episode_0286

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‘It seems like it suddenly evolved.’

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It seems that it was just a light greeting that spewed out a bolt of lightning from its mouth. The power of knowing that the title of divine beast was not given for nothing.

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The sight of Mother Shinsu spouting lightning felt like a creature from mythology.

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[Bad human being!]

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Rumbling!

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Kwaang!!!

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Powerful lightning strikes again. I avoided it again and started searching.

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To avoid becoming a target, Janey canceled the summoning the moment the lightning bolt was fired. It still seemed difficult to avoid Shinsu’s attacks with her skills. Later, I thought I would need to make some equipment to make up for the shortcomings.

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So right now, besides me, next to the huge tree where the mother divine beast’s nest was, there were only her and the baby divine beast.

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‘Sarah who controls lightning… ‘What kind of divine beast is this?’

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-Ugh… ! Probably a thunderbird…

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Maria answered my question with a very frightened voice. It seemed like he was nervous after seeing the unusual power of the lightning.

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I don’t know, but it certainly didn’t seem like anything good would come to Maria if she was hit directly by lightning like that. This was because it was an attack loaded with quite a lot of magical power, so it could pierce external attacks.

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‘thunderbird?’

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It was a name well suited to the mother Shinsu, who made lightning strike with the sound of thunder.

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-It is a bird that appears in Native American legends, also called a thunderbird… ! A bird that can bring lightning, thunder, and wind! Of course, since this is inside the tower, it may not be a thunderbird, but it’s hard to think of any other possibilities right now.

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‘Is it similar to a phoenix?’

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-It’s different, but… Because of the differences between lightning and fire, they are often referred to as each other.

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‘Do you have any weaknesses?’

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-well. Legendary creatures with weak points often have hostile relationships with humans… The Thunderbird didn’t have anything like that to say. And since it is a type of Shinsoo that did not appear in the original work, there is not enough information.

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If the Thunderbird was such a famous being, it seemed like it would have been analyzed a lot, but it seems the legend was a little different from what I thought.

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I clicked my tongue inwardly.

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‘Tsk, is it wrong to eat it raw?’

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-But unlike the Phoenix, I don’t think it has any fraudulent characteristics like immortality. Protecting the young is also to prevent them from dying before they are fully grown.

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‘yes.’

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-In the original legend, it appears close to a spirit or spirit. But here it appears to be a living creature with a body. Then it won’t be much different from dealing with other monsters.

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What Maria meant was that in the end, you just have to squeeze it out.

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‘That’s easy.’

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Kwaang!!!

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I dodged the lightning that was flying again. Although it was fast, it was avoidable.

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If it is lightning in reality, no country can avoid it. Even if you use high-speed thinking, you’ll probably already have been hit the moment you recognize the lightning.

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However, this type of magic, or powerful lightning, had properties that were slightly different from natural phenomena.

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This could also be seen from Maria’s words.

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-That’s unusual.

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‘what?’

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-Not only is the owner able to avoid lightning, but the concentration of ozone in the air sensed through the sensing organ has not changed at all.

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‘ozone?’

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-Ozone is created when very high electrical energy is generated due to the rapid movement of electric charges that occurs during lightning…

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‘No, I’ve heard of ozone, so what does that have to do with it now?’

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-… … .

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For a moment, I felt like Maria was looking at me pitifully, but it was probably just my mood. There was no way I could give him that kind of look when I didn’t even have a body yet.

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Anyway, Maria also noticed that the thunderbird’s lightning was different from natural phenomena.

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The proof was that there was no fishy ozone smell that is said to be produced when lightning strikes.

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‘Is there such a thing?’

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-yes. If this were real, that divine beast would have created a soft ozone gas around him every time he used lightning. The longer the battle lasts and the more limited the space, the thicker the concentration of poisonous gas that can damage your lungs if inhaled.

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‘oh… ‘

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Should I consider this as a nerf, or should I say it’s out of the question since there’s no way a guy like that exists in reality in the first place.

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‘Well, this is a common setting.’

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There were quite a few cases where the nature of reality and the settings in these works were different. A similar example is diamonds.

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Diamonds are inherently resistant to scratches, but are weak to sudden strong shocks. It was a diamond that shattered even with a light swing of the sword.

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However, in many movies and cartoons, diamonds are depicted as having the property of indestructibility.

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It is surprisingly common for a body transformed into a diamond to block attacks, gunshots, explosions, etc. with the power to cut through steel and shatter mountains.

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In reality, it would be normal if it were torn apart.

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Considering that, I think it’s a good thing that strange gases aren’t generated around the thunderbird every time it thunders.

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[Bad human! fast!]

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As I continued to dodge the lightning, it seemed like Mother Shinsu was slowly stopping her meaningless long-distance attacks and thinking of going forward herself.

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The soft blue light on the mother god beast’s feathers became darker.

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Then, it stretched back its wings and swung them towards me.

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Flutter!

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Awesome!!!

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“Inhale!”

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Unlike lightning, which strikes within a narrow range, the wind created by flapping wings had a very wide range. Still, it was slower than lightning, so it wasn’t difficult to avoid.

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Kwa-ga-ga-ga-gak!!!

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‘Wow… It’s bloody.’

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I could see the wind I was avoiding tearing down the trees like a chainsaw. The solid wood could not withstand the impact and friction of the wind blowing at tremendous speed.

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Sigh…

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At that time, Mother Shinsu appeared behind me as I was looking at the tree.

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It was a series of attacks that took advantage of the guy’s unique stealth, drawing attention with the wind and targeting the back.

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Paaah!

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The claws of the mother divine beast flew towards my back. It was aimed precisely at the heart.

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Of course, since I was in a state of heightened awareness, I noticed everything. In his current state, it was rather difficult to miss such a presence.

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Considering that those claws pierced Roland’s battle suit, it wasn’t a very wise decision to just fight him with his body.

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“Gotcha.”

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[!]

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chin!

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[Let go! Let go! human!]

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The mother Shinsu, whose ankle was caught by me, flapped its wings and swung its other foot and beak. Without letting go of the leg I was holding on to, I swung my psychic weapon and blocked all of the attacks.

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Its claws penetrated alloys made with future technology, but even those could not damage the unknown metal called Starlight.

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The thunderbolt worn around my body was a bit thrilling, but unlike spewing it out of my mouth, that was it.

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It’s at a level where Maria won’t be particularly affected.

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[weird! rod! hard! human! sick!]

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“Oh, don’t say anything that might be misunderstood… !”

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Is there anything I can do to make someone a saebak now?

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The reason I grabbed Mother Shinsu’s feet was purely to block her escape route.

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Since he has not yet obtained the souvenir that allows him to fly freely in the sky, it would be quite annoying if the mother god beast flew up to the sky and only unilaterally attacked from a distance.

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‘I’m confident I can avoid it, but it won’t feel good.’

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Grumpy!

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It looked like the mother god beast was about to use thunderbolt again. Now I’m in a situation where I’m holding on to his legs. It was not easy to avoid using lightning. It wasn’t a bad decision.

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But of course there was no way I would just leave it alone.

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“Uh-huh!”

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Perfect!

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[!]

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The beak of the guy who was about to fire the lightning was raised and struck with a supernatural weapon. I wasn’t so lax as to fall victim to an attack attempted right in front of my face.

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Thanks to this, the guy who exploded in his mouth was twisting his body in pain.

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[Get away!]

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Flutter!

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When she finally failed to force me to fall, Mother Shinsu changed her strategy.

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He flew up into the sky with me hanging by his ankle.

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-Lord, master! I think it would be better to let go of your ankles!!

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‘why?’

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-There is a legend that the thunderbird is the highest flying bird! If those settings were reflected here…

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‘hmm… well. I think it’s already too late.’

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-omg… !

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Phew!

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While Maria was trying hard to explain, the incident had already happened.

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I thought it was rising into the sky, but in an instant, it rose vertically enough to see the forest below. We have already passed the top of the tree that resembles the World Tree where the Thunderbird’s nest was located.

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Even if I had flight-related souvenirs, I couldn’t have kept up with this speed.

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As I watched the forest getting smaller and smaller beneath my feet for a few seconds, the thunderbird even broke through the clouds and climbed above.

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The guy who was constantly increasing altitude stopped ascending only after leaving the clouds under his feet.

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[human! high! I can’t stand it!]

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“The view is nice?”

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