Chapter 650: Human World[R-18] (79)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 650: Human World[R-18] (79)
The bet with Bi-yeon ended in a draw.
“I’m sorry…?”
Ha-yul tilted her head cutely and looked at me.
“That’s not fair! I basically won!” Bi-yeon protested, sounding wronged.
“Nope. My sword was 0.1 seconds faster.”
“No, it wasn’t! My attack was way faster!”
While they were bickering, Lucy and Sora had already snuggled into my arms. They rubbed their faces against my chest, inhaling my scent like a pair of perverts.
“Haaah… Papa, your scent… is so good…” Lucy murmured, her eyes closed in a blissful expression. Sora wrapped her arms around my waist and took a deep breath.
“Heehee, Daddy. I want to do it soon♡”
I chuckled and slowly stroked my two daughters' heads.
“Alright, alright. Let’s have all the fun you want when we get home, okay?”
Just then, Im Hye-rin’s voice came through the communicator in my ear.
[Seo-yun, now that you've defeated the monster, most of the people at the scene have been freed from the mental attack.]
“That’s a relief. We'll head over there soon.”
[Okay. Be careful on your way.]
After ending the call, I turned back to the girls.
“Girls, I'll summon you again later… For now, go back.”
Lucy puffed up her cheeks in protest.
“Ehh! Why!”
Sora chimed in, reaching out her hands.
“No! You'll just summon us late again!”
“There are too many eyes on us here. It could get complicated, so just go back for a little while.”
Ha-yul had already grabbed Sora and Lucy by the scruffs of their necks.
“You have to listen to Father, big sisters.”
Lucy and Sora looked at me regretfully and shouted.
“Papa!”
“Daddy!”
“I'll call you soon.”
The girls grumbled as they returned to the space of the Soul Imprint.
Bi-yeon came up beside me and giggled.
“Seriously, your family can't go a single day without some chaos.”
I shrugged.
“Isn't this just a normal day for us?”
*
We left the cleanup to the Association President, who arrived late, and headed straight home. Im Hye-rin wanted to come with us, but she seemed busy with her injured guild members.
We took a helicopter provided by the Association to Seoul, then a prepared car to get home.
As we rode the elevator up, Bi-yeon yawned and grumbled, “Haaah, I'm tired after using my strength for the first time in a while.”
“How can a spirit feel tired?”
“That's discrimination against spirits.”
“More importantly, that thing we fought today... What the hell was it?”
Bi-yeon frowned.
“I don't know, but it felt incredibly unpleasant. If it weren't for your Absolute Resistance trait, we would've been in danger too, you know?”
The elevator stopped, and I opened the door to my apartment.
“At least it wasn't very threatening aside from its mental attacks. But if things like that keep showing up, it's going to be a pain.”
Just then, a voice came from the living room.
“They won't be showing up for a while.”
I reflexively took a fighting stance. Bi-yeon's expression changed, and she immediately moved to my side.
Turning toward the voice, I saw Lucia Valencia sitting on the sofa, sipping a beer. She looked like she had just finished a shower, her damp silver hair swept back.
“…Lucia Valencia, how did you get in?”
Lucia casually shook the beer can and replied, “Last time... was it Ha-yul? Your daughter told me the password.”
Bi-yeon leaned close to my ear and whispered, “That woman... is extremely dangerous...”
I nodded without realizing it. Even though I was approaching the Profound Realm, I hadn't sensed her presence at all. And while the power I could feel from her was still below mine, my instincts were whispering.
She's deliberately hiding her strength.
As a tense Bi-yeon and I glared at Lucia Valencia, she let out a small smirk and said, “I didn't come here to fight. Come over here. I'll check if there are any lingering effects from that thing's mental attack.”
I had no intention of meekly letting her touch me. This was a woman who was hiding something. I wouldn't trust her with my body like I did before. I sharpened all my senses and glared at Lucia.
“I told you, I didn't come to fight.”
Lucia slowly stood up and walked toward us. The moment she casually reached out her hand, Bi-yeon reflexively swung her arm.
-Kwang!
Lucia nonchalantly caught Bi-yeon's fist.
“Your girlfriend... is quite fierce, isn't she?”
“Aren't you a little too calm for someone who broke into another person's home?”
“Sorry about that. But your girlfriend... she's not human, is she? How should I put it... she's a mix of many things. A very rare case.”
I immediately grabbed Lucia's wrist, which was holding Bi-yeon's arm.
“Let go.”
“I don't want to. Your woman is glaring at me like she wants to eat me alive. How can I just let go?”
I had no intention of being dragged along by this woman's pace. I needed to know what she was hiding, what her purpose was. I glanced at Bi-yeon and sent a short message to her mind.
'I'll take the left.'
'Okay.'
It was a brief exchange, but we understood each other perfectly.
And we moved at the same time.
“What an interesting wavelength.”
As if she had heard our mental conversation, Lucia smiled leisurely. I was momentarily flustered by her words but immediately swung my arm with all my might.
“Hah, I didn't plan on fighting... but I guess I have no choice. The two of you together are a little dangerous even for me. This is going to hurt.”
At that moment, Lucia's violet eyes flashed and began to glow.
I aimed for her waist and kicked up, while Bi-yeon aimed for the exact opposite side and threw a kick.
-KUNG!!
A massive shockwave completely destroyed the living room, and the wall disintegrated into dust.
As Lucia Valencia's body was launched into the air, Bi-yeon and I simultaneously rushed toward the gaping hole in the wall, grabbing Lucia's face to throw her outside with all our strength.
However, Lucia Valencia grabbed our arms, lifted both of us at once, and threw us out instead.
-KWAANG!
Bi-yeon and I were slammed into the wall at the same time. But without a moment's hesitation, Bi-yeon instantly formed a sword, and I summoned mine, and we charged at her again.
“I'm not supposed to destroy the city.”
Lucia sighed, casually blocking our swinging swords with both hands, as if handling children.
Bi-yeon's voice echoed in my head.
'Hey, Jin Seo-yun. Is it okay if I get serious?'
I quickly scanned our surroundings. We were in the middle of the city. If the two of us went all out here, an entire city could be wiped out.
The deaths wouldn't be the problem. The problem was everything we'd have to deal with afterward.
But looking at the relaxed Lucia before me, I knew I had to find out what she knew and what she was hiding.
'We're going all out.'
'Got it.'
Lucia slowly tilted her head and looked at us.
“So, you two can talk in your minds?”
“You don't need to know.”
That was the signal. Bi-yeon and I shot forward at the same time.
-Kang!
“Hup!”
“Hah!”
Lucia Valencia crossed her arms and blocked our full-powered sword strikes as if with an iron wall. Our blades clearly made contact with her skin, but the sound was that of clashing metal.
This time, even Lucia looked surprised for the first time, glancing back and forth between me and Bi-yeon.
Immediately after, Bi-yeon and I simultaneously landed powerful kicks on Lucia's abdomen.
Lucia Valencia's body floated slightly into the air.
In that instant, Bi-yeon and I appeared on opposite sides of her and swung our swords.
Moon Shadow Sky Sword Dance—
Limitless Hegemonic Sky Sword—
The trajectories of our blades drew a cross in the air, slicing through Lucia.
Our sword strikes hit Lucia's torso dead-on. Her body shot away, breaking the sound barrier and crashing through several buildings in a row.
Bi-yeon held her breath and muttered, “There was no feel to it.”
“Be careful.”
We stared intently into the rubble. And soon, a voice cut through the debris.
“Hah... you two started this, you know?”
Through the dust and smoke, Lucia Valencia slowly glared at us, her lips pressed into a firm line for the first time.
Her body shot silently into the air, piercing the city's night sky.
“Dodge!”
At Bi-yeon's shout, I immediately ducked.
In that instant, something sharp grazed past overhead.
In a flash, the high-rise buildings within range were silently and precisely sliced in half, collapsing one after another.
I slowly raised my head to look at Lucia Valencia.
Her appearance had completely changed.
Long, shining silver hair, glowing blue eyes, a metallic suit covering her entire body, and a sword made of blue energy in her hand.
“First, we can't destroy this place.”
A huge wave of energy spread from Lucia's body. In an instant, it felt like the world was turning upside down, and my vision swam.
“Where is this…?” Bi-yeon frantically looked around beside me.
From high in the air, Lucia looked down at us with a blank expression.
“I've separated the space. Even if we fight here, the city won't be harmed. So—”
The tip of her sword aimed directly at us.
Her eyes shone brilliantly, and a cold voice slipped from her lips.
“This is going to hurt... a lot.”
Before she could even finish, an absurd radiance exploded from the sword Lucia Valencia held.
A strike of condensed blue energy tore through space itself and plunged toward us.
I instinctively grabbed Bi-yeon, twisting my body to barely dodge the torrent of energy.
Bi-yeon shouted.
“Hey, Jin Seo-yun! Summon the girls!”
I gave a short nod and tried to summon my daughters.
But there was no response.
“……!”
Just then, Lucia Valencia, still floating in the air, spoke.
“Sorry, but your summoning magic won't work in this space. This is a completely separated zone that I created—”
Before Lucia could finish, she appeared before us as if she had teleported.
“—that last attack hurt quite a bit. This is my reply.”
Before Bi-yeon and I could react, Lucia's sword swung sharply.
The blade of blue energy cut through the air between us with a piercing sound.
I instinctively twisted my body to evade, and Bi-yeon reflexively blocked Lucia's blade.
'Too fast…!'
My instincts blared a warning. It was an attack whose presence I couldn't even sense, as if space itself were moving.
Bi-yeon shouted, “Right!”
I immediately turned my sword and blocked Lucia's incoming blade.
-Kang!
The impact was so strong it made my fingertips tingle. But I couldn't just stand there. I immediately swung my sword, and Bi-yeon swung hers from the opposite side.
We attacked Lucia from two directions at once.
“Not a chance.”
A faint smile spread across Lucia Valencia's lips. An insurmountable wall of power pressed down on us.
I gritted my teeth and met Bi-yeon's gaze.
“Bi-yeon—!”
At my short call, Bi-yeon reached out to me without a moment's hesitation. The instant our fingertips touched, her energy flowed into my body like a wave.
The instantaneous spirit fusion dyed my hair teal, and a sharp, teal sword condensed in my hand like a storm.
I swung my arm from top to bottom.
-Chwaaaak!
“Hup—!”
An explosive vortex of energy swirled, but the energy barrier surrounding Lucia's body absorbed the attack completely.
Lucia Valencia narrowed her eyes and opened her mouth.
“Your energy definitely increased... but you've gotten weaker than before.”
I frowned at her incomprehensible words.
“What the hell are you talking about?”
“It means... she was the most threatening one.”
At that moment, goosebumps erupted all over my body.
The tip of Lucia's sword flashed.
-Kwang! Kwang! Kwang!
A wave of sword strikes rained down at incredible speed. One, two, three times—a force strong enough to warp space itself crashed down.
I swung my sword with all my might to block the attacks, but Lucia's power had already transcended a dimension imaginable by humans.
Lucia Valencia's eyes curved slightly, and her chilling voice sounded again.
“Annihilate.”