Episode 256
“It should have been like this from the beginning.”
A deep smile appeared on the Pope’s face.
He was in a state of excitement, having regained his strength and youth after a long absence.
“I could have just stepped forward and destroyed everything, but I insisted on a very noble approach. Don’t you think so?”
“Haa… haa…”
Choi Hyun-seok did not answer.
I just gasped for breath and tried to find a way to overcome the situation.
‘I have neither stamina nor magic power anymore.’
It was a situation where I was already extremely tired.
Although he had recovered some of his magical power, it was not enough to deal with a large army led by the Pope.
‘Well, honestly, even if we had fought one-on-one from the beginning… I wouldn’t have had much of a chance of winning.’
The Pope was really strong.
So much so that it makes you wonder why he never came forward until now, as he said.
Even if you fought with full stamina and magical power, it was a formidable opponent that you couldn’t guarantee victory.
‘It seems like all my sister can do now is stand.’
Choi Hyun-seok checked Park Hyun-ah out of the corner of his eye.
Her condition was not good enough to even be described as good.
My whole body is covered in blood.
Even standing up now without falling down is probably purely a matter of mental strength.
‘Is this the end…’
The adventures of the past, the times when I struggled to survive, flashed before my eyes.
Naturally, I felt bad.
I thought I had finally reached the end of the story.
Who would have thought that such a sad ending awaited them?
‘Wake up! Who the hell is this sad ending? It hasn’t been decided yet.’
Choi Hyun-seok clenched his teeth.
It ain’t over till it’s over.
He can still fight.
You can push it further to the limit.
The moment I was calming down like that, the Pope spoke to me.
“No matter how hard you think, there’s nothing you can do, Choi Hyun-seok. Don’t you see? There’s an impassable wall between you and me.”
The Pope smiled slyly.
Against a dying enemy.
It makes me mad that someone who fought with the support of a large army would say something like that.
But this was a good sign.
In my experience, when you start to gag, you are 100% sure of your victory.
That is, when you are proud.
Choi Hyun-seok had to make the most of this situation.
“Yes. I admit it. The Pope is very good. Why has someone so good kept hiding until now?” “Even if I tell you, you wouldn’t know. How could an ignorant author like you know about the grand dream that has been planned for over a hundred years?” “Tell me. Who knows? Even if we are fellow warriors, we might be able to form a little bit of empathy.” “Fellow warriors…? A scoundrel like you and I are fellow warriors…?”
The smile on the Pope’s face hardens and then crumbles.
He looked at Choi Hyun-seok with cold eyes.
“Choi Hyun-seok. Has it only been two years since you came to this land? The world is so unfair.”
All sorts of negative emotions were swirling in the Pope’s eyes.
Envy, jealousy, anger, resentment, skepticism.
Whenever the Pope saw Choi Hyun-seok, he felt like all the efforts he had made up to that point were being denied.
“How long did it take me to build up this strength… How much did I give up to get here…”
The Pope sealed the power he had worked so hard to build up over a long period of time.
I had no choice but to hide my identity.
So he started again and continued acting for decades after ascending to the throne of the Pope.
The effort he put in was truly blood-letting.
In the literal sense, not a figurative expression.
It was an effort marked by the blood of countless people.
“Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!”
The Pope muttered like a madman.
The eyes that sparkled with madness no longer contained Choi Hyun-seok.
He was looking at his past.
To be exact, he was recalling the countless people he had killed.
“Killing and killing again! Killing again! I came this far! Do you know how much it hurt me!?” “You crazy bastard. How could I know that?” “I didn’t think you would know. But that’s okay. This is the path I chose, so I have to take it. But you know.”
The Pope’s eyes came into focus again.
He was no longer looking at the past.
I just look at Choi Hyun-seok in front of me with burning anger.
“Everything went wrong because of you. My efforts. The tower I built with my blood, sweat, and tears for over a hundred years on this land! It’s on the verge of collapse!” “Oh, it was my fault.”
Choi Hyun-seok nodded his head and answered dryly.
“Yes! You’re wrong! You know very well. But why…?”
Choi Hyun-seok left the chattering Pope alone and became lost in thought.
‘There’s no point in wasting any more time here.’
Since we knew that the small temple would be attacked anyway, we provided support.
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Now, trying to hold on to the Pope doesn’t increase the odds of capturing the Great Hall.
So now we have to think about escape.
Fortunately, while the Pope was giving his impassioned speech, a rough plan was already in place.
Choi Hyun-seok called Park Hyun-ah in a small voice.
“Sister.”
“why.”
“No matter how much I think about it, I can’t live with both of them.” “…What are you talking about all of a sudden?” “This time, just do as I say.”
As the conversation continued, the Pope’s angry voice was heard.
“You guys! Are you listening to me!?”
Choi Hyun-seok ignored it and continued speaking.
“I’ll buy you some time. You should at least run away, big sister.” “How dare you. Don’t act like you’re being rude.” “I told you not to ignore me!!!”
The Pope, unable to control his anger, flew in at incredible speed.
It was at that time that the magical power exploded from Choi Hyun-seok’s body.
Kwaaaa …
The Pope, who had been approaching, had no choice but to retreat in a hurry.
“What is this…?”
***
A terrible pain comes rushing in.
The skin turned black and only the white sclera remained in the eyes.
Flomot Stage 3 – It was a fallen flower.
‘I guess I can hold out for about 10 seconds at most.’
My stamina and magic power are already at rock bottom.
Even if the stability of the Flumoto has been improved, it can only last for 10 seconds.
Choi Hyun-seok immediately grabbed Park Hyun-ah by the nape of her neck.
“What are you doing…!”
“Let’s go!”
He shoves the last remaining potion into her arms and throws it with all his might.
Paaang-!
Park Hyun-ah split the air, shooting out like a cannonball.
‘The barrier disappeared when I went to support the Great Hall earlier. If I just keep my distance, I can definitely escape.’
Now there is no one left here who can properly create a barrier.
There is no legend to trace.
Only the Pope. If only the Pope can stop moving, Park Hyun-ah can live.
“Do you think you can escape!”
The Pope came running with an angry face.
Choi Hyun-seok also ran towards it without avoiding it.
‘2 seconds.’
Now that we’ve taken out Park Hyun-ah, we need to keep the Pope as far away from us as possible for the rest of the time.
“Do you think you can win using that flintlock?”
Choi Hyun-seok ran at the same speed as the Pope.
The Pope, who had expected some kind of attack, was unable to respond to the sudden torso slam.
“Huh! What kind of trick is this!”
Choi Hyun-seok ignored him and continued to push the Pope away.
Wheaaa …
“What are you doing now…!”
Pushes the Pope at incredible speed, flying hundreds of meters in an instant.
‘6 seconds.’
It took 6 seconds to blow away Park Hyun-ah and push the Pope away.
In a few seconds, the plomot will be over.
The Pope, who had been embarrassed, only then realized Choi Hyun-seok’s intentions.
“Do you think this will work!? You will die here! No one will survive!”
The Pope released a massive amount of magical power toward Choi Hyun-seok.
It is a method of striking by directly applying physical force to magical power.
Bang! Bang!
Choi Hyun-seok’s body shook with great shock.
But he didn’t stop running.
‘9 seconds…’
Before they knew it, Choi Hyun-seok and the Pope had entered the capital city of Gratia.
Choi Hyun-seok didn’t stop even in the city.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Choi Hyun-seok crossed the city center, penetrating everything in a straight line.
Buildings collapsed with a loud noise along the path he ran along.
’11 seconds…’
Now it’s really the limit.
No, even the word limit is not enough.
Limitations have long since been overcome with the start of Flomot.
Choi Hyun-seok was now squeezing out the last of his life force.
‘Just a little more…!’
If I’m going to die anyway.
We need to keep the Pope at arm’s length.
That way, Park Hyun-ah’s chances of survival will increase.
14 seconds. 15 seconds.
Choi Hyun-seok kept running beyond the expected time.
In the meantime, the Pope’s attacks were coming, but he held on with his bare hands and focused only on pushing the Pope away.
’18 seconds… no more…’
The moment you think you can’t hold on any longer.
Choi Hyun-seok lost consciousness.
***
“What are you…?”
The Pope looked down with a bewildered expression.
Is he unconscious or dead?
Choi Hyun-seok froze in the same position he had been rushing in from.
“I knew he wasn’t in his right mind… but I didn’t know that at that moment he would risk his life and do something like this.”
The situation was already exhausting from the battle.
If they had continued to fight like that, both Choi Hyeon-seok and Park Hyeon-a would have died.
In that situation, Choi Hyun-seok made his best move.
Saving Park Hyun-ah.
It was a good decision, since it was better for one to live than for both to die.
‘And the last plomot…’
I know that the speculation written by Choi Hyun-seok is a plomot.
Even in the already well-known difficult to use Flomot, it is at the highest level of level 3.
It had been a long time since I had seen the Pope, and as expected, he was a very powerful figure.
If Choi Hyun-seok had fought while maintaining the 3rd stage of the Flomote for a long time, it would have been difficult to guarantee victory even if he was the Pope.
It was then that the Pope’s eyes caught a different color.
“Huh? Were you alive?”
Although very faint, I can hear breathing.
As I got closer, I could see that his breathing was so precarious it seemed like it would stop.
“What a tenacious life… It’s as if it’s under the protection of God.”
It was not strange to die while using the float.
But it survived even after being operated beyond its limits and experiencing a backlash.
I felt like I had to acknowledge at least one thing: tenacity.
“Anyway, our short relationship ends here.”
The Pope took a step back.
If I left him alone, he would die soon, but I wanted to see Choi Hyun-seok’s end with my own eyes right now.
“You fool. If you had listened to me from the beginning and followed me, we could have made this continent a paradise together.”
The Pope raised his staff, muttering in a slightly bitter tone.
“Remember, stupidity is also a sin.”
The cane falls slowly down.
Just before it reached Choi Hyun-seok.
Whaaaa …
A black pillar fell from the sky.
“Ugh!”
For a moment, my vision was obscured by dust.
The Pope felt a tingling sensation on his skin and instinctively had no choice but to step back.
Saaaaah-
As the wind blew and the dust blew away, a striking woman in a black dress appeared.
Choi Hyun-seok was held in the woman’s arms.
“hi?”
The woman smiles and waves.
The Pope knew who she was.
“Gourmet…!”
