Chapter 315 – Growth
#315.
The vast amount of mana directed to Changgeuk was concentrated in one point and emitted strong energy.
As a result, super-high-temperature heat is generated, which decomposes the surrounding gas and is reborn as plasma.
This process happened in the blink of an eye.
Despite the size of the pitch-black plasma, it emitted a strong presence. The 4th substance that goes beyond the general form differs in its destructive power.
As long as this technique is perfected, it is tantamount to winning.
“Surrender.”
But this was his own idea. Even with the plasma in his eyes, Rivera never let go of his fighting spirit.
She lowered her center of gravity and pulled her right arm around her waist, focusing her thunder spirits spinning around her body into her fist.
An enormous energy enveloped her entire forearm, sparking her dazzling lightning.
“Try.”
“… I beg your pardon?”
“Try it. Last time I didn’t have time to prepare, so it happened. Now… Is it possible.”
Apparently, another technique was prepared for the polar light. Certainly, just the energy concentrated in his fists was enough to give goosebumps.
No matter how powerful the aurora borealis is, it cannot generate great firepower when it is this small.
Although he is ignorant, he pushes with such an overwhelming amount of mana, and it is unknown what the result will be.
“Are you really going to go all the way? One of them might die.”
“If you don’t like that, you abstain. I have no intention of stepping down.”
There was even a kind of madness in Rivera’s eyes.
Her desire to improve her martial arts surpassed even the value of her life at this moment. Seriously, she thinks it’s okay to die now.
Even if you look like a madman, the good way of thinking was transmitted so clearly that my teeth trembled.
Compared to him, Gaon had so many regrets about life.
It’s because all the relationships she’s built in her life were too precious, even more than the grandiose goal of preventing the world from perishing.
So, if she thinks soberly, she should have stepped back from here, but Gaon couldn’t.
It’s not just that he doesn’t want to be pushed by Rivera. Rather, it is more of the opposite. Rivera’s tenacity toward her martial arts and her pride aroused Gaon’s sense of self-possession, who never knew when it would have disappeared.
The will of that arrogant and bad-tempered woman to confront her perfected skills head-on, only to defeat herself.
Gaon could no longer suppress her impulse, whether it was her confidence or recklessness.
“Don’t die. You have to be alive to make your wish come true.”
“You really don’t die. I don’t even know the power of this technique.”
The condensed lightning in her fist shone brighter as time passed. Even at this moment, the thunder spirits that bloomed from her whole body gathered into her fists and increased their power.
It was his loss to delay any longer.
Their eyes crossed, and the moment their eyes flashed, each other’s attacks left their hands.
Coo coo coo…
The jet-black plasma fired from Gaon’s spear collided with the pillars of lightning fired like lasers from Rivera’s fist.
Lightning reminiscent of a huge energy cannon and plasma the size of a millet. Either way, the former seemed to be dominant, but the reality was that it was in the middle of the day.
Plasma, which annihilated everything in front while only advancing, and the pillar of lightning, which consumed energy using huge firepower as weapons, showed no sign of being pushed back.
Gaon had a hunch.
‘If this continues, both will die.’
Even if the plasma could pierce the pillar of lightning, it would be limited to the size of a millet.
In the end, the remaining energy would fly straight into him and dissipate it without leaving any bones.
Conversely, Rivera is the same.
Her whole body will be melted by the plasma, and not even a trace of her will be found.
At the moment of her choice, Gaon made a decision and immediately cast her will into the plasma.
‘Explode!’
Pew!
The energy that had been condensed at one point exploded, and the pillar of lightning collapsed in an instant. In the meantime, she hastily pulled her body out of the attack range.
Qurrrr!
Belatedly, a pillar of lightning passed under her feet and knocked on the barrier. The force was so strong that the cracks cracked open, leaving holes everywhere.
It is being restored in real time, but thanks to that, one wall of the training room has completely melted.
But I can’t afford to turn a blind eye to such a place.
Kwaaaaang!
Rivera leaped and threw her fist.
Receiving it with his spear, Gaon performed a one-round somersault to reduce his repulsive power, then fired his double attack.
Both of them were currently extremely drained of mana, so the power was insignificant compared to the beginning, but even so, if they were hit, they would not be safe.
Wow!
Gaon, who received his fist again, felt impatient.
Unlike him, Rivera has a dragon heart. Even if mana hit her bottom right now, she must be filled up in an instant, probably before a few seconds pass.
‘It can’t be helped.’
Gaon regretted it, but immediately activated the built-in function of Wind Cloud.
The strong energy that was barely formed by squeezing out as much mana as possible from the empty dantian was amplified as the spear grew in size.
Gaon faced Rivera, whose eyes widened in surprise, and struck the spear with all his might.
Kwaaaaang!
A heavy blow on a completely different level from the one before. Rivera couldn’t handle her power and plunged headlong into her arrow.
Spread across her floor, when she raised her head, the sharp spear blade was already stopped right in front of her nose.
“I won. Admit it?”
“Chit!”
Rivera frowned and clicked her tongue, but as if she had accepted the outcome, she said nothing.
Just by looking at her face, her inner self is clear. The moment she broke her aurora, she must have been sure of her victory. She would never have thought that she would be defeated in vain like this.
In fact, if she hadn’t used her dedicated divine skill, Windwalker, there is a high probability that she would have collapsed while being pushed by Rivera, who recovered her mana effortlessly.
Gaon reverse summoned Windwun.
The fight is over anyway, so there’s no need to carry it any more. He didn’t want to move, probably because he was all exhausted.
Just as she was about to sit down on the floor as she was, Rivera suddenly jumped to her feet.
“For a moment!”
“What is it?”
“Show me a demonstration of polar lights!”
“… Now?”
“Okay!”
As expected from the beginning, perhaps she was aiming for this, but Rivera’s spirit was elated.
Since it was the contents of the contract made yesterday, it was obvious that if she refused, she would use this as an excuse to put forward another condition to Gaon.
The only thing she regrets is that Gao also prepared for her in advance.
He chuckled.
“All right. I’ll show you after lunch.”
“What? Wait until then? Are you kidding me!?”
“What if you don’t have mana? Please wait a bit.”
“No! No! This is a breach of contract!”
Rivera, who seemed to be angry, was furious.
Gaon suddenly thought that her mental age was low. Since she was a child, she showed extreme emotional changes even when things didn’t go her way.
For this kind of person, it was better to press in a similar way.
“Why Violation?”
“You said you would show a demonstration of aurora borealis after Dalian.”
“Yes. After the Dalian, I will show you after lunch. I never said I would show you right away?”
Gaon deliberately laughed even more sarcastically.
It is the fault of the one who did not properly check the contents of the contract.
Of course, she’s a hard-earned opportunity on her part, so it’s probably because she’s excited and careless, but that’s what she’s up to.
Rivera gnashed her teeth, shaking her clenched fists.
“Are you going to be mean like this?”
“Who was the first to be mean? If it keeps going like that, I have my own thoughts. Did you decide to grant me one wish? May I wish you no sparring after today?”
“…”
“Don’t you like that? So let’s do as I say. I’m tired, so I’ll go first. See you at lunch.”
Gaon ended her childish argument and led her limp body out of the contest room.
I’ll take a shower first and get some rest.
‘What was the schedule for today…’
Less than 10 seconds passed in the sparring room, and Rivera disappeared from Gaon’s mind. She couldn’t afford to care about her.
***
A month had passed since Rivera’s visit.
In the meantime, Gaon and her party did their best to hone their skills and prepare for any unexpected situations.
Right now, he was going through every report he had received from Louisiana.
Gaon glanced at his watch and stretched.
“Ugh! It’s already this time.”
There was only about 10 minutes left until lunchtime. It was better to go out and wait before it was too late.
When I opened the door and went outside, I saw Surin who was absorbed in cooking alone.
I moved her body gently to the rhythm with her hum, as if I was in a good mood.
It was noticeable that the tail of the long braided hair swayed gently around the hips.
After appreciating the back of her for a while, Surin turned her head away as if she felt her presence. When her eyes meet, she greets them with a delighted smile.
“Is your son-in-law here? Excuse me, could you set the tableware for me? It’s a little tight to be on time.”
“… Of course.”
That much doesn’t even fit into her axis of labor.
Gaon strode forward and took out the tableware according to his head from the tableware locker and arranged them. It’s such a simple task that it’s over in less than 30 seconds.
He looked at her for a while, and decided that it was better for him to do something rather than sit awkwardly for no reason, and approached Surin.
“Mother in law. Anything more to help?”
“You want to help? You can rest.”
“It’s okay. Isn’t it over in a few minutes anyway? Leave it to me.”
“Maybe? Then watch the pot over there, and when the soup boils, reduce the heat. Got it?”
“Yes. All right.”
For the next five minutes, Gaon carried out various instructions under Surin’s direction. Most of them were simple enough that even a child could do them.
After a while, after helping her set up her food, her meal was ready.
Surin took off his apron, put it on a chair, stood in front of Gaon and stood on his tiptoe, then stretched out his hand and stroked his hair.
It was like treating a child.
“Our son-in-law is good! Thanks for helping.”
“… Mother in law. Aren’t I a child?”
“Whoops! I heard that Gaon is younger than Chorin? Then I’m just a kid. Child is good.”
Quietly complained, but Surin didn’t care.
It made her realize that she was not at all conscious of herself as her man.
It was pissed off
Her heart, which had been a little excited by the unexpected skinship, cooled down, and Gaon unknowingly gave out a rather harsh voice.
“I am not a child.”
At the same time, I grabbed his wrist and pulled it off his head, and Surin widened her eyes in surprise.
She trembled like a parent experiencing her son’s rebellion for the first time in her adolescence.
Then she smiled awkwardly and apologized.
“Ah… That, right? Sorry. Excuse me. Huh. That’s right. I am a grown adult. I’ll be careful next time. Ah! There were more things I forgot. I’ll go to my room!”
“…”
Surin also hurriedly left the place, telling a lie, as if the current situation was embarrassing.
Just in time, Isabella, who opened the door for her meal, saw her and tilted her head.
Gaon belatedly blamed himself.
‘A fool.’
There was no need to react this far.
Even Surin, she was just a prank, and she just wants to thank her for helping her. However, it was ruined by an impulsive moment of emotion.
As she sighed and expressed her regret, Isabella sneaked up to her and asked.
“What. What happened?”
“… It’s nothing.”
“Nothing? What was there did you fight You don’t want to talk to me again?”
There are definitely people like this.
In the name of a prank, he recklessly invades other people’s territory and is the type to instigate resentment.
Although Gaon felt a little irritated, he tried to pretend to be normal.
“Because it is not. Never mind.
“Do not lie. You know I don’t know Do you know everything?”
“… I do it in moderation. What do you think I know?”
I couldn’t stand the heat any longer.
I didn’t like everything from that behavior of talking as if I knew everyone’s intentions to trying to dig into a sensitive part.
Even though we’ve been close friends for years, it’s not like we’re willing to confide in her.
Even if they were lovers, they couldn’t say anything about Surin.
As Gaon frowned and glared at her, Isabella suddenly laughed.
And words like bombs that are heard.
“You. You like that girl.”
Accident stops.
The truth hidden deep in her heart, which she could not face even herself, was revealed from the mouth of others.