Chapter 223 – Chapter 223. Why Does It Only Happen to Me (3)
“…”
I walked into a quiet alley.
Of course, her body was tightly wrapped in a barrier of runes.
I was nervous so that I could react whenever it attacked, but the enemy was nowhere to be seen.
That buck that buck
The deeper I went into the alley, the stronger I felt the reverberation of magic power.
In the midst of silence where only regular breathing and walking could be heard, I made full use of [Mana Induction] To grasp the opponent’s magic power.
The fight itself is against me.
The opponent will attack me while hiding, and I am in the position of walking into that trap.
Then, a dagger made of magic flew from the front.
Kang!
‘Face?’
Kang! Kang! Kang!
The opponent didn’t do anything stupid to reveal their location.
Up, right, and back almost at the same time as flying from the front. Because magic came from three places.
The flying magical sword was simple, but fast and powerful.
Even if he tried to determine the opponent’s location with the magic thread attached to the dagger, he could not properly track it because it was cut off immediately.
‘The attack is weak.’
Just like tapping to see if a watermelon is ripe, the opponent seemed to be testing the strength of my barrier with a light attack.
Kang! Kang!
Every time I went forward, magical daggers flew, and I concentrated a little more.
The level of the hidden opponent is definitely higher than mine.
First of all, if you want to win, you have to face each other somehow.
Regardless of whether the opponent is strong or weak, once you can fight, you will have a chance.
It’s a battle of whether it’s quicker to find the hidden opponent, or whether to break through the barrier of my rune before that.
Kang!
After bouncing the flying magic sword dozens of times into the barrier of runes, I stopped walking for a moment.
“… Strange.”
Weird.
It’s not just one or two things I can’t understand.
First of all, this alley.
Even if I walk, I can’t see the end.
I have memorized the entire structure of the Academy Mall.
It is to think of a way to escape in case of an attack.
I have already broken through the alley blocking the knife for over 20 minutes.
It’s already time to go out on the main road… The end of the dark alley in front was still unseen.
It was slowly losing, and at night, the opponent who was hiding had the advantage.
But there is something more important than an endless alleyway.
The intent to kill the other person felt was sincere.
Moreover, the weight of the magical power that oppresses me is of a high standard.
It could be seen that the attacker’s level itself was very high.
Whether it’s the quality or level of magic… You couldn’t compare me.
The feelings I felt when I met Im Sol and Rebecca.
The reaction of meeting a strong person that the body has grown accustomed to was coming out.
However, compared to that, the attack flying towards me was weak.
It means that magic is too weak compared to the quality of magic.
There may be such people, but there is no way that a person who is in the ranks of the strong to some extent cannot control the balance like that.
If that was the case, I wouldn’t have become a strong person in the first place.
Even if the 1st place in each region gathers, if they compete, they can pick 1st place again, so only a genius among geniuses can become a strong person like Im Sol.
Besides, the attack was weak, but the follow-up was too good.
His skill at cutting off his magical powers to avoid revealing his location was top-notch.
‘Are you watching?’
It’s not characteristic of villains.
A cliché where you watch and get reversed by the main character.
But that kind of thing can’t happen in real life.
“…”
I quickly shook my head.
A strangely strong raider.
If they’re aiming for my life, I’ll have to deal with it as quickly as possible, but it’s dragging time.
Then you can judge that I have something you want.
Or maybe a crazy pleasure killer… None of the pleasure killers in this world are this strong.
At least that’s what I know.
And attack timing.
Looking back at what happened to me recently, I can identify the assailant to some extent.
First of all, the skeleton mask of Pandemic.
There has been a recent raid, and it is clear that Moon Surin and I are targeting me.
But they can’t be wasting time like this.
Next is Rebecca.
Of course, the first meeting was a raid, but… There’s no reason to attack me either.
‘A person who is extremely strong and has a connection with me….’
As I searched through my memories one by one, I came up with a hypothesis.
‘Iris Guild.’
It was just two days ago that I had been in charge of Elise’s massage.
The reason why I was worried and separated from Scarlett.
It was because I was worried that the Iris Guild’s daughter-in-law guild leader would come to spy on me.
Isaac, the guild leader, was not a very important character in the original work.
It’s true that he’s strong, but he’s not a character that would come out of a game that attacks the heroine.
To be honest, my face never came out properly.
So, I was wondering if it would hit me like this….
“…”
Ha, I can’t think of anything other than him.
In fact, because he committed so many sins, in fact, Moon Su-rin’s grandfather, the president of the academy, is a bit scary, and the association that lost Baek Ah-young because of me is a bit scary.
But that means they won’t come to attack me.
“Whoa.”
If he was going to kill me anyway, he would have made a proper attack long ago.
Because there’s no reason for an assassin to waste time.
I think it would be better to assume that the opponent is Isaac and act.
I canceled the barrier of runes that wrapped around my body.
And.
‘Blood beat.’
Pounding- pounding-
I expanded my magic circuit.
The flow of magical power became smoother, and the concentration of the magical power spreading around me became thicker.
In this state, even if an attack comes, you can immediately react and block it.
Other opponents wouldn’t have to be in a dangerous state, but… If the opponent is Isaac, it will work.
Because there are only two certain pieces of information we know about him.
The fact that she is a great daughter fool.
The next thing is that pride is so strong.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if it’s not Isaac.
It would be better if you get angry at my provocation and show yourself.
If you make the attack stronger, you can track the magic and know the location.
‘Not bad.’
There is a risk, but I can’t do anything anyway.
You have to force your opponent out.
I went into the alleyway, raising my magic power to respond to the incoming attack.
*
“Hey, he blocks well? They say he’s a genius wizard, but he’s amazing.”
Caen- Caen-
Isaac threw his magical energy at Lee Ho-yeon and nodded.
“…”
‘Crazy guy.’
As expected, we should quickly abandon this guild and switch to Lee Ho-yeon.
Scarlett looked at Isaac’s back without showing anything.
It’s like, ‘This happens when you touch my stuff!’ It was like a boy taking revenge.
Of course, I wouldn’t consider Alice her thing… It must have gone crazy because it was so precious.
“Scarlett. What are you thinking?”
Then Isaac laughed and turned his head back.
Scarlett, who flinched for a moment, naturally moved on to showing sympathy for Lee Ho-yeon.
“…I think it would be good for you to show up soon. Time has been delayed quite a bit.”
Scarlett couldn’t help but feel frustrated as she continued to do such strange things for 30 minutes.
Strong people have one strange thing somewhere.
For example, Lee Ho-yeon is crazy about women, and Isaac is crazy about Alice.
“That guy isn’t afraid. That barrier is also unnecessarily hard, so he can’t get the head start. He shoots without hurting even if he gets hit.”
In the world, where is the person who doesn’t stop the knife from flying like that?
Scarlett tried to convince Isaac as rationally as possible.
“…Still, I think there will be problems if people occupy the road for too long.”
“Isn’t it? Usually, when there is a barrier like this, people pass by thinking that someone is fighting.”
“Korea has good security, so that doesn’t happen very often.”
If you’re unlucky, a high-class hunter who happened to pass by may report it.
There are a lot of bad people, but it’s a town with a lot of strangely good people.
“Sup. Okay. Then let’s finish quickly. I think I played too much.”
There was also a part that surprised me that only one cadet kept blocking his attacks.
Of course, I lost a lot of energy, but… Most of the guys who say they’re hunters can’t even block an attack like that.
‘It’s too bad it ended like this.’
[I am Alice’s father.]
[This is the father of the woman you have a dark heart for.]
[Can you afford it?]
I wanted to suppress the momentum in this way.
However, attacking from a distance and not working, so it appears ugly… It doesn’t fit your philosophy too much.
If you’re going to reveal yourself like that, it’s better to run away like this.
At that time, Lee Ho-yeon suddenly started acting strangely.
It was the strangely hard unidentified barrier that had been lifted directly.
Then, they started to enter the alley.
Since it was a magic that forcibly increased the space, there was a risk that the magic would be revealed if you came a little closer.
“What is that?”
“…”
After all, Lee Ho-yeon is not normal either.
Scarlett gave up her understanding and decided to watch a collab of her two madmen.
“You’re provoking me right now, right?”
“… I do not know.”
I really don’t know.
Why are you doing that?
If I did that, Isaac would be angry.
“Scarlett.”
“Yes.”
“It must have taken a lot of time for sure. He provoked me on the subject of being a cadet.”
“…Because you wouldn’t have known that Isaac-nim was your opponent.
“I’m going by myself. I’ll talk to you while lying on the floor in a minute, so follow me.”
“… Yes, I understand.”
Ha.
Scarlett closed her eyes and followed Isaac.
‘Now I don’t know.’
Knock it down in 1 minute.
I will do my best beyond what Isaac said.
Still, since the opponent is a student and an acquaintance of Alice, I won’t kill her.
Just hope you don’t get hurt too much.
Scarlett walked down her alley, ready to craft high-level shield magic.
*
‘… Wasn’t this?’
Certainly the provocation worked.
Because the opponent jumped out directly.
Kang! Viscount Chow!
The problem is that it is too strong.
Kagaga River!
I stopped her magic that flew towards the rune’s barrier.
The concrete that made up the alley crumbled down with only the remnants of the magical power I blocked.
Kang! Seuk-
At the same time, I felt a strong shock.
Something kept hitting the barrier of my runes.
At an invisible speed.
‘Open eyes’
I tried to chase the opponent by concentrating my eyes, but I couldn’t catch it.
It felt like a huge wall.
But the good news is that I met Rebecca yesterday.
Thanks to that, the stronger and upgraded rune’s barrier blocked the opponent’s attack.
If it hadn’t been for the rune’s barrier, I wouldn’t have thought of counterattacking at all.
Blazing-
The flames flowing along my hand stuck to the floor, drew a circle with a radius of 10m, and soared into the sky.
My magical power was connected to all fires.
Chijik-
A very slight but felt sense of heterogeneity.
No matter how much you hide, if you exist in space as long as you do not deviate from the laws of physics, you will inevitably come into contact with the flames.
I quickly focused the flames in that direction.
Fire-!
The Kaga Gaga River!
However, something that escaped from the flames attacked the barrier of my rune again.
I took a step forward, enduring the shock as much as possible.
The magic power emanating from the tip of the foot chased the other person’s form like a vine to grab hold of it.
Of course, the opponent fell behind, but that was my aim.
It pretended to chase the opponent and drew a magic circle.
Once again, the flames created in all spaces.
Since I was forced to come out, my posture must have collapsed that much. This time, I decided to aim for sure.
As expected, it will be hard to avoid because it has a radius of 10m.
However.
“… Fuck for real.”
Opponent has disappeared.
Literally.
The opponent disappeared in the space with a radius of 10m in diameter where I controlled the flames.
Did you run outside in an instant?
You can think of it that way, but it was a completely different feeling.
The magical power that existed there suddenly disappeared.
Just like Nam Da-eun, who ignored the laws of physics and cut through space.
It felt like I was completely lost in space.
Wow!
Then, suddenly, a handsome blonde man appeared in front of my eyes.
His teeth were in a state of malice, his self-esteem was hurt, but he seemed a little happy.
I swung my arm at the barrier of my runes.
Jijik- Ujijik-
The rune’s barrier, which had already been severely damaged, shattered like a glass window, and I had to step back as it was.
“Ha….”
A handsome blonde man was standing in front, and Scarlett was following him like a secretary.
‘It’s Isaac.’
I wasn’t sure with just blonde hair, but with Scarlett, it’s certain.
Scarlett didn’t even make eye contact with me.
They probably don’t make contact at all because they’re worried that they might get caught.
Fortunately, Isaac didn’t seem to know our relationship.
Woo- woo-
I was out of breath as if I had just run a marathon, but Isaac didn’t mind.
‘Really fucking strong.’
I did my best.
I didn’t have time to attack, so I couldn’t use a big technique like Spiral… It is also the opponent’s ability.
This battle was my maximum.
That’s not okay either.
Well, if you’re already trying to match the strongest person in the world, you don’t have a conscience.
Bubbly.
Isaac came to me, and then he could feel it.
“How do you beat this?”
Isaac, who did not hide his momentum, really felt the difference in class.
She was barely holding on with the scam skill she learned from Rebecca called the Rune’s Barrier.
It just wasn’t a proper battle.
Isaac did not seek my life, so he only briefly confronted me.
Pounding- pounding-
Isaac had no murderous intent against me.
However, because of the power difference, the sense of battle made my heart beat quickly.
If the opponent shows even the slightest sincerity, he will die immediately.
Because I instinctively know this.
Isaac came to me.
Certainly, he was a man who could kill long ago if he wanted to kill me.
But if you’ve been grappling with me for over 10 minutes, then you must have something to say.
What was it that pushed me like this to say something?
As Isaac stood in front of me, I could finally feel him.
It’s a little bit, but my breathing was disturbed.
A little bit proud of myself
I looked at Isaac nervously.
Awesome.
Isaac suddenly licked his lips again and opened his mouth.
“… Pass.”
“…?”
