Episode 340
The relationship between Jinhyeok and Choi Kyunghoon is becoming increasingly entangled.
As Hendrick watched the scene, a familiar face appeared before him.
“It’s been a while. We’ve known each other for a while, right?”
“… … I said Ryuud.”
Demon King, Ryuud.
A being that was first met in the Goblin Village and that has remained for a short time since then, and is also the master of this place, ‘Gehenna’.
His lively appearance was quite strange, but Hendrick couldn’t help but chuckle at the words that followed.
“It’s good that you remember the name. They’re already fighting, so shouldn’t we fight too?”
Dalian.
They are talking about fighting like Jinhyeok and Choi Kyunghoon.
Because it wasn’t the kind of story a person who was the owner of a town, at the edge of a high-rise building, and on the threshold of the untouchables would tell.
“Why should I do that?”
“You want to do that too. I know your kind very well. Because I’m just like you. A group of people who raise their level through fighting. You must have raised your level through fighting normally, so let’s fight me once. I didn’t have time back then, and I didn’t think it would be fun, but I think I’ve gotten used to it now.”
“… … .”
Hendrick’s face hardened at the fact that he had failed to stimulate Ryuud’s competitive spirit in the past 100-story goblin village.
But that was only for a moment.
“Don’t stick.”
“I knew it.”
Hendrick took off the suit coat he was wearing and handed it to Cheong.
“Hold it for a moment.”
“Are you really going to fight?”
“Cha Jin-hyeok is fighting too, so what law says I shouldn’t do the same?”
“Hmm… … Do whatever you want.”
Despite Cheong’s concern for Hendrick as he accepted the coat, Hendrick’s heart did not change, and Cheong eventually had no choice but to wave goodbye.
Thud thud-
Hendrick, who had thrown off his unnecessary overcoat for battle, walked forward in a thin shirt.
“Are you laughing?”
“Oh, again.”
As Lude approached him, Hendrick spread his hands and touched the area around his mouth.
Was laughing.
It’s not much different from how he was smiling without realizing it while refusing Jinhyeok’s offer to spar on the 140th floor.
But Hendrick had no intention of hiding it.
“It’s natural to smile when you’re happy.”
“Haha, yeah. Good. I like it.”
A look of unparalleled confidence.
A crazy being who enjoys sparring itself even though he clearly knows that Ryuud is stronger than him.
Rude expressed his delight at the sight.
Sling-
Leaving Rude behind, Hendrick pulled out his Dragon’s Sword.
The moment he saw the Yonglin Sword revealed with a frosty sword name, Ryuud let out an exclamation without realizing it.
“Is it good? Is it Yongrin?”
“I took mine apart and gave it to a skilled blacksmith.”
“… … Seriously, I went somewhere and listened to some of the sounds of Torai, and you’re really amazing. You’re fun. After Choi Kyung-hoon, another fun guy has appeared.”
When he heard the process of making the Yongrin Sword, Ryuud, who was known as the world’s greatest rascal and a heretic of the demon tribe, stuck out his tongue.
There is no dragon in the world that tears off its own scales to make a sword.
No, it would be more correct to say there was none.
Because that crazy guy was in front of Ryu right now.
Splash!
But the small talk didn’t last long.
Because Ryu found his condition by simply bending his neck and rolling his shoulders, he smiled and took a pose.
Even Hendrick, who felt as if he would be shot at any moment, stood still without saying a word.
A gentle yet powerful break.
It was a posture that allowed for immediate change to lower or upper stance depending on Ryu’s attack.
Before they started shooting at each other like that.
“So who do you think will win?”
Hendrick answered Rude’s question while glancing at Jinhyeok and Choi Kyunghoon, maintaining his posture and alertness.
“Co-destruction.”
“… … What? Are you serious?”
“okay.”
“… … This is a bit unexpected. I thought you were going to say that one of the two would win.”
“Both are excellent, and both are crazy. If those guys fight, the only thing left to decide is death and survival, but since they won’t kill each other, it’s mutual destruction. There’s only a draw.”
“… … Oh. That makes sense.”
Hendrik asked back at Lude, who nodded in agreement with his words.
“Then who do you think will win?”
“Choi Kyung-hoon.”
“How decisive.”
“Because he’s the first human I’ve ever acknowledged. Well, he’s also the Emperor Wu’s disciple. Maybe it’s because I’ve grown attached to him as we’ve spent time together.”
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Rude’s answer was Choi Kyung-hoon.
Hendrick smiled for the first time of his own volition at Lude, who shrugged his shoulders and answered as if he didn’t know.
“This will be the second time.”
“… … You’re so confident. But aren’t you a dragon?”
“If a human takes up a sword, does that make him a sword?”
“… … Ha! This is really fun. If you had that dragon clan, you would have been given an execution order.”
“That’s a good thing. I can cut off the head of the dragon that’s coming to kill me.”
Dragon tribe.
Rude was dumbfounded when he saw Hendrick talking like a hunter who just watched his prey walk into a trap on its own feet while they, a part of the Four Emperors, came with all their might to kill him.
“Matu (魔鬪). Let’s stop the conversation here.”
“Full. Okay.”
Puhwaaaaak! Kukugugugugu!
Soon the two chose to communicate with their bodies rather than through words.
A huge magical energy bursts out from the center of Lud and swirls around, and the Dragon Scale Sword that makes up Hendrick’s middle ground is filled with dragon power.
The moment when they bare their teeth to bite each other’s necks.
Boom!
The two new figures rushed towards each other.
In a short moment divided into dozens of moments, Hendrick blurted out the last words he had been unable to say because the conversation was interrupted.
“And you’ll see the third one soon.”
“……what?”
Rude, who had been rushing to those sudden words, asked back with a bewildered face.
“Chungryong Island.”
“This punk… … .”
Hendrick’s answer was replaced with Chungryong Island.
The end of Chungryong Island, where Ryuud spat out curses as he watched the sharp stabs flying towards him.
He swung his fist towards the tip of the Yonglin Sword.
“Jab.”
“… … !”
Kkuddeuk-
The magical energy swirling around is compressed and transferred into a fist that extends towards Chungryong Island.
With an eerie sound of magic being compressed, Rude’s fist and Hendrick’s sword met in the middle.
Kwaaaaang!
Within moments, an unbelievable explosion occurred as the fist and sword met, sending shockwaves swept through the surroundings.
“avarice.”
“yes?”
“Don’t look, Jijiya. Cheong, don’t look either.”
“huh!”
“Okay, I got it.”
Hye-rin, who watched the scene and created a barrier that sent shock waves at the ghosts, did not forget to cover her eyes for the sake of the two young beings.
Well, it didn’t really mean anything since one side was a being derived from Jinhyuk and the other side had a soul connected to Hendrick.
In the end, it was a foregone conclusion that both of them would grow into half-baked beings.
Hye-rin, who didn’t know that fact, was the only one who suffered. * * *
Kwaaaaang!
The powerful shockwave that swept through the surroundings also affected Choi Kyung-hoon and Jin-hyeok, who were throwing punches and swinging their swords at each other.
“Get stronger.”
“Soul Skin.”
Kwarrrrrr-
Even though they were fighting each other as if they were going to kill each other, they did not block the massive shockwave pouring down on them with their bare bodies.
Choi Kyung-hoon transformed his body into a body as strong as steel, surrounding himself with speculation, and Jin-hyeok withstood the shock with the help of Soul Skin, a full-body suit that spread spiritual energy all over his body.
Chorus!
Although their bodies were intact from the shockwave, being pushed rather than resisting it was better for them to dissipate the shock, so the two retreated back about the same distance.
A state of calm.
The two of them looked at the direction from which the shock wave suddenly erupted.
“Why are they fighting again?”
“… … That’s so Ryuudap.”
Jinhyeok looked dumbfounded, and Choi Kyunghoon looked like he knew it.
Eventually, during the brief lull, Jinhyuk had no choice but to ask Choi Kyunghoon.
“Do you know them? Or are they enemies?”
“Are you and I fighting because we are enemies?”
Choi Kyung-hoon, who started fighting with himself as soon as he met her, was just venting his anger at her for not showing up for a long time.
But he couldn’t even imagine that Hendrick and Ryuud were more than just acquaintances, they were also like himself and Choi Kyung-hoon.
Of course, Choi Kyung-hoon’s answer was correct.
Just as Jinhyeok and Choi Kyunghoon are not fighting because they are enemies, they can fight even though they are not enemies.
“Weren’t we enemies?”
“… … Thud! You’re lost.”
Choi Kyung-hoon gritted his teeth at Jin-hyeok’s playful shrug, but that only lasted for a moment.
“Well, okay. Anyway, why are you fighting?”
“Fun. Ryuud enjoys the battle itself. He also likes strong people, and when he meets them, he wants to fight them at least once. He probably had Hendrick in mind too. And recently, he went through something and became stronger, so he’s fighting them like harvesting fruit.”
Choi Kyung-hoon kindly answered Jin-hyeok’s questions as if he had forgotten that he had been fighting to the death just a moment ago.
After hearing Choi Kyung-hoon’s explanation, Jin-hyeok realized something.
“Oh, that’s totally-”
“Just like us.”
“… … Well, I can’t deny it.”
Rude.
The way he looked was so crazy that I could call him crazy.
He likes the strong, he likes fighting, and he seeks personal development through fighting.
A being that will not die, but will not hesitate at all if there is a battle that is so difficult that it would kill them.
Because it was so similar to them.
“So you were close friends?”
“It’s similar. It was a structure that helped both Lude and me.”
“Well, is this enough for the conversation?”
“Of course, so are you ready to give it a try now?”
But the lull was only temporary.
Their cold words, which slowly return to the way they were just a moment ago, piercing each other like daggers.
“Haha, that’s funny. Kyunghoon, don’t you remember when you got teased and cried by me 10 years ago?”
“… … This f*cking kid brought an army of soul soldiers to fight and what’s he doing? He’s crying because it’s unfair!”
“Yeah, yeah, you crybaby. Stop talking nonsense and come in.”
“Damn, it’s my fault for arguing with that kid.”
The winner of the sharp-tongued war of words was Jinhyeok.
Jinhyeok’s speech, as he brought up the past and criticized himself, reached the level of a great magician.
The mystery that makes you irritated just by hearing it is by no means magic.
No, it would not be an exaggeration to call it great magic.
Choi Kyung-hoon, with an annoyed face, spits and takes a stance.
Jinhyeok, who had been smiling behind his mask while looking at Choi Kyunghoon, also hardened his face and regained his posture.
and-
Kwaaaaang!
The moment when the shockwave explodes and engulfs the surroundings with the sound of explosions from the battle between Rude and Hendrick again.
Using it as a starting gunshot, the two men simultaneously rushed toward each other roughly.
“People in the neighborhood~ They say that a guy named Musin lost a fight and cried~”
“… … Open your mouth!”
It was too childish to be called a battle between transcendent beings, but from a distance, it looked like a one-on-one duel between beings who had shed their humanity, risking their fates.
It was a fortunate thing for both of them.
