Sea of Water

‘(Heeek…!)’

Win clutched at her neck.

She was cut.

She was cut!

She saw the [Death Knight]’s Blade pass Amel’s neck.

Win, borrowing Amel’s sight and cognitive abilities to see the world she saw, barely kept up with the [Death Knight]’s sword speed.

A beat late, Win realized the sword had passed her neck and fell back in surprise.

Forgetting to cast,

She gripped her neck with both hands.

She even groped Amel’s neck from behind, but electricity crackled, reattaching her body.

Soon, [Heal] filled the seams, but,

‘(This is not something a person should do.)’

Even without seeing the wound on her neck, her long, straight, pretty hair was cut to her neck, turning into a bob.

She reads Amel’s thoughts, but,

‘Tsk.’

She only clicked her tongue.

She’s only upset about getting hit by the [Death Knight], and doesn’t think about her neck being cut or her hair being cut at all.

Crazy bitch.

Hehe.

‘(Y-yeah, this is what it takes to save the world.)’

If she’s going to take down a Great Devil alone, she’d have to do this much.

She’s seen what kind of guys the Great Devils are with Amel, hasn’t she?

[Dream], even though it was in a Dream, showed a truly divine scale.

Dream Magic is Magic that freely controls Dreams, but it required a firm image of oneself.

One who perceives oneself as a divine being who has escaped the human body.

Such a person could not exist in reality, and if they did, they would be a transcendent being or a madman who had accumulated similar experiences…

No, rather, the more insane they are, the more narrow their perspective becomes, and they remain in the flesh.

Amel, Chris, and Hong Joo-ah would not have been able to cause the scale of phenomena shown in [Dream] if they were not more confident than they were in their abilities.

One who has the conviction to escape the flesh and manipulate the world.

Anyway, in addition to [Dream], the ‘King of Death’ is also considered a Great Devil, and the Great Devil served by the high-ranking Devils [Medusa] and Hite even showed the novelty of suppressing internal Mana with a single word.

If she dies from just having her neck cut, she can’t even dream of defeating a Great Devil on her own.

‘(If I’m going to be with someone, Amel is the best.)’

Perhaps the real Hero who will save the world.

When she sees Amel, she feels that conviction.

Win cast Magic.

Anything clumsy would only get in the way.

She shared some of her experiences from Cappuccino’s Dream.

Magic that wouldn’t interfere with Amel and would be a strength to her.

Win refocused.

Magic.

Water Sea.

Blink.

Blink.

Blink.

The [Death Knight]’s form flickered semi-transparently.

The [Death Knight] briefly stayed in the position of that form, leaving only afterimages.

She chased the [Death Knight].

The [Death Knight] ran away.

No, he was trying to keep his distance, but it became a chase.

Thrusting the sword,

Swinging the sword,

Blocking the sword,

Countless feints were mixed into the basic stances.

The feints left afterimages, and the real ones were mixed into the afterimages.

Unfortunately, the [Death Knight]’s reading was one step ahead.

Hundreds of years of experience living as a [Death Knight]. On the other hand, she learned the concept for the first time through the [Plum Blossom Sword Technique].

Pulling back as if to strike,

Striking as if to pull back,

But a clumsy approach is quickly learned by a master of the sword.

In fact, the [Death Knight]’s skill with the sword itself didn’t seem very good.

But the feeling of the swordsmanship he showed when they first met, then the next time, and now was quite different, as if he had remembered his lost skills.

The rough sword from last time has now been refined.

He reduces unnecessary movements and unleashes the necessary sword at the necessary moment.

He became defensive, but each attack was sharp.

‘That’s how my neck was cut.’

She recovered with [Heal], but was suddenly hit.

Was that a gap that could be a weakness?

…She thought, but when she thought about actually getting hit, she realized how naive her thoughts were.

Sensitively.

Acutely.

It is impossible to fill all the gaps.

Knowing that impossibility, Amel’s sword became even sharper.

Vertically,

[Slash]

She slashed upwards, grazing the Cuirass.

It went exactly to the location of the red weakness shown by [Killing Intent] and [Black Sword].

It was the same spot where she had inflicted a wound when they first met.

She carved a deep wound into the armor and took a backstep to avoid the [Death Knight]’s bomb-like Magic Emission.

The released Dark Mana wave spread.

She distanced herself to avoid it,

But soon,

The wave turned back.

The [Death Knight] absorbed the Mana wave and, as if gaining momentum from it, the [Death Knight]’s body flew in.

Amel, who was floating in the air with a backstep, stepped on the ground at the same time,

She met the [Death Knight]’s [Dark Sword] head-on.

‘(Amel!)’

If possible, she wanted to slam down the [Execution Sword], but it was dangerous at this stage.

Even the gap of drawing the [Execution Sword] was enough for that guy to land a blow now.

‘(Amel!)’

[Phantom Sword] can’t even pierce that armor, and she’s still using [Sword Aura].

[Sword Aura] can’t be used for the same reason as [Execution Sword], and she’s never even used it in the first place. She can use it, but not now.

Unfamiliar techniques only hold her back.

The Skills she can use now are [Slash], [Thrust], [Block], [Sword Aura], [Destroying Heaven Sword], and [Dark Wheel Sword].

She was struck by how narrow her Skill pool was.

She thought she had quite a few because she had learned the Northern Empire Swordsmanship, but when she thought about it, they were all big movements.

A casting time of 0.1 seconds is a big movement.

‘I worked hard to reduce it…!’

She was speechless.

But Amel didn’t realize it.

That she had a smile on her face.

But this can also be said.

If she can’t use Skills, then he’s having a hard time using Skills too!

“Hooooooo…”

She exhales.

Her lungs were full of [Frost].

Frost flowers bloomed on her skin.

She wouldn’t die from the cold, but,

‘I’m going to freeze.’

Moisture in the air clung to her body.

Moisture clings to cold places.

The moisture that clung to her skin became frost, and frost formed on her skin, beginning to interfere with the movement of her joints very subtly.

It fell off every time she moved, but,

The rate at which she froze was getting faster and faster.

At that time.

‘(Amel!)’

Win shouted.

She exchanged swords with the [Death Knight], engaging in a chase that wasn’t a chase.

It became somewhat of a speed battle, giving her some mental leeway.

‘Why!’

‘(I’ve prepared Magic!)’

‘Heater?!’

‘(Water Sea!)’

Water Sea?

She’s about to freeze and become dull, but Water Sea?

It was a familiar pattern to melt her body with [Heater] Magic.

But,

‘Water, huh.’

Ice.

Electricity.

That would be good too.

‘(Okay.)’

Win replied as if she had read her mind.

Then, the Mana allocated to Win demanded more Mana.

She sensed the timing of the Magic’s deployment through Mana.

She puts Strength into her feet.

[Leap]

She bounced off like a spring and pushed [Black Sword] against [Dark Sword].

Using Electrical Ability.

N pole on the soles of her feet.

S pole on the [Death Knight]’s abdomen.

High-output Electricity that was instantly drawn up. Her feet kicked the [Death Knight]’s abdomen along the suddenly generated Magnetic force.

Speed and Power due to Magnetic force.

A kick that added [Destroying Heaven Kick].

Her foot stuck to the [Death Knight]’s abdomen, concentrating all the power on the armor, specifically on the area the size of her foot.

Then, she kicked the [Death Knight] away, changing the attractive force to a repulsive force.

“….”

“….”

Tsk.

Her ankle was cut off.

[Dark Sword] cut off her ankle when she kicked the [Death Knight] away.

[Heal] regenerated her ankle, and her bare feet touched the floor.

It was the perfect opportunity for the [Death Knight] to counterattack, but,

“….”

“….”

A hole the size of her foot was created in his abdomen.

Cracks spread from the hole to the area that had lost its elasticity due to the [Frost].

Inside the hole, the black skin inside the thick armor could be seen.

While she was regenerating her ankle and fully recovering her senses, she felt with her skin that the atmosphere had subsided and the first round was over.

Second round.

Swish.

Moisture.

Magic.

[Water Sea].

Magic that manipulates the environment.

Water filled the floor.

Then,

It froze.

Amel stepped on the frozen surface.

The water that came near her froze, and ice followed her every step, becoming a foothold.

She thought the water level would gradually rise and sink the [Death Knight].

The [Death Knight] also stepped on the surface of the water and stood on the surface of the water.

‘Well, it won’t be that easy.’

But above the water.

Raising her hand as if lifting the air,

[Freeze]

A pillar of ice soared from under the [Death Knight]’s feet.

Dwarfneer is a neutral city.

A place that manufactures high-level equipment.

Therefore, it was a strategic point coveted by many.

Clans, as well as kingdoms and empires, dispatched knight orders, forming all sorts of spheres of influence near Dwarfneer.

As a result, no Clan welcomed the new competitor called the First Home Clan that had recently arrived.

They say they’ll leave soon, but no one sees it in a good light.

“Jang Yu-ha!”

The representative of [Martial Arts Alliance], one of the large Clans, came with the representatives of the subordinate Clans.

The [Martial Arts Alliance] representative was a middle-aged man with a thick beard.

“What’s with telling us not to interfere! Do you know who’s fighting the Death Knight?!”

The [Martial Arts Alliance] representative shouted.

She knows the identity.

Americano.

Known to the world as Anonymous.

If she says it, they’ll understand.

But she wasn’t loose-lipped enough to answer everything they asked.

She said she wouldn’t hide her identity, but she didn’t ask them to spread it on purpose.

Jang Yu-ha decided not to speak.

She had a good ‘feeling’ that it would be better that way.

“….”

She looked at Amel, who had already moved far away.

She was still fighting fiercely in a 1-on-1 battle with the Death Knight.

The black light of the Slash was visible even from this distance, and the fan-shaped Slash easily split the allied forces.

The thundering explosions and earth-shattering impacts were transmitted even from this distance.

The [Martial Arts Alliance] representative didn’t listen to her instructions because he wanted to.

He was forced to follow the instructions because he couldn’t jump into the battlefield.

“Jang Yu-ha! Are you saying you won’t listen to an adult!”

“….”Kkondae: old person.”

That impression was etched in her mind.

“I’ll tell you when the others arrive.”

The battle, which she thought would end soon, continued, and the [Martial Arts Alliance] representative’s complexion was not good as he watched it.

The continuation of the battle is evidence that someone matching the Death Knight has arrived.

Jang Yu-ha also knew that Amel was Anonymous, but she could only laugh in vain.

If she thought about the raid battle that the Clans had gathered together for last night, it meant that Amel alone was equal to all the Clans gathered here.

And the sound of battle stopped.

She thought it was over,

Soon the battle continued.

Around that time, the representative Clans gathered.

“….”

Jang Yu-ha recalled the scene of the future she saw when she first saw Amel.