episode_0042
by fnovelpiaEvery time the sword is swung, golden lines are drawn in the world.
Every time the spear is thrust, the sea beneath his feet splits.
And these things happened several times within seconds.
Clang! Chaechae clang! Kang! King!! Thud!!
“Heuhahahahat!!”
“Heuryaaaaaa!!”
Every time the weapons containing each other’s energy collided, a roar that seemed to scream out to the world echoed, and the sea split.
The battle between the two beings created a turbulent sea in the vicinity, creating a kind of demonic realm that even sea creatures could not easily approach.
“Wow~ that’s quite something, isn’t it? Honestly, tell me, are you really human?”
“Where else is there a human as human as me!”
The light of brilliant golden dawn and the energy of deep, deep sea water collide countless times.
As they clash fiercely, trying to whittle away at each other’s energy, the particles of each other’s energy scatter and melt into the world.
A fantastic landscape that can be said to have bloomed in the demonic realm.
“What the hell are you? Why are you suddenly helping those beastmen bastards?!”
“Didn’t I tell you! I’m helping because I think what they’re doing is quite interesting!”
Kang!!!
The exchanges that continued without a break eventually came to a temporary lull as they distanced themselves from each other.
“I haven’t seen a guy who endures this well easily.”
“I’ve never seen such a persistent guy like you either.”
“Kyahaha. You talk in a really funny way.”
He spun his spear lightly once and then charged in again like an explosion, starting his spear dance.
【Intuition】+【Counterattack】
‘Damn it! I have to break through inside somehow!….’
The spear is basically more advantageous in a sword-vs-spear battle.
This is only natural, as the basic range of swords and spears is overwhelmingly different.
What’s more, if their skills are similar, there’s nothing more to say.
Except for the first few times, it’s as if he recognized me as his equal, and he never allowed me to approach inside his reach.
Thorough hit-and-run using reach.
That being said, it’s difficult to land a Sword Emperor Secret Art from a distance.
【Sword Emperor Secret Art】+【Space Cleave】
“Mountain Split!!!”
A flash of golden dawn flickers.
He avoids the slash that transcends the distance that would cut anything in one hair’s breadth and raises the corners of his lips.
“No matter how many times I see it, it’s amazing, a sword strike that transcends space itself.”
“And you’re avoiding it every time!!…”
Space Cleave is a technique that can cut the target regardless of distance.
However, it only ignores the distance, the act of swinging the sword is still necessary.
And he grasps the omen of swinging the sword and avoids the Sword Emperor Secret Art that transcends space.
The Sword Emperor Secret Art is a sword based on basic swordsmanship.
Its activation speed is overwhelmingly faster than other swords. And if I, with skill 999, use it, it becomes an unavoidable instant skill. It has to be. Nevertheless, he grasps the subtle omen and narrowly avoids it.
“Even though it looks easy to avoid, it’s quite tough. How can a sword have so little of a tell?”
“You’re determined to find it….”
“That’s how hard I’m working. If you get hit by your sword even once, it’s just over. Over. You know?”
“There’s no way I’ll get hit by my own sword…, got it!!!”
Kaaang!!!
The sea splits once more.
The situation is completely even, but in reality, it is not.
I have to consume magic power in order to walk on the sea.
Even as it is, I have to draw out strong energy from my whole body to withstand his attacks. As a result, I’m using my stat to increase magic power efficiency, but that will end someday.
On the other hand, that guy is…, free in the sea.
In other words, if I don’t hurry, I’ll use up all my magic power and fall into the sea, resulting in a loss.
‘Even just a little…, even just a little is fine!… If there’s any variable!!….’
Keying!! Kang!! Chaeng!!
“But why are you targeting Seollin!”
“Seollin? Ah, are you talking about that serpent bloodline kid?”
“Yes!”
Going with Wind Style: Verbal Jutsu.
Distract him somehow through conversation and finish him off with one blow.
“If you think about it, the Beastmen Alliance was the first to target the Tang family. Why? Their base and Sichuan are quite far apart, aren’t they?”
“Is there any reason why I should tell you that?”
He accurately hit the core.
Wind Style: Verbal Jutsu failed.
“Well, I kinda like you, so…, should I tell you?”
Nice. Wind Style: Verbal Jutsu success.
“Well, it’s not that big of a reason. Do you know this? The serpent’s blood, it has a strong resentment. If you combine that resentment well, a deadly poison is created.”
“Deadly poison?”
“That’s right. A very fatal poison that can even kill gods.”
A deadly poison that can even kill gods.
Is that why they first targeted the Tang family and tried to dominate them, and is that why this guy targeted Seollin first because he knew that?
“…I have one more reason to defeat you.”
“Oh? That’s good news.”
No matter how unruly that girl is, as long as she’s within my sword’s reach, I can’t let her die like that.
“Let me tell you. I’ve decided not to think about the consequences from now on.”
“Hmm? Are you saying that you haven’t been using your full power because you’ve been thinking about the consequences until now?”
“That’s what I mean….!!”
【Sword Emperor Secret Art】
Boom!!!
“?!”
“Earth Divide”
I rushed into his arms with a speed greater than ever before and swung my sword.
But even this monstrous guy reacted to this speed and somehow twisted his body to avoid it. But I had already expected him to avoid it.
If I succeeded in approaching this far, and if he lost his balance because he was in a hurry to avoid it, that’s enough.
【Sword Emperor Secret Art-Modified】
“Continuous Divide!”
Poosh!!
Countless golden lines are drawn.
At the same time as being cut, I succeeded in splitting his weapon and going on to cut his body.
“Keut?!”
“You son of a bitch, I finally landed a hit!”
I unleash additional sword strikes on the weaponless guy.
The countless accumulating strikes consume his strong energy and cause bleeding.
Just as I was about to land the finishing blow, his energy momentarily concentrated in one place.
“Heup!!”
“?!”
Kwaang!!!
A sudden explosion of energy.
Because the energy suddenly gathered, the damage was not that great because I had prepared for this, but I frowned at the fact that I had lost the distance I had reduced with difficulty and looked at him.
“Worthless nonsense….”
“Haa…haa…, that was really something.”
“A guy whose weapon is broken, why don’t you just give up now?”
“I can just make more weapons. I want to feel this close feeling that I haven’t felt in a long time a little more.”
He said that and stretched out his hand into the air.
“?”
“Come. Kyoryoa (鮫寮牙):”
A pillar of water soared from the sea and was sucked into his hand as if being drawn in.
The thing in the shape of seawater eventually transformed into a substance with the shape of a spear.
“Didn’t we say it’s best out of three? You won the first round, so should we do the second round?”
“Shit.”
No, where do you say it’s best out of three after one round is over?
* * *
“Hoo…, hoo….”
“Haa…, haa…., Ahtah…, the sound of your rough breathing…, I can hear it all the way over here…., are you already tired?”
“Tired…, who’s tired….”
[Magic power has fallen below 10%.]
[Magic power has fallen below 10%.]
[Magic power has fallen below 10%.]
‘Tch!!….’
It didn’t seem like it had been long since the battle started, but my magic power was already starting to run out.
The situation I had been worried about from the beginning. The result of losing due to running out of magic power was gradually becoming a reality. Damn it, this is all because I’m fighting on the sea. If I had fought on land, I wouldn’t have had to worry about losing by falling into the sea!….
“I can see that your stamina is running low. Just give up now. I’ve had fun, so I’ll spare you.”
“You say you can see it all running out, you seem to have bad eyesight, why don’t you go see an ophthalmologist.”
The golden energy that shone as brightly as the sun at the beginning faded.
At the same time, the deep blue energy that was like the abyss of the Deep Sea Great Sage also faded.
It was safe to say that the strength between each other was almost exhausted.
A little more from now on.
There’s really only a little left.
“Hoo…., you’re really persistent. That’s why I like you even more. I didn’t think I’d have to use this.”
“Don’t say there’s a 2nd phase, it makes me feel uneasy.”
“Do you know much about us?”
“I think I’ve asked you several times that I don’t know?”
What is it, are you teasing me?
Anyway, I don’t have time to waste magic power while talking about this useless stuff.
I have to finish it for sure before my magic power completely disappears!…
“We, to be precise, are the old demon kings.”
“….Old?”
Just as I was about to stab my sword into him no matter what he said, he said something that bothered me a lot.
Old demon king?
“We Seven Demon Kings are trials. Trials that the creatures living on this land must overcome. The demon kings that were born as a result of that.”
“….What kind of bullshit is that? Born out of necessity…, a trial?”
“That’s right. That’s why we have another original power in addition to our status as demon kings. Got it? I’m the Deep Sea Great Sage, Demon King Kyo. But my status as a demon king has been taken away by the current demon king. Then, what kind of status do you think the power that I’ve been fighting you with until now is?”
“….”
His body…., is changing.
His body, which was in the form of a human, is long, long.
Wrapped in seawater….
Like the form of a dragon.
“I never imagined that the day would come when I would properly explain myself.”
“…You, son of a bitch.”
“My name is Deep Sea Great Sage, Demon King Kyocheon. At the same time, another name is…. Dragon King Ananta.”
『Dragon King』Ananta
Level: 1 Health: 115423/300000
Strength: 999 Magic Power: 48610/300000
Agility: 999
Magic Power: 999
Skill: 999
Durability: 999
Only then did I realize.
The reason why I couldn’t see the Deep Sea Great Sage’s stat window accurately was because he was a demon king but also someone who had his demon king status taken away, so I couldn’t observe it at all…, in other words, this is his real stats….
[Take this.]
The dragon’s mouth opened wide.
At the same time, red flames flickered.
The rising flames were spewed out without delay. Widely, very widely.
The flames that flowed over the sea, like mountains, were spewed out with tremendous mass.
【Sword Emperor Secret Art】
“Earth Divide!!!”
A flash.
The strike that gathered strength cuts through the breath.
The golden flash of dawn endures the oncoming wave of flames like a shield.
But the golden light of dawn did not last long.
As it collided with the wave of flames countless times, the light began to disappear, and the moment even a piece of the remaining light completely disappeared, red flames covered my whole body.
“Kuaaaaaaaaah!!!!”
[Health has fallen below 10%. A penalty due to decreased health has occurred.]
[Health has fallen below 9%. A penalty due to decreased health has occurred.]
[Health has fallen below 7%. A penalty due to decreased health has occurred.]
[Health has fallen below 6%. A penalty due to decreased health has occurred.]
[Health has fallen below 5%. A penalty due to decreased health has occurred.]
[Health has fallen below 4%. A penalty due to decreased health has occurred.]
[Health has fallen below 3%. A penalty due to decreased health has occurred.]
[Health has fallen below 2%. A penalty due to decreased health has occurred.]
[Health has fallen below 1%. A penalty due to decreased health has occurred.]
* * *
Bubble bubble
‘Ah….’
I got scammed.
Going to the 2nd phase there is a bit much.
The pain of my whole body burning comes over me. I’m not supposed to get seawater on my wounds….
He’s still up there.
It doesn’t seem like he’s moving yet…, but I don’t know when he’ll go to target Seollin.
So…, I have to move….
‘This damn near-death penalty….’
Is there anything appropriate in the Sword Emperor’s memories?….
I couldn’t have always fought in perfect condition!….
[【Sword Emperor’s Memory】is activated.]
[Learned 【Combat Continuation】.]
“!”
【Combat Continuation】
【Detailed Explanation: Active – For up to 10 minutes after near-death judgment, does not apply penalties due to health decrease. Passive – Penalties due to health decrease are reduced. 】
It’s here! The penalty mitigation skill!!
At the same time, it felt like strength was overflowing from my whole body.
More than ever before…, the state of health that had never been able to recover to 100% until now, paradoxically, I was able to draw out up to 100% of my strength by reaching a near-death state.
Kwaang!!!!
[….As expected, you were still alive.]
“Yeah…, I have to go to the 2nd phase too.”
I think I can use it now.
The 【Sword Emperor Ultimate Art】that I haven’t been able to use until now.
“Sword Emperor Ultimate Art….”
[Heuhahaha! Come!! Warrior!!!]
“Heaven and Earth Divide.”
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