episode_0049

“Leos Didn’t you realize it? Most humans are incompetent and do not understand their subject. No matter how hard you try and dedicate yourself to others, your size and that of others are different. This means that even if you try to overlap, they don’t overlap. How do you think a monster like you, who can kill dozens of people without a hitch, can mix with people who can’t even properly kill one or two people?”

“It’s not up to you to decide.”

-visor!

Artan counters the sword that Leos swings. Even though the sword was thrown away, he stepped back. Yet his mouth did not rest.

“Your abilities are definitely different. His ability to not hesitate at all when killing people is almost innate, and his ability to kill monsters is unrivaled. The ability to seal all existing Red Gates also proves that you are born with abilities different from ordinary people. Instead of playing chess with people on the ground, you should look down on the uncivilized with us from heaven, that is, from a place higher than the sky.”

“Shut up!”

As Leos quickly rotated his body and swung his chain sword continuously, Artan urgently began to block. However, he was unable to block all the attacks and this time he grazed his shoulder area, causing blood to flow.

“I can’t believe so much has changed in just a few years. I’m sure. If you had just a little more time, no one, even within the Heavenly Council, would be able to defeat you. If you join the Celestial Society, I will prevent others from touching you. A false accusation? With just one word from me, I can distribute a press release asking for an explanation throughout the empire, and if I want, I can even make the Emperor say that your crime was a mistake.”

“…”

“The shadow group and Belin who conspired against you? I can personally go to their location and cut off their heads. If you just say one word that you will be with me, I can do everything.”

“Artan. I used to think you were really strong.”

Leos added, looking at Artan’s blood on his chain sword.

“Why do you feel so weak? Someone weaker than me is talking bullshit about protecting me, but I wonder how I should accept that.”

– Far away

Artan also bit his lip hard this time, probably because it was getting on his nerves. At the same time, I smiled so as not to lose my composure.

“As I said, you must distinguish between being curious and being arrogant. No matter how outstanding your abilities may be, you cannot overcome the power of time and experience. Unlike you, who have been fighting monsters for less than 5 years and have not directly killed a person for less than a year, everyone in the Celestial Association is a monster created through countless efforts and billions of years of innate ability. It’s still too early to compare us and you. It seems difficult to have a conversation, so I’ll call it a day. Next time we meet…”

-Quaang!

Leos swung his chain sword strongly. However, the final destination of this route was not Artan. Leos hit the top ceiling of the only remaining escape hatch.

-Rumble

The ground collapsed in an instant, blocking the escape route to the outside.

“You can clean up this much debris and get out.”

Artan took out the artifact from his chest and tried to remove the debris, but Leos did not miss the opportunity and threw away the dagger.

“Che!”

The man had no choice but to put the artifact back in his pocket and fire. A sword that sparkles green just like the eternal life form. Artan took it out and spoke.

“It is not time for you to die yet. So back off. If I kill you here, won’t all my years of suffering become meaningless? If you keep acting like this, I will have no choice but to kill you.”

Leos responded with a wry smile.

“In battle, the one who worries about the life or death of the opponent is the stronger one. And here you are the underdog.”

“Weak…”

When Artan slashed his sword horizontally, the wall was cut cleanly and fell to the ground.

“It is a sword strengthened by filling it with a person’s life force. It’s something that can’t be compared to swords that only contain mana. Let alone your skills, you cannot even match me in the quality of your weapons.”

“In your eyes, everything appears to be a tool. Be it people or life.”

“Isn’t it obvious? In a situation where even some of the scum in the Heavenly Society find it difficult to treat them as human beings, it is natural for them to treat insects that are not even members of the Heavenly Society as tools.”

Leos ran towards Artan without saying any more. Looking at Leos, who lowered his body and quickly ran away, Artan clicked his tongue and swung his sword to both sides as a warning.

It is said that the sword strike was intended as a warning, but the trajectory was perfectly aimed at Leos’ head. It was clear that the victim would have thought that Geomgi was trying to cut off his head.

‘I will definitely avoid it.’

Thinking so, Artan removed the debris with the artifact the moment Leos widened the distance behind him and tried to escape the spot using the space movement artifact. but.

‘What a crazy guy!’

Leos ran without avoiding the sword.

-Pisit!

A strong black energy scratched Leos’ cheeks. If you had gone even a little out of range, your head could have been torn into pieces. But Leos didn’t care and swung his mace strongly from right to left.

-Whoop!

Artan raised the blade of his sword and brought it to the side to block Leos’ mace. Even if it touches the mace, it will definitely break in two. But just before the mace touches the blade of the sword. Leos maintained the rotational force and lifted the mace up into the sky.

The mace’s blow, which was expected to hit the left side, was aimed at empty space. Naturally, Leos’ body moved to the top and was defenselessly exposed.

‘It’s an opportunity.’

You have to aim for the moment when your body is in the air due to the rotational force. Thinking so, Artan attempted to plunge his sword into Leos’s abdomen in order to inflict only moderately fatal injuries. but.

-Chrrr!

As Leos swung his foot, the chain around his ankle quickly began to wrap around Artan’s body. Since his gaze was already directed upward, Artan’s ankles, which he could not pay attention to at the bottom, were tied.

“Pranks like this! All you have to do is cut off chains with a sword!”

Artan immediately tried to cut off the chain on his leg, but Leos was not there to miss the gap. Leos threw away the dagger in his arms, closed the distance again, and swung the chain sword straight into Artan’s face.

‘shit!’

Artan tried to fight back, but he was stuck and his movement was already restricted. He predicted that if he made an excessive movement, he would be hit by a subsequent blow, and rather than defend himself, he simply bent his head to avoid it. But that was Artan’s mistake.

-Chrrr!

As soon as Artan tilted his head to avoid Leos’ chain sword, Leos turned his body to the other side and pulled the chain sword straight away. The chain sword, which had been pulled sharply from its end point, started swinging like crazy and trying to return to its original position, and in the process, the chains shook greatly from side to side. Leos guided the positions of the shaking chains through subtle movements.

As a result, the chain was recovered and began to wrap around Artan’s neck. As if my body was tied to a thrown rope.

Artan, whose feet and neck were tied at the same time, could not take his eyes off Leos. This is because I knew that if I swung my sword carelessly, I would immediately be struck by Leos’ chain sword.

‘I’m having such a hard time with nothing but chains…?’

It is not Amantadium, nor is it a diamond, nor is it a separate artifact of great strength. A chain that is difficult to break with force, but can be cut with a sword like cutting tofu. The fact that he, who was called a member of the Heavenly Council with nothing more than chains, was struggling was absurd even in his own eyes.

His heart started pounding like crazy.

‘What if… what if Leos uses the weapons we have properly?’

The man was sure. It is not at the level of a coup d’état in the Peren Empire. A monster will be born that can devour the surrounding empires at once. I had no doubts about it.

-bang!

-Quaaang!

With a huge explosion sound, the insides were shattered and they began to fight each other. The sword wielded by Artan collapsed the inside of the cave here and there, and before we knew it, everything supporting the ceiling had collapsed, reaching a point where the sky was visible. Leos avoided attacks that could have been fatal and steadily accumulated damage to Artan’s body.

In particular, every effort was made to prevent him from breaking the chains tied to his neck and legs.

Artan stood still, drew the crossbones with his sword, and whispered.

“Even if you don’t let it move, it’s meaningless. If you can’t pierce my sword, the result won’t change.”

The moment the man said that, Leos, who had been charging until now, began to back away.

‘Now!’

Artan realized that there was a slight gap. He immediately tried to cut off the chains tied to his legs with his sword. but.

“No matter how excellent the artifact you have, even your body is not invincible.”

For a moment, along with Leos’ words, Artan felt a presence in the sky and looked upward.

“Fuck…!”

A swear word spewed from the mouth of a man who was politely protecting his face.

In the sky, dozens of mana bombs dropped by Spirel were raining down. Leos fought and led Artan to destroy the ceiling of the cave. And all those processes are for now.

“If this happens…both of them will die! Stop right now!”

Leos took out the corpse of the monster from his inventory. As soon as he broke the monster’s head, Leos’ surroundings began to be surrounded by black magical energy. When the body is destroyed, it uses the power of a monster that exhibits strange abilities as a reaction.

This was also the secret to Leos’s body remaining unscathed when the monsters were wiped out in one go with a huge explosion at Red Gate. The effectiveness of the shield has already been proven. Then there was only one outcome.

Leos spoke while looking at Artan.

“Not the two of you, only you will die.”

-Quaaang!

Dozens of bombings began to rain down from the sky.