Chapter 41 Part7 (2/2)
A frightening amount of fire shook the clearing. The Dark Flame Ghosts began to shake when they heard those cries. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo didn't concern himself with their reactions and used more of his strength to completely pull them out from the ground.
The sight of the giant Dark Flame Ghosts unable to resist and being forced into the air was slightly adorable.
”Holy c.r.a.p... s.h.i.+n Woo...”
[Kuoooooooh!]
Once a part of the barrier cracked, the rest of it gave way quickly. Ultimately, the flames surging from under the ground burnt away the remains of the barrier.
Though they were far away, the surging golden flames momentarily obscured their vision. It was such that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo couldn't completely s.h.i.+eld himself from the sight with his darkness. In other words...
[Kuhaaaaaaaah!]
”That's...”
Jin shook at its overwhelming presence. On the other hand, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo wasn't very surprised, as he'd felt it before. It crowed as it flew, its feathers, composed of golden flames, rising into the sky.
[Lv9 Corrupted Garuda - Sun G.o.d]
”If the Pope knew about this, then he'd grasp his forehead. Since he'd have to remake all the stone statues of the Sun G.o.d.”
”Now's not the time to be joking around! If it's corrupted, then that means it's in the same condition as those Dryads!”
”Yeah, you're right. It'd be great if we can return it to its original state, but... Man, that thing's ruined.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo a.s.sumed that it was once covered in gold, but as of now, its body was a mix between a murky gold and black; he looked down at the giant divine bird and shrugged his shoulders.
It looked like it had avoided a complete undead transformation, but it wasn't alive; there was even less of a chance of him restoring its intellect. At least, that's what he saw.
”Its soul is rotten. ...Well, it must've gone through a lot, so it makes sense.”
”s.h.i.+n Woo, let's run. We can't beat that thing. Let's let it rampage on the surface and hope it kills the Emperor for us.”
[He's right. That's... Not something a living being can oppose. Its existence borders on myth! As a spirit, I can tell. Only by transcending the barrier of the living and spirits can you gain that form!]
Now that he thought about it, he'd completely forgotten about Zenon. While he was evolving, he had unsummoned his greatsword and Zenon was released; he had been hiding all this time. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo called him to his side and soothed him.
”It's ok. We don't need to fight right away. Let's just watch for now.”
[Huh?]
The Garuda was slowly coming up and getting closer and closer to them. However, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo remained relaxed. Zenon wondered why he was so confident, but he soon got his answer. The Dark Flame Ghosts were free falling towards the Garuda.
[Kyaaaaaaah!]
[Kihaaaah!]
”Good. Let go of your anger!”
”They're not letting go of their anger. You're letting go of them.”
Jin calmly retorted, but that really wasn't very important to Lee s.h.i.+n Woo. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo would be happy as long as the Dark Flame Ghosts and the Garuda fought!
Jin had thought that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo would convince the Dark Flame Ghosts to fight against the Garuda, but he never needed to do so. If he left the three together, then...!
[Kuaaaaaaaah!]
The Garuda noticed the Dark Flame Ghosts and furiously spewed flames. The flames were so great that the sides of the clearing walls exploded; part of the walls were simultaneously vaporized. The Dark Flame Ghosts had been drawing energy from the Garuda for years, so it was seething in anger!
[Giiiiiiiii!]
[Guaaahk!]
Of course, the Dark Flame Ghosts were quite pitiful. They were brought here and sealed by the Magic Emperor, and had no choice but to draw energy from the Garuda to survive!
But so long as it was hostile towards them, the Dark Flame Ghosts had no choice but to use their dark flames in order to survive! And so, the battle between the level 9 bird and the two giant level 8 bugs began. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo watched from above with Jin and Zenon and stuck his chest out boastingly.
”See that? A swindler controls cause and effect, even while doing nothing.”
”Yeah, you're amazing.”
”That golden flame is either High Rank Fire or fire mixed with something else (a fusion element). I'm sure of it, considering the fact that the dark flames aren't very effective against it. ...Based on the info I'm getting from the black armor, the only reason they're lasting so long is because of the dark flames.”
But there was a p.r.o.nounced difference in physical specs, so the battle would end at this rate.
Rather than entering the battle himself, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo reinforced their black armor further by infusing more magic into them. He increased their defense as much as he could and was trying to draw out as much of the Garuda's power as possible.
”Those guys... Do you think they can win?”
”Nope.”
Jin asked cautiously and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo firmly replied.
”On the contrary, the true battle will begin after they die.”
He smiled as he looked at the still-evolving darkness within his grasp.
When those Dark Flame Ghosts had done their job and turned into Bone Cores, the t.i.tan Bone Core would finally be reborn into the state that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo envisioned. The t.i.tan Bone Core would inherit the Dark Flame Ghosts' will and strength and be reborn. He would then ride the reborn t.i.tan Bone Golem to defeat this foe. There was nothing more wonderful than this!
”I'm glad that you're still the Lee s.h.i.+n Woo that I'm used to, even after leveling up to level 8.”
”...”
That's strange. Jin hadn't insulted him at all, yet he felt unpleasant for some reason. As the battle continued, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo wondered whether Jin had learned a skill like Instigate while he wasn't looking.
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