Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 144



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144

Kwaaaa …

An explosion occurred on the 96th floor of the Tower of Despair.

It was an overwhelming shock wave that made even the old dust that had accumulated on the window frame for thousands of years fly away.

At least one thing was certain.

The point is that Jinseong did not move with the shallow intention of eliciting a reaction from Soldoros.

A sincere determination to the extent that it can’t be helped if you literally inflict fatal damage on Soldoros or even if he dies.

In order to execute that determination, I used and , and rushed in literally faster than ‘the blink of an eye’…

[Click, click, is this another object with an ego?]

The only thing blocking Jinseong’s path was Ego Sword Claris.

Soldoros moved only by turning his head about 15 degrees from the teacup to look at Jinseong.

Jinseong’s brow furrowed as he looked at Soldoros, who had a look of displeasure in his eyes.

“, , !”

The true body moved again.

Whether it was Ego Sword Claris or something else, all I could think about was blowing away the obstacles in front of me and giving Soldoros a full-out attack.

The chainsaw blade was spinning more fiercely than ever before, but it was only able to scrape away the blackness that had formed on the surface of the Ego Sword, and it was difficult to even make direct contact with the blade.

Clarice, floating in the air, moved on her own and easily blocked Jinseong’s attack, then immediately launched a attack.

Shwaaaaaaaah-! The size of the sword energy shooting out while cutting through the air.

Even the attack of the Ego Sword, which attacked alone without a user, was enough to arouse fear, but the truth was different.

“Vicky! Even if you say Ego Sword, it’s no different from a black ball-. -”

Because there was a ‘ego defense equipment’ called Black Orb that was more terrifying than the Ego Sword Claris.

Rather, as soon as Clarice’s ‘s sword energy was canceled out by the ‘invincible’ with a leap, Jinseong continued the combo without stopping.

“, , -.”

Clarisse easily parried the attack that was filled with dark energy.

Strictly speaking, Jinseong stretched out his left arm towards the Ego Sword, which had not even been hit once.

“-!”

A skill that pulls enemies in front towards you.

The skill affects everything within the range, even if there is a target that is hit first.

Kikkik, kikkikik… … .

“hmm.”

That is to say, the chair Soldoros was sitting on was bound to make a noise as it dragged on the floor and lurched slightly towards Jinseong.

‘Even so, it is a great strength that he was able to support the chair without disturbing his sitting posture at all-.’

Make Soldoros move somehow.

It makes it impossible to ignore the true self.

“!!”

If that’s the case, we need to get rid of Clarisse first.

Jinseong let out a breath as he watched Claris rushing towards him at incredible speed with the tip of her sword aimed at his heart.

“Get out of my way! Play with black swords! !”

Then, in a flash, Jinseong summoned the energy of a sword that he could pull out from the air.

Clarisse stabbed Jinseong in the chest as if it was going to pierce through, but also has a skill that includes a brief period of invincibility.

Tear tear tear tear… … .

“?!”

Before the sound that could not be considered as a price for a human could even end, the true formless swords of the were summoned and started shooting towards Clarisse.

Jinseong attacked Clarisse with the invisible swords.

WHIST, WHIST, WHIST, WHIST, WHIST-!

“, , , -.”

It was a basic combo that mixed in a lot of low-level skills that were short and continuous.

It may not be threatening, but if combined with the small, intangible swords fired from , it would be enough to temporarily distract Clarisse.

That moment.

That much of a gap.

Perhaps that’s the maximum gap you can get from Clarice!

There was another reason why Jinseong had to use a small basic combo four times in a row.

The fifth skill, which inflicts maximum damage.

“Take a bite and think again, swindler! !”

Puhwaaaa …

The most powerful skill that Jinseong could use at the moment was poured down on ‘Soldoros’ in the fifth position of the combo, with the greatest damage increase effect.

Soldoros raised his head.

As soon as he saw the dark swords pouring down towards his head in enormous quantities and at incredible speed, he moved.

However, all he did was sit down, grab a stick that was placed next to the chair, and swing it around.

It was a shame for Jinseong.

… … … … … .

The dark sword that was pouring down as if it would crush Soldoros had already disappeared without a trace.

“Oh, ten.”

I wasn’t counting numbers.

Jinseong’s face was so crumpled that he couldn’t even form words to express his swearing.

Soldoros said.

“That’s interesting.”

Can we consider that a blessing?

Could it be said that this elicited a reaction from Soldoros?

I couldn’t think so complacently.

“Is that the power of the apostle attached to that body?”

The fact that the Suju Hangmadan’s Shinjangdo was not even completely analyzed.

Something that Nemer, whom we met in , did not specifically mention.

Even Azalea Lott, the leader of the Grim Seekers, didn’t notice anything.

Because the legendary Weaponmaster figured it out by taking a single sword strike.

“I’ll get rid of it.”

Soldoros decided.

He stood up from his seat.

* * *

Jinseong also remembers well the Soldoros on the 96th floor of the Tower of Despair.

In the past, when there were guides for the blonde Tyler on the 6th floor in the form of text, screenshots, and videos, there were bound to be guides for APCs that were more powerful than her.

‘I even wrote and spread the 96th floor Soldoros pattern destruction… … .’

What weapon he uses, how much HP he has left, and how he attacks.

Jinseong has shared a very detailed guide on the internet about which skills to use, at what speed, and with what intervals.

Thanks to that strategy, it gained some popularity within the Dungeon & Fighter game community at the time.

The Weapon Master’s skills, such as , , and , are used without any pre-emptive delay, and and are used virtually infinitely. In addition, he unleashes that is difficult to dodge, and sometimes even shows a pattern of randomly summoning things like ‘Illusion of Soldoros’ with Berserker’s skill .

I know all about it.

‘You can do it. You should be able to do it… … That’s normal.’

Still, Jinseong felt like he was going to let go of the handle of .

Sweat dripping down from my hands.

His declaration that he would eliminate the aura of the Black Ball was not just words, but had the weight of an imperative.

Soldoros took a step forward.

Jinseong had to take a step back without realizing it.

“Hey, that’s-.”

It felt like the momentum that had been burning like a fire a moment ago had been suppressed in an instant.

Just looking into Soldoros’ eyes made Jinseong swallow dry saliva and continue speaking.

“-If I can control it… I’m sure you know that it doesn’t matter whether it’s the power of an Apostle or whatever. And let’s be clear. This is just the energy of an Apostle, not an Apostle. That is the clear proof that I have control over it.”

[Kuk, that’s right, Jinseong. If it were the real ‘me’, I would have made a person like that melt in an instant… … and made them afraid… … .]

Jinseong was surprised.

Because the voice of the black goblin in his head had a resonance he had never heard before.

‘Are you shaking? Black Goo?’

Is the other self of Apostle Diregie, who was not bothered even in front of the Cold Dragon Skasa and showed confidence in front of everyone, afraid?

Perhaps it was only natural.

‘Is it because you feel suffocated? Or is it because you fear extinction…? … After all, the only person that Heukgu can trust and rely on is me.’

As Jinseong said, if it were an actual Diregie, then it would be understandable, but from the perspective of Black Goo, who cannot exert any physical influence other than lending Jinseong some power, Soldoros could literally feel like a god of death.

“Control.”

Soldoros muttered only that one word.

Jinseong looked at Soldoros’ face.

Until just a moment ago, his eyes had seemed just fearful.

‘I’m still scared. But… … .’

Another emotion besides fear rose up in Jinseong’s chest.

Soldoros took another step closer.

This time, Jinseong did not back down.

A power whose identity is completely unknown. And control.

Jinseong came up with a counterargument that could be made by directly substituting two words.

“Isn’t that the case with Ego Sword Claris? Even though Claris could end up like the ‘Demon Sword Apophis’ if you make one wrong move, Lord Soldoros uses it-.”

Shhhhhhhhhh!

“-Whoa?!”

Similar to the Ego Sword Claris used by Soldoros, but compared to another, notorious magic sword, Apophis, from the past Scream Cave dungeon.

“Clarisse.”

As if she was angry about that, Clarisse flew in to cut off Jinseong’s neck in an instant, but Soldoros stopped her by calling her name.

Clarisse swung left and right, aiming at Jinseong’s face as if in anger, but that was all.

Ego Sword soon returned to Soldoros’ side.

“hmm.”

Soldoros looked at Clarice like that and nodded.

Does this mean that you acknowledge that the power of the apostles can be controlled, that they control it?

But there was no time to feel relieved about that.

“However… I cannot forgive you for deceiving Azalea.”

Soldoros said.

It was a remark that left Jinseong speechless.

“……Huh? Uh, you’re fooling me? Me? Lady Azalea?”

“Aren’t you the adventurer of prophecy she saw? Another one who is not even a forged blade, who deceived her… and then you call me a fraud?”

Soldoros held out his hand.

The handle of the Ego Sword Claris, which had been floating in the air, slipped into his hand.

Jinseong did not fully understand what Soldoros was saying.

However, it was something that could be roughly interpreted just by guessing.

‘In Azalea’s letter… … there was something like that? I thought it would just say something like, ‘Please test me’ or something like that… … but you told Soldoros that I was another candidate for the Forged Blade?!’

All I said was that in order to protect Apostle Anton, the sharpened blade must not reach him.

Jinseong himself never said that he was a forged blade, nor did he ever hint at such a nuance!

‘Lady Azalea! Why did you write something like that in your letter!’

All you had to do was just tell me to try it!

Only after thinking that far could I understand the truth.

Why has Soldoros ignored Jinseong himself until now?

Jinseong himself is not a forged blade. He is not even a candidate to become a forged blade.

Doesn’t that mean that Arad’s best inspector, who saw through it with a single glance, eventually realized that Jinseong was a bastard who wasn’t worth dealing with because of Azalea’s letter?

What’s more frustrating than anything else is that I don’t have the time or vocabulary to explain everything in detail.

Because Jinseong knows very well what it means that Soldoros himself holds Clarisse.

‘With all your heart and soul… …you’re trying to kill me.’

Soldoros slowly began to raise his arms and take a stance ready to attack.

Even though it was a very slow movement, it gave off a pressure that made Jinseong unable to move.

Whether it’s ‘invincible’ or ‘invincible period’, it only buys a few seconds of time.

Once he starts attacking, Jinseong himself will not be able to survive.

“Reflect on your thoughts. In the afterlife-.”

Soldoros will rush in as soon as the words are finished.

“T-True, you’re a scammer!”

So Jinseong had to take advantage of that gap.

“-Uh, um?”

The shout that interrupted his moment of breath made Soldoros flinch and panic.

[Keep kek kek… … Is this a new method of suicide, Jinseong.]

During the short silence, the only thing heard was Heukgu’s voice.