Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 143



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143. The Master of Ashes (2)

The masters of Hyeonseong and Jae looked at each other for a moment.

“Keeeeeek!!”

The battle began with the guy’s roar as a signal.

A strong wind blew as he spread his wings covered in ash.

Swish!

Ash and lava swept by the strong winds turned into waves, approaching to swallow him up.

Hyunseong, who was quietly looking at the scenery that looked like a natural disaster had occurred, swung Seol-ah around.

Chomp!

Bam!

Split the wave in two.

As the waves that had split apart around him collapsed, Hyunseong ran through the gap, kicking the ground.

The hot air passed through my bones.

“Eek!”

The owner of the ash roars as he watches himself getting closer in an instant.

This time, a whirlwind of ash erupted from the guy’s body.

Quagagagagagak!

The pyroclastic flow contained within the powerful tornado was spinning so fiercely that it seemed as if it would crush anything that approached it.

Hyunseong lowered his sword towards the giant tornado.

Shhh!

At first, a very faint wind arose.

A dark energy mixed in with the gentle breeze that you might not even know is blowing.

If I went near the tornado, I felt like I would be swept away.

but,

The faint wind gradually grew stronger as it got closer to the whirlwind.

Phew.

Shhh.

Kwaaaa!

From a breeze to a gale, from a gale to a hurricane.

Soon, a fierce whirlwind that seemed like it would blow everything away collided with the tornado.

Kwaaang!

Pavabavat!

The wind was blowing away with a sound like a bomb had exploded.

Pyroclastic flows within the tornado scattered around, turning the area into a wasteland.

If a stranger saw this, would they think it was a sight created by the wind hitting it?

Percussion!

As I stepped onto the ground again amidst the scattered debris, I quickly reached the owner of the ashes.

The guy seemed flustered, as if he had never been approached so easily and quickly before.

I tried to open the distance in a hurry, but

“You’re late!”

There was no way Hyunseong could miss the opportunity he had once caught.

I swung my sword straight at the guy’s wing.

Kak!

“?!”

I thought it would be easy to cut since it was just ash, but it was harder than I thought.

The rocks in the pyroclastic flow were rotating violently, blocking his attacks.

Hyunseong clenched his fists and held Seol-ah tightly.

Phew!

The wings of the owner of the ashes were cut off.

The wings of the guy who fell from his body turned to ash and flew around.

Hyunseong, who was about to launch an additional attack, felt something creepy and stopped attacking and instead launched a different attack.

Heavenly Demon Sword Technique

Wind explosion

Kwaaaaang!

It exploded like a burst of wind, blowing away all the ash that had been spreading around it.

As the ashes fly away,

Pah, pah, pah, pah!!!

A lightning bolt struck from some of the scattered ash and swept through the area.

If he hadn’t blown away the ash surrounding him, he would have been electrocuted by that lightning.

Seol-ah, who had been watching quietly, asked with a voice mixed with shock.

-How did you notice?

That attack just now had no warning.

Since he had no information about what kind of attacks the owner of the ash would make, he had no choice but to be helpless.

If you first see the owner of the house, you would think that anyone would be affected, but how did Hyunseong notice?

“Just by feeling?”

-… …

Seol-ah couldn’t help but be shocked by Hyun-seong’s subsequent words.

You just dodged that random attack with your senses.

They say that intuition is more important than common sense when fighting, but isn’t this going beyond that level?

‘There was a reason why Ma Cheon-gang said that…’

They say that in battle, no one can keep up with Hyeonseong.

It was to the point where I thought that perhaps his sixth sense was beyond human level.

“By the way, you’re still floating even though you lost your wings.”

Hyunseong was more surprised by the sight before his eyes than by the fact that he had avoided the attack.

A guy who floats in the air even though one of his wings is cut off.

It didn’t even seem like he lost his balance.

-A monster that size doesn’t fly by flapping its wings, but by using its magical power.

“…Then why do you flap your wings?”

-I don’t know, maybe it was a habit before it evolved like that… or maybe it’s a trick to avoid being noticed by the attack?

“You say it’s a trick?”

-You actually targeted the wings because you thought that if you cut them off, you would be hindered in your attacks or wouldn’t be able to fly properly, right?

“yes.”

-Then you fell for that trick.

“indeed.”

As I grew up quickly and was suppressing them with my skills, I realized that I still lack understanding of monsters.

Even for a person with a flexible mindset, it would not be easy to break away from the common sense learned in a world governed by the laws of physics.

‘I can study a lot of things.’

I felt my way of thinking broadening as I began to see things I had never seen before in humans.

I wonder if this will help me shed a layer of my own someday.

-So, how about the new evolution?

“Of course I am satisfied.”

Despite having a body that is extremely inefficient, consisting of only bones, it has already easily surpassed human limitations.

Even without the Purungi equipped, it was like this.

They said that the difference of 1 becomes more severe as the ability level increases, and that definitely hit home.

‘So that’s why they’re using up all their abilities.’

If you originally played in a party and only raised one or two abilities that fit your role, you should have felt this earlier, but as Hyunseong, who had no choice but to play solo, it was something he only felt now.

As I was thinking that, I heard the owner of the ashes crying.

“Keeeeeek!!”

Phage, phage, phage!!

The guy rapidly rotated the pyroclastic flow and wrapped lightning around his body.

Not only the attack but also the defense is strengthened.

Even approaching it didn’t seem easy.

Hyunseong stuck out his tongue as he looked at the sight.

“If you look at it this way, it is truly a disaster in itself.”

Each attack was threatening, not only was it difficult to approach, but even if you did approach, it was difficult to attack.

-While beating that guy up like it was nothing.

“No, it’s because I’m the one who’s holding on.”

Even if there are hundreds of them, it wouldn’t be difficult to deal with them at the level of a normal Awakened.

furthermore,

“I cut off the space because the wings didn’t fold properly earlier.”

Even that wasn’t easy.

It was fortunate that things worked out well, but if we were not careful, we might have ended up with nothing but volcanic ash falling without any damage.

-Anyone this size has some degree of tolerance for cutting through space.

“Spatial cutting isn’t even an attribute. What on earth is introspection?”

-It’s not like there’s no way to do it, either because the body is that strong, or because it can resist the space being carved out by magic. However, given this guy’s characteristics, the former is unlikely.

“So this guy fixed space with magic? Like Seoian?”

-No, not to that extent. I instinctively felt threatened and used my magical powers like magic. Although the efficiency is low.

“Oh my.”

It seemed that monsters of this size had some countermeasures against spatial severing.

However, he was only able to cut it off because his skills were a bit better.

“At this point, isn’t it really a loss to be born as a human in the world you live in?”

Some people have worked very hard to get to this point, but they have this level of ability just by being born.

Isn’t there a degree of unfairness?

-So in the world I was in, humans were not the absolute masters.

They just occupy the majority because they are numerous.

There were even rare rumors of a kingdom being destroyed after messing with a monster.

“That neighborhood really is tough to live in.”

-There were even humans who became monsters.

“… Is there such a guy?”

Some people evolve to become humans, while others evolve to become monsters.

Seol-ah also whined and whined at the reaction that seemed to show that she couldn’t understand.

-The world is so big that there are people like that. Maybe there are some in the labyrinth too?

“By the way, what kind of monster was the guy you were talking about?”

-You could call it a chimera by adding this and that, but… the basic base is said to be a dragon.

“… What did you say?”

-I’ve never seen it, so I don’t know for sure. From what I’ve heard, it seems to shoot beams from its mouth.

“No, but even so, that’s not why you became a dragon.”

-… … .

“That’s not true, is it?”

Even Seol-ah couldn’t give a definitive answer to that.

The world is wide and there are many crazy people in it.

While he was talking to Seol-ah like that, the owner of the house cried again.

“Keeeeeeeek!!”

Phage, phage, phage!!

Electricity shoots out from the guy’s body in all directions.

Inside the skull, glowing red eyes were quietly looking at the owner of the ashes.

‘It’s visible.’

A stream of pyroclastic flows swirling around the guy’s body.

It seemed as if it was spinning wildly and haphazardly, protecting its body and creating lightning, but Hyunseong’s eyes saw a pattern in the irregularity.

and,

‘Over there.’

The place where the fierce wind most secretly envelops.

That was the guy’s core.

Hyunseong grabbed Seol-ah and stepped on Jin-gak.

Boom!

Hyunseong’s body moves quickly along with the sound of shells being fired.

As the guy swung his one remaining wing, dozens of tornadoes with lightning rushed towards Hyunseong.

Chomp!

A Purungi that covers its body in response to magic.

Phagec!

Pervert!

Ta-da-da-dak!

Kicked everything out.

The attacks of the lord of the pouring ash were naturally sent back like a torrent that met a rock.

“Keeeeeek!”

Pubbubububu!!

A widespread dust storm that begins with volcanic ash being scattered everywhere.

He blew away all the ashes that came towards him and arrived in front of the owner of the ashes.

Instead of swinging the sword straight ahead, he pulled it back and pulled the blade toward his ribs.

The reason why he had not used stabbing when fighting monsters similar to the owner of the ash was simple.

‘Because I don’t know where the nuke is.’

That’s why I focused on fighting with a straight line rather than a narrow attack range.

But now that I knew the location, there was no need to insist on a line.

If we had focused everything on one point, we could have destroyed the core in one breath.

So I shouted at Seol-ah,

Kwaaaaang!!

A stab that penetrated space was fired towards the owner of the ash.

The cracks in the ground and the shockwaves created by stepping on the blast were a testament to its power.

A thunderbolt shot towards oneself, a whirlwind that aims to destroy everything with fierce momentum.

And the rocks in the volcanic debris mixed in there as well.

The stab that pierced through everything did not stop and continued to pierce the owner of the ashes.

Crackling…

Whioooo…

The lightning that had been flashing fiercely and the tornado that had been ravaging the surroundings began to gradually die down.

A stab that went straight through the ash master’s sturdy defense.

Kuung!

Soon the huge rock lost its strength and fell to the ground.

The ashes that had made up the guy’s body scattered around.

and,

[Level up.]

[Level up.]

A notification window popped up indicating that the battle was over.