Chapter 49 (2/2)
“They came,” he thought.
He was wondering when they would come. He assumed they would start their business by today. It was faster than he expected. Su-hyeun used Leap skill and increased distance quickly.
He looked around. Unlike other awakeners that previously attacked Su-hyeun, the ten people who appeared at this time were different from the atmosphere. Their eyes were sharp-sighted, most of all, their postures were set. It meant, they did not thoughtlessly climb the Tower of Trial, trusting their skill and stats. They had received professional training.
“It reminds me of old times…”
Su-hyeun was once a member of this group.
“I should be careful,” he thought.
He drew the sword.
Whoosh—
As the Su-hyeun pulled the sword, the Flame around him disappeared. Instead, the sword that shined in gray, became red-hot.
“A sword…?”
“He was not a magician?”
The awakeners that were there previously started to whisper themselves. It was a sudden change. Seeing Su-hyeun, who had fought with Flame skill so far, they thought that he was a sort of magician awakener who focused on the fire skills. But suddenly he took his sword.
“Is he a swordsman? Then, what about the fire he showed so far…?”
Kim do-ui was confused as well. The only people were not confused were the ten awakeners that newly appeared. They did not see how Su-hyeun fought so far.
“Heew—”
Su-hyeun took a breath and closed his eyes. It was that short moment.
Swish—
Clang, Clang—
Several strands of chain popped out where Su-hyeun was standing. At the same time, the new awakeners began to move.
Whip—
Boom, boom—
Dozens of swords and chains flew in a complicated path. Each one was quite a high level of skill, and skill proficiency was also high.
“Weaving a spider web.”
Su-hyeun already knew this technique, which was developed by several awakeners. As so, it was not difficult to destroy.
Swish—
Slash—
The sword in Su-hyeun’s hand, Gram, cut a part of the chain that was tangled like a spider web. At the same time, the chain that had been tightly intertwined and coming over Su-hyeun loosened. He squeezed through the gap and escaped.
But as soon as he escaped, the big sword came in front of his eyes. Su-hyeun as if he was expected this, stretched Gram to up.
Claang—!
Crack, craack—
When the big sword and Gram stroke each other, the big sword was pushed by the force and rose. It could not bear the strength and sharpness of Gram and started to crack. The arms of the awakener who wielded the sword widely opened up.
“He is still the same. He is just pouncing, trusting his power too much.”
Su-hyeun penetrated to front smoothly. The man with open arms shrugged with amazement, but it was already too late.
Slash—
Su-hyeun’s sword cut the man’s chest. But strangely, there was no blood.
“…?”
The man looked puzzled. Su-hyeun did not answer the puzzled look. Instead, he rose with the Leap skill. No one followed. The awakeners seemed to hesitate for a moment, realizing that their pincer movement was not working.
Whiz—
Su-hyeun, who landed on the roof of one low building, looked around them. One by one, their faces were familiar.
“I was…”
To one side among them, he could see the familiar face blurry.
“I was there too…”
He was Sung-in. It was Sung-in’s face. Of course, it was a past that had gone.
“You…” The man who wielded the sword opened his mouth, looking at Su-hyeun, “Did you know about us?”
Su-hyeun felt bitter at the man’s question. It was obvious why he was asking this question. The pincer movement they used just before was an attack that they had been studied for a long time.
“That is a pincer movement to catch a strong individual or boss,” Su-hyeun thought.
It was a well-organized attack, consisting of awakeners who practiced similar types of chain skills and one with strong attack power. However, Su-hyeun skillfully disregarded such a pincer movement as if he knew it in advance. Not only cutting the core of the chain but also, easily defeating the big sword. The series of actions was natural. It would be impossible if he didn’t know ahead of time. It was only natural that a man would have such a question. Of course, what he worried about was the possibility of leaking the information.
“No, I did not,” Su-hyeun answered.
It did not matter that he knew them. In the first place, Su-hyeun was in the same institution with them. Su-hyeun was the one who knew it better than anyone.
The man stroked a half-cracked sword with one hand and said, “Really? That’s weird. It seemed like you know us well.”
“Do you mean the pincer movement that you guys showed?”
“…Yes.”
“Did you just assume I know you well because I destroyed that simple attack?”
The ten awakeners frowned at Su-hyeun’s words. They put serious effort to collaborate for a long time. But he disparaged their skill as a simple attack.
“You… What you said… Are you sure you won’t regret it?”
“Of course. I won’t,” Su-hyeun opened his mouth.
It was obvious. Su-hyeun already knew who they were, what skills they used, and the weaknesses of the skills.
Above all…
He continued to say, “I will be not an easy opponent to try your unfinished skills yet.”