Episode 186
“Chen.”
“yes.”
“I am proud that you are my child.”
Chen almost spit out the rice he was eating.
This is because I heard a friendly voice from my father that I had never heard in my entire life.
“Master… … ?”
“I will be away for a while. Of course, that’s unlikely, but don’t neglect your training even if I’m not around.”
“How far are you going?”
Chen asked with a calm expression, but inside he was quite nervous.
As we lived together our entire lives, it was not uncommon for my father to be away.
From as short as a few days to as long as several months.
There were even times when I didn’t return home for over a year.
But why are they making a notice that wasn’t done before?
The answer was deceptively simple.
“I might not be able to come back.”
“!”
Number of people eating.
Time to eat.
Even the mediocre side dishes.
In a place where everything was normal, something completely out of the ordinary was happening.
“I told you because I was afraid I might regret it.”
Chen’s father smiled boyishly, befitting his age.
The devil seen at the training ground no longer existed here.
All that remains is the image of a father thinking about his child.
“Master… … .”
Chen’s heart, which had not collapsed even when he was on the verge of fainting, begins to break down.
Instinctively, I felt that I might never see my father again, but I didn’t dare stop him.
“You must come back safely.”
“I promise.”
It didn’t matter where I was going or why I was going.
This is because I have experienced since childhood that there is no mistake in what my father does.
“Chen.”
“yes. “Master.”
Chen’s voice, which had not yet calmed down, made my father feel a pang in his heart.
“What are you going to do if the Thunderbolt Sword doesn’t work on your opponent?”
“yes?”
Chen thought he had heard wrong.
Didn’t they say that the Thunderbolt Sword is the secret of secret techniques that no one can block?
But suddenly, the thunderbolt sword doesn’t work?
Anyway, since Master asked, I have to answer.
Chen calmly expressed his opinion.
“Then I will consider that day to be my memorial day.”
“… … “It really is you.”
My father gave a wry smile, but his face suddenly changed to a serious one.
“Yes, I didn’t tell you because I still lack training, but now that the situation is like this, I’m going to give you at least a small clue.”
“Are you really saying that there is an opponent whom the Thunderbolt Sword cannot work on?”
“there is.”
Looking at the way he is talking clearly, it seems like he somehow knows who the person is.
Chen wanted to ask who it was, but there was a question he needed to ask first.
“What should I do in such a case?”
“Put down your sword.”
“?”
After thinking for a while, Chen asked again.
“Is there any difference from saying just accept death?”
“Because a knife is just a tool.”
“!”
Chen’s pupils shook as if there was an earthquake.
Isn’t this the exact opposite of what I was taught to think of the sword as an extension of the body?
I was almost doubtful whether it was my father who had been training for so long.
“There are stages in every training. “Sometimes you have to think of the sword as if it were your limbs, and once you get past that stage, you have to enter the ultimate stage.”
“The ultimate step… … .”
“It may still be too early for you. But… … .”
I am telling you that you may not be able to come back.
My father couldn’t bear to repeat the story.
“The sword is just a tool to summon the thunderbolt sword. So there is no need to be obsessed with a good sword. Even if the sword is cut in half, there is no problem because you can use sword techniques.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
“If the lightning sword doesn’t work, put down the sword. Instead of being a ‘sword’, you yourself should be a ‘thunderbolt’.
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“… … ?”
My father, or rather my teacher, has always had an easy training method, but this time it really seemed like nonsense.
However, considering the weight of the current conversation, it should never be taken lightly.
Chen imprinted every word his father said into his head.
and.
My father never came back.
* * *
“Give me a buff.”
Chen almost rolled his body over and got up from his seat.
The blood continued to flow without stopping, but there was not even a lower-tier healer here, let alone Maria.
“Then you die… … !”
“If you don’t do anything, you’ll die.”
“… … !”
Chen struggled to raise his arms and untie the strings that were holding his ponytail.
He then tied up his wound with a string.
Thanks to this, Chen’s hair became scattered, but he seemed to have succeeded in stopping the bleeding as quickly as possible.
“Give me a buff.”
“I already gave it to you, so what more can I ask for?”
“You can give me more. “You think I don’t know?”
“!”
Bisu was startled and stammered.
“How do you do that?”
“When I was training with Yuk Cheol-wan, I saw him on the verge of a runaway.”
Where did this bastard steal that from?
But it wasn’t the situation to ask that.
What Chen said was true.
While I was repeating training to apply buffs to Yuk Cheol-wan, his eyes completely turned.
As the amount of buff that can be given increases, if more than a certain amount is given, the hunter receiving the buff cannot handle it.
Any medicine can become poison if taken in excess.
Since then, Bisu had created his own Maginot Line.
“you. But you could die.”
Bisu asked cautiously.
Although they are in the same ‘S’ tier, Chen is several moves higher than Yuk Cheol-wan.
The impact of the runaway would be enormous.
Wasn’t he already injured?
But Chen just calmly repeated what he said.
“If you don’t do anything, you’ll die.”
“… … !”
“good. “Don’t complain later.”
Bisu’s eyes, which were full of hesitation, suddenly filled with venom.
She was just as determined as Chen.
It is a desperate determination that we may all die here.
Sigh.
As always, an exhilarating sensation envelopes Chen’s body.
A feeling of exaltation that makes it difficult to keep still.
However, rather than moving his body, Chen quietly closed his eyes.
And then he threw the treasured sword he was holding on the floor.
Jang.
An ear-piercing sound echoed in all directions.
Bisu stopped giving a buff and shouted in surprise.
“hey! Are you crazy? “What if I throw away my sword when I’m supposed to give a buff?”
“Don’t scream. “The buff energy has weakened.”
“… … ?”
Does that mean you haven’t given up?
Bisu was puzzled, but concentrated his mind as Chen told him to do.
Boom.
Pajik.
Bisu looked at Bogum with wide eyes.
Sparks coming out of Chen’s sword is not something new.
But right now, the knife is lying on the floor.
‘It’s not just that… … !’
In the past, I only heard the sound of ‘pajik’, but there was never a strange resonance sound like now.
For a moment, Bisu opened his eyes and looked at Bogum, and then something unbelievable happened.
Ugh… … .
Pajik.
‘Did it move?!’
Bogum moved his body on his own.
It didn’t feel like the Esper was moving other objects.
The sword was swinging back and forth as if it had taken on a life of its own.
‘see.’
Chen had his eyes closed, but he could clearly see the movement of the treasured sword.
I have never put down the sword in my hand and summoned the Thunderbolt Sword.
I had never even thought there was such a method, let alone tried it.
Now that he had reached a dead end, Chen decided to follow his master and father’s will-like advice.
Close your eyes and use the energy of the thunderbolt sword.
With the endless storm of ether coming from the dagger on my back.
Pajijik.
[?]
Dudek’s face, which had been watching Chen like that of a struggling bug, changed ever so slightly.
I wondered if it was some kind of circus, but the energy coming from Karl was quite unusual.
Ugh.
Bogum, which was twisting its body back and forth like a chained beast, suddenly shot out at Dudek’s neck like lightning.
[!]
Gurgling.
Tongue.
For the first time, Dudek’s hand flew away.
At the same time, his face became a little more grim.
[Who would have thought that someone who can’t even stand properly would use this kind of power… … . Terti deserves to be coveted.]
Dudek’s gaze was directed at Bisu, not Chen.
He correctly recognized that she was the source of the power to use the Thunderbolt Sword.
Whilick.
However, the treasure that was thought to have fallen off changed direction once again, flashing five-colored lights.
[It’s a combo.]
Dudek, who had been watching expressionlessly, suddenly showed his teeth and laughed.
[Interesting.]
Whioooooo.
A purple wind swirls from Dudek’s entire body.
And then the wind slowly gathered to one point and soon began to form a shape.
“That… … !”
Bisu’s complexion turned blue as he watched.
She had seen that wind before.
A purple whirlpool forming a wedge shape.
It was an attack that blew off both of Cheon Hae-seon’s arms.
Gurgling.
bang!
The tip of the sword and the tip of the wedge collided, and a shock wave rang out that felt like my ears were going to fall off.
“ah… … !”
A sigh flowed from Bisu’s mouth.
This is because Chen’s sword was completely shattered except for the pranium part.
It was no longer a sword, but a simple pranium stick.
Fazizik.
[?]
However, despite this, the energy of lightning was still effective.
As Chen’s father said, the subject of the Thunderbolt Sword is not the sword, but the sword’s owner.
Gurgling.
bang.
The sword (what was) and the wedge clashed head-on several times.
The sound was so loud that Bisu felt like his ears were bleeding.
I’m crying.
And between the shock waves, the sound of someone vomiting blood was heard.
“Chen!!!”
Chen still had his eyes closed.
However, blood was pouring out of the mouth like a waterfall, and the complexion was darkening in real time.
A side effect that appears when excessive ether is injected into a hunter.
The ‘runaway’ had begun.
“no!”
Bisu hurriedly tried to withdraw his buff.
“Don’t stop… … Mara.”
“!”
Even though his voice was dying, Chen continued to accept the dagger’s buffs.
“If you die like this… … “It’s the same whether you die or not.”
Once the runaway starts, there is no turning back.
It’s the same no matter how good the healer is.
As if in resonance with Chen’s rampage, the thunderbolt sword was flying faster and more uncontrollably.
[…] … It’s annoying.]
Dudek, who had been playing the rhythm for a while, tightened his grip.
Then the size of the wedge in front of me got a little bigger.
The intention is to completely blow away the sword-shaped Pranium.
Gurgling.
Wedge.
Immediately after the last thunderbolt was activated, Chen fell down with his face on the floor.
Unfortunately or fortunately, I ran out of energy before going out of control and passed out.
The lightning sword that lost its owner soon lost its direction and ran wild.
[Hehe. It’s ugly.]
Dudek sneered and aimed the spike directly at the lightning sword.
That moment,
-Bee.
The faint sound of wings flew straight into Dudek’s ears.
Even though it was a very small sound, it was enough to make Dudek’s heart flutter.
This is because an indescribable ominousness was felt from the subject of the flapping wings.
B.E.
Eyes wide open without pupils finally found the source of the sound.
At the same time, Bisu also confirmed its existence.
“That… … Haeseon’s… … ?”
A scout said to have been sent by Cheon Hae-seon.
A golden bee made from the energy of Merus.
‘Rain’ flew towards Chen’s thunderbolt sword.
Gurgling!
Then, as if a crazy person suddenly came to his senses, the thunderbolt sword that had been running wild was aimed precisely at Dudek.
[Where!]
Dudek’s wedge blocked the thunderbolt’s path.
Just like before, the two energies collided head-on, and this time the results were different.
Poseok.
The wedge called by Dudek has been shattered.
[!]
A thunderbolt of dazzling five colors and a very slight hint of golden color struck Dudek’s entire body.
Gurgling!!
