Chapter 123: Overconfidence is the key to the afterlife
A day passed on Cosmo but the sun was still on its horizon. First, Adonis thought the rotation of Cosmo was slow. But when he looked at the clock and observed the sun, he found out the plant didn't move at all. It stays in the sa place and because of the reddish atmosphere, the plants on Cosmo beca red as well as the sea.
It was a red planet.
Adonis made a shelter for Baek and Ijin. They were human so they needed a place to sleep. Irelika also ca out of the water with a huge fish so Adonis prepared a al for the six of them. The dinner was served.
Today's food is delicious. Is it because of the water? The fish looks the sa as cod but it tastes different. I need to catch so more before going back to earth.
That ti, Adonis said, "Master, your bed is prepared."
"Oh. Good work, Adonis. Here. A dinsion bag."
Viktor gave a small pouch in his hands and again said, "Grab anything that looks useful and prepare an arena."
"I will prepare everything as you comnded, master." Adonis left the huge camping tent and vanished.
Now let's see what else she got…
Viktor opened Irelika's record and started to read it. Even though she was much younger than any other guardians he had t, completing her book was a difficult task in a day. And sleeping in front of her was not even a choice, so he had to summon the record in the real world and read it between a real book. He was secretly reading her record and gossiping with each other.
That ti, Irelika asked, "Why do you use the na Viktor? Can't you use Elerous?"
Viktor looked into her eyes and said, "The sa reason why you don't use Irelika in real life."
She laughed a little and said, "Are you trying to be a protagonist of a book by hiding your strength? I bet your twin brother is also weak like you. When I raised my sword, you flinched like a baby. Haha!! Don't worry, I won't kill you. I am the best you know, I've been living on earth since the ancient era."
Ijin was surprised to hear her actual age and started to call her nonna. But Baek wasn't comfortable near her. So he sat closer to Viktor and took his sleeping bag to sleep.
"Are you going to sleep?" Viktor asked and turned a page of the record.
"Um. Yes. It's been a long day and I'm so tired."
He unfolded his sleeping bag and went inside it like a caterpillar. "Viktor, aren't you lonely? For living such a long ti?"
Viktor turned his head to his right and saw Baek fixing his hair. He was also curious about Viktor. "Lonely? Hm…"
Co to think of it, my consciousness is almost 70 years old. But I don't feel like an old man. Moreover, I don't feel the need to have a partner anymore. Did I beco a guardian who doesn't need anything as humans do?
He looked at Baek again and laughed a little. "No, I have Adonis, Rae and Welis. They are my family now so I don't feel lonely. We are guardians, so we don't need anything as you guys need. We don't even need to sleep or eat. We just do this as a pasti or hobby."
"I see. You guys are really otherworldly beings."
"I guess so," Viktor answered.
The night ti passed and both Ijin and Baek woke up to a loud sound.
Baek rubbed his eyes and asked, "Ijin, what is going on!"
"I was about to ask the sa! Anyway! Let's go outside and see what is going on."
They ran outside and saw Rae and Welis in an unbelievable situation. They were hunting the dragons which were on the floating island above the sky.
Viktor looked at them and scread, "Oi!! You slept for 12 hours."
They were stunned to see what they were doing and the fact that they slept for 12 hours.
I can't wait to see their reaction after I absorb Irelika's fragnt. I bet they will start to worship .
"Master, Irelika isn't a weak guardian."
Adonis whispered into Viktor's ear as he was enjoying his tea with Rae. He rolled his eyes back and looked at Adonis. "Can you offer her head?"
Adonis knelt behind his chair and said, "If that's my master's wish. I will gladly offer you her head along with her fragnt. "
Baek saw the head of the North family kneeling behind Viktor and asked Ijin, "What do you think he is doing? Why is Viktor sitting when the head is kneeling?"
"I'm wondering the sa. Shall I ask him"
"Yes. I want to know if it has sothing to do with him being a so-called guardian."
Ijin walked closer to Viktor after coming out of the tent and asked, "Viktor. What is going on?"
"Can't you see? They are having a fun ti. It's a vacation after all."
Viktor looked at the red sea and saw Irelika playing in the water. She was a careless guardian and her knowledge about other guardians was also low. She was an overconfident fella.
Ijin took a seat in front of him and said, "Okay then, let's have a brief conversation."
Viktor frowned and asked, "What do you want to talk about?"
"About Adonis. Are you really his younger brother?"
"No, I never said he's my elder brother. We're sworn brothers. He's my knight and also my butler who takes care of my house. Do you want to know more about ?"
That ti, Adonis grabbed his shoulder and said, "My master ordered to bring her head. So if you mind leaving him so he could enjoy the duel? I am so excited right now because I'm going to fight with a guardian."
Rae appeared out of nowhere while floating and said, "Duel?? Who's having a duel? I want to see it too!"
Ijin saw Rae floating around casually above Viktor's head and asked, "You are really powerful. I wonder what Viktor's power level is."
Rae smiled a little and said, "You'll beco helpless if you know that."
Rae stood behind Viktor's back facing the red ocean. Welis also ca and stood behind his back with manners. They knew who was superior and they would naturally respect him.
Adonis at that ti flew closer to Irelika and said, "I challenge you to a duel."
He took off his left-hand glove and threw it into the water. She was angry rather than surprised. "I don't fight ants. Begone!"
The waves suddenly stopped and the ocean beca quiet as a lake. There were no visible waves so the water beca like a red mirror. Adonis put his left foot on the water as if it had beco solid. He was standing there while Irelika was half below the water.
"I see. You're a guardian as well. Why didn't I see that before?"
Then she stood on the solid water and took out her sword. "Don't bla if I ended up slicing through your neck."
"Then, don't bla if I ended up slicing yours." Adonis took out her destructive sword that his master gave him a few years ago. It was a sword that synthesised his hidden fragnts and it cut ti and dinsion. It was impossible to withstand an attack from it without knowing taboo magic.
"Heheh!! You're going to fight with that thin piece of steel? Don't joke with !"
Viktor who was sitting on the edge of a cliff said to Baek, "You will see what he is truly made of. He's the best knight of this universe."
Adonis held his sword firmly and ran towards her by spending on the water without creating any waves. She also rushed at Adonis without knowing what kind of sword it was.
Both of them were going easy but the mont their swords collided with each other, a huge shockwave was created that made Viktor's sandwiches fly away along with all the tableware on the table.
Both Ijin and Baek were speechless.
"Heheh!! I didn't think you'd stop that blow." Irelika thought that her strike was strong enough to blow his hands out but when she saw Adonis with no scratch on his body, she had to think about his level again. So she asked, "What generation guardian are you from?"
Adonis took a step back from her and answered, "If you are asking about my age, I will gladly answer your question. I am 1023 years old."
She beca angrier and said, "Don't joke with . If you're from the last generation, you should be at least a million years old."
She again charged at him with her blunt sword and again, he blocked it easily. Soon, their movents beca so fast that they nearly beca visible. The waves were so high that it was reaching Viktor's feet so he said, "Tsk! My shoes are getting wet." And his words reached Adonis's ear.
"Enough. I had enough playing around." Adonis said.
"What?? Are you giving up already? Man, you're weaker than I thought."
But Adonis, who had no irritating expression on his face, grew a white pair of wings on his back and a black hollow above his head. By making a bond with his master, he beca connected to him, beca more powerful and similar to him.
His black hollow above his head was proof that he was the servant of the guardian of the hollow records.
Irelika who was so confident a few minutes ago beca scared to feel his dark aura around his body.
The wings of him were of an angle but the hollow above his head belonged to the devil. He was the being that exists in the middle of heaven and hell.
He was the guardian of destruction.
"Surrender and beco one with my master. That's the most honourable thing for you to do. Now, lower your head."
Without any hesitation, she again changed at Adonis with a smile and scread, "Like hell I will do!! You're nothing but an ant and I will pro…."
Her head rolled down from her neck and blood started to flick out of her separated neck. Her body fell on the solid water and her blood beca one with the red sea.
The duel was over.
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