Chapter 7. How to Counter a Dragon Knight (1)
Chapter 7. How to Counter a Dragon Knight (1)
- The World's Best Kick! The World's Best Kick! The World's Best Kick!
- Why is it a kick, you crazy bastard lololol
- He's just reciting chuunibyou lines, why is it so cool;;
- Ah, that is what we call romance.
- Romance Punch! Romance Punch! Romance Punch! Romance Punch!
Leaving the happy screams of the Tusu behind, the duel between Sura and Zarin continued.
Zarin swung countless sword strikes. And Sura blocked every single one of them.
Their duel continued, but it was obvious at a glance that Zarin was at a disadvantage.
'It's fun.'
Even in a dominant position, this sensation where a single mistake could lead to the line of death.
It had been a while.
'Still, it's lacking.'
The crisis of feeling the sensation of death properly and having one's head fall off in an instant.
There weren't many in Murim who could provide that sensation.
'Cheonma Wi Ji-cheon. Sadoryeon Leader Ga Ju-hwi. Murim Alliance Leader Dan Gi-ryong.'
He ruminated on the strongest opponents he had cut down.
Compared to them, the opponent in front of him was....
"Weak."
He felt the line of death due to the opponent's inherent weakness, but if he were to bring this opponent to himself during his Murim days, he would have scoffed.
Sura thought it was time to end it.
"I. Since I have vowed to eliminate evil things. That vow shakes the whole world."
- That's right. He hasn't even been using Magic this whole time lol
- Wow, I just remembered he wasn't using Magic
- Using Magic is almost essential in the early game, but Sura, what the hell
"Blade that Destroys Evil."
Holy light dwells in Sura's sword.
"Let's end this now."
Sura struck Zarin's sword away hard, creating a large opening in his body, and took a stance.
"I will send you off gloriously for your end."
Sura's sword cut through space.
"...Vahan Mashas Malius?"
Has that human appeared already?
"Zarin is dead."
"What will you do?"
"The plan proceeds."
Mar Svius's eyes gleamed.
"Even without that. It is enough."
"Phew. That was tough."
Leaving Zarin's head rolling on the floor behind him, Sura wiped the blood off his sword with a rag he had picked up.
Watching his vitality, stamina, and mana slowly refill, Sura looked around for a moment.
There were many corpses strewn about.
Sura didn't like the sight.
Because it reminded him of the victims of the two great wars in the past.
'It's a game, but it doesn't feel good.'
Swallowing his saliva for a moment to calm his heart, Sura waved at Roland and Darhan, who were watching from afar.
"Roland! It's over!"
Roland came running in a hurry and held out his palm to Sura.
Clap!
Realizing it was a high-five, Sura responded by slapping his palm.
"That was just crazy! Crazy! Do you know how many generals and knights of the continent Zarin Savas has cut down! It's to the point where his nickname is the General and Knight Slayer!"
"Is that so?"
"Of couuurse! You've done something amazing. Sura!"
"You are certainly amazing... Just counting the famous strong people who died to Zarin Savas, I can't even count them on my fingers."
"Darhan. You did well as instructed. You add your strength when Mar Svius appears."
The reason Darhan didn't step in during the duel with Zarin Savas was an arrangement for Mar Svius.
"Understood. Oh, and our assassin guild will arrive soon."
"Good. As I said, leave the small fry cleanup to them. I'll give you a mission soon."
"Yes!"
Darhan, who was strangely disciplined.
In fact, Darhan was admiring him inwardly.
'Toying with Zarin Savas like that. I thought he was caught in a trap... was he actually not?'
Above all, Sura's swordsmanship.
A renowned swordsmanship that would be an understatement to say was several levels above the swordsmanship Darhan, known as the Prince of Massacre, had achieved.
Darhan became captivated by that beautiful sight.
'If things go well, he might teach me....'
Life gradually returned to Darhan's eyes.
"I'm going!"
"Please, Your Majesty! Please calm down!"
"Let go! A battlefield needs a leader!"
The High Lord, who pushed away the old vassal holding onto his body. The Knight King Vahan Mashas Malius. Vahan Mashas, hereinafter, came out of the capital's castle.
And he stared at the massive energy felt from afar.
"Mar Svius.... You damn demon follower."
Vahan Mashas gripped the sword at his waist tightly.
"Today. Let's settle this."
"Darhan. Where is Mar Svius?"
"...According to the news, he is currently confronting the capital guards. It seems he was either careless or he just openly walked in and got spotted by the guards."
Darhan explained the situation with his eyes closed.
One of the powers of Sorana Margrin, the ability for followers who follow her to send thoughts to each other.
With this ability, Darhan's Dear Friends were able to grow into the continent's best assassin guild.
"It's not carelessness, it's more like that level isn't even a hindrance to him."
Darhan nodded at those words.
"That is also true. In the first place. He isn't the type of person to care about such things."
"We're going too."
Sura threw the rag he was cleaning his sword with carelessly and started walking forward.
"This way."
Darhan quickly stepped forward and guided the way.
"Is...is this right...."
Roland, who was following behind while scratching his head, represented the hearts of the Tusu.
Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwang!
While Sura, Darhan, and Roland were running, a loud explosion was heard from where they were heading.
"It's a big problem. Vahan Mashas and Mar Svius have clashed."
"The situation?"
"...Mar Svius has the upper hand."
Roland joins in after Darhan.
"Mar Svius's skill in handling the power of Garuan Maphraas is truly the best on the continent! Even if Vahan Mashas is an apostle of Adrin, it's a fact that he's lacking."
"Wait. How do you know Vahan Mashas's Divine Throne? Only those who know, know that."
- How does he know that too?
- Roland, who casually knows the top-secret information of the continent's best assassin guild....
- We need to dismantle Roland.
At Darhan's question, Roland turned his head and whistled awkwardly.
Sura didn't particularly care. Because he knew that Roland wouldn't harm him anyway.
"...I see them."
"Hmm. As expected, they are clashing."
In the distance, two ominous energies were colliding, causing a commotion.
"Oh Adrin!"
A massive power dwells in Vahan Mashas's body.
Battle Throne. The power of Adrin Adriana!
At this moment, Vahan Mashas's strength and senses evolve.
Six Sense.
The sixth sense, one of the powers of Adrin Adriana, is unleashed.
The sixth sense that arises when Chivalry towards Adrin reaches its peak.
True to its name, this sixth sense allowed one to choose one of 6 special abilities.
Before Mar Svius's sword even moves, he naturally brings his sword to the position where the strike will come and blocks it.
It was Absolute Prediction, one of the abilities of the sixth sense.
"Seeing you act up with such a lowly reputation is pathetic."
Mar Svius sneers.
It was because in the past, Adrin Adriana had been humiliatingly defeated by Garuan Maphraas.
However, after that, Garuan was humiliatingly defeated in return by a certain Divine Throne.
"Ha! Didn't Garuan Maphraas also get humiliated! By the Throne of Madness!"
"You wretch!"
It was a coincidence.
That Lunance Abervich happened to pass by that place.
Like the madman. No, like the madwoman she was, Lunance played with Garuan Maphraas, who was exhausted from fighting Adrin, and then left.
Because of this story, the apostles of Garuan Maphraas hated Lunance Abervich extremely.
When the clash between the two reached its peak, Sura's party arrived.
At someone's appearance, the two exchanged sword strikes and retreated for a moment.
"...You guys are...."
"Nice to meet you. Your Majesty."
Sura bowed his head as the representative.
Vahan Mashas, who looked at the three for a moment, narrowed his eyes.
"I don't know about the other two, but you are the head of the assassin guild. What kind of scheme are you here to plot, you despicable assassin."
When he was even pointed at with a finger, Darhan bowed his head and muttered.
"Unfortunately, I have not received an assassination request for you. Since I have received an assassination request for the person next to you."
Then, Mar Svius, who was calmly exhaling on one side, tilted his head slightly.
"Me, you say. This is interesting. The head of Dear Friends is going to kill me...."
Mar Svius looked around the open area and raised the corners of his mouth.
"I didn't know assassins even gave warnings."
At those words, Darhan's face flushed slightly.
"Because the client is right next to me."
Only then did Mar Svius turn his gaze to Sura and Roland.
And soon his gaze was fixed on Sura.
"...You don't look that strong...."
Mar Svius's words must have been based on his assessment of Sura's not-so-high level.
The Tusu laughed in the chat at those words, but Sura responded by shrugging his shoulders slightly.
In a moment, he would be able to feel deep in his bones what kind of person he was.
Mar Svius looked at those in front of him for a moment.
And he thought. That he couldn't do it alone.
- Descend.
At Mar Svius's eerie voice, Vahan Mashas and Sura's party immediately took a battle stance.
Meanwhile, Mar Svius took a ring out of his pocket and put it on his left hand.
"The sacrifices are gathering smoothly. All that remains is His descent."
His ring began to shine with black energy, and soon the energies swirled like a vortex.
- Appear. Gabras.
At those words, some Tusu were surprised.
- ????
- ? Crazy, wait a second.
- Is that Gabras? No way?
Meanwhile, the Specters were also surprised this time.
- ????
- ?????
- What? Why is he coming out already?
Sura turned off the in-game microphone for a moment and asked the Specters, the Elder Book veterans.
"Specters! What is it!"
- No, Sura-nim, it's true that Gabras appears in this installment.
- But it's very strange that he's appearing already.
- Sura! This is strange! Gabras doesn't appear in main story chapter 2!
- Hard mode, crazy, fuck, you want us to beat Gabras in main story chapter 2 lolololol
The Specters seemed flustered this time too.
Meanwhile, Sura chewed on the name Gabras and remembered.
"Oh my god. He's Talian's friend, isn't he?"
Ancient Booklet series 7. Chronicle of Gods.
By Talian's side, who had finally reached the realm of a demigod, there were many friends, but among them, there was one who stood out.
Gabras Abisius.
Commonly known as the 'Sage'.
A being known as a wise dragon, he was Talian's teacher and friend.
Such a person appearing in Ancient Booklet 8. Salas Continent?
Meanwhile, the Tusu and Specters who hadn't played this work were engulfed in a commotion.
- No, what the hell lol
- I just found out Gabras appears in this work, but you want us to fight him in chapter 2? Are you kidding?
- Michael Garcia, explain!!
But without even a moment to look at the chat, Sura looked at Mar Svius in front of him.
Because he couldn't take his eyes off him.
- Kwararararara!
A massive sound is heard from the distant sky.
The party's bodies stiffen.
"Aaaaaah! Sura! Let's run! Mar Svius is already a handful, but a dragon! A dragon!"
Only Roland was shaking Sura's arm in that situation.
"Calm down. Roland."
"Aaaaah! How can I calm down!"
Sura stared blankly at the sky.
And grinned.
"Dragon Slayer. This is fun, isn't it?"
Roland's expression became distant.
- lololololol As expected of Sura King lololololol
- Are you crazy lolololololol
- He loves it so much lololol
Sura, who was watching the chat for a moment, turned off the in-game microphone.
"Watch closely. Everyone. Today, we catch Mar Svius, and we catch the dragon too."
At those words, the Tusu went to the brink of frenzy.
- Wow, fuck. Catching the boss and the dragon in just 2 chapters, wow.
- This is Sura King. This is our king!
- He's not just the World's Best, he's just the World's Best. He shouldn't be put in the category of humans.
However, there was also critical opinion.
- No, but is this possible?
- Isn't this too much of a stretch?
- Sura too, and Silas seems to have overreached.
- My point exactly. How do you catch a dragon in chapter 2?
- Even for hard mode, it's too much of a stretch;;
- It doesn't look like we're supposed to fight this. Shouldn't we run away?
Meanwhile, someone's chat came up.
[Michael Garcia : Oh...my god...f....]
F came out untranslated, but everyone knew what it meant.
His chat continued.
[Michael Garcia : This is the worst-case scenario. This event triggers when Mar Svius judges that he feels danger!]
[Michael Garcia : It is really. Really difficult. I can't tell you the details, but it's a really difficult situation.]
[Michael Garcia : But I believe. That our 'THE ONE' will pull it off!]
[Michael Garcia : I will watch until the end.]
With that, Michael Garcia's chat did not come up anymore.
- Oh my god. It's funny that they made an assumption.
- Ah, I don't know. I believe in Sura King.
- Elder Book Specters, assemble! Believe. When has Sura King ever betrayed our trust!
- Oh! Sura King!
Saying that, the Specters recited the opening song of Ancient Booklet 8 this time.
However, the lyrics were slightly changed.
- Sura! King! May your honor be high!
- Since you swore to us! That you would defeat those evils!
- We just bless! Our king!
It was originally the opening song of Ancient Booklet 8, but the Specters naturally changed the lyrics.
As expected of the fans of the Ancient Booklet series, which boasts a thick fan base for several decades.
And in the meantime, the incoming Tusu who were hesitant but soon started following along.
- Oh, what is this, this room is fun lol
- As expected, the concept top tier Ancient Booklet lololol
Before long, everyone in the chat started following the song.
Sura, who watched the scene calmly, smiled.
He couldn't betray their trust.
The sound of the dragon heard from afar approached in an instant.
In the sky of Marsas, the capital of this Salas Continent, a huge gray dragon reveals its figure.
[Did you call. Minion.]
"You still haven't bent your pride. Gabras Abisius."
[Insolent.]
"Even if you act like that, you are already within the oath."
The conversation between the two was quite brutal.
Through this slight conversation, the Tusu who didn't know the content behind it inferred various situations.
- It's strange. Gabras is in that posture like that?
- Did something happen to the protagonist Talian....
- It's strange. Talian is demigod level, so there's no way Gabras would end up like that.
- Something... something is up. It's clear he's fallen into a very nasty trap!
While the Tusu were deducing, Sura tightened his grip on his sword.
No matter what the situation is, it doesn't change.
He would just cut them all down.
Starting with Sura's action, the rest of the party took their respective attack stances.
Seeing that, Mar Svius realized there was no time to argue anymore and stopped talking to Gabras.
Gabras seemed to be angry to the top of his head, but he did not resist any further.
He just led his huge body down and bowed his head in front of Mar Svius.
Mar Svius climbed onto Gabras's head.
That appearance was nothing short of fitting for the myths of the famous Dragon Knights of the past.
However, the problem was that the subject of that myth was an enemy.
Gabras's body began to rise slowly.