#Episode 20
What happened next happened in an instant.
I took a step back, just like that. I thought it might not be enough, so I took two more steps back.
Just moments ago, there were dozens of swords stuck in the spot I had been standing in, ones I had never seen before.
There was no feeling of it flying, and there was no sound of it hitting the ground. It just ‘just’ appeared there.
The monster stands up. It grabs a sword that was there.
And then he asked me.
“Who are you?”
There is one thing that must be made clear.
Mana and internal energy. These two things have different names depending on the region, but ultimately mean the same thing.
Titan was divided into two continents.
Western Continent and Eastern Continent.
Mana is a word used in the Western Continent, and internal energy is a word used in the Eastern Continent, but these two continents use different languages.
So what language did these two continents speak when they first began interacting?
It’s simple.
The Western Continent used message magic using mana, while the Eastern Continent used Hyegwangsim-eo (慧光心語) using internal energy.
It is a very useful skill to convey the ‘meaning’ itself to the other person rather than words, and the guy who was talking to me right now was using mana to convey his meaning.
I told him.
“I asked the question.”
“… … I have never heard of anyone like you on this Earth.”
so.
“What do you want me to do?”
“Tell me your name.”
I laughed. I couldn’t help but laugh.
Since when did it start?
It was about 3 years ago, I think.
From then on, I lived my life trying to suppress my temper as much as possible.
It was annoying because getting angry would only result in blood, and it was annoying to see things escalate.
So I just lived quietly.
Maybe that’s why this situation was a little awkward. No. It was more than awkward; I couldn’t help but laugh.
He slowly took off the coat he was wearing. Then he threw it at his sister.
He stubbed out his cigarette with his foot and spoke to the man.
“From now on, I will ask the questions. You will answer them. Do you understand?”
The monster’s expression rotted away.
“That cheeky brat… … .”
That was enough.
Kuuung.
White smoke rises from the entire body. White lotus flower covers the cave.
I put strength into my legs. Phew, my feet hit the ground. Then the monster’s eyes opened wide.
My body was already in front of his nose.
I just lifted my knees.
Kwaaaaang-!!
The bastard’s body bends down. Cough, blood spurts out. I reach out and grab the horn on the bastard’s head. I hold the bastard’s head with the elbow of my other arm.
Kwaaaaang-!!
I hit it down.
The bastard’s body falls to the floor.
I just took a step back.
“Hey, you little brat-!”
The bastard suddenly stood up from his seat and swung his sword straight at my head.
The posture, the strength, the speed, everything was perfect.
It looked good enough to me.
That was about it.
I swung my fist. Kwaaang-! The bastard’s face was crushed and thrown back. Of course, his sword cut through the air. I walked towards the bastard who hesitated and retreated. I tilted my head to the side. The bastard’s sword grazed the side of my face. I immediately swung my right fist.
Kwaaaaang-!!
The bastard’s face droops again. He swings his other fist.
Kwaaaaang-!!
The bastard’s side is bent.
He stretched out his left hand and grabbed the bastard by the horn.
I was a little curious.
“Are you in a lot of pain?”
“Hey, you dog!”
He immediately swung his right fist.
Kwaaaaang-!!
“Ugh.”
White and red liquid burst into the air. This is the liquid that had made up the thing’s eyes just a moment ago.
“How rude of you, my horned friend.”
The situation has not changed.
I held the horn of the thing in my left hand tighter to keep it from getting away.
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“Let’s hit a few more.”
He threw his right fist.
Kwaaaaang-!!
“Cough-!”
He kept yelling.
Kwaaang-! Kwaaang-! Kwaaang-!!
I paused for a moment, staring at the face of the creature, which was so mangled that it was unrecognizable.
The face of the guy who had become like distorted clay slowly regenerates.
His lips moved as if he was trying to say something, but I wasn’t interested.
I clenched my fist. White flames seeped into my fist. I screamed.
[The Seven Bonds of the Holy Fire of the White Lotus Sect.]
[Chapter 3 Blood King’s Fist]
Kwaaaaaaaang-!!
I slowly walked towards the guy who had just flown away and slammed into the wall.
Gulp, he was sliding down the wall and reached out his hand towards me.
A bunch of strong energy is shooting at me.
It’s amazing to see him trying to do something with half his face gone.
I just put strength into my legs.
The ground is pushed.
Left, right.
I dodged and dodged again with simple movements.
Avoiding the masses of energy that are reaching out like that while running is not something that just anyone can do.
In an instant, I was right in front of the monster’s nose.
I reached out to the completely regenerated bastard’s face. I caught it. I slammed the bastard’s face against the wall.
Kwaaaaang-!!
The bastard asked me as I pressed down on his face with five fingers.
“… … That face, it looks just like the 200th Apostle. Could it be you? You killed the 200th and 189th Apostles? How on earth… … You, who fell to Titan, could… … .”
Let me emphasize this just once.
The texture is so weird.
It’s not like I’m touching a bug or anything.
I asked quietly.
“name.”
The guy who had been keeping his mouth shut as if he was embarrassed, closed his mouth in response to my question.
So, I grabbed the guy’s right shoulder with my other hand.
“Why did you suddenly become mute? What the hell is that? Tell me more.”
“Get out.”
I guess the name is off.
I just tore off the bastard’s right shoulder.
Quasi-snap.
Blood spurts into the air.
“Ugh… … This kid… … .”
Amazingly, really amazingly, the monster was not broken.
Even when I kept hitting him from earlier, he held on.
I don’t know if I believe in the overwhelming regenerative power, but to me, this thing is just a toy. A regenerative sandbag.
Money can’t buy this.
I kicked my foot straight away.
Kwaaang-!!
It was lodged right in his abdomen. He vomited dark red blood. There were pieces of his organs inside.
He stretched out his right hand and grabbed the bastard by the neck.
And then he asked.
“Should I turn off my name?”
“… … That crazy guy, there’s no way he would have a name like that.”
Kwaaah, it gave me strength.
The bastard started to tremble as he made a strange noise, as if he was suffocating.
actually.
“I wasn’t curious about the name.”
The guy looked pretty tough.
It’s not about being physically strong, it’s about being mentally strong.
My ‘air current’ is swirling.
It wasn’t me. It was the guy who grabbed me by the neck.
Should I say that it was the same as before when dozens of swords were stuck in it?
This time I ignored it. I guess I shouldn’t say I didn’t want to avoid it.
He rolled up his entire left hand and flicked it.
[The Seven Bonds of the Holy Fire of the White Lotus Sect.]
[Chapter 1: Breaking the Sky with a Bullet and a Fingertip.]
Kwaaaaang-!!
Shards of mana explode in all directions.
The ‘thing’ he was just trying to do ended up being in vain.
I’m not a kid, but I can figure this out at first glance.
That’s definitely a summoning spell. If I were to give it a name, I’d say it’s probably something like a sword summoning spell.
Summoning magic ultimately means that there is a spell, and if that spell is destroyed, the magic becomes useless.
He reached out with his other hand, grabbed the bastard’s leg, and pulled it out.
“Ugh-!”
I swung my foot at the screaming guy.
Kwaaaaang-!!
The bastard’s teeth were embroidered into the air. The bastard flew far away and crashed into the opposite wall, and I landed lightly on the ground, making a stark contrast.
I burst out laughing.
He turned around and threw his fist.
The guy who had come closer before I knew it was stretching his sword towards me. The tip of the sword met my fist.
Kwaaaaang-!!
In the meantime, it looks like he came running and played.
“You’re cute, little one.”
His sword and my fist were still, touching. They were canceled out. This happens when the power is equal. Of course, I adjusted it. I opened my fist and grabbed his sword blade. I pulled his sword. His balance was lost. I extended my left hand.
Kwak-!
The bastard’s neck was grabbed. I applied force.
Kwaaak.
The bastard’s eyes were wide open. It seemed as if he didn’t understand the situation at hand.
Why did I lose my balance when I drew my sword, and why was my neck grabbed?
He didn’t understand the whole process. His common sense was denying this whole situation.
It’s simple.
just.
It’s a difference in realm.
The bastard shouted.
“This is impossible! How can you be on Earth!”
“How could those Titans survive?”
“How on earth did you, how on earth, how on earth.”
etc.
I just ignored it.
Before I cut off his neck like that, I said just one word to him.
“You talk a lot. It’s just like people with nothing to talk a lot like you.”
The guy seemed speechless. Then, veins appeared in his eyes. It was clear that he was angry.
He snickered and put more strength into his hands.
Knock knock.
My neck snaps. I slowly release the strength in my hands.
I looked at the corpse of the guy who fell to the floor with a thud.
I lifted my foot and hit my head.
Kwajik-!
He slammed his head down again, this time denting the bastard’s chest. His heart had burst.
I wonder if I’ll survive this time too.
There was no movement from the guy who fell to the floor, making such thoughts seem meaningless.
It’s certain he’s dead.
With a flick of the finger, the corpse catches fire.
Before long, the bastard was completely reduced to ash.
He just turned around.
My sister was looking at this place with a blank expression, wearing the coat I gave her.
He smiled brightly and approached his older sister.
“It’s happening all over the place.”
After pausing for a moment, I took the coat from my sister’s hands and continued speaking.
“How could I not worry?”
My older sister hugged me with tearful eyes.
* * *
It was a surprising thing.
Abnormal gates, especially the ‘variable gate’ with changing grades, are the gates that the current generation of Awakened people fear the most.
This Texas Gate officially recorded a figure of 99,802.
It recorded the highest number of all gates that have ever appeared.
Of course, since it was arbitrarily set by the World Awakened Association, it may change in the future, but the previous highest gate number was 4,912.
Of course, it refers to Baekdu Mountain Gate.
However, it is nearly 20 times higher than Baekdu Mountain Gate.
It was said that the gate had reached an absurd level, but this gate has now been cleared.
And the main character of that clear is the light wizard Jin Song.
This fact was important to the people of the world.
[South Korea’s Jin Song-i, gate clear with highest score ever, new world record.]
[A true hero of the current generation, Jin Song-i is considered a national treasure in one community… … .]
[Sorry about the death of Master John Marcel of Helios… … .]
[Gwangmyeong magician Jin Song-i, refusing interview.]
And at the end of it.
[The World Awakened Association is on the chopping block. Their belated handling of the matter beyond their understanding almost resulted in the death of a unique Awakened person in South Korea… … .]
[Did Jinsong turn his back on the Awakened One? The power struggle between nations is on the chopping block… … .]
[World Awakened Association President, Santiago Munez ‘Speechless’… … .]
[The South Korean government remains silent… … .]
There was a man who was reading all those articles.
