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44. The guy who never became an adult. (2)

Choi Si-woo, who was in front of me, started laughing loudly as he thought he had misheard me when I lowered my voice and glared at him.

” Phew… Hahahaha. What did you just say? You son of a bitch… But, it looks like you still don’t understand the situation.

I already broke the brooch you had as insurance, and I crushed your sister’s heart. And now, the sword is right next to your sister’s neck. ”

She slowly brought a sword made of black crystal to my sister’s neck and looked at me with a twisted expression.

Let’s try to move without hesitation even when the guy is making threatening moves towards us.

” Hey! Wait a minute! Can’t you see this? ”

As the guy snapped his fingers, a portal of black flames appeared.

” I don’t know what the hell he believes in, but more than that. If he moves, I can send this guy to Namsan Tower through the portal.

Then what will happen? Hehehe… I’m sure I’ll become food for the devil? No, if I do it well, I’ll be able to vent their desires… ”

I couldn’t listen to any more, so I just fired [Sword of Flame. Flamberg.] at him.

Sticky blood begins to flow from Choi Si-woo’s cheek due to the sharply shot Ardvar.

No, it’s too sticky and black to be blood… A liquid flows.

Feeling the pain in his cheek, he caressed it, then began to scream with an increasingly distorted expression on his face.

” This, this idiot…! How dare you insult me like this…?! Okay, let me see your sister’s end clearly! ”

The moment I swing my sword sharply and try to cut off my sister’s neck.

” What, what is it… The sword… no, the body… isn’t moving…? ”

There was clear ice around the guy’s body.

As if space itself was frozen.

” Now! ”

When Yeonseo shouted, Jisung, who was close to her sister, ran towards her and used his power to pull her into his arms.

Choi Si-woo saw that sight and immediately put down his sword and started shooting black crystals at Ji-sung oppa who was holding his sister in his arms, while also shooting them at us.

I summoned [Twin Swords. Hauteclair] and quickly approached Ji-sung oppa who was holding his sister in his arms and struck down the flying crystals. Following me, Hyun-seok oppa used the wind to change the trajectory of the flying crystals and made them miss.

Yeonseo created a wall of ice and led her sister and brother Jisung into it, moving her sister to a safe place.

‘Okay… Just like this… To the guy…! ‘

The guy, surprised by our actions, approached us quickly enough that we didn’t notice and swung our swords to cut off his neck.

However, with a shout of ‘Chaeng! ‘, a being with arms and legs made of black crystal appeared behind Choi Si-woo, making a ‘clank’ sound and blocking my sword.

*****

” Tsk…! What’s that guy… ”

” Hey, this is something I can’t let my guard down, right? That’s why I prepared a last resort. ”

Choi Si-woo looked at me with a sneer, as if he had expected it. I looked at the large being behind him.

Wearing a black robe with a tower design on it, and arms and legs made of black crystal. Looking at that appearance, I think of my brother’s story.

” Aha! That’s it. Your original body? Right? My brother told me. ”

I paused for a moment to think of a ‘taunt’ to get his attention on me.

” He was a kid who had many abilities but couldn’t use them properly. So he crushed his arms and legs to make them useless… But looking at his appearance, it seems he was right. ”

” This bastard…! ”

He was a guy who had an inferiority complex towards his older brother, so he fell for a trivial provocation.

I looked back slightly and saw Ji Sung oppa slowly walking away with his sister, and as he entered the wall made by Yeonseo, I spoke to Choi Si Woo in front of me again.

” Isn’t it funny that you’re special in the first place? There are already many ‘returnees’ who have come back from another world, including me.

Stealing someone else’s ability and making it your own is great. So? If you can’t use it properly, isn’t it just as good as not having it?

Lastly, you think your name is ‘Siwoo’ so it’s special? It’s just a common name. You know? So you’re not special, you’re not the main character, you’re not anything! ”

The moment I finish speaking, tree roots sprout from the ground and sharp pillars of black crystal extend towards me, but when I hit the ground hard, everything starts to burn.

The roots of the tree turned to black ash due to the ‘holy fire’ spreading from my feet, and the black crystal melted and flowed to the ground, hardening.

Choi Si-woo pointed his finger at me and shouted, seeming to be upset that he couldn’t harm me at all.

” Heh… You’re just a slave to the foolish gods…! Do you know what’s special about you? You’re the same… ”

” Me? I’m different. A slave to the gods? Wrong! I inherited the powers of other gods. Unlike you, who are an ‘ordinary human’, I had the ‘opportunity’ to become a god. Isn’t that different? ”

I held the swords in both hands and ran towards the guy and swung them. The guy blocked my attacks with his sword made of black crystal, as if he had no idea that I would suddenly come at him as soon as I finished speaking, but he looked very intimidating.

With a sound of ‘Chaeng, Chae-ae-ae, Chae-ae! ‘, their swords meet each other, creating sparks that light up the dark interior of the memorial hall.

Every time I swung my sword at him, the guy would erase his expression of being overwhelmed and turn to me with a confident expression.

” Hahaha! How stupid! You say I can’t use my powers properly? Yeah, I admit that. But swordsmanship is what I’m most confident in! And! If you add the power I took away, you… can’t beat me! ”

” Yes, yes. Keep barking. ”

” You fucking bitch…! ”

As the guy said, it seemed like they were using the abilities they had stolen from other people, and their speed had increased since they first crossed their swords.

‘ Certainly, I can say that I am confident in my swordsmanship. That’s all. ‘

The guy’s swordsmanship is getting faster and faster. It’s clear… he’s trying to overwhelm me by using the ability called ‘body acceleration’…

” I’m confident in my speed too! ”

I could see the expression on the guy’s face, who I thought was overwhelming me, distorting again and sweat running down his face as he increased his speed faster than I could. I just kept going.

” What do you think? Following my brother, I am now in a situation where I am defeated? You think my brother and sister are stupid and got beat by you? Wrong. It’s because you took over ‘Choi Young-wol’s body’. It’s because I couldn’t let go of the memories and trust I had with that person.

Of course, if that’s the stupid reason… you’re just an immature kid. You’re so full of yourself that you believe you’re the center of the world. ”

” Shut up! ”

I didn’t have to fear his sword, which swung but could no longer reach me.

Just avoid the sword he swings by a sheet of paper and slowly bring him down.

” Are you curious as to why my brother is called a hero and not you? I don’t know what other world you’ve been to, but this isn’t that world. You said it. I don’t care if this world falls apart.

But now, the people living in this world needed someone to lead them. Someone who gave them hope. If my brother had fought to survive in a world that was collapsing along with others,

You just want them to support you with the power you have, because you don’t know what they want. You don’t know the value of mutual understanding, like friendship, trust, and love. ”

At my words, the guy blindly increased his speed and swung his sword, and I easily blocked it with the sword I was holding in my right hand and continued talking.

” That’s why people think of our older brother ‘Yoo Ji-seong’ as a hero, not you. Because he has the same pain as them, but he keeps moving forward.

Because no matter what difficulties or trials there were, you always stood up and led from the front. ”

As soon as I finished speaking, the guy lowered his head and began to lose strength in his swords as they were competing against each other. He then ran his hand through his hair and started to laugh.

” Haha… hahahaha! Yeah, that’s what it was? So… people say ‘that guy’ instead of ‘me’… ”

Choi Si-woo slowly stepped back away from me, then asked me with a look of relief.

” So, do you think things would have changed if I had used my powers for other people? ”

” Well, maybe, maybe not. Because… ”

Before I could finish speaking, he threw the crystal sword he was holding in front of me.

” That’s it. You don’t have to say anything else. It’s all over. ”

Choi Si-woo, who seemed to have given up, turned his back on me and walked forward a little. However, he soon stopped and turned his head back, showing a mean expression.

” I almost said! Hahaha! Now, you’re already finished! ”

I felt a cold aura behind me and something swinging towards me.

Well, I already knew all that.

” I’m not done talking, you idiot. What I was trying to say was ‘Because you’re the kind of guy who’ll never change anyway.’ ”

I glanced back and saw Choi Si-woo’s original body emerging from the black flame portal, his arms made of crystals pointed and aiming at me.

[Wings of Flame. Hippogriff] I spread my wings and pushed the guy behind me away, then I completely cut off his arms and legs with the swords I was holding in both hands, and quickly kicked him far away.

” Huh! I don’t need that body anymore anyway! Right now, the moment you turn your back on me…? ”

With the power that Choi Si-woo had taken away, he came up behind me in an instant and swung the sword that had been thrown, but the attack failed because of the wings.

A pair of wings holding the sword he wields.

” What the…? Why are the wings… holding the sword… ”

” Ah~ You didn’t know? These wings are also ‘another arm’ to me. ”

As he said that, he grabbed [Flamberg, the Sword of Flame] with his wings and swung it, cutting down the guy.

*****

Now it’s time to end it.

Among the people living in this collapsing world, there are those who have committed many sins.

But in that world where power is everything, there is no one to [judge] those guys.

Now it’s time for me to become that ‘being’.