Part 2, Episode 138.
By now, one would expect them to give up.
Asion frowned in disdain at the sight of Dohyeon regaining control of the riverbank like a tumbleweed, refusing to fall over.
“Do you have no ability to learn? It’s just a matter of repetition… Raon, who lost to a guy like this—I can tell what he’s going through without even seeing him. To succeed me and lose to someone like this—he is unfit.”
“Raon, huh….”
“……What’s so funny?”
Was Dohyeon’s snickering annoying?
Asion’s voice approaches fiercely.
The huge man exuded a violent aura, but Dohyeon shrugged his shoulders as if it were no big deal.
“Oh, sorry. I just thought you were acting exactly the same.”
“?”
So that’s why he’s the successor? I guess it was a tradition for that position.
“……What does that mean?”
Asion, who didn’t know what was being said but felt strangely disgusted, strode closer.
Hwaruk-
Then, as if reflecting his emotions, the flames surged violently and threatened.
At that sight, Dohyeon couldn’t hold back his laughter and burst out laughing.
“Wow, come to think of it, even this is similar.”
“What on earth are you talking about? If you intend to make such a ridiculous provocation, shut up………”
“What do you mean? You’re exactly the same as Raon, the one you keep badmouthing.”
“her.”
Asion let out a hollow laugh, looking bewildered.
Then, he soon shook his head and stopped asking as if he wasn’t worth dealing with.
I thought they were just talking to provoke me.
Since there is no solution in a long-term battle, he probably wanted me to get worked up and charge in.
Now I understand.
The reason that guy named Raon lost.
Did I fall for that glib tongue? They said he had a fiery temper, so I suppose I went along with it. I suppose I also had a desire to prove my abilities.
After all, unlike other kings, he was the king who occupied the vacant seat.
Did he think that would work on him, too?
In that case, it was a huge miscalculation.
Asion, a distinguished founding father who contributed the most to creating the current lawless zone, and a villain who dominated an era.
Moreover, even retirement was merely his own will.
I’m telling you, he’s on a completely different level from that half-king who barged into a fully formed guild.
Even if he returns now, it will not hinder him from taking the throne.
No, on the contrary, I am convinced that he was of a higher rank than the kings gathered here.
Perhaps, with full support, it might have become even stronger than it is now.
If that had been the case, I wouldn’t have bothered dragging this guy out into a long war and would have mercilessly slaughtered him.
That was Asion’s position, but…
“……A brutal slaughter? A decisive victory?”
Dohyeon’s gaze sank as he heard the words he had unwittingly muttered.
The voice that followed was even lower and more chilling.
“If you had returned as king… you wouldn’t have even been able to breathe and would have died.”
“……You’re full of bravado.”
Intense vitality.
And Asion’s voice hardened as he flinched for a moment at the conviction contained even more deeply within it.
For a very brief moment, I was swallowed up by that guy’s momentum.
He stopped, realizing belatedly that he had been about to step backward without realizing it.
… … That’s ridiculous.
It was obvious to anyone that he had the upper hand.
What snake would be afraid of a frog before it is eaten?
If there is a lion that is afraid of a puppy, that lion will be ostracized from the pride.
Because it was that shameful and absurd.
‘… … What is it? That guy. He feels somehow different from before… … .’
Asion’s eyes trembled slightly.
I didn’t know why, but the aura I sensed from him was different.
It feels like I’ve become a different person.
Is that why?
Naturally, a single assumption crossed my mind.
‘if…….’
Just in case.
What if the guy you thought was a puppy wasn’t a dog at all, but a tiger wearing a dog’s disguise?
What if the frog is just bait, and in reality, a human is using it as bait to lurk behind the scenes?
In other words, what if everything shown so far is just acting or a strategy?
In that case, the creepiness from earlier is fully understandable…
“No, that can’t be true. Kaiser, most of that guy’s information is known by now.”
I have seen almost all the skills that guy possesses.
I realized even more clearly after facing the challenge firsthand that my qualifications were significantly inferior to theirs.
However, it is true that I don’t have a good feeling about it.
Although he felt a sense of foreboding and thought he should finish quickly, Asion shook his head.
I’m going on like this.
Asion’s strengths are high endurance and weight class.
And the fact that he is a mage capable of aerial combat and a martial artist (martial arts class).
Based on this, wearing down his opponent was his strength and his most certain winning plan.
There was no need to give up this advantage and act hastily based on a single, uncertain ominous feeling.
*chuckles*
“Look at how it’s all over his face. He must have sensed something was off, but his pride is hurt, and since he’s managed to win so far, he probably just wants to keep doing what he’s always done.”
But he didn’t know.
The reason Dohyun smiled.
That it wasn’t some trivial provocation, but because it really made me laugh.
“Handling fire powers. And relying excessively on them is exactly the same, but how can even the way they think be exactly the same?”
The reason is probably that both of them possess incredibly fraudulent abilities.
Given their overwhelming performance, their confidence in their own abilities must be higher than anyone else’s.
Unless it’s a raid, there is no ability without weaknesses in PVP.
You can be countered at any time, and conversely, you can also counterattack.
The only downside is that, unlike with Raon, I can’t unleash the ‘Field of Ill-fated Relationship’ against that guy, so I really can’t land a counterattack…
That doesn’t matter.
Because what Dohyeon gained from the Tower of Calamity wasn’t just his signature trait.
Didn’t you clearly get it?
In a way, it might be even more important and powerful than the signature characteristics.
[‘Thunder Dragon Descent’ cooldown has ended.]
[You can use a skill.]
[Activating the Legendary Skill, ‘Thunder Dragon Descent’.]
Rumble-!!
Bang! Crackle-
As the blue thunder dragon plunged down and engulfed the surrounding area, Dohyeon’s figure vanished in an instant.
“Thunder teleport again! That won’t work anymore…….”
“Are you a complete idiot? Do you use Lightning Strike by kicking off the ground?”
“……?”
Asion paused.
Come to think of it, that was strange.
Lightning Movement is an additional skill of Thunder Dragon Descent that literally allows you to move as a single bolt of lightning.
But didn’t Kaiser just now clearly kick off the ground and spring away?
Even the lightning wrapping around my body was somehow strange… … Ah.
Asion’s eyes widened.
I discovered what was strange.
……lightning!
Why is the lightning only gathered on my legs!
The lightning, which should have wrapped around his entire body, was persistently wrapping only around the area near his legs.
The sight of the fierce blue lightning descending from the pelvis, flowing down the thighs, calves, and ankles to the ground was quite eerie.
Crackle-!
Even as the distance narrows, the lightning wrapped around the guy’s leg becomes larger and more spectacular.
What is this… …
Asion has met numerous martial artists.
Naturally, there were many martial artists among them who used the Thunder Dragon Descent.
That is why I have seen the Descent of the Thunder Dragon countless times.
Although he was a hybrid class closer to a mage and had never used main martial artist skills like Thunder Dragon Descent, he could pride himself on knowing it better than other classes.
But… … it was the first time I’d seen something like that.
I’m telling you, it has never been activated like that before.
As the skill I thought I knew well returned in a form I had never seen before, my fear of ignorance doubled.
But it was only natural that he didn’t know.
This wasn’t just a simple Thunder Dragon Descent, but a special Thunder Dragon Descent that only Dohyeon could show.
[Activated the additional grant ability ‘Thunder Dragon’.]
[Cast the Thunder Dragon’s second ability, ‘Focus,’ to concentrate the amplified energy bestowed by the Thunder Dragon into a single point.]
[When activated, all amplified energy is consumed, so any additional amplification effects are removed.]
The hidden card of Brain Dragon Descent, obtainable only through a top-tier additional ability draw ticket.
Thunder Dragon
[I concentrated the energy of the Thunder Dragon on my lower body.]
Because it was an effect with its second effect applied.
Previously, he used to perform ‘Thunder Flash,’ a straight-line slash that boasts extreme speed by applying the energy of the Thunder Dragon to his sword.
Still, as the saying goes, “He who has chewed meat knows it best.”
It would probably have a roughly similar effect if used on the legs.
I got the hang of it after using it once, so I used it on my lower body, and fortunately, my prediction was roughly accurate.
[Uses ‘Brain Angle’.]
[Concentrate the energy of the Thunder Dragon in your lower body to gain explosive mobility.]
[The energy gradually increases with distance traveled, and upon reaching maximum stacking, you can cast ‘Stormy Thunder Annihilation Kick’.]
Because the ability that was actually activated provided truly explosive mobility.
The instantaneous speed is slower than lightning movement, but this is a technique that boosts mobility itself.
Crackle- crackle!
“What the….”
“The fire abilities you boast about. They only have a wide range; aren’t they all just ridiculously slow? At this rate, do you think you can even hit anything?”
Unlike the lightning movement, which was fast but had a predictable path because it only allowed movement in a straight line, it was difficult to easily catch up to Dohyeon, who was traversing the battlefield at tremendous speed.
By the time he actually flapped his wings to create flames, Dohyeon had already moved to the other side.
And it wasn’t just a simple move; in the process, he even smacked the back of the head with a slap to the riverbank.
Bang! Pop! Pop!
“What an arrogant fellow!”
Eventually, Asion, having lost his mind, flew up into the air and unleashed a barrage of magic toward the ground.
It was a rapid-fire attack made possible by the ‘Flame of Demise,’ a legendary weapon received from the Mythical God, which allowed for activation at a near-instant casting speed.
Crackling
Hana Dohyeon annoyingly moved in a zigzag pattern and dodged everyone.
Since it was a ranged attack, it was inevitable that he would suffer some damage from the aftermath, but that alone could not relieve Asion’s frustration.
Around the time when more than 10 seconds had passed like that.
Taat!
Dohyeon, who had been avoiding it all along, suddenly kicked off the ground and took a big leap.
“!?”
Did they not expect him to suddenly pounce?
Asion was momentarily flustered by how fast the distance narrowed in an instant.
It hurriedly flapped its wings and stepped back a great distance.
It was a swift decision befitting a villain of royal lineage, but Do-hyun grinned as if he had actually wanted that reaction.
It’s late.
“what?”
You’d better close your eyes.
“what……!?”
Asion’s expression went blank at something that caught his eye before he could even understand the meaning of the words.
The energy of the Thunder Dragon wrapped around Dohyeon’s legs.
‘… … Was that really that big?’
It had grown so massive that it was doubtful whether it was even accurate to describe it as having wrapped around.
It feels as if the moon is floating right in front of my eyes.
In fact, the night sky had brightened faintly enough to create such an illusion just from the fact that he was in front of me.
And at that moment.
[The travel distance reaches the maximum.]
[You can cast ‘Storm Annihilation Kick’ upon reaching maximum stacks.]
[Casting ‘Stormy Thunder Annihilation Kick’.]
Dohyeon spun around in the air and delivered a downward strike,
—-!!
A spectacular spark of near-explosive size flew, and the vision flashed as if shaking.
