Episode 65
It didn’t seem like he was pretending not to be sick.
Even an S-class hunter couldn’t hold back and screamed at this technique, so even if it was just a bluff, it didn’t change the fact that the young man was an amazing person.
“Surely this isn’t the end?”
The young man put down the baseball bat he was holding and simultaneously raised his sword above his head.
“If there are more hidden numbers, it would be better to take them out right now.”
Kang Jin-hyeok swallowed his anger inwardly at the young man’s words.
It was a blow to my pride to hear something like that after using a technique with such high power.
But there was no way left for Kang Jin-hyeok to regain his wounded pride.
‘Alaune’s welcome is meaningless if you try to use it right away.’
In a situation where the gap in skill is as wide as the gap between heaven and earth, doubling the stats didn’t seem like it would change the results.
At best, it will hold up a little longer and then break.
Kang Jin-hyeok didn’t want to eat the welcome cake for that kind of ending.
After completely ruling out the option of eating welcome food from my mind.
All that was left for Kang Jin-hyeok were the potions he had prepared in a mountainous quantity.
“This is a mess!”
Kang Jin-hyeok gathered his aura with the intention of using up all of his remaining MP.
There was no need to surround oneself with an aura to block attacks that came honestly.
Kang Jin-hyeok, who had concentrated his aura on both hands, struck the sword that the young man was swinging vertically with his bat.
He barely managed to prevent his head from being split open, but it was not the young man but Kang Jin-hyeok who was pushed back due to his strength.
Kang Jin-hyeok focused his aura on his legs and kicked the ground hard before losing his balance and falling.
And as a reaction, he created a great distance between himself and the young man.
“Are you running away? If you want, I can finish the test here.”
“Shut up and think about it!”
When Kang Jin-hyeok shouted in an irritated voice, the young man made a dumbfounded expression.
It was the first time in my life that I had ever seen a human react to me in this way.
“What a rude person.”
It was an attitude that was so polite that you couldn’t find it even if you looked for it with your eyes wide open.
Still, I didn’t hate it completely.
The young man was satisfied with the freshness he felt after a long time.
“You humans are the only ones who cling to and obsess over hopeless things.”
From an objective point of view, Kang Jin-hyeok had no chance of winning.
The chances of survival were higher if you threw down your weapons and lay down to beg rather than fighting back.
Kang Jin-hyeok himself was also aware of this fact.
But I had no intention of surrendering.
Anyway, if he didn’t pass the test here and gain strength, it would be his life’s death for the one who survived between Jo Won-cheol and Kang Jun-tae.
A position like that of Bae Soo-jin caused Kang Jin-hyeok to give up.
For Kang Jin-hyeok, there were only two options: die or win.
Having walked this far, stopping along the way was not permitted.
The blond young man can tell Kang Jin-hyeok’s state of mind just by looking into his eyes.
Even though I don’t know the exact details, Kang Jin-hyeok’s intentions were clearly conveyed.
“Okay. If that’s what you’re thinking, I won’t go through any more hassle.”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“I’m going to throw a punch, so tell me to take it.”
The additional fact is that he intends to use only 10% of his power.
As soon as the young man finished speaking, a dazzling light emanated from his body.
A brilliant golden aura.
It was the same color as the aura that Kang Jin-hyeok used before he gained the Hidden Class.
“Divine power… …?”
The young man was amazed when he heard Kang Jin-hyeok muttering.
“You managed to figure this out. Then you know how to respond, right?”
“How would I know something like that!”
“It’s better to use your head and figure it out now. If you don’t, you’ll die.”
The young man’s aura was concentrated on both arms.
The auras gathered in one place shone even more brilliantly, illuminating the surroundings.
Kang Jin-hyeok burst into laughter at the sight of the young man concentrating his aura just like him.
“Didn’t you say that if you use your aura like that, the direction of the attack will be clearly visible?”
“Yeah. That’s what I was aiming for.”
“what?”
“Isn’t it too harsh to not be so lenient? You should show this much consideration.”
Kang Jin-hyeok was overcome with anger.
What this meant was that I would tell you from the beginning where I would attack, so try to avoid it if you can.
A man’s pride would not allow him to remain silent after being treated like this.
Kang Jin-hyeok stood holding a baseball bat with a solemn expression like a batter in a two-out situation in the bottom of the 9th inning.
“Okay, let’s give it a try.”
The place where Kang Jin-hyeok’s two legs stopped was the place where he was facing the young man head-on.
The distance was about 20m. It seemed quite far, but Kang Jinhyeok and the young man had the ability to close that distance in an instant.
“Don’t be a guest. Why do you insist on confronting something that you can avoid?”
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“We’ll have to wait and see whether it’s a guest or not.”
The young man clicked his tongue after hearing Kang Jin-hyeok’s answer.
“I thought he was a pretty useful person. But he doesn’t even know his own place.”
With his expectations gone, the young man had nothing left to be afraid of.
The aura he created spread through his hand and reached the swordsman.
“This may be the last sight you will ever see. Remember it well with those eyes.”
The golden light that completely enveloped the sword resembled a lightsaber seen in the movies.
Kang Jin-hyeok didn’t feel that the aura created by the young man was that unfamiliar.
As someone who has read some fantasy novels, I had a good idea what it was.
“Surely that’s not the Auror Blade?”
“If you knew, the story would be faster. Do you now see how foolish it is to block this head-on?”
The technology the young man showed was indeed a technology that only exists in imagination.
The symbol of the Sword Masters who can cut down any object with ease.
In any story, the Auror Blade is always depicted as a technique of immense power.
Kang Jin-hyeok, who saw it with his own eyes, could truly understand why the Auror Blade was portrayed so strongly.
‘While writing Aura, I thought that maybe something like that would be possible someday… … .’
The time when I came into direct contact with it was sooner than expected.
And it’s not even my fault that it’s being cast by someone else.
Kang Jin-hyeok was more curious than scared.
“It’s just that you made Aura into a sword?”
Imbuing a weapon with an aura itself wasn’t that difficult.
Kang Jin-hyeok drank the high-grade MP potions he took out from his inventory and created an aura.
The red aura extended to the baseball bat that Kang Jin-hyeok was holding, swaying like a flame.
“You don’t think that’s on par with the Auror Blade, do you?”
“Why not? If you look at it with your eyes, there’s no difference.”
At best, the appearance is slightly different.
Kang Jin-hyeok thought that the difference was not that big.
But there was a large wall between the two.
“Unlike the Aura Blade, your aura simply spews out randomly without any control.”
The young man kindly explained the difference between the two.
But Kang Jin-hyeok didn’t immediately realize what that meant.
“What’s the difference?”
“Don’t you realize that every time you drink that potion? That method of just emitting an aura is extremely inefficient and lacks power.”
Kang Jin-hyeok’s aura will disappear quickly if you don’t continue to pour MP into it.
However, if you capture the aura in a precise form like a young man, it is possible to maintain the aura with only a small amount of mana.
Because it was a concentrated force with nothing was wasted, it could display monstrous cutting power that could cut through anything.
“It’s better to experience it yourself than to just talk about it.”
Even though we live in different worlds, the saying that seeing is believing is no different.
The young man raised his hand holding the sword to shoulder height and immediately took his foot off the ground.
It only took one stride to run a distance of 20 meters.
The young man jumped with such force that the ground seemed to crumble, and reached Kang Jin-hyeok’s firing range with his sword wrapped in an aura blade.
Thanks to having prepared myself in advance, I wasn’t dumbfounded by the terrifying speed.
Kang Jin-hyeok calmly extended his baseball bat in a direction symmetrical to the trajectory of the young man’s sword swing.
Kuung!
A tremendous impact sound spread throughout the space, which was completely black.
At its center, a red aura was desperately fighting against a golden aura.
“What are you doing! Are you trying to fight back when this is all you can do?!”
Every time the young man scolded her, the red aura gradually diminished.
The aura that had been blazing like a wildfire was now nothing but small sparks.
In contrast, the young man’s aura blade, which had not lost any of its momentum, was now directly touching the baseball bat whose aura had been stripped away.
Kang Jin-hyeok’s baseball bat could easily withstand any attack, but it seemed like it was too much this time.
Little by little, scratches began to appear on the part that touched the Aura Blade.
“shit!”
If things continued this way, there was a danger that my upper and lower body would become separated and I would have to play with the baseball bat.
Kang Jin-hyeok had no intention of dying in such an ugly manner.
But nothing changed with will alone.
If you don’t want to die, you have to take action yourself to get out of the crisis.
Kang Jin-hyeok had thought of that method in advance.
But I wasn’t sure if I could actually do it.
“Eww!!”
Kang Jin-hyeok threw away his worries and immediately focused his aura on one spot with all his might.
Just one point.
All of Kang Jin-hyeok’s aura was concentrated on that one small point of contact between the aura blade and the baseball bat.
The young man, who saw the sight with his own eyes for the first time, opened his eyes wide and showed a look of bewilderment.
“You can concentrate the aura this much?”
When the power that was spreading out widely was concentrated at one point, a power beyond imagination exploded.
The force was enough to push back the Auror Blade for a moment.
However, the aura that was emitted with all its might quickly drained Kang Jin-hyeok’s MP like a bottomless pit.
Since it was impossible to drink potions in the middle of a duel, Kang Jin-hyeok’s aura noticeably diminished.
“It was a pretty good move for an impromptu move.”
As the resistance weakened, the young man thrust his sword in one breath, trying to cut down the baseball bat.
At that moment, the young man’s sword broke with a sharp sound.
The young man chuckled as he looked at the sword, neatly split in half.
“It seems that it couldn’t be withstood with an ordinary iron sword.”
Just because the sword was broken, it didn’t mean the young man’s attack was completely in vain.
If you put your mind to it, it would be easy to replace a broken sword with an Aura Blade.
But the young man didn’t do that.
The young man obediently put down his sword and stepped back.
“Gasp gasp… … .”
Kang Jin-hyeok wanted to strike the defenseless young man, but he couldn’t.
Because I had consumed too much MP, all my strength was sucked out, and I was in a precarious situation where I could barely stand.
If we continued to fight in this state, we would be helpless.
“Don’t glare at me like that. It wasn’t me who fought back so recklessly, but you.”
The young man was thinking of passing even if he had just avoided it from the beginning.
It was purely Kang Jin-hyeok’s will to confront that young man.
“By the way, that aura you use… … isn’t made entirely of mana.”
When the young man confronted Kang Jin-hyeok, he discovered that his aura was a power based on divine power.
When the young man told that fact, Kang Jin-hyeok became suspicious.
“What does that mean?”
“Oh, don’t talk nonsense anymore.”
The young man, who had a solemn expression on his face, blinked briefly and then reverted to the appearance of an old man.
Then he tapped Kang Jin-hyeok’s forehead with his cane.
“From now on, you will be the one serving me, so shouldn’t you be respectful?”
“What the heck is that… … Eww!”
When he felt a sharp pain where the cane had touched, Kang Jin-hyeok knelt down on one knee.
“Your power is based on divine power, so increasing it is a simple matter.”
The old man watched Kang Jin-hyeok suffer with a smile.
“How does it feel to be connected directly to God?”
