Chapter 134
Chapter 134
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Translator: crow
Chapter Title: Reprimand
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"Rude? Rude? You mad bastard... Don't you know who's the rude one here?"
"Hey! A pup that hasn't even weaned yet dares to bare its fangs at a tiger. The world you've seen is just the bottom of a well. Apologize to me now. I can forgive a single mistake."
Hearing that from some kid young enough to be my son was utterly ridiculous.
And the worlds I'd seen shuttling between two via my Login skill were twice as vast.
This Wang Cheon punk had been hailed as a genius since childhood, hit S-rank, and clearly never learned any manners.
As someone a bit older, I needed to give him a proper scolding.
Guys like him only straighten up after tasting the bitterness of the world.
"First things first, let's throw hands."
"What?"
I swung my fist straight at his face.
"Hah! Foolish brat!"
Wang Cheon smirked arrogantly, twisting his arms and hands in some bizarre pattern to deflect my punch.
I knew exactly what he was trying.
I might not have learned martial arts, but back when I aimed to be a hunter, I'd picked up fighting techniques like boxing and weapon skills.
And with my body enhanced beyond limits, I could see and sense things invisible to others.
Wang Cheon's moves resembled those of old man Heavenly Peak Sect Leader or Baek Seol-hwa in a fight.
The motions differed, but the goal was clear: handle great force efficiently with minimal effort.
He was trying to redirect my attack with as little strength as possible.
Redirecting force like that requires advanced technique.
It's high-risk, high-reward, and pulling it off marks a true master.
But it wouldn't work on me.
The counter was simple.
Just twist the direction of the force he was trying to redirect.
No wonder old man Heavenly Peak had struggled against my attacks.
Of course, altering the direction of an already-applied force is no easy feat.
But for me, it was a breeze.
That left him with all the risk and no reward.
His weird arm movements were novel, but that was it.
"What?!"
Wang Cheon panicked as my power twisted against his expectations, and he ate my massive fist right to the face.
-Thwack!
"Gah!!"
Wang Cheon rocketed into the sky and splashed into the distant sea.
-Splash!!
I held back so he wouldn't die, of course.
Killing him would put me in a bind.
He was China's top hero, after all.
Take him out, and the whole country might come after me.
Not that I feared it, but with more women depending on me now, I didn't want the hassle.
Even rotten, he's still bonito—Wang Cheon had redirected some force on impact to soften the blow.
Well, I went easy on him, too.
"M-Master!! You bastard! A sneak attack?!"
The guy who'd seemed like an attendant flew into a rage and charged me.
I'd thought he was just a lackey, but a disciple, huh?
He looked about Wang Cheon's age... no, his face seemed older, actually.
And it wasn't a sneak attack.
I said I was hitting him, then did.
-Thud.
I stomped lightly, then slammed my body into the charging disciple—what they called an Iron Mountain Thrust.
"Guh!!"
His attack meant nothing, and he got smashed helplessly, flying off amiably alongside his master into the sea.
-Splash!
"S-Senior Brother!! You bastard! How dare you kill my senior brother!! I won't forgive you!"
The female disciple tried to finish off her still-alive senior brother.
If I'd meant to kill him, he wouldn't have flown—he'd have burst from the Iron Mountain Thrust.
Wang Cheon's female disciple charged bravely for revenge.
Master and disciples alike, no manners. They needed etiquette lessons before martial arts.
All of them calling me "you bastard" at an adult.
But the female disciple had cute bun-head hair.
Worth going easy on.
-Thwack!
My fist sank into her gut.
"Guh!!"
The bun-head girl clutched her stomach and collapsed.
The partygoers were stunned by the sudden violence.
-You bastard! Hitting a delicate woman—shameless!!
-Splash!!
Wang Cheon burst from the sea, firing a white orb at me.
That tiny sphere packed compressed energy and destructive power.
But my body, far beyond limits, could block it easily.
Call it gut instinct.
I didn't rely on instinct alone, though.
Blocking barehanded and drawing even a drop of blood would look bad.
I wrapped mana around my right hand and caught the white orb.
With Body Strengthening leveled up and my mana core formed, my mana's quality had soared.
Materializing it created hardness beyond imagination.
Wang Cheon's energy orb naturally failed to pierce my solid mana and was blocked effortlessly.
I gripped and crushed it.
-Crunch!
The concentrated energy sphere shattered pathetically in my hand and vanished.
"N-No way?!"
Wang Cheon gaped as his white orb fizzled out in my hand.
"For someone who invited me to be your disciple, that's pretty pathetic. Good show, but no more freebies."
"You... bastard..."
Predictably, prideful Wang Cheon wouldn't back down from a threat.
He stepped on air with some mystical technique and charged.
"Enough!!"
Then Merlin wedged between us.
I'd planned to thrash Wang Cheon more, but smacked my lips in disappointment.
"Wang Cheon, are you insane!? Firing at Kang Hwan here!! What if Un-ho hadn't blocked it?!"
The Oracle raged.
"I... controlled the power..."
Wang Cheon shrank under her roar.
"Yeah. No manners, no sense. Total asshole."
Wang Cheon twitched at my words.
"Un-ho, you too—cut it out."
"Ahem..."
(He started it...)
The Oracle shot me a glare at my mutter, but it was kinda cute.
Still, since it was the pretty Oracle asking... I stopped.
Wang Cheon's drenched, nosebleeding face was a nice sight, though.
He looked ready to spasm at my smirk a few times, but her glare made him grit his teeth and endure.
Wang Cheon flicked his hand, and his disciple—hit by my Iron Mountain Thrust and dunked in the sea—floated up.
'Oh... Air Grasp?'
The pulled-from-sea disciple dangled limply, passed out.
Wang Cheon glared at me once more with his disciples, gnashing his teeth before vanishing.
Even now, I thought coming back from the zombie world after leveling up was the right call.
I wouldn't have lost without it, but I couldn't have dominated so easily.
Without overwhelming him, he'd have kept nagging forever.
"Un-ho!! You're the best!! So cool!!"
Alice clung to my arm, thrilled.
"Wang Cheon's an S-rank hero—weren't you a fan?"
"Ugh, no. Tried getting an autograph years ago, but he was so rude—ptoo! Dropped him ages ago. Hmph! Not a real hero. I was gonna grow strong and put him in his place... but you beat him good. Feels amazing. Hehe."
Me punching Wang Cheon had Alice beaming triumphantly.
Seeing her happy face made me happy too.
But the party's mood was wrecked for everyone else, so our group headed back to the cabin.
The next day.
Olivia came for me, saying the Oracle wanted to see me.
Come alone, no one else.
I figured the real reason for summoning me here awaited.
A sleek, modern room.
Four S-rank heroes sat heavily around a round table.
Wang Cheon had his arms crossed, eyes shut, striking a smug pose.
'Kid ignoring a grown-up who just arrived.'
Once you take a dislike, everything he does annoys you.
Now I saw it clearly.
Merlin and Wang Cheon's mana patterns were abnormal.
Oracle and Ella had normal Awakener patterns.
I sat in the empty seat at the table, and the Oracle dropped a bombshell.
"This world is heading toward destruction."
"........."
Whether true or not, how should I react?
"Uh... I see..."
"Hard to believe out of the blue. We've been through this before. Oh, not Ella."
Her name mentioned, my eyes flicked to Ella involuntarily.
She met my gaze and whipped her head away.
Still hung up on yesterday, apparently.
Objectively, I was the victim with the leaked photo...
"'Been through this'—what do you mean?"
"We're reincarnators."
"...What?"
"Merlin, Wang Cheon, and I are reincarnators from other worlds destroyed by dimensional rifts."
"........."
"Can't believe it?"
"No way... Real wizards or martial artists?"
"Hmph! Took you long enough! Idiot."
Wang Cheon bragged like it was his achievement.
'That psycho... How was I supposed to know they were reincarnators without them spilling?'
I decided I'd grab and thrash him someday.