episode_0073

The main story ‘The Broken Crown’ involving Zion may be complicated if you look at it in detail, but it is not difficult if you look at it as a whole.

People who do not have the ability to directly harm Seolho Daeje.

They are only after his bloodline, which has not yet matured and has sinister intentions.

The role and purpose of the protagonist in Abyss City are also simple.

It’s like playing a defense game to keep those things from approaching or being detected by Noah Frozenheart.

If he fails, the ending is not that something big happens to Noah, but that all the elves who escaped from Tigrova due to the backlash dry up.

‘I’ll finish it all today.’

Knowing that, Rohan strengthened his resolve.

From now on, failure will not be tolerated.

“I’ll go first.”

The moment Rohan, holding a longsword, jumps down at just the right time.

Clara, who was sitting on the tunnel, moved her fingers.

The feeling of moving and matching as Rohan ordered. The girl’s mind was filled with satisfaction and an unknown heat.

“Arachne.”

Just before Rohan’s landing point, the thread that had been loosely laid out on the road was suddenly pulled taut.

A single black thread lay horizontally in front of the tunnel, barely visible.

The oncoming car looks like a fly jumping into a spider’s web.

Clara’s thread, sharpened like a famous sword through the investment of undivided magic power, showed a fierce cutting power.

Peeping──! Tidding──!

The lead vehicle passed through the line Clara had laid.

Rohan, holding a sword, landed on the body that was split so precisely that it was unrealistic.

Kwung! A magically charged drop.

Clara’s trap takes effect as the windshield flies out on impact.

A vehicle that is starting to show loosely cut tires.

Rohan stabbed his longsword into the driver’s seat without hesitation.

He swings it around and shakes it all the way to the passenger seat.

‘Dead.’

The things that the thorns pricked were those that had already lost their lives as they passed through Clara’s thread.

There is a sense of pain as flesh and bone are cut apart, but there is no screaming or reaction.

The severed part cracked and twisted, and the wheel lost its way and headed towards the wall.

Rohan kicked the car and landed inside the tunnel.

Squeak──! KWAANG!!!

The inside of the tunnel became a scene of chaos in an instant.

The vehicles following behind also rolled their wheels in a jumble as they passed Clara’s trap.

Kkudangtang──!!

Avoiding the rolling vehicle. Rohan’s vision quickly read the situation.

The tunnel was blocked like a painting by a vehicle collision.

‘I wonder how many survived.’

How quickly did you detect the change in pace and aggressive horsepower of the cars ahead, and how did you deal with the pitfalls that you had to face even if you slowed down?

That was the point.

‘The only ones that were eaten properly were the second line.’

Looking at the fragments that were cut off, it looked like the vehicle had been forced open with a fist or kick.

I think that Rohan also thinks that getting out like that is an effective way to deal with it.

With just one gesture from Clara, the car itself was completely ruined.

There are cars with empty interiors, without any dismembered bodies. Unfortunately, they couldn’t kill everyone.

─ Ugh, what the heck… Where’s the boss?

─ Hey you crazy bitch! Where do you belong! Cough···!

There was a commotion outside the tunnel, but Clara would take care of it.

Rohan doesn’t need to go out now.

‘Okay. I won after all.’

The guy who escaped cleanly through the collapsed ceiling without rolling out is inside the tunnel.

The bastard got inside and got away with ease just before he crashed.

“Hey, pup. I’ll put some soybean paste on you.”

Rohan held a longsword and his voice and footsteps echoed through the tunnel.

I have no intention of making you fall back.

“After all··· I somehow thought today’s fortune result was beggarly.”

Akin Doberman, the leader of the Doberman group.

He stared at Rohan, then spit out the cigarette from his mouth. He looked calm even though he had almost died in the attack.

Crunch!

Doberman was holding a crossbow, commonly called a crossbow, in one hand.

It has been modernized to a sleek frame and even has a scope attached.

It seems to be a gun, except that the bullets are arrows.

That’s why Rohan was on guard.

A world where even dogs and cows can easily obtain guns.

In such an era, if you encounter an opponent using a bow or crossbow as a weapon, it is not something to be taken lightly.

Because I have the confidence that shooting arrows is more powerful and effective than guns.

‘Concentration. You must distribute your magical power well.’

I was preparing myself, remembering that there were big guys walking around beside me, the bulldog brothers.

It looks like they escaped from the tunnel and fell towards Clara.

Without the meat shields filling your field of vision, you can breathe easier from the start.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Rohan, seizing the opportunity, closed the distance without saying a word.

Doberman raised his crossbow and aimed it at Rohan.

“I have so much resentment that I don’t even know who sent it.”

Doberman puts magic into his arrows.

I shot without hesitation.

Rohan had been concentrating since the magic began to surge above the arrow.

He quickly raised his longsword in the moment his fingers twitched.

Oh my!

A sword that blocks projectiles containing magical power.

It sounds like it was hit with a hammer.

‘It’s heavy.’

The palm holding the sword began to ache.

widely!

From walking to running.

Rohan closed the distance in a straight line, kicking the hard ground.

“It’s a useful courage.”

Doberman raised his crossbow as he watched his opponent charge straight ahead without jumping left or right.

Crunch!

A battle of timing that happened in a split second.

Rohan and Doberman’s eyes met, the crossbow between their foreheads.

He fired an arrow without avoiding eye contact.

Rohan kicked Doberman’s hand and lifted it into the sky.

He swung a sword dyed red with skill.

Phew──!

The blade cut through the air.

Rohan kicked the side mirror that was rolling on the ground while chasing the falling Doberman.

“You said you’d spread soybean paste on it?”

Doverman, who dodged by quickly moving his head, burst out laughing.

“It’s not a day to go into the pot. I’m craving human flesh for the first time in a long time. Offer up your neck. I’ll chew up even the bones. ”

Doberman jumped back and pulled a short arrow from his bosom.

Load it. Charge it. Aim it.

Doberman, who carried out all actions smoothly, continued to engage in a rough fight with Rohan.

Phew!

An arrow that passed by my shoulder.

Seeing!

A hot blade that cuts through a sheet of paper.

The hem of the coat was burned black just by brushing against it.

There was a lot of back and forth body-sparring and shoulder-to-shoulder fighting to get the weapons under control.

The Doberman is no stranger to close combat either.

Fisting and dogfighting were the weapons that kept him alive before he learned to handle the crossbow.

This means that even though he may not have the upper hand against Rohan, who wields a longsword as his main weapon, he will not be helpless.

““···.””

No one’s breathing has been disturbed yet.

It felt like a different world from the outside of the tunnel where the screams were echoing.

Both came to mind at the same time.

‘It’s a much more annoying style than I expected.’

Correct the weapon.

Tsutsuji!

Rohan took a low stance as if trying to catch a wild animal on alert.

It’s like a story of a dog breeder and a wild dog.

‘That guy is too weak to open up a distance in an instant.’

Doberman is faster than Rohan.

But not as nimble as Zion or Clara.

A special talent that stands out especially in such a topic.

His footwork, honed through experience, stands out.

‘Even so.’

There is no impatience in Rohan.

I’m the only one who’s feeling anxious about the situation.

Even though he’s holding a slingshot and has a calm face.

‘If you play defensively, you’ll end up having to take it out.’

If you be patient, your time will come.

Rohan knows.

*****

Akin Dauberman analyzed the sounds his exceptional hearing picked up while concentrating on the opponent in front of him.

Outside the tunnel, his men are dying at a rapid rate.

‘Is the woman above the tunnel in charge of the outside?’

Judging by the general momentum, you might think that your opponent, the leader, is that woman.

Yet somehow, Doberman felt that the current structure was valid.

As I learned while wandering the back alleys of Yamal, having superior magical power and physical ability does not guarantee victory.

The odds of winning just increase. There is no such thing as absolute when it comes to diagonals.

‘The one who’s really annoying if you keep them alive… is that one.’

Doberman had a hunch.

If you want to survive here, the first thing you have to kill is that man.

‘The remaining magical power is···.’

It is possible to use skills.

However, if you continue shooting arrows like this, even that may become impossible.

‘Write.’

If I don’t kill him after using this, I’m in big trouble, but since that didn’t happen, I’m here.

“···.”

Knock. Knock. Knock.

Dover’s footsteps have changed.

The noise of several people continuing to walk with a slight delay, even though they had already started walking once.

Rohan felt it too.

“!”

Then, the number of Dobermans increases.

It moves and leaves a dark afterimage.

They surround Rohan, trying to figure out the situation.

Everyone makes the same movements.

Although Doberman’s hallucinations are of a relatively low level, the hallucination system is a very valuable skill.

If you see it for the first time, it is difficult to respond easily.

It gives you the feeling of anxiety that if you react quickly, you might fall deeper.

“I’ll kill you cleanly.”

“I’ll kill you cleanly.”

“I’ll kill you cleanly.”

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A multitude of voices echoed through the tunnel.

Doberman didn’t have the luxury of maintaining his skills for long. He pretended to be calm and picked up the crossbow.

‘come.’

Seizing the opportunity he had been waiting for, Rohan gripped the handle of the longsword tightly as if he was going to break it.

The hallucinations were really strange. I felt a strange sensation in my limbs.

Even though I know this guy’s skills, the vivid and vivid sights, smells, and hearing make me have slight doubts.

As the protagonist had said, the less confident one was in oneself, the harder it seemed to break away.

But Rohan has no qualms.

There’s a reason I’ve been waiting so long for this.

Rohan has a more certain way of dealing with things than what he was taught at the Academy.

‘When I go back, I should buy Ichinose a snack.’

A breakthrough that was accidentally created by Ichinose Yui while demonstrating swordsmanship.

The status window has unexpected uses.

Rohan regained consciousness, recalling that moment.

‘Status window.’

A translucent window appeared before my eyes.

Rohan’s gaze ignored everything and turned to ‘Status’.

『Name: Rohan

Stamina: 88%

Horsepower: 71%

Affiliation Country: Southern Ruins

Affiliation: Orion Academy

Possessed Attributes: [Physical] [Fire]

Status: Confusion (hallucinations)

Remaining points: 3,772P』

It says in the status that I am hallucinating.

It gives confidence.

That alone is enough to shatter this level of illusion.

[I discovered the emptiness of hallucination.]

[I am completely aware of the hallucination.]

[Comes out of the hallucination.]

“I’ll kill you cleanly.”

A clear voice came from the right.

There is no longer any illusion in front of my eyes. The discomfort that had been weighing on my limbs has disappeared.

This taste is free from the subtle sentiment of the lowest grade of hardening water.

It’s cooler than expected.

Rohan took a step forward, channeling his magical power in an instant.

He swung his sword like lightning.

[One Sword – Flame Cut]