༺ The Curtain Rises ༻
In cartoons or manhwas, there was a common trope.
Said trope was when soone’s punch caused a dramatic change in the environnt.
Like cracking the ground in a vast area or shattering dozens of stories buildings.
It was a way for the showmaker to depict a certain person’s incredible strength.
And right now…
Even when taking that trope into consideration, the scene unfolding before my eyes was still ridiculous.
If there had been so massive physical blow, then I wouldn’t have been so astonished.
However, what I just witnessed at the end of Kasa’s punch thrown towards the sky was…
The ‘night’…
Collapsing.
-..
-…
-…..!!
The sky, which was supposed to darken over ti…
Seed to ‘fracture’ for a brief mont.
Like a shattered mirror, its surface twisted, broke, and peeled away; Through the distorted space, bright ‘sunlight’ which should not exist at this ti, seeped in.
“…Holy…fucking…shit.”
I continuously muttered curses under my breath while looking up at this sight.
I understood what exactly this implied.
‘…The dinsion itself was twisted.’
I groaned when that thought ca to my mind.
If I were to speak with the ga’s term, this was pretty much a one-hit kill AoE.
Only powerhouses of this world would survive within that range, anything else would be obliterated by ‘just a touch.’
The first and strongest Sword Saint in history, the First Duke Tristan, was said to have sliced the sky with his sword, bringing night to replace the day.
Although it was only for a mont and in a very localized area…
Kasa had recreated that very scene just from a swing of her fist.
‘…Does this even make sense?’
I forced myself to stand despite my wobbling legs.
Yes, I knew that she didn’t obtain the title Fist Saint by chance after playing so card gas, but still…
Once again, I realized how outrageously lucky I was to have blocked her punch once.
“Law Technique is…”
While I remained completely stunned, Kasa’s voice dropped in front of .
“A Special Power based on ‘willpower’. The world knows it as sothing unique to the Tribal Alliance, but that’s only because we are often exposed to extre situations, the ideal environnt for awakening it. In reality, this is sothing that anyone can use.”
After saying this, Kasa slowly sat down.
It was because the artificial body parts made from materials that ca from the Rulers of the Demonic Zones were crumbling to pieces.
Despite being made from such high-quality materials, they beca like this after being used just once.
Honestly though, it was surprising they even lasted that long.
“And since its activation ca from one’s mind, unlike Magic Power or Divine Power, it technically has no ‘limit.’ It feeds on one’s desperate wishes, desperate desires… The extent of your ‘will,’ that’s what determined its limit.”
“…”
“If your will can reach the sky, then you can even break the sky like this.”
In other words…
It didn’t matter that it wasn’t her original body and she only had a hastily made artificial one. It ant she could do sothing like this even after attaching sothing like that to her body. Because she willed it to be.
“If it is you, you can surely do it too. It may not produce the sa result, but you should be able to follow it in a similar manner.”
Kasa, who was still acting nonchalantly even after doing that grand act, sat back down and picked up the pipe lying next to her.
“I would never teach anything to those who couldn’t learn.”
A familiar line.
In the ga, after she said this line, Iliya would be granted a skill.
‘…Hm.’
But, what about ?
Even when I saw that scene, I just felt impressed. I didn’t feel any enlightennt or sothing similar to that.
At the very least, the way to use—
System ssage
[ You have witnessed an outrageous realm! ]
[ A new function is added to ‘Mastery: Fighting Arts – Stance 立式’! ]
[ ‘Stance – Breaking the Sky’ is added to your movents! ]
System ssage
[ You have received valuable teachings! ]
[ You have acquired ‘Mastery: Law Technique Mastery’! ]
“…”
Ah, there we go.
I an, it wasn’t like I expected so earth shattering scene of enlightennt, but doing it like this made it feel too underwhelming.
Then again, having things handed on a silver platter like this suited .
“Seeing from your expression, it seems like you have gained sothing.”
After seeing my face, Kasa chuckled and said as such.
Technically, I guess I really gained sothing.
Responding to her words, I let out a sigh.
“…With such prowess, how did you even get your limbs cut out?”
Although Alan Ba-Thor was a formidable powerhouse, he wouldn’t be able to stand a chance against Kasa’s technique, even if he attacked with three truckloads of people.
Hearing my question, Kasa just shrugged in response.
“At that ti, he was holding the lives of my clan hostage and threatening . So, I just let him cut them off.”
“…”
Of course, Alan still eventually killed the entire Garda clan under Tatiana’s orders.
‘Moreover, it didn’t even end there.’
I thought back to when I t Alan recently; The ‘work’ that Tatiana ‘had done’ to his body vividly ca to mind.
The mory made grimace, to the point that I was about to puke.
If Riru, who was on the verge of going berserk, were to see it… I could almost predict how she’d react…
“Can you do it?”
While I was lost in such thoughts, Kasa tossed that question to .
She laid her gaze beyond the horizon. To be more precise, on the terrifying ‘riptide’ forming there.
Tatiana’s summoning ritual was nearing its completion.
Which ant…
System ssage
[ A mont of danger has been detected.]
[ Determined the situation as life-threatening. ]
[ Skill: Desperation raised to EX-Grade. ]
It was ti.
As that window popped up, I felt strength surge into my body. I let out a sigh.
“…Whatever. Dying is the worst thing that could happen to anyway.”
With such last words…
I imdiately jumped off the coastal cliff in front of Kasa.
With a thud, I felt myself collide with the rocks I landed on.
My body felt light. Although this was the sa feeling I always felt whenever Desperation was active, it felt especially so at this mont.
‘…I’ve grown stronger.’
Though I had realized this several tis before, I was once again reminded that the vigorous training I had done with Riru was not in vain.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to do this.
“—Heup!”
I kicked off the ground beneath with a shout, propelling my body upwards at a terrifying speed.
Just like Eleanor, I could attempt to fly with just my physical abilities.
‘…Maybe my power level is close to Eleanor’s level right before she absorbed two Fragnts.’
My current physical specs seed to have reached a level comparable to hers.
Taking advantage of the high altitude, I scanned the surroundings.
It didn’t take long to find what I was looking for.
After landing back on the ground, shattering another rock, I leaped towards my target.
My body, flying hundreds of ters with each leap, landed on the boat of the Tribal Alliance like a cannonball.
“Wh-Whoa!”
Talion, at the helm, yelped in surprise.
He was waiting here with the boat, just as I requested.
“Hey, I’m he—”
Just as I was about to greet him, I noticed a tiny ice cat clinging onto his head.
“…”
No, that wasn’t it. A tiger cub?
What was wrong with him? Why was he carrying sothing like that on his head?
“…What’s that?”
“Oh, uh, so apparently it’s a cub of the Ice Tiger. Since its mother disappeared, it’s been clinging to . I guess it likes .”
“It had a cub?”
I didn’t know that.
When the Fla Demon or the Ice Tiger were beaten the shit out of, it usually took them at least several months to a year to resurrect.
I guess, it was possible that a cub without its mother would instinctively cling to soone who seed willing to protect it.
“Well, that’s why I’m planning to take care of it for a while.”
Talion reached up to stroke the Ice Tiger’s head.
Seeing as it purred and rubbed against his hand, they had obviously beco quite friendly already.
“…But isn’t that a Demonic Creature?”
“It’s fundantally similar to an animal, so shouldn’t raising it also be similar? Since it’s a motherless cub, I can’t just leave it be, so I’ll take it for walks and feed it properly.”
“…”
Well, it wasn’t like I had any say in this matter. He could do whatever, I guess.
Rather than that, there was a more imdiate crisis.
“…Uh, Senior Brother.”
“Yeah?”
I shortly answered Talion, who spoke in a trembling voice.
“You know, I have experienced all sorts of situations while following Senior Brother.”
“Yeah.”
“I thought eting the dragon was the craziest of them all and nothing else could surprise more.”
“Yeah.”
“…But how do you always manage to shock ?”
“…”
I guess that really scared him, huh?
Seeing the gigantic ‘sinkhole’ before , I let out a sigh. This was a similar phenonon to when the Krakens were first summoned.
However…
The ‘scale’ was incomparable to back then.
In this vast ocean, the gaping hole was strikingly visible. It was big enough to engulf the entire Forge of Struggle.
The water ‘rising’ from inside the hole was like the sea was creating tides.
Reversed Sea. What an apt na.
And within that…
-…
-…
-….!!!
A ‘cursed’ existence…
An invader from another dinsion that should never mix with ‘this world’ erged.
It felt like filthy sludge from the gutter was creeping into the mind; The re existence of this being seed to scatter curses all around.
The first thing I noticed were its enormous tentacles. While spewing blood and curses, ancient hieroglyphics engraved there were emitting a strange light.
Just one of those tentacles was big enough to engulf and crush the entire Forge of Struggle, but most of the body remained deep into the sinkhole.
This was just a ‘part’ of the whole.
The full size of this being was beyond comprehension.
“Senior Brother.”
“Yeah.”
“…There isn’t just one of them.”
“Yeah, I know.”
As Talion spoke in a despondent voice, I nodded.
Originally, we were supposed to deal with just one, but…
There were three of them here.
This was the result of Tatiana appointing Alan Ba-Thor as an Incarnation, her surefire strategy to kill .
She had summoned three of such beings that were far beyond my control to ensure that I was killed, regardless of the cost or whatever the fuck happened to anyone else.
“Talion.”
“Yes?”
“You practiced maneuvering this boat when we went against the Sea Serpent before, right? It was a rehearsal for what is about to co.”
“To escape from sothing like that, even that level of practice is…!”
“No, that’s not what’s important.”
In reality…
There was an even greater threat that even made ‘such a being’ seem trivial.
Well, actually, there were two.
“…Excuse ?”
Along with Talion’s dazed response…
The enormous body of that being rising before us was…
‘Pulverized’ in an instant.
–!!!!!!!!
-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Producing a sound as if heaven and earth were split into two, the Existence of an Ancient Era that was erging from the ocean let out a painful scream.
‘…It didn’t die instantly.’
As expected of a Chapter Boss, it didn’t disappoint.
To think that it would not die instantly even after colliding with ‘that’.
“DOWD CAMPBELLLLLLL——–!!!!!!!”
Even through the horrifying shriek, a clearly distinct voice could be heard.
Far away on the horizon, a single person ‘running over the sea’ bellowed.
Talion muttered an apology without even realizing it, indicating that the voice was laden with that much ominous hostility.
“CO OUT BEFORE I KILL YOUUUUUU——–!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“…”
Yeah, no.
I would die if I went out.
With a sigh, I gestured to Talion.
“Book it.”
“Yessir.”
The boat started speeding away.
For now…
Chapter 3 Boss Battle.
The Apostle of the Reversed Sea. The Existence of an Ancient Era beneath the sea. The curtain rose, as the subjugation battle comnced.
And at the sa ti as that…
!!!!!!!!!!! Devil Alert !!!!!!!!!!!
[ ‘Devil-Related’ Ergency Event Occurred! ]
[ This is a critical event! ]
[ If you do not take the correct actions within the ti limit, you will die! ]
[ Event related to target ‘Riru’! ]
[ Find a way to survive imdiately! ]
The evasion maneuver to survive against two Devil’s Vessels begins.
“…”
It probably wasn’t just my imagination that the latter seed far more catastrophic than the boss battle itself.
“…It’s so hard to be this popular, isn’t it? Feels like I could die from all this attention.”
“I agree with that dying part at least—!”
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