Chapter 1003 – 1003. His Shadow (4)
The worst opponent you can think of in your head that you least want to fight.
In a way, it was the greatest compliment his colleagues gave Eunhyeon.
But who would have imagined that what they thought was the best compliment would turn into the worst thing that would turn a knife on them.
Neither Anies, Liod, Gerard, nor Alice, nor anyone else would have expected it.
Even the nine-tailed fox and Derkin are the same.
“That…”
Elvin was the first to discover Eunhyun’s alter ego and groan.
A familiar look.
A benefactor who saved herself and her sister.
Her own master who reaped himself as her spirit.
It was something that had the appearance of Eunhyeon, but that was not Eunhyeon.
“It’s not him.”
Even though they had the same face and the same physique, I couldn’t feel the path that should have been connected between Elvin, the spirit, and Eunhyeon, the contractor.
It is a spiritual connection point through which the spirit receives the magical power necessary for its activities from the contractor.
That’s why it wasn’t the real Eunhyeon.
“… Know.”
Riod’s face hardened and he tightened his grip on his sword again.
He also knew that that wasn’t really Eunhyeon.
Not only Riod, but all other colleagues did the same.
However, if Eunhyeon’s current alter ego also had powers and abilities comparable to the real one, like the emperor of the Mirvavila Empire who appeared a moment ago.
That is just as difficult.
“Fuck. That sucks. Really.”
Anyes, who was scratching his bright blonde hair and frowning, cursed as if to express his feelings.
Although I said it harshly, the same would probably apply to Gerard and Alice.
They couldn’t have imagined that they would be dealing with Eunhyeon.
A very reliable ally.
A staff member who created a sure-win strategy and led his colleagues to victory.
Creativity that showed a new perspective with unique ideas and judgment.
The reasons why the colleagues thought Eunhyun was special were different, but there was one thing in common.
The point is that he had no doubts about Eunhyeon’s judgment or choice.
Although he could question his thoughts and intentions because he could not understand them, he never once opposed or denied their opinions.
The decisions he made while leading the team were very reasonable and always led the team to victory.
However, it was only in an instant that the countless advantages of resourcefulness and force were changed from the word best to the word worst.
Eunhyeon’s alter ego finally began to move, holding two swords.
“Tsk… ! Come!”
The first to react to the clone’s movements was Riod.
Elvin quickly moved his shadow to block the blade swinging at Riod.
Kaaaaang!
It was a sword strike so fast that I missed the movement for a moment.
If Riod had not given a signal, he would not have been able to respond.
The clone’s sword, clad in a sharp blue sword, collided with the shadow shield.
Eventually, the shadow that lost the shape of the shield wrapped around the clone’s sword.
The scope gradually expanded to include the clone’s hand, but Eunhyeon’s clone forcibly tried to free his arm by pulling it out.
Elvin’s shadow did not let go of Eunhyeon’s alter ego so easily.
While my wrist was grabbed with a sword and I hesitated.
Fierce attacks fly towards the clone.
Liod’s long sword came rushing in from the side to cut into the clone’s abdomen.
Puzzle!
A lightning dagger scattering fierce light is aimed at the clone’s back.
The moment when an attack came from behind and from the side, with one of his hands being held.
In that short period of time, which was not even a second, the clone’s body had to be torn apart by the attacks of the two men.
Kaaaaang!
Even in that split second, Eunhyeon’s alter ego responded to the two attacks.
He quickly rotates his body and strikes away Gerard’s dagger aimed at his back with the opposite sword, and at the same time lifts his leg and kicks Riod’s wrist, who was holding the sword, twisting its trajectory.
It was Lee Ji-sunda’s strategy to aim for both the abdomen and the back and ensure that one side’s attack was effective, but Eun-hyeon’s alter ego blocked the attack without the slightest hesitation.
However, the two people whose attack was blocked also anticipated this situation.
Rather, the original goal was to keep pushing him through continuous coordination until the moment he hesitated using both hands and legs.
“Look back!”
Ani Es, who had squeezed in between Riot and Elvin, thrust his fist towards Eunhyeon’s abdomen.
[Anies Basics]
[Criticizing the regime]
Starting with the legs that supported the kick on the floor and twisting the waist, a fist filled with all the muscles and strength of the body was thrown towards Eunhyeon’s alter ego.
The moment when the ruthless regime, capable of easily tearing apart even solid steel, finally attempted to strike the self-immolation in the abdomen.
Eunhyeon’s clone let go of the sword that had deflected Gerard’s dagger.
Rather than forcibly canceling out the terrifying repulsive force generated by flicking the blade, rather, he releases the sword from his hand as if letting go of that force.
It wasn’t that I missed it, it was just too brief a moment to realize that I had let go of it myself.
The free hand of the alter ego let go of the sword and extends towards Anies’ fist, which had squeezed in between Gerard and Elvin.
The direction of the overwhelming physical force that seemed to tear the target to pieces the moment it hit was deflected by striking Anies’s wrist.
The direction where Anies’ power, whose orbit was distorted, was headed.
Kwasik
It was the wrist of the clone bound by Elvin’s shadow.
Pow!
Anies’ fist hit the clone’s wrist so accurately that the arm exploded.
The sight of flesh being crushed and scattered, as if an explosive had exploded inside.
“What?”
But when Anies saw the scene, he opened his eyes wide and asked again.
Because she never expected this situation.
The clone provoked Anies into attacking him and committed self-harm by exploding his own hand.
It was an extremely foolish action that could not be understood.
Finally, belatedly, I realized the target of the self-immolation.
Eun-hyeon’s alter ego without hesitation removes her wrists that were tied to her shadow and throws off her constraints.
As soon as he got out of Elvin’s shadow, he jumped backwards and was out of the disadvantageous distance.
As a result, he decided that a close combat surrounded by four people, Elvin, Gerard, Riod, and Anies, would be too disadvantageous for him alone.
There was no hesitation or regret in choosing to sacrifice his wrist to increase the distance between her.
The result of an emotionless action principle that was done simply because it was necessary.
“… “Jingle bastard.”
Anies gritted his teeth, showing intense irritation.
“I don’t want to use such harsh words, but I sympathize to some extent.”
Gerrard, who looked troubled with a stern expression, also felt similar to Anies.
To be honest, I didn’t expect Gerrard to be able to block all of the combos just like this and minimize the damage.
Although it would not have been strange if she had taken a fatal hit, even if she had not been able to completely kill her, Eunhyeon’s alter ego suffered at most the amount of damage to one wrist.
Losing a part of the body itself could have led to a fatal flaw in the future fight, but if the opponent was Eunhyeon, it was enough to say that that level of loss was minimal.
Because.
“I knew it…”
Gerard sighed briefly.
As expected, the wrist of the burnt-out clone was regenerated.
It was similar to ‘time retrograde’, one of the powers granted by the goddess that Eunhyeon originally used.
His own method of using the power of the goddess to reverse time and restore damage to the body to the state it was in before the loss.
Could it be that the real, imaginary alter ego even reproduces the power of the goddess as he used it in the past?
That can’t be possible.
In fact, I didn’t feel anything like the power of a goddess.
I simply restored the state of the alter ego created by the dimensional crack to the state it was in before it was cut.
Although the process and reason are completely different, the result itself is the same phenomenon.
Just as they remembered Eunhyeon’s abilities.
“Everyone, that attack just now…”
“I know even if you don’t say it. “It’s not just you, we all felt the same thing a moment ago.”
“… Tsk.”
The same goes for Anies, who was irritated as if he didn’t like it, and Gerard, who was looking troubled.
He must have been thinking the same thing as Elvin.
Although it was a short battle that only lasted a moment, Elvin could feel it.
The attack and combination just now had not been practiced or coordinated in advance.
He simply performed his role to the best of his ability.
In fact, Elvin played her role perfectly.
She was the first to step forward and spread her shadow to block the clone’s attack. At the same time, she tied the clone’s wrist and strongly restricted its actions.
Riod and Gerard, aiming for a moment when movement was limited, attacked the alter ego with a fierce attack at the same time, and there was also an attack by Anies who squeezed through the gap with an additional attack.
Eunhyeon’s alter ego responded to all of the attacks and minimized the damage.
This was the sense of discomfort that Elvin felt.
Each and every one of their attacks was a skilled attack with a guaranteed critical hit, and they were instantaneous attacks that divided the unit of time called ‘seconds’ into ten or hundred equal parts and squeezed between them.
However, despite this, the attacks did not lead to confirmed effective hits.
This is why Anies hates fighting with Eunhyeon.
The same goes for Riod and Gerrard.
In my fights with him, I was always unable to land a proper attack.
No matter how much force is pushed, a heavy attack, a split-second quick attack that cannot be recognized with the eyes, a surprise attack made from a blind spot behind the back that cannot be recognized, or a carefully coordinated attack that sneaks in in seconds, does not work on Eunhyeon.
“I’d rather have one more fight with that emperor bastard.”
I honestly thought it was much better.
It goes without saying that the emperor of the Mirvavila Empire is superior when considering only the force, ability, and level of danger he possesses.
The black magic that cancels out and nullifies all magical and physical attacks is a product of irrationality that cannot be judged by the laws of the world.
However, such an emperor also had a method of attack and was able to actively utilize it to defeat the emperor.
But compared to that, what about Eunhyun?
There is no such overwhelming attack or defense power, nor is there any black magic that creates the emperor’s unreasonable providence.
Although there was a special grace bestowed by the goddess, Eunhyeon’s body was no different from that of an ordinary human being.
They are the same as ordinary humans in that they die if their throats are cut or their heart is destroyed.
Nevertheless, dealing with Eunhyeon is bound to be more reluctant than the emperor of an empire with irrational black magic.
“How on earth are we supposed to beat this bastard?”
There was no proper way to attack.
The physical ability itself is not much different or even slightly lower when compared to Riod or Gerrard.
Like Anies, the body’s defense power was not raised to the limit due to divine blessings.
However, Eunhyeon was overpowering and toying with them with his skills and techniques.
In some ways, Eunhyeon, who has nothing special, is easily dealing with the continent’s greatest knight, the fastest wanderer, and the goddess’ saint.
It was a contradiction to the point of being deformed, but it was also inevitable that I deep down accepted it as a natural fact.
[Fight.]
“Yes?”
Gerard was surprised when he heard the electric sound that came to him and looked behind him.
It was a message sent by a nine-tailed fox.
[Fight and take time.]
Gerard suddenly came to his senses and understood what that meant.
Riod and Anies, along with Ervin, also looked at each other and exchanged glances, as if they had heard the same thing at the same time.
