NOVEL NEXT Chapter 119 - It Will Be as You Say
Chapter 119: It Will Be as You Say
The monster transformations of the brothers were all quite similar.
Although there were minor individual differences, excluding the different maternal bloodlines, they all transformed into similar forms.
Typically, they would maintain a human appearance with black horns growing from their heads.
Additionally, various parts of their bodies, such as arms, legs, or chests, would be encased in black armor similar to their father’s.
But what on earth was happening with Han Jae-won’s transformation?
“Strength… speed… and even reflexes…!”
Boom!
“Ugh?!”
“You look quite surprised.”
“Tch! I didn’t expect you to be hiding such incredible power, brother.”
Was he wielding a sharp sword now?
Or was it a heavy club?
Each strike felt so overwhelmingly powerful that it was hard to distinguish.
It wasn’t like swords clashing against each other; it felt more like a massive hammer pounding on a blade.
And to make matters worse, his speed was increasing.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Crunch…
Clang! Crackle…!
‘My blade is gradually dulling…!’
A swordsman could never defeat him.
That was what Yujin had believed, what he had been taught.
But as time passed and he saw his body being worn down, all he could do was break out in a cold sweat, desperately dodging and placing both hands on the opponent’s abdomen.
“Silas Edge!”
He unleashed a shockwave from his body.
Boom!
But all that was cut down were the cityscapes around them.
“!!”
“The situation has reversed. Your attacks can’t leave a scratch on me.”
“To have such offensive power, and this level of defense…! Have you inherited everything from our father?!”
They were both monsters.
In human form, he had felt he was slightly ahead.
But the gap had widened drastically the moment they began fighting in their monstrous forms, and Yujin could no longer deny it.
Han Jae-won.
This guy was truly the child who could rekindle their father’s indifference.
He was the prince who should have been in the imperial palace.
“Then let’s finish this.”
“Damn it, just when I had finally obtained the Han surname, I’ll bring shame to it… Well, at least I’m losing to another Han brother, so maybe it’s okay?”
As the jet-black holy sword was raised high into the sky, Yujin closed his eyes in regret, knowing it would soon descend upon his shoulder.
Was it because he had slacked off after inheriting the Han surname?
Regret washed over him for the carefree times of pleasure he had once enjoyed.
But at that moment.
“From now on, you are the strongest bomb in the world, capable of blowing away anything.”
A calm voice echoed between the two, as if it had been spoken right beside them.
At the same time, something flew toward Han Jae-won’s chest, where the sword was raised…
“A rock?”
It was an ordinary rock that could be found anywhere.
But how could such a simple rock have any power…
“Gah?!”
It was powerful enough to lift the transformed Jae-won’s body into the air, sending him flying backward.
Thud.
“Cough, cough!”
As he was flung away from Yujin, Jae-won stood up, coughing up blood from the pain in his chest.
“W-what is this?”
He picked up the rock that had done this to him.
Then he crushed it into pieces.
It was just an ordinary rock that could be found anywhere.
No matter how hard it was thrown, it shouldn’t have been able to hurt his body at all.
“Yujin. Why are you giving up so soon?”
“B-Brother?!”
“Though you inherited the Han surname last, you are still a prince of the Han family. Even if you die in battle, never give up.”
Then, Jae-won crushed the rock in his hand into powder and turned back.
There, walking forward with a dignified air, was the eldest prince of the future Han Shin-woo Empire, a mix of black and white.
“Han Leon…!”
“So, your name is Han Jae-won, right? Your record is quite ambiguous. I can’t even tell who was born first, so should I call you brother or not? It’s really unclear.”
“Was it you who launched that attack just now?”
“If you mean throwing the rock, then yes, that was me.”
“…!”
He was the first child officially recognized by Han Shin-woo.
This was the first time he had seen him in person.
And Leon’s mother was none other than…
“Lady Ria…!”
She was his mortal enemy.
“Come to think of it, I heard there was bad blood between you and my mother? She told me herself.”
“Did she? Then you must know I naturally find you unpleasant because you’re her son.”
“Well, considering that someone like my mother was murdered, I understand. If I were you, I’d react the same way. Maybe even worse.”
Leon watched Jae-won, who was gnashing his teeth in his monstrous form, and didn’t bother to argue.
After all, they were enemies before they were brothers.
“Where is Lady Sophia? Han Jae-won.”
“Who knows, maybe my mother is enjoying a shopping spree somewhere?”
“Not a funny joke. Since the moment we four stormed into the past, I knew you had been hiding the First Lady well. And the only place in this era where one could hide a key figure would be…”
Click!
“The still-existing Hunter Association building. Am I wrong?”
“Tch! So you knew after all…”
“W-what?! Then was Lady Sophia really inside that building?”
Yujin gasped in surprise.
Meanwhile, Leon, lifting his foolish brother, stepped forward confidently.
“Yujin, I’ll take care of capturing Han Jae-won. In the meantime, you enter the building and bring Lady Sophia out.”
“Aha! A diversion tactic, Brother. But do you know where Lady Sophia is?”
“She’s probably on the top floor. Since Jin-ah Lee is still alive in this world, that fox woman would keep someone important close by.”
“The top floor, huh? Got it. I’ll go get her right away.”
With the task clearly assigned to his younger brother, Leon slowly walked toward Jae-won.
“Then, excuse me for a moment!”
“Do you think I’ll let you?”
Jae-won tried to block him by transforming his feet into blades and gliding past him like he was skating.
But…
“In the space within my eyes…”
Shiver!
With an inexplicable sense of dread…
“Air cannot exist.”
At that moment, Jae-won, who had been about to reach out to Yujin, suddenly found himself unable to breathe and collapsed to his knees.
“Khuh?! …Gasp?”
“No matter how strong a creature is, it cannot live without air. But don’t worry. I’ll release you before you die.”
“You… bastard…!”
Just as he said.
Even with a strong body, there wasn’t much Jae-won could do in a space devoid of air.
All he could do was clutch his throat in extreme pain.
What kind of nonsensical power was this?
As he pondered this, Jae-won became increasingly helpless.
“Within the space visible to my eyes…”
“Air cannot exist.”
The events from a moment ago flashed before his eyes like a reel.
And not only that, but he remembered the rock that made him cough up blood.
“I declare that from now on, you are the strongest bomb in the world, capable of blowing away anything.”
…That was what he had heard.
‘Could this guy’s power be…’
If things continued like this, he would pass out from lack of oxygen.
So, Jae-won decided to take a chance and use the remaining strength in his body to leap behind Leon.
Then…
“Inhale… exhale!”
“You’ve already figured out my ability?”
“Honestly, I couldn’t believe it even when I thought of it. Is your ability really to make anything you say come true?”
“…It’s not such an all-powerful ability.”
Jae-won, finally able to breathe again, quickly inferred the unbelievable nature of Leon’s power.
Even though Leon spoke as if his ability wasn’t that impressive…
Swoosh.
“?!”
He aimed his palm toward Jae-won once again.
“In front of me, the air gains elasticity and captures the opponent.”
Then he issued the following command.
Squeeze.
“Ugh?!”
This time, he pulled out a flashlight from his pocket.
“A fla…shlight?”
“This flashlight’s light…”
“?! Don’t tell me…!”
Leon aimed the flashlight’s bulb at the transformed Han Jae-won like it was the barrel of a gun and spoke.
“It will transform into a mighty flame that burns everything it touches.”
Whoosh!
***
“Alright, I’ll take this opportunity to go in and fetch Lady Sophia.”
“Not so fast!”
“M-Madam?”
“No matter how much you’re my grandson, I can’t just stand by and watch as you take my daughter.”
While Leon was handling Han Jae-won, Yujin had planned to complete his mission swiftly.
However, his movement was blocked by Rolling, who was standing right in front of the Hunter Association entrance.
Caught off guard, Yujin used his heightened senses from his monster transformation to scan his grandmother, Lady Rolling’s, body.
And he couldn’t help but be shocked.
‘…! There’s barely any part of her body that’s still intact!’
In terms of raw stats, even in human form, she was a being who could easily defeat him in his current monstrous state.
But that was assuming her body was in perfect
condition.
It was heartbreaking to see that such a powerful physique was riddled with permanent, irreparable damage.
‘In her current state, even Yulian or Shin-ah could defeat her.’
But a tiger remains a tiger even with broken fangs.
Like with the Jae-won brothers earlier, he couldn’t predict how she might defy his expectations in combat.
“Madam, but I’m family too. Let me see my other mother.”
“Sigh… If you just wanted to see her, I wouldn’t have stopped you. But I can’t let you take her away so blatantly, my grandson.”
“G-Grandson…! Ahem! W-Well, you’re right about that…”
Yujin blushed at the unfamiliar word “grandson,” finding it difficult to respond as she made a valid point.
Just as Yujin was feeling flustered.
Buzz.
“Huh?”
“What?”
The automatic door at the entrance of the Hunter Association building.
A door that should have been locked suddenly opened wide in front of Yujin, as if inviting him inside.