Chapter 18: Sacred Rod (3) (1/2)

Kwakwang!

A spray of water soared with the lightning strike.

As the water surface broke down, the water that soared upwards poured down like a shower.

Cordelia gasped while she sank to her knees in the water, and afterwards, breathed a sigh of relief.

‘We killed it.’

They defeated the Bicorn.

The level-up effect has not yet emerged, but the situation was different from before. It’s practically finished.

‘We killed it.’

A smile spread across Cordelia’s face. Yellow Storm herself admitted that deep down, she was a simple-minded person. Because of that, she fought with the Bicorn and was very happy with the fact that they killed it.

‘He’s a bit cool, isn’t he?’

There was a person in front of Cordelia.

She could see Jude standing with his fist still in a hitting position.

Just as Cordelia was an incomparably beautiful girl, Jude was an absolutely handsome boy. What she had seen was a handsome-looking Jude standing in a cool posture, so it was quite a nice scenery.

‘If he wasn’t Outboxer, my heart would have been pounding.’

Cordelia giggled as she swept up her wet hair because of the water that poured, and then opened her mouth. She was going to ask for help in standing up.

But right after that…

“Kuheok!’

Jude, who had stiffened while still in his punching position, suddenly gasped for air and then collapsed.

“Ou-outboxer?!”

The startled Cordelia hurriedly stood up and forced the drooping Jude to rise.

“Hey, are you okay? Hey?”

“Kuhak…kak…”

Jude was panting heavily as his mouth tried to say something, but it was hard to understand at that moment.

Therefore, Cordelia held and dragged Jude as they got out of the water.

“Kuha…haa…Sun, Sun’s Necklace…”

When she laid him down on the ground, it became more difficult to tell whether his condition slightly improved, or he was squeezing his last breaths.

He had held the Sun’s Necklace on his right hand with strength, but now it was about to droop.

At that moment, Cordelia widely opened her eyes, shook her head and shouted.

“Hey! No! You can’t die! I’m not getting any mementos!”

“Tha..that…kuhak… Che…chest.”

Jude made a gasping sound again and drooped his arm, and Cordelia blinked at that moment as she understood what Jude was trying to say.

Bring the Sun’s Necklace back to his chest.

Cordelia hurriedly unraveled the Sun’s Necklace that Jude was holding and hung it around his neck.

“Don’t die. All right? Huh?”

As she continued talking while using and checking if it was effective, Jude’s fast breathing lessened and got calmer.

“Haa…I, I thought…I was dying.”

Jude stuttered as he touched the Sun’s Necklace in his chest and panted.

Lightning Strike Fist.

The principle was really simple, it was quick and powerful like the strike of a lightning.

‘Gather strength in one place and then hit.’

To be exact, it was a simple but powerful technique that gathers strength from all over the body into one place and then strikes the enemy.

Although he was successful in somehow defeating the Bicorn due to the power of the Lightning Strike Fist added to the anti-demon effect of the Sun’s Necklace, the aftermath of using Lightning Strike Fist was not small.

Though Jude had used the footwork and martial art skills, he had yet to fully recover from his Gueumjulmaek.

‘This is what happens if I use the inner Qi.’

He didn’t know exactly what the effect was, but he felt like his heart was going to stop because of the chill in his whole body.

Fortunately, Cordelia was next to him, or he would have died holding the Sun’s Necklace in his hand if there was no one else here.

“Haa, you’re not some iron man.”

Understanding the situation at a glance, Cordelia flopped down next to Jude. It was because the rough tension had broken thanks to the fact that Jude was safe now.

But at that exact moment…

Several white rings of light emerged around the bodies of Jude and Cordelia. It was the level-up effect.

“Ah, we killed it.”

Cordelia said absentmindedly and Jude nodded.

Perhaps the Bicorn, which lost consciousness after being hit by Jude, finally stopped breathing due to its injuries and breathing difficulties overlapping.

“Let me see, is it level 14 now? Yours is 15.”

When Cordelia asked, counting her fingers, Jude answered with only a nod. Since there was no status window, it was hard to know the level unless they memorized it or have it measured at the level temple.

‘At any rate…it’s improving a little.’

Levelling up fully restores your health and mana – no, there was no such kind of service, but somehow, their stats have increased.

Whether it was due to a rise in physical strength or a placebo effect, it felt like the recovery was faster.

‘Then next is…’

In the original event, Cordelia protects the fairies and drives out the Bicorn, and the impressed fairies invite Cordelia to the Fairy Queen’s night banquet.

‘Since I was the one who killed it, wouldn’t they more or less give me more rewards?’

It was when Jude was thinking about it.

“Wow! They killed the Bicorn!”

“I have to report to the queen!”

“But who else is this?”

“Handsome!”

“It’s thrilling, it’s always fresh, and being handsome is the best!”

The fairies, who fled and ran away, gathered next to Jude and Cordelia and squealed again.

Because Jude was not in a position to speak properly, Cordelia cleared her throat and spoke.

“This is my fiancé. He was keeping watch for any danger while I took a bath.”

The lines were prepared in advance in case he got discovered.

After hearing Cordelia’s explanation, the fairies looked around among themselves and said.

“She’s engaged!”

“You were watching? You didn’t steal a glance?”

“But is she really taking a bath while wearing clothes?”

“Hey, this is not the time. We have to let the Queen know quickly.”

“That’s right, that’s right.”

Fortunately, there was someone who seemed to be smart.

The one with green butterfly wings flew close to Cordelia’s face and continued to talk.

“Hey, hey, you, what’s your name? I’m Adele.”

“Adele, I’m Yello…Cordelia. This is Jude.”

“Yellocordelia?”

“Cordelia.”

“Okay, Cordelia. Anyway, you and your fiancé killed the Bicorn who was always bothering us. I was going to invite you because you were so pretty, but now I have to absolutely invite you. Come with us to see the Queen. You will be rewarded by the Queen.”

It was the flow they wanted.

Cordelia seemed to be yelling as she pumped her fist and then looked back at Jude, and Jude glanced back with eyes that seemed to be proud of their hard work.

“Are you going with us?”

“Yes, I’ll go with you.”

As Cordelia smiled and answered beautifully, Adele simultaneously smiled, as if she was in a good mood.

“Yes, then follow us with your fiancé. You have to go into the water to get to where the Queen is.”

The fairies were called a race that could be found everywhere and nowhere.

It was because they were beings that crossed the walls of dimension and space.

“Can you go?”

“Roughly.”

When Cordelia asked quietly, Jude nodded his head and raised himself up.

According to the original event, time would not pass so much in the Fairy Queen’s residence. However, this incident caused a little commotion, so a group led by Dahlia will soon come. It was good to finish the work before that.

“Grab my hand, I’ll help you up.”

“Thanks.”

Jude entrusted her to help him stand up by holding her hand.

“This way.”

As the laughing fairies got ahead, Cordelia who was diligently chasing them, spoke.

“By the way.”

“Uh.”

“You defeated the Bicorn?”

“I killed it.”

“Then the horns will come out, right?”

“If you pull it out, it will come out.”

In the game, the horn was dropped as soon as one defeated it, but this was reality here.

“One is mine.”