Episode 179
EPISODE.90
Cloudy Ring.
Weather Form.
The power contained in it was the power of climate manipulation sufficient to completely change the weather in the area.
If you want, you can drop hundreds or thousands of lightning bolts instead of one, devastating the entire area.
But, nevertheless, Russell did not do that.
There are two reasons.
Not only is he well aware that he does not yet have the ability to control that power…
‘What we need at this moment is not multiple lightning bolts, but a concentrated, powerful lightning bolt.’
Significantly reduces mana consumption by reducing the range of generated thunderclouds.
And by concentrating the created thunderbolt into one point, it raised its power to the maximum.
The power of the Lightning Vortex that unfolds as a result is far beyond the average 7th Circle magic.
Of course, there were also downsides.
Although it was reduced, a considerable amount of mana was consumed for one magic shot.
In addition, because it has such powerful power, it is difficult to control, and it is vulnerable in terms of accuracy.
As a result, if you do not get it right despite enduring it, it will come as a huge risk.
However…
‘This moment is an exception.’
The opponent is a monster with a body big enough to block the sun. It didn’t make sense to hit a guy like that.
Rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Gwangju.
A pillar of light rose from the spot where the lightning struck and soared up to the sky.
──────── Hwaaaak!!
Then, all trees within a radius of several hundred meters evaporated cleanly.
The temperature was so high that not even ash could be left behind, let alone a pile of charcoal.
The shock wave that started from the explosion shook the area randomly.
Outside the center of the explosion, trees in a range of hundreds of meters are uprooted and scattered on the floor.
Kwagwagwagwagwa!
“What kind of power is this…”
Niccolo stuck out his tongue in the mighty torrent of sand and dust.
If given enough time, he can show similar power, but his opponent is only in his mid-twenties.
Isn’t he the one who just reached the 6th circle master?
The gap between the top level and the superhuman level must be enormous, but still this much power.
Amelia Merwin added belatedly, recalling a few memories of Russell.
“…Artifact.”
He remembered that a man named Russell Raymond had twice entered the Vigo of the palace.
However, they did not know.
The only thing that borrowed the power of the artifact was the shape of the thundercloud.
It was only Russell’s ability to condense, condense, and control thousands of bolts of lightning in one place.
If I had known, I wouldn’t have been so calm.
“Ugh.”
“…the nose.”
Suddenly, Io and Arain grabbed their noses.
Was it the smell from burning and evaporating the trees around the area, or the smell from melting the flesh of the Hecatoncheires?
The elf’s keen sense of smell reacted to the sudden stench.
“If it’s still this powerful…”
Alan Page opened his mouth, calming the turmoil that had not yet subsided.
An uncharacteristically stammering voice. Everyone focused their consciousness.
I gazed beyond the sand and dust that covered the area.
I don’t think I’ll be able to take it down with this, but I’m just fine…
“Huh-!”
“You’re still standing on your own two legs after being hit by that!”
As if to ridicule that kind of thinking as arrogance.
coo coo coo coo.
Beyond the gradually sinking dust, a giant was raising his head carefully.
.
.
The appearance of the giant that was revealed was not completely fine. Steam continued to rise from the skin that had been damaged by the intense heat, and the back plate, where the lightning had fallen, was engraved with fading scars.
It is because the place where the thunderbolt passed through was a sign of ripening before bleeding.
However, the giant was still alive.
The wounds sustained were also not that great compared to the gigantic size.
Shall we say that he has a tattoo about the size of a human palm on his back?
‘Even if I hit it directly, that’s about it…’
The amount of magic power used for this attack was a little less than the overall work.
If you calculate numerically, you should be able to use the same attack as before more than ten times.
but-.
‘The problem is probably that I can’t knock it down even after repeating it ten times.’
Truly, the majesty of a monster from the Age of Mythology. It was then.
What happened to the boy’s body?
Kwadeuk Kkuudeuk-.
He raised his head with a terrifying sound, as if twisting and squeezing something.
He moved his hundred arms like clay and sent them to four parts.
He intertwined them and transformed them into four gigantic arms, opening his mouth.
—Black hair and magic imbued with the dragon’s power.
“…?”
-What is your relationship with Kim Hyun-seong?
‘Kim Hyun-seong?’
Russell tilted his head.
‘What is that? Is it an artifact or something like that?’
It was a word born from a completely different language system.
It is absurd that Russell, who is only familiar with the language system of this world, recalls someone’s name from that word.
Even if you noticed that the word ‘Kim Hyeon-seong’ is someone’s name, it would not be easy to connect it with ‘the savior of the other world’.
─You don’t know.
At Russell’s reaction, he clenched his fists.
─It doesn’t matter.
Kududeuk-.
Twenty-five arms, each entwined like a vine, turned into a giant fist.
—I remembered an annoying memory. die now
At the same time, the scenery in front of the atmosphere was pushed back.
─────────────!!
one second (一瞬).
The time was so short that at most a few moments were glued together.
‘—!?’
When Russell came back to his senses, his body was spinning randomly through the air.
My ears are deafened, and blood wells up from the inside.
“Way-!”
Throwing out a bowl of it, Russell managed to straighten himself. After flying hundreds of meters, the new model was built on a broken piece of wood.
‘…what?’
Alan Page’s voice came belatedly following the wind.
[Are you okay? Sir Russell!?]
Looking up, I saw several giant fists made of dirt and rocks and the Hecatoncheires striking each other.
Bang bang bang ── boom!
Every time Hecatoncheires struck a blow, the huge fist of earth was helplessly pulverized.
Each time, Nicolo poured his mana one after another. Created new earthen fists and hands equal to the number of smashed pieces.
Others were also assisting such Nicolo.
[Using Olive-sama’s magic and wind, we connected a communication network that allows you to communicate even from a distance. Can you hear me?]
Russell, who finally came to his senses, spat out all the blood in his mouth.
[Two—.]
He asked while pressing his temple.
[What… happened?]
[It’s the same punch that was aimed at Amelia-sama. It seems to be weaker than when 100 pieces were combined into one, but it doesn’t seem to have the same recoil as before, or the recoil that causes the body to stop moving like before
.
‘Am I supposed to say that having a life attached to it is useful?’
[Fortunately, Amelia-sama and Nicolo-sama managed to let it go…]
The aftermath alone was this shocking.
If there’s a monster that can command wind and rain with its fists, that’s what it’s talking about.
Immediately after, Nicolo’s voice was heard. A voice that cuts off at times, perhaps because of the urgency of just using magic.
[All right. Is it?]
Still, I could roughly understand the meaning.
[Yes.]
[Thunderbolt just now. Magic. go again Is it possible?]
Is it possible to use the same thunderbolt magic again?
[Now we can, you heal the wounds. It’s just…]
‘All we can do now is dig up the scars you made.’
[If that’s the case, it’s good to make a lot of scars… Kwak!]
Kwa-gwang!
Nicolo’s body, which had been confronting with an explosion of drinking, was pushed backwards.
Because of that, the casting magic was canceled, but his voice was delivered much more clearly than before.
[Can you do it?]
[It can be done, but I don’t really recommend it.]
The operation itself to dig up wounds wasn’t bad.
But the wounds made are too shallow to do so.
‘If I aim for the same spot exactly, I’ll do anything.’
Otherwise, it was the same even if it was repeated ten times.
‘It’s impossible to precisely control the Lightning Vortex and hit the same target with my current level.’
[How about using a different method? Mr. Nicolo.]
[Another method?]
[Yes. There’s a way to go beyond effective hits that might even put him out of breath. It’s just…]
A way to suffocate that monster?
As soon as Russell’s words resonated, the breathing of everyone in the party, who were sharing the same communication network, changed.
[…it will take time. Roughly 15 minutes, no matter how fast you cast, about 13 minutes…]
[Um…]
Unlike when the battle just started, it was a giant who started rampaging in earnest.
It’s not easy to survive 15 minutes against such a giant.
Besides…
─Krrrrr.
I don’t know what it’s plugged into.
Unlike the first time, more than half of the fifty pairs of pupils were even staring at Russell with blazing eyes.
In the worst case, the possibility that about a third of the personnel will suffer irreversible damage cannot be ruled out.
but.
[…other way. No.]
muttered Amelia Merwin, who was holding him in the handcuffs of the wind and the storm.
As said, there is no other way. Besides, it was only Russell’s magic that dealt an effective hit.
[I have no choice but to try…]
He murmured with a face that had aged by several years in a short time.
[Everyone must have heard the story.]
Then, it spread through the communication network.
[We buy 15 minutes from now. Do your best to keep that giant from approaching Count Russell.]
The only way to reverse the situation. Russell exhaled slowly, feeling everyone’s expectations on his shoulders.
‘First of all, I consume and replenish the exhausted mana.’
In order to complete the plan he had built up in his head as a single picture, he needed more mana than the total amount he had.
‘Partial dragonization.’
Hwaaak-
Along with unusual momentum, frenzied magic flowed like a wave along Russell’s surroundings.
Alan Page, who had been through something like this the day before, shuddered.
Regardless of that, Russell, who had replenished his mana, recalled an image.
What I want to materialize is the death of a god that can pierce everything.
‘Or the spear of divine killing.’
『Brahmastra』
Briareos was enraged at the changed Russell’s magical power.
-You bastard! also! Kim Hyun-sung and that fucking lizard bitch…?!
The giant’s roar shook the mountains and rivers.
──────Quaaaaaaa!!!
dragon-swallowed wizard
