”
The blinded giant screamed as it was freed from gravity.
─Clap!!
Is it for defense? A giant who wears an opaque ice mask on his face like a helmet, like ice armor on his limbs.
Even the style of the Great Warrior was felt by such a primitively armed giant.
Damn, it would be damn good for a fantasy game boss if it had some grand background music in Latin. I appreciate the self-mosaic on my face, but I didn’t like the ice ax and shield that followed.
“Quuuuu!!”
Booooo!!
An ice ax breaking my pot from above! It bounced off heavy projectiles or counterattacks with the 3rd Poomsae. However, the ice ax was much softer than expected.
The shattered ice ax sprayed heavy fragments as soon as it was struck back.
─Suddenly!
The sack and the few days left cut through my torso!
Aw fuck!! It hurts so much!! Even if Amman retreated, he still had weight and strength, so he couldn’t ignore it! It wasn’t a deep cut in the flesh, but blood flowed from the chest.
– Booung!
A giant who strikes a shield bash with more agile movements.
Aside from the technology, the body specs have gone up! I noticed that this giant was conserving his strength until earlier.
He tried to conserve his strength by eating us, but he seemed to realize that he was in danger and decided to kill him at least by consuming the remaining mana.
This bastard has been hiding in this volcano, waiting for the day to escape!
I couldn’t even fit in like this. Like a pole jumper, he stamped his spear on the floor and pulled and extended his legs at the right timing for the shield to collide.
The body coordination that became a superman made the skill a success.
─Wedge liquid!! Like a cannonball fired from a catapult, I stepped on the momentum of the shield with my foot and flew into the sky. Being blown away sucks, but it’s better than getting hit by that weight!
“GuGuu!!”
The ice-armored giant threw an ice ax that was cut in half to kill Veronica first. Even as I was blown away, I threw the spear again and pierced the throwing axe.
─Puck!! The ax that flew like a bird was pierced and stopped. There was no time to be at ease. The giant, who threw the ax and ran right back, was chasing Veroniki, who was running back.
Landing on the barrier in the ceiling, I spurred the barrier and jumped to the floor before being caught by gravity and falling.
The destination is in front of Veronica. If the timing was right, he would be able to hit a drop kick on the giant’s body.
Hearing the sound of cutting the wind, the giant swung his shield in the direction I was flying.
There were several ways to dodge mid-air, but I gritted my teeth and twisted.
“Shield bug cut!!!”
He threw a kick and spent a lot of mana.
Compressed steam from 〈 Summon Cloud 〉 added momentum to the kick.
It was a simple, low-level magic, but it wasn’t that simple in terms of power.
─Puuong!!!
Believing in the acceleration as if a grenade had exploded and the full buffed defensive power, I put a kick in the center of the shield. It’s a K-MMORPG’s strategy of pressing down with deals.
I made an X shape with my arms to protect my face. He broke through the shield and slammed his toe into the giant’s neck.
“G, aa!!!!”
I tried to smash the neck belt, but this kid has only muscles in his neck. Even if he gets hit hard enough to hit the floor, he doesn’t feel anything broken.
Avoiding the grip of a flying fly, the landing spear does not come no matter how deeply it is pierced. It seemed to take some time to get it off the floor.
“Gq… !!”
The gigantic giant swept the floor with his hand.
A wave of cold air that swept left and right like a whip! It was an indiscriminate radiation of cold energy that even the pillar of ice was created in an instant.
If this works, it really sucks!! 80kg of frozen meat immediately ordered and chewable!!!
─Whiriririk!
While activating the ᚦ (Thurs) rune item in her bosom, she guarded Veronica’s front.
“My dear!!”
“Stay still!!”
The machoism within me took over as a meat shield. I wasted mana and quickly called her spear. It felt like her remaining mana had been reduced to about half how long she had recovered.
The counterattack 2nd Poomsae turned the windmill and destroyed the cold air.
Kurururureung—!!
The spearhead’s special effect made a sound like thunder and bounced off the cold mana.
It’s damn reliable, but it has its limits. Frost began to form on my arms. Fuck, it’s hot and then it’s cold and it’s so damn good.
‘Ceeeee haircut!!! My fingers are fucking cold!!!’
I hid my nervousness and responded to the blast of cold air as if nothing had happened. At this pace, mana barrels would run out in less than 5 minutes. In the full buff state, mana consumption was intense.
I could recover with the seal in my bosom, but even if I competed with him, it was a one-sided loss to me. Since I’m only getting hit, the damage from the ice beam is gradually accumulating on my body.
So, I had to behave more calmly.
What was a waste of mana would have been added to that giant. It is a pup who was confined to a tropical island that was not suited to his constitution and died of suspended animation. Even if we try, her death will only get closer when she runs out of mana.
The giant’s hesitation peeped into the vision whitened out by the cold.
She ate all the animals that would restore her health or ran away, so she probably wants to save mana while killing us.
-Hoo-wook. The radiation of cold air stopped.
Even after the injection stopped, the cold air remained. It was to the extent that the steam I sprayed at random did not disappear and remained. The temperature of the crater, which was cool, sank like a freezer.
“Kuu… !!”
With her tears welling up, Veronica hurriedly put her hand on my back.
The pillars of Orichalcon glowed, warming my body. It was probably the cold air covering the skin, in other words, it seemed to be driving away the mana of the water. The giant threw out a war cry without approaching.
“GAGAGAGAGAGaaaaa!!!”
“What are you pissed off about, you bitch.”
It was enough to make my stomach ache when the opponent who had been hot right now was healed by a woman.
No, are you getting angry when you see the Orihalcon Pillar being used?
Like the movement that seemed to know the spearmanship of the mythical age, and the knowledge of Orihalcon of the past, it seemed like a long-lived giant.
‘Considering that I was trapped on the island, I’d be on the verge of dying, but is this still the case?’
What kind of monster was he in his heyday? Even if I set the specs now, I will take the minimum mithril class and move on?
It’s not a boss mob to come and meet, fuck. He was like a fucking hidden area DLC boss.
─Whiriririk! Thud!
The giant pressed down on his neck and threw the remaining shield into the exit.
A very naughty bastard. I had to break his spine when I landed a kick on his neck.
He took out the seal and filled the mana. As I put his hands behind my back, Veronica warmed me up and put her hand on the seal. Mana could be full.
There is still a lot of mana charged. She’s glad she’s been fully charged for the past hour.
I blew my breath as I analyzed the giant not approaching. Dog is really cold. If I go back alive, I won’t pick up her short sleeves this winter even if I go around the fuck.
Even breathing makes my lungs feel cold.
I had no idea that cold air would be such a terrifying weapon.
Come to think of it, I, in runaway mode, also fired the frozen beam. Since it was a magic I used with a fucking wisdom buff, the power was like a guarantee check attached.
──Can we win if we run out of control again?
I shook my head to stop thinking about it. It’s not easy being that angry.
Besides, it’s different from cartoons and movies. I don’t know what kind of disaster it will be if I lose my will and run amok, but with Veronica next to her, who shouldn’t get hurt, she can’t do that shit.
I don’t know if it’s possible to break the barrier of the ceiling and escape.
If there is only a welcome barrier, it is worth breaking. The problem is, there’s no guarantee we’ll both be able to escape.
What if only Veronica gets blocked this time? Or what if I’m left alone?
Then there is no point in running away. Will that bitch wait patiently while breaking the barrier? Now, the quiet thing is to cut our mana and her stamina with cold.
If you try to bounce here, they will try to kill you.
If you come back and start a fight, you’ll be damned to that guy too.
Let’s stop running away. The priority is to find weaknesses and win. Considering the reaction when I kicked it, even my attack did damage.
In the gap between saving mana and being careless, I had to feed that bastard a critical hit somehow.
I calmly raised my spear in the frosty misty crater.
