00089 <-- Episode 89 Karen Inasius (6) -->
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Zenon shouted urgently as he rushed forward.
“Save time, Alita!”
At the same time, he lifted his King’s flag and swung his greatsword down. Karen took a step back to avoid the attack. Alita took advantage of the gap and ran to the fallen Sung Sihan.
“Time limit! Time limit!”
Alita placed her right hand on Shihan’s bloody chest and breathed in his spirit.
Unlike Sungshihan, she is a Terranor. She is used to treating diseases with speculation. Although it is impossible to cure them fundamentally like the Sun, Moon, and Stars, she can at least reduce pain and slow the progression of the disease.
A little color returned to Seong Si-han’s pale face.
“Koo, kuluck!”
Shihan coughed up blood. But that was all. He was still unable to move.
Alita was anxious. She had to get out of here quickly.
“Please come to your senses!”
Meanwhile, Zenon continued to fight Karen, constantly swinging his greatsword and suppressing her movements.
Karen muttered in disbelief as she twisted her body here and there to avoid the attacks.
“… … What is this guy’s swordsmanship like?”
It is clear that his appearance and demeanor are reminiscent of an angry boar, but his swordsmanship is delicate and elegant, like that of a woman. He uses a sword as small as a beam like a rapier.
It doesn’t make sense, but his ignorant physical ability and delicate speculative management make it possible.
Zenon let out a loud roar and thrust his sword out repeatedly.
“Eww!”
Just listening to the shout, it seems like he’s delivering a powerful, full-body attack, but what he’s actually doing is a sharp, triple-thrust attack.
If he had tried to paint, he would have been fooled, but Zenon himself is extremely serious. Thanks to this, even the experienced Karen was momentarily confused and missed the timing to dodge.
Clicking her tongue inwardly, she wrapped her arms in black chains and deflected the stabs.
‘Where did you get such a curious thing, Shihan?’
Even during the revolutionary wars when all sorts of powerful men were in power, there was no such bizarre style.
Zenon roared as he launched another attack.
“Get Shihan out of here, Alita!”
Karen continued to block Zeno’s sword with the moonlight chain wrapped around her arm. A tense battle of wits continued.
Considering the difference in skill between her and Zenon, it was an absurd sight. If Karen had made even one serious move, she could have easily broken Zenon’s neck.
But Karen was not showing any particularly outstanding movements compared to Zenon. The Holy Spirit’s Honcheongi was still suppressing her divine power.
Karen’s ability is also quite low, although she is not as good as Shihan. She is also exhausted. As for the current Karen, she can somehow match up to Zenon’s level.
But that didn’t mean Karen was at a disadvantage.
If she’s weakened, then all you have to do is weaken the opponent as well.
“Aren’t you forgetting something, big kid?”
Karen smiled broadly and waved her hand. A silver current spread out and covered Zenon.
“omg!”
Surprised, Zenon quickly jumped back, but the air current was faster. In an instant, fog covered the area and Zenon vomited blood.
“Koo, kuluck!”
His whole body became a ball of fire and pain engulfed him. Groaning, Zeno used his fighting spirit to resist the disease. Since he was used to illness, he did not collapse like a time limit without being able to do anything.
However, his physical abilities had already declined to a great extent. His skills, which had been at the level of a knight and rivaling that of a master, had become lower than that of a fighter.
Karen simply crawled into Zenon’s arms, placed her palm on his chest, and let out a small moan.
“Ugh!”
Although it looked light, its power was by no means light. With a loud noise, Zeno’s large body flew into the air.
And then he fell to the ground and fainted. Seeing this, Alita screamed and pulled out her sword.
“Xenon!”
Alita rushed to Karen with the time limit behind her. But before she could take even a few steps, her knees buckled. The blessing of illness had taken over her too.
Karen struck down the helpless Alita.
“Whoa!”
The blonde girl rolled around on the floor, bleeding. Karen scoffed coldly.
“Just lie down, kids. I have no intention of harming you either.”
***
An intangible energy lingered around Alita’s fallen body. Like Zenon, she was controlling her illness with fighting spirit.
She staggered back to her feet. Karen frowned.
“Are you going to keep on attacking me?”
Alita took her position with heavy breathing. Karen glanced at the unconscious Zenon and continued speaking.
“That young man didn’t faint because he was inferior to you, my child.”
Zenon was a very sturdy young man, with a large, muscular body. He could easily be beaten to death.
On the other hand, Alita was a girl with a slim figure. Although she was well-trained as a warrior, she was still lacking compared to Zenon.
Karen couldn’t give it her all because she felt like she would end up in trouble if she tried too hard.
“But I can’t just collapse like this, right?”
Alita, still struggling, responded with a haughty retort. Then she drew her sword and attacked again.
“Taaaat!”
Of course, the result was the same.
“How foolish.”
Karen clicked her tongue and kicked Alita. Her body and fighting spirit were hit at the same time, and the disease that had barely been stopped was rampant again.
“Ugh!”
Coughing up blood, Alita once again suppresses her illness with her fighting spirit. As her condition improves, she draws her fighting sword again.
Karen shook her head.
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“I really don’t know how to give up.”
Alita flew again, resolutely. And a similar situation repeated itself again.
Gets hit, gets blown away, gets sick, and somehow manages to overcome his illness through speculation and staggers back to his feet.
“… … I have no intention of giving up… …!”
Alita attempted to attack, her spirit exploding.
“It’s your freedom to think, but… … .”
Karen also fought back, laughing.
“But that doesn’t mean reality will change, right?”
As expected, he simply deflects Alita’s sword and extends his fist.
“It’s starting to get annoying.”
Karen slightly increased the power of her regime. A heavy body blow struck Alita’s abdomen.
“Ouch!”
This time, it was so painful that I forgot the pain of the illness. Alita collapsed and started convulsing. Karen glared at her and spoke in an eerie voice.
“If you wake up one more time, I’ll break your neck.”
Alita ignored him. She slowly sat up again.
“… … Were my words that funny?”
A look of anger appeared in Karen’s calm eyes.
“Nothing will change even if you struggle!”
“Is that really so?”
Alita weakly asked back. Karen was taken aback. The other person’s eyes seemed too clear.
I could tell because she was an experienced Karen.
That is neither resignation nor stubborn determination.
It’s a look in your eyes that has some kind of belief in it.
“I don’t understand. What will change if I struggle? Will I suddenly gain strength that I didn’t have before?”
Alita had a faint smile on her lips.
“How could that be? No matter how hard I try, there’s no way I could beat you.”
He asks softly, struggling with the pain.
“Seongshihan is an Earthling, right? They say that because he’s an Earthling, he can feel speculation and magic as if he’s seeing it with his own eyes… … .”
“That’s true.”
Karen replied absentmindedly. It was a fact she knew well.
“So, you were able to easily imitate the speculative operations of other sword-hirers?”
“so?”
“then…….”
Alita raised the stakes again.
He is already exhausted to the point where his speculative energy is extremely weak. He uses that weak speculative energy to treat diseases throughout his body.
Her face was flushed with fever, but she smiled with satisfaction.
“… … If I’ve shown you this much, wouldn’t you have learned enough about speculative operations to fight diseases?”
“huh?”
Karen blinked with a blank expression. Then she looked back in surprise as if she had been splashed with cold water.
“W-Wow, really?!”
A man’s soft voice echoed across the ruined vacant lot.
“… … So that’s what it was?”
Seong Si-han was getting up again. Darkness was flowing out of his body again.
Although the blood was still flowing and the flow of speculation was still shaky, it was a completely different sight from a moment ago when it was motionless.
Shihan looked at Alita, sweeping his hair up. Then he answered with a smile of conversion.
“Thank you, Alita. Thanks to you, I got the hang of it.”
***
Dark clouds spread out in all directions. A pitch-black current began to swirl and cover the destroyed land, expanding its territory.
Seong Si-han’s Honcheongi is regaining its original power.
“… … In that situation, you’re quite capable of thinking like that?”
Karen moved her body, her mind cold and sharp. She walked up to Alita in one stride and lightly struck her on the back of her hand.
Alita, who was already exhausted, had no power left to dodge. She allowed herself to be struck and fell down.
“Ouch!”
Alita rolled around on the floor, shivering.
This time, I couldn’t get up again. It wasn’t the illness, it was Karen’s blow that was too strong. It seemed like she had deliberately struck me.
After dealing with Alita like that, Karen drew up all the divine power in her body. The thick murderous intent and silvery holy light began to mix and vibrate.
“Cron Lizate! Bow down to your servant!”
Seong Si-han was also scraping all remaining speculation to the bottom.
Whew Whew Whew!
A black aura rose up like a dark cloud and collided with Karen’s holy light. All of her body’s fighting spirit was transformed into a celestial energy.
‘Karen’s limbs will regenerate anyway even if they are cut off. There’s no point in harming her body.’
You have to strike the divine power itself. That’s the only way to defeat her.
Taking a step forward, Shihan reached out his hand to the ground.
The broken claymore that had been far away floated into the air on its own and returned to his hand. For a sword master who had reached the realm, moving an unreachable object with just a swing was not a difficult task.
Seong Si-han held the greatsword in both hands and gave off a sharp gaze.
‘It’s difficult if you waste time.’
Although I learned how to resist illness thanks to Alita, the way I treat illness with speculation is not a fundamental cure. It only alleviates the symptoms, and all kinds of illnesses still lurk inside my body.
This situation couldn’t last long. I had to make a bet while I still had some energy left.
‘I’ll finish it in one blow!’
The Honcheongi rose high into the sky on the broken Claymore blade. After sharpening a single giant dark sword, Shihan struck it down.
“Honcheongi, Hwanya!”
Darkness fell over Karen’s head. She gritted her teeth and shouted.
“You’re persistent, Shihan! No matter how much you do, the result won’t change!”
Dozens of silver chains poured out from behind Karen’s back as if in an explosion.
He extends his right hand forward, controlling the chain with a hand gesture. The chains weave together like cloth, forming a large shield.
“Chain of the Full Moon!”
The pitch-black blade and the full moon shield collided. A terrible explosion tore through the ears. The black air currents dug into the shield and shook it madly.
Kwakwakwakwakwakwang!
The blade of darkness cuts through more than half of the shield, but it can no longer penetrate further. It continues to pour out the darkness of the Honcheongi, but Karen’s holy light shines even brighter each time.
A cold sweat ran down Shihan’s forehead.
‘Hehe, I don’t have enough strength!’
All the remaining speculation was poured into the Honcheongi. Even the speculation that suppressed the disease was all poured out!
Thanks to that, the disease that was barely controlled raises its head again. Once again, my vision becomes blurry and chills and high fever take over my body.
Little by little, Karen’s holy light began to burn away the darkness. It seemed that her remaining energy was higher than that of the holy one.
“Is this all, Shihan?”
Karen swore at the staggering Seongsihan.
“Huh? Is this all you can say about revenge?!”
It was then that she suddenly looked around.
‘what?’
I could sense a terrifying magical power from the blonde girl I had just defeated.
“Burning radiance… … .”
Lying face down on the floor with only her hands outstretched, Alita continued to chant her spell, panting heavily. At the same time, her outstretched right hand began to glow brightly.
Karen’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Magic? That kid?”
Alita barely managed to complete the spell. A dazzling light poured out from her fingertips.
“Arcane Blast!”
The light of destruction split the air. Karen frantically stretched out her left hand.
“Chain of the Full Moon!”
Another silver shield formed to block the arcane blast. The flash spell collided with the shield, making a loud noise.
Kwakwakwakwakwang!
The shield shattered, sending countless chain fragments flying into the air, which soon melted away like dew. Karen’s divine power visibly diminished, and the silver light dimmed.
‘This is an opportunity!’
Seongshihan stabbed the pitch-black sword with all his might. The darkness pierced through the light and hit Karen.
“… … !”
There was no scream.
A huge curtain of darkness blew away the silver light all at once. Karen’s body disappeared under the pitch-black tidal wave.
The outcome was decided.
He no longer had the strength to stand. He sat down and sighed.
“Haa, I barely won… … .”
***
Exhausted, Alita continued to watch the scene before her. Her face hardened.
‘……what?’
Something was strange.
Karen’s expression just before she was engulfed in the time limit.
It was not the face of fear or despair that one would have when faced with defeat.
Just quietly closing my eyes… … .
‘… … Did you laugh?’
Just before being engulfed in the darkness of the celestial globe, a faint smile appeared on Karen’s lips.
