Part 2, Episode 219.
Swords clash in the silence, and sparks fly.
The silence that arrived at some point.
I cannot tell if it is stillness or if I am too focused to hear.
At that moment, Dohyeon had only one thought in his head.
Avoid, and cut.
Thirteen swords roam the battlefield attempting to slaughter him, and before his eyes, he sees Annihilation swinging a heavy greatsword.
Dohyeon, who was about to parry out of habit, paused for a moment and leaned to the side.
Whoosh-
A greatsword that grazed the shoulder by a hair’s breadth.
After dodging the rain of swords that followed by a barrage, I rolled forward a few times and created distance before swinging my sword.
[Uses Brainstorming.]
Pabababak-!
It was because more than ten magic swords were slamming down as if they had been waiting.
While frantically dodging, the Annihilation closes in.
The massive greatsword is swung menacingly, as if to split the entire body in half.
I’m not just saying this as a metaphor; if you actually got hit by that, it would be the perfect recipe for a violent death.
[Casting the special option ‘Giant Pressure’ of the Sword in the Womb, ‘Gravitus’.]
[Performs a downward strike imbued with the power of a giant.]
A sword famous for the legend that it was wielded by a giant in the past.
It was classified as a magic sword simply because it contained the giant’s power, even though it was not.
It was too late to avoid one.
I’ve already used Lightning Strike twice, and Backstab is on cooldown.
Dohyeon frowned as he was about to parry as usual.
‘ah.’
They say habits are scary.
Even though he knew parrying wasn’t possible, his body moved instinctively. As Dohyeon clicked his tongue and tensed his thighs, a blue electric current shot out roughly.
Crackle-!
[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.]
[I concentrated the energy of the Thunder Dragon on my lower body.]
[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’.]
Now that parrying can no longer be used, speed is what is most needed.
With ‘Periel’s Gift – Gale’ and Kiyana’s dagger’s ‘Haste’ superimposed, Dohyeon’s body shot out like a bolt of lightning.
Pabababat, taat!
A speed that is difficult for spectators watching from a distance to even follow with their eyes.
However, even so, it is not easy to outmaneuver all thirteen magic swords.
Because his sword boasts a top speed close to subsonic.
[The magic sword of the Heart Vessel, the Resonance Sword, begins to resonate.]
[The power of all swords wielded by the caster increases, and they move as a single sword.]
[The special option ‘Damage Reduction’ of the Guardian Magic Sword, Velum Kaeli is activated.]
[Reduces damage taken by the caster by 30%. Permanent as long as the sword is within a 5M radius of the caster.]
[Definitively blocks an opponent’s projectile attack for one time only.]
[The special option ‘Sleep Resonance’ of the Wave Magic Sword, Water Surface Binding Sword, is activated.]
[The caster’s attack spreads like a wave, dealing additional damage.]
… …
[The special option ‘Glacial Fang’ of the Ice and Snow Magic Sword ‘Frosty Latasha’ is activated.]
[The special option ‘Phantom Dance’ of the unknown magic sword ‘Phantom Sword’ is activated.]
Moreover, even just looking at the swords of power, they are threatening, and each one is equipped with tricky abilities.
The relentless barrage of magic sword attacks was enough to make one dizzy.
On top of that, having to deal with Annihilation is driving me crazy.
[Activating ‘Option Predation’.]
[Devotes the ‘Phantom Dance’ option of the Phantom Sword and grants it to Thousand Transformations.]
[Executing the 3rd form of the Reverse Heaven Period, Heaven.]
[Casting 1st Chain – Underworld Reversal Slash]
[If you successfully suppress an opponent’s attack, add the power of the suppression amount to your next strike.]
Therefore, the dynamic of the fight unfolded as a chaotic barrage of destruction and Dohyeon thoroughly countering it.
There is no time to continue thinking.
Whoosh—clang! Cha-clang!
Whirr- Taat!
He simply surrenders to instinct, dodging and swinging.
No, swinging it didn’t really matter. I can count on one hand the times I’ve properly and fully extended my arm.
It is unable to perform its function, just like a machine that has broken down due to a tangled program.
Just because one parrying move was sealed.
Ha, was I relying on parrying this much?
It was a part that even he himself hadn’t realized.
Come to think of it, I’ve been using parrying in almost every situation since the Demrok days.
Whenever I felt I was at a disadvantage, I would start by parrying, and it was also parrying that opened the door to a comeback.
The same goes for God of Savior.
How did I move?
What was Kaiser like before he first tried using parrying?
When I first met my colleagues.
Back in those days, when I lost more times than I won to them, who were formidable opponents I had met for the first time, along with an overwhelming difference in weight class.
Perhaps it was that time when I enjoyed games the most purely.
‘… … .’
Retracing memories that had now faded and hazy, I moved incessantly.
Whoosh! Splash!
At first, the movement was even worse than the existing one.
The body, gradually losing control as if buffering, could not fully dodge the magic swords scattering like a dance.
[Your HP is 40% or less.]
[Please be careful.]
Because the result was painful damage.
“You, without parrying, is that all you’re capable of? Kaiser.”
“…….”
I didn’t bother to answer the guy’s sarcasm.
To be precise, it was correct to say that there was no time for that.
Because I was concentrating all my attention on looking into memories of the past.
Whoosh! Pop!
I erased the magic swords that were interfering like nuisances from my sight.
You must be able to see without looking.
The senses must respond on their own through the extremely sensitive skin.
At least, my past self… …was like that before I got Parrying.
[warning!]
[Your HP is 30% or less.]
Whoosh!
Every time blood splatters and the wound opens, a loud alarm rings out.
“……It seems I had hoped in vain. I suppose parrying was indeed a skill more valuable to you than anything else.”
A voice that seemed disappointed for some reason.
– Kaiser, you’re getting completely dominated! What’s going on?
He became noticeably weaker after Parrying was sealed. There was a lot of talk going around that Parrying was worth more than a legendary skill to Kaiser, but… was that really the case?
-Ah. The opponent is too strong. The Annihilator has no weaknesses.
Aaaah- Waaah-!
A strange roar of sighs and cheers mixed together.
Everything that was encroaching on the stadium is gradually fading away.
The notification sound, ringing out like an alarm, also felt infinitely far away.
The moment when even the awareness of being in the stadium vanished.
“ah.”
As his consciousness faded, Dohyeon’s movements changed.
Although it was merely a fragment, the body recalled the memory of having fallen asleep first.
Back then, he was more impulsive and bold.
Instead of waiting for the opponent’s attack, reading their moves, and counter-attacking, he rushed in first to block the attack in advance.
like this.
“……!”
Dohyeon, who had been avoiding it the whole time, suddenly stopped.
This is not reality, but virtual reality.
A game where you can move without difficulty even if a sword is stuck in your shoulder.
Dohyeon in his early days made the best use of it.
Tight.
Instead of dodging the flying magic sword, he boldly exposed his left shoulder.
Then he snatched the sword… … .
Taat, baak!
As I rushed into his arms like lightning and delivered a surprise knee kick, Myeolsal’s eyes widened.
It was a completely unexpected move.
However, that was only for a moment; just as Myeolsal was about to strike upward with a short stroke of his greatsword to counterattack.
chin,
Dohyeon blocked the handle of Annihilation with the sole of his foot and used the recoil to create distance behind him.
Pow pow!
Then, magic swords splatter between the two.
A short gap where a significant number of magic swords were embedded in the ground.
Dohyeon squeezed through the gap and swung the Iron Chain Heavenly Tribulation with great force, spreading it out widely.
Just like harvesting fish with a net.
[Casting Fifth Chain – ‘Naraku Tenra’.]
A technique that binds everything wrapped in chains, even if only for a moment.
It was a technique similar to the Heavenly Net and Earthly Net, but there was one difference.
Unlike the Heavenly Net that only suppresses movement, it temporarily seals skills.
Of course, since the range is not as wide as the net of heaven and earth, the probability of being hit if used openly like this is not high, and there is no way that Myeolsal would fall for it.
Whoosh, thud-!
However, it was possible to elicit a definite action called ‘evasion’.
The place that moves out of range the fastest is not the side or the back, but the top.
Now that the magic swords cannot come to support immediately.
Myeolsal, having jumped high, was in a completely defenseless state.
Although it was a situation where he could have stabbed straight in with the sword as if sticking a stick into a skewer, Dohyeon applied pressure one more time.
[+15 Thousand Transformations transforms into ‘Kayana’s Dagger’.]
“!”
Cheonbyeon, who had transformed into a dagger after being shot out as a bolt of lightning, aimed precisely at the heart of Myeolsal.
Now, the only thing Myeolsal can do is raise his greatsword to block it.
But that was the moment.
[Casting Enhanced Ego.]
Whoosh-
It’s checkmate, you bastard.
“what……?”
Just as he was about to block the sword face, an intangible energy intervened and changed the path of the sword.
He quickly took control with animalistic instincts, but it was a step too late.
[Casts the ★-Rank trait ‘Destructive Inner Spear [Runeto]’.]
[The spear explodes in place, destroying everything in the vicinity.]
[The caster also takes the full damage, but this damage does not reduce their health below 1%.]
[Caution! You may suffer fatal damage. Please be careful.]
Like a beast preparing for a hunt.
Dohyeon, who had been waiting for this moment, rushed in in the blink of an eye and thrust his spear.
A transcendent trait boasting overwhelming power that is second to none in terms of damage, except for the old man.
However, since the caster also takes damage, it is a technique that must be used as a suicide move at the very last moment… … .
Smirk.
Dohyeon curled the corners of his mouth into a grin.
[Uses the first ability of Tears of God.]
[Enters invincibility for 2 seconds. (90-minute cooldown)]
“I have a cheat code with a good origin, you see.”
suicide bomber?
In the face of the product of the ancient King of Wu, it was merely a risk-free death match.
“……shit.”
Myeolsal gritted his teeth as he looked down at the spear embedded in his chest along with Dohyeon’s words.
Kwaaaaaaaang-!!!!
Immediately afterwards, an indescribable, intense shock erupted from within.
