The Hero Disciple Is Back - Chapter 83



82. The Master Survived

‘Don’t break it.’

Escenderos knew that what he was about to do was no different than destroying the toy he had been so eagerly waiting for.

Although he swung his sword with a little sincerity, it was no different from the scythe of the god of death, which could only make Jade fall into the fear of despair.

Common sense tells us that Jade had no choice but to die.

Escenderos knew that.

Going beyond limits is not enough to overcome this ordeal.

It literally requires a miracle to happen.

But miracles are miracles because they don’t happen often.

So with a very high probability

With a 90% chance

Jade is unable to defend her sword and dies

Even if you’re lucky, you’ll be in a state where you’ll be no different from a corpse, and even if you’re alive, you’ll be in a state where you can’t say you survived.

I know.

This is something I shouldn’t do, even for myself, and considering the great command from Heaven. It’s a line I shouldn’t cross. But I couldn’t help but do it. That’s what expectation is. To expect is to hope that something will be more than what you expected, and that’s what expectation is.

The thing that scares me the most when you have high expectations is that you will find out that the person you have high expectations for is not as great as you expected. Hoping that this will not happen, you will push them even harder. Hoping that they will definitely show you something that is beyond your expectations. You cannot help but have such a mindset, and that is the act of having high expectations.

Once you have expectations, rationality no longer exists.

‘Living up to my expectations. Jade! A strong person of a type I’ve never seen before who has warmed my heart after meeting him for a long time!’

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‘You have to put your all on the line.’

Jade knows too.

Break through the limits.

Transcend limits.

That alone won’t be enough to stop that attack.

We have to do more than that.

Literally

A miracle must happen.

You have to make a miracle to survive

If you don’t perform a miracle, you die.

When you consider that miracles are called miracles because they don’t happen, it would be safe to say that his death was a certain future, that his death was decided.

‘If I have to perform a miracle to survive… I have to do it.’

Just as it is natural to be a coward if you have to be to survive in war, it is also natural to perform a miracle if you have to perform a miracle to survive this moment.

If you do it, you live

If you don’t do it, you die.

That’s all there is to it.

so

The current me is just betting everything on creating a miracle.

Kuguuung!

At that moment, the black knight, who had assumed the posture of the upper class, began to strike down. The sticky and terrible magic gathered together and created a huge dark sword.

It was as if a life-or-death crisis had been expressed in a single painting… It was a spectacle of such extreme brutality.

In front of him, Jade… .

“Ran!!!!”

We started to mobilize all the means at our disposal.

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Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

A blade made of wind flies down and attacks him. The wind spirit, Lan, is using all her might to attack Escenderos, even if it is just a little bit, to break his concentration.

But Escenderos’ stance did not waver at all.

The power contained within it was strong enough to strike even the most powerful of demons, but it was not strong enough to strike the Four Heavenly Kings, Escenderos, who was wearing magic to show off his true colors.

But neither Jade nor Ran were surprised by that. It was an attack that was originally intended to break the opponent’s concentration even a little. It was a restraining attack that was carried out with the thought that if the opponent made a mistake because of it, it would be great, but if it didn’t work out, there was nothing they could do about it.

‘Is this all you’ve prepared?’

Escenderos also knew that this was a defensive attack, but he thought that if this was all he had prepared, he would be disappointed, so he started to swing down with his sword that was spewing out a huge amount of magic energy.

At that moment

Chae-Ang!

“… … ?!”

Escenderos felt certain that there was a sword blocking his own. But it was gone in an instant, with the wind.

Chae-a-a-aeng! Chae-aeng!

Once again, swords appeared one after another, temporarily blocking Escenderos’ sword, and then disappeared with the wind again.

It wasn’t a real sword. It was just something that appeared temporarily in the wind energy and disappeared in an instant because it couldn’t withstand the magic. However, it didn’t change the fact that it exerted a definite physical force and hindered the advance of the sword that Escenderos swung.

Escenderos could immediately tell who it was.

‘Nature’s mana, wind spirit… I see.’

Jade’s sword, which is swung with the mana of nature in place of Aura.

Escenderos, who should not kill Jade, had to control his strength at first, so he had to let Jade swing her sword freely while dodging and dodging again before striking her once. And at that time, Jade did not just swing her sword.

Every time, the mana of nature is left behind.

The natural mana that had been left behind was empowered by the wind spirit, and it was able to exert physical force for a split second. Although it was temporary, it really made it seem like a single sword had been swung in the same manner.

‘Similar to the theory of illusion magic, but… succeeded in transcending illusion and realizing reality using the power of nature’s mana and spirits?’

Escenderos, as befitting a Heavenly King who had reached the highest level recognized by the Demon King, succeeded in analyzing and understanding its essence in an instant. That is why he could not help but be truly happy.

“Hahahahahahahaha! That’s right! You really are special!”

It did not betray his expectations. It showed him a new experience, a new realm that he had not expected. That is why Escenderos could not help but feel joy.

“But that won’t stop it completely!”

Just as no matter how many flies gathered together, they would be scattered at the touch of a human hand, it was not something great enough to stop Escenderos’ sword, which showed even a little bit of sincerity.

At that moment Escenderos could see.

“Ewwh …

I could see Jade rushing towards me.

At that moment, Escenderos’ eyes lit up sharply. He had read the intention.

‘I read the flow of my magic and aimed for the place where my power was least concentrated.’

Escenderos smiled contentedly at the sight of him literally doing everything in his power to create a miracle.

In Eskenderos’ eyes, he saw the natural mana and spirit powers fused into Jade’s sword. Eskenderos could almost feel happiness at the thought that there was still one last trick prepared.

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but….

‘Unfortunately… the fun times are short.’

Kookung!

The giant sword made of Escenderos’ magic stopped dead in its tracks.

If it had come down a little more, it would have collided with Jade’s sword… but it stopped just before the collision.

It was when Jade frowned as if she didn’t understand.

Kwaaah!

Suddenly the world collapsed.

Then, Jade could see an enormous amount of magical power with pure white light filling the space in an instant.

This pure, fresh, yet warm energy was familiar to Jade. It was the power that had saved her when she almost died.

“ostrich?”

Leah sensed Jade’s danger and saved her by destroying the world created by Escenderos.

“An intruder has intruded.”

Escenderos’ body was gradually becoming covered in darkness and disappearing. Jade easily figured out that this was not due to Leah’s power, but rather a phenomenon that occurred as he returned to the demon world on his own.

“It wouldn’t have been bad to test your last trick, but… I might have just ruined it. I think this ending is better.”

“… … .”

Jade could clearly feel that Escenderos was talking about her like a toy. However, she did not complain. Escenderos was strong to that extent, and she knew very well that she was weak enough to be treated like that. If it were not for the Demon King’s orders, the gap was so large that it would not have been strange if he had died a hundred times.

“Don’t wait for the next one. Work harder. So that you can feel even deeper joy from me.”

“Next time… it will be different.”

Jade looked at Escenderos with a murderous look in her eyes and spoke. She was sincere. She knew that the gap between them was enormous, but… As a swordsman, it was natural to try to break through the wall in front of her no matter how strong it was. Jade considered Escenderos as the wall she had to break through.

No matter how solid the wall is… .

As a swordsman, if you decide to cut, you have to do it.

“Hahaha. I wasn’t expecting that….”

With those words, Escenderos completely disappeared from sight.

After confirming that he was gone… .

“dad!!!!!!!”

Listening to Leah’s voice… .

dump!

Jade’s body began to fall apart.

It was only natural that the body, which had repeatedly surpassed its limits, would discharge.

“ostrich….”

“Are you okay?! I’ll go a little faster…!”

“Keep it a secret from Sarah… .”

With those words, Jade completely lost consciousness.