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#118. Flowers blooming in the mud (7)
Taang─!
Beherat threw a projectile at the boy, and the explosive force kicked him out of the ground.
The image of the boy standing still rapidly approached.
‘Show me.’
The emotion that Beherat was feeling at the moment was a sense of triumph.
An instinctive realization that one’s opponent belongs to the same class of predators as oneself.
The question of whether the boy really killed Malik and Stoney.
‘Show me your skills.’
It was enough to make any man’s blood boil.
The boy who had not even moved a muscle swung his hand, which was surrounded by strengthening magic, with all his might, at the right time.
Taaaaak───!
Brooke, who had been hit on the right cheek, disappeared from sight at a terrifying speed, and soon a crash was heard from somewhere.
KWAAANG──!
In the meantime.
“Try to stop it.”
A man wielding a sword in both hands was standing right in front of me.
The boy is reflected in the man’s pupil.
The boy’s right hand holding a stone sword.
Two legs that were clearly well trained.
Each body part moves at a speed reminiscent of a skilled fighter.
Chaeaeaaeng───!
The two people’s positions are reversed with an ear-piercing noise.
The distance is widening.
widely.
Beherat straightened his posture.
I looked back, feeling a slight tremble in my hand holding the handle of the sword.
The boy’s posture did not break either.
However, the stone blade was completely broken, leaving only the original blade exposed.
It was because of the explosion magic that Beherat activated by injecting red mana into the sword.
‘Not bad.’
One day.
Although it was a short clash, I was able to gauge their skills to some extent.
Clearly, he has considerable skill for his age.
But it’s hard to believe that Malik and Stoney were killed at the same time.
Kkuddeuk─!
The stone fragments reconstruct the boy’s weapon.
“Ugh! Hey, wait a minute!”
Tub.
The boy grabbed the leg of the projectile next to him and threw it with one hand towards the man.
Actions performed so quickly that it is difficult to follow with the eyes.
The man also swung his hand, which was surrounded by strengthening magic, with all his might, at the right time.
Taaaaak───!
Brooke, who had been hit on the left cheek, disappeared from sight, and a crash was heard from somewhere.
The man kicked his seat toward the boy who was rushing toward him.
Chae-Ang───!
Lee Hap.
The location has changed again.
What Beherat felt this time was a strong sense of discomfort.
‘This is….’
The boy’s mood changed.
So much so that you could even see them as completely different people.
Moreover, the boy used this habit to change the direction of the path in an instant.
Unless it is your own mistake.
in result.
Gulp.
“… … .”
Beherat touched his neck.
Blood was dripping from the thin thread.
You figured out my habits?
Just one piece?
‘It’s impossible.’
This is ridiculous.
But the senses of the body do not lie, and they clearly screamed at the boy that they had read his movements.
Taang─!
Feeling uncomfortable, Beherat kicked his seat again and rushed at the boy.
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Chae-Ang─!
widely.
After creating some distance.
I realized it clearly.
‘You killed him.’
Beherat turned around and watched the boy, further widening the distance between them.
‘Were you assessing my skills?’
The vibration left on the hilt by the sword strike was incomparably stronger than the first time.
Also, the boy’s weapon was not destroyed this time.
That was only natural.
Because the explosion magic didn’t activate.
To be exact, it has been triggered.
However, the corresponding phenomenon did not appear.
Since the mana in the body was clearly consumed, it was an undeniable fact that the magic had already been activated.
‘How could this happen?’
The boy dispelled the magic.
I couldn’t figure out the principle or the method.
I had heard reports about it, but I couldn’t believe it until I saw it with my own eyes.
The results confirmed before my eyes.
‘It’s dangerous.’
A red flag that makes your instincts ring.
The greatest sense of threat I’ve ever felt.
Beherat immediately took out a number of red bloodstones and poured them into his mouth.
WHAT!
Feeling the large amount of mana boiling up throughout his body, he took a stance to respond to the boy’s next move.
“… … .”
Ray stared blankly at the man, then shifted his gaze.
“Ugh… Ugh… .”
Brooke is hunched over near the wall, unable to move, with her face swollen shut.
If everything had gone as planned, we should have been getting a confession out of his mouth by now.
After killing the enemies on the rooftop with a magic circle, come down.
But there was a problem.
“T, this can’t be happening…! I, I think I made a mistake when I drew the magic circle…!”
The magic circle did not activate.
Veronica said it was most likely her fault, but she didn’t think so.
‘Because there’s no way I could make a mistake.’
I trusted Veronica’s skills.
Also, the magic circle was completed and he double-checked it himself.
“Calm down, Veronica. There was nothing wrong with the design of the magic circle.”
After calming Veronica down, we looked at the magic circle together to find clues.
“Something is blocking the movement of the elements! That’s why the elements bound to the magic circle can’t manifest!”
An unknown force acting from beneath the rooftop floor was blocking the movement of the key elements that formed the magic circle.
It was like a giant magnet, pulling the elements in and preventing them from moving.
I didn’t know exactly what that power was.
‘…Veronica is probably trying to figure it out now.’
A huge barrier that surrounds the entire rooftop.
Enduring the pouring enemy magic.
Because we were exhausted, we had no room to deploy new defenses or adjust the range of existing ones.
That’s why Ray came down.
When you enter the rooftop via the stairs, you will immediately enter the guardhouse.
Because if that man with the long sword comes up, the safety of Veronica and everyone else will be in danger.
‘It’s hard to remove it right away.’
The man had two rings.
Exactly the same level as the other two guys I fought on the bridge.
However, after just a few hits, I could feel that he was a much more skilled opponent in close combat.
Also, currently, a large amount of red gems have been consumed.
If we give it our all, things will be different, but the problem is.
‘I can’t use up all my mana here.’
The point was that there was a limit to the amount of mana one could use.
Suddenly a voice rang in my head.
“No matter how perfect your posture is, there are times when you fall. There are times when the world tries its best to torment you. When you fall, you realize that there is a rock in front of your feet.”
It was Lilac’s voice.
Whenever he was feeling frustrated, he would come to Guldari and say things he didn’t understand.
Sitting on the bridge.
Tilting the bottle of alcohol in his hand.
He would answer by saying that he was working under the bridge or on the street.
“You didn’t trip on a rock you hadn’t seen before you jumped, did you?”
“No. Something that wasn’t there suddenly appears. The world, that thing, just shoved it in front of my feet while I was concentrating on running.”
What on earth does that mean?
Why and how does the world always put rocks in front of our feet?
Metaphors were the most difficult form of speech for boys to understand, next only to jokes.
“Niles sometimes makes things too difficult for me.”
“You don’t understand because you’re still young.”
“I think sixteen is old enough.”
“Still young. Yes, still young.”
“… … .”
I didn’t know it then, but for some reason I feel like I know now.
Perhaps lilac was referring to a time when a perfectly laid plan is ruined by unavoidable circumstances.
‘A rock that suddenly appeared in front of my running feet.’
It must be an unknown force acting on the magic circle.
Clearly, this is a phenomenon that did not appear when the magic circle was designed.
But he had no intention of tripping over the stone.
Life in the back alleys was a series of extreme and unexpected situations.
I was used to it.
Sudden variables.
I have always made the best decisions I could at that moment and guided the situation in a beneficial direction.
Even now, it will be like that.
‘I wish I could just take that upstairs.’
Ray looked at Brooke and thought.
When he looked down from the rooftop, he was in a state where his bowl was touched and his emotions were unstable.
Anger, greed, inferiority complex.
Among them, the inferiority complex was artificially instilled to the maximum possible level.
But now.
Brooke didn’t show any behavior that indicated any inferiority complex toward Niles.
‘I think I need to make it bigger.’
Ray immediately opened his mouth.
“Brooke.”
Brooke’s body trembled.
Beherat also watched the boy.
“You are nothing more than the dirt and calluses on Niles’ toenails.”
Provocations were familiar in street fighting.
Thanks to this, the boy’s choice of words was overwhelmingly superior to other areas in which he was less proficient, but the target of the insult did not show the expected reaction.
“Uh… Uh uh…”
Is it because I am so afraid of the situation?
He just had a stupid face and made stupid sounds.
Beherat, who did not know the boy’s intentions, also showed some confusion.
“What now….”
At the same time that Beherat opened his mouth.
[Layah! The defense is about to break! It won’t last long!]
Veronica’s voice came into Ray’s receiver.
I paused for a moment.
[And the force that restricts the movement of the elements is weakening! At this rate, it will disappear completely in 5 minutes! I can activate the magic circle!]
The action to be taken has been decided.
fault!
Ray flew straight towards Brook.
I reached out to grab the nape of its neck, but Beherat, who was closer, moved faster.
Beherat shouted, placing Brook on his side and putting some distance between himself and the boy.
“As expected! You’re trying to capture him alive instead of killing him!”
“Ku, kuuk! Su, breath! Breathe! Strengthen your arms…! Kkuuk!”
“There must be some information that needs to be extracted from this guy’s mouth!”
“Ugh, ugh! Ugh!”
Ray was silent for a moment.
I don’t know the information, but there were some statements I wish had been made public.
‘I have to take you to Colin.’
A person who knows Brooke well.
So, this might be a much better way to stimulate his inferiority complex.
He raised his finger and pointed at Brooke.
“Do you need that?”
“I guess what I said was right. I see you can’t refute me.”
I don’t know exactly why, but it seemed like he had no intention of handing Brook over to the other party.
If you go up, they will chase you.
With that thing in your hand.
After thinking and judging, Ray immediately flew away.
fault!
“… … !”
The direction is up the stairs.
Beherat muttered, relaxing.
“…I didn’t know things would be resolved this easily.”
What He wanted was the boy’s complete despair.
For him, the boy needed to struggle without giving up hope until the last moment.
The final stage to decorate the show.
On the rooftop where the magic circle is drawn.
‘I was wondering how to get it to point up again, and it’s perfect that it moves on its own.’
As expected.
Any variable that appears and disrupts the flow within the board he designed.
Things were bound to eventually find their way back to the destination they were meant to reach.
As if it were a predetermined fate that humans cannot go against.
‘He is someone whose natural luck and talents are different from those of ordinary people like me.’
Isn’t that why you pledged obedience to Him and decided to follow Him for the rest of your life?
…but.
What on earth is causing this anxiety that is rising in my chest right now?
“… … .”
The fear that was stuck near my heart like a thornbush was poking me in all directions and making my nerves tense.
It was a warning from instinct.
If you don’t kill the boy right now, something bad will happen.
It was a feeling that only those who had experienced the boy firsthand could feel.
‘Report to him… .’
Beherat was startled by his own thoughts.
…what do you plan to say and how do you plan to say it?
Should we ignore the original plan and focus all our energy on killing the boy right now?
It’s irreverent.
What a truly blasphemous thought.
Did he dare to think that his designs could be distorted?
Thud.
He clenched his teeth so hard that blood leaked out between his lips.
“… Yes, I will chase after you right away.”
Beherat, who received the radio message, immediately jumped up the stairs.
“S, S, Um…! Kkeueuk…!”
With Brook mounted on his side.
Gunshots and screams.
Soon all sorts of noises began to fill the space where they had disappeared.
And after a while.
“Get up! Ignore these kids and just get up!”
“There will be enemies upstairs too! We have far more enemies, so push on!”
Angry footsteps echoed along Beherat’s path.