Chapter 34 - Ice Sword 2 (1/2)

Isaac nodded upon hearing Woohyuk speak.

“We should search it first though.”

Since it was a cave that was hidden away, it was normal to think that there might be a monster.

Woohyuk however walked in without bothering to unsheathe Grandia.

‘There’s nothing inside.’

That is except for the one treasure chest located at the very back. It contained a Teleport Scroll, which was actually a decent item.

“Have you discovered anything?”

“No”

Woohyuk quickly responded as he headed straight for the treasure chest.

Just as he managed to snatch the Scroll from the chest, Isaac’s party appeared behind him with their weapons raised.

“You took the item!”

“Wasn’t I the one to find it though?”

“Sure, but it’s still quite rude of you.”

“If you have any complaints, try and take it from me”

An open provocation.

The men standing next to Isaac stared at Woohyuk, visibly angry.

“You must be very confident in yourself.”

“Why, do you think you can beat me with just this number of loyal dogs?”

He didn’t come here to beat around the bush.

As Woohyuk spoke, Isaac couldn’t help but smirk.

“So you already knew that I was aiming for you.”

Ranghilt’s ego had taken over.

It was the case where both parties thought themselves to be the hunter.

“Maybe, maybe not.”

“Either way, you will be judged for your transgressions against God!”

“Transgressions against God? What a farce! Isn’t it the case that your Sea God rebelled against the Creator?”

Isaac’s followers were confused regarding their conversation, but Isaac himself didn’t seem to care at all, as he raised Ranghilt.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about, but it seems your arrogance knows no bounds. You even want to keep such a treasure to yourself.”

“You know exactly what I’m talking about, but it matters not. Come, I’ll cut down however many people you throw my way.”

The truth was that Isaac had only brought five of his loyal subordinates with him.

He only had to be wary of Ranghilt, the others were a piece of cake.

He curled his finger provocatively, and everyone rushed towards him.

Chaeng! Chaeng!

Woohyuk simply defended, enduring an attack from each of them. Of course the reason was that he wanted them to be marked as sinners.

As soon as they had attacked first, his fierce counterattack followed.

Huiaaaaang

Grandia swept through them without any resistance, he might as well have been harvesting wheat.

After bringing the battle to a close, Woohyuk looked towards Isaac who was just standing there.

“Why are you just watching?”

“I was merely interested in how you’d do.”

It was an item created by the Sea God and therefore bound to follow its will, but if the Sea God was no more, perhaps it wouldn’t need to follow its orders any longer.

At that time, it could find itself a better host instead. In Ranghilt’s eyes, Woohyuk was a much better host to occupy compared to Isaac.

“Interested?”

“Tell me more about this Sea God. What happened to him, did he die at the hands of the Creator?”

Ranghilt had only recently awoken from its long slumber, so it was natural to ask such a question.

Woohyuk though for a moment, then responded.

“If you can defeat me, I’ll tell you.”

“Okay, as you wish.”

Isaac sighed as he stabbed Rangilt unto the ground.

A cold air was emitted, as the cave quickly began to freeze over.

‘It’s trying to establish a favorable environment.’

In order for the sword to express its full potential, an environment that matched its Ice element was important.

Buffeted by these bursts of cold air, Woohyuk raised Grandia.

‘I won’t be using the Undead.’

They weren’t yet at a high enough level that they could be impactful in a fight of this calibre. As Woohyuk closed the distance between them, Isaac used Ranghilt to send a whirlwind of chilling glacial winds his way.

TaAng!

The cave walls began to crack as they were coated in ice.

As Isaac prepared his next strike, Woohyuk ran across the slippery surface, quickly narrowing the gap between them.

Wooddk

Icicles began to drop from the ceiling, blocking his way. As he dodged to the side in a bid to continue pressing forward, Ice spikes appeared from the ground this time.

The cave’s environment was currently entirely under Ranghilt’s control, and it was very difficult to predict where the next attack would come from.

Still, Woohyuk had an impressive Agility and a combat sense far above the norm. So much so that even being disadvantaged to such a degree, didn’t make too much of a difference to him.

‘It’ll be best to end this quickly.’

Due to Ranghilt’s magic, ice continued to accumulate within the cave.

If this battle went on for much longer, it wouldn’t just be limited to a couple icicles or spike being sent his way.

As Woohyuk had finally arrived rather close, a giant Ice Wall was erected before him.

No doubt it was cast in self defense, finally feeling some measure of danger.

Dangung

A horizontal slash from Grandia split the Ice wall in half, but cold winds were waiting for him on the other side.

[Frost Wind]

It was less powerful than its counterpart, Ice Storm, but was still annoying to deal with because of its wide AoE.

Relying on the Ghost Queen Star Serpent to defend against the magic spell, Woohyuk quickly struck towards Isaac’s neck.

Clang!

The clashing of metal rang across the cave. With their swords raised, they stared into each other's eyes.

Whiric!

Woohyuk took a step back as he threw his Vampiric dagger.

It wasn’t the most accurate shot, and Isaac was able to dodge by instinctively leaning to the side.

“Unlike your swordplay, it seems you didn’t put much practice into your throwing skill.”

“Is that so?”

“... Huh?”

Isaac felt something was wrong and turned around just in time to see the dagger headed straight for his head.

The ability to recover the dagger was a result of a certain combination of engraved runes. However, no one ever said that such an ability could only be used to recover the weapon, and not in battle.

Despite his best attempts to dodge, the Vampiric dagger still managed to cut through his neck.

Jurrrk

It left a sizable cut behind, as blood began to flow.

‘Success.’

He had applied the Basilisk’s poison on the dagger’s edge. It would only be a matter of time before Isaac would be dead now.

Even if he would be able to drag it out a bit longer by relying on Ranghilt’s magic, his movement would still be affected, and eventually he wouldn’t be able to withstand the poison which stacked with his buffs from his full Basilisk’s Armor Set.

“Ugh…”

Isaac groaned as he was brought down to his knees.

As the poison spread throughout his body, paralysis began to set in.

Woohyuk raised Grandia, and finished him with one quick stroke.

Puuk!

Stabbing straight into his heart.

Just then, his ice cold eyes stared straight into Woohyuk.

[Take me]

It was Ranghilt’s magic trying to tempt him.

Of course Woohyuk didn’t fall for its guile.

“Pick it up.”

Triton who had just been summoned to this glacial cave, nodded back.

As he grasped Ranghilt, it instantly ceased to emit any blue mana.