Boundless Necromancer - Chapter 91

091. Craving (1)

Geomyeom (劍炎).

Namgung-hyeok called the sword spirit that shimmers like a haze of flames.

In addition, it is said that it is a state beyond sword skill, and it is a level that cannot be reached with fake sword skill.

I wondered if it would be any different just because my sword blades were fluttering like flames, but…

I only realized the true meaning after blocking Namgoong-hyeok’s curved swords with sword blades.

Keyiing-!

The state that couldn’t be followed by swordsmanship didn’t have a different meaning.

‘The sword energy is being eaten…!?’

As if Geom-Yeom is a predator, he greedily began to eat the Geom-gi I formed.

It’s not because the sword’s physical power is weak, it’s not pushed back, but the sword’s flame overwhelms the sword, as if meeting an enemy of a match that can never be defeated.

It was meaningless to use sword skills just by facing the blades together.

decisive battle.

This sword flame that flies in an instant is a skill that exists to break the sword spirit.

I noticed that it was like a natural enemy to me who could only use swordsmanship.

“I’ll finish it with false swordsmanship.”

Namgung-hyeok coldly foreshadowed the end, and soon completely destroyed his sword skills.

With Chaeng!

My sword shattered like a glass window, and Namgung-hyeok swung his curved sword with a bell force, even the sword I was holding.

but-.

「Blood spirit dwells in the blade due to the exclusive effect of Blood Heaven Demon Sword.」

Namgung-hyeok’s curved sword, which was swung in an instant, eventually failed to cut the sword I was holding.

“…!?”

It was because the sword energy disappeared from the Blood Demon Sword in his hand, and at the same time, a reddish energy lingered on the blade.

“When used by someone with swordsmanship skills, blood qi flows around the blade, and the flow of magic power flowing through the bloodstream becomes smooth.” In the past, I didn’t understand what it meant to have

blood qi wrapped around the blade.

The sword spirit overlaid on the Blood Heaven Demon Sword disappeared, and its true nature was revealed at this moment.

Even the blood on the blade was only slightly pushed back by Namgung-hyeok’s sword flame and was not destroyed.

In a nutshell, blood qi is a type of ability that cannot be eaten by sword flames.

‘nice…!!’

It was the moment when I stepped back right away, singing joy in my heart.

「The duration of the unique attribute ‘Forced Duel’ has ended.」

「The dueling area within a 30m radius is unlocked and external interference becomes possible.

」

At the same time Catherine’s voice is heard from outside, sparks rush from the right as if exploding.

Seeing that scene, I quickly widened the distance with Namgung-hyeok…

“Do you know how to fall for this kind of witchcraft again?”

Namgoong-hyeok, who saw the flames, instead of me, stopped on the spot and picked up his momentum.

“Changcheon Big Sword.”

Namgoong-hyeok muttered as if he would put everything in one sword.

For a moment, I thought that Namgoong-hyeok had activated a skill or authority, but soon changed my mind.

The guy who hated skills and traits so much could mutter so confidently?

I instinctively judged right away that it couldn’t be a skill or authority, and I stared at him.

Soon, Namgung-hyeok raised his sword flame to the limit and began to swing his sword as if he were dancing.

Kwagwagwagwagwang…!!

Just like the sky burning in the setting sun, sword flames overwhelm the power of the flames.

At that moment, I kicked my feet, anticipating that Namgoong-hyeok would go wild if he continued like this.

had to stop

When I’m still at this level, I have to kill him halfway to survive.

The thought didn’t leave my head and I moved my body as it was.

Wasn’t I the only one who received that intense intuition?

Paaang!

Kim Seung-hoon, who had escaped from the wreckage of the building before he knew it, ran like crazy to Namgung-hyeok holding an Ohama.

Not only did his stats drop, but even his skills were sealed, so he couldn’t just stand still.

Namgung-hyeok is still using Geomyeom to erase flames, so the opportunity exists.

Chow!

Under that conviction, I recklessly fired at Namgoonghyeok as if I had fired the flash sword at full power.

But…

“Changcheon Yungeom.”

The moment when Namgung-hyeok, who had erased all the flames before he knew it, drew his sword as if spinning while muttering that.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Not only the slash of the island sword, but also the sword flame that slashed everything around raged like a storm.

***

Horizon.

A scene unfolded before my eyes that I could only say so.

「The skill ‘Ashen Blood’ is activated.」

「All types of pain inflicted on the user are reduced by 60%

. 」

I looked at the horizon.

It was a horizon created when all the buildings in the area were broken straight down and the splendid appearance of Shinjuku disappeared.

The fact that this spectacle was made by only one person made me feel empty.

In fact, Namgoong-hyeok was a monster beyond common sense that I couldn’t handle.

Changchun Secret Sword and Changchun Yungeom were not skills or powers, but pure techniques.

Even so, I couldn’t stop Namgung-hyeok and barely survived.

“…”

「The skill ‘Counterattack Shield’ was broken, making it impossible to reflect the accumulated damage.」 The

only reason I’m still alive is thanks to the Gray Blood and Counterattack Shield.

Momentarily using his wits, he blocked the sword attack by wrapping himself around others with a counterattack shield.

‘…No, I can’t say that I blocked it properly.’

All I did was cancel one attack by consuming all my mana.

I couldn’t even use the reflection of accumulated damage, which is the true effect of Counterattack Shield.

Even the offset was not done properly, so the result was disastrous.

Kim Seung-hun, who had just escaped from the wreckage of the building, was stuck in the building again.

Catherine and Oh Chun-seok fell stunned with only the shockwave passing through the shield.

“Rotten…”

It was a complete defeat.

On the other hand, Namgung-hyeok, who was responsible for creating this misery, was not in a serious condition like me.

He was breathing heavily as if his stamina had dropped significantly, and now his hands holding the curved sword were shaking violently

.

Of course, I was recovering my lost body through gray blood, but there was no way I could recover properly.

Now, the body is not regenerating properly.

However, since Namgung-hyeok doesn’t seem to have any other skills left, the situation was similar right now.

I lost my left arm and right eye, but Namgung-hyeok has a hard time holding a sword.

Thinking that this was a damn good situation, I quickly grabbed the Blood Heaven Demon Sword in my right hand.

As soon as I gripped the handle of the sword, a reddish aura lingered on the blade.

Of course, it is weaker than when the blood energy was greatly activated by pouring mana.

‘Even if we can’t win, at least we can get mortal wounds together.’

At least, the minimum hand that can fight Namgoong-hyeok further has been prepared.

If Namgung-hyeok rushes forward to fight more, I will fight with the determination to die.

That was my conclusion.

It was the moment when I aimed the Blood Heaven Demon Sword at Namgung-hyeok and tried to fight again.

“…I don’t think it’s time to settle each other just yet.”

Namgung-hyeok quietly spoke to me with his eyes burning brightly.

“…For once, I will admit this Confucius’ defeat. But next time it will be different.”

And I frowned at Namgoong-hyeok’s words, as if I couldn’t understand them.

Soon after, Namgung-hyeok took out a blue stone from the burning blue uniform with his trembling hands, and he was able to read the true intention.

“Dimensional transfer…”

“Are you going to stop it?”

“…”

“If that happens, one of the two will die on the spot.”

It was as it was said.

Although Namgung-hyeok was exhausted, I also lost my left arm and went blind in my right eye.

Not only did he lose his sense of balance because he had no left arm, but he must have completely lost his sense of distance because he was blind in one eye.

‘I’m going to die.’

I don’t want to give each other an easy neck, but I can’t be safe if I bump into each other properly.

Of course, Namgung-hyeok couldn’t be safe, but he didn’t want to gamble that much.

“Today, Confucius Bon admits his defeat and resigns, but you and Confucius Bon will face each other again.”

Namgung-hyeok barely managed to control his swaying body and tightly gripped the blue stone.

Whoops!

“Goodbye, Sword Demon.”

Immediately, Namgoong-hyeok moved to the blue portal that appeared behind him and disappeared.

“…”

I looked away after watching the portal close as if it were going off.

Buildings in Shinjuku were torn in half by Namgoong-hyeok’s sword.

“Admitting defeat… is nothing different from my defeat.”

didn’t keep anything

Just as I lost my parents 7 years ago to a horde of monsters during the dungeon break.

He said he would kill Namgung-hyeok and protect Shinjuku this time as well.

The only thing I did was return Namgung-hyeok to his original place.

The fact made me feel pain as if my heart was twisting.

However…

the aftermath of the battle came up all over his body without a moment to feel the mental pain.

Absence of the left arm, blindness in the right eye, and other injuries, large and small, gradually brought her to sleep.

thud.

“…”

I fell to the floor without much resistance and closed my eyes.

***

“…you finally woke up.”

When I opened my eyes, I saw the face of Catherine, a beautiful woman with red hair.

Her face was thrilled, as if a seriously ill patient had miraculously awakened.

‘No, he must have been seriously ill in reality.’

My left arm was blown up to my shoulder blades and my right eye was blind…

Realizing that fact, I immediately moved my weak body to activate my senses.

Soon after, I felt the sensation of my fingers on my left side as well as my arm moving.

In addition, the right eye, which had been blinded, had recovered enough to distinguish objects properly.

‘The gray blood seems to have worked properly.’

Even if it wasn’t, the regenerative power was sure to rise to the level of the gray blood in this battle.

There was no way that the skill that originally allowed him to recover even the damaged body couldn’t fix this much.

Feeling relieved at that, I slowly rolled my eyes to look around, and Katherine opened her mouth.

“It’s a hospital near Tokyo.”

“…Doesn’t Catherine-san not have to be treated?”

“You know what you look like now and you do that…?”

“…”

“My left arm was completely blown off and my right eye went blind.”

“I know.”

It was a problem that I didn’t really care about because I would recover with the gray blood skill anyway.

However, Katherine continued with her eyes watery as if that wasn’t the case.

“Thanks to you blocking it with your shield, we are all safe, but only you are like this.”

“…”

“To be honest, if it weren’t for you, I would have died. I am grateful for that.”

“Ah yes…”

“But you have to learn to take care of yourself. A few lives won’t be enough fighting like that.”

“….”

At those words mixed with emotions, I silently looked at her and nodded.

“I will keep that in mind.”

I laughed bitterly at the advice I heard from someone for the first time in a long time.

Only then did she realize that her emotions were running high, and she blushed and cleared her voice.

“…Anyway, the doctor said you need to rest, so focus on recovering for the time being. You, only you, deserve it.”

After that, Katherine took out three small water bottles from her bosom and handed them to me.

“It’s a skill proficiency increase potion given as compensation by the Japan Hunter Association.”

It was a coveted reward that increased skill proficiency by 10%.

“…But why three?”

“One is basically your share, which was supposed to be paid, one is the potion I received, and one is what I had.”

“…yes?”

“It’s hard to hold it in your hand, so get it quickly. To be honest, if I don’t do this much, I won’t be able to raise my head to the lifesaver.”

“…”

To be honest, I wondered what would be left of her if she did this to me, but…

Seeing her with even her earlobes dyed red, what was she not taking, so she accepted the three skill proficiency potions.

“…thank you.”

Only then did Katherine stand up as if she had done her job.

“Then I’ll go see you later.”

After saying that, she quickly left the room.

I put the three potions in my hand on the table and raised my upper body.

“Ugh…”

Obviously, all of the injuries have been recovered, but for some reason, should I say that my whole body is aching?

I could understand why the doctor told me to rest.

I put on the slippers that seemed to have been provided by the hospital and walked to the window of the hospital room.

Awesome-.

“Whoa.”

When I opened the window, I could feel the cold winter air coming in from outside.

“…”

However, contrary to the cold wind, the heart beat became hotter.

I knew right away what this feeling was.

longing.

Currently, I am dissatisfied with not being able to defeat Namgoong-hyeok and want more intense power.

The heat of the body does not subside, as if a fuse has been ignited that can never be stopped.

The beating of the heart changed with each beat, as if the emotions crossed.

He goes on a rampage as if he wants to go through the intense growth he achieved in the fierce battle with Namgoong-hyeok once more.

Just like I lost everything 7 years ago, I also run amok with the guilt of not being able to protect anything this time.

I run amok with the desire to grow, wanting to reach the level of swordsmanship that Namgoong-hyuk has.

My heart raced again and again, but I just looked out the window as if to soothe the heat in my heart.

“….”

It is not spring yet, but it will soon pass like this winter in Tokyo.

Soon the time will come when this craving is resolved for me too.

It was still time to prepare for growth by using this longing as firewood.