Chapter 50

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― What’s the name of this skill?

Suddenly, a scene of the past passed by his mind. It was just last week though.

― It’s called the ‘Explosion’! What do you think? Isn’t it cool?

― Yeah, well… Did you, Kalish, name this like that?

Do-joon asked such a question because he was so proud of it. Kalish said pleasantly as expected.

― I don’t remember, but it probably is. The existing Storm God’s spears are all just nonsense. On the other hand, this spear, which in my memory, is very good.

― What do you mean?

― I mean that it’s a new martial art that I’ve put together and created, you punk. Ha ha ha!

Kalish is very proud of his spear.

It was understandable. In fact, the skill of ‘explosion’ he taught was that great.

Do-joon looked around. A rocky mountain within the Orc Labyrinth. Nearby rocks, trees, and stone floors were all ripped apart as if they were crushed by a large drill.

This is not just a skill, but a skill created by the use of mana and movement of the spear.

― Definitely… … I think it’s incredible.

― Yes, yes! Of course, it’s incredible!

At that time, he remembered something he was curious about. The story he talked about when he first started training, the Spear of Nox, the God of War and Storm.

What does he mean by God’s Spear? He wasn’t really taught by God, was he?

― Of course not. The spear of the Storm God is a spear made based on the myth of Nox that is passed down through tradition.

― Based on myth?

― Yeah. Martial arts are supposed to be modelled after something. There are as many martial arts as there are many objects, such as the movement of animals and the flow of nature. There are very few of them that are practical.

― I see.

― Imitating a myth is a martial art that was created to reproduce the feat of Nox in the myth. The Storm God Knox is the most ferocious god among the gods and is the god who slaughtered the giants of the underworld with harsh and ruthless storms.

It was a more disturbing myth than he thought.

Well, if someone looks up the myths of this Earth here, there are many stories like that.….

― The current spear technique is to capture that wild wind. As the name suggests, the skill of outbursting in a ferocious flow! It’s a technique to create a swirling flow and pierce the enemy.

― You seem to have a better image when you listen to something.

Is it because he heard the origin of the spear? He didn’t realize anything concretely, but he felt like he could see the outlines of his spear technique vaguely.

― That’s a good thing! If you blindly swing your weapon, you’ll end up second-rate at best. You must always think, ponder, and remember to be reborn as a first-class warrior. In particular, image is a very important thing.

― That’s true.

Do-joon nodded. He also agreed a hundred times with the importance of image.

― So whenever you use a skill, shout it out loud! Just by hearing the name of the ‘Explosion’, enemies will be scared and run away! Hahahaha!

― No, that’s a bit…….

Do-joon smiles vaguely compared to Kalish who smiles as if he is in a good mood.

No matter how much you fight, shouting out the name of your skill at this age is a bit different, isn’t it? No, it wasn’t like that, he absolutely didn’t hate it. He was just embarrassed.

‘Explosion…’

The scene of the past ended here.

The current Do-joon is very loud, but on the other hand, he is in the middle of a quiet place.

The wind gathers around him. It was qualitatively different from the soft but strong wind that Eldora used.

A gust of wind was swirling that would crush the enemy and tear apart everything that stood in the way.

And at the core of the storm lies Do-joon.

― Hey! More than that is too much for you right now!

The spear in his hand vibrated. Is it because Kalish is shouting?

No, it was because he is overdoing himself by using his own magical power that has exceeded the limit.

11 strands… 12 strands…….

Originally, it tears the flow of mana even more. It felt like he was forcibly grabbing and tearing a nerve.

It was easy to get to ten strands that he had already gotten used to, but more than that was extremely painful.

Even so.

‘You can do it!’

Do-joon said that.

It’s not confidence. Words to inject yourself with the image that you will definitely succeed.

His concentration was rising to its peak. All kinds of sounds are fading away, and all he can see is an enemy floating high in the sky.

Rip the mana more. The odds are clear. He has already experienced the phenomenon of being engulfed in thousands of mana strands through Kalish’s demonstration.

‘Remember that feeling!’

Do-joon grabbed the vibrating spear hard. At this moment, the spear felt like it was his own arm.

Soon, the mana was torn up to 20 strands.

Do-joon threw the spear towards Eldora on the ceiling.

Kwagwagwagwagwagwa―

A strong vortex was fired. His spear was the cannon, and its shell was the wind. Even fine and sharp pieces of ice were flying through the ice storm.

When Eldora saw it, he crumpled his lips and shouted.

“How dare you blow that wind in front of me? Scatter them all!”

He couldn’t move, but Silape was different.

A transparent spirit only visible to Eldora appeared in front of him. Another whirlpool, which rotates contrary to Do-joon’s, was created to protect him.

‘You idiot! Know that any wind will kneel before Silape!’

A smirk passed through Eldora’s eyes.

― There is a story about the daughter of the Lord God being kidnapped by a giant and imprisoned in a storm castle.

Kalish saw that and spoke quietly.

― Knox, alone, broke through the storm surrounding the island and rescued her.

Soon the two storms collide.

― The first anecdote is that Knox got the name of the Storm God. That is the legacy of Knox, which was captured by the storm.

Do-joon’s wind began to push Silape’s vortex.

Kugugugugugugung―!

“No way! How can Silape be……!”

Eldora is shocked to see her wind tearing apart.

For him, it was extremely humiliating. He doesn’t know if it’s a higher-ranking spirit, but the wind caused by a human pushes her spirit away?

But soon he.

“Argh, aaaaaahhhhh!”

He couldn’t pay attention to his insignificant pride.

The ice storm broke through the wind and hit Eldora directly.

‘Grou-, on the ground… … If only my feet were on the ground… … !’

Even this level of attack could be easily handled by him on the ground. Discarding all of the blows. His own absolute power received from the World Tree would be enough.

But now that he is floating in the air, the damage that couldn’t flow anywhere has completely penetrated him.

If it wasn’t for his powers, he was also just an ordinary person with fragile skin and flesh.

Kwaang!

Eldora’s body crashed into the ceiling. Still, Do-joon’s wind did not lose its strength at all. Rather, the ceiling shattered and his body continued to ascend to the sky.

Kwagwagwagwagwang!

Bang! Craaaash!

It pierced the ceiling, pierced the earthen floor, and eventually, the body soared high above the ground.

A body that is already in rags. His corpse fell randomly on the asphalt.

And Do-joon’s wind, which went up, rose in a moment, wiping away all the rain and wind.

Was it a coincidence?

At that moment, the black clouds began to clear. The sun, which had been hidden all this time, poured out and shone on the ground.

The light flowed through the broken ceiling into the shelter.

“He-, he won!”

“He really won! We’re alive!”

“What?! He wasn’t an E-class!”

As the warm light began to shine, people’s faces began to brighten up.

Siewellin’s wall, which had stood between him and the people, disappeared.

People gathered to say a word to Do-jun. Some wanted to express their gratitude and others wanted to show their envy.

However, the first person to rush was his daughter, So-eun.

“Euaaaanhh! Dad! Dad!”

So-eun runs to his body which is dirty with hardened blood, sweat, and dust.

Do-joon couldn’t push the child away this time.

Next to it, Siewellin approached and put his hand on his back silently. A warm light of healing permeated Do-joon from her hand.

People gathered around Do-joon in an instant. But at this moment, no one disturbed Do-joon and his family.

“Uhhhhh… … Dad… … .”

Do-joon leaned back, gently stroking So-eun’s head, who was crying.

It’s okay to rest a little now.

Siewellin smiled and placed a hand on his forehead. As if to entrust his back.

Do-joon’s eyes closed.

Then, suddenly, one thing caught his eye.

As if it had bounced off on the way, Eldora’s sword was still stuck on the floor. Unprotected enough that no one knows who might pick it up.

“That……. Keep that…….”

Pointing to the short sword, Do-joon said.

In the midst of this, Siewellin laughed absurdly at the appearance of doing what he had to do.

“Dad?”

“Sorry….… Dad is going to sleep a little bit.….”

Finally, leaving only those words, Do-joon fell asleep as if he fainted.

* * *

Whoosh!

The giant’s head was cut off.

Even if it is made up of rain and wind, there is a substance in everything. Therefore, it could be cut off.

And the one that cut him.

“Karma knocked him down!”

“Wow!”

It was Oh Tae-jin of Karma.

When he cut him off, the day began to clear. The unnaturally gathered black clouds receded and sunlight began to cover the battlefield.

“Where is he!?”

Shin Yoo-sung rushed over and asked. After Oh Tae-jin and other high-ranking hunters gathered, he fell backward and devoted himself to treatment.

“I don’t know. I think he ran away.”

“Damn it!”

When Oh Tae-jin shook his head and spoke, Shin Yoo-sung stomped his feet in anger.

Kwaang!

Even though the ground was hollowed out by his stomping feet due to anger.

Shin Yoo-sung, who had been huffing for a while, asked while looking at Oh Tae-jin.

“Where did you get hurt?”

“How can you get hurt this much?”

In a way, that’s an arrogant thing to say.

However, he is the one who beheaded the giant. He can’t say anything like this.

Shin Yoo-sung pouted his lips and said.

“Then I’ll go. There are still so many people to treat.”

“Take a look.”

He left, leaving only a somewhat awkward lingering impression.

Oh Tae-jin stood tall there and looked around.

There were a lot of wounded people. Many of them cried while holding the bodies of their dead colleagues.

There was a quick response from Shin Yu-sung and Mir Guild, but it only minimized the damage, but it did not eliminate the damage.

Oh Tae-jin was looking at that tragedy.

‘My performance has increased by one.’

He was thinking like that.

At that time, at the temporary headquarters for disaster response.

“The report says that the spirit has finally been defeated!”

“Really!?”

“Whoaaa!”

As soon as the report came up, the venue was in a festive mood. The spokespersons from each guild were hugging and liking each other.

Now when the damage will be reported, it will be gloomy again, but at least at this moment, they were happy that the disaster was over.

“What happened to him?”

The president of the association, who was sitting seriously in the middle of it, asked the reporter a question.

Even if it was ‘that guy’, he understood it perfectly. Because it was clear that he was referring to the suspicious person who summoned the spirit.

“They say he ran away. I don’t know where he went…….”

“Hmm…”

The president’s face darkened.

For now, the situation itself has calmed down. It seems that there are no more monsters, and they also defeated the giant-type spirit, which was the most troublesome.

However, he was not comfortable because he missed the person who seemed to be the mastermind. Because the case wasn’t resolved in the real sense.

‘You said he had long ears, right?’

What could it be? Special makeup?

Then, why did he put on that makeup? Is it for religious reasons, or is it a mark of one’s organization?

Thoughts continued one after another. What comes to mind first is that he may be a member of a terrorist organization.

‘But I heard that this happened simultaneously in other countries.’

Although it was only a brief report, it is said that disasters broke out not only in Korea but also in foreign countries.

Is this simply the power that one organization can exert? Even if they can, is there no reason to do this?

‘There is no reason to attack Hwaseong, especially instead of Seoul.’

The more he thought about it, the more the theory of a terrorist group lost its power.  The next thing that came to mind was the new suspicious pillar.

‘The stem…’

The monsters appear from the roots. If so, does that mean they’re the ones who appear on the stem?

The president of the association closed his eyes and immersed himself in thoughts in a noisy conference room.

At that moment.

Thuuud!

“Mr Association President!”

The conference hall became quiet at the moment due to a subordinate coming in with the door slammed open. A subordinate hurriedly ran to the president of the association and talked to him.

“It is said that someone who appears to be his comrade has also appeared in Seoul!”

“What?!”

The association president’s eyes widened as if tearing apart.

“What?”

“A comrade?”

“Where did he appear in Seoul!?”

Murmur. Murmur.

As the surroundings began to become noisy, the subordinate took the USB out of his pocket and put it down on the desk.

“It’s a shelter on the side of the academy. I think there must have been someone who filmed it on the spot. The video has been reported to us.”

Everyone’s attention was all focused on the small USB on the desk.

The president of the association said with sharp, shining eyes.

“Play it right now!”