Chapter 224. New level (1)
Kiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The fast charging option has been activated in earnest.
The three-pronged mana circle rotated.
fast. a little bit more. fast.
rotated
Stirred around.
A flow of mana was created.
It is as if the water that filled the bathtub rotates and is sucked into the hole below.
It began to gobble up all the mana around it.
No, I started chewing and swallowing.
Aaaah-!
The air around the area was turbulent.
Tiny specks of dust in the air dried up.
Micrometer-sized microbes clinging to dust were no exception.
Even the bacteria that leisurely waved their cilia.
A virus that was waiting for an opportunity to parasitize the bacteria.
The mana in the molecules that made up the body was taken away in an instant and became withered.
Of course, the much larger prey around Lloyd was no exception.
For example, the bone dragon’s skull was like that.
Kade deed deed!
The bone dragon’s skull surrounding Lloyd.
Among them, the ventricle he entered.
An ominous sound echoed throughout the room.
The bones shook.
The bone fragments were twisted.
It was because mana was taken away without hesitation.
Quadd! Deuk! Kwadeuk!
The inner wall of the ventricle was discolored.
Shaked.
It’s like an earthquake happened.
Or as if writhing in sudden ruin.
The entire space caught in the range of rapid charging was twisted and devastated.
Meanwhile, Lloyd was in a trance.
I didn’t feel any change around me.
just close your eyes
Like curled up in a cocoon.
Or it lurks quietly and
tries to destroy and devour everything around it.
So what about Bone Dragon?
as if it was nothing
I shook my head once.
– What is this?
Warlock Targa murmured in bewilderment.
Lloyd Frontera, who had entered the skull from earlier and kept bothering himself.
I sensed that he was up to something else on the inside.
It was a tremendous amount of mana absorption.
At first, it was just a little bit hot.
But that was it.
‘I don’t know what it’s doing, but it’s a great and vicious mana absorption.’
to be afraid of that?
The bone dragon’s skeleton had so much mana.
Not just a lot, but a lot of gross and ignorant.
That’s why Targa wasn’t too anxious about Lloyd’s rapid charging.
Lloyd’s attempt to absorb mana.
What if that’s the act of scooping up water with a gourd?
The total amount of mana possessed by the bone dragon could be said to be a lake the size of a large city.
‘In other words, what you’re trying to do right now can be said to be the same attempt as trying to scoop out lake water with a gourd.’
Of course you can spread them all out.
Instead, it will take a lot of time.
quite a few years.
It may take decades.
That’s what Lloyd was doing now.
From Targa’s point of view, it was just ridiculous.
‘Should I hit the head again?’
So, shall we hit him like before?
But Targa waited.
Anyway, it’s because it’s a plate where you get mana absorbed.
That’s why the skull is a little weaker than usual.
But if you hit yourself for no reason and accidentally get incontinence on your skull, you’ll only be hurting yourself a lot.
‘Shall I watch for a bit?’
decided to wait
‘Any mana absorption can’t last forever.’
It sounds natural.
No matter how effective the technique is, that is the case.
It was because there was a limit to the amount of mana the absorber could accept.
Targa, once a warlock, knew that all too well.
So eventually, this absorption will also end sooner or later.
let’s wait
That’s it.
Targa’s prediction was correct.
Soon, the limit time of rapid charging was approaching.
Ding dong.
[Asurahan Psych skill option ⑤: The activation time of rapid charging has ended.]
Kiyiyi….
The inside of the bone dragon’s skull.
A message appeared before Lloyd’s eyes as he sat there.
The rampaging mana circle calmed down.
The ferocious spinning momentum subsided.
Vicious and indiscriminate mana absorption has ended.
After absorbing mana, Lloyd slowly opened his eyes.
“Whoa.”
This special sensation that can only be felt right after using fast charge.
I looked up, feeling the sensation I had grown accustomed to.
As expected, I quickly read the message floating in front of my eyes.
[The level of the Mana Heart skill has increased.]
[Skill Name: Mana Heart]
[Level: Sword Expert Intermediate Lv 10]
[Physical ability improvement rate: 1200%]
[Owned skill-only options: ① Shock Offset ② Invincibility ③ Trance]
[Required RP for next level up: 1700]
[Your mana heart has achieved rapid growth in a short period of time by absorbing a large amount of Bone Dragon’s mana. In this series of processes, a small amount of dragon mana has settled in your mana heart. This special experience grants a new exclusive option to your Mana Heart skill.]
[Skill-only option ④: Half-human, half-dragon – By chance, a part of your Mana Heart has acquired the unique characteristics of Dragon Heart. As a result, all dragons you encounter will show you curiosity instead of hostility. Of course, it’s up to you to develop that curiosity into favor.]
‘Huh.’
After reading the message, Lloyd stuck out his tongue.
To think that his mana heart has grown again.
To say that at least part of it has the characteristics of a dragon heart.
Thanks to that, I was able to receive the dragon’s curiosity.
no more….
‘If you go up one level of Mana Heart skill, you’ll be an advanced sword expert, right?’
I was hot inside.
Worry soared.
If you do this wrongly, you suddenly rise to the rank of Sword Expert, and you will suffer from Sword Master Syndrome, which you have never had before.
It will suddenly become a severe insomnia patient.
But now that didn’t matter.
‘What about Bone Dragon?’
How did it go?
I’d be fine with the quick charge.
Because the skill option range is a whopping 7 meters radius.
I thought the inside of my skull must have been properly shaved off.
‘Then let’s get out of here.’
Lloyd got up quickly.
No matter how fast it was charged, it wouldn’t have been able to kill the bone dragon.
Instead, I heard the expectation that it would have given a rather large blow.
A huge headache?
Or sudden fainting?
Anyway, I thought I could get out of this gap.
‘Because I didn’t expect to catch the Bone Dragon anyway.’
The original purpose was to prolong the time.
So that Kkomingi can find Xaviel.
To get the seriously injured guy to a safe place.
Buying time for that was his goal.
‘This is enough.’
I don’t want any more.
I don’t want to fight any more with this monster.
So let’s go outside
Let’s run away without looking back.
Swearing, Lloyd tried to escape through the hole in the optic nerve bundle.
And then.
A devastating shock hit his entire body.
Aaaaaang-!
“…!”
A soda can being thrown into a concrete wall.
Is this the fate of the beetle trapped inside?
“Ouch!”
Kwajak flew to the wall opposite the ventricle.
bumped into no it got stuck
A feeling of dislocation of the bones throughout the body.
The illusion that the intestines are pouring out.
For an instant, my vision darkened.
where is up and down
where is left and right
There was no distinction whatsoever.
‘big…omg! what!’
Lloyd shook his head desperately.
I could barely continue my thoughts in the sight that was recovering too slowly.
‘Even though I was properly hit by the bone dragon’s rapid charging…Are you all right?’
I got goosebumps.
I wanted to deny that it wasn’t.
But I couldn’t.
Because it’s the same as before.
Bone Dragon hit his head.
He gets a huge shock from it.
Because nothing has changed since then.
therefore.
‘It was of no use. Rapid charging.’
It became dark before my eyes.
If the sight had been blackened by the shock a while ago.
Right now, it felt like my eyes were darkened by the overwhelming darkness.
But Lloyd gnashed his teeth the more he did.
It crawled.
‘Yes! I knew I was going to die!’
can’t die here
To buy time to save Xaviel like this.
You cannot die trying to do only good things for others.
It’s too unfair for that.
‘That means I haven’t even sucked honey yet.’
It was a life full of hardships all my life.
In South Korea, oppressed by poverty, he went to a gosiwon.
I had to live a low life and live without a look.
There was not much difference here either.
From the start, a pile of debt greeted him.
I really struggled to pay it back.
I had to pass the risk of dying countless times.
‘That’s how I managed to make it into a manor worth living in! Now all I have to do is suck that honey!’
But here, to die unexpectedly from the bone dragon.
It was so unfair that even if I died, I felt like I wouldn’t be able to die.
‘no. will live Live unconditionally! I am!’
holding a shovel in one hand
Nails on the other hand.
I wrote a barak barak and crawled.
It slipped out of the ventricles.
It passed through the bundle passage of the optic nerve like a caterpillar.
Finally, he pulled himself out of his eye socket as if sprawled out.
The cool night air filled my chest.
“done….”
Lloyd smiled brightly.
At that time, the bone dragon hit his head again.
Kwaaaang-!
“…!”
Lloyd opened his eyes.
such an overwhelming shock.
Oneself who was terribly blown away by the shock.
What if you were a beetle trapped in a soda can being thrown?
Now I had a vague idea that I was like a driver who had been in a car accident without wearing a seatbelt and was thrown out of the car.
in those distant thoughts.
Asrai flying in the night sky.
I stared blankly at the forest that swiped past 150 meters below.
Suddenly, a laugh came out.
‘too…Did you care?’
I heard belated regrets.
RP too.
CP too.
I wondered if I had lived cherishing it like Nolbu.
‘I’ll just use the RP. You should be a high-level sword expert.’
If so, wouldn’t I have been able to withstand the current shock just a little bit longer?
Wouldn’t he have suffered a helpless fall in a completely stretched state like now?
‘Or I should have used CP.’
I wanted to write an ending spoiler.
If it had been, I would have seen this absurd end in advance.
You must have predicted today, which would be your last day.
I could have prepared in advance.
‘Like an idiot. I cherished you so much.’
Every time you use an ending spoiler, the CP required for the next time increases enormously.
So, only use it when you feel really strong.
Otherwise, CP would not be enough when you really need it.
Let’s save and save again.
I felt like an idiot myself for the time I promised myself.
‘I didn’t know it would end like this.’
He moved his half-blurred eyes.
in a very strong headwind.
I saw the ground approaching with terrifying momentum.
The rocks are jagged.
if you fall over there
Whole body is porridge.
therefore.
that’s the seat
That is where I die.
In an instant, goosebumps grip the whole body.
Lloyd opened his eyes.
The end is approaching.
I tried to be resolute in front of him.
And just before hitting the ground.
Someone grabbed the belt.
rattle!
“Calm down, Lloyd Frontera!”
The king’s sister’s voice resounded in my ears.
Her tremendous strength felt with that cry.
Lloyd responded vehemently to the helping hand.
“…Wow!”
A gagging burst out.
Just like the momentum of the fall, the belt tightened my lower stomach.
It almost felt like my stomach was about to break.
“Coo gagging! Cool! Big!”
Even in the middle of losing my mind, it was extremely painful.
It hurt so much that I couldn’t pass out.
Thanks, I was able to look around a bit.
“Hurry up to get up!”
‘The king’s sister?’
At some point, King Alicia was carrying her on her back.
I was running like crazy through the great garden.
It jumped over bushes and waterways.
He swung his sword at the statue blocking his path.
It broke through completely and broke through as it was.
Furious gallop and somewhat disordered breathing.
The heat was transmitted intact through the king’s back.
He felt the same sense of urgency she must have felt.
In other words, she was running away with herself on her back.
Avoiding the Bone Dragon chasing after you.
A bloody laugh flowed out.
“jeon…under.”
I struggled to open my mouth.
“Why me…Are you going to save me?”
“What the heck!”
the king shouted harshly.
“I thought I would die if left alone, so I saved it! Shall we throw it away then and run away!”
“Please don’t do that.”
I answered with sincerity (?).
That the safety of His Highness is the most important thing.
That’s why you have to abandon me who has become a burden and run away.
I didn’t even say such a thing out of my mouth.
It was because I was afraid that if I said something that I didn’t mean to say, the king would react with something like, ‘Yes, it hurts, but you’re right.’
‘I don’t want to die.’
Lloyd lifted his head with difficulty.
While riding on the back of the galloping king.
I turned my gaze back.
The moon was not visible in the night sky.
Instead, all I could see was a huge figure covering this side as if it were covering the entire moon.
It was the Bone Dragon flying in pursuit of us.
“….”
king is slow
If this is the case, I think I will be caught soon.
“majesty.”
“why!”
“Run harder.”
“I already do!”
“I’m talking about receiving my mana as well.”
“…!”
The back of King Alicia, startled.
He put his hand on the king’s shoulder.
He squeezed out the remaining mana and passed it on to her.
Ding dong.
[You are currently in a state of exhaustion. Therefore, it is in a state of being subject to the dark Sim method option ③: power saving mode (改). Currently, the mana amplification rate is fixed at 25%, and the total amount of mana delivered to others is limited to 2.5%.]
Kii….
Only 2.5 percent.
Even that was good.
Because I have to add a little bit of strength.
That would give you at least some hope of survival.
“By now, both the king and the garrison should have finished preparing for a counterattack.”
“I know!”
“That way…Please run away to the garrison assembly point.”
“Because it is!”
He kind of encouraged the king.
The King’s sprint became more urgent.
But why is reality only cold at times like this?
Why the hell is that Bone Dragon flying without getting tired and catching up with us already?
Whoop-!
“…!”
Dust flew with a great roar.
I felt King Alicia suddenly stop running.
“…ah.”
A breath trying to make it rough.
In the meantime, I could hear her screaming.
Lloyd also raised his head.
I cast my gaze.
There, like the cliff of despair, there was a bone dragon blocking the front.
I met the eyes of the guy who was looking this way.
“ha ha ha….”
Laughter came out of nowhere.
It’s really over now.
I really did everything I could.
Even if I roll my head, there is no way.
Realizing that fact just made me laugh.
Feeling the king’s shoulders stiffen with fear as he gripped the sword tightly.
Looking at the gigantic silhouette of the bone dragon rushing towards us.
Lloyd had a gut feeling.
In the cold chilling goosebumps.
He forcibly raised his eyebrows.
And I thought.
I wish I could die like this
‘Haviel. You should be safe, man.’
Be sure to live with the time you earned like this.
Podong and Bell will be left behind, Hamang, Bibeongi and Kkomingi.
Please ask the good count couple and Julien too.
Instead, if only you eat well and live well.
Because I feel a little bit embarrassed.
During your life, you will have a stomach ache, bald hair, and athlete’s foot.
‘therefore….’
I raised my head.
The open mouth of the bone dragon.
It’s already rushing to the edge.
has been closed
to chew on this
Pillar-like fangs flashed.
A more brilliant sword spirit suddenly appeared.
It blocked the fangs.
…!
There was no sound.
There was no time to feel.
The moment you want something to shine.
Lloyd opened his eyes wide.
‘Javiel?’
at some point
The back of the silver-haired knight was in front of me.
like keeping this one.
as against the enemy.
Abruptly blocking the front.
He was standing looking back.
A longsword he cut aside.
When the trajectory drawn normally was dyed with thousands of brilliant auras.
Lloyd suddenly remembered.
Iron Blooded Knight.
What we saw in the story.
The stage that Xaviel had finally reached.
that’s right….
“Grand Master?”
The moment Lloyd murmured.
Bone Dragon’s entire body was cut into thousands of pieces.
