Chapter 42 (2/2)

Rumble, ruuumble —

The underground started to shake.

Swish, swish—

Whoosh—!

Maxman barely protected himself from the aftermath of the fight. Su-hyeun swung Gram and struck Richie’s head.

Guuuuu—

Swish—

Gram’s way was warped by the huge pressure that shot from his hand, the Guide magic. But Richie could not turn the way of the sword as he expected. The attack he had made intending to destroy it in the first place.

“As I expected…,” Richie thought.

Swish—!

The ominous black sphere twisted its shape and shot at Su-hyeun. He did not avoid it, he rather cut it off, and approached Richie.

Slash, slash—

Boom, boom, boom—

The sphere was cut and lost its direction and burst out. Richie focused on Su-hyeun’s sword.

“That sword is pretty annoying,” Richie thought.

He looked at the sword in Su-hyeun’s hand. Su-hyeun’s ability was extraordinary, but his sword was something very special as well.

Su-hyeun did not use much of his power. He was saving his magic. The hardness and sharpness of the sword was all the ability of the sword itself. Richie was surprised at the fact that the sword could cut his magic by its power.

“and that power—”

Whoosh—

The flame surrounded Su-hyeun, who was burning all the dark magic and approaching him. He could not get closer to Su-hyeun because of that. That was a good defending method, also an absolute attacking method. That Flame was incompatible with Richie, who was using the dark magic.

“— is very tricky,” Richie thought.

In this way, it would be hard to fight back. Moreover, the skill he was preparing did not complete. The situation was disadvantageous to him.

“Then…,” Richie thought something and rushed to Su-hyeun.

Richie was a wizard, but he ran into the swordsman. It was not a normal situation. Su-hyeun’s eyes flashed in an unexpected situation.

“What is he doing?” Su-hyeun thought.

Swish—

Richie stretched out his hand to Su-hyeun.

In that short moment, Su-hyeun’s head spun fast. “Should I make this face-to-face? Is it some sort of trick? Is this an opportunity or a trap?”

With complicated thinking, the Flame on his hand changed its color.

Swoosh—

The Flame that changed to blue inflated its size.

“I won’t avoid you. Face-to-face.”

The worries were brief, and there was no reason to save power since he had made the decision.

[The Transfiguration skill: Imoogi.]

[The Flame.]

[Indomitable body.]

Su-hyeun’s body was surrounded by scales of Imoogi. The blue Flame covered his body and sword. His body became harder than steel because of the Indomitable body skill. There was no need to save his magic. If only he could cut Richie now.

“What the…” Richie, who ran straight to Su-hyeun, was surprised by the unexpected strength. “He is more powerful than I expected…!”

The moment when their hands and swords cross each other—

Swoosh—

Boooom—!

—The blue and black magic hit, and the shock wave shook the whole huge castle.

Act 10

Kuuuuuu—

The castle, which had been shaken by the aftermath of the huge explosion, began to stabilize.

Patter, patter—

The broken walls and ceiling fell. Maxman coughed and lowered his arm that he had raised to protect his head.

“Cough! Cough!”

Kkkrrraak—

Crash—

A pile of rock that had poured over his head spilled onto the floor. It was a miracle to survive in this mess. Maxman thought if he was a wizard, not a swordsman, he would not have survived.

“What is just happened…?”

Maxman, who had barely recovered his vision, lifted his head and stiffened like a rock and opened his eyes wide. His mouth opened in surprise.

“C-castle…”

The empty underground was cluttered with the collapsed ceiling, meaning that the aftereffect of the explosion had affected not only the underground but also the ground itself. It was amazing that such an explosion occurred due to the collision of power, but it was also amazing that he survived in it.

“Wait! What happened to that guy?”

In this collision, what happened to the parties, Su-hyeun and Richie?

“Could he survive? Even the castle collapsed!” Maxman quickly stood up and looked around. Su-hyeun had saved many soldiers in the castle and himself.

Crash, crash—

At that time, he sensed somebody’s presence at the piles of stones at one side.

Rumble—

The pile of stones was shaken. Some debris poured down. And from the crack of the pile of stones, one arm came out.