◈ Episode 94. Should I borrow some and use it? (3)
Blood spurted out from Hong Gui’s cleanly cut right arm, and he immediately kicked the ground without anyone saying anything.
The target is Kim Joo-hyuk, who is holding the sword.
He couldn’t really figure out how Kim Joo-hyuk attacked him.
But I knew only one thing.
Just the fact that he has to stop Kim Joo-hyuk, who is trying to strike again with a smile in front of him.
Boom!!!
As soon as dust and stone fragments fly in all directions, the distance between Hong Gui and Kim Joo-hyuk narrows in an instant.
Just one leap.
With that alone, Hong Gui, who had reached the vicinity of Kim Joo-hyuk, tried to swing his fist without hesitation, but-!
“late.”
“!”
Fuwaaaaak!
With Kim Joo-hyuk’s words, Hong Gui realized that his left arm was also cut off.
Hong Gui looks on in bewilderment as his left arm is cut off and flies behind Kim Joo-hyuk.
however.
That was just the beginning.
Hong Gui’s left leg was still flying in the air.
Hong Gui’s right leg was pointing towards the ground to take a step.
It is cut off in an instant with Kim Joo-hyuk’s short sword strike.
And at the end.
Sigh-!
“No matter how weak I become, you are no good to me.”
“You guy!!!”
Suddenly!
Without hesitation, Kim Joo-hyuk cut off the head of Hong Gui, who was flying towards him and trying to burst into flames.
That’s it.
dump-!
Hong Gui’s body, which had jumped at explosive speed, was already completely cut into pieces and rolling around when it reached Kim Joo-hyuk.
“her… … .”
Beck, who was lying down and looking at the situation, couldn’t help but laugh as he looked at Kim Joo-hyuk, who had casually killed the monster that had destroyed the Hero Academy and dozens of contractors.
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That was the night that Kim Joo-hyuk killed Hong Gui.
[Hero Academy Terror! Leaving an unprecedented scar!]
[Academy official “Hero Academy restoration cost is astronomical”]
[The one who terrorized the Hero Academy was the ‘destroying tyrant’, a constellation of Bae Seong-seong]
[Constellation Society “Confirmed that the contractee’s body has been completely constellated. We will deal with this matter seriously.”]
“after-“
Kim Joo-hyuk smiled with satisfaction as he read the articles on the news headlines and confirmed that there were no articles about him.
Barce asked, recalling how Kim Joo-hyuk had earlier told Adelia Bentrick and Black Cat to remove as many articles about him as possible.
[Isn’t it better to have your name known?]
Kim Joo-hyuk gave a simple answer to Barce’s question.
“bothered.”
[Troublesome?]
“Yeah, I already have a lot to do, but it’s annoying to get interested here and there for no reason.”
[is it?]
“okay.”
[Well, in that case.]
Barce said that, shrugged his shoulders, and then quickly changed the subject.
[Anyway, the technique I showed you earlier was quite amazing.]
“The technique you showed me earlier?”
[Yes, did you say space cham (空間斬)?]
Kim Joo-hyuk answered Barce’s question.
“Well, the luminescent technology is definitely amazing.”
This is the technique that Kim Joo-hyuk used when dealing with Hong Gui earlier.
That was the technique of Balgwangi, the ‘master behind the scenes’.
[Definitely, I think signing a provisional contract just in case was the right choice.]
“That’s right.”
Kim Joo-hyuk agreed with Barce’s words and recalled the time before, before he left Valhalla Academy.
When Valhalla Academy found out about the terrorist attack at the Hero Academy, Kim Joo-hyuk asked Balgwang, one of his students, to go over to the Hero Academy at once.
Before moving to the Hero Academy, Kim Joo-hyuk signed a provisional contract with the mastermind so that he could use the power of his students in case of any emergency.
Of course, I felt repulsed by the idea of using someone else’s power rather than my own.
Because Kim Joo-hyuk knew very well that he had not yet regained his prime strength.
Anyway, thanks to that, as soon as Kim Joo-hyuk thought that it would be a bit difficult to deal with Hong-gwi, he was able to immediately use Balgwang’s power to deal with Hong-gwi in an instant.
Thanks to this, Kim Joo-hyuk was able to successfully acquire the name ‘Hong-gwi’ without any damage.
[It’s definitely not that bad.]
“what?”
[I mean the contract.]
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“… … Well, it’s not that bad.”
Although he was reluctant to borrow the power of others, Kim Joo-hyuk also seemed to understand why modern people only want the power of the constellations rather than trying to become stronger themselves.
‘Of course, once you feel like you’re getting stronger so easily, you’ll all want to use it.’
Of course, Kim Joo-hyuk knew that the power of the constellations was attractive.
As long as you make a contract with the Constellation, you can gain infinite power without putting in any effort.
However, when I actually felt it, the idea of borrowing the power of the constellation was much more attractive than Kim Joo-hyuk thought.
‘… … Well, even so, there is a limit in the end.’
Kim Joo-hyuk recalled the feeling from earlier.
Clearly, the sense that he was able to use the ability related to ‘space’ that his student had for 300 years and that Kim Joo-hyuk himself also knew about.
‘It wasn’t bad… … .’
That’s exactly what I felt about using my student’s abilities.
‘The limits are too clear.’
Kim Joo-hyuk was able to immediately realize the problem with this contract just by using it once.
The point is that the limits are very clear.
‘Because it’s someone else’s power.’
No matter how much I contracted with a constellation and was able to control that constellation’s power, it was still someone else’s power.
In short, it is not your full strength.
Of course, it was a great advantage to be able to comfortably use the power gained without any compensation.
However, in the end, I felt that because that power was obtained easily, there was a clear limit to the level one could rise to.
Therefore, Kim Joo-hyuk had no intention of using this power often.
Because what Kim Joo-hyuk wants is not this level of power.
‘Well, I might still use it when I go to get a name from time to time.’
Kim Joo-hyuk thought like that and opened his mouth to a thought that suddenly occurred to him.
“hey.”
[Why do you do that?]
“So, you can’t sign a contract?”
[…] … You mean a contract?]
“Yes, aren’t you also using the village sword as a sacred relic? “Then you can sign a contract too, right?”
In response to Kim Joo-hyuk’s question, Barce seemed to think for a moment and then shook his head.
[I’m sorry, but I don’t have enough strength left to sign a contract. Because I originally had my name stolen.]
“It’s really useless.”
[…] … Det?]
“Well, I didn’t expect it.”
[Hmm… … .]
Barce steadied his voice as if he was slightly embarrassed by Kim Joo-hyuk’s words and quickly changed the topic.
[More than that, how do you write Honggui’s name in the end? I saw earlier that as soon as Hong Gui died, he was absorbed into the ring you were wearing.]
“Oh, that’s-”
In response to Barce’s question, Kim Joo-hyuk shrugged his shoulders and tried to open his mouth –
Ugh!
I immediately lowered my gaze to the sudden vibration sound and looked at my smartphone.
The reason it vibrated was because it was a message.
Kim Joo-hyuk used his smartphone to check the messages he received.
Yanrang: I’m going to go to the snowy hill for a while.
Yen Lang: (emoticon of a strange-looking squirrel exiting)
Kim Joo-hyuk: When I come, Melona.
In response to Yan Lang’s message, Kim Joo-hyuk left a casual message and continued talking with Barce.
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In Black Cat’s office in the center of the market.
“… … .”
Black Cat was looking at a video.
That video was recovered from Hero Academy’s destroyed CCTV footage today, at the request of Kim Joo-hyuk for media control.
Kim Joo-hyuk and Hong Gui were seen in the video.
To be more precise, we saw Kim Joo-hyuk holding a sword with the magic power of the ruler behind him unleashed, and Hong Gui leaping with his arm cut off.
At the next moment, Hong Gui’s limbs, which had jumped, were seen disintegrating into pieces and falling around Kim Joo-hyuk.
and.
“her… … .”
Looking at the screen that eventually turned off, Black Cat felt goosebumps growing on her arms.
Of course, CCTV could not capture the situation.
All the CCTV captured was Kim Joo-hyuk holding a sword, just as Black Cat had seen in person.
The next thing that was seen was that Hong Gui had jumped towards Kim Joo-hyuk with only his right arm cut off, and the moment he reached him, he was dismembered and became a disgorged corpse.
But with that alone, Black Cat knew what Kim Joo-hyuk had done.
‘Space Cham(空間斬)’
Black Cat was able to immediately notice that Kim Joo-hyuk used the space charm.
And the moment Black Cat noticed it, she had no choice but to watch the video.
No. 1 to No. 2.
Beyond 10 times, 20 times.
Beyond 50 times and up to 100 times.
Black Cat, who was continuously watching the CCTV footage that was only 3 to 4 seconds long and wasn’t of very good quality, muttered absentmindedly.
“this… … “Is it really a space charm?”
Black Cat was able to use Space Charm.
Because he was the owner of the market and a contractor for the mastermind behind it.
And that’s why Black Cat couldn’t help but get goosebumps watching Kim Joo-hyuk’s spatial charm.
At least the space charm he knew about was not an attack with high destructive power and accuracy like the space charm used by Kim Joo-hyuk.
A spatial slash is basically a slash made by utilizing the ability of the ruler behind it.
In short, using a spatial slash required precise use of the ability to accurately aim the slash at the opponent, as well as incredibly fast kick and sword speed.
But what about Kim Joo-hyuk?
‘By continuously using the Space Charm, which is difficult to use properly even once, he was able to disintegrate a constellation in the air that was moving at a speed that was not even caught on CCTV… … ?’
As Black Cat, who knew the concentration required to use the Space Charm properly and the destructive power of the basic Space Charm, that fact alone could not help but give him goosebumps.
And what’s even more creepy is.
‘This is my first time using the Constellation’s abilities… … !’
The fact is that this was Kim Joo-hyuk’s first time using his ability to ‘space’.
To use an ability that has never been used before, so accurately and so perfectly that no one else can?
“under… … haha… … .”
To be honest, Black Cat actually cared for Kim Joo-hyuk as part of her constellation, but she didn’t really treat him wholeheartedly.
Just formally.
Until now, Black Cat’s attitude towards Kim Joo-hyuk has been that he is not arrogant, but does not treat him with respect.
Yeah, so far.
But from now on.
“… … .”
As Black Cat looked at the black screen where the video ended, he felt that his attitude toward Kim Joo-hyuk would change.
