Episode 83. Death row lottery (3)
Sasaat.
Rubin’s body was immediately thrown out. It is not a good strategy to waste time in a fight with a wizard. Especially not when the opponent is a wizard who is skilled in offensive magic like Pkin.
Kukukukung.
At that moment, an ice wall appeared in front of the rushing Rubin. This time, it did not fall from the sky, but rose up from the ground. This meant that the reverse curve of the ‘ice wall’ was also possible.
‘I see, it’s 4 stars or higher.’
It’s more than I thought. It’s not like he simply destroyed the wizards in the Black Tower with just one of Glayton’s bracelets.
Kukukukung. Kukukukung. Kukukukung.
As Pkin continued his rapid slashing, the ice walls rose up one after another. With Rubin in the middle, the ice walls quickly formed a square shape.
Kukukukung.
The final ice wall tore through the air and fell, closing the top like a lid.
A strategy that had been meticulously planned from the beginning. Pkin calmly crossed his arms. Then he looked into Rubin’s eyes, who was trapped inside the ice wall, and smiled arrogantly.
“Shall we have fun?”
From then on, Pkin’s chain of attacks began.
First is the most basic ice attack.
Ssssssss.
As the inner wall of the ice distorted, dozens of ice arrows were created. They all flew towards Rubin.
Pee-pee!
“Hmm.”
Pkin made a displeased expression. Rubin, who was trapped inside the wall, had managed to block half of the ice strikes and dodge the other half.
“then.”
The second attack is the Ice Wall Spear.
A superior technique of Ice Strike and a compatible technique of Ice Wall. The inner wall distorts and a hard, straight line rises toward the center.
If you succeed in trapping the enemy with an ice wall, this is a spell you should naturally cast.
The ice wall spear could not be defended against by striking it like an arrow. No matter how many times it was struck, it would continue to rise again.
Wave, wave, wave!
“Damn.”
Rubin found the source of the ice spur and destroyed it. As part of the ice spur was torn away, no more ice spurts emerged.
“You little rat, how did you know where the ice wall started?”
The starting point of the Ice Wall is determined solely by the casting wizard. It would be logically impossible for a non-casting wizard to figure that out.
‘If it weren’t for the bloody frost.’
Rubin looked down at his sword and thought.
The reason he could counteract Pkin’s attacks. It wasn’t simply that he moved faster than the enemy’s attacks. No matter how fast he could move, it wasn’t like he could predict it in advance.
Accurate prediction. It was due to the special ability of Blood Frost.
Every time the flow within the ice wall changed, and every time that flow threatened Rubin’s life, the blood frost told Rubin the next order.
‘Okay, then let’s take out Pkin’s gin now.’
From then on, Pkin’s attack techniques continued one after another. Pkin gradually increased the rank of his attack techniques.
The attack technique that started with ice strike has now reached intermediate level magic.
But even then, he had failed time and time again to break through Rubin.
‘I’m tired.’
Rubin smiled faintly. He could see Pkin’s body trembling.
Repeated attack spells and rapid stamina loss.
Perhaps Pkin is a wizard of the Three Whispers. Rubin guessed so.
The Samhwi wizards were specialized in offensive magic, and their magic casting speed was faster than that of the Mohwi or Wonhwi wizards.
However, there was also a clear drawback. Since their mana circles were relatively thin, their mana was bound to run out quickly.
It was effective up until the point of using an ice wall to block them. However, it was a mistake to take it easy and gradually increase the level of attack techniques.
As soon as we locked Rubin up, we should have unleashed the best offensive tactics we could.
Phew.
Pkin’s hair stood on end.
“I never thought I’d be writing this for a kid like you.”
Kukukukukung.
With a dull sound, the ice wall that trapped Rubin began to slowly deform.
‘Ice Wall Pressure’. This is the best magic among the compatible magics that are used after spreading the ice wall.
Also, it was the best choice Pkin could make at the time.
It was literally deforming and compressing the ice wall.
“You’re going to blow me up to death.”
The ice walls on all sides were rapidly advancing. The ground of the special viewing area was torn away, and the previously rectangular ice walls were now spherical.
Kukuku.
A spherical ice cube floated into the air.
Pkin’s two hands gradually came together. At the same time, the space of Rubin trapped in the sphere was also quickly shrinking.
“It’s over now, you little rat!”
His eyes instantly became bloodshot due to the rapid depletion of his mana, and his lips trembled violently.
At that moment, when Pkin’s two hands were about to clasp each other.
“… … !”
Oh my god.
The spherical ice cube that had been shrinking continuously suddenly stopped compressing and began to crack from the inside.
“…Why?”
The next moment, Pkin’s two hands, which were about to grab each other, were blown away. At the same time, the spherical ice floating in the air shattered into pieces.
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“Haa, haa.”
Pkin, who had fallen to the floor, stirred. Across from him, Rubin, who had broken through the ice, was standing.
‘Not all ice is the same.’
Rubin had only one way to deal with the closing in of the ice of Pkin. He placed the blood-red frost that the black lacquer aura had manifested inside the sphere.
It may seem like a clash of ice and ice, but it was something else entirely. If one of them was ice that had not broken for ten thousand years, then the story would be different.
Ssssssss.
A shard of blood-red frost that was becoming still. Rubin’s eyes were bloodshot, and his lips were also looking at the sipper-resin pkin.
‘You changed your strategy.’
Pkin’s new magic was unfolding. It wasn’t a magic for victory. It was just a way to buy time and restore mana.
Most of the attack spells were ice-based, but Pkin knew that it was dangerous to use them alone. That’s why he learned a defensive spell using strange rocks while he was at magic school.
Knock knock. Knock knock. Knock knock.
As the magic unfolded, boulders began to grow one by one from near Pkin’s heart.
‘Giamgap (奇巖鉀)’. It was a magic that Rubin also knew. It was a defensive technique where a rock covered with defensive magic wrapped around the body like armor. It was chosen to withstand the blood frost.
Once the rock formation was completed, it became difficult for Rubin as well. He didn’t want to spend any more time here.
So I came up with a new way to confuse Pkin. When the opponent comes up with a new strategy, I also come up with an unconventional strategy.
“… … !”
Pkin’s eyes widened.
“You… You! Are you saying you were a wizard?”
Pkin shouted in surprise. As he said, a mana line appeared in front of Rubin’s face and a whirlwind was drawn.
That whistle you see now… … .
Is it the power of the Glayton Bracelet? Or is the little guy just too weak to internalize the skill?
Pkin was not convinced in either case.
furthermore.
‘What the heck is this?’
He was even more confused because he was so confident in his knowledge of the alphabet that he could have copied an entire dictionary.
No matter how much I searched, it was the first time I saw Whisik.
“Won-Hwi… Are you really Won-Hwi’s wizard?”
At that very moment when Pkin hesitated to decipher the spell Rubin had created, the armor that had been quickly surrounding Pkin’s body also stopped for a moment.
This is a moment that cannot be missed. Rubin quickly launched an attack.
However, it was not an attack by magic.
How fast was the movement? The mana line that Rubin had drawn was still hovering in the air. He approached Pkin, leaving behind an afterimage of his body.
“Ugh!”
Pkin groaned in agony as his left arm was cut off.
“I’m not a wizard?”
Rubin calmly accepts Pkin’s severed left arm.
It wasn’t Whisik. He did draw something with Mana Line, but it was just a simple illusion.
In fact, casting a spell is not simply a matter of drawing the right shape. The mana must be accurately injected into the mana line that draws the shape in order for the spell to be cast.
Thanks to Chloe’s help in harmonizing with Mana, he was able to draw a Mana Line, but Rubin was currently unable to cast magic.
‘Overconfidence in Glayton’s bracelet.’
Because Pkin believed that he could defeat any wizard with just the bracelet. He took advantage of that belief.
“It would be a problem for me if even the bracelet was hidden inside the armor.”
“Oh, you knew about Glayton’s bracelet?”
Rubin smiled.
“I think it’s a shame for you to keep this bracelet.”
With one arm cut off, Pkin struggled to get away from Rubin.
‘We have to run away first!’
As I moved, the severed area got hotter and blood started gushing out.
As the caster shook, the ice caps fell one by one. Pkin tried to build an ice wall using his remaining mana.
Rubin, who I thought was behind me, suddenly appeared in front of me.
Push!
The ending was concise. Rubin’s sword moved quickly and plunged into Pkin’s heart.
Ssssssss.
When Pkin looked down, he saw frost spreading out from the sword that had penetrated his body. Soon, a strange feeling came over him. The feeling of the blood in his entire body freezing.
Was it an illusion? No, it wasn’t an illusion. The ice that had risen up the veins of his chest soon froze even Pkin’s eyes transparently.
“Phew.”
After pulling out his sword, Rubin exhaled lightly. He pushed the frozen Pkin with his hand, and the wizard, who had leaned back, was shattered into pieces.
Should we call this an end worthy of an ice wizard?
After killing Pkin, Rubin climbed up a tall building and looked around.
The negative mana was gushing out. Something that had been concentrated and controlled in one place was being released.
‘That must mean Yorick is dead.’
Rubin looked north, toward Yorick’s mansion.
Darkness was approaching. The artificial sun that Yorick had created was disappearing, and now it was truly becoming an underground city.
Darkness creeping in from the north.
As darkness passed by in waves, the buildings of the Black Tower quickly decayed.
It wasn’t just the buildings. Rubin could see people running through the alleys in confusion, too, falling under the influence of darkness.
“Ugh!”
He was once a rational being, but now he is returning to his original form.
Nine-tenths of the Black Tower’s inhabitants were not real people. They were giant illusions created by Yorick. They were the dead who were resurrected and placed there by the negative spirits.
With their masters dead, they were now turning into monsters.
