Chapter 289

Wow!

Wrath exclaimed after having the breakfast Merlin had brought for Raon.

The is exactly what the King of Essence wanted, and the taste is amazing.

Even though shrimp pizza and pineapple pizza were both pretty heavy for breakfast, he was enjoying it as if it were light morning bread with a grin on his face.

Try the ice cream over there. The King of Essence’s mouth feels stuffy right now.

Wrath fidgeted his fingers while pointing at the ice cup containing the ice cream.

“Haa...”

Raon sighed while looking at the cup containing the mint chocolate ice cream.

‘She even prepared all this...’

Was she a stalker or something?

Merlin must’ve investigated what he usually ate since she brought the shrimp pizza, pineapple pizza, and even the mint chocolate ice cream when he didn’t even ask for it.

He thought that she was scarier than he’d previously thought, and there was one more problem.

‘I don’t like any of this.’

None of the food she brought him was to his liking.

Shrimp pizza, pineapple pizza, and mint chocolate ice cream weren’t his favorite foods, they were the favorite foods of the Demon King of Strange Taste.

‘Tsk.’

Since it was obvious that Wrath was going to start rampaging around if he refused the food right in front of his eyes, he had no choice but to eat it.

Uhuhuhu!

Wrath’s eyes closed partially, like crescent moons, as soon as the mint chocolate ice cream touched his tongue.

‘Is he really a demon king...?’

People were definitely going to start a mutiny if a demon king smiled like that after eating ice cream. He was definitely not a demon king, no matter how he thought about it.

“Haa.”

Raon shook his head after finishing the mint chocolate ice cream. He kept eating it because of Wrath, but he still didn’t find it delicious. He couldn’t understand why Runaan or Wrath liked it so much.

It’s because you grew up in a sheltered environment with no difficulties.

Wrath sighed deeply while looking at the now-empty ice cream cup.

The mint chocolate is so sweet for the King of Essence because he went through so many hardships.

‘Bullshit’, was what he wanted to tell him, but he barely managed to suppress his urge. He told himself that he would ask Merlin to change the menu to prevent Wrath from saying that ever again.

Haa, this is nice. This is heaven.

‘But that’s not where you should be.’

Raon stared at Wrath with a dumbfounded expression on his face before he stood up.

Are you visiting the chef?

‘Why would I do that?’

Where are you going then?

‘I feel like I’m going to gain weight at this rate.’

He rubbed his stomach. Because the food was even better than when he was in Zieghart, he almost looked like he was on a vacation instead of being kidnapped.

‘I’m going to do some exercises.’

Training again? You really never get tired of it.

Wrath shook his hand at his persistence.

‘I’m not going to train. It’s something that I can only do here.’

Raon left the room. He went through the strange corridor where the rooms kept appearing and disappearing and went outside. He walked up to the border of the branch and placed his hand on the wall.

Cring!

Along with a small spark, the translucent barrier covering the branch made its appearance.

The aloof energy spreading from the extensive barrier with sun, moon, and star patterns felt like it was telling him that he would never be able to escape.

‘It’s almost ridiculous how complicated it is.’

Considering the fact that all kinds of energies were spreading out from the barrier, it must’ve been made by combining forces between a warrior, magician, dark magician, and a shaman above the Grandmaster’s realm. It was too difficult for him to destroy in his current state.

Did you come to look at it? It’s impossible in your current state.

Wrath snorted, telling him to know his place.

‘I know.’

‘I know better than anyone.’

Raon chuckled and examined the barrier.

“You should take your hand off.”

A cold voice could be heard from behind him.

“I’ll cut your hand off if you try touching it one more time.”

Raon turned around upon feeling the sharp murderous intent. The man wearing the horned snake helmet was standing there like a hoodlum.

The Soul Severing Sword was staring at him from way behind him with his arms crossed.

“Do you want to cut my hand off? That’s pretty good.”

Raon smiled faintly and placed his hand on the wall once again. Along with a powerful spark, the barrier became even clearer.

“Come at me.”

“Huh...”

The man wearing the snake helmet laughed bitterly at the unexpected situation.

“Do you even realize who I am?”

“You must be a swordsman who inherited a basilisk’s power.”

There weren’t that many monsters with a horned snake’s shape. It must’ve been the basilisk, which was a huge snake living in the desert with the power of petrification.

“Basilisk, huh...”

The snake helmet snickered. It was impossible to tell whether he was right or wrong about it.

“It doesn’t matter even if it’s not a basilisk. You look a lot easier to fight against than the person behind you.”

Raon pointed at the Soul Severing Sword.

“So you were picking a fight on purpose.”

The snake helmet exclaimed while tilting his head.

Don’t tell me that you are trying to...

‘You guessed right.’

Raon clenched his fist and smiled.

‘I can’t miss this opportunity to fight Eden’s bloody demons.’

Both the snake helmet and the Soul Severing Sword behind him were stronger than him as warriors. Since they were unable to kill him because of Merlin’s order, it was the perfect opportunity to steal their martial arts.

“This is perfect, since I was getting bored. Let’s see the skills of the Frostfire Sword of Valor, who is rumored to be the greatest genius on the continent.”

The snake helmet drew his sword. The blade was thicker than an average sword, making it look like a greatsword.

“Before you turn into a cripple from wearing the helmet.”

“Crippled from wearing the helmet, huh...?”

Raon smiled faintly and grasped Heavenly Drive’s hilt.

“What’s your name?”

“You can call me Unfaceable Snake.”

The snake helmet introduced himself as Unfaceable Snake and lowered his posture.

“Attack with everything you have.”

“Yes, I’ll go for the kill.”

Unfaceable Snake charged at him without even a shout of concentration. His fast and soft movement was the result of his footwork, which really resembled that of a snake.

He had gotten somewhat used to his swordsmanship thanks to using the Ring of Fire. He was confident he wouldn’t be at such a disadvantage next time if they ended up fighting again.

‘Moreover, I shall now...’

Watch more than his swordsmanship.

It was time to check out his greatest special techniques, the real power Unfaceable Snake possessed.

“You are a rather sturdy guy!”

Unfaceable Snake closed the distance to strike. His diagonal slash suddenly fell. It was a technique that he’d already seen before.

Clang!

Raon used the Fangs of Insanity to violently deflect Unfaceable Snake’s strike before pulling Heavenly Drive back. He amplified the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation that he’d prepared to thrust forward.

Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation, Hundred Flames.

Flame Dragon Art.

The fire dragon’s roar was unleashed at Unfaceable Snake from the front. It had become even more powerful after absorbing the Soul Nullifying Water.

“This is...”

Unfaceable Snake grasped his sword. His eyes turned serious as he straightened his wrist to slash down towards him.

Cring!

The combative energy on his sword spread around in a conical shape, radiating its sturdiness. It almost looked like a huge mountain had emerged.

Whaam!

The fire dragon trying to rise to the sky clashed against the great mountain blocking its way, and a huge crater was created on the land. The tremendous explosion created as a result was followed by a dark whirlwind of astral energy.

Raon used the Evil Eye of Wrath to observe the flow of swords inside the explosion.

‘He piled up combative energy on top of combative energy to create multiple layers.’

The power of Unfaceable Snake’s strike was on a completely different level from before, and it was thanks to piling up combative energy and forming it into layers. Even though the Flame Dragon Art was facing it, he felt like his shoulder was about to be dislocated from the astonishing amount of power.

‘Let’s try getting a bit more out of him.’

Raon maximized the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation’s output and stomped the ground. He unleashed the Great Severing Smash, which was the heaviest strike among the Fangs of Insanity, while surrounding it with the principles of heaviness as much as he could.

Rumble!

Heaviness was added on top of the heavy strike, and his blade descended upon Unfaceable Snake, looking like it was about to smash his head into pieces.

“Nice, come at me.”

Unfaceable Snake turned his shoulder. His rough movement made him look like a stone statue trying to stand up, but the combative energy dwelling in his movement was even larger than the previous strike. Raon figured that it must’ve been another one of his special techniques.

Whaam!

Alongside a crimson spark, a huge cluster of combative energy surged from below.

Rumble!

The impact was powerful enough to shake the barrier on the ground, and the demons of Eden around them were all sent flying.

“You can still continue, right?”

Unfaceable Snake took his sword with two hands. A sphere of condensed combative energy emerged from his blade. The sphere expanded continuously until it filled the entire space.

“Don’t worry. Merlin will heal you as long as you don’t die.”

“You must be feeling very relieved right now.”

Raon smiled coldly and thrust his sword. A powerful current burst from the silver blade to create a red sphere.

Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation, Hundred Flames

Heavenly Heavy Cannon.

It was smaller than the sphere of combative energy that emerged from Unfaceable Snake’s sword, but the energy—surrounded by powerful lightning—was even more condensed than his.

“Let’s see the bitter end!”

As Unfaceable Snake and Raon were about to unleash their attacks at the same time...

Whoosh!

A dark lightning strike, containing the energy of the dead, struck the ground between them.

Whaam!

The black energy rotated violently and remained completely intact despite taking Raon and Unfaceable Snake’s special techniques at the same time.

Tap.

Once the black light dissipated, Soul Severing Sword could be seen lowering his black sword. The way he tilted his chin slightly made it seem as if he were telling them to stop the fight.

“He’s pouring aura on our parade.”

Unfaceable Snake clicked his tongue at Soul Severing Sword.

“He’s no fun.”

He frowned and lowered his sword.

“Hmm.”

Raon also sheathed Heavenly Drive after briefly licking his lips.

“Let’s keep it for later. He’s not the only problem, since I think Merlin is going to get angry if we continue.”

“......”

Soul Severing Sword was staring at him with his black sword once more in his scabbard. His eyes were completely emotionless, just like the day before.

“Can I challenge you if I manage to defeat him?”

“......”

He kept staring without responding or changing his expression.

“I’ll take that as a yes.”

Raon smiled faintly and waved his hand.

“See you later.”

‘I’m liking this place more and more.’

It was pretty much heaven, just like Wrath had said, since they were giving him elixirs and sparring opponents were coming to find him on their own.

Raon returned with a faint smile on his face.

“......”

Soul Severing Sword turned his right shoulder slightly to watch Raon returning to the building until the end.

* * *

“Haa.”

Merlin sighed briefly while applying ointment to Raon’s shoulder and waist.

“You really are a troublemaker. You couldn’t even wait for a short time without causing problems.”

She shook her head as she laughed bitterly.

“You are the first one to pick a fight with Unfaceable Snake and ask him for a spar. Everyone was surprised.”

“I wanted to see how strong he was.”

Raon turned his neck lightly and closed his eyes. He responded to her question honestly since it was impossible to hide it from her anyway.

“Warriors are like that.”

Merlin finished applying the ointment and moved aside slightly. It must’ve been a really effective medicine, since the pain in his bones and muscles had already subsided.

“You can deal with the internal injury with an elixir, right?”

She sighed and placed the same elixir box as the one she brought the day before on the table.

“I adjusted the ratio a little since you said that your head felt dizzy. It should be a lot better than yesterday.”

Raon opened the box. The coldness tickling his nose was slightly milder than the day before.

‘She did adjust the ratio. She added even more Soul Nullifying Water.’

Judging from the look, she must’ve reduced the amount of coldness and added even more Soul Nullifying Water. With the combined dose from the two days, he shouldn’t even be able to feel the dizziness, since he should be feeling all foggy.

“And.”

Merlin extended her right hand. Blue light emerged from her white hand and a helmet appeared to float in the air.

It had two horns and diamond shaped, blade-sharp scales. With a light blue mane stretching behind it, there was no way he wouldn’t recognize it.

“Dragon’s helmet...”