Chapter 195 (1/2)

“Waaahhhhhhhh!”

The audience was silent for a moment before cheers erupted. The audience outside was surprised, while inside the waiting room, some people were shocked because they hadn’t expected Reinhardt to be hit. However, some people nodded while saying they knew it.

“Kuhaha! He kept his promise!” Park Muyeol looked at the screen and laughed. Next to him, Mido and Kim Hyeonu nodded like they expected it. They knew the identity of the masked man from the beginning, so they weren’t surprised. It was just that they were truly impressed seeing this spectacular kick in person.

“Kuoooh. That kick...”

Mido gave a thumbs up while speaking in a thick voice that could come from an old man. Kim Hyeonu’s face was blank with surprise when he saw the kick that had only been seen in the videos.

“Wow, how does he kick like that? It is really amazing.”

Park Muyeol saw Mido’s curious expression and laughed. He wanted to say that this person was her grandfather. However, Chuntaek’s request forced him to endure it. He just couldn’t do anything about his twitching mouth. He laughed at the current situation.

‘That Chuntaek is funny. By the way, he is still good at kicking. He won’t die. It is the same as the old days. He truly is the legless bird.’

A bird without legs—Legless Bird. Choi Chuntaek was called this in his 20s. The nickname was given due to his gorgeous aerial kicks that made him seem like a legless bird pecking the target. Of course, years passed and his body had grown old. However, now his body had recovered back to that time. All of this was possible because the current place was a virtual world.

Park Muyeol rubbed the goosebumps on his arms and looked full of joy. He inwardly thought that he wanted to go back to those days. ‘To do that, I have to go beyond Hutton.’

On the other side, Hutton was looking at the screen with an interested expression. Hutton was a more difficult opponent than Park Muyeol had expected. He might have the same power as Park Muyeol, but his level and stats were higher. Park Muyeol knew that he would have to throw everything possible in order to fill that gap.

‘I need to have a long conversation with the wooden sword.’

He headed to a corner of the waiting room. He immediately sat cross-legged, placed the wooden sword on his knees, and started meditating. It was a habit he always had before an important fight. How much time passed?

[A constellation who likes sticks has accepted your request for a conversation.]

* * *

The fallen Reinhardt rubbed his chin and raised his upper body.

“Um, this hurts quite a bit. Hahaha!”

I didn’t know what was so good. Reinhardt just sat down and laughed with his head tilted back. His health hadn’t decreased as much as expected.

“Fortunately, I increased my fire resistance because of Minotaur. Otherwise, I would’ve been really hurt. Hahahaha!” The heartily laughing Reinhardt suddenly stopped laughing and stared at me. He smirked and declared, “I hadn’t expected you to be the man from that time. I was really surprised.”

Reinhard got up on one knee and his expression became serious.

“It has been a while.”

“......”

I silently stared at him. Now that he knew my identity, he seemed to be a pretty tactless fellow. The silence flowed while I quietly pulled out Alexus' Fork Spoon. He subsequently told me, “I’ve seen the technique that you used in a Korean YouTuber’s broadcast. Yes, now I remember. The mask is a bit different, but the movements and kicks are the same. Additionally, those blazing feet and the spear in your hand... no. Um, did I see it wrong?”

I let out a sigh. This person must truly be an idiot. He didn’t know despite giving a hint like this. “It has been a while, Reinhardt.”

“Oh, I wasn’t mistaken. Haha. Well, it will be very fun if you’re my opponent. At that time, I had wanted to fight you, but you disappeared. I was really disappointed.”

Reinhardt smiled and raised the shield attached to the gauntlet. Blue magic power enveloped him and the size of the shield grew slightly. This was also familiar to me. Perhaps he was able to freely adjust his shield. The problem was that the shield wasn’t normal.

“Now, let’s try again!”

Reinhardt ran toward me with his shield in front of him. I immediately summoned Solar and stabbed the fork spoon into its mouth. The fork spoon grew and soon became a spear. Then I threw it at Reinhardt’s shield. There was the sound of metal hitting something with the same strength. The feeling of the spear and shield trembling was transmitted vividly, even though they were quite far away. The message that appeared in front of me was expected.

[The durability of Alexus's Fork Spear has fallen.]

“Umm? The shield’s durability decreased. What is this spear?” Reinhardt had doubts and stopped his charge to question it.

However, I didn’t have the obligation to answer. I fired a cobweb, recovered the spear, put it into my inventory, and thought about it. It seemed I couldn’t use the fork spear. Then my only choice was to beat him up. I took advantage of this gap in his vigilance to launch a surprise attack. I flew forward in the air and released a series of continuous kicks at high speed.

Reinhardt smiled like it didn’t matter and blocked with the shield. We exchange dozens of blows in this state.

“Kuahaha! Good! Show me more! This isn’t enough!”

The summoned Solar poured out the Sun’s Curse and Sun Ball from the rear, but Reinhardt never stopped. It wasn’t a lie when he said he had equipment with fire resistance. If so, using Sun Road wouldn’t mean much. I quickly widened the distance from him.

“What? It is over already? I haven’t even started yet. Bring it on!”

“......”

It was really frustrating. I could throw the wind blade I learnt from Kerenos, but Reinhardt’s shield technique was so good it seemed like it would be easily blocked. My wind was still too unstable to deal great damage. If so, there was only one way.

“Hah. Then it can’t be helped.”

It might be bragging to say it now, but if I wanted to beat this person, I had to reveal everything here. I wanted to use this on Mido first, but it couldn’t be helped.