Chapter 142

Chapter 142

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It wasn’t because I utilized some especially powerful runes.

Some of the attribute runes I have take time to array magic, and in a fight like this against multiple enemies, something like [Explosive Sword Aura] isn’t suitable and would actually interfere with rear support.

I just utilized the sword technique runes [Wave Sword Technique] and [Water Sword Technique], as well as some other auxiliary physical enhancement runes.

Kuu, uhh...

But still, they were writhing in pain after just a few sword strikes.

I was momentarily surprised, but I didn’t miss this opportunity.

The Red Cyclops has extremely high strength and endurance, but is slow moving and weak to magic attacks.

Now that the tide had suddenly turned in my favor, I needed to press the attack even more.

‘Art of Weapon Exchange.’

I put away [Sword of Penitent] and took out [Claw Short Sword].

It was a crafted tool given to me by Choi Yoo-min a few days ago.

I wanted to use the short sword to change up my combat style.

A longsword is better when charging into a battlefield, but a short sword is better for close-quarters combat inside.

With my steadily growing [Plum Blossom Sword Technique] now at Level 5, and [Agile Agility] now up to Level 8, I could wage an effective battle amidst multiple monsters if I utilized both runes simultaneously.This chapter's initial release occurred on the n0vell--Bjjn site.

Kuu, uhh—!!

Kuuu—!!

“Kik...?!”

And as expected, it completely failed.

The Red Cyclops that were writhing in pain just a moment ago quickly regained their vigor and deflected my attacks.

The [Plum Blossom Sword Technique] I unfolded with the [Claw Short Sword] didn’t even leave a scratch on them.

Their original strong points – durability and defense.

They were showing me once again that rock-solid appearance.

‘Damn. What is this?’

The attacks that seemed overly effective earlier now had no effect at all.

Instead, the enraged monsters swung their huge clubs at me.

I quickly moved my body to dodge those attacks.

Kuu, uhh—!!

Kwaaang!!

With their tremendous strength, the ground sank in an instant wherever their clubs smashed down.

Huge craters were gouged into the earth from the Red Cyclops’ clubbing.

And from within those craters, an unidentifiable smoke seeped out, oxidizing the surroundings.

Seeing that, I immediately realized.

‘They’re not just dumb brutes with lots of strength.’

Like the [Corrosive Powder] I’ve experienced before, or the ‘corrosion’ curse I can utilize with my [Simple Curse] rune, the Red Cyclops’ clubs also contained some special power to corrode objects.

I didn’t know if this was simply an effect of the clubs themselves or the power of a rune the Red Cyclops possessed, but...

In any case, it seemed I shouldn’t take those attacks head-on.

“Park Jin-woo, be careful of the clubs!”

“I know!”

Fortunately, Park Jin-woo also noticed the anomaly and was avoiding direct contact between weapons.

With the experience he had accumulated by now, he had the ability to flexibly deal with variables like these.

Hwa-rook – Hwa-rulrul!

Kuu, uh...?

And then, the moment the Red Cyclops retrieved their clubs and tried to approach again.

Hot air enveloped the surroundings right on time.

The vicinity was covered in flames, and several fireballs filled with magical energy shot in and assaulted the Red Cyclops.

There were two.

Two Red Cyclops were hit directly by the fireballs and instantly incapacitated.

I looked back and saw Kang Juyeon holding a staff.

‘Nice, Juyeon.’

It was the rear support I had been waiting for.

Somehow, Yoon Ji-ah seemed to be providing fire support on Park Jin-woo’s side, while Kang Juyeon was helping me out.

Thanks to that, the battle dynamics became much more favorable.

I took out [Sword of Penitent] again with my weapon swap technique.

“Easy to say”

As I teased the grumbling Park Jin-woo, I jumped in and finished off the Red Cyclops.

We were already at 7 kills out of the starting 9.

Taking down the last 2 with our combined might was no trouble at all.

Kuu, kuuuh....

With all the Red Cyclops down, the battle smoothly ended.

Pushing back the flood of info windows that appeared before my eyes for the moment.

I first went to Akiba.

From how things looked, she also seemed to have finished [Magic Tracking] during the rather short time.

“Ms. Akiba.”

“Ah, Jae-hyun.”

“Did you find anything?”

Akiba slowly shook her head at my question.

“Nothing in the initial area. There were several mixed magical phenomena that briefly confused me, but at least I don’t see any magical convergence points that could cause dimensional distortions.”

“I see.”

It doesn’t look like there are any ‘unauthorized warp gates’ as I felt.

That’s what Akiba was saying.

It was regrettable, but I couldn’t expect to hit a home run on the first try.

The search was still in the initial stages.

“Then let’s just collect the magic stones and get moving.”

“Understood.”

And so, after briefly checking our equipment, we started gathering our things and moving forward again.

As we did so, Park Jin-woo came up beside me and nudged me with his elbow.

“Yo, yo.”

“What now?”

“Why don’t you just go out with Juyeon?”

“Huh?”

What’s this punk on about all of a sudden?

When I turned my head, Park Jin-woo shrugged and said.

“I mean, with just the two of you, you can handle everything anyway. Honestly, our current party composition isn’t very efficient.”

“What’s that supposed to....”

I was about to retort immediately, but paused for a moment.

Then I pondered it carefully.

The time we could stay in Japan wasn’t long.

3 days total, including today and the weekend.

It was unrealistic to investigate all 11 suspicious points in that time.

We could return to search next week, but we would have to coordinate with the <Judgement of Fire>, and who knows how the criminals might move in the meantime.

It was imperative we finish all the searches this weekend for there to be a possibility.

“....”

In this situation, dispersing the party to investigate wasn’t an option, but a near necessity.

Splitting into Team A and Team B from the start with 10 people was also to efficiently comb the dungeon interior.

And if it was possible in terms of manpower...

Further splitting the party was no problem.

As evidenced by the recent battle, Juyeon and I alone could handle the average monsters.

With [Sword of Penitent], I had nothing to fear against these monsters.

I looked at Park Jin-woo with newfound eyes.

“What are you?”

“What do you mean?”

“Are you really Park Jin-woo?”

“Oh... what nonsense is this again.”

It was advice unbecoming of Park Jin-woo that I hadn’t heard in a really long time.

Tl/n: Happy year guys.. sorry about the late post, been a little busy. Also, I have some sad news, suppport for this novel and the site in general has basically died down, so ill mostly be reducing the chs per week starting next week and that is untill the chapters have reached a certain point... To which if it reaches that point. Ill be droping this novel.



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