Chapter 48: Into the Dungeon. (6)
With a tallic clang, White Revenge was knocked away.
It was because Instructor Nike had batted aside my blade.
From the recoil, the handle of my sword scraped past my forehead.
Just as I felt a warm sensation above my eyebrow, blood flowed down.
I had charged in boldly, yet the one who took damage was .
Instructor Nike leisurely spun his sword half a turn.
“Hunter Choi. Just now, what ability did you use exactly?”
He pointed with the tip of his sword toward where I had been standing.
“To appear in the blink of an eye. Do you have so kind of teleportation-type talent?”
boasted speed enough to compress space-ti itself.
To him, it must have looked as though I had teleported.
‘I haven’t been exposed. Just…’
I hadn’t rely charged mindlessly toward Instructor Nike.
I had attacked efficiently using .
‘I was planning to take his head in one stroke.’
Instructor Nike had narrowly blocked my decisive blow.
‘Just how?’
Did that an he possessed speed sufficient to respond to a Hero ability?
“You’re hesitating. Of course. You shouldn’t recklessly rush in without knowing information about your enemy. You’re doing very well.”
As if he had forgotten his own duty, Instructor Nike lectured .
That only made angrier.
“Try blocking it again.”
I kicked off the ground and activated once more.
This ti, it wasn’t a single burst.
Gripping the pure-white blade in a reverse grip, I attacked indiscriminately.
The crown of the head, eyes, temples, nape, heart…….
Chachachacha-chaeng-chaeng-chaeng!!!!!!!
A re little over one second.
An astounding 87 exchanges occurred.
I spat out the breath I had been holding and widened the distance.
Blood beaded on the cut on Instructor Nike’s cheek, then gradually split wider and poured out.
Scars ford all over his body, and strips of his clothing were sliced away.
The ring finger of Instructor Nike’s sword hand was half-severed, bone exposed, dangling precariously.
In contrast, aside from my forehead and a very small scratch, I was completely fine.
Instructor Nike’s flustered expression was unmistakable.
“……What is that outrageous speed?”
Though I had inflicted grievous wounds on him, I couldn’t help but admire him.
‘Impressive.’
To withstand Speeder’s .
Instructor Nike spun his sword half a turn and set it straight.
‘It’s not that he’s as fast as . There might be so other reason.’
My breathing grew more labored, as though a thorn were lodged in my throat.
A hummingbird flapped its wings over 60 tis per second, and its heart beat 600 tis per minute.
That was why its lifespan was short.
The more was used, the more it gnawed away at the body.
If a battle like this continued, my stamina would be rapidly depleted.
‘If it drags on, it’s disadvantageous.’
While I was holding Instructor Nike at bay, Bang Su-hwan supported the collapsed Hase-na.
Lee Ji-jun, who had fled, also returned to his spot.
They stood behind and assud a battle stance.
At the sa ti, they were restless.
They must have wanted to join in, but Instructor Nike scarcely left any openings.
‘A clumsy joint attack would be pointless.’
Blood flowing from my forehead soaked my eyebrow and pooled in my pupils.
The world was dyed red, and my vision gradually faded.
To stop the bleeding, I used .
As money was deducted, the wound closed.
[ Awakener’s Balance ]
: ₩959,094,655.
Because I had already used , a ten-million-won skill, twice, the amount had dropped significantly.
“No, how could this…….”
Hase-na covered her mouth in shock.
The way my forehead recovered just now was truly astonishing.
The treatnt had finished rapidly, at a speed that even an S-rank healer could barely manage.
To her, it must have looked like I was wielding so bizarre power.
Instructor Nike tilted his head as well.
“The more I look, the more astonishing it is. You don’t look like an F-rank Hunter at all. Have you truly been hiding your abilities all this ti?”
Behind him.
I saw two fallen interns.
They had beco cold corpses.
“Why.”
I opened my mouth.
“Why go this far? Is so sham religion really more important than your responsibility as a Hunter?”
Republic of Korea Hunter Regulations, Article 1, Clause 1.
First, protect citizens safely from monsters.
Second, do not use power as authority.
Of course, not every Hunter followed these in reality.
There were certainly people like Seo Gwang-pal who regarded awakening as a privilege and ran amok as they pleased.
“Do you have no pride as a Hunter?”
“I don’t.”
Instructor Nike did not hesitate.
“My school is the Ganro (干櫓) style. A sword art solely for protecting the Cheonyangji Cult Leader. My master said this: ‘We are beings born to protect that person.’”
Ganro referred to a shield that blocked an enemy’s swords and arrows.
‘The Ganro style, huh.’
I had heard of it.
After a man known as a master swordsman began believing in Cheonyangji, he devoted his entire life to creating a sword art for the cult leader.
According to rumors, his skill was said to be on par with an S-rank Hunter.
I knew Instructor Nike was a master of the sword.
But to think he was a successor of the Ganro style.
‘Now I finally understand…….’
I lowered my gaze and examined the ground at his feet.
I could see a faint circular pattern engraved in mana.
Its diater was about 2.5 ters.
The secret was gradually revealed.
The Ganro style was not, to begin with, a sword art ant to attack soone.
A sword ant to protect soone.
Therefore, once you stepped inside that circle, any kind of attack beca useless.
In that case.
I quickly devised another plan.
What if I made use of
: ₩2,750,000 per second.
…….
Without even a mont to hesitate, I quickly clicked it.
Ding.
Alusia has been activated.
Like water filling parched land.
Mana surged up from deep within my dantian.
I closed my eyes.
With both hands, I drew different circles.
Two orange magic circles were completed.
Instructor Nike, who had been charging toward , flinched.
“That sigil, could it be.”
The magic circles were sucked into Instructor Nike’s pupils.
In that instant, he gaped as if he had seen a ghost.
Then.
Instructor Nike hastily unleashed a quick-draw sword technique.
Chwaak.
His blade cleaved through the air.
There was no one there.
“D-Don’t co!”
Instructor Nike scread and swung his sword once more.
Chwajwajwak!!!
Sharp sword energy (劍氣) swirled within the circle.
“Cult Leader, you’re in danger! Please, flee at once!”
Bang Su-hwan, Hase-na, even Lee Ji-jun.
Everyone stared at Instructor Nike from where they stood, as if he had gone insane.
Alusia was divided into two types.
, which showed illusions.
, which forcibly compelled specific commands.
Only I could understand what was happening.
‘He’s under a hallucination!’
He was trapped by sorcery, fighting an enemy with no physical form.
“Aaaagh!!!”
Instructor Nike unleashed a ferocious barrage at a virtual enemy inside the circle.
The montum was overwhelming.
The bombardnt of blades ford a perfect sphere, heating up red-hot like lava.
If one were to get caught in there by mistake, they’d lt away without leaving a trace.
‘There’s no opening.’
I couldn’t wait forever.
[ Awakener’s Balance ]
: ₩959,094,655.
[ Awakener’s Balance ]
: ₩956,344,655.
[ Awakener’s Balance ]
: ₩953,594,655.
…….
Every second, the amount decreased by ₩2,750,000.
No matter how vast a sum one billion won was.
‘At this rate, it’ll be drained in no ti.’
But I was helpless.
I couldn’t use any hero skill other than Alusia.
“Huff! Hah!”
Instructor Nike also seed to be reaching his limit.
The speed of his sword noticeably slowed.
In that fleeting instant, I didn’t miss the opening.
“Lee Ji-jun! Barium!”
At my desperate shout, Lee Ji-jun reflexively sprang forward.
“What?”
“Hurry! Barium alloy!”
The exact na was barium titanate tin alloy.
It was a material a full ten tis harder than diamond.
And durable enough to withstand extre heat.
“Ah!”
Realizing my intent belatedly, Lee Ji-jun slit his own artery.
Blood spurted like a fountain from his widely opened wrist.
Furrowing his brow in pain, Lee Ji-jun exercised his talent and controlled his blood.
“How much do you need?”
“As much as possible! It needs to be over at least 3 ters!”
The amount of blood that could be safely drawn was roughly about 500 ml.
Once it exceeded 500 ml, life beca endangered.
“Ghk.”
Lee Ji-jun, who had been drawing blood without pause, began to stagger.
“Hase-na!”
This ti, even without an explanation, Hase-na moved.
So that blood could continue to gush endlessly.
She supported Lee Ji-jun by using her healer ability.
Finally.
A long, crimson spear made from Lee Ji-jun’s blood was completed.
The mont Lee Ji-jun collapsed, Hase-na grabbed the spear and threw it.
“Catch!”
I snatched it out of the air.
Instructor Nike was still locked in a deadly struggle with himself inside the circle.
‘Now.’
Gripping the spear tightly, I charged straight in.
The spear tip pierced into the blazing circle.
“How dare you toward the Cult Leader!!!”
Instructor Nike twisted his sword and blocked the spearhead with the broad flat of the blade.
Though his sanity had crumbled, the madness of his hollow faith remained.
“Ugh!”
I clenched my teeth and pushed the spear shaft forward, but my strength wasn’t enough.
“I will protect him. I will protect the Cult Leader no matter what! To do that! I’ll kill everyone. Every single one of you!!”
A chilling bloodshot glare filled Instructor Nike’s eyes.
‘No. I’m being pushed back.’
That was when.
Soone added strength from behind.
“Hyung-nim. You’d be disappointed if you left out.”
The shield of our team with the massive build.
A reliable comrade.
Bang Su-hwan placed his thick palm against the end of the spear.
In that instant, Instructor Nike turned pale as if he had faced a wall.
“W-wait. If you all return to Cheonyangji, you can enjoy eternal life—.”
“Die.”
Nike’s sword shattered into pieces.
And the red spear pierced through the fanatic’s body.
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