Episode 253
EPISODE.127
Deep in the forest where the sun doesn’t reach even though the sun has not yet set.
A wet wetland located in it.
The cave, located deep in the swamp, was filled only with darkness.
It’s so dark that it’s hard to distinguish even an inch ahead. It was then.
A small chuckle was heard along with a rustling sound.
“…”
A man was sitting in the darkness, unable to distinguish what was in front of him.
It was a sound made when the man flinched as if he felt something.
‘This…?’
It was a fleeting moment, but a sensation that made my heart thump.
A sign that made his heart pulsate, which must have died coldly after being stained with hemp… and also made him feel awe.
‘No way…’
It must have been the divinity of some existence.
The man slowly moved his body.
I got up and walked out of the cave, lifting my head that was buried between my knees.
slobber slobber -.
Following the outstretched gait, the water on the floor of the cave began to splash, and the man who finally left the cave moved his gaze.
‘Haha…’
He looked up at the sky.
I saw a ray of sunlight falling down into the forest, which should have been full of darkness.
“Hahaha…”
You can finally escape from this cursed fate.
As soon as I realized that fact, tears flowed down my eyes without realizing it.
soon
wheein-.
A gust of wind blew the man’s black hair softly.
It happened in a forest located somewhere in the Empire when Russell manifested the pyrotechnic spear.
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────────── Fire!
Red prominences grow long along the inside of Russell’s grip, forming the shape of a spear.
Russell’s unique 『Decision Battle』, which was created by restoring the ancient forgotten magic hellfire and refining its form and ability using the images accumulated so far.
The hwajeomchang was the type that was named the second type among them.
‘It’s an opponent who doesn’t need to use a decisive battle…’
The opponent is a wizard with skills equivalent to a 7th circle master. It must be the perfect opponent to test out the newly invented decisive battle.
Thinking so, Russell turned the pyrotechnic spear he was holding in his hand.
Along the trajectory, the flame draws a circle leaving a trail like an afterimage.
As much as it was magic created by changing the form of Hellfire, the heat contained in it was truly terrifying.
However, it’s hot-.
Nevertheless, the surrounding temperature did not rise or the atmosphere boil.
This was evidence that Russell had succeeded in completely confining the heat of Hellfire in the form of a spear.
‘That can’t be…’
Count Hazen shuddered.
Goosebumps sprouted along the back of his hand.
Even though the heat didn’t flow out, it was because the existence of magical power dwelling in the spear was clearly felt.
It’s like holding the sun in your hand!
Mid twenties only.
Did he go beyond the 7th circle and reach the 8th circle at that age?
“It can’t be. As long as you’re human… you can’t be like that!”
If you get too much shock, your reason will be paralyzed or collapsed.
Such was the case with Count Hazen now.
Since the beginning of the history of magic, it has not existed even in the records of the Age of Myths——a result that has never been seen before.
As a result, the reason of the wizard who reached the level of the 7th circle quickly collapsed.
“I’m dying!!!”
His magical powers responded to the roar that Count Hazen convulsively vomited and the fear that dwelled within him.
Aaah-!
As many as seven circles rotate in unison, creating a magnificent sound.
Kung-kung-kung-kung-!
With the pain of turning his head white, his decisive battle begins to change its shape.
The lava that soared from the floor split along the count’s back, creating six wings.
A haze rises from the radiated heat, and the ground vibrates with a sight as if the entire surrounding space is being shrunk.
Gugwagwagwa!
From beneath the cracked and cracked ground, lava rose like a geyser and stretched like a column toward the sky.
Quaaaaaaaa!
Then, it reached high in the sky and fell, scattering lava rain.
Along with him, Count Hazen’s awareness expanded rapidly.
An appearance that could never be found in the original count’s decisive battle.
The fear that turned her hair white in an instant was the result of the madness that sprang out from that fear, blending with magic power.
Juhwa Ibma (走fire入魔).
The appearance of being swept away by strong flames and drowning. Heizen’s appearance was no different from what the East calls a state of infancy.
If you hadn’t met the current situation in this form.
If you faced the same situation as now through proper training and growth.
Perhaps Count Hazen could have reached the 8th circle.
He might have completed the current magic, which is still incomplete.
but.
Hwaaak!
Russell swung his spear wide.
“Ouch…!”
At that moment, Count Heizen’s body trembled and his back buckled.
“Kkeuh…”
Knees slowly bend along with the sound of saliva flowing out.
Silky veins burst out along the swollen whites of his trembling fingertips.
‘My…my magic…?!’
The mana was cut off strand by strand, and the recoil struck the mana rod without rest.
In the aftermath, the seven circles screamed. Magical power is like a second body for magicians.
It was as if every limb was being ripped off.
However, what was more painful than that was that at some point the link with magic that had been connected to him was severed.
“I can’t believe it…”
Count Hazen vomited blood at one possibility that popped into his head.
“Whehe-!”
Cheek-!
The lava lake that supported him had long since completely dried up.
My knees touch the puddle of blood that is taking its place.
As the trembling that started at his fingertips spread throughout his body, he moved his gaze.
He raised his head and looked up at the sky, muttering.
“Did you… steal my magic?”
Just like that.
A spear of flame that stretched out along Russell’s grip and rose straight up to pierce the sky.
High up there, the lava he created and summoned was spinning in the form of a huge sphere—!
Hwaaak-!
It was a sphere of lava that emitted tremendous heat despite floating high in the sky.
The shadow created by the condensed lava is cast on the ground.
“The flames of Hell are among the most powerful flames in the world.”
Russell’s voice echoes calmly.
“It is the pyrotechnic spear that created the very fire of hell.”
The ability of such a fire spear is absolute dominance over fire-attribute magic.
‘That means…!’
Grasping the pyrotechnic spear, Russell was in line with the saying that he would have an absolute superiority in competing with mages who inherited the lineage of the enemy tower.
‘Kuh….’
Of course, it’s not that easy to deal with that powerful power.
Because it was Hazen’s magic that almost reached the 8th circle for a moment.
Despite having stolen his magic by borrowing the ability of the spear of fire, the consumption of mana was not small.
In fact, even now, mana and mental power continued to be consumed.
‘This is how I won-.’
I was only able to steal it because it was an unfinished magic.
‘It’s still impossible to steal the proper 8th circle magic.’
Even if you succeed, the burden will not be small.
‘Is there still a lot left to improve or supplement?’
Among the same originality magic, it is located at the top… It is the first 『Decision Battle』 I made since I was born.
It was true that there were many things that were lacking, and if you wanted to be full on the first drink, that would also be excessive greed.
Still, Russell smiled faintly.
It was because he could feel another power nestled in his decisive weapon, the spear of fire.
The power that I came to dwell in, probably because I thought of Brahmastra when I was making the decisive battle.
It was after the decisive battle with Boreas, the heavenly archer, that Russell learned the identity of that power the day before.
‘Divinity as a Dragon Emperor…’
Inside the spear of fire, there was divinity as a being worthy of reverence by all dragons.
If you can handle this power properly, you will be able to raise the level of perfection of the fire spear to a higher level.
‘Let’s finish it.’
With a short sigh, Russell cleared the situation and swung his pyrotechnic spear.
It created a terrifying torrent and dropped the spinning orb of lava towards the ground.
Whoaaah-!
Huge jade salt falls down, and clouds located on its orbit evaporate in an instant.
Chi-Ik-!
Everything around it burned, evaporating faster than turning to ashes, and the earth melted and sizzled even though the flames did not fall.
A land of scorching heat filled only with scorching heat.
The moment when some of the jade salt fell from the cleanly arranged sky and touched the ground.
A huge explosion swept the area with blinding red light.
───────Kwagwagwagwagwagwa.
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“….”
“….”
All the sounds around them stopped for a moment. The soldiers on both sides, who were screaming and brandishing their spears, stopped all at once.
It has to be.
The power of the jade flame that fell was far beyond human imagination.
The shockwave generated by the falling jade salt created a crater hundreds of meters in a direct hit and dented the ground.
Outside of it, a range of hundreds of meters was split and distorted as if an earthquake had struck.
because of the aftermath of the explosion.
Most surprising of all is the inside of the crater.
I wonder how much heat remained, to the point that the wind that brushed over it instantly turned into a hot wind.
I don’t know, but the inside of that pit is already no different from inferno.
The power of the magic that Hazen created and Russell usurped was just as terrifying.
No matter how much he was a magician who reached the 7th circle master, there was no way he would be safe even after being hit directly by an attack like that.
Even more so if it was a situation where the mana of the whole body was cut off.
Considering the heat that Jade Flame possessed, it must be said that it evaporated without leaving a single piece of flesh…
Nearly tens of thousands of soldiers could not open their mouths easily.
Gulp…
Russell pursed his lips as the sound of someone swallowing was especially clear.
“Crown Of Solomon. activate.”
Paat –
As the silvery white crown was summoned above the shoulder, I felt the diminished magical power and mental power quickly replenish.
Pressing down on his temple, Russell glanced at his surroundings.
9 circles. If the level called the transcendental person is a human god, then since ancient times, magicians who have reached the 8th circle have been treated like demigods.
awe.
Tens of thousands of pairs of eyes stared at him with eyes full of reverence and fear.
There was something that responded to that gaze.
Another power dwelling in his body.
As if the divinity as a Dragon Emperor was responding to their gaze, it was gradually inflating its size.
Slowly but surely…
the wizard who swallowed the dragon
