272. Lightly
272. Lightly
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“Hmm….”
I leaned against the shaking analysis car, gently covering my slightly trembling fingertips with the other hand.
As I drive on the bumpy, messy road surface influenced by the “Astrape”, my whole body sways to the rhythm every time I feel a bump.
I feel like some kind of mollusk.
“Brother Jinwoo! Are you in a lot of pain?”
Seo Ye-rin’s face suddenly came into view and asked with worry on her face.
I answered with just a grin on my face.
“Nothing hurts.”
“It looks like it hurts to anyone. Look at it, you’re just lying there helplessly.”
“It’s not that I’m sick, I’m doing it on purpose. I can’t control it.”
“… … ?”
Seo Ye-rin, of course, as well as the other kids who were listening, seemed to not understand.
Yeah, I guess so.
‘Who would be able to adapt to stats that suddenly become 4 times more powerful?’
Just because your strength stat is quadrupled doesn’t mean your strength is actually quadrupled.
The higher the stat value, the more the actual value applied soars upwards in a steep slope.
In other words, the actual physical condition that I feel right now may not be 4 times, but may be 10 or 20 times.
‘I don’t know because I haven’t really studied it, but I think it’ll take quite some time to get used to this… .’
Then, he opens his ‘eyes’ and thoroughly checks the condition of his body.
Not only the body, but also the condition of the entire [Wodanaz] that surrounds the body.
This is to confirm what the ‘sacred’ element in the item description refers to, and to understand how it affects the body.
And here’s a shocking fact I found out.
‘That bright yellow light illuminating the front line was some kind of divinity… .’
Ruin is also a part of the fragmented divinity, but the ‘category’ it applies to feels completely different.
That’s not what’s important right now, anyway.
[Answer. We are currently checking whether the unique magical power of the front line can be replaced with the divinity of Wardanaz.]
‘Please take good care of me. If this is possible, I may have to patrol the front lines until the last moment.’
With that thought in mind, I glanced out the car window.
Not far away, you can see the open sky.
The bright yellow magic disappeared, and the blue sky became no different from a sky with a hole in it.
“If I had stayed down there the whole time, wouldn’t I have aged a lot from the UV rays?”
“huh?”
“…yes?”
“What did you say?”
When I turned my head at the sound of voices coming from multiple places at the same time, all the women in the team were looking at me with wide eyes.
He pointed out the window with his fingertips.
“You don’t even know if the ozone layer is properly formed there. If it’s severe, the sunlight might directly hit it and it might burn.”
“Really?”
“Well? I don’t have time to check that.”
When I respond like that, Luna’s expression becomes the most serious.
“ah.”
I thought, “Oh no.”
The theory that vampires avoid sunlight is a major one.
It seems that she was not considerate enough as she thought a lot about her own bloodline.
“Well… . Seeing him act like that just because he lost some magic power, I don’t think that’s the case.”
He shrugged his shoulders and said he was joking.
Only then does a look of relief appear on the faces of the group.
I laughed to myself and looked out the window again.
The bright yellow light that spread around still remains in the same place, and there is no sign of the gaping sky being restored or anything like that.
‘Is there a set total amount?’
If so, then that ‘divinity’ was intentionally spread by someone on the front lines.
No, maybe it’s a phenomenon that has existed on the front lines from the beginning.
It was the same in La Focal too.
‘Then who? Whose?’
[Answer: Anyone could do it.]
‘Well, if you just stick it on, anything will work out.’
Then, a thought suddenly occurred to me and I asked Akasha.
‘But, wouldn’t it be possible to find out about this through the Great Library?’
[Answer: It is impossible. The front line gate is connected to Earth, but to be clear, it is a world outside of Earth.]
‘Oh yeah.’
It wasn’t surprising because it was an expected answer.
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Perhaps because there was nothing blocking our way, we were able to arrive at the battlefield much faster than expected.
The first thing I saw was the noisy main force, as they had to run away as quickly as possible, but I didn’t have time to pay any attention to it.
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Because in the distance, the black shape crouching with its upper body wrapped around it was the most noticeable.
“uh?”
My eyes widened for a moment because it wasn’t what I expected.
He just stands there frozen, staring blankly at the black shape sprouting from its back.
“wing…?”
Baek Eun-seol’s puzzled voice rings in my ears.
Only then did I come to my senses, but instead my face became ashen.
“Analyst! Tea!”
“yep?”
Kim Ji-hoon, who was driving towards the main unit from the driver’s seat, looks back with a puzzled look.
I extended my fingertips and pointed to the black figure, not the main body, where the Demon King of Arrogance was crouching.
“Over there! Quickly! Step on it!”
“All right!”
– Boooooooooo-!
Suddenly, the power output is increased, and the analysis vehicle shakes back and forth.
But since they were all extraordinary people, no one was surprised.
The analysis car moved forward, making a loud noise as if it was about to attack a bull.
At that moment, a strange movement is captured in the middle of the battlefield.
– Paat –
A tiny light arising from a black shape that momentarily steals one’s gaze.
next-
– Papapapat-!
The light bursts continuously, blurring your vision.
Yoo Hyun-seong frowns slightly and mutters as he looks at it.
“Ha Sung-jun? Is that Ha Sung-jun?”
“What the heck…!”
I barely managed to stop the F word from being completed.
Ha Sung-jun’s crude yet delicate magic was concentrating on Lucifer’s fallen wings.
A feast of stake deals, pouring out attacks without any consideration for defense at close range.
“Hey, Jinwoo’s little brother.”
Seo Ye-rin, who confirmed it, tilted her head and asked.
“Wasn’t it supposed to not be touched?”
“Of course not!”
He took out Ruin from the subspace, exploding with anger.
Hold the lever with the handle facing upwards and move straight towards the door of the analysis vehicle.
While doing so, all kinds of thoughts came to mind.
“Ugh. Even though there’s a high chance that Ha Sung-jun will trip, why at a time like this…?”
[Answer. The corpses we just saw clearly belonged to those with a high probability of betrayal. It seems they have definitely achieved their intended goal.]
“That’s right. So that’s why he does that even after being contaminated by magic.”
An unstoppable attack on Lucifer.
Just looking at that, you can clearly see what Ha Seong-jun is thinking.
I really appreciate that sentiment.
However, that is not necessary right now.
“To put it bluntly, it’s ‘useless.’ Analyst! Door!”
“Are you okay? The speed right now is….”
“does not matter!”
– Pushik.
While running, the door of the analysis vehicle opens.
Soon the wind started pouring down, hitting my face.
Reports and small objects scattered on the floor were swept away and moved around, but I didn’t pay any attention and stuck my head out the door.
Han Se-yeon, who had confirmed Ha Seong-jun’s misdeeds, was urgently grabbing the guy by the back of his neck and lifting him up.
Judging by the limp body of the guy, it looks like he passed out in the meantime.
“Lucifer?”
[Answer: We cannot determine the level of stimulation because we cannot confirm it.]
“Hey, are you waking up or not?”
Even as I stomped my feet, the analysis vehicle was steadily getting closer to where the Demon King was.
Eventually, we got close enough to be able to see the situation on the scene with our own eyes.
I, who had been watching closely with my magical powers, drew a magic circle in the air without thinking about the change that occurred at that moment and flew out of the analysis vehicle.
– Hook – Boom!
“Ugh…!”
Han Se-yeon’s surprised voice can be heard right next to her, holding her breath.
I held my breath as I struck the ruin I was holding with all my might.
Perhaps due to the sudden explosive force, a small vacuum was created around the point where the spear was struck.
Soon, the air that had spread to the periphery is sucked back into the center.
– Ss …
“Get back!”
“what?”
“Get back!”
Although I couldn’t hear her voice properly because of the loud noise, Han Se-yeon’s expression hardened as if she understood what I said.
“What are you going to do?”
“3 minutes!”
“… 3 minutes?”
There was no room to answer further.
Because the shadow of the Demon King looming before our eyes has grown darker.
As if not caring about the gusting wind, the black figure raises its upper body and spreads its huge wings to the left and right.
[Answer. The Wings of the Fallen Angel. The Demon King of Arrogance has entered the final phase, Master.]
‘I know!’
He swung his spear, shouting with all his might.
– Kwaaaaang!
I just swung it with all my might, but the sound of the bomb exploding rang out in my eardrums.
It seems like I’m the one being swept away by the backlash from the force I exerted.
However, thanks to the excellent sandbag, I am able to avoid rolling around so badly.
– Kikigigigi!
The analysis vehicle, which arrived at the battlefield later than me, brakes sharply and shows off a heavy drift.
Luna, who sticks her head out of the car door, looks at me with astonished eyes, then shouts at Han Se-yeon, who seems to be hesitating.
“Get on quickly! Hurry up!”
“… … .”
Han Se-yeon looks at me again.
I caught it with my heightened senses and shouted without looking back.
“Go! Quickly!”
“… I’ll have to explain it later.”
I don’t know what kind of explanation you want, but the time given to me is so short.
I nodded roughly and put strength into my toes.
Hearing Han Se-yeon running, he slammed the window shut!
– Kkuugugugukgeuk…!
The sound of the air layer being distorted is clear.
The movement of magical power rippling from where Ruin and Lucifer’s palms interlock is unusual.
When the flames that rose up from the window swayed violently and scattered embers-
– Kkuuuuung!
A small shadow falls over my head.
The view darkens in an instant.
I quickly twisted my waist and raised the spear.
– Kwaang!
My elbows are shaking.
A tremendous shock traveled through my shoulder, chest and neck, but there was no pain.
Just as my current pure strength has exceeded the human limit of 100 due to the effects of [Warden], my endurance has also surpassed that limit.
So it is quite manageable.
“At least for three minutes!”
He suppresses the recoil from the spear and extends the spear again.
Lucifer reaches out to meet them, his arm wrapped around his magic like a glove.
– Kkuung!
Every time a spear and a fist collide, a violent shockwave shoots out in all directions.
Every time that happens, [Wodanaz’s] black hem flutters roughly.
“Ugh!”
It feels like pushing a huge rock, like a mountain, that doesn’t even budge.
I pushed the window with even more force.
Then, the Demon King of Arrogance strides forward and pours out his magical energy from his entire body.
The fallen angel’s wings stretch out to the left and right, spreading out wide like the wings of a peacock.
– Papapapapapat!
A shower of feathers pouring down in all directions.
It’s as if arrows are raining down from all directions.
I gritted my teeth in regret and prepared to leave.
[Answer. Master.]
At that moment, Akasha’s strong words were heard in my ears.
[Answer: Leave it to me.]
“…okay!”
– Woof woof!
A shadow stretches out from behind and instantly creates a huge magic circle.
The protective shield created at the bedside covers the entire body at that moment.
That’s not all.
A new curtain unfolds, one layer, two layers, three layers… .
A total of 9 layers of protective film are overlapped into one.
[Answer. Originally, it was in the realm of impossibility, but with the combination of the magical power within the magical power and the magical power currently being manifested…]
‘Does that matter now?’
As always, he cuts off Akasha’s TMI that is about to continue, briefly retrieves Ruin, and then quickly strikes him from a short distance.
– Boom!
The Demon King of Arrogance is seen taking two steps back to relieve the shock.
At the same time, a rain of feather arrows rains down on your entire body.
– Kagagagagagagang!
There is no metal, but a dizzying metallic sound resonates throughout the body.
Perhaps because my body is covered in a protective film, the sound feels like it is constantly going around and around, unable to escape from the inside to the outside.
“Keuuuuuuu-!”
Thinking that I can’t just hold on, I pour a handful of my magical power into Ruin.
It’s only a handful in my opinion, but it’s still equivalent to the total amount of magic power I had before using [Warden].
– Kwaaaaah!
It’s not even ‘Hwaruk’.
As if some kind of wave was crashing down, a huge flame burst out from Ruin’s spearhead.
I could feel the palm of my hand holding Ruin getting hot.
[Answer. It is a firepower that cannot be withstood with the Master’s ‘fire attribute’!]
‘Then let’s make it so it’s not fire!’
This time, he unleashed magical power from his entire body.
A brain wave that has just become familiar, but has become as familiar as caressing the air, sways over [Wodanaz].
Gather it all into your right arm and focus it on the spear.
– Crackle! Crackle!
In an instant, purple lightning entangles with Ruin’s flames.
– Woof woof woof!
Then Ruin starts crying as if in rebellion.
The flames, surging to a larger size than ever before, protested harshly as if their uniqueness were being violated.
‘Where!’
Of course, it is only ignored by a force much stronger than that.
As if swept away by a raging typhoon, Ruin’s flames so fleetingly blend into the purple lightning.
It emits a light I have never seen before, and red lightning gathers at the tip of the spear.
“Gasp, gasp… .”
It was around that time that I first realized that I was ‘breathing’.
The pounding, thumping, rough beating of the heart is finally recognized.
Even the unpleasant feeling of sweat running down your forehead, neck, and back.
At that moment, the Demon King of Arrogance, who was watching the “red lightning” attached to Ruin’s spear blade, suddenly opened his mouth.
“I see now. It was you.”
“… … ?”
The sudden words make me frown.
I wanted to ask what he was talking about, but maybe because I was moving too quickly, my breathing was ragged and I couldn’t speak properly.
“I should have expected that the one the Revelation refers to would be you. This power, this ability…”
Within the magic that was flowing through his entire body like a flame, a pair of red lights flashed and shone.
The Demon King of Arrogance speaks, containing all his hatred and loathing in one place.
“I was wondering where you were hiding all this time, and you were here. Cheon Sal Seong-.”
“huh?”
“Saint of the world.”
“… Huh?”
Who is this kid talking to right now?
