Chapter 75
Chapter 75
Translator: Penny
Chapter 75
Red flashes burst across the front.
Kiiiiiiing──!
It was Magic Beams spewed from the maws of all The Most Vile.
Their power was fierce enough to dig up the entire ground.
Han Yoo-seong and Ban Ineoreu.
They exchanged plans with just their eyes.
Excluding the The Most Vile standing still in the middle behind the unidentified opaque wall for now.
Each would take on two of the four that could be dealt with immediately.
Thung!
Their figures vanished simultaneously.
Four Magic Beams tore through the air, piercing the empty ground.
Kwaaaang!
Smoke billowed up with the explosion.
The battle began within it.
Chwaaaak!
Han Yoo-seong's sword slashed horizontally across The Most Vile's neck, tearing off its right arm.
He then swung his sword at another one.
Dragon Blood Serum, Breath of the Extreme.
These two things led Han Yoo-seong beyond his limits.
Whatever kind of Domain these guys possessed, he would kill them before they could activate it.
Han Yoo-seong moved as he thought.
Dragonslaying Sword Fifth Order Swordsmanship, Dragon Erosion.
Sword Qi raged.
The bodies of two The Most Vile were split in two.
The split corpses revealed clean cross-sections and crashed to the ground.
Ban Ineoreu was moving just as nimbly as Han Yoo-seong.
Ban Ineoreu was also under the influence of 'Breath of the Extreme'.
It was the Breath of the Extreme she had received from Han Yoo-seong.
Han Yoo-seong had said he would give her Dragon Blood Serum or something, but she refused.
Because her body required delicate adjustments in that regard.
Ban Ineoreu raised a Magic Power-condensed fingertip and pressed hard on her temple.
Body Blood Flow Acceleration.
CardioFury.
Second stage of the three-stage activation.
It was a family secret technique that had allowed her to reach the 13th floor of this Pandemonium.
Blood flowed as if it were running wild, and as fast as the torrent, her combat judgment and physical reactions gradually transcended the existing categories.
Chwaak!
The Azure Sword fell like lightning.
The blue Sword Qi roared like thunder, cleaving the enemy.
Two The Most Vile were charred black and burned.
Ban precisely beheaded them, confirming the kill.
The two rushed towards the last The Most Vile, the huge one in the center, almost simultaneously.
They had the same thought.
'Drive this guy to the brink of death.'
'Plant the Divine Stone in the root behind this guy and finish it.'
Han Yoo-seong gestured with his chin, and Ban nodded briefly.
Sword Paths drew full moons simultaneously from the left and right.
Jjeooooooong!
But the swords did not reach.
As if blocked by a huge invisible wall, the attack was blocked.
"……!"
Their eyes widened at the same time.
And Ban spat out briefly.
"Behind."
Han Yoo-seong realized that extreme murderous intent was washing over him.
Clearly, one had its head blown off.
And one had its heart pierced, but it had recovered perfectly.
Han Yoo-seong's mind raced.
A bright red light was rippling on the floor where the resurrected ones were.
And a red current was surging from the body of the one in the center.
Domain.
'That guy's Domain seems to be the ability to restore the bodies of the remaining The Most Vile.'
There was another problem.
The wall, whether it was created by that central The Most Vile or some other separate element.
It was also a strong wall that easily blocked attacks that were fully charged with his and Ban's power.
Han Yoo-seong realized.
Where they were now.
It was a perfect setup to die.
Enemies who would be perfectly fine within 30 seconds even if driven to the brink of death.
And an absolute barrier that prevented them from going to the place where the guy who used that resurrection ability was.
It was literally a structure where they had to fight trapped until they died.
"Han Yoo-seong."
"Yeah."
The fact that Ban Ineoreu was by his side helped him maintain his cool reason.
Han Yoo-seong was convinced that he would have panicked if Ban Ineoreu hadn't been there.
Kagagag!
The sound of explosions pierced his ears, and the two warriors drove back the two resurrected The Most Vile and moved simultaneously.
Kwajijik!
Ban Ineoreu's sword line fell like lightning,
Kereuaaaak!
The Most Vile, whose head was crushed under his feet, screamed.
Even in the midst of that, Ban said calmly.
"I can pull that guy in the center out with my Domain."
"Your Domain, what exactly is it?"
Chwaaaak!
"It forcibly creates a one-on-one situation. If I can tie that guy down, I can cut off the recovery too. It takes a lot of concentration to grant that level of recovery."
"Are you sure you can come out alive?"
"Certainty? That's a luxury in this situation."
Ban said without wavering.
"I'll buy time. Then finish off the root with the Divine Stone. This is an operation that's only possible because it's the two of us. If I was alone in the first place, I would have died a long time ago."
In response to those words, Han Yoo-seong met her eyes instead of answering.
He nodded slightly.
Kwang! Kwaaaang!
The two knocked down the two The Most Vile in front of them again.
And Ban Ineoreu instantly reached the front of the central The Most Vile.
A blue current surged from under Ban Ineoreu's feet.
Domain.
─Final Battle.
The blue Magic Power current that spewed out from under her feet swirled,
Ssssssss!
A large dome-shaped space of blue forcibly dragged in the huge The Most Vile.
The Domain deployment target would inevitably engage in a one-on-one battle with the caster, Ban Ineoreu.
It was a Domain created to clearly eliminate even one enemy when uncertain situations arose.
There was a termination condition for the Domain that Ban Ineoreu had not revealed to Han Yoo-seong.
Even the caster, Ban Ineoreu, could not release the Domain until two minutes had passed.
That was the condition at the time of the Domain's creation to create an absolute one-on-one structure.
Ban Ineoreu trusted Han Yoo-seong.
And she risked her life believing in him.
'Two minutes.'
He would endure.
He believed that Han Yoo-seong would plant the Divine Stone in the root within that time.
Karuaaaaaaaak!
A bizarre and sharp cry that was deafening erupted from The Most Vile's maw.
It was an existence at the very end of the Rank 6 class of power, which was far superior to other The Most Vile.
Ban could instantly sense that with her senses on edge.
Blue Sword Qi rose on Ban's sword.
***
Han Yoo-seong stared at the dome-shaped curtain that he could not see inside.
The fact that the four The Most Vile, who were unable to recover in their incapacitated state, were proof that Ban was doing her job properly.
'The wall is still there.'
However, the wall remained.
If he couldn't get over that wall, he wouldn't even reach the root.
Han Yoo-seong, gripping his sword, fully loaded Mundum Exstinguit with white Sword Qi and struck the wall.
Jjeooooooong!
One collision. But the wall did not even crack.
His brow furrowed.
A way.
He had to come up with a way quickly.
It was the same situation as using Ban Ineoreu as bait.
'Ban believes in me.'
They had repeatedly saved each other's lives.
And as a result, they both survived safely while paralyzing the five roots.
Han Yoo-seong had no intention of breaking that pattern here.
His thoughts accelerated.
'Divine Stone.'
Han Yoo-seong took out the Divine Stone, Sikerlapis, from the holder.
And he tossed it at the wall.
Tik!
A small spark flew, and a very slight crack appeared in the wall.
'It works.'
It was proof that the power of the Divine Stone, which paralyzed the roots, could also break down this wall.
'It's obvious if you think about it.'
The root could be said to be the source of Dranas. If it was a stone that neutralized that source, it would definitely work on this barrier as well.
However, it was not a structure that would collapse just by hitting it a few times.
What he needed was one shot.
One throw with all his might.
He wrapped Bodyguard Qi around his entire body.
And he wrapped white Magic Power around his right arm and shoulder once more.
Han Yoo-seong, like a pitcher on the mound, spread his left foot slightly and gripped the Divine Stone with his right hand.
His shoulder lowered and his waist lifted slightly.
He inhaled.
He had to succeed.
Even if his body broke.
He slowly lifted his left leg.
'Strike zone.'
The very center.
Exactly the core of the root.
That was the strike zone.
He had to pierce a point as small as a needle hole.
Soon after, he stepped forward with his left leg and leaned his upper body forward.
In order to load explosive rotational force.
His heart thumped.
—!
The stone flew through the air.
A slightly curved parabolic trajectory.
Kwaaaang!
The wall shattered.
Fragments of light poured down.
The Divine Stone, embedded in the center of the root. It continued to rotate while embedded in the root.
Soon, the root's pulse completely stopped.
The breaths of the four The Most Vile, who were barely alive on the floor, completely stopped.
Jjeooooooong!
The Domain, Final Battle, shattered, scattering blue glass shards everywhere.
Kuuuuuung!
The huge The Most Vile, who had been staggering inside, plummeted sharply towards the floor.
[Your level has increased!]
[Lv.50 → 52]
Level up or whatever.
Han Yoo-seong felt fatigue.
His physical fatigue had been completely recovered, but he had mental fatigue.
Han Yoo-seong slumped to the floor.
"Yo, I believed in you."
A low, beautiful voice.
It was Ban's voice.
Ban threw down her blood-soaked sword and sat next to Han Yoo-seong, leaning on him.
Ban's hand went up to Han Yoo-seong's shoulder.
"I really thought I was going to die. The moment that guy was about to swing his attack, he suddenly stopped? So I immediately gave him one in the heart."
Han Yoo-seong chuckled at Ban's words.
Ban Ineoreu sat next to him and laughed for a long time.
***
After successfully defeating the sixth root.
Half a day had passed since returning to the Council President's office.
The sun was setting.
"……."
Ban Ineoreu was staring at the empty air where something had appeared and disappeared.
'I wondered why my memories were sporadically cut off.'
Ban's brow furrowed.
'Why would a Climber of the same Pandemonium difficulty suddenly intrude when I never even thought there would be anyone else besides me?'
Ban fiddled with the arrowhead of the arrow in her hand.
'I thought I had made a friend I quite liked.'
Ban Ineoreu's blue eyes turned cold.