#142
Episode 142
Ixia (5)
Faaat.
Jeongdo rushed into the dust cloud, holding the King of All Diseases, who had transformed into Harpe. At most, he just reflected the magic and returned it. There was no way a monster over level 400 could be defeated with just that.
“this guy! dare!”
As expected, Shriel’s voice rang out from the dust. It was a voice that contained emotions of anger and embarrassment, but no sign of pain. Jeongdo quietly hid into the dust cloud.
<Talent <Assassination-lv.2> is activated. The user appears more stealthy and moves more quickly.>
Perseus’ talent was activated, and his movements changed noticeably.
The footsteps became lighter, and the sound of footsteps disappearing into thin air, as if they were running at full speed, and the image that seeped through the dust cloud became even more blurred and soon completely assimilated into the dust cloud.
‘Finish it quickly!’
Elyos and demons tended to let their guard down when they met humans, but this was even worse with Shriel in front of them. An Elyos called Lyoel, whom he met on Earth, sensed the danger as soon as he loaded Galahad and opened his sacred blood, but Shriel was only annoyed.
‘I am grateful.’
The Harpe held in my hand flew towards Shriel, aiming for its pure white neck.
In mythology, we heard that the method used by Perseus to defeat Medusa was assassination.
Among the 12 gods of Greek Olympus, he hid himself wearing a helmet of invisibility given by Hades, the king of the underworld, and beheaded Medusa with Harper, the sword of Ares, the war god, also one of the 12 gods. Just like an assassin.
The current situation was exactly similar to that saga, although instead of Hades’ helmet, he hid himself with a cloud of dust.
The harpe was swung silently.
Kang!
The sound of metal colliding with metal resonated throughout the rare.
However, although the situation was similar to the episode of Medusa in mythology, the result was different. Shriel, unlike Medusa, survived a somewhat stealthy attack.
“What?!”
Shriel was very embarrassed. In fact, just like Medusa, Shuriel was not aware of anything wrong even though the attack was close by. Nevertheless, there is only one reason why Shriel was able to survive. This was because Shriel was wearing items that Medusa did not have.
“I dare you to make a surprise attack!”
A silver shield floated around Shriel and blocked a small amount of sword strikes. As Shriel waved his hand in anger, the dust cloud cleared in an instant, revealing Jeongdo, and Shriel fired several wind blades at Jeongdo.
Kaang!
However, the wind blade that Shriel fired was helplessly blocked by the Aegis Shield that was once again implemented. Shriel’s magic was also a magic created with the highest quality artifacts, but it was far from enough to pierce the shield of Athena, the goddess of war in Olympus. Shriel was amazed at the sight.
“Hoo. human. You have more than enough stuff. “I will make it useful to you.”
In fact, Shriel was a person of particularly noble status among the Elyos.
In terms of human status, it is equivalent to royalty.
Of course, he was not in a position to engage in something like a space invasion. Nevertheless, the reason he came to Listenia in person was because he had a special hobby.
A hobby of collecting rare items floating around the universe. He would stop at nothing to satisfy his desire to collect.
He did not hesitate to come directly to the universe where an invasion operation was in progress, and he did not care if his current actions could be harmful to the heavenly world. As long as I could satisfy my desire to collect, it would be nice to do something else. Because Shriel had the power to do that.
“I must have it. “This body has decided that way now.”
“You guys need to change your species name first. “Not as an Elyos, but as a robber.”
From space invasion to item looting. It was truly a group of criminals.
“I wonder if you can talk even if your head falls off.”
“Your head will fall off first.”
After taking a moment to catch their breath, the two clashed once again.
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As the battle continued, Jeong Do was feeling a strange feeling.
The Elyos in front of me were clearly strong.
Each and every one of the dozens of items wrapped around his body was legendary or higher.
And as he was over level 400, he had excellent status. If you look at it objectively, it had no choice but to be strong.
However, I didn’t get the feeling that the Elyos in front of me were strong at all when I was dealing with them directly.
‘Why is the technology so bad?’
Although he had a good body and good tools, his skills in using those tools were really poor. It felt like a big child swinging a sword.
<It was eaten by a weapon.>
Perseus’ voice echoes in my head. He spoke again to Jeongdo in a confident voice.
<All tools should limit themselves to helping the user. However, sometimes, if the weapon is too good, the opposite phenomenon can happen. I, too, have experienced similar symptoms as I have handled divine weapons.>
“indeed.”
I thought I knew what you meant.
A case of relying too much on the strength of weapons and neglecting to train one’s own body. This is not a case where I wield the weapon, but the weapon wields me. Of course, there was no way he could properly extract the power of the weapon.
I know this well because I myself am a significant beneficiary of this. There is a limit to becoming stronger simply through the performance of an item. Without physical training, even items with good performance will only fade. This was the reason why Dodo was alert every day and worked hard on self-discipline.
“profit! Avoid it like a rat!”
Shook.
Jeongdo tilted his head and easily dodged the flying arrow.
‘The motion of throwing an arrow has to be that big to be able to read its direction quickly.’
It seemed like he had almost no combat experience. After putting together a few things, I had a rough idea of what kind of person the Elyos in front of me was.
‘This guy. It’s a parachute.’
Level, and combat proficiency, which is the exact opposite of the item.
There was no explanation for this other than that I grew up under pressure. He must have grown up being treated differently for a very long time. Of course, this was only possible if you were of high status.
‘It must be surprisingly easy.’
Jeongdo has also been working in sales for several years. He has met countless people, including parachute greeters. It was obvious to what kind of words such characters would react violently and what kind of thoughts they would have.
“He has no power without a weapon.”
“this guy! dare!”
The effect was amazing.
Shriel began to rush towards Jeongdo like an angry wild boar.
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Brandussy Mountains.
It was a place of nature that had not been given to any other race for thousands of years, and as rumors spread that the ‘Dragon of Wisdom, Ixia’ was sleeping, all races worshiped it and access became an unwritten rule.
But now, that lofty mountain range was suffering from two beings.
Quang!
“You damn human being!”
As the middle part of the mountain burst open, an Elyos jumped out through the burst part. And another human quickly followed behind the jumping Elyos. Needless to say, the two beings were Jeong Do and Shriel.
In the end, Ixia’s rare could not withstand the battle between the two, who were sharing attacks and defense based on fancy weapons, and collapsed. It was the moment when the Lair of Ixia, which had protected Listhenia for thousands of years, disappeared into the back of history.
Quick.
A slight crack appeared in Shriel’s gaiters, which were used to block a moderate attack. It was such a subtle incontinence that you could easily miss it if you didn’t look closely. However, the gold seemed too big for Jeong-do, who was concentrating all his attention on the battle.
Jeong Do had a strange look in his eyes and quickly launched a series of attacks towards the gaiter. And after receiving a few more attacks, the gaiter finally broke.
“What?! “Something I received directly from the Heavenly God?!”
Shriel was shocked, but this was a natural result. Since he was able to receive all the powerful attacks without any skill, he soon reached his limit.
On the other hand, King Jeongdo’s panacea did not have the slightest wound. Although it was thanks to the fact that most of his powerful attacks were avoided, his tempo was much more overwhelming.
The simple yet extremely powerful ability of the King of All Diseases.
‘It will never break.’
This difference decided the winner. The fact that one weapon was shattered in a tense battle had a significant impact on the outcome of the match.
Sigh!
“Ugh! dare! dare! “The precious blood of this body!”
About 10 minutes after loading Perseus, the first wound finally appeared. For the first time, pain appeared on Shriel’s face.
It’s been a few hundred years since you’ve been hurt, right?
In fact, the feeling of pain that had been forgotten for a long time made Shriel passive and his movements began to become clearly sluggish.
“Yes you bastard! I’ll skin you alive! “I will capture not only you but every human being on this planet and make them like that!”
Shriel poured out terrifying anger towards Jeongdo. Jeongdo calmly put pressure on Shriel again with an expressionless expression.
‘You’re welcome.’
In fact, he was pretending to have a blank expression, but he was nervous to some degree. This is because it was unknown when the White Road’s duration would end. The synergy between Perseus and King of All Illnesses was so great that I never dreamed that I would be pushed back at full strength, but my opponent’s defense was much stronger than I thought. Normally, the blue sword, which can ignore the enemy’s defense with a certain probability, would have been effective, but today, the defense-ignoring option did not work, so the feeling of nervousness was stronger.
The outcome of the match ultimately progressed in such a way that Shriel’s weapon held up for a certain amount of load time, and the pendulum of the match was tilted towards Jeong-do at this moment.
‘Now it’s an instant.’
The degree began to focus on the part of the leg where the gaiter was broken. Shuriel visibly flinched from the attack and took the attack with a different part of her body instead of her legs. And he naturally began to overload the area that had been attacked.
“profit! shit!”
Although Shriel had never been in a life-threatening battle before, she could sense that the situation was going against her.
‘Dangerous. Dangerous. Dangerous.’
The leggings with the heavenly god’s protection were broken. No, it wasn’t just the gaiters. When I looked at the weapon with great concentration, I noticed that all the items were creaking. It is not strange if it breaks like a gaiter at any time. Shri El had an incredible possibility pop into his head. A chill ran down her spine and onto the back of her neck.
“Damn it!”
Shriel had an arrogant and careless personality, but he was not stupid enough to continue a fight that he thought he would lose. Shriel was angry, but he decided that he needed to plan for the future.
Sigh!
Two pairs of large wings unfolded from Shriel’s back. And mana gathered into the four wings and the armor mounted on both legs. In the blink of an eye, Shuriel cut through the air and began to break free of her.
Sssshh!
Shriel quickly began to leave the Brandish Mountains. It wasn’t until Shuriel reached a fairly high altitude that he gritted his teeth as he glared at the Brandish Mountains.
Crash.
“I will definitely, I will never forget today’s humiliation. “I will soon mobilize the armies of heaven to exterminate humans!”
“Who wants it?”
“?!”
The low voice of a man right next to me. Shriel reflexively turned his head when he heard a voice coming from a place he should never have heard.
Shuung.
He could see the twin swords falling towards him.
<The King of All Diseases has perfectly implemented the mythical weapon.>
<Talaria. Allows you to run in the air like on the ground.>
Hermes, the messenger god, one of the 12 gods of Olympus. The treasure he possessed was embodied as the king of all diseases and was mounted on his feet. To some extent, he outpaced Shriel at a faster speed than Shriel was running away from.
Quang!
“Aaaah!”
Musashi’s dual swords swung quickly, and Shriel was barely able to catch them. However, the aftermath could not be completely resolved, and it fell into the mountain range at the same speed as it was flying.
Passs.
And Shriel’s armor, which had reached its limit, broke. Shuriel, who was stuck in the mountains, raised his upper body and the moment cold metal touched the back of his neck.
“Check mate.”
Shriel came to his senses at the sound of a colder voice than the cold feeling coming from the blade. She immediately started playing with her mouth.
“Hey, human! Let’s deal! “Let me know what you want!”
Stop.
The sword that was heading towards my neck stopped. Shriel decided that his words were working and quickly continued his words.
“Seeing as you came to Ixia’s cave, you are looking for information on Ixia, right? I’ll tell you everything I know. Instead, save me.”
“… Hmm.”
Jeongdo thought about Shriel’s words for a moment. And now, I decided that there was room to take advantage of this situation and opened my mouth.
“I ask the questions and you answer. From now on, I will ask you three questions, information that I already know. “If your answer is different from what I know, I will kill you immediately.”
“Joe, it’s good.”
“First, how many Elyos above Earth Angel are in Listenia right now?”
Although he said that he knew the information to a certain degree, the reality was different. From the first question, he asked what he was curious about. The previous statement was just a lie meant to drive away the Elyos master. And Shriel, who was thinking of passing on the false information, had no choice but to obediently spit out the information.
“There are three people including me.”
“second. “Where are the other two?”
“One is in Proion, the other one, I don’t know. “Because that guy was unlucky and didn’t pay attention.”
“Okay, last question then.”
“Wait a minute, before that you have to guarantee that you will save me! “You could kill me after I tell you everything I know.”
“… Still can’t figure out whose hand the sword hilt is in?”
“If they won’t give you a guarantee, just kill them. “If I tell you, I’ll die anyway.”
“Tsk.”
It was a pity, but Shriel had at least some common sense. He realized that he would not survive if he continued to speak obediently.
“Guaranteed? how?”
“There is an artifact that can force me to make a promise. It’s an artifact that will destroy your heart if you don’t keep your promise. Promise me you’ll save me there. Then I promise to tell you everything. “I also promise not to pursue you in the future.”
“Hmm.”
Jeongdo thought about Shriel’s suggestion for a moment. And he nodded.
“good. decided.”
“Good. Then, can you please put away this knife for now? Then I take out the artifact… .”
“No, you don’t need to.”
“… .what?”
Shugak.
The sword gently cut through Shriel’s neck. And a notification window appeared in front of her.
<Level up! Mana increases by 1, strength increases by 1, and mana sensitivity increases by 1.>
<Level up! Increases strength by 1 and reflexes by 1.>
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<Level up! Stamina increases by 2.>
After Jeong-Do’s level-up notification came to mind, this time, Wired’s level-up notification came to mind in the same way. I muttered as if I was disappointed that I had just admired the notification window for a moment.
“It’s a pity, but it has to go like this.”
I was definitely curious about the information he had. However, sparing the man in order to obtain that information was unbelievably crazy. It was very clear that a different level of annoyance from now would be tormenting him. Besides, why would you trust and make a promise about an artifact brought in by a guy invading another universe?
Jiing jiing.
When Shriel’s death was confirmed, the six Ixia that Shriel had began to vibrate simultaneously. Ixia, who had lost her owner, sensed her next owner.
<Everyone, come here!>
With a single word from Ixia as a signal, six Ixia flew up and were absorbed into just a few fingers. Immediately after that, a brilliant golden flash began from Ixia of Foresight and began to fill the Brandish Mountains.
