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Episode 177
Episode 58. Mirage (5)
Jin of the Great Desert of Mitra deliberately did not use Bradamante for this very moment.
‘If I had used the sword from the beginning, my master would never have used magic like this. He must have used more elaborate and defensive magic.’
If so, dealing with Valeria would have been rather difficult. If she made up her mind and went into battle defensively, it would be difficult to break through with her current physical condition.
At first, he gave up his sword out of respect for Valeria. However, after deciding to fight, he decided that it would be more efficient not to use a sword.
Jin is just copying what he learned from Valeria. Somehow tricking the opponent and making them off guard. Jin thought that was the true respect for his master.
Now was the time for the decision to see the light of day.
“Ugh!”
Valeria hurriedly strengthens the shield.
I didn’t think that there really wouldn’t be a number hidden from Jin. However, I expected that it would be magic, not this kind of dagger.
To that extent, Jin was advocating a head-to-head match. Since you are all my magic, I have expressed with all my body that I respect you so much that I will compete only with magic.
that respect.
Valeria had no choice but to swallow her breath the moment Jin shot the dagger because she had a deep belief that her respect for herself would not be false.
If Jin pulls out a card called Reiki and Sword.
When his ankle was caught in a chain of fire, when Tess was hit by a lightning spear, when Reverse Heaven went back to water and stood barefoot in front of the lightning spear again… It should have been then, but I had to take it
out several times, but now.
A black blade was reflected in Valeria’s eyes. Before even blinking, the dagger was already touching the protective barrier.
Pachang!
The protective barrier shattered like a thin layer of ice. As soon as the tip of the sword touched it, it shattered, so I couldn’t even twist the dagger’s trajectory.
The silver pine staff he wielded reflexively did the same. She couldn’t have the physical ability to parry the dagger that flew like a thunderbolt from an unmanned wizard.
Instead, lightning spears were rushing towards the back of Jin’s neck.
Lightning spear and dagger.
Whatever reached the opponent first, Jin was already confident of victory. The dagger was aimed precisely near Valeria’s neck, whereas the lightning spear was not.
One miss and there will be no next. Valeria, who needs to move the lightning spear, must already be out of breath.
A lightning spear passed through Jin’s back and waist.
Phew…!
The dagger was lodged in the collarbone.
The shock caused Valeria’s body to float in the air and be pushed away. Red blood gushing from his collarbone drew an arch and after a while.
Jin and Valeria both fell side by side on the sand at the same time. They were so close that if you turned your head, you could see each other’s faces right away.
The magic on the silver pine staff quickly faded. The lightning spear flew through the pale sky of the desert for a long time before disappearing somewhere.
The two collapsed and vomited blood. Neither one happened. Jin’s legs were pierced by lightning spears, and Valeria’s vomiting of blood clots rising up her throat seemed to be too much for her.
“…trusting me too much is your defeat. I made it clear that I would fight your way.”
“The reason I didn’t use a sword… from the beginning.”
“I know you well. If I hadn’t been prepared for a few fatal wounds like this, I would never have been able to fake it.”
“Whoa whoop…”
Crying!
Valeria turned her head and looked at Jin.
“jin.”
Jin didn’t turn his head.
Even if it was a mirage, my heart was clogged with the thought that I had really killed my master, just like the Tona brothers.
But no more weak talk. You shouldn’t look at Valeria and ask why you have to be like this.
Jin just fought against the enemy and won.
That was Valeria’s way.
Soon Valeria smiled quietly.
“You’ve gotten stronger.”
Slowly…
Valeria’s body disintegrated into glowing particles and was swept away in the sandstorm.
Then, the wound on Jin’s thigh slowly healed. New flesh had sprouted from the torn ear lobe, and the blackened ankles were also finding their flesh color. as if nothing had happened.
Jin had a calm face.
It felt like green water was bubbling in my heart, but I couldn’t move forward unless I was calm.
“Whoa.”
Standing up, Jin found Bradamante and took a lead sword. Now the last mirage was waiting for him.
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It was that night that the third mirage came.
The midnight sun with the sharp blue sun still hanging over the horizon. Under the surprisingly bright night sky, it is a distance that can be reached by running for a long time.
A man stood tall.
He was staring at Jin with a sword hanging down.
‘father?’
Shiron Runkandel I thought it was him at first.
It was because the whole desert was being trampled by a sense of intimidation that no one else could have.
It seemed that the empty sandfield was forming a forest of swords. I was convinced that if I took a step recklessly, an invisible blade would ravage my entire body.
The moment I stopped walking, the energy spread through the wind and wrapped around Jin.
Even if the blue sun that had risen above the man fell straight down, it seemed that he couldn’t help it.
‘No, he’s not my father…’
Although I can’t see his face because of the distance.
It wasn’t long before Jin was sure who the man was. A thousand years have passed since his death, and Jin has never seen his face.
‘Themar Runcandel.’
The first head of the legend of the founder of Runkandel.
That person was clear.
‘It’s the last test.’
absurdly strong.
He was just standing still, but Jin had to feel his whole body drenched in cold sweat.
If there was a human who could cut down this desert with a single sword, it would be Temar, not Shiron.
My whole body was vibrating with thrill at that intuition.
‘I’m sure he’s not a god, but a human.’
Unlike Tona’s brother, Valeria, Temar wasn’t a person who existed inside Jin. He is a dead man who temporarily manifested by borrowing the power of the Solderlet hidden in the Great Desert.
However, this energy overwhelming the Great Desert was true without any room for doubt.
Jin now had to break through it and move forward. I had to walk barefoot through tens of millions of invisible blades.
‘The feet…’
did not come off.
The certainty that you will surely die if you approach, or the fear that you will be cut. It wasn’t because of such a weak heart.
It was because he was being oppressed by the energy of Temar. As if being crushed by a huge citadel, his body was not listening at all.
‘What are you going to do? I can’t even move because of the energy.’
Naturally, Temar had no answer. He just stood like a mountain and looked down at Jin. Because of this, he could not take the final test of the Great Desert.
For a long time, it stood still as if nailed to it. I couldn’t go back or go because my body was tied to the energy and I couldn’t move, so I was going crazy.
Not even a voice came out. Feeling like a rock sunk in the deep sea.
‘Just a test?’
Jin, who had been thinking the whole time, blinked his eyes as if he remembered something.
test.
What I’ve experienced so far is the test of the great desert… Jin muttered to himself and began to carefully review the mirages he had experienced.
The first mirage is Brother Tona, and the second mirage is Valeria.
They had something in common.
‘I couldn’t move on if I didn’t cut it. I couldn’t fight them without the will to slash.’
When you ‘cut’ something with a sword, there is something more important than the achievement of swordsmanship.
The heart to cut, the belief that it could be cut, the steely will to cut through.
Without it, cutting something with a sword could never be established.
Even with 10-star swordsmanship, Luna was unable to defeat Tymune, and Jin also failed to defeat Dante in the finals of the arena.
It’s not because they’re weak, it’s because they’re shaken. Whatever the reason, the will to cut the opponent was not enough.
If he hesitated when he killed the Tona brothers, Jin couldn’t get past the first mirage.
If he hesitated while cutting Valeria, he would not have been able to pass the second mirage.
‘Temar Runkandel is walking toward you.’
With such a lukewarm will, I couldn’t even face the third test.
cut you
I can cut you. Even if you’re a giant that cuts even the sun in two, I have to cut you down.
As he uttered the words like a spell to cut Temar, the pressure was lifted like a lie. His stone-stiff legs moved and his choked breath was relieved.
A good warrior had to be able to generate will whenever he wanted. Of course, since Jin is an excellent warrior, he could have made up his mind to cut him.
However, that alone cannot pass the test.
“Kuh…!”
As soon as I took two steps, my knees buckled. As if a cold blade had been stabbed in, it led to a terrible pain. There wasn’t a drop of blood, but fear was biting Jin.
If freely arousing one’s will is the condition of being an excellent soldier.
It is the realm of the completed unmanned that the will is not broken under any circumstances. Or it is the realm of the ‘strong’.
There are people who are indomitable even if they have not known the sword all their lives, and there are people who are servile even if they have wielded a sword all their lives.
It took a lot of determination to pass the final test. A perfect will that does not give in to anything.
‘If I hadn’t had that will, even if I had been born again, I would have been just as miserable. Temar!’
burst!
The molars were broken in the clenched mouth. A quiet smile appeared on Temar’s lips as Jin stood up and spat out a piece of his broken tooth and took another step.
By that time, even when Jin opened his eyes, he felt that the future was dark. Jin was the only one walking in the dark under the vast desert of the midnight sun.
Whoa…!
Black smoke rose beside Temar. The black dragon Misha, who had been hiding in the barrier until now, transformed into a human and stood next to him.
“Themar. Did you just… smile? Did you even manifest the spirit of Temar?”
A voice that sounded unbelievably urgent. When Temar didn’t answer, Misha reached out to grab his shoulder.
“ah…!”
However, her hand passed through Temar’s body as if it were an illusion.
Misha, who lost her balance and fell to the floor, stared blankly at the sand for a while. A faint, short laugh followed.
‘Did I see it wrong? No, I must have laughed.’
For her, it was the first time in a thousand years she had seen the smile of her beloved.
Misha raises her head and moves her gaze to Jin.
The boy who made Temar laugh was already taking dozens of steps closer to Temar. She had to quickly shake off the water from her eyes as she thought she would reach this place any minute.
