Episode 81. The Spirit’s Blessing
Time changes many things.
I too am now small and frail, but 10 years later, things were different.
In order to remain a third-rate mercenary for a long time with a body that cannot learn mana, I had to change many things, not just my thoughts.
I had to build up my stamina, build muscle, and gain experience.
My goal was just to survive, but I worked hard and my body gradually became stronger and I gained muscle.
‘Error?’
‘That’s….. true.’
I guess it was too hasty a decision.
It was just a question that arose out of curiosity, because the future Michael died so helplessly.
‘…..Yes.’
I had forgotten about Sylvia’s existence while listening to the details of her achievements.
As long as I have a younger sister who has the ultimate talent, including the ability to have superpowers, no achievements can come to me.
“So what should I do first?”
Aizen slowly moved the form of Mana that was holding me.
“The first thing you need to do is…..”
The form of mana that had transformed into a hand then threw me towards a huge waterfall.
“Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee-!!!!!”
[Keeeeeeeeeek!]
As I was flying away screaming, I heard the scream of the white bone flying towards me.
-Just stay still.
I could hear Aizen’s telepathy in my head.
“This, this, this, this crazy bastard aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!!!!”
I couldn’t scream anymore.
A waterfall so huge that I couldn’t tell how thick it was came closer before my eyes.
Even the water droplets that Aizen had previously blocked were now hitting his entire body.
‘If you go in, you’ll die…!’
Unfortunately, I wasn’t carrying a sword.
That’s because I left it there while I was resting in the treatment room due to an injury.
“White bone!”
I caught Baekgol’s body, which was on the verge of breaking due to the fast speed.
[Huh? Huh? Ha, don’t do that! Seriously, don’t do that! You shouldn’t….. Eeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!]
“If you want to live, release all the shock!!!”
I swung my white-bone tail toward the waterfall that was right in front of me.
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The impact of the water droplets hitting him was transferred to Baekgol, allowing him to absorb even stronger impacts.
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He swung Baekgoli’s tail, raising his body’s senses and concentration to the limit.
“Dog bite!”
Since I couldn’t use the Natural Sword while holding the Baekgol, I used Gaechiggi, one of the Rajan sword techniques.
It was a technique where you just swung your sword hard enough to literally kill a wolf.
-Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh …
The power wasn’t that great, but it was still able to block the recoil as much as possible.
[Keeek……]
Baekgol, who had taken all the shock and the waterfall’s water with his bare body, seemed to have been unable to properly absorb the shock, so he stuck out his tongue and showed his pain.
‘If it weren’t for the “Sun and Moon God Martial Arts”, I would have already died!’
To be exact, if there were no skeletons, I would have died.
Although I was barely able to block the continuous pouring needle-like water droplets with the “Sun and Moon God Martial Arts”, I was not able to block them completely.
“Sun and Moon God Martial Arts” is ultimately about making the body strong, and circulating the shock that breaks through that strength inside the body and expelling it outside.
Since I was floating in the air and not touching anything, I had no choice but to give it all to Baekgol.
[I’m gonna kill you… Keeeeeeek…]
Each and every drop of water had a power similar to the sword wind that Duke Aizen had swung in the past.
So, only the skeleton, which had to absorb and release all the shock, died.
There was no time as we were falling further and further into the waterfall.
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The water coming down from the waterfall was creating a strong current that would surely tear any living thing that entered it to pieces.
“……I’m sorry, Baekgol. I’ll trust your cockroach-like vitality. You’ll be able to survive.”
[…..Keeek?]
Unfortunately, Baekgol, who had been continuously absorbing and releasing, could not hear what I said.
He threw the bone he was holding down.
[What, what are you trying to do…..!]
Only then did Baekgol come to his senses, but there was already nothing he could do.
“do not die!”
I put my feet on Baekgoli’s back and wrapped my legs in the wind.
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Even though the ground wasn’t solid, Baekgoli’s back withstood even the force of the “Storm’s Step”.
-Bang!
[…..You piece of trash.]
As Baekgoli said that, he fell deeper and deeper into the rapids.
I was pouring down like an arrow from the air, moving further and further away from the waterfall.
-I told you to stay still…
“……!”
But my new model couldn’t go all the way.
“Hey. This f*cking bird……!”
This is because Aizen created a hand made of mana again, grabbed the body, and then threw it inside.
“I’ll kill you! Aizen-!!!!!”
So Baekgol and I fell into the waterfall.
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‘Am I….. dead?’
I even remembered being sucked into the waterfall.
I couldn’t open my eyes because of fear.
Soon, the voice of the King of Heroes came into my ears.
‘……yes?’
I slowly opened my closed eyes at the words of the King of Heroes, who seemed somehow okay.
“……Here.”
It was in the water.
It felt strange to think that I was in the waters of a raging waterfall.
Because in that empty space where there was nothing, there were living things.
“Breathing… No, isn’t it really that different from the outside? This place… What the heck…..”
[This rotten master!]
From a distance, I could see a white bone swimming toward me.
“…..What is it? Why are you so good at swimming? No, more than that, what the hell is going on here?”
Hafnost’s tail seemed to be omnipotent, and he moved freely through the water like an otter by waving his long tail.
[I really thought I was going to die! I really thought I was going to say goodbye to the rat life! At least don’t fall down! I almost died!]
“Ah. Sorry. I’m so sorry. I’m sorry on my father’s behalf. I’ll give it to you, I don’t need it either.”
[…..Don’t say that. I’m scared of your father too.]
I guess Baekgol was more scared of falling with me than falling into the waterfall.
Anyway, we looked up at the sky from the bottom of the waterfall.
Because the water was constantly moving, not much light was coming in.
“It’s amazing. The water from the waterfall seems to soften up completely on the surface.”
The water was strangely still, even though the current was strong.
It wasn’t completely stagnant, and I could feel the gentle flow of the waterfall falling from above, but it didn’t feel like a burden to my body.
It just felt like a cool breeze was blowing.
“Ouch…..”
As soon as I thought something was safe, my whole body started to ache.
The water droplets that hit me earlier left bruises on my body, and I used up all my physical strength to the limit.
I decided to sit down on the seat and take a rest for a while.
[This is….. a strange place.]
“Do you know where it is?”
[I don’t know exactly, but the water we drink… no, it’s hard to call it water.]
“why?”
[Can’t your eyes see this water right now?]
“I’m not sure because it just glows blue?”
[Hmm. Honestly, I don’t know either. However, there is so much natural energy in here.]
Baekgol tilted his head as if it was his first time in a place like this.
But there already existed someone who could explain this place.
‘You say it got heavier?’
‘…..I kind of understand.’
To put it simply, you are saying that it became hard because the natural energy settled in the water, just like when you leave muddy water for a long time, the soil settles.
“Blessing of the Spirits?”
“ah……!”
Then it makes sense why we are breathing now.
“So here I have to regret how I used my achievements?”
“Yes? No?”
So is there something more important?
I listened to the words of the King of Heroes.
“……”
damn.
fantasy,
