Episode 30
Choi Hyun-seok was lying dead, pinned to the wall of the stadium.
The moment I was hit by Kurken’s charge, all my bones were crushed and it was difficult to even breathe.
“Coolook…!”
Blood poured out of his mouth along with a cough.
I am gradually losing consciousness.
“Waaaaaaaaaah…!”
The roar of Kurken was heard.
As I raised my head with difficulty, I could faintly see Kurken shouting “Hurrah!”
“Keuheu, huh…”
Suddenly, laughter broke out.
His own situation was ridiculous.
‘It wasn’t even a finishing move, it was just a body slam. How pathetic.’
Why, of all the techniques, does it have to be a body slam?
It feels like a minor character in a Japanese cartoon with a million-volt electric mouse.
“ha…”
Choi Hyun-seok let out a deep sigh.
‘Okay. You guys eat it all up. I’m tired now.’
I didn’t want to stand up and fight anymore.
I wonder what the point of fighting more would be.
Wasn’t the outcome of this duel already decided from the beginning?
Hemis created a board that he could never win.
It means that no matter what you do, it’s all meaningless.
‘I should get some rest too.’
Choi Hyun-seok decided to give up.
I did everything I could.
That’s enough.
I have no regrets.
‘Oh, just a moment.’
Looking back, there was one thing I regret.
The point is that I couldn’t ask Saint Abelson out on a date.
“I was going to ask you out on a date if I won today…”
The date is over, so maybe we can go sightseeing at Samdocheon?
“I should have just suggested we go for a walk yesterday.”
If I had known I was going to die like this today, I would have asked you out yesterday.
“I really wanted to go for a walk…”
Was it because I wanted it so desperately?
Among the demons, the face of Abelson, resembling an angel, loomed.
It must be an illusion, since Abelson can’t be here.
‘It’s still pretty even when I look at it again…’
Those mysterious silver eyes make you feel like you’re being sucked in just by looking at them.
‘If there is heaven, let’s meet again there.’
Choi Hyun-seok closed his eyes.
Whether it was a hallucination or not, I thought that if I saw Abelson’s face one last time, that would be enough.
At that moment.
‘Get up.’
A calm voice spoke in my head.
For a moment, my blurry vision brightens.
“Huh…? Really?”
Abelson’s face flickering was not an illusion.
From one corner of the stadium, Abelson was looking at himself.
‘Mr. Choi Hyun-seok. If you win, I’ll take you for a walk.’
If you look again, it’s Abelson.
It was like she was speaking to me with magic.
“That promise… must be kept.”
A deep smile appeared on Choi Hyun-seok’s lips.
I changed my mind.
He never gives up.
It doesn’t matter if it looks ugly.
It will continue to rage.
There are only two possible outcomes at the end of this fight.
Death. Or a date.
Choi Hyun-seok decided to choose dating over death.
But regardless of that determination, Choi Hyun-seok’s situation was the worst.
‘My body won’t move.’
My body won’t listen to me.
It was a natural thing.
Just because my fighting spirit was restored, it didn’t mean my body, which was completely battered, had recovered.
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The bones all over his body were shattered, and his destroyed muscles refused to move.
So what should we do then?
Am I supposed to die like this without even being able to date?
‘That can never happen!’
Choi Hyun-seok’s head started to roll quickly.
‘Magic power replaces muscle.’
Using magic powers, it will replace broken bones and muscles.
I don’t know if that’s possible.
But, we have to make it possible.
If you can’t move, you can’t date.
‘Please move…!’
Choi Hyun-seok squeezed out his remaining magical power and sent it through his entire body.
At that moment.
[Magic Power Management Skill level increases from F → E]
A system alarm was heard.
A body that seemed like it would never move is moving little by little.
But this is not enough.
You can’t defeat the monster before your eyes with just a little wiggle of your fingers.
Stronger force.
I need a faster body.
“I… have to go on a date!!!”
Choi Hyun-seok shouted as if he was going crazy.
An embarrassing cry resonated throughout the parade grounds.
At the same time.
A system alarm was heard.
[Magic Power Management Skill level increases from E to D]
In a very short period of time, the level of ability increased by two levels.
It’s not even something I’ve been used to, it’s an ability I’ve just learned.
This is something that would normally be absolutely impossible.
But Choi Hyun-seok did it.
SSS-class potential.
And that crazy desire for love created a miracle.
“Ugh… gasp!”
Choi Hyun-seok got up from his seat, shaking.
“Gulp… gurgle…!”
Kurken smiled as he saw Choi Hyun-seok wake up.
Blackened pupils.
Black fog that is exhaled with every breath.
Dark red veins that seem to pierce through the muscles.
It’s a sight so scary that just looking at it will make you wet your pants.
But why is that?
Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes, looking at Kurken, were infinitely calm.
His mind was filled only with victory and dates.
Choi Hyun-seok raised his hand.
“Come at me, muscle pig.”
Snap your fingers gently.
“Kuuuuuuuu!”
Kurken quickly became excited and snorted.
This kind of provocation seemed to be universal.
Kurken running like an angry bull.
It’s more threatening and faster than it looks.
‘Move. Dodge!’
Choi Hyun-seok’s body moved slowly.
There was no miracle where you suddenly became stronger by replacing your body with magic power.
It’s a given.
Because what used to be done by muscle and horsepower together was now done by horsepower alone.
It is bound to be slower and weaker than before.
However, Choi Hyun-seok did not give up.
‘We must win!’
Choi Hyun-seok opened his eyes wide and looked at Kurken.
Acceleration of thoughts and tremendous concentration are exerted.
Angry eyes.
The muscles of the running legs.
Upper body movement while swinging a club.
Every single movement of Kurken is so clear that it feels like you can touch it.
Boohoo!
I narrowly avoided the iron club.
Choi Hyun-seok hit Kurken’s chin with his fist.
Kurken staggered back from the shock.
It was a different appearance from before, when he was unharmed even after being attacked by Choi Hyun-seok.
“Kuwoah!?”
Slower and weaker attacks have a stronger impact.
The guy also seemed bewildered by the incomprehensible situation.
“How does it taste?”
Choi Hyun-seok smiled faintly.
The attack he just made was simple.
Just the moment the fist touches Kurken, magical power seeps through it.
And with the magical power that has penetrated, Kurken’s body is shaken from the inside.
It’s easier said than done, but to do something like that in such a short period of time, you had to have excellent control.
Level 2: Magic power management technique.
And dating… no, it was the obsession with winning that made it possible.
“Are you going to keep standing? I’m busy, so hurry up and pounce.”
Choi Hyun-seok snapped his fingers.
Kurken lost his mind after being provoked again.
His mind was already breaking down.
Fear was quickly replaced by anger.
“Kwaaaaah!”
Kurken came swinging his club, drooling.
Choi Hyun-seok looked at the guy calmly.
‘It doesn’t matter if the power is lacking.’
If my strength is lacking, I can just use the strength of my opponent.
Because the angry boar in front of me was completely defeated by its strength alone.
Boooow!
The club passes just before my eyes.
This was already expected.
Choi Hyun-seok dug in without hesitation and stepped forward.
The unstable balance of the guy who was running and swinging his club is lost.
“Cur!?”
Kurken couldn’t control his power.
The body rises and flies forward.
If this continues, the guy will be slammed into the stadium wall.
It’s quite shocking, but not enough to wrap things up.
‘We need a stronger impact.’
Choi Hyun-seok grabbed the bastard’s arm.
It’s not about resisting the flow.
It just changes direction a little bit, changes the flow.
Add your own strength to it.
As a result, what he did was similar to carrying a load.
The only difference is that the opponent’s head is slammed vertically into the floor.
Kwajik-!
An eerie sound of flesh colliding with the ground is heard.
Kurken’s head slammed into the floor.
“Geow…”
Kurken trembles.
Soon his body melted and oxidized into black blood.
The erosion of magic reaches its limit and the body collapses.
Only then did Choi Hyun-seok let out the breath he had been holding.
He fell to the floor as if he was collapsing.
“I won…”
Although he was lying on the dirt floor with all his body wounded, Choi Hyun-seok’s face was full of smiles.
He muttered, thinking of Abelson watching him from somewhere in the stadium.
“The walking course… will take 2 days and 1 night.”
In his head, rabbit-like children were already growing.
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The duel is over.
An eerie silence descended on the parade ground.
Both Kurken and Choi Hyun-seok fell.
But it’s clear who won.
Swish…
Kurken’s body melted away, creating a puddle of black blood.
The winner is Choi Hyun-seok.
It was a twist that no one expected.
Even the high-ranking demons in charge of society could only watch the parade ground with their mouths open.
“You win, Raidrun.”
Hemis, who had been watching, said.
There was no pitch in her voice.
Raidrun also spoke blandly.
“I think so.”
“congratulations.”
They spoke casually, but in fact, they both knew.
Choi Hyun-seok is strange.
Because what was happening before their eyes didn’t seem real, their voices were rather calm.
“Raidrun. Let me just say one thing.”
Hemis put his lips to Raidran’s ear.
“Be careful.”
“…”
“As you can see, it’s a monster.”
The word monster came out of her mouth, even though she was the commander of the corps.
Even in her eyes, where no one but the Demon King could surpass him, Choi Hyun-seok was a monster.
No one knows what kind of threat he will pose in the future.
“But, a promise is a promise.”
Hemis shrugged.
Anyway, Choi Hyun-seok won the duel.
So he will remain under the protection of Hemis and Raidrun from now on.
“I look forward to the future. Do your best.”
At Hemis’s words, Raidran silently bowed his head.
“I’ll go first. Please clean up after me.”
Hemis headed straight to his office.
On the way back.
She just thought about the duel.
‘Choi Hyun-seok… He was a great guy, beyond my expectations.’
Although I spoke as if nothing had happened in front of Raidrun, to be honest, I had quite complicated feelings.
‘What should I do with you?’
Now Hemis can kill Choi Hyun-seok without lifting a finger.
No matter how great Choi Hyun-seok showed, to her it was just a child’s talent.
Because it was a level.
The simple act of shooting out magic.
Choi Hyun-seok would not be able to bear it and would die.
But what about a year from now?
In 5, 10, 20 years?
Would it be possible to kill Choi Hyun-seok so nonchalantly then as I do now?
When that moment comes, will Choi Hyun-seok obediently follow his words?
Hemis recalls.
The Demon King in the highest position.
Below him are five legion commanders, including himself.
Coincidentally, one of the legion commanders is a former warrior.
‘Maybe you too…?’
Hemis’ mouth opened wide without him realizing it as he was thinking.
‘It’ll be more fun from now on.’
Hemis, an ancient monster that has lived for a very long time.
Now she didn’t care what happened to her life.
‘Choi Hyun-seok… How far will you go?’
Just fun.
That was the only pleasure.
