Episode 157. Cellok (1)
‘Aura’ is the power that unmanned people gather. If it is not gathered, it is just a weak power that floats unstably around the unmanned person’s body.
Of course, it strengthens the body in itself, but it is weak compared to the state of cohesion.
That’s why it was important for the unmanned to have a medium that could concentrate their aura. That was also the reason why they coveted better weapons as their aura level increased.
‘A flying sword, a flying sword. That was it.’
Ice shards created by the ice lightning. Through the gaps, a yellow-colored aura appears as a flight.
The reason Rubin was surprised was not simply because the sword was flying into its master’s hand.
‘That sword has escaped the providence of Auror.’
No weapon can generate an aura when separated from the body. That was the reason Rubin had never seen an archer generate an aura on an arrowhead in his past or present life.
Wooooow.
Rosenthaler’s sword was clearly shining even when separated from its master. That was not Rosenthaler’s ability. It was entirely the sword’s ability.
‘One more reason to kill Rosenthaler.’
Was Rosenthaler, who had such a great sword, that dangerous? No. He wanted to kill Rosenthaler and get the secret sword.
Although it was nothing compared to the soul weapon called Blood Frost, it was enough to fit in Rubin’s remaining hand.
‘For now, we need to block the attack.’
At that moment, Rubin felt the sword reach right behind his back. Rubin released the strength from his body that had been wrapped around Rosenthaler and quickly jumped up.
It was obvious from the beginning that he couldn’t completely avoid the sword. Also, in order to make Rosenthaler let his guard down, he needed to show blood, even if it was calculated.
Rubin dodged just enough for the sword to graze his left forearm.
Shhhh.
The sword grazes the skin, leaving a stinging pain. Immediately afterwards, the sword returns to Rosenthaler’s right hand.
Rubin backed away from Rosenthaler, clutching his forearm, from which blood was beginning to ooze out, and pretended to be confused.
“You were Rosenthaler?”
Rubin took off his mask and showed me his face.
“Answer me! Are you Rosenthaler?”
Rosenthaler also took off his black mask. His expression was also distorted with anger.
“… Kaizen, you little punk! What the hell did you do?”
“Kaizen?”
The aura wrapped in the sword had not yet fallen. As I looked at it, I felt the heat of the wound that had been touched grow stronger. Hehe. I couldn’t help but groan at the pain that felt like being burned by fire.
“Ugh. Kaizen? Were there more people from the Imperial Order in the school?”
Rubin pretended not to know and dug in. He pressured Rosenthaler.
“Answer me, Rosenthaler.”
“For God’s sake, throw it away. It’s none of your business.”
“You don’t know? The Jang Education Committee and Kaizen too. Are you guys determined to kill me?”
Rosenthaler put his sword back on and wiped the marks of battle off his body.
“Rubin. There seems to have been a mistake. A very… damn mistake. But since you’ve crossed swords with me like this, aren’t you doing okay? You must have trained well.”
“You said your mouth was open. I almost died.”
“Yeah, I was surprised at the end. I couldn’t help but get serious then. Well, honestly, I was a little surprised. Even if you’re a child, your bloodline is still your bloodline.”
Rubin ran his fingers through his hair nervously, his expression wrinkled.
Fortunately, Rosenthaler, although surprised, did not seem to perceive himself as a threat. Rather, he seemed relieved, as if the curiosity that had been building up throughout the battle had been resolved.
Actually, if he was really Per, the fight would have been even more difficult to understand.
“But you… … .”
Rosenthaler asked, clutching his coat.
“Did you know how to use magic?”
I’m talking about the Ice Lightning. He only knew that Rubin had the fake Mana Ring provided by the Imperial Edict.
Just as it makes no sense for Perga to show his unmanned side, it also makes no sense for Rubin to show his wizard side.
The ice shards that he couldn’t dodge and had no choice but to get hit by. And Rosenthaler was tearing them off from all over his body.
Rubin continued.
“It’s a magic stone. Professor Kaizen gave it to me. Use it if anything comes up.”
“What if something happens?”
“Yes, it contained magic much stronger than what you told me.”
“… Kaizen, you son of a bitch.”
“Maybe he was trying to kill you too.”
That was when.
“… … !”
The two noticed that the air around them had changed.
Living?
The murderous spirit that had filled the empty lot just a moment ago had dispersed as the two people put away their swords.
But the spirit of life was still in the air. It wasn’t coming from just Rubin and Rosenthaler.
Krrrrrrka!
Krrrr.
Along with the monster’s roar, a ridiculous laugh burst out from Rosenthaler.
Those sunflower-like things that filled the edge of the vacant lot. I thought they were just some unique plants, but they weren’t that bad. They were covered in ice shards and were awakening as monsters.
A very bizarre sight. The petals had become blades, and the dozens of stamens had been transformed into eyeballs. Just looking at the horrifying, dotted eyes was enough to make me vomit.
Swish. Swish.
Krkkkkk!
Plant-like monsters whose names they didn’t even know began to approach them.
Of course, neither Rubin nor Rosenthaler were flustered. They were simply dumbfounded.
“Rosenthaler, I don’t know what happened, but I think I got punched in the face by Gaizen.”
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“… … .”
Rosenthaler didn’t answer. Instead, he just took out his anger on the monsters with his eyes wide and bloodshot.
The aura emanating from his sword shook the entire space. With each swing of his longsword, monsters were swept away with a rustling sound.
‘That’s a good thing. Now I can get a good look at that Rosenthaler.’
On the other hand, Rubin consistently avoided killing the monsters and instead carefully analyzed Rosenthaler’s fighting style.
Kwakwakwakwang!
Yeah! Yeah!
The empty lot resonates. Every time you swing your sword, an afterglow flashes.
The monsters that confronted him were also formidable. They were not a threat in and of themselves, but it was not pleasant to see them continuously popping out of the ground as they were cut down.
When you die, a new one appears.
When you die, a new one appears.
It seemed that Kaizen had prepared well.
“Damn, you annoying little shits.”
“Are you giving up already, Rosenthaler?”
“No. I concluded that even if I trampled all of these guys, I wouldn’t be satisfied unless I killed that bastard, Kaizen.”
Rosenthaler puts down his sword.
“Are you going to get scolded by Rulpo?”
“You’d better shut up, sir.”
With those words, Rosenthaler scaled the wall and headed towards the cliff.
Although it wasn’t the end, the power of the five-star auror was clear. Where Rosenthaler had been, monsters were torn to pieces and formed a mountain.
“… … .”
Rosenthaler jumped over the cliff and glanced down. Then he smirked at Rubin, who was busy avoiding the monsters’ attacks.
“From what I can see, they seem like guys that can’t be killed unless they’re Aurors. That means even if you kill them a hundred times, it’s useless. If you want to live, it’d be better to just run away.”
Rosenthaler put the black mask back on his head.
“Well, it wouldn’t be bad if you just died there.”
“Rosenthaler, just a moment.”
“… … ?”
“Your sword, what should I call it? I’m going to die soon, so can you at least tell me its name?”
“Oh, you’re serious? Okay. Take note. This is Robson’s secret sword.”
That was the end of it. Rosenthaler just walked out. He went back through the passage, and the sound of him using the mushrooms to move the tree roots again could be heard.
Rubin chuckled. He found it funny how Rosenthaler hurriedly closed the door as soon as he left.
‘I’d be grateful if you just went away.’
The smoke is over now.
It’s cleaning time.
Rubin, sensing that Rosenthaler was far enough away, began to move in earnest. He immediately opened his subspace pocket and grabbed the Bloodfrost.
‘First the wounds.’
The scar from Rosenthaler stung, for it was slowly burning away like embers.
Rubin placed the tip of his Bloodfrost sword against the scar and blew cold air into it.
Saaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh.
The scars that had been burning away suddenly subsided.
The wound was resolved with this.
“Robson’s secret sword.”
It was a shame that it wasn’t a longsword, but it didn’t matter. I had to find a great blacksmith anyway.
If you are a blacksmith who can make a detection tool with a first-grade magic stone, you may be able to upgrade Robson’s sword into a dagger.
‘I don’t know who the blacksmith will be who will take on the commission, but the work is piling up.’
It was then that Rubin realized something had changed in the plant monsters.
“Huh?”
Krrrrrr.
The cold air created by the blood frost to suppress the wounds. The plant monsters were reacting to it.
I wasn’t surprised because I already knew that it was ‘cold air’ that woke them up from their stuffed state, and that the stronger the cold air, the stronger it became.
The Nomdreui’s body has grown larger, and the petals and stems that act as blades have become much sharper.
Krrrrkkaa!
Swish, swish, swish.
Now the empty lot was filled with monsters, leaving no room to step. They were closing in on Rubin from all sides.
‘Do you like it cold that much? Let’s see how long you like it.’
I’ll also appease the blood frost that hasn’t been used for a while.
‘Let’s do this properly now.’
Rubin’s first order was ‘Shadow Forcemaster’.
To slow their movements and to make the spell more effective, Rubin deployed a shadow field.
Doo-woooong.
A huge hemispherical dark dome is built around Rubin. As the dark dome is formed, the plant monsters are held back by an unknown force. At this moment, Rubin is the only one who is free to move.
In that state, the blood-red frost was deeply embedded in the ground.
Crunch.
Shadow Force Master, Blood Frost, Black Lacquer Aura… … .
When I fought Rosenthaler, I had no choice but to put restrictions on him, but not anymore.
The blood-red frost’s cries spread throughout the space.
‘My mother’s image is being drawn again.’
At that moment, a clear image came to mind. Siren, who would have been the original owner of the Blood Frost if the regressed Rubin had not taken over.
In my previous life, when I was protecting the Roinen mansion.
The image of Siren eliminating the rushing imperial army came to mind. At that time, she, too, had intentionally positioned herself in the middle of the enemy forces, just like Rubin does now.
She also set a blood-red frost on the ground and released a bitter cold that knew no bounds. The imperial troops who were swinging their weapons at her mother were frozen in an instant.
Papapapat!
It was the same even then. I froze everything that had shown me hostility.
“… … .”
Rubin, who had released the cold explosively, silently looked around.
The shadow field has been removed, but the plant monsters do not move. They have become ice itself.
Even the characteristics that react to cold air have their limits. If the cold passes the critical point, it will only kill them.
When Rubin pulled out the sword he had stuck in the ground, the frozen plant monsters shattered all at once.
‘I guess I should go back now.’
Rubin opened his subspace pocket again. It was time to go.
Rosenthaler will not take Kaizen’s life in this cave today. If he sees Rubin alive, Kaizen will feel like he has seen a ghost.
With that thought in mind, I tried to put the blood frost into the subspace pocket.
“… … !”
Rubin’s eyes opened on their own. A force was vibrating in the subspace pocket. It felt like Rubin’s hand, which was putting the sword away, was being grabbed in an instant.
‘no way.’
It wasn’t hard to figure out where the power was coming from, as light was emanating from one side of the pocket.
‘The Heart of the Griffin?’
Rubin looked at the glowing blue orb, the ‘heart of the griffon’. A griffon. A creature with the upper body of a bird of prey and large wings, and the lower body of a tiger.
And in the previous life, the enemy who protected Per was called ‘Blue Eyes’.
At that moment, I became certain of one thing.
‘Before the regression, Oscar was here.’
I’ve always wondered how there was a griffon by Per’s side, and now I feel like the mystery has been solved.
If Rubin hadn’t come forward first, that is, if things had gone as they were, Per would have gotten the Griffin’s heart from the ‘hidden merchant’ Professor Benitez.
In his previous life, Enzo’s escape from prison would not have happened, but Kaizen’s plan would have been the same.
Gaizen, who received the imperial order, would have brought Per to this secret location that only he knew about, and that is how the fight between Rosenthaler and Per took place.
All of this was the actual sequence of events in my previous life, except now Rubin has intervened and twisted it.
‘This is where the griffon appeared. Rosenthaler must have seen Per’s potential here.’
Oscar must have used magic to deal with Rosenthaler, and in the process, the griffon awoke.
‘Even if it’s not Perga but Rubin, the griffon has awakened. Are there other conditions? Or, is what’s going to happen bound to happen?’
You may not know right now, but you will find out someday.
Rubin held the griffon’s heart tightly in his hands. If he left it alone, it would burst inside the pocket of subspace.
Rubin carefully took it out and placed it on the floor. The empty lot was filled with the corpses of plant monsters that had been shattered into ice.
and.
Phew.
Like a giant wheel of destiny, the griffon was awakening with a loud noise.
