Chapter 245: Will Block It (1)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
Thunderbolt. Rain. Wind.
There were many natural elements that tried to destroy the earth, however, they all failed to do so. Whether it becomes dust or mud, the earth was still strong enough to support everything on it.
That earth was moving.
It was different than an earthquake.
However, everybody could feel the weirdness of the earth.
Lock was the first to feel it. The young boy was the one who was standing closest to Cale. He could feel the light vibrations underneath his feet.
It was different than the rumbling of the earth when a thunderbolt struck it. The earth made a very light and subtle noise.
Lock's gaze then headed toward the source of those vibrations.
The vibrations had started from underneath where Cale Henituse was standing.
Lock’s bloodshot eyes soon opened wide.
“Ugh!”
Cale's body staggered. Cale’s foot that was stepping on the slightly shaking ground slightly shook.
“Y, young master-nim!”
Lock reached his hand out in shock. However, his hand could not grab Cale, who bent forward and staggered to the side.
Lock moved his hand that grabbed empty air again in order to try to grab Cale’s shoulder.
It was at that moment.
Baaaaang!
It was the noise that had been hammering against the shield.
The noise that should have been in the sky felt extremely close.
Lock felt chills throughout his body. His gaze headed toward the source of the noise.
“Ahhh! H, hurry!”
“T, the shield broke!”
‘...Broke?’
The shield will not break. Lock recalled how Vice Captain Hilsman told him through a call about how that phrase had become famous.
The Gorge of Death. It was a place with so much wind in the winter that it felt as if someone was crying all night.
The calls he had with Vice Captain Hilsman every so often in order to report in and hear about how Cale and the others had achieved victory had made Lock's heart beat fast.
The story that was the most memorable was about the shield. The Indestructible Shield. He felt himself heating up every time he heard about how the shield would not break.
But that shield broke?
Lock's gaze headed up to the sky.
Baaaaaang!
A thunderbolt struck the ground. The people heading for the teleportation magic circle started to walk faster. Screams and shrieks filled the battlefield.
He looked up at where the thunderbolt had struck down from.
A portion of the silver shield was broken.
Baaaaang! Bang! Bang!
Hundreds of thunderbolts were still striking down at the shield.
Lock could see cracks appearing throughout the silver shield. It would soon break completely.
That fact filled Lock's mind.
Bang!
Lock raised his head.
He looked directly above where he was standing. He could see that the silver shield was breaking above him as well.
Craaaack-
The cracks were starting to get worse.
“Magic Brigade, activate the shield!”
"Archie, Paseton, help people escape!”
Rosalyn and Witira shouted with urgency. The ground was starting to shake even more as all of this happened. Lock's heart started to beat faster.
It was at that moment.
Craaaaaaack.
The shield above his head broke.
Lock could see the bright light coming in through the shield.
His heart was beating crazily.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))
If that thunderbolt lands on him, then-
Lock suddenly thought about two people.
His current tasks.
Looking at Cale's back.
Holding onto Raon.
Those were his two tasks.
‘Is that really all I need to do?’
His heart that was beating with fear and despair started to beat to a different rhythm. Thunderbolts continued to fall around Lock, Cale, and Raon at that moment.
Lock started to move while following his heart. He was following his instincts.
However, there was someone who was moving based on instincts even more than Lock.
Tap.
Lock could see someone jumping off his shoulder and into the air.
Lock started to speak.
“Hyung!”
Choi Han and his sword that was covered in black aura slammed into a thunderbolt.
The thunderbolts were made of the light attribute.
His incomplete darkness instantly disappeared after slamming into the thunderbolt.
“Ugh!”
Choi Han was flung away from the impact of his aura breaking.
‘I didn’t know that it would be so strong!’
The strength of the berserk Dragon half-blood was much greater than the strength of Choi Han’s darkness. Choi Han could not destroy the thunderbolt.
Then there were Choi Han and Rosalyn who saved him, as well as Cale whom he met later. This was all he had seen while being around all of them.
That was why Lock smiled at Cale, who was looking at him with a frown.
“It's okay, young master-nim.”
‘It’s just a thunderbolt.’
He had a sense of confidence and certainty.
‘I am strong.
I can do this.’
“Lock-”
He could see Cale still frowning. At the same time, he could also see Cale’s body that was covered in blood. He found it funny that Cale responded like this to someone else sacrificing themselves when he had no issues sacrificing himself.
“It’s o-”
“No.”
Lock flinched at Cale’s annoyed tone. Although his face now looked violent, the innocent eyes of the young boy started to shake.
At the same time, his more sensitive intuition realized a change.
“...Huh?”
He felt a different strong power at his back other than the thunderbolt.
It was the moment he realized that.
Lock could see Cale holding the bundle of blankets with one hand while pushing his face away with the other. He could hear Cale’s calm voice.
“Move over a bit.”
“...Excuse me?”
Lock's cheek was pushed to the side by Cale’s hand. At that moment, Lock could hear a loud explosion right above him.
Baaaaaang!
Lock was able to see the explosion because his face had turned. His mouth opened wide for a different reason than before.
Drip. Drip.
Something was falling from the sky and hitting his large body before falling onto the ground.
“...Stones?”
Stones were falling to the ground.
Lock could see a large stone spear crashing into the thunderbolt.
The thunderbolt had exploded in the air after being hit by the stone spear.
“Children grow up so fast.”
Lock could see Cale patting him on the head as he stood up. That made Lock think about when the ground started to shake.
It was when the shield had become weaker.
That was when the earth started to shake.
‘Perhaps?
Maybe the reason the ground started to shake is because of...?’
However, Lock could not ask Cale that question.
Ruuuuuuuuuuuumble-
A noise that was not the sound of things exploding caught people's attention. Everyone quickly looked toward the source of that noise. Then they had to see an unbelievable sight.
The earth was moving.
No, to be more specific, the broken pieces of the Gorge of Death were fluctuating.
It was the spot that was covered in debris after the cliffs were destroyed.
Something started to rise up from there one by one.
“...This is-”
The thunderbolts of the berserk Dragon half-blood stopped for a moment. His bloodshot eyes observed what was going on.
There were so many thunderbolts that they covered the sky.
There were large things moving toward the thunderbolts.
They looked as if they were meteorites shooting up toward the sky.
The earth and the stones started to turn to tens and then hundreds of spears. The sharp points of the spears were pointed accurately at the thunderbolts.
“Pwahahahah! You've been hiding a power like this?! Huh?”
The Dragon half-blood laughed like a maniac before glaring at someone while coughing up blood. The spears were aiming for the thunderbolts with that person at the center.
The stone spears shot out of the ground as if they were shot by a guardian Knight protecting that person.
The Dragon half-blood’s face as he looked at that person, Cale Henituse, was frowning so much that the veins on his face looked ready to pop out at any moment.
Even Cale’s group stopped walking. Lock, who was next to Cale, was at a loss for words as he stood there as well.
However, there was someone else who was speechless right now.
‘...Wow, what the hell.’
Cale Henituse.
He felt his body becoming better, as well as his hungry stomach, but could not say anything.
‘...The Super Rock seems to be too strong...Is this really okay?’
Cale was getting nervous.
However, the corners of his lips started to twitch and rise.
Huuuuuu, huuuuu.
He could feel Raon's temperature going up. The growing pains seemed to be getting worse. Cale looked toward the Dragon half-blood who was going off about how he was going to kill Cale and Raon.
The rumbling of the earth stopped at that moment.
Cale felt that his plate had grown. His body's plate had grown as soon as he had used the Super Rock's power. Furthermore, Cale felt something becoming warmer in his pocket, similar to Raon who was in his arms.
He heard the Super Rock's voice in his mind at that moment.
- Do not sacrifice yourself.
Ooooooooong-
Cale felt the item vibrating in his pocket as he looked toward the Dragon half-blood. Yes, he looked toward the crazy bastard who was laughing while looking at him.
“...Who did you say you were going to kill?”
Cale stomped on the ground.
Boom!
The ground shook the moment his feet stomped down.
“Go.”
The stone spears started to move.
The hundreds of spears created by the earth aimed toward the sky.
1. Author puts human to describe Lock here, maybe he is talking about being in human form?