Ch.120Absolute Declaration

# Yujin immediately recognized the trap when he saw the Hunter Association’s entrance door open by itself.

In fact, it would be foolish not to notice.

What kind of gatekeeper would willingly open doors for invading enemies?

It couldn’t be anything but a trap.

However, trap or not, it was virtually certain that Sophia was on the top floor of this building.

“I’ll play along with their game.”

“…!”

“Ma’am, I’ll be going now.”

Rolling knew her former partner Lee Jin-ah very well.

Believing Jin-ah must have some plan behind this reckless action, she reluctantly stepped aside to let Yujin pass.

As Yujin entered through the automatically opening doors…

*Grip…!*

*Snap!*

*Swoosh.*

Seeing various ranked Hunters waiting in the first-floor lobby, just as expected.

“Sigh… I really hate fighting people who are forced to fight against their will.”

This type of combat was truly not to his taste.

“But I guess I have no choice?”

There wasn’t much time to be picky about such things now.

With that thought, he transformed his entire body into sharp blades again and charged toward the former Hunters.

***

“Urgh…”

“Oh? You’re still standing after taking that flame?”

“RAAAAAAHHH!!”

He had created National Authority-Level flames using an ordinary flashlight you could buy at a stationery store.

Yet despite being hit by such a flamethrower attack, Han Jaewon only had some scorch marks.

He had even managed to escape by forcibly tearing through the air that had been holding him.

He immediately raised his black holy sword like a club and charged toward Leon.

But…

“The ground we’re standing on…”

“?!”

“Has no friction.”

Leon suddenly sat down, placed his hand on the ground, and ‘declared’ it.

Following his words, the running Jaewon immediately slipped on the floor that had become slicker than ice, falling headfirst onto the ground with a crash.

*THUD!*

“Ugh…”

“That appearance… you look exactly like your father.”

“Urk, h-hmph! Even so, this means you can’t stand up either, right?”

“Well, I wonder about that…”

“…?”

While still sitting, Leon drew the twin swords from his waist.

So the guy was a swordsman.

But there was still about ten paces between Leon and Jaewon—too far for their swords to clash.

Unless the blades could somehow extend…

“The two swords I’m about to throw…”

“You don’t mean…?”

“Will definitely hit you.”

This bastard.

His ability is really something.

Jaewon placed his hand on the floor again, which until now had seemed impossible to stand on.

Just as he managed to spring up, the pair of sharp swords began flying toward his head.

*Clang! Clang!*

“WOOAAAHH!”

Despite striking them away several times, Jaewon was sweating profusely as he watched the swords return through the air.

“By the way, don’t think about trying to endure getting hit. Those two swords are named ‘Durandal’ and ‘Eojanggeom.’ They’re divine tools used by historical heroes.”

“Damn it!”

Now he understood why they remained intact despite clashing with Arondight.

They were divine tools of the same caliber as legendary swords, so no matter how hard he struck them, he couldn’t destroy them.

‘Then maybe I should try to catch them with good timing?’

*Grab!*

“?!”

“Tch, the timing is a bit difficult.”

However, no matter how powerful a divine tool might be, it’s just a piece of metal if it doesn’t hit.

Jaewon’s senses, sharpened by kaijufication, seemed to be growing accustomed to the speed of the two flying swords, and he had just nearly caught one.

‘He can react to that increasing speed…?’

Not just his appearance, but his talent was following his father’s as well?

This was Han Jaewon.

The only queen consort that father truly wanted.

The blessed child born between them.

“…Mother.”

Leon’s ability, “Absolute Declaration,” could change up to two aspects of the world’s common sense through verbal statements.

Like removing friction from the ground they stood on.

Or giving elasticity to the invisible air before him.

Even impossible phenomena become reality when he ‘declares’ them.

But simultaneously declaring two phenomena took a massive toll on the user himself.

“I was originally planning to use this just once in the past, but I have no choice.”

Seeing Han Jaewon, who looked like he might catch his two swords at any moment, Leon decided to face him ‘seriously.’

“Return.”

“…!”

With his words, the two legendary swords returned to their sheaths.

“Why are you giving up already?”

“Well… it seems I can’t capture you with just automatic hunting.”

Han Jaewon was still standing despite hearing all those declarations so far.

Acknowledging his brother’s skill, Leon gave a short applause with both hands…

“All the light in the world…”

And made the following absolute declaration:

“Takes the form of a spear in my hand.”

*Flash!*

With those words, a brilliant golden spear that could burn even the user’s own body appeared in Leon’s clenched hand.

Seeing this, Jaewon tried to create distance to avoid it, sensing something bad.

But…

“This spear of light cannot be dodged and will definitely hit its target.”

“…What?”

The second absolute declaration followed.

Without even making a throwing motion, the spear containing all the world’s light had already pierced Jaewon’s abdomen.

“A wound on my body…?!”

Before he could even register the pain…

*Rumble!*

Lightning surged upward from where the spear had struck, and when the dazzling light ended in an instant…

*Thud.*

The match was decided.

Jaewon collapsed to the ground with the whites of his eyes showing, his kaijufication undone, as black smoke rose from his body.

“Huff… huff… mission complete.”

Leon approached his brother, checked his pulse, and declared victory with relief that he was still alive.

“Phew… I should avoid speaking for a while.”

Leon looked around for a sack to put Han Jaewon in.

As for Yujin…

That guy was the type who could definitely succeed if someone gave him a push from behind.

Above all, he was a trustworthy ‘family’ member, so Leon wasn’t particularly worried.

If anything, he was more concerned about his two younger sisters who weren’t here.

‘Yurian is a smart girl so she should be fine, but Shina is the problem…’

She was still a rookie who hadn’t even graduated from the academy yet—what if something bad happened to her?

His siblings had basically come to the past by making various excuses and insisting.

He already had plenty of blood-related younger sisters hanging around him.

Even if they were daughters of different queen consorts, worrying about them was almost a habit since they were still his sisters according to the family tree.

“…Should I go look for her?”

After leaving the unconscious Han Jaewon somewhere safe, he was about to go search for Shina when…

“Brother Leon…?”

“Huh? Yurian?”

The voice of his reliable younger sister came from behind Leon…?

“What happened to you?”

“I, I was captured…”

“Captured? You of all people?”

Seeing Yurian tightly bound with blue mana threads, Leon wondered for a moment if he had confused Shina and Yurian’s names.

Then he saw the woman who was dragging Yurian.

“Is that kid Shinwoo’s child too?”

“What? Oh, yes. This is the kingdom’s First Prince, my brother Han Leon.”

“…?! Are you Queen Consort Riverine?”

In the future, she was the unfortunate fourth queen consort who constantly self-harmed unless her children closely monitored her—a woman driven mad by mental illness.

Leon was momentarily confused to see Riverine walking normally, but the real surprise was just beginning.

“So, who’s his mother?”

“What? Oh, well…”

“?!!?!?!!?!”

A white-skinned girl walked out from beside Riverine.

No matter how young she appeared, how could he not recognize her?

He had thought he might encounter her when coming to the past, but actually seeing his mother as a young girl made Leon break into a cold sweat.

“Why can’t you speak? I’m asking whose son he is.”

“Um, well…”

Should I tell her?

Yurian glanced discreetly toward her brother with that thought.

There, she saw him standing properly while frantically waving his hands in a “don’t tell her” signal.

“Brother Leon is… that’s right! An orphan! He’s an orphan!”

“Huh?! He doesn’t have a mother…?”

“Um… well…”

*Nod, nod.*

“…!! Yes, yes! He doesn’t! She passed away when he was young!”

“Oh, I see…”

Rather than awkwardly meeting his young mother, this seemed better.

Understanding her brother’s inner thoughts, Yurian had no choice but to suddenly make him an orphan.

And so…

“I, I didn’t know… I’m sorry, mister.”

“…! Oh, it’s nothing… these things happen…”

Leon ended up receiving an apology from his mother unintentionally, but he answered as normally as possible.

Then he immediately turned to Yurian and asked the main question.

“Anyway, Yurian, what happened to you?”

“Ah, I’m sorry…”

“I’m not asking to blame you. What I really want to know is who captured you.”

Leon knew Yurian’s combat ability well.

A princess who narrowly missed inheriting the Han surname.

However, despite not having the Han surname, she was a genius with top-tier skills among Han Shinwoo’s children without the Han name.

She could create endlessly reviving bone soldiers like a Necro Hunter and was currently recommended as the empire’s next capital defense commander.

“Even in this peaceful era, there’s no way Queen Riverine could have defeated you.”

“…!”

“And… uh… well… that white girl over there goes without saying.”

“Ugh…”

“Are you ignoring us right now?!”

“No, I’m not ignoring you, just stating facts…”

Anyway! So!

“Where is the real powerhouse who defeated you?”

“Ah, that person…”

Yurian suddenly looked up at the sky mid-sentence.

Leon tilted his head at her behavior, but soon understood why his sister had reacted that way.

“…! Don’t tell me they’re above!”

Just as he said.

*CRASH!*

Since roaming the city in a kaijufied state would cause various disturbances.

He had no choice but to jump from one high-rise building to another until he reached the Hunter Association building.

“I see… this certainly makes sense now.”

“Grrrr?”

‘Who?’

“Even 20 years ago, Your Majesty is still Your Majesty, I see.”

Shinwoo had just landed in front of Leon.

Before even greeting him—after all, this was still the same guy from 20 years ago—

Leon drew his sword.

“From now on, this sword…”

“Grrrk?”

‘Huh?’

“Will definitely pierce Han Shinwoo’s heart.”

But.

*Grab!*

“Wh-what?!”

“Grr. Grr.”

‘Whoa. It suddenly flew at me and I caught it.’

Han Shinwoo had casually caught the holy sword Durandal—which even Han Jaewon had barely managed to time—as if it were just a game of catch between father and son.