chapter 16
16 – Master of Weapons (2)
Selina thought.
‘…How did it end up like this?’
Quickly look around and grasp the situation.
Party members scattered around.
A suspicious robed man in front of you.
At first, the 8 teams were obviously building up points smoothly.
In the midst of repeatedly encountering and defeating a group of monsters like that.
I found a slightly unusual byway, and there I encountered a man coming out of a cave.
-Ah.. Oops. It’s because I don’t have any resources.
A suspicious man rushes at him at the same time as he says that.
Let’s block the fist of the man who came before Bella.
– Boom!!
In an instant, his body flew backwards and crashed into a tree.
After that, Team 8 was quickly subdued by the man in front of them.
It is different from the current situation.
“… What is it?”
When I opened my mouth as if threatening, the man flinched slightly in surprise.
“…Are you Selina?”
“!!”
Why did my name…?
“Wahhahahahaha!! What a coincidence! I was kind of annoyed because I thought it was trivial… But like this.”
-Slowly.
When the man in front of me took off his robe, an unbelievable sight followed.
“I never thought I would be reunited with her sister.”
“…! You..!”
Black hair cut short.
Red eyes overflowing with meanness and the corners of the mouth raised to the cheekbones.
It was his own older brother, ‘Beinhard Sert’.
“Nice to meet you. Little brother It’s damn good to see it like this.”
“… Did you do something after you left the house to bully the kids? Success for a defeated fugitive.”
“…You.”
The man’s doll moved to Selina’s eyes in an instant.
‘… Fast!’
What happened? Obviously, being an older brother was not this strong.
If you had this level of skill in the first place, even at home… Kuh.
The man grabbed Selina by the scruff of her neck and pulled her into the air.
“Looking at it for the first time in a while, the insignificant snout is still the same… Insignificant ignorance things..”
“It’s so black… what the hell… what are you doing…”
Poohyot. Sneeringly, Serena fluttered as the man loosened her hand. She did and she fell to the floor.
“Coup! Big heck..”
“Rather than anything… I just had an epiphany. Look.”
The man continued his words, waving his arms exaggeratedly as if in a play.
He untied the front seam of his clothes proudly, revealing the area around his collarbone.
And there…
“Ugh..!”
Procrastinating.
Black boils moving as if they were alive.
Ominous black energy was leaking out of the black inverted triangle mark engraved on it.
The man opened his mouth in a voice filled with joy.
“I am chosen! To him! Salvation. Grace! Ah…! I am no longer ignorant… !”
Looking into the air like a madman and screaming.
“…”
“Listen carefully. The world is about to undergo a big change… ‘He’ has a lot of interest in Selina and you too… How about it? I’ll give you a special opportunity to be with us..!”
Selina was lost in thought.
Her own brother, who came back after becoming stronger in an instant, and her unknown strong man, ‘He’.
She is definitely a proposition that the old woman would have been tempted to do.
But…
I closed my eyes and a man shimmered in front of me.
Brilliant dark hair and deep eyes.
A cherry blossom tree made of his blood that shone brightly.
It’s not that hideous and base strength. Sacred and noble strength.
That was the true strength Selina would pursue in the future.
.. Selina opened her eyes.
“I’m sorry, but girls with tattoos aren’t popular.”
Selina opened her mouth with a slight smile.
“Where did you do that? If you’re going to do it, do it at a tattoo shop with some skill.”
“You…”
At that, the man glared at Selina slightly.
“Ha.. That’s it. Stupid b*tch. The instructors will come out soon anyway, so there is no time.”
She sighed and shook her head.
“And..”
“…?”
“Because I’ll see you again soon. Then she’ll be praying that she won’t change her mind when she goes.”
…So that I can break your proud neck.
After that, the man put on his robe again. He walked out of the woods.
And that moment.
-Quaaang!!
An explosion was heard from inside the cave.
-Rumble.
The cave began to collapse.
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“Sung Jin-ha!!”
I immediately called Seong Jin-ha out loud.
Seong Jin-ha, who is sharing a sword with King Gram-lock, seems to be struggling harder than he thought.
I gave my gaze to this side for a moment and immediately took the offensive again.
“Looks like you’re listening.”
It’s natural for a vampire to become stronger in a situation called ‘darkness’.
A living being cannot handle such a dark attribute energy containing ‘malice’.
It must be the feeling of fighting in the current sunlight.
-Kie eh eh eh!
He roared loudly as if he sensed that we were about to join.
Now then.
-Slowly.
-Grrr…
About 10 gremlocks appeared from the side road behind him.
“.. Is there a pattern for summoning miscellaneous mobs?”
It is difficult to deal with Gremlock without light magic.
Of course. It means ‘without light magic’.
“Morhan!!”
Run and give Morhan a sign.
The long cloth on Morhan’s back came loose, revealing the object inside.
– Huung!
Let Morhan wield the item.
– Awesome!!!
With a tremendous roar, Gremlock’s head exploded.
– Blink. Ding.
At the same time, light began to spread around the dark.
-Kyrrr!!!
Gremlocks clutching their eyes in agony.
The identity of the object Morhan is carrying.
-Giying.
Bell made it because he suddenly thought, “I wanted to make it.”
It was a ‘lamplight that lights up when you put mana into it’.
– Booung!
Every time Morhan swung a streetlight that was well over 2m high like a pole.
-Jeowoong!!
– Fu bang!
Gremlock’s heads exploded one by one.
“Wow…”
I expected it, but seeing it in reality is more of a visual shock.
For some reason, it reminds me of a master of three-fingered weapons.
Since Morhand is also a weapon master, are they roughly similar?
Dwarves cannot strengthen their bodies through mana.
It specializes in infusing ‘mana’ into things or things like that.
Usually, that attribute is used to craft artifacts or weapons.
Morhan is given innate physical ability and height, so he infuses mana into all magic tools during battle to extract extreme efficiency.
– Shiny.
And the light that bursts out every time the street lamp is swung.
It wasn’t just to limit Gremlock’s field of vision.
That light is also the ‘light of mana’ using magic tools.
Shadows spread everywhere due to the light of the streetlights.
I blew mana into the shadows while standing in the path of King Gremlock and used Overpower.
-Quaang!!!
I couldn’t use it with high intensity because the route overlapped with Sung Jin-ha.
King Gremlock is slumped to the ground, motionless in an instant.
Seong Jin-ha, who did not miss the moment, quickly cut his shoulder.
-Kuaaa!
Soon after, the pressure was relieved, but the right shoulder was bleeding.
“It’s done.”
Unlike until now, where we only faced off, we were able to get effective hits easily.
If you repeat this in the future…
It was then.
-Kiaaa!!
Suddenly, King Gremlock screamed.
I ran into Morhan who was smashing the head of the 8th Gremlock..
Leaving Seong Jin-ha, who was brandishing a knife in front of him.
The aggro was focused on Morhan, who emits ‘light’, Gremlock’s natural enemy.
Oops…!
King Gremlock’s eyes glow red.
Moreover, swollen muscles and increased speed.
‘It’s in a state of berserk.’
A state in which the black fairy inside the monster runs out of control and temporarily increases its physical abilities.
There is no shadow on that path.
‘Restriction through coercion…impossible…’
-Jajeok!
I heard the sound of Gremlock King’s sword and Morhan’s lamppost clashing.
Morhan’s huge body flew away.
– Boom!!
There is a tremendous sound coming from the ceiling.
-Jeojeok
It started to crack.
“Hey.. This..!”
I quickly threw myself to the side.
Soon.
-Quaaang!!
The cave collapses and stone fragments pour down.
Fortunately, there was no damage from stone fragments, as if the corner had not collapsed.
“Everyone is fine…”
-Grrr…
-Kuaaa!!
Hell unfolds before your eyes.
Attracted by King Grem Rock’s scream, the Grem Rocks upstairs gathered in one place.
They all fell into the boss room.
“Kyaaa!!”
The dozens of gremlocks that fell down quickly started attacking the non-combat team members with the casting wizard.
-Jijik… Jijik…
Morhan and the lamppost were half buried in debris, as if to signal that they could no longer fight.
‘Seongjinhahahaha…!’
Seong Jin-ha was also not seriously injured by the sudden stone fragments. My leg was limping.
‘It’s a big deal.’
No light. It’s too late to save Morhan and Seong Jin-ha.
At that time. As I was looking for a way, I saw a wizard finishing casting.
He can’t shoot his magic because he’s afraid he’ll damage the same team as the gram lock that came too close.
I screamed at the wizard.
“Shoot it at the ceiling!!!”
The elf wizard looked at me at the sudden voice and our eyes met.
He hesitated a bit, as if asking what he was talking about… Then fired the magic upward.
An enormous fireball.
…Are you a fairly skilled wizard?
And soon after.
-Quaaa!!!!!!!!!!
The ceiling flew away with the sound of fireballs exploding.
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“Kyaaa!”
There was nothing Elena could do but scream at the group of gremlocks that came before her eyes.
However, Operation Flash, which was originally a role, cannot be used thanks to the dark energy…
‘In the end, it only caused such a nuisance…’
It was then.
“Shoot it at the ceiling!!!!!”
I heard a man’s voice.
And soon after.
-Quaaang!!!!!!!!!!
With a tremendous explosion, the ceiling of the cave was blown off.
And what I see in front of me…
Light.
Pouring down through a hole in the ceiling.
It was a dazzling light, like the sweet rain of a drought.
-Kuaaa!!
At the sudden pouring light, the group of Gremlocks screamed in agony all at once.
Team Yoon Mi-rae and Team 29 throw daggers at that moment.
The scene in front of my eyes was so devastating that I couldn’t even tell by catching one or two.
But that’s only for a while.
A group of gremlocks that had adapted to the light began to attack again.
There are too many of them.
I am attacked.
… Die…!
Elena narrowed her eyes to the future.
It was then.
-Push shuk!!
-Push shu shu shu shu shuuk!
-Jajeok!
An innumerable number of black thorns sprouted from the bare floor.
The carnage happened in the blink of an eye.
Let’s look around in bewilderment.
The corpse of Grem Lock, dead with his limbs pierced.
The corpse of Gremlock with a large thorn stuck in the middle of his boat while jumping.
..Gremlock’s corpse.
The corpse of Gremlock.
..Corpse.
The corpse.
The corpse.
There were corpses everywhere.
Numerous corpses pierced by black thorns in different positions.
Me and the people around me silently turned their heads without even breathing.
Then there…
Brilliant black hair that shines in the pouring light.
With deep red eyes that contain a little boredom.
The appearance of ‘Rye’ looking at the numerous corpses of Gremlock.
It was captured in Elena’s retina.
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-Quaaang!!!
Light was coming in from a hole in the ceiling.
At the same time, the exhilaration of the body and numerous shadows of Grem Rock.
Think about it.
The number that can save everyone…
I’m in the corner with Gremlock King, who is limping and crushed by a stone.
A place that can be said to be safe if it is safe.
Morhan is in a state where his legs are in the middle and he can’t move.
Morhan may be somewhat injured, but the only one of us in armor.
It’s probably not life-threatening.
In that case, you have to kill dozens of gremlocks while avoiding Morhan’s range.
… How?
-Kwaaa!!
-Kreurreu!!!
The gremlocks suffering from the sudden light.
Fortunately, it drags the time, but it won’t last long either.
… There aren’t many options.
The only thing I can use is the shaded formula anyway.
Think.
Shaded food.
Among the shaded meals. How to apply an AoE attack in the desired range.
So…
The memory of the fragment passing through my head at that time.
-… Rise up!
– No, it’s going to rise! You know that like a thorn!
An attack method that I came up with when I first learned Shading Ceremony.
… Then and now are different.
A time when I had never properly learned about mana and never used it.
It was neither now.
‘I have to.’
Reconsider the situation in front of you.
Dozens of gremlocks.
A non-combat team being attacked.
Morhan in the middle.
… My mana control range is narrow.
Unless Morhan knows, he can’t reach the place where the non-combat team is.
‘Then…’
What comes to mind is the link with the shadow.
A connection of mana connected like an invisible thread by infusing mana into the shadow.
‘Connecting shadows with shadows.’
Thoughts and actions were almost simultaneous.
Infuse mana into my shadow and at the same time connect the shadow of Gram Lock in front.
…I feel that the shadow of Gram Rock is under my control.
It’s a success.
Connect. Connect connect
“Kuh..”
My head pounded at the ever-increasing amount of mana. And it hurts
But now is not the time to care about that.
While connecting the shadows, Mirae Yoon and Team 29 reduced the number of Gram Locks a bit.
‘Nice.’
Thanks to this, the burden on this side has been reduced.
And the moment when all the shadows were connected.
-Kuaaa!!
Gram Lock, who came to his senses, rushed at Elena.
‘….Please!’
I hope it’s not too late…
‘.. Rise up!!!!’
-Huh!!
– Push!
A thorn rose from the first shadow and pierced Gramlock’s shoulder.
– Push!
Second. A thorn shoots out of the third shadow, shattering Gramlock’s head. Eight. Pierced his leg.
– Push Shu Shu Shuk!
– Push!
-Push Shook!
Fourth. Fifth. … Seventeenth.
Spikes jumped out from numerous shadows almost simultaneously and swarmed a group of gremlocks.
Let’s wait for a while.
In front of my eyes, there were only black thorns and Greg Lock’s body.
‘…I did it.’
My whole body is losing strength.
Here’s Elena’s wide-open eyes and rabbit eyes.
‘… Kept it.’
Her eyes feel tired from the exhaustion of her body and the relief that she has been saved.
If there was a commotion like this, the instructors would come in soon and sort out the case.
I am Elena running towards me. Mirae Yoon. I closed my eyes for the last time seeing Bell.