Genius Corpse-Collecting Warrior - Chapter 193

193

Scarlet Spirit (2)

Fragments of the holy sword scattering before my eyes.

It was like a slow motion scene from a movie.

The shattered pieces of the sword bounced off and dispersed the waves of red lightning that surged in at the last moment.

It struggles to protect its owner until the very end of its life, as if it truly has will.

Jang──!

And the moment the deathly scream from the sword reaches my ears.

Time, which had been slow, regained its speed as if someone had pulled it to its fullest extent.

Let’s go!

A wave of red lightning shatters the entire space. The parts that could not be brushed away tore the skin and muscles.

The fragments of the broken holy sword flew in all directions and disappeared forever.

At that moment, the glowing sphere surrounding the two people also lost its power and disappeared.

Hwii……!

The scenery of the snowy mountain revealed again.

Not only the forest but also the bedrock of the valley could not overcome the heat of the mining hole and melted like chocolate, creating a huge crater.

“…Tsk.”

In the middle of the crater, Dallon clicked his tongue briefly, exhaling white steam.

The half-cut sword body, with its incontinence gone, was pointing to the wizard’s heart.

If the holy sword hadn’t broken, it might have been the wizard’s heart that was torn. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed.

“…I don’t understand.”

The wizard muttered as he looked down at the sword body that had been cut in half.

“what.”

“Why are you trying so hard? “Is it because of my humble self-esteem as the protagonist of the prophecy?”

The wizard’s face turned slightly pale. Red blood was seeping from the inside of the cut clothes.

The orb that melted the entire area was the result of the mixing of the powers of two beings who had reached the 6th level.

Even if he was a 6th rank wizard, he couldn’t be completely fine if he was attacked internally.

“Such self-esteem won’t save you. “If you don’t survive, you can’t hope for the next time.”

The wizard said as he tore off his robe and tied up the wounds. Dallon listened to half of the sermon and slightly relaxed his shoulders.

While a few short words were exchanged, my body was almost completely healed. As it was the only Grade A skill, Dragon Blood was definitely a fraud.

Of course, no matter how much dragon blood there is, it cannot heal a completely crushed body.

The reason he is alive now is because the holy sword absorbed most of the shock.

“Don’t get drunk on playing hero and forget your duty. “If you are truly the protagonist of the prophecy, you must have a sense of responsibility to survive even if it means sacrificing all the lives in the world!”

“How was it like surviving until the end?”

The wizard’s shoulders twitched. Dallen chuckled and raised his head.

The high intelligence level also vividly recalled memories from long ago. The life of a lightning magician who was active behind the monitor was one of them.

A character created through dozens of hours of planning and design.

This episode focused more than anything on obtaining numerous hidden pieces from all over the continent with maximum efficiency.

It was a challenge to see how far he could reach as a standard wizard, and unlike usual, he focused all his energy on increasing his strength rather than fighting against evil spirits.

“You had power, but you didn’t protect it. Because it was more important to get other opportunities.”

“…….”

“When Xun’s army collapsed the Tsardom, you roasted and boiled the imperial wizards of the empire, and while Enaxagus and Temomron were devouring the empire, you practiced elemental arts in the land of the fairies across the sea. “There was.”

“…Shut up!”

Wow.

The wizard ground his teeth. The sea of lightning shimmering in the sky bared its teeth at its owner’s emotions.

Dallen looked up at it and sighed softly. He raised his recovered left hand and covered his right hand holding the sword handle.

“I destroyed Sun with a spell that I had prepared so carefully, but that was all. Just because one evil spirit died, the world that had already begun to fall could not avoid destruction, and you, who used all your strength to destroy Sun, lost your life to the Great Evil.”

“Don’t talk like you know everything. “Do you know the helplessness of just watching the world burn?”

“okay.”

The answer given while pointing the broken tip of the sword at the wizard.

“I know as well as you.”

“Don’t talk nonsense!”

At the end, a line of red thunderbolts crossed the world.

━━━┳┻┳┻┳┻┳┻

A red thunderbolt splits the sky into hundreds of pieces. Dallen jumped into it, holding the sword cut in half.

「Inverted Waterfall」

「Reversal」

The melted ground splits apart and rises towards the sky, blocking the pouring thunderstorm.

A pile of rocks and dirt covered the nearby area like a huge dome. Streams of red lightning struck hundreds of tons of mass blocking its path.

“I refused the call from the Sky Fortress because I will leave someday! In the end, I turned away from the woman I shared my feelings with because I was afraid of hurting her!”

Squeak━━

At the same time as the wizard let out a roar, red sparks began to seep through the cracks in the rock.

The time gained by the land turning upside down was actually only a moment.

However, that moment was enough to raise the power of the realm in this world created entirely by one’s own will.

「Area Resonance」

「Closed Snowy Mountain Sky」

「The Gray Sky of the End」

「Double Heaven」

Between the scenery underfoot that is turning gray and white, dark red clouds rise like underground water and growl.

「Thunderstorm: Resonance」

「Thunder God Tree」

「Blue Rain Bird」

A tree of lightning surged from under the feet and a bunch of bright blue thunderbolts started from there.

The spreading branches collided head-on with the green lightning striking the thousands of tons of rock above their heads.

Gwareung━━━!!

The branch of the lightning that had lasted for a moment broke and, leaving behind the explosion that erupted, Dallen ran towards the wizard holding the holy sword.

“I knew the coming destruction, so it was my duty and responsibility to build up the strength to face it!”

The wizard quickly retreats and throws out yellow lightning. Dallen called out to Jinryong in his mind.

‘Red spear.’

[This is the last time.]

As soon as it recognizes that the dark red heat ray is shooting towards the yellow lightning, it surrounds the gray energy and squeezes through the gap in space.

Je━━━━

The wizard stayed far back to avoid making the same move again.

It jumps through space with a gray-white shadow, catches up with the new type, and stamps its feet on the ground.

Kuung─

「Daehajuyeom(垈煆柱炎)」

「Heat storage fire(築熱池火)」

The pillar of fire that fell from the dark clouds overhead creates a huge cage surrounding the two people.

A huge pool of lava spread out beneath my feet, radiating heat that made even beads of sweat evaporate.

Block the retreat route and build an advantageous battlefield for this side to re-establish the game.

Of course, the heat of the thermal storage could not penetrate the force field of electricity surrounding the wizard’s body, but it was enough to disperse some of its power.

The wizard was already pulling out another yellow thunderbolt spear. He said.

“I ignored everything and gained strength. I was proud that I had collected all the lightning in the world. Do you know what I have left then?”

Dallen didn’t answer. He just walked towards the wizard holding his sword.

“…It was my burned hometown and the corpses of my childhood friends. “The chief wizard of Warsaw, who could have been my lover, was torn apart by Xun’s demons and his body was never found.”

“…….”

“The story goes that even after gaining so much strength, killing the evil spirit was at best a self-consolation. How much more so when you don’t have as much power as me…!”

“sorry.”

The wizard’s shoulders trembled once again. It was a completely unexpected answer.

The warrior’s black eyes looked at the wizard through the hair that had grown long but had been tanned and cut here and there.

“At that time, I was a fool who only knew how to avoid it.”

10 years. A time when rivers and mountains are known to change.

A 20-year-old young man who entered college with big dreams began to deteriorate over the course of 10 years.

At some point, when my dreams were broken and I was repeatedly hit by life, avoiding the problems in front of me became a daily routine.

‘…Are you coming down this holiday?’

I lost my family after becoming unfamiliar with seeing their faces.

‘Sorry. I can’t imagine a future with my brother.’

The price I paid for giving up my dream was losing my lover.

Still, I thought it was just okay. It seemed like turning away wasn’t a bad life.

Still, I was earning enough to live on my own, and games became my friends in my spare time.

but.

“I didn’t know until I lost everything and fell into this damn medieval land. “The things I ignored were actually the most precious things in life.”

“What on earth do you mean….”

“I thought about it for a while, but… I made a decision a while ago. “I will no longer ignore your tragedy, which I may have caused.”

This was a question I had since the first body was recovered.

Did I really control their lives? Or is that life just appearing on my monitor?

Even though I was falling into the game, there was no way that my original life could not be projected through the monitor.

No, that’s exactly what I wanted to think.

My fault was that I was unconsciously tapping my keyboard and mouse and staring at the screen that I thought was the result.

“I still don’t know the answer. But at least it is a fact that I may have caused those consequences.”

As long as there is a possibility, it cannot be completely denied. I now know that the result of deceiving myself and ignoring myself is an even deeper quagmire.

“Then there is only one thing I can do for you. “It’s about protecting what you couldn’t protect.”

I just don’t want to survive alone in a world that has become hell.

Even though I lost everything precious, one life of repeating that I was fine was enough.

That’s why he didn’t let go of the sword, even if it was cut in half, and instead lifted the cracked sword and aimed it at the wizard.

That moment.

Pajik!

Electricity began to erupt from the sword face, which had been cut in half.

“…What is that?”

It’s a joke!!

The lightning that starts from the cut end instantly covers the entire sword.

The fine line of electricity covered the half-sword blade before moving to Dallen’s waist and left hand, creating the shape of an axe.

Chijijiji…

The noise slowly died down and the white sword body and ax took shape.

The hatchet, which was slightly larger than a normal throwing axe, was just the right size considering Dallen’s size, and the tip of the sword aimed at the wizard was a little longer and more pointed than it should have been.

“…….”

Dallen was equally embarrassed. This was because he only aimed his sword and did not use any other moves.

Then, suddenly, a man appeared in the corner of my eye. A large warrior holding a large ax in one hand and a long sword in the other.

It was the same being seen in front of the tomb of the High Orc great ancestor.

‘Who…’

I tried to ask, but my mouth wouldn’t come out. The man chuckled and nodded.

The vitality that fills your whole body at that moment.

As if receiving a paladin’s battle prayer buff, my tired muscles became taut and my mind became clear as if I had poured cold water on it.

‘…why?’

Even though the man seemed to be able to hear, he didn’t answer. He simply stretched out his axe-holding hand and pointed his finger at the wizard.

The meaning was unknown. But one thing was clear.

Defeat that wizard and move on. By doing so, we must continue this life to overcome the apocalypse.

‘I’m also an expert at breaking order makers’ pots.’

I don’t like it when they just wave their hands without saying a word, but that’s something that can be returned someday with a fist or something.

What matters now is the fight right in front of us. And this energy that filled my body was a powerful weapon that would help me win that fight.

“How could you…!”

Lightly kick the ground towards the contemplative wizard. That alone shattered the space and turned the ground into powder.

As if it had skipped space, the sword in its right hand reached right in front of the magician’s nose and extended towards the thunderbolt that struck him.

「Thunderbolt」

Crackling━

The sword strike that extends together with the thundering sound crushes the thunderbolt.

Normally, the recoil would have been enough to tear muscles and crush organs.

Phew.

However, with an overflowing power of unknown origin, he completely neutralizes the reaction and takes one more step forward.

Paget!

The wizard took advantage of that short gap to spread the distance. A state-of-the-art technique that allows you to move through space with just a lightning bolt.

It didn’t matter. If you get an ax stuck in your head, you’ll die, just like a sewer spellcaster or the greatest lightning magician of all time.

Dallen secretly let go of the sword, clenched his fists and pulled them behind his shoulders.

thud.

Left foot in front.

Sigh-

right foot behind.

Just by taking a stance, the space becomes distorted, the surrounding scenery becomes distorted, and a faint haze-like energy begins to rise through the ground.

The image that comes from the power that defeated the Great Apostle a long time ago is a double-edged sword that carries the risk of crushing one’s own body just as it did back then.

In addition, since it is an image that is the source of all areas, it is a blow that can be struck because this is a world where imagination and will become reality.

Phew.

On top of that blow, the power that builds up in the entire body is added. The power of unknown origin moved naturally as if it had belonged to him from the beginning.

The wizard, who sensed a sense of danger from that energy, quickly formed a beast seal.

Red lightning began to appear in the wizard’s hands, distorting space.

‘That’s the lightning that killed Sun.’

Red lightning tore through the sky throughout the fight.

I don’t know the details of the principle or ability, but I remember that the effect of the area opened when defeating Sun was similar to that.

In addition, it is not difficult to guess that its power will be on a different level, considering that it is a more complex hand-sign than before.

but.

‘It’s okay if you don’t give them time to complete the order.’

Before the hand sign is even finished, the extended fist, like a bowstring being bounced, strikes the wizard’s body over a distance of several tens of meters.

「Closed Snowy Mountain Sky」

「Fist」

━━━━━!

The unfinished spell shattered and magical power poured out as the power of an unknown source was added.

I support you!!

The remnants of the red lightning that bounced in all directions began to indiscriminately destroy the surrounding area.

Dallen didn’t stop breathing.

Phew.

A tiny gap created when the spell was broken.

He picks up the pure white ax in his left hand and throws it towards the gap.

Come on,

Daelon knew the weaknesses of the character Daltarion better than anyone else.

Although he is a 6th rank transcendent, his only weakness is that his abilities are based entirely on magical power and sense of intelligence rather than physical ability.

Normally, it thoroughly protects itself with a force field of lightning, but when its magical power is depleted or the spell is scattered, its fragile body is easily damaged by an ordinary spear knife.

──Puck!

The white ax cut through the skin and bones without difficulty.

A body that bends suddenly as if someone was pulling it from behind.

dump!

As soon as the wizard’s back touched the ground, Dallon’s vision reversed.

“……Dallen!”

When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in a battlefield with a frozen sky and dark red clouds.