Chapter 258 – Lightning Storm (2)
As Enrir cast a spell, lightning covered his whole body.
Runes appeared on his back. It seemed that this bastard’s skill was his own magic, not his magic.
Lightning thundered helplessly. Consideration for the neighbor’s house is a roaring sound that 100% protests from the neighbor’s house, as if he fed the mutt in the neighborhood.
However, my fist of flame struck the bastard without fear at all.
─Pajijijik!!
【What the fuck!!】
The fist that hit the face was blocked by lightning. The fist could not move forward in the middle as if it were blocked by a force field.
‘Is it lightning accompanied by physical force?’
To be disgraceful to such a subject, the electric current he entwined penetrated my body through the clogged fist. Unleash an automatic dot-dem while blocking the enemy’s attack! It was truly an air defense unit.
Enrir burst into laughter and laughed.
Haha!! Haha!! Rune of ᚲ (Kenaz)! Next is the rune of ᚦ(Thurisaz)!! It’s nice to meet a human rune magician other than us, friend!!]
【How long has it been since we met?
I didn’t panic even as I felt the mana volatilizing like a hot water puddle.
Isn’t that always the case? The rune that blocks attack magic was functioning and the consumption was small.
Stepping on the advance, I spread the 5th Poomsae of Guertur’s attack aircraft.
A technique used at ultra-short distances where spears cannot be wielded or stabbed.
It was a high-difficulty attack aircraft that I had only recently learned because the stance and mana management were difficult.
The strength of my legs led to my waist, the strength of my waist to my shoulders, and the strength of my shoulders to my arms and fists.
【If you want to talk about it, start with your ID card!! Anyway, young people these days are rude!!]
Reproducing the skill of using a spear with a fist, I threw a punch like a fa-kyung in the martial arts of Ding-ho and Zhai-jian.
【Munggemungge – Six King Guns!!!】
【Turn off?!】
─Quaaaaang!!
When [Gertur] Was added to the momentum of the steam, Enrire stepped back. I turned 180 degrees, taking advantage of the widened distance.
The round kick, infused with strength and mana, completed the poomsae in the blink of an eye.
【Keuuu, haha!! Mana match?! Against me?! Courage is imaginary, but—-
【──Fuck you!! Volt Tackle!!]
─ Wow!! As he cut off his words, the back kick blew Enrir away.
【Kuu, haha!!!】
The bastard, unable to kill the shock, was shot like a bullet, shattering the walls of the room and flying into the darkness of the hallway. Seeing him smile even after being hit, it was clear that this bastard was a masochist.
【Whoop, whoop… ! A well-kept knife!]
Chairman Sang pulled out the knife stuck in the slit of the helmet and threw it away.
In addition to blood, white crystals were smeared on the knife. It was so hard that it hit me, but it was amazing that it didn’t damage my brain.
─Clap!
Lalilura flicked her fingers, and Ringling made a 3.5 hand. When 〈 Magic Missiles 〉 were created in that finger, the president of the Chamber of Commerce defended it with a shield.
─Wheein.
─Chaeeng!!
Linglingi’s arm, which was about to pierce the upper chamber with a watering can, boasted a 360-degree rotation that cannot be imitated with a joint in the human body.
The magic was, of course, a fake to make him hold a shield. Lingling pulls a knife as thick as a cow knife from her arm and deflects my shield. Long needles ejected from Linglingi’s mouth.
Chairman Sang, who had been blinded by the knife a while ago, seemed to have difficulty keeping calm in front of the long needle.
【Crude modern artifacts!!】
Sanghuijang believed in the defense of her armor and rolled back. That was the right decision. Because the thick armor deflected the long needle.
As soon as she straightened her posture, Sang Hoi-jang put his arm out as if to throw a hammer. I tried to stop myself, but my feet froze at the wave of mana that flashed in the hallway.
“My dear, take it!”
Veronica, who was descending the secret stairway, blew her spear.
She was also a mana user of the Old God, so she felt the same threat as me. I grabbed the window.
It was a spear that devours mana, but it was able to enter the subspace of the slate. It was said that it was because the principle was different from the barrier, but anyway, since it was in her hand when I needed it, I put aside my curiosity.
Quarreureung—!!!
As soon as I grabbed the spear, a bolt of lightning stretched out.
I was about to turn the windmill with my counterattack 2 poomsae, but I remembered that lightning wasn’t just electricity and changed my poomsae. Counterattack 3 Poomsae. It was a defense against heavy projectiles.
─Two-kwang!!
The heavy feeling that made my hand tingle gave me the realization that I had chosen the correct answer.
Lightning bounced upwards and shattered the ceiling, sending out shrapnel and electric current.
That lightning is a combination of energy and physical attacks. It was fortunate that I chose projectile defense. If I had turned the windmill, the spears would have been blown away by the kinetic energy of the lightning and I would have been electrocuted by the electric current.
‘It deserves to be accepted!’
Like 〈 Lightning Missile 〉, it was a magic in which electric current travels through space, so it could be deflected.
If it was real lightning, it would have already been machoism by the time the thunder sounded. Looking at the sparks flying on the windowsill, I couldn’t help but think that way.
[Is it the anti-demon spear? Coincidence.]
The chairman, who was not restrained, threw the hammer. A hammer that spins like a boomerang and aims at Ralilura.
【Where!!】
When Ralilura bit Linglingi, the man who ran from the secret stairway blocked the flying hammer. It was Dana.
【All we can throw at our maknae are tips and compliments!!】
Mana danced like a snake on Dana’s arm. Her shield unfolded to protect her and Lari Lura.
─Kaang!! The hammer hit the shield. The president of the Chamber activated the magic of the equipment again.
[Stone Chu! Prove the providence!]
The president’s order worked. Dana’s strong shield had cracks running through it.
【Ugh?!】
【No?!】
But Dana wasn’t the only one surprised. Chairman Sang was surprised as if he had never thought that the shield would not be broken by that hammer.
With half intuition and half deduction, I noticed that the hammer also had the ability to resist mana like my spear.
【You fucking bastard!!】
However, there was no time to use it for an attack aimed at the president. Because lightning struck again. ─Toukang!! As he struck the lightning, which was more powerful than before, sparks ignited the ledger.
【Damn!!】
Lightning hit the ceiling and rained down like a broken generator.
It felt like it was raining with an electric eel, so even Zoid, who was aiming for the top spot, had to step back.
【Brother!! I can’t accept it anywhere else?!]
【Ceiling is best to avoid sparks!! Do you want to spill it on the floor and get electrocuted?!]
It is a combat method in which Sang-cheoljang tanks and Enrir sprays electricity.
It’s good that I dedicated Enrir to the mark or gave ᚦ(Thurs) amulets to everyone else except for Zoids, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to win even if they came in a real swarm.
These cubs are not so close, but the combination was not easy. I stole my dry lips.
【Your skills are amazing. I apologize for looking down on you.]
─Charleureuk. The head of the store connected the chain of mana to the hammer.
It was a magic that the pirate boss used the other day, but that also seemed to be a function of the hammer. Well, there was a way to retrieve it, so he must have thrown it without hesitation.
〈 Stop there! It’s really disrespectful to throw it away and pick it up again because you can’t win!〉
【Anyway, that shorty bastard doesn’t understand Romania!】
〈 No, I understand.〉
Lalilura and Dana chewed on the president’s reply and grabbed the mana chain, but their complexion changed in a second.
Ringling’s thick arms and Dana’s gauntlet began to be dragged toward the Chamber of Commerce.
‘No, damn it. The two of them stuck together, but they said they were out of strength?’
I knew that our Nunna was very strong to be a pure healer, and that Ringling 3.5’s output was not negligible.
But mana users say they have a temper, but a merchant called a bastard has the upper hand in a tug-of-war with those two. Dwarves are a real bitch race. The weak human race cries.
【Know with glory. The experience of touching our dwarven treasure.]
As Chairman Sang said, he seemed to have a good understanding of anger control, and he spoke calmly, unlike someone who has lost his eyesight. His mana belched.
The two men who were holding the chain being pulled made a wise decision. He let go of the chain.
His posture was a little staggered, but Chairman Sang moved as if he was trying to grab the hammer he had retrieved. I was about to move again, but had to stop. I saw an electric light flickering in that hallway.
Fuck, I chew. Hiding and watching only me. I couldn’t let it increase the power, so I counterattacked with a frozen beam.
─Puffy!!
The lightning bolt dodged the blast of ice mist, but the mana pulse stopped as if her spell had broken.
The hammer returned to the chairman’s hand.
─Wedge liquid!!
The knife flew as if chasing a salvaged hammer.
The one remaining eye must have been very precious, but she gave up her sight and defended the knife with a shield, but she threw the knife and seemed to be aiming for it.
《Arise as God (Dd.F xa m nTr).》
Fran jumped out of the stairs, fluttering her black hair, which she had loosened up to put on the hood.
─Stupid! With the golem’s hand bigger than his own under his wrist, Fran ripped off the wall around it like a styrofoam.
【Zoid-san, get out of the way.】
Power for strength, dwarf for dwarf. A boulder as heavy as a cannonball roared across the room like a cannonball. Fran had demonstrated 100% of his strength.
【My God Ivaldi.】
Looking at the stone wall flying in the sky like a slingshot, I forgot that the Zoids were in a melee, and I was blank.
─Tooquaaang!!
Like an H-beam falling from a building under construction, the shock wave shook dust and papers in a seemingly uncleaned room. Chairman Sang put up his shield and endured.
The magic reflective shield only had a few scratches, probably because it had good defense. As dust and papers fell on the fire, some embers went out and others burned more fiercely.
─Tap, tap.
Fran landed in a space that made a burning sound.
The golem’s hand on that wrist collapsed without enduring the time limit. The spilled dirt disappeared in the blink of an eye.
His straight black hair fluttered in the running wind. Despite wearing a mask, Fran’s eyes were heavy.
【… You are of mixed blood. You must have found the stairs.]
The chairman said It was a very finite attitude to say to someone who had whipped his own eyes with a blade.
【However, she is a girl with blood of her own people. Are you aware of what you are doing right now?]
【Revenge.】
The cold reply made the president laugh.
【It’s not such a short-circuited question. I mean, do you know what it means to live as a mixed race?]
【I think I know better than you. … But I guess that’s not the case.]
【You are quick to notice. It’s better than pure blood that rots by relying on innate benefits and talents.]
Chairman Sang held out his shield and lowered his waist.
【However, mixed-bloods like us are lives that were ordained at the time of birth as the cornerstone for the future of the species. If we escape fate by relying on the blood of chaos, those who are attracted by that blood will come to us to put the shackles of fate on our necks.]
【… Is that the reason?】
Fran asked in a voice that didn’t sound angry. It seemed that he did not have the heart to understand the absurd remarks of the president.
【Is that why you ruin your hometown?】
【If you look at the root, that’s how it works. Why do you think I sell kiln oak charcoal at a bargain price? It is to ask the qualifications of those who abandoned craftsmanship because they were blinded by gold.]
【What qualifications are you?】
【It is not a qualification, it is an obligation. The duty of those who know fate.]
Veronica extinguished the burning fire with a gesture of her hand.
When the flames went out, Yaeum returned to the room with a secret staircase.
【… What about my friend? I believe in fate.]
Fran said while being hit on the back by Veronica’s wind.
【My husband hoped that he would be the one to save the family. But at least for their own sake, she didn’t force that fate on someone important to me—let alone someone who had nothing to do with it.]
【… …】
【I don’t know what you knew or why you are doing this. Still, I will evaluate you with the words that the person I love often says.]
─Clap. Fran pulled out her knife from the subspace of her armor.
【Don’t make excuses on the criminal subject. Even if you make a plausible excuse for your crime, you are just the worst sinner who buys and wears armor with the blood and tears of others.]
【… Is the reason you fight a grudge? Or a sense of duty?]
[Neither way. The reason I won’t forgive you is because I learned from someone who loves me. To achieve a dream, an end is necessary.]
【Good.】
Armed with armor that fuels rage and madness, the dwarf laughed in the dark.
【You should have been born with pure blood.】
─Quaaang!! The president of the store, who stepped on the foot, dashed. As the light stayed on those feet, it seemed to boast that even the gaiters of the armor were some kind of magic item.
Then lightning struck again. Fran shouted at me as I responded.
【Go first!! We’ll take care of this person!!]
[–Yes! Don’t go!]
I answered without any grandiose words or unnecessary worries. Fran and other party members are not burdens that I have to worry about and protect.
Enrir’s lightning is dangerous.
The amount of mana in Fran and Lalilura was low. Even if you have an amulet, you don’t know when your mana will be exhausted, and if you can increase your power, there’s a good chance you’ll break through your magic resistance.
It was a stupid choice to fight together in front of a wide range of lightning. That lightning bastard had to be the fastest and strongest.
And a forager has to run without hesitation to any dangerous place for his woman.
I picked up my spear and ran out into the darkness of the blue lightning-splashing hallway.
To pierce the neck of the beast waiting there with this spear.
