Chapter 308
Chapter 308
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 308
Chapter Title: Han Cheon-seong vs. Luna Vermont - The End of Mighty Power (3)
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“……”
As I activated my skill, enveloped in a powerful spiral, a smile unknowingly escaped my lips.
Was it because I was looking at Luna, who was smiling back at me?
...It was a truly strange feeling.
The emotions I felt at the start of the spar, in the middle, and now—they were all different.
And they all led to one conclusion.
‘It’s not enough.’
I still felt that I was lacking.
“So that’s the power of your skill. It’s definitely… yes, it’s definitely good.”
At Luna’s casual remark, I nodded and slowly raised my spear.
I felt no particular strain on my body amidst the swirling spiral.
After repeated use of the skill, my body was adapting to it, and I could now control its power naturally…….
I could only sense that the spell Luna was weaving with her hands was complete.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!
The barrage of countless spears, numbering far more than several dozen and centered on Luna, looked like a spell deployed specifically to target me.
And yet, even as I had to move my spear to counter it.
I felt as if I were awakening anew.
My complacent mindset.
It felt like Luna was making me realize the reality of my situation, and for that, I was even grateful.
*Swish!*
Luna lightly waved her hand.
A flood of spears made of mana, so bright it was almost blinding, followed.
*Shashashashashashashak…!*
Watching the spears fill the air with their various trajectories, my heart remained untroubled.
*Step.*
Instead, I took a step forward and simply began to swing my spear.
I met the first spear that rushed toward me.
*Crack!*
I shattered the mana spear that had charged in an instant.
But that was merely the tip of the iceberg.
As I continued to swing my spear endlessly, I didn't perceive the incoming spears with my eyes.
Instead, I reacted to the mana spears that entered the domain of my spiral.
As if responding to their presence within the space my power now commanded, I began to destroy them all with my body’s movements.
In terms of the sheer scale of power, Luna was formidable, but for me, the difference was even more overwhelming.
‘The sensation before and after using the skill is…’
This different.
Perhaps that was why.
It wasn't particularly surprising, nor did it feel difficult to receive the countless spears.
*Whoosh!*
*Shhhk!*
Even as my eyes registered the trajectories of spears passing by with razor-thin margins, I was able to advance.
One step.
One step.
I walked on calmly, even amidst the spectacle of dozens of spears trying to pierce me.
*Crack…!*
*Crack……!*
As the mana spears continued to explode, leaving remnants of their energy etched into the space.
I gradually fell into a trance-like state, my spear swings becoming almost instinctual.
“…….”
At some point, I was no longer conscious of how I was swinging or reacting with the spear in my hand.
I naturally dodged and thrust, beginning to neutralize the entire onslaught of spears.
And then, Luna’s intrigued expression as she watched me came into view.
The massive amount of mana she exuded was enough to make her clothes and hair float dramatically. Even to me, with my skill activated, it was no trivial amount of power.
I realized just how immense her innate talent for mana was.
And that this world had far, far too many geniuses….
‘Is it to be expected?’
Fundamentally, those without talent cannot enter the academy.
And as I grow and move forward in the academy, it’s only natural that I will encounter such geniuses. The more I see those who are destined to become the main players of this world, who will shine brightly... the more I feel this way.
The overwhelming power of Kalli’s unique trait, which I faced during our spars.
Leonhardt’s absolute will to seek strength, never breaking even when he should have collapsed...
Besides them, there were others who, through their connection with me, achieved abnormal growth like Karite, or who grasped a clue about their skills like Glacia. They were all exceptional.
Despite that, most students called me a genius, and the instructors also praised my talent highly, causing my reputation to soar endlessly.
They called my progress unprecedented, saying I had acquired a skill at an early stage that no one else had ever achieved.
But I knew, vaguely.
‘I’m not the great genius they say I am.’
Feelings like complacency or arrogance had no moment to take root in my heart.
On the contrary, more…
I felt I had to push forward even more fiercely.
*Crack…!*
At the end of the countless spears that had exploded before my eyes, I had arrived.
The moment I felt there were no more spears targeting me.
My body had unconsciously leaped, bringing me face-to-face with Luna.
“...”
To once again pierce through Luna’s barrier, which I had struck dozens of times.
The moment I raised my spear, I saw it.
Inside the completely azure barrier, Luna’s staff was glowing with an even more formidable light.
*Thud!*
As she slammed her staff into the ground, a massive amount of mana erupted like an explosion.
“...!”
Instinctively, I lifted my head, and my eyes caught a torrent of blue light that burst forth as if blinking into existence.
It was a barrage of blue light that could only be called a radiance.
*Shhhk…!*
The spear that should have been striking the barrier naturally turned toward the radiance of blue light rushing at me.
*Chwararararak…!*
The spiraling torrent that had erupted earlier was the first to meet the blue radiance.
……!
The exploding light decorated my vision, dazzling my eyes.
‘What on earth is this spell….’
I had no way of knowing what kind of magic it was.
Nothing even vaguely came to mind.
But when the radiance met the spiraling current head-on without losing much of its power, its presence still vivid, my heart sank.
Simultaneously, I sharply twisted the spear I had thrust forward.
[Pierce and Twist a Single Point]
In my recent spar with Sir Isabelle, I had demonstrated only the concept of this technique, without the power of a skill.
And now.
...I felt that to completely offset that blue radiance, I had to layer that concept on top of the principles of the Asura Spiral Spear.
Following the spear I thrust out with a powerful twist, an intense spiral current raged once more, beginning to pierce through the blue radiance.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!
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*Crack……!*
Countless shattering spears decorated her vision.
As Luna stared blankly at the sight, her mind wasn't in much turmoil.
“……”
Even as she entered a mana rampage state and deployed Yuratla’s Spear, she had considered it an appropriate spell, and she had vaguely sensed it.
This wouldn't be enough.
And she naturally realized just how incredible the power of a skill was.
She couldn't even see his movements.
No, to be precise, she could only see the trajectory carved by his spear.
But in the midst of Han Cheon-seong’s momentary acrobatic movements, in the overwhelming spectacle of Yuratla’s Spear raining down, she saw a sense of ease.
His golden eyes held not a hint of hesitation, making her feel a difference in their very class.
To the point where he didn't feel like the Han Cheon-seong she knew...
‘He’s like a different being…’
A being that she could not hope to contend with.
A sense of crisis welled up instinctively, warning her loudly.
No matter how much mana she had, she couldn't stand against Han Cheon-seong in that state; it was too dangerous…….
And yet, strangely, the corners of my lips turned up.
‘This was it.’
The source of the power I had longed for.
She felt Han Cheon-seong closing in as Yuratla’s Spear was completely shattered by him.
Her spirit was arguably broken to the point of admitting defeat in the spar.
But the words wouldn't leave her lips.
Instead, she unconsciously moved the hand gripping her staff.
*Shhhk…….
As she wove another magical formula, a desire, a craving to see more of that power, welled up inside her.
‘Couldn’t Han Cheon-seong’s power show even more than this?’
An incomprehensible feeling rose within her—a belief that his power would shine even brighter in the face of a stronger force.
In the end, she was able to complete it.
“...!”
And Han Cheon-seong had reached her.
His hair scattered by the fiercely swirling energy, his golden eyes were nothing short of mystical.
Despite that, she was able to deploy her magic without fear.
*Thud!*
The spell she deployed by slamming down her staff.
[Yuserna’s Oppression]
“...”
It was an instant.
Her senses, heightened by her mana rampage state, made the movements of all things seem slow. Amidst the brilliantly scattering radiance of light, she saw it.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!
A magnificent, swirling spiral filled her vision.
As an even stronger spiral current erupted, neutralizing her magic, she saw the result.
The clear trajectory of a spear piercing through even Yuserna’s Oppression.
“……”
Just watching it felt like witnessing another mystery.
The principle of the spiral, something that should never be mystical, had reached its absolute peak, exuding a strange mystique that captivated her gaze.
Even as strength rapidly drained from her entire body, her heart was simply satisfied. Immersed in a sensation that could be called pleasure, her body slowly began to tilt.
“……I lose.”
By the time she could finally speak, her vision had changed.
*Thud.*
In a state of complete exhaustion, with no strength left, she blinked.
‘Why did Han Cheon-seong collapse?’
From her perspective, Han Cheon-seong seemed to have more energy left than she did.
But as her body slumped forward, Han Cheon-seong, in catching her, collapsed as well, our bodies ending up on top of each other.
That the current situation had become very strange…
Then, a sound suddenly reached her ears.
“Haa…”
Han Cheon-seong’s ragged breaths sounded exceptionally loud in her ear, making her flinch involuntarily.
She needed to get up right now.
But she couldn’t feel a single ounce of strength in her body.
“......”
This… was definitely not what I had intended.