NOVEL NEXT chapter 316
316 – Twisted Cognition
‘As expected… [Fire explosion] Can’t even be detected.’
Although I was far away from the explosion point, more than anything, the flame mark and I were not directly connected.
The moment the mark is engraved, it is already complete in itself, and I just press the button.
Even if you have sensory abilities, it would be impossible for Jo Gi-man to know that I attacked him.
Clatter-clatter-
I had a hard time suppressing the shaking of my shoulders as I looked at Jogiman, whose face was so wrinkled.
– Ugh!!
The flames were so visible that they left clear burn marks on one of his arms.
It was clear that the guy was suffering from pain. As I was watching, I was a little puzzled by that.
‘Hmm… That’s a bit of an overreaction… Even if it’s defense-ignoring damage, does it barely hurt that much?’
If you look a little closer, you’ll be able to see exactly how much stamina you’ve lost. The guy’s energy was too ferocious for that.
Looking around with an expression as if I had seen a ghost, I felt like there was something I didn’t know about.
“That doesn’t make sense?! Why are the achievements reversed!!”
Jo Ki-man seemed to be so excited that he couldn’t see the situation around him, and was expressing his dissatisfaction vocally.
‘What is the achievement that makes you react so violently?’
I don’t know what it was, but the act of trying to find someone made me anxious.
I don’t know why he had a seizure so I’ll skip it, but there was one thing that was disappointing.
‘Is it because the mark wasn’t carved directly with [Flame Slash]? ‘Destroying physical strength’ is not possible.’
If you think back to the Giant Skull you encountered in Nargul’s dungeon, a message would definitely have come to mind if the effect had been applied.
However, as the mini-map came to mind, a new dot appeared that only pointed to Jogi.
– The location of the enemy hit by the flame explosion is tracked to the end.
‘Oh oh?! It was great! Where has this even been applied? Haha-‘
I felt like screaming with joy.
Now that we can determine its location, it will be much easier to respond to it in the future.
[Gyahaa!!]
– Ugh! This damn persistent monster! Get away from me!!
Jo Ki-man, who was frantically searching for something, was unable to do what he wanted because the monster that had been thrown away by the [Flame explosion] Stuck again.
The monster did not stop attacking Jo Gi-man even while being hit by an explosion. Even Jo Gi-man looked sick of that obsession that bordered on madness.
‘It’s a really impressive monster.’
And with the fifth and final explosion, the extremely hideous black flames soared into the sky, and the bodies of the great monster and Jo Gi-man overlapped and froze as if time had stopped.
Kiiiiing─────
That was the same for everyone except me.
In the extremely slow flow of time, my thoughts functioned normally.
Now, if that monster disappears in this state, Jo Gi-man will be even more embarrassed after he comes to his senses.
‘Oh, it’s coming.’
The five pillars of fire that rose up were violently mixed and swirled like a waterspout.
At the end, lightning with dazzling light roughly tore through the world, and something huge that was difficult to capture at a glance appeared between them.
And the message that came to mind.
– The skill [Flame Explosion] Knocked on the door five times. A fragment of a great being awakens from its slumber in anger.
– [Extinction] Has been activated!
‘… I don’t think the word ‘anger’ was there last time…’
While I was trembling in fear, the enormous being opened its mouth wide and fell down.
Just like last time, my perception was blurry so I couldn’t guess the exact shape.
As expected, a huge being that seems very angry.
That being swallowed up the unnamed monster in one go.
Thump–!
[·········!!!]
The great monster let out a terrible scream and was in pain, but that only lasted for a moment.
‘…’
Literally disappearing.
The great monster vanished from this world without leaving any trace.
Aside from the overwhelming appearance of a great being, there was no particular great impact.
It felt like I had accomplished something really trivial, like just blowing dust off the floor with my mouth.
I couldn’t take my eyes off that sight out of fear.
If I had lost consciousness like last time, I wouldn’t have to feel this fear.
‘I lost my mind around this time last time? Are you holding on because your rank has been upgraded?’
Even now, my consciousness was in danger, as if it was about to boil, but I felt like I could hold on somehow.
The great being who swallowed the great monster felt like his anger and had calmed down a little after defeating the great monster, but the reason was unknown.
Rattling-
And only Jogi.
The guy sitting where my eyes stopped was shaking his body like an aspen tree.
‘What? If you have a being the size of a seven-headed dragon in your back, will you be able to resist like that?’
– A very small portion of great beings who cannot be recorded in the [Book of Akasha] Have temporarily descended into this world!
– The gods who were destroying the balance of this world quickly disappear.
However, when the message came to mind, Jo Gi-man’s eyes, which were trembling with fear, suddenly changed, and he raised his head and glared at the great being’s side as if he were going to kill him.
– The incarnation of the Seven Headed Dragon makes eye contact with a fragment of a great being.
“Ouch…! It’s only a piece of chaff—!!”
‘?!’
‘What, is that kid conscious? Well, if you do this, you’ll find out that someone here has demonstrated this ability!’
I got nervous.
Jo Ki-man struggled, showing angry eyes even as dark red blood poured out.
The sight of him struggling to withstand the power of a gigantic being even seemed pitiful.
Kwajik─ puddeuddeuk─
In the end, Jo Gi-man must have decided that he could not withstand the enormous power in his current form, and he began to reveal his true self.
‘What is that?’
Puddeudeudeuk-Kwazijic─
The reptile-like face split into two, and the wings became a complete pair.
‘That energy… Shouldn’t be like this? Fuck, does this make sense?!’
Jo Gi-man begins to explode with a clearly alien energy as his appearance changes.
As I watched him change into something unimaginable, I realized that something had gone terribly wrong.
Ujijijik-!
Eventually, its size grew in an instant, becoming a giant body well over 10 meters long, and its face, which had been split into two, was about to split into four faces again.
The fragments of the great being that had descended looked with interest at Jogiman, who was turning into a seven-headed dragon, and then disappeared.
‘Hmm?!’
But the gaze of the disappearing great being caught my eye for a moment, and somehow its eyes seemed to yearn for something more.
‘…?’
It was difficult to know exactly what more I wanted.
Seeing that his anger has calmed down a bit after eating the Great Monster, does this mean he should bring a stronger one?
‘A being stronger than a great monster… I was just lucky this time… How can that bastard do more than that-‘
– The balance of this world is temporarily restored.
‘It’s gone?! Then what about Jogiman?’
As the great being disappears, I am finally free from restrictions.
I tried to look only at Jogi.
Whisk-!
However, it fell to the floor like a fallen log.
Dizzy. You can’t lift a finger.
A feeling of vomiting occurs.
However, since I cannot vomit biologically, I just keep feeling dirty.
Fluttering-
In the distance, Jogi Mando could be seen falling to the ground.
The guy had suddenly returned to his human form, and his soul seemed to have disappeared somewhere.
‘Is it back to normal? You won’t remember what happened, right?’
If he remembered the great being, he would definitely feel bad.
Jo Gi-man’s power that I just saw was far beyond what I had imagined. Even that wasn’t complete.
Even if it had only changed to two heads in the first place, it might have been able to crush and crush the great monster.
If such a thing starts to take action to find the person who just summoned the being, no one will be able to stop it.
Hundreds of earthworms were squirming all over Jo Giman’s body.
The body her her swelling up as if it was about to explode, and a ton of blood suddenly poured out.
‘It is clear that this is a burdensome transformation…’
It’s probably not an ability that can be used often.
Maybe there are other restrictions, such as a count limit or a time limit.
It was fortunate.
I felt the flow of time starting to return to its original state little by little.
The dark clouds that had piled up in the sky cleared up before we knew it, and it took on an even more blue color.
The split and torn cracks disappeared as if they had never happened.
At the same time, Jo Ki-man’s eyes began to fill with life again.
The guy sat up with difficulty and started muttering something incomprehensible and laughing maniacally.
“There is a being beyond my authority… This kind of singularity cannot exist. Kkekekekekeke…”
As I watched that self-deprecating laugh, I became afraid.
‘… That… It’s not just Jogi yet…? How can it still be maintained?’
The monster that was arbitrarily mixed with Jo Gi-man’s consciousness was still the same. He even seemed to remember everything.
“Whew… I don’t know which guy is playing around. If that’s the case, he has no choice but to kill everyone in this place…”
‘What?!’
In the end, Cho Ki-man said that he would slaughter the hunters.
When what I feared happened, I tried to move my body somehow to activate [Blast of Madness].
But then Jogiman suddenly grabbed his eyes and started rolling around on the floor.
“aah!!”
It was so painful that I didn’t even think it was refreshing.
“Excuse me…! I’ve been preparing for this long, and you’re still bringing up the balance!”
‘Balance…’
It was my fault for not anticipating the slightest possibility that an evil spirit could descend in the first place, but what he was trying to do now was clearly a loss of balance.
Although the guy shouted as if he had been doing something to overcome it.
The guy who was in pain suddenly became quiet as if he were dead, then immediately stood up and started sobbing like a zombie.
“Ugh… Blue eyes… That hateful being… They set a trap to kill me… Because there can be no being outside of my power…”
The guy kept mumbling like that as if he was possessed by something.
‘…?’
I don’t know why the story suddenly became like that, but Jo Ki-man continued to cry and swear with his blue eyes.
– The perception of the entity that tried to break the balance is greatly distorted.
‘…Right. Is this like a side effect of excessive intervention? I don’t know exactly what happened, but the will to kill us has completely disappeared.’
The feeling that the guy would attack me at any moment disappeared, and I stored away the self-destruction skill I was about to activate again.
After a while, the flow of time returned to normal, and the superpowers, including Kang Yeon-soo, were just about to regain their senses.
Jo Gi-man, who had been sitting on the floor and tearing out his head in pain, suddenly stood up.
Then, she jumped up into the sky and swung her hand sword strengthened with [Thunder Strike] Horizontally.
‘?!’
That location was exactly where Geum Jae-hyeon, the barrier magician, was hiding his body her her her.
– Ugh…! Uh, how…?!
Geum Jae-hyeon appeared with his head cut in half and his blood his gushing out like a fountain.
Jo Ki-man, who cut off Geum Jae-hyeon’s throat, spoke to someone unseen as if swallowing his anger
“Blue eyes…! You dirty, ugly bastard. You’re using a rat like this to use a transference technique! You’re probably the only one who can bring in that horrible thing! Just wait a little longer. I won ‘t avoid it this time.”
Jo Gi-man shouted several times at Geum Jae-hyeon, who grabbed his torn neck her.
Then, Jo Gi-man, who strongly grabbed Geum Jae-hyeon’s head her his her, separated it from the body his her with his hands his her.
Fuwaah-!