Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 46
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Episode 46
Skill, Origin of the Forest.
A skill learned by Youngsoo from the Canderley Divine Tree.
Its function is to transform the caster’s somatic cells into plant seeds.
That is, it meant that one of one’s own cells could be transformed into a specific seed.
However, like other skills, the Forest Origin’s function becomes stronger as it is trained.
The pollen scattering that Youngsoo is now showcasing was also one of the enhanced functions.
Previously, conversion was only possible with ‘seeds’, but now it is also possible with pollen.
And Youngsoo used this vitality-filled function for dust explosion purposes.
Actually, it wasn’t strange considering Youngsoo’s class.
Because the people called Salsu are the kind of people who would ponder over how they could kill a person with tofu even if it was placed right in front of them.
Anyway, Youngsoo’s strategy was a great success.
Quagwagwagwa!!
Because the explosion was so powerful that it blew away an entire floor of this large building.
* * *
The moment the explosion occurred.
Youngsoo was hanging on the outside wall of the building to avoid the explosion.
Of course, the shock of the explosion was transmitted through the outer wall.
‘It worked really well.’
Yeongsu felt the trembling in his fingertips and intuitively knew that his strategy had worked.
The strategy Youngsoo used against Ma Hyeonwoo was simple.
Pretend to scatter pollen here and there, and when you think you’ve scattered enough, light a fire on the dust to cause a dust explosion.
The reason why Youngsoo chose this strategy was because of the difference in power.
‘It’s frustrating, but the amount of pure power that this guy Ma Hyun-woo has is overwhelmingly greater than mine.’
In other words, it meant that the amount of magic that Hyunwoo possessed was overwhelmingly greater than the amount of mana that Yeongsu possessed.
In this situation, even if he won, there was a high probability that Youngsoo would be seriously injured.
Ultimately, all that was needed to overcome this situation was to reduce the power gap.
In other words, it was a situation where Ma Hyeon-woo had to waste as much magic energy as possible.
So, the choice was a dust explosion.
If Hyunwoo were caught in an explosion of this size in a confined space, he had two options.
Just die, or draw out as much magic as you can to avoid the explosion.
‘It would be best if he just got caught in the explosion and died, but that’s not likely.’
widely-
Youngsoo went back into the building that had been swept by the explosion.
Everything visible, including the walls, ceiling, and floor, had turned black.
And in the distance, there was something writhing, covered in black ash.
It was Ma Hyeon-woo.
‘As expected, I survived.’
But things were much better than before.
Because the concentration of the magic energy he was emitting was much weaker than before.
It was because he had consumed a huge amount of magic energy to survive and prevent the explosion.
Well, at least this achieved the desired result… … .
‘What a pity.’
Still, I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed.
‘If I had enough mana, I could have just pressed the skill.’
Currently, Youngsoo’s body has become much stronger than before, but his mana capacity has not.
This is because the increase in mana capacity through KP absorption was not that high.
‘I guess I’ll have to figure out a way to increase my mana capacity.’
Of course, there was a way even then.
This is an external mana battery made by technician Kwak Gi-su.
If Youngsoo wears this, he can use top-level assassin skills that he cannot use now.
But the biggest problem with external mana batteries is their ‘size’.
It was obvious that there would be no point in Youngsoo equipping an item that was difficult to move because of its huge size.
Well, maybe if we make this battery extremely small… … .
“Crunch… … .”
But now was not the time to be thinking about such things.
“I’ll kill you… … .”
This was because Hyunwoo’s eyes were shining brightly as he looked at Yeongsu.
“You’re going to kill me? Well, it’s okay to dream big.”
“이 개새끼!!”
Hyunwoo ran forward, covered in black soot all over his body.
But I couldn’t even take two steps.
Because a sword flew in from somewhere and passed by near his neck.
Crunch!
“Ugh!”
The black sword that struck him flew back to Young-soo like a boomerang.
‘Twin Swords Tweenas’, twin swords that generate attractive and repulsive forces that only act on each other.
With tricky swordsmanship that could be used at both close and medium range, Yeongsu began to stab Hyunwoo.
Crunch!
Shukak!
wickedness!!
Hyunwoo felt like he was going crazy.
Because I had no choice but to get stabbed and cut whether I closed the distance or opened the distance.
Of course, Youngsoo had his own concerns as well.
‘Look at this kid, he got hit by an explosion once and then he turned all his remaining magic into defense?’
Thanks to this, no matter how hard you try, you can’t land a critical hit.
But it didn’t matter.
‘I caught a tougher one than you a while ago, you know.’
Chahak!
In that way, the tide began to turn in Youngsoo’s favor.
Hyunwoo also attacked, but none of them even touched Yeongsu’s hair.
Hyunwoo muttered to himself in despair.
‘Is this how I die…?’
Hyunwoo looked at Yeongsu.
A completely emotionless poker face.
An eerie blank expression that seemed to have nothing in mind other than killing the opponent.
That was the face of a murderer.
The face of the killer who just killed hundreds of people, the killer who will kill himself.
Hyunwoo felt scared.
The fear of inevitable death rising to the chin.
That’s why I wanted to live.
I’ve never wanted to live this badly in my life.
I wanted to live, no matter what the cost.
So, I made one last desperate attempt.
“Eww!”
Push tasting!
Magic was released in the form of thick fog.
At the same time, the magical shield surrounding the body was released.
Youngsoo realized that now was the right time.
‘Did you think you could avoid the knife just by covering your eyes?’
Shhh!
A blade that runs without hesitation.
That sharp thing cut into Hyunwoo’s flesh.
Very deeply, very definitely.
Crunch.
Youngsoo felt it.
Even though I couldn’t see it, I could feel it.
The blade cuts clearly between flesh and bone.
Part of Hyunwoo’s body fell to the floor.
A thud, a crashing sound.
But Youngsoo felt a sense of discomfort in that sound.
‘It’s not the sound of a head falling.’
However, by the time he sensed the discomfort, Hyunwoo had already disappeared without a trace.
“… Look at this kid.”
Youngsoo saw something that had fallen to the floor.
It was Hyunwoo’s severed right arm.
He offered his arm to Yeong-su who was about to cut his neck, and at that moment, he ran away with all his might.
“It’s not some little lizard… … .”
Still, it was true that he had great skills and bold judgment.
Even though he sacrificed one arm, he was able to successfully escape from someone as powerful as Yeong-su.
And the very idea of sacrificing one arm without hesitation was extremely bold.
Youngsoo realized once again that Ma Hyeonwoo was the cadet who had been called a ‘genius’.
‘Well, it’s a shame that you missed it, but it’ll take a long time to recover if you’re in that condition. It’s not like I just lost my right arm… … .’
Considering the damage he had done to the bastard, this was a sufficient result.
And on top of that… … .
‘There were also some unexpected, pretty good harvests.’
Youngsoo picked up Hyunwoo’s severed arm.
A hideous right arm dripping with black magic energy.
Youngsoo smiled faintly and put the organ into his inventory.
In Youngsoo’s head, a quick sketch of how to use this was being drawn.
* * *
An alley about 10km away from Hongryeon headquarters.
“Kuaaaak… … !”
Hyunwoo groaned and sat down on the floor.
Then, absentmindedly, he tried to grab his right arm with his left hand, but there was nothing there.
“Fuck… … !”
Hyunwoo leaned his back against the outer wall of the building.
As I sat still, I could clearly feel the sweat running down my cheeks.
He raised his remaining left arm and wiped the sweat away.
But it wasn’t sweat.
“blood…….”
Well, I was cut down to the point of almost dying.
It wasn’t strange that blood was dripping from his face…
“wait for a sec.”
But where does this blood come from?
– Thinking that, Hyunwoo touched his face.
The place where the blood was flowing was the left eye.
No, to be exact, from my left eye, which was cut by a sword and could no longer see.
“My eyes.”
Hyunwoo just found out now.
The fact that Youngsoo cut off his left eye.
“My eyes… … !”
I thought I could end it by sacrificing my right arm, but in the process, Youngsoo also cut off his eye.
“이 개새끼……!!”
I was angry.
And at the same time, an indescribable fear came over me.
Cheon Yeong-su.
Not a single one really reached him.
And there… … .
‘Why isn’t that guy affected by magic?’
Those touched by magic become mentally polluted.
Because of this, it is common to suffer from debuffs such as stiffening the body or blurred senses, but Yeongsu showed no signs of such.
Actually, it was a natural thing.
There was no way that the spirit who had subdued even the magic sword, which was a collection of concentrated magic, would be affected by mental contamination, which was a minor debuff of magic.
Anyway… … .
‘I can’t beat him.’
This sense of defeat became more and more vivid, and at some point I started not even feeling angry.
‘Then what should we do?’
It was obvious.
There is no choice but to live in hiding.
Considering the way Cheon Yeong-su looked during the battle, it was obvious that they would chase him and kill him the moment he showed up.
‘Don’t be greedy. It’s lucky we survived. Find a hiding place somehow, and live like a dead mouse… ‘
at that time.
“What the heck, this idiot?”
Hyunwoo ran into a group of thugs.
The number of thugs is five.
Those who looked at Hyunwoo had the eyes of a beast looking at a piece of meat.
“Hey, this kid, where did you get your right arm from?”
“What do you wonder, Inma?”
They each took out their weapons without hesitation.
I was thinking of killing Hyunwoo.
It was also a daily pastime, and if you could steal something like money while doing it, that was a good thing.
In fact, in today’s chaotic world, this attitude toward life cannot be said to be bad.
In places where civilization has collapsed, it is natural for beasts to thrive.
But their mistake was that they overlooked the fact that the positions of predator and prey can change at any time.
Just like now.
Crunch.
The head of the first thug who rushed in was crushed.
The unexpected counterattack made them panic.
“What the heck, what the heck!”
“Kill him!!”
Even though Hyunwoo was exhausted from being attacked by Yeongsu, he wasn’t at the level where he could be attacked by these guys.
Because it was easy to deal with a truckload of these guys.
Easy… … .
Hyunwoo started to leak magic energy.
Those who were touched by magic felt momentary dizziness and their legs stiffening.
Hyunwoo started killing those guys one by one.
Phew!
Phew!
Since the killing was done with the left arm, which was rarely used, the killing proceeded very slowly.
The things they had done to others in the past were coming back to haunt them with bloody interest.
“Hoo, hoo… … .”
Hyunwoo collapsed between the five freshly made corpses.
Hyunwoo’s face was smiling.
The evil that had been suppressed was stirring again in a corner of my heart.
“…Living in hiding doesn’t suit my personality.”
Cheon Yeong-su… … .
“I will become strong enough to kill you with my own hands.”
So please, just stay alive until then.
“Puhhhhh.”
A low, sinister laugh lingered through the alley for a while.
* * *
Meanwhile, Youngsoo, who had finished his work at Hongryeon headquarters, returned to the wild market.
I was thinking of going in, taking a break, and reorganizing my strategy.
‘I lost Ma Hyun-woo, but it wasn’t a big deal. I actually got some pretty good items.’
Ma Hyun-woo’s right arm, or to be precise, Mine’s body.
‘If you have this in your hand, you will have one more card to use in the war against the elves. You can devise a more efficient strategy than the original plan.’
As I approached the main gate of the wild castle with that thought in mind,
Youngsu witnessed a strange sight.
“…What are they doing?”
A group of people approaching the main gate, pulling a large vehicle.