Chapter 53 (1/2)

Shururuk-

Falcon’s eyes were dyed black at the same time Su-hyeun raised his sword.

Right at this moment, the existence before his eyes had become Igolas once more.

“As I thought, he’s still fighting it,” Su-hyeun thought.

What a lamentable thing this was.

To fight against the demonic dragon while having forgotten all about who he was for a length of time so long that it was difficult to even imagine.

Falcon’s ego managed to emerge above the surface this time because Igolas’s main body was inflicted with a major wound.

“To wake him up again….”

Rumble-

The Flame enveloped Su-Hyeun’s sword.

“I’ll chop this body into pieces first,” thought Su-Hyeun.

Piiiii-iiit-

Hwa-aaaahk-!

Wounds opened up all over Igolas’s body one after the other according to Su-Hyeun’s sword strikes.

It was the pattern of the Flame scorching the creature’s hide, and then the Gram slicing into the weakened hide.

The sword attacks used to be effective many times before, however, it was different this time.

Kuruk, kururuk-

Blood sprayed out from Igolas’s body enveloped its hide and scales. This blood, which was a lump of massive magical energy, became a sturdy armor and began protecting its body.

“It’ll be difficult to break through in a single hit,” Su-Hyeun thought to himself.

Chwa-ruruk-

That wasn’t all.

The blood enveloping Igolas’s hide suddenly coalesced and floated upwards. Every one of those lumps morphed into sharp blades and were fired in Su-Hyeun’s direction.

It was the skill of Falcon, the ancient knight that became one with Igolas.

“Swords is it,” Su-Hyeun said.

Dozens upon dozens of swords.

Su-hyeun swept his eyes across them. A fairly threatening amount of magical energy was permeating in every single one of them.

However, destroying them wouldn’t be difficult.

“I’ll shatter them.”

Squeeze-

Su-Hyeun trusted in his skills, as well as the weapon held in his hand, the Gram.

He was capable of shattering them one by one.

Su-phat-

Pik, pik, pipik-

Chwa-rururuk-

Su-Hyeun cut down the swords flying in his direction, and then, cut down even more. Countless swords were powerlessly destroyed.

Perhaps it didn’t expect such a development, Igolas flinging the swords stared at Su-Hyeun with great shock.

Crack, crack, craaack-!

“Fuu-wook, huk-”

Swords flew in endlessly.

Even as he swatted those away one by one, Su-hyeun shifted his gaze towards the wound he inflicted on the main body.

“As I thought, I should aim over there if I…”

Fuu-wuunng-

The sound of a huge gust of wind.

At that moment, Su-hyeun’s gaze shifted to the side.

Ka-boom-!

“Keo-urk!”

Su-Hyeon’s body, his focus stolen by the countless swords until then, was struck hard by Igolas’s tail. For a moment there, all strength abandoned him and his head shook around.

Stagger-

[‘Hero – Immortality is activating.]

[Vitality and stamina are recovering rapidly. A fixed portion of abnormal status is recovering.]

[Physical ability is being rapidly enhanced.]

His shaken consciousness and body quickly came back to him.

The passive skill he thought of as insurance for that just-in-case.

He couldn’t confirm its effects until now. It didn’t want to activate regardless of whatever situation Su-hyeun deliberately created for himself.

However, the Immortality skill had become a truly dependable lifeline for Su-hyeun right at this moment.

His body felt light.

Power was overflowing within, and his concentration was shooting through the roof. His body was in the peak physical condition filled with vitality. No, the strength exceeding even that could be felt now.

“I can do this.”

Squeeze-

Su-hyeun’s gaze was directed at Igolas’s tail that smacked him earlier.

“I’ll cut it down.”

Sliiiice-

A single thin line appeared in Su-hyeun’s vision.

He didn’t even exert all that much strength, either. As if drawing a line, he simply swung his sword quite naturally in the direction of Igolas’s tail.

Tsu-eu-euht-

Chua-aaaahk-!

Igolas’s tail was sliced off.

The cleanly-sliced tail and its smooth cross-section began falling below.

Igolas, having lost a part of its body in the blink of an eye, didn’t even scream as if it hadn’t felt the pain.

But, it soon sensed a certain emptiness and turned its head behind to confirm the situation with its tail.

Kii-aahk, kiii-aaahhh-!

Igolas started screeching out loudly.

The now tail-less Igolas spat out rage-filled breaths in all directions. The figure reappearing on the creature’s back seemed to be enraged as well, as it opened its mouth wide and howled out, too.

“Ah, ah, aaaaahk-!”

“I will make you suffer!”

Igolas crying out in rage soon had to stop its screaming. It discovered that Su-hyeun had arrived near its position before anyone noticed it, that’s why.

“…!”

As Igolas opened its pupil-less eyes wide enough to tear them apart, its expression was filled with sheer shock.

“What are you so surprised about?”

Squeeeeze-

Before anyone realized it, Su-hyeun’s hand was holding a spear, not a sword.

“When did I… ever say I only had one?”

[Dragon killing spear – Nir.]

A single-use item.

The thing was, Su-hyeun had prepared two of them.

One to inflict a fatal wound on Igolas’s main body.

And as for the other one…

“Let’s finish up with this, shall we?”

To wrap everything up.

Su-hyeun’s gaze was fixed on the huge wound he cut out on Igolas’s back.

He bent both his arm and his body to ready the spear shaft.

Rumblllle-