Chapter 57
Chapter 57
Ch. 57 .｡.:✧ Kali (3) ✧:.｡.
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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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In the large, foreign sphere protruding inside the dungeon.
On one side of that sphere, smooth as a mirror reflecting all light…
“Open up! I said open!!!”
It was smeared with blood.
Even so, Yoo-jin’s fists didn’t stop.
The fists, powerful enough to shatter huge rocks, kept striking.
Not minding at all even as his flesh tore and his fingers broke.
‘It’s reflecting all the impact…’
Alicia clicked her tongue as she silently watched the scene.
It was a barrier that redirected all impacts in the opposite direction.
It meant there was no way to break it with physical force.
But Yoo-jin, who kept pounding on the unbreakable barrier, didn’t look foolish.
Because Undecided was trapped inside.
Having watched what kind of existence Undecided was to Yoo-jin, Alicia felt like she somewhat understood how Yoo-jin was feeling right now.
“Calm down. Hitting it will only injure your hands.”
“Let go of this. I said let go.”
“Please, calm down. Now is the time to conserve your strength.”
“Haa…”
Alicia jumped down from the ceiling, using wind magic to slow her descent and land.
Then she hurriedly embraced Yoo-jin’s waist and stopped him.
Someone had to stop him.
Otherwise, Yoo-jin would have kept pounding until his hands and feet were shattered and his head was crushed.
“…”
Alicia couldn’t say anything, but she felt the same as Ifrit.
She had no idea what this sphere was.
It was like an object from another world.
Not knowing its identity, breaking it seemed even more impossible.
Undecided was going to die.
No, maybe she was already dead.
“Ah…”
Yoo-jin, who had been making a hollow expression, placed his hand on the sphere.
He placed his tattered hand on that mirror, now covered in blood.
It was painful to see Yoo-jin’s unfocused eyes.
As if she could see Undecided through those eyes, Alicia felt distressed too.
She turned her head away, unable to bear it.
‘He cherished her so much…’
He said she was an object.
He said he could easily discard her since he bought her cheap.
It was a lie.
A lie he told to deceive even himself.
‘Now it’s too late. The only thing left is to take revenge.’
She couldn’t lose her mind.
Because Kali was also trapped inside that thing.
This sphere wouldn’t last forever either.
Once the barrier disappeared, they had to ambush and kill her.
They had to take revenge for Undecided.
Just as Alicia was about to tell Yoo-jin to get a grip…
“…”
Yoo-jin’s eyes regained focus.
He had a determined gaze, as if he had made a resolution.
Without a word, he picked up the ring that had fallen to the ground and put it on his finger, overlapping with the ring already on it.
Then he brought that bloodied hand back to the sphere.
“Wh-what are you doing?”
“Physical force can’t break this. But telekinesis should work.”
“What?”
“Telekinesis isn’t a magic that applies force to objects, but a magic that moves objects. If there’s enough mana, you can move anything.”
“That’s…”
That’s absurd.
Alicia’s mouth gradually closed as she was about to say that.
Certainly, it wasn’t wrong.
Telekinesis magic wasn’t a magic that applied physical force to objects.
It was a magic that directly interfered with the object itself and moved it.
However, that was also just a theoretical discussion.
In fact, the principle of moving objects with telekinesis was to move and push away easily interfered substances like the air around the object.
Most of the force came from there.
The heavier and more complex the object, the more impossible it became to interfere with telekinesis.
“Phew…”
But Yoo-jin didn’t care about that at all.
How much possibility there was wasn’t his concern.
If there was even a speck of possibility, there was no reason not to try.
“Ifrit. Let me make a request just once.”
With the help of the mana stone, mana control was activated.
All the mana in his body gathered to Yoo-jin’s heart.
In an instant, the mana spread throughout his body and started flowing rapidly.
As if he was the only one left in this world, Yoo-jin manipulated the mana with concentration at its peak.
It felt like he could feel every single drop of mana.
“Help me one last time.”
Telekinesis.
It was magic he had succeeded in using only once.
That was the first and last time.
Yoo-jin himself didn’t know how he had cast it.
He just had the desire to break through this situation, and before he knew it, it was manifesting in the form of telekinesis magic.
Even then, it was purely thanks to the Great Spirit’s help that he was able to activate it.
At least that’s what Yoo-jin believed.
“…”
The moment Ifrit’s firm answer came back, Yoo-jin closed his eyes tightly.
He was more desperate than ever.
But just because he was rejected didn’t mean he could give up.
Without losing his concentration even a bit, he maintained it.
Grasping the mana that had become too fierce to control properly, he finished preparing to release it.
Just once.
If he released it once, all his mana would be exhausted and it would be over.
If he didn’t succeed this time, there would be no next time.
“What?”
The moment Ifrit answered belatedly, Yoo-jin almost lost his concentration.
He was dumbfounded and at a loss for words.
He didn’t help?
When the mana stone touched his chest.
Wasn’t it Ifrit who had manipulated it back then?
‘That was entirely my own power?’
It was hard to believe.
No matter how hard he tried to use telekinesis after that, he couldn’t use it a second time.
“Ah!”
But Yoo-jin soon understood.
The essence of magic was to strongly visualize the necessary imagery and draw out the result with mana.
If other emotions and impurities mixed in between, the performance would greatly deteriorate.
That’s why meditation and mind control were important in magic training.
One was required to become a monster with only reason left, suppressing emotions.
The reason he had failed despite countless attempts wasn’t for any other reason.
There were too many emotions.
Throughout the numerous rounds, complex emotions were always lingering.
Erasing those complex emotions was nearly impossible.
Even though Yoo-jin looked calm and composed on the surface, his inside was in turmoil.
He had to sort out all these emotions.
Only then could Yoo-jin use magic.
‘Was it because my emotions were emptied as I crossed the boundary of death back then?’
Now that he realized that, what he had to do became clear.
Empty his emotions.
Clear his mind and truly control the mind.
The level of mana control being easy wasn’t enough.
It was far from enough.
Even the things that had sunk into his subconscious had to be completely removed.
And there was no one who could help with that.
It was something Yoo-jin had to do all by himself.
‘Is this even possible?’
It was a life that had repeated the same days, the same years 12 times.
Whoever he saw, wherever he went, 12 different memories were revived.
Good memories and bad memories came to life at the same time, and conflicting emotions spread simultaneously.
All love and hatred were love-hate, and all suffering and joy were bittersweet.
It was as if all his emotions were tied together and combined.
He had to sweep them all away.
Everything, even the things that had sunk into his subconscious.
It was nearly impossible.
“Then just do it!”
In other words, it wasn’t impossible.
Yoo-jin’s will clashed.
For a very brief moment that even he himself didn’t notice.
Leaving only his desperation to save Undecided.
All of his emotions swirled and disappeared.
And at the same time…
“Wh-what?!”
Crack!
Cracks began to form on the sphere that couldn’t be hit, on the sphere that had to deflect all physical force.
Crash!
And as if it were a lie.
The sphere shattered and a hole was made.
Light shone inside and Undecided’s face was revealed.
It seemed like a faint emotion was visible on that face that was always expressionless.
“…Yoo-jin?”
“Don’t touch my property.”
Yoo-jin gritted his teeth and recited.
He had never been this angry before.
If Undecided had been dead, he might have been angry enough to lose his mind right now.
He could suppress his anger to this extent because she was alive.
Yoo-jin’s body flew in like lightning and drove Kali’s body into the ground.
Yoo-jin’s body was already in mana exhaustion.
But enduring the pain of his muscles cramping.
Forcibly moving his body that refused to move, he thrust his dagger.
“You know it’s a dog’s death too. Die, you insect-like bitch.”
Splat.
Her weakness was visible through the trait.
The dagger was driven into the poison sac inside the body.
And then, for a while, a dying scream echoed.
Kali’s movement, which had been flailing her sharp legs with a clatter, ceased.
Soon, the demonic energy that had escaped from Kali’s body gathered in the air, became a black sphere, and fell with a thud.
It was over.
One of the Four Heavenly Kings.
It was the moment the druid Kali, who had tried to take over the World Tree and bring about a disaster, was killed by a mere human.
“…Yoo-jin.”
At the feeble voice, Yoo-jin pulled out the dagger and turned around.
There sat a pale-faced girl, her legs losing strength.
Undecided, was crawling on her knees, not minding the wounds, despite her legs still not having strength.
As Yoo-jin approached in response, Undecided threw herself into his arms.
“…Yoo-jin. Yoo-jin, Yoo-jin!”
“I told you to take off the ring before dying, and you really took it off? You’re foolish.”
“…Sorry.”
“Why are you apologizing? It’s my fault for giving you the wrong order. I didn’t know you would obey so well. Then here’s another order. Listen carefully.”
“…Okay.”
“Never die. That’s an order.”
“…Okay! Won’t die! Absolutely won’t die leaving Yoo-jin!”
With her face buried in Yoo-jin’s chest, Undecided answered, sobbing.
Crying without tears, she rubbed her face against Yoo-jin’s chest.
It seemed like it would be difficult to separate Undecided easily.
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