Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 35



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The reason Jinseong could be confident was clear.

The Apostle Lotus was clearly able to read Jinseong’s own thoughts and memories to some extent.

But what he understood was only a part of what was related to the parallel world.

In Dungeon & Fighter Mobile, I only realized that Lotus herself was an apostle in another dimension and was fighting there after being transferred there by Hilda.

That’s all there is to it.

‘But the vision I saw a little while ago wasn’t that kind of concept.’

However, just before Lenny died, he saw the same visions that Jinseong himself had seen: ‘the quest that the user will undertake in the future’ and the NPCs that will accompany him on that quest.

It wasn’t something he had given in exchange for information with the Apostle Lotus, and it was also a memory that Jinseong himself hadn’t even been thinking about.

‘The ability to show welcome is something that Lotus can do, but… … it’s normal that it can’t show ‘any welcome’.’

Lotus’ specialty is to incapacitate humans by making them recall their most painful memories or the most terrifying scenes.

By inducing, inducing, and triggering all sorts of actions in such a hallucinatory state, didn’t he make the believers of the GBL cult kill each other, and further, completely dominate their minds and make them worship Lotus himself?

In that respect, the way Jinseong saw it, the ‘quests that female archer users will undertake in the future’ and the ‘NPCs that appear in those quests’ are clearly different in direction from the methods that Apostle Lotus has been using up to now!

‘The fact that there was still a welcome sign means that… … Lotus is contaminated. This current situation is also proof of that.’

Until he confirmed his current appearance based on the fact that he had shown such a welcome to himself.

The fact that Lotus, who should have been declared dead and had his body limp, was moving was in itself a sign of his ‘contaminated state’.

That is, the truth must be blocked.

To prevent the ‘tainted’ Lotus from harming the user, Ban, and Aganzo.

“Hahaha, do you think you’re on equal terms with me just because we made a deal once? Are humans really that stupid?”

Lotus smiled and sharpened its tentacles.

Jinseong had only one concern as he listened to Lotus’ confident voice.

I wonder if the NPCs, including the users, will wake up from their hallucination state because of that voice.

The strength that Lotus spoke of was not a concern for Jinseong.

“You’re kidding. I’ve already been completely robbed by the adventurers and Aganjo, and I don’t have much strength left. Do you think I don’t know?”

It may be true that it was powerful, but I already knew that I would never be able to exert that power at this point.

If the flow of the main scenario quest were to be as it is, Lotus’s body should have died at this point.

Using the last of his remaining strength, he succeeds in attempting psychic communication and fights with the user, Ban, Aganzo, and others while revealing his true form in the psychic world, but in any case, his body is already finished.

In other words, since Lotus was originally supposed to die, it means that now that she is barely surviving due to ‘contamination’, it is worth it for Jinseong himself!

“How arrogant of you, you bastard!”

“Who is that arrogant!”

However, aside from the calculation that it is worth doing, the problem is that the true spirit possessed by Plain: Arad does not have the strong advantage given to the user, that is, the ‘character adventurer’.

Shhhhhhhh!

Once again, one of the Lotus’ tentacles shot out powerfully.

Jinseong struck out the Lotus tentacle, which was as thick as his own body, and made a loud cracking sound.

“Ugh.”

Although it was an attack that made his arms tingle even though it was weakened, Jinseong was able to smile in satisfaction at the fact that he had perfectly blocked the ‘Apostle’s’ attacks twice.

And at that point, Lotus, who was proud of being the best among the apostles with telepathic abilities, showed her talent.

“……Is that so, you’re trying to protect the humans in front of you!? How dare you try to protect someone from someone who can wield thousands of weapons at once!?”

This means that Jinseong is not just attacking Lotus, but is fighting to protect the users, Aganzo, and Ban.

Jinseong quickly tried to pretend it wasn’t happening, but it was already too late.

“No? Why am I like that-…….uh…….”

“Do you think you can fool me with words, you foolish human?”

As one sharp tentacle flailed for a moment, other tentacles that had been lying limply on the floor began to rise stiffly.

It was a fact that could be known without having to check that the power concentrated in one tentacle was being divided into multiple tentacles.

“That’s a bit… fatal.”

And for Jinseong, in a sense, it was the worst attack pattern.

“Hahaha, I’ll show you the power that ruled the world, that even the apostles couldn’t touch!”

────, ────, ────!

Several tentacles rushed towards their respective targets.

“Fuck, -.”

Jinseong had no choice but to grit his teeth and move.

* * *

The hair of the user and the half-body, Agganjo, who were sitting there blankly, was fluttering.

At the same time, the sound of iron clashing with iron was constantly ringing out.

It meant that Jinseong had already blocked the tentacles shooting at the three people several times.

“How long do you think you can stop it! You can’t achieve what you want!”

“You say that even after seeing how well I’ve been holding it back so far?”

Jinseong shouted while simultaneously receiving Lotus’ words and tentacles, but his words themselves were not wrong.

The first weakness, of course, was the true skill structure.

‘Damn, I can’t even change the skill combo that’s already been set! Even though I’m over level 25 and have accumulated several combos-.’

That was what Jinseong regretted.

There are skills that activate while moving, and what Jinseong needs now is a combination of them.

In order to protect the three users, Aganjo, and Ban, who were standing a little distance away, they had to move and deal with the tentacles, and since the true attack power had not yet reached the appropriate level, they could only receive it if they had additional options such as 100% and 150% attack power using skills!

‘The problem is that there are skills that don’t have movement. You have to ‘absolutely’ use that skill before you can move on to the next combo that has movement. Who would have thought that we’d experience the chronic problem of Dark Knights in this way!’

There is a lotus tentacle rushing towards the class now.

Jinseong had just defended himself from the tentacles that had been shot at him by Aganjo.

In terms of location, Ban is on the far left, User is in the middle, and Aganzo is on the right.

You must block the tentacles that pass by the user and approach the farthest Ban from Aganzo, and then block the time difference tentacles that shoot back at the user.

In order to approach Ban as quickly as possible, you need to use a skill that activates an attack while moving a sufficient distance. The most suitable skill at this point is, of course, .

However, is the ‘second’ skill of the first combo set by Jinseong!

“-.”

In the end, in order to strike back at the tentacles shooting at Ban, Jinseong used the meaningless skill in front of Aganzo and cut through the air with his beam saber.

“-!”

Kaaaaang-!

I was barely able to move to the halfway point and block the tentacles!

“-.”

The next skill you set also has a small movement distance, so it can reach the distance from the van to the user.

The problem is the following. As soon as the user is blocked, another tentacle tries to pierce Aganzo’s nape.

“-!”

Fortunately, Jinseong has distributed skills that allow for movement, even if only slightly, in all combos.

Even though I barely managed to slash away the side of the tentacle with a deep stabbing technique that moved a little like , I didn’t have time to catch my breath.

The next skill was , which utilized colorless cube fragments, and this was a skill that was activated ‘perfectly in place’.

In the end, what Jinseong chose was ‘interrupting the skill combo’.

“!”

Activating another skill combo.

And of course, there is a penalty for it.

‘The cooldown doesn’t recover right away. It starts after a short delay in skill usage.’

It means that there is a loss in time.

Since the cooldown is recovered after the skill usage grace period has passed, there is bound to be a difference of ‘a few seconds’ compared to the cooldown being recovered immediately after using all skills.

“Hahahaha! This is hilarious! Get going! Move! I am an apostle who can control your body without having to control your mind!”

Jinseong’s mind was so complicated that he couldn’t even respond to Lotus’ confident provocation.

Which skills can be used after how many seconds of cooldown?

When does the cooldown start to recover, what ‘movements’ are included in the next combo, and how far can you move using those ‘movements’?

That wasn’t the only problem.

Even while doing all these calculations, the thing that was on Jinseong’s mind was time.

‘In a little while, the user will defeat the Lotus in the illusion. Then, you will wake up. User, Ban, Aganzo, everyone! If you do that, I will-.’

It’s the end.

How could a female archer user just sit still when she sees a Lotus that should have clearly died but is still moving with power, and a dark knight user who suddenly interrupts her scenario quest and starts dancing the ‘mask dance’?

They are so busy blocking it that they can’t get close to the Lotus body.

If you waste time like this, the user will discover a ‘contaminated quest’.

In a situation where I was literally stuck in a dilemma, repeating the same actions would not provide an answer.

‘… … I have to try it. Here.’

Jinseong had to make up his mind.

The only way to break this situation is to deal with the three incoming tentacles at virtually the same time, then attack Lotus straight away.

“Hoooooo……”

Jinseong stopped for a moment and caught his breath.

Lotus gave a triumphant shout.

“Have you finally given up on your helpless struggles? The blade will be locked here with you!”

“That can’t be. That won’t work either.”

Jinseong answered.

“It’s not for you to decide, powerless humans have no right to decide!”

The agitated Lotus’ tentacles surged forward even faster.

Jinseong could instinctively feel the movement of the tentacles cutting through the air.

A moment of conversation.

The change in attack pattern created by that brief moment of leeway.

A time-lapse attack that will first reach the Jinseong in front of Aganjo, second to the user in the middle, and lastly to Ban.

If you move diagonally, you will be able to deal with all the attacks at once.

‘But it’s impossible to cut off all three tentacles with a sword. If this is the last chance in terms of time-.’

However, it was judged that it was impossible to offset it all, but it was unavoidable.

Because I have to.

Jinseong swung his sword.

“.”

A cross-shaped sword energy shot out.

It was literally a space with nothing.

“Hahahaha! You can’t protect everything, so you’re saying you’re going to protect even one thing? That’s no different from giving up in the end-.”

Jinseong jumped in, interrupting Lotus’ words.

“!”

A technique that involves jumping forward and striking the ground with your weapon to create shock.

It was a skill that was nothing special.

The combo following is something that has been used many times since Sky Castle.

However, its usage was different from before.

What Jinseong was aiming for was the tentacle that was the furthest away, that is, the one shooting towards Ban.

So, which tentacle will be the closest and will reach the target first, Aganzo?

If you jump towards a tentacle shooting towards you, what will happen to the tentacle rushing towards the user in the middle?

“-Your defeat, you non-human-.”

Lotus was left speechless.

Kaang────, Kaang────!

Because there was a louder noise than his voice.

All of Lotus’ tentacles had to be withdrawn, flinching as they hit the ‘true body’.

Kaaaaaaaang… … !

Also, the last tentacle was being repelled by the sword that Jinseong was slamming down towards the ground.

“-How…what-?”

Lotus didn’t understand for a moment.

Clearly the first and second tentacles had touched his body.

But how could it ignore all those attacks and attack its last tentacle?

“This is exactly the same as .”

And Jinseong was smiling.

One of the uses of the skill that I had not yet confirmed due to fear.

There is a unique system in the game Dungeon & Fighter that completely nullifies the judgment when a certain skill is used and hits.

It is not a ‘super armor’ that can withstand being hit.

“Invincible. Don’t you know?”

It was the moment when he confirmed that the skill judgment that literally meant ‘temporary invincibility’, or what users call ‘temporary invincibility’, was also effective for Jinseong himself.

Jinseong immediately grabbed the sword handle with both hands.

“What did you say just now? If you have no power, what do you mean, the decision-making power?”

“Okay, wait a minute-.”

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the distance between the altar where Lotus was trapped and the real thing was now just around the corner.

“I’ll give it back to you, literally. And-.”

Jinseong spoke, not even giving him time to stretch out his tentacles again.

“-Lenny’s revenge, !”

───────────… … !!!!

A dark slash stronger than ever before tore through both Lotus’ tentacles and its main body.

The translucent clothes draped over Jinseong’s body fluttered.

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