chapter 373
373 – Each Savior
The line that separates the exact center of the eye from the corner of the mouth.
There was a clear sense of cutting, but it seemed a little shallow.
Thanks to this, I could clearly feel that my ability to cut through space was still lacking.
As of now, that one attack is probably the only moment I have an advantage over that guy.
In the future, I may not be able to surpass that guy with the comprehensive perfection of my swordsmanship.
So it was necessary to put more effort into honing this special cut.
The ability to cut through space that even that guy can’t do.
The reason why I could do that, even I who did it, couldn’t know.
It may be that what I have been working hard for since my previous life as a human is paying off relatedly.
“Ugh… I’ll kill you – I’ll make sure to crush you into small pieces and send you to hell.”
‘I’m sorry, but there’s nowhere else to fall. Waking up again in a body like this is already the punishment of hell, so what are you talking about?’
Beetle-
‘Anyway, the weight of the arms is different, so it’s very difficult to balance, but this is it.’
I felt like I was in a completely different body, so I couldn’t get used to it easily.
So what should we do?
‘Should I recover more by buying time with Manhwanpo? I may not be able to attack properly due to lack of magic power, but…’
I chose to remain [Invincible] And look for another opportunity.
When the guy loses his temper and charges at you, you will definitely be able to attack successfully if you stab him with his tail from a dead angle.
As soon as I thought about it, I quietly prepared [Manhwanpo].
Wooooow-
The body slowly begins to swell.
‘It’s too late…’
When I first used it against a direwolf, I didn’t realize it would take this long, but I thought it wouldn’t be suitable for a one-on-one match where the candle is split into several pieces.
And the ominous premonition was not wrong.
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‘Ugh?! Avoid-‘
As that fleeting thought passed by, my legs suddenly collapsed.
‘Damn it!’
I definitely sensed Hyeon Woo-seok’s sword energy, but I couldn’t react properly.
‘If I hadn’t been injured, I would have avoided it.’
I realized once again that the arms were such an important part in moving the body.
Visibility suddenly decreases.
I tried to float with the ‘Rune of Wealth’ and get away with [High-Speed Flight], But the intangible energy it emitted pushed me hard to the floor.
– Sun and Moon!
-Stop! Win or lose is decided!!
The screams of Yeonhee and her colleagues echo in my ears.
When I lost my legs and looked at the ceiling with my stomach exposed, I felt a strange sense of déjà vu.
‘It was exactly like this when I lost to Tania.’
If I felt somehow cheerful even though I lost back then, I felt even worse now.
‘I fought pretty well, but the damn guy is too strong. Ha…’
I guess I can’t ignore the fact that it’s an experience.
That guy must have sparred countless times with excellent swordsmen from Ilseom since he was young, but I lacked that experience.
‘Breathing is different. Breathing. I had to move at least one move faster than when dealing with monsters. Damn…’
When I think back to my days as a guide, it was truly a world-changing level of progress. There was no comfort at all in a situation where death was approaching me.
Before I even had time to get emotional, a dark shadow suddenly appeared over my head.
I had no choice but to give up when I saw the messenger named Hyeon Woo-seok carrying death with him.
The guy was staring down at me with his darkly shaded eyes.
“My eyes… You have no eyes… I have no eyes to take away. It’s unfair…”
It’s a terrible expression and eyes.
I wanted to shout to the people who called me a monster to look at this guy’s face clearly.
I felt disgusted with Hyun Woo-seok rather than fearful.
Maybe that’s why I’m trying so hard to think differently.
‘It takes too long to activate, Manhwanpo.’
It was obviously quite far away, but from that distance, I cut off his leg with a sword attack so fast that I couldn’t even see it, and he has already come this far.
‘… My defense and physical abilities… The more I grow, the more I realize that I am lacking.’
It was a shortcoming that I hadn’t felt even when dealing with an ogre, but after a short fight, I clearly realized that I still have areas to fill in.
From the moment I sensed its attack with my senses until my body reacted and moved.
I never knew the time in between was this long.
‘Are you saying I still lack agility… I invested so much in it? This is ridiculous. By the way, when I die, [Ogre’s Rage] And [Traces of Presence] Will be activated… I’m curious what effect they will have. Although I can’t see it.’
When I’m trying to think of something else, he talks to me as if he wants me to focus on him.
“I tried to kill you by stepping on you, but I don’t want to see your disgusting face anymore. Just die.”
‘I didn’t want to die while looking at your face, but this is a mess of trash that can’t be recycled.’
As I looked at Hyeon Woo-seok’s sword falling on my forehead, I felt a moment of anger.
‘Why do I have to die from this bastard? Because of the unknown will of the system?’
Or is it because of the reward of Yeonhee’s fame after the battle is over?
Or is it really just to defend himself by saying that he had a fair one-on-one match with Hyun Woo-seok?
[You’re laughing. I have too many thoughts on the monster topic.]
I couldn’t tell if the sound I heard in my ears was my inner voice, or if someone was saying that to me.
My dark consciousness, locked in the abyss, rose to the surface and flew into the hot sun.
[Kill…Kill…Take away that dirty thing right now!]
It feels like someone is secretly whispering in my ear.
That voice was so sweet that it was hard to resist.
And I activated [Blast of Insanity] As if possessed by something.
Gigi Geek- Guuuuung──
A terrible bursting sound erupted and the body began to bulge.
‘The person who will take you to death together is [Hypocrisy Prosecutor] Hyeon Woo-seok.’
When I designate a person to self-destruct, time passes slowly as if the world has stopped.
I can clearly see the movement of Hyeon Woo-seok, who is holding his sword and slashing at my forehead.
‘Perfect posture and balance. You have all the basic skills that the teacher always talked about. It’s fucking perfect.’
Meanwhile, seeing something like that caught my eye made me crazy too.
When this mysterious time passes when the whole world seems to have stopped except for me, that guy and I will become something that does not exist in this world.
But then.
Magical power in the shape of a huge sword loaded with enormous power suddenly fell from the sky.
‘Who…?!’
It wasn’t the skill of Hyun Woo-seok, who became my prey.
An ability manifested by a being much higher than that.
Before I could properly use my skills, I could clearly picture myself disappearing.
And something even more surprising happened almost simultaneously.
– ‘The woman whose name was hidden’ intervened.
I felt someone pulling me strongly, and soon I disappeared from space with a brief feeling of floating.
It happened just as the intangible sword that fell from the sky was about to strike me.
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The moment Ilwol activated [Blast of Madness], Hyun Woo-seok felt an overwhelming presence and chills that he had never felt even from his uncle.
‘What, what? What on earth is going on?’
Hyun Woo-seok’s sword was already cracking the forehead of the monster whose legs were cut in half.
However, it progressed in a very slow flow of time, and only his thoughts were flowing normally.
With a horrifying feeling that made every hair on his body his stand on end, he realized that he had to get out of this place.
Death.
It was an area of instinct that reacted before thought.
However, he could not stop the blow he had already struck with his will, and he screamed inside.
‘No! What on earth have you done, you damn bastard?! Lord, I’m dying…! I’m definitely going to die… I’m going to die from this guy? I? In a place like this? I still have a lot of work to do? This body will surpass Hyun Il-hwan and become the world’s best prosecutor?’
Puddeuk-deuk-deuk-deuk-
When he twists his body forcibly, the already fixed body bursts like jerky.
‘Ugh…! Hey, I can’t die like this! Please save me! Anyone is welcome, so please. I won’t do anything crazy like this from now on. Please please. Father! Uncle!! Where are you in now! Please save me!!’
He cried so desperately.
I was confident that I could do well in anything if I could get over this hurdle.
He truly prayed and hoped earnestly.
And the moment his shouting ended, something miraculous happened.
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A huge sword fell from the sky, pushing Hyeon Woo-seok far away and soon swallowing a monster named Il-wol.
The sword dug into the ground and Ilwol disappeared cleanly. It’s as if it was never here.
Immediately after, a man was seen falling leisurely from the sky.
An intense light shines behind the man.
‘Ah… I wanted to be like that, but why did I…’
Facing a situation that lacked a sense of reality, Hyun Woo-seok briefly remembered his childhood from deep inside.
This is a person who looks very good in a flowing cape.
He was a man with such a huge presence that it seemed like no one could surpass him.
He was someone Hyun Woo-seok knew very well.
The man who was his idol when he was young and has now become his goal
“Woo Seok-ah…”
“Tongue, brother…”
Hyeon Il-hwan.
Hyeon Jung-gil’s first son, and an unparalleled genius swordsman who is considered worthy of succeeding him.
In a world where the word genius has largely disappeared, there is probably no one who fits that description as well.
Then he appeared in the sparring arena.
The man who displayed amazing abilities even had an unusual appearance.
Hair cut short like a soldier, thick eyebrows and honest eyes.
He is 190cm tall, and his bursting muscles cover his entire body like armor.
It is truly surprising that even with a body like that, he uses swordsmanship more eloquently than anyone else.
Dozens of people in the sparring hall could not keep their mouths shut, and their eyes were fixed on Hyun Il-hwan for a while.
Lee Yeon-hee was the only one who wasn’t looking at him.
Ilwol disappeared from a single blow, unknown whether it was Hyun Ilhwan’s skill or an attack.
Normally, Lee Yeon-hee would have screamed or made any kind of reaction, but she just kept her eyes closed without saying anything.
‘I’m alive. He didn’t disappear because he was attacked by that man… He’s definitely alive, but where on earth did he go? What happened?’
I could clearly feel the faint line connected to Ilwol, but it wasn’t the usual feeling when the summoning was cancelled.
That means you haven’t entered a dark space.
‘Ha…Another force I don’t know intervened. What on earth was it? If I wait, it will definitely come back, right?’
It looks like he was trying to self-destruct, but Hyun Il-hwan suddenly appeared and the skill seems to have been interrupted. But after that, I have no idea what’s going on.
“Hyun Woo-seok… Hyun Woo-seok──!!”
“Hey…! Yes, yes!”
Hyun Il-hwan suddenly appeared and shouted at Hyun Woo-seok.
Then, Hyun Woo-seok buried his face on the floor, trembled, and kept repeating that he was wrong.
“Are you a thoughtful guy? What on earth did you do by bringing so many people to the headquarters!!”
“Hehe…! Hehe… That’s…”
Hyun Il-hwan must have been so angry that he continued to yell at Hyun Woo-seok, who was sobbing pitifully, without showing any sympathy.
The force was so great that the entire sparring hall trembled and shook as if there had been an earthquake.
Jang Yu-chan, who was watching the scene, made a gesture to calm down and said.
“Everyone… Rest assured. Hyun Il-hwan is the most just and reasonable person among the hunters I’ve ever met.”
Contrary to what he said, Jang Yu-chan carefully stepped forward, pushing everyone, including Noh Hayun, behind him.
Then, Hyun Il-hwan stopped yelling at Hyun Woo-seok and quickly ran to Jang Yu-chan and bowed his head first.
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