[ Episode 299. Breakthrough ]
The cold that Songje exhaled was stronger than outside the cave.
No, I didn’t actually freeze my body, but I felt the cold mentally.
‘It’s a very unusual ability.’
I was able to move because there was no effect on my body, but the overwhelming cold that I had never experienced before prevented me from thinking about anything else.
Whoo-!
In the meantime, an undead approached me and swung a sword at me, and I barely avoided it and rolled over.
“Oh, you’re doing quite well.”
I heard Goo Ho-young’s words.
And before I could finish my words, the other undead started attacking me.
“The test is one week. Defeat all of my subordinates within that week. The test is over after a week.”
Songje exclaimed.
“If you do not pass through it, you will suffer for 7 years in this freezing hell. Please, I hope you surprise me.”
“Great Great King?”
Along with the contents of the test, Hoyoung Koo’s embarrassed voice came through.
My head is still pounding, but I’m pushing hard.
If the premise was to defeat it, there was no way to avoid it.
‘The number of undead is 444.’
too many dirty
I quickly figured out the number of enemies and realized that I needed a weapon first.
Apart from feeling the cold, my body was already acting naturally.
Whoo!
Swoop-
Even the sword held by the undead was shining with gold, but I immediately took the opponent’s sword.
The process is so natural that it looks like it was squeezed.
“Huh!”
I swung my sword while listening to Ho-yeong Koo’s voice, who added a hint if I forgot.
My movements refined through bankruptcy hell were sharper and sharper than ever.
Kwachang!
Aside from having their sword taken away, the undead were strong.
Looking at the type, it looked like a skeleton knight or a mummy, but its strength was so strong that it could not be seen as an undead of that level.
Of course, Skeleton Knights and Mira-type Undead were also strong Undead, but compared to the top-level Undead like the Death Knight, it was certain that they were inferior.
However, looking at the sword techniques and movements they used, they surpassed those of the highest level undead.
‘Is the body used unusual?’
Caang!
As swords intertwined, the cold grew stronger.
My head was pounding and chills ran through my body, but I couldn’t stop.
If only mana could be used, it would have been much better than now…
‘Mana?’
A question arose for a moment.
Am I the only one who can’t use mana here?
If this hell town itself has no mana, then how does the king of Songje manage these undead?
In the first place, does mana dwell in the body?
Kagagagak!
It was a natural story.
In the case of knights, if the area below the navel, called dantian, is injured, they cannot handle mana, and those with a weak heart cannot become wizards.
After all, mana is also real energy.
If you don’t have a body, you can’t handle it.
But the people here are also souls after all.
In addition, Banshee and Ghosts without a body also deal with mana.
‘How to ……’
Undead harassed me with a wheel battle.
They took turns dealing with me as if playing with a toy, but it was a fight that they couldn’t have endured in the first place if they attacked me all at once.
So now is the only chance to make a breakthrough.
Sreureung–!
“Oh oh! Excellent swordsmanship!”
Koo Ho-young’s words stuck in my mind.
‘Swordsmanship swordsmanship?’
Namgung Ilyoung said that in Murim, there is a technique to forcibly store mana called Naegongsimbeop (內功心法).
On the other hand, when we just train the body and learn mana naturally.
When I asked about this, he said that realizing and accumulating mana just through training like this is called Donggong in Moorim.
‘Awakens mana through movement.’
Namgung Ilyeong called pupils the height of inefficiency, but that was the only way for us.
I asked him to tell me the simbeop if he twisted it, but he said no because simbeop in Moorim is the same skill as vision.
So, what I can do right now is……
Whoa –
I swing my sword.
And I had to feel it.
I had to realize mana once again, just like the first time I felt the knight’s mana.
Go back to the beginning and learn that sense then.
Nara had to put mana into the vessel of the soul.
“Haaa.”
It was so cold that my whole body would break, but as soon as I started to concentrate, that too disappeared.
The only thing that exists in this world is me, the sword, and my opponent.
Whiik-
Shuk–!
I was lucky because he was a competent opponent.
Thanks to this, even in the tense situation, the concentration did not scatter.
“@”[email protected]#&*@!”
It seemed like someone was saying something next to me again, but I couldn’t hear it.
The surroundings were forgotten.
Pounding!
In the end, I forgot the opponent and the sword.
In the midst of that, even my existence faded…….
Selflessness.
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“I#@&(*@!”
…….
“Wake up!”
Fish Yiing——!
The sound of Songje
’s voice brought me
to my senses.
The blade of the sword was cutting off the head of the undead that was dealing with me.
All around me were the remnants of the undead that had been separated from the top and bottom.
I could
n’t understand what had happened in that short time.
“The test
is over. ”
At Songje’s words, I looked around once again. There
were about 100 undead still left.
Then, the cold disappeared before I knew it.
“Are you passing? ”
No, you didn’t pass.”
What do you mean by this?
As I was looking at him, Ho-young Koo, who was next to me, opened her mouth.
“It’s been a week, what pass is passing?” “A
week ?”
I couldn’t understand it even more.
Saengbul told me if he noticed my expression,
“Adrias-
sama, it’s already been a week.
” It’s been a week already?
“I didn’t realize how much time had passed.”
But it was my fault, not their fault.
I didn’t pass the test. ”
You failed.”
It was a bit bitter .
“No, you didn’t fail.”
At
that time, Song-tze said something incomprehensible.
He stood up from the throne with a strange smile, and seemed satisfied with something.
“I heard that a week has already passed . Wasn’t it supposed to defeat them all within a week?”
“Yes. That’s why I couldn’t pass.”
“I don’t understand what that means.”
Song-je came down from the platform where the throne was and was walking towards me.
He came right in front of me and said with a smile.
“I can see why you passed the bankruptcy hell in the shortest time and Chogang let you pass.”
“…….”
“You have surprised Jim enough. In the first place, the test of this Cold Ice Hell was not like this. The test I gave you was improvised by Jim.”
So what’s the point?
“Give me another chance.”
“Thank you.”
If you say you failed, you have no choice but to admit it, but if you give it another chance, the story will change.
I didn’t want to rot in a place like this for 7 years just because I was crazy.
Rumble-
As if it had appeared before I knew it, more undead poured out than before.
Let’s guess by eyeballs, it seemed to be about 1000 pitches.
“Don’t give me another chance. But this time I won’t let you.”
Songje walked up in the air and looked down at me from above.
“This time it won’t be the same as before. Everyone will run towards you at the same time.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
I was confident
Since I was able to use mana again, there was no reason to fail if it was a similar test.
“I will see if I can pass Jim’s test just because I can use Ki. Don’t expect it.”
Kudo deuk!
Instead of the sound of an exam, the surroundings froze again.
And unlike before, my whole body actually started to freeze.
-Goooooooooo!
Another thing that has changed is that the undead wearing golden armor will attack at the same time.
‘But…’
Songje probably doesn’t know.
To me, mana is a means to use a sword, but at the same time it can be used in other ways.
– Stop.
Through my mouth, linguistic magic showed lines from hell.
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[“I wasn’t wrong.”]
It was a will that made me feel like a smile.
Despite hearing that will, Vivian and Luna Agatha didn’t even react, just staring at the floor.
Awesome!
“ah!”
Agatha exclaimed in admiration as she saw the black aura emanating from Adrias’ sword as if he were dancing in a state of unconsciousness.
Even those already here knew that they couldn’t use mana here. That’s why I felt an unknown thrill in Adrias’ appearance when he pulled out his aura.
“As expected, Adrias.”
Vivian nodded happily.
Then he asked into the void.
“Can we use mana too?”
[“It depends on your will.”]
“Yes.”
Vivian nodded at the answer she heard and her eyes burned.
The sight of Adrias being able to use mana again was a great stimulus to her.
“I will train.”
[“But you won’t be able to understand how the speaker has awakened the qi.”] After
saying it as if anyone could do it, Vivian tilted her head at the words that suddenly sounded like she was hitting a candle.
However, Luna also said in despair with an expression that she could understand the words of the will.
“I can’t follow that.”
“what do you mean?”
“A friend’s concentration is not the concentration of a person. i can see How painful your friend fought against those undead.”
Eyes that can see the soul.
Luna confirmed in real time that Songjae was attacking Adrias with the tremendous cold wave he used.
I could even indirectly see how much pain he must have experienced because of that.
[“The test of hell is harder than you think. It’s more painful than you can guess by looking at it.”]
The will echoed and penetrated my heart.
[“The pain he suffers is the pain inflicted on the soul. Perhaps the one who is taking the test is also surprised by that.”]
“That’s why I can’t give up any more.”
Vivian sat cross-legged and closed her eyes.
“I don’t like doing nothing and just watching Adrias suffer.”
Then he closed his mouth and fell into meditation.
Looking at Vivian, Luna also clenched her cute fists and said,
“me too!”
Soon, Luna, who sat next to Vivian and closed her eyes, wiggled.
Agatha stared at the floor, scratching the cat ears that rose above her head.
It was much better for her to watch Adrias.
‘Taking everything on our behalf……’
A person who can’t understand.
But that made me even more curious.
Agatha forgot Sin’s orders and looked at Adrias like that.
[ Episode 299. Breakthrough ] End
