The Hero Disciple Is Back - Chapter 99



98. When predictions come true too perfectly, it’s laughable

What lies before our eyes is despair.

It’s literally a wall of despair

A wall so huge and so huge that there is nothing one can do but despair.

There is only despair ahead.

Even though I am stepping forward with burning courage, the absolute truth remains unchanged. That is what my instincts, my blood, and my soul cry out.

What lies ahead is nothing but despair.

But still, he grits his teeth and swings his sword.

Chaeaeaaeng!!!

Even though swords simply clashed with swords,

I feel like my soul is being crushed.

As the soul screams, it uses the tool called instinct to sound the alarm.

There is nothing but despair ahead.

Run away

or not

You’d better get on your knees and beg.

Scream like that.

‘Ignore it. Look ahead. Concentrate.’

But ignore that.

Instinct, the soul warns,

I ignore it lightly. I just look forward and take one more step towards that wall of despair, approach it, get closer.

Chaeaeaeaaeng!

【You’ve definitely gotten stronger than you were back then! But… . You should know that! You’ve definitely gotten stronger, but that’s not enough!】

Chae-ae-ae-aeng! Chae-ae-aeng!

“Ugh!”

Every time I divide the sword, my body… my soul cries out in pain.

Even though he was borrowing the power of the White Dragon Rhea, his body was still a human body, and it was only natural that it had limitations. His body screamed and urged him to give up.

But I grit my teeth

Chae-ae-aeng!

Swing a sword.

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amazing.

The tyrant could not help but think so.

A swordsman communicates with his sword

That’s why I feel it.

Just like the countless swordsmen who stood with their swords in front of the tyrant,

Jade also feels despair in front of the wall that is herself.

Like everyone else

As everyone has done

But… it’s different.

I’m definitely feeling despair.

Just as the person who has reached the top of the mountain knows best how hard it is for those coming up from below, the eyes of the overlord standing on the top of this sword can clearly see it. Jade’s eyes, who is challenging herself towards the top, clearly contain despair. However, there is more than just despair in them.

There was certainly a dull, despairing light in those eyes, but there was a light that suppressed that light.

Overcoming despair.

Chae-Ang! Chae-Aeng!

That’s why the tyrant couldn’t help but laugh.

【As expected, you never disappoint me!】

♤♤♤

Knock! Knock!

It was only a brief exchange of swords, but my whole body was already drenched in sweat.

If it was natural, then it was a natural result.

Although he was still alive, his brain had experienced near-death experiences several times. His brain had seen the future several seconds after his death several times. As a result of spending time with the three wind spirits, Rin, Rune, and Lan, and continuing to train and put in effort… .

My eyes have reached a level where they can be called spirit eyes. As a result, my vision has become exactly the same as what spirits see. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that my eyes are currently seeing a few seconds into the future.

“Haa. Haa. Haa.”

That’s why I know. If it weren’t for this spirit eye that can see nothing more than a few seconds into the future, this fight would have been over long ago.

‘…I don’t see a way to win.’

Even though I could clearly see a few seconds into the future… . Even though I clearly had acquired abilities close to that… . These eyes did not show me the path to victory. They did not show me a future where I could win. They only showed me a future where I would die over and over again.

But ironically… .

That’s why I couldn’t die.

‘Knowing the worst future means knowing the best or second best future.’

If we can avoid wrong answers, we can avoid the worst future.

Whew!

“Ugh!”

Again.

I saw another future where I died.

The moment I saw that future, I acted differently from that future, and this time I succeeded in avoiding the worst future, the wrong answer.

“Haa. Haa. Haa.”

However, changing to a different choice or action in an instant was not as simple as it seemed. In order to achieve the worst possible future, it was inevitable that physical strain would be placed on the body as the output had to be increased in an instant… . Of course, the accumulated natural mana would also be consumed quickly.

【Jade, you certainly met and exceeded my expectations. But you know what?】

“Haa. Haa. Haa.”

【If we continue like this, we will eventually come to a pointless end】

“Krrr. Phew. Phew.”

I was busy breathing hard because my body desperately wanted air due to the body rolling around like crazy… But that monster was talking nonchalantly as if nothing happened.

‘I expected it, but… It’s really hopeless… .’

Since you didn’t expect it, you won’t be disappointed, and since you knew from the beginning that the wall was high, there’s no reason to fall into the swamp of despair.

And people who have really done their best, examined the worst possibilities, and prepared everything they could, tend to have no regrets.

…if you’ve made all the preparations you can.

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“Haha… hahahaha.”

It makes me laugh.

It wasn’t that I lost my mind or anything because I was so shocked by the thought of the Grim Reaper’s scythe being right in front of me.

It was just a laugh born of pure admiration.

I thought you would appear before me when you were stronger… .

Isn’t this too strong?

The peak that guy was standing on was so high that it couldn’t be seen from here at all. Really. I couldn’t help but admit it. The worst possible outcome I could think of…

That preparing accordingly was not meaningless.

【Why are you laughing?】

“Hahaha. It’s like the worst-case scenario I imagined has come true. When something is predicted so accurately, it makes me laugh… Think of it as something like that.”

【… I see. Are there still any plans prepared?】

Psik

To that question, I could only answer with a smile.

It would be polite to show these things directly.

Assuming the worst case scenario and thinking about how to escape if that happens. That is also a mercenary’s iron rule. However, in this case, I only thought about how to deal with the worst case scenario. Now, I am standing here as a man and a swordsman, rather than as a mercenary. That is why I could not help but make a choice that was not befitting of a mercenary.

“salt”

To become stronger, I did everything I could.

That means that he received as much assistance from the spirits as he could.

As a result, the spirit took root within me.

“Now… can I do it?”

The fire spirit named ‘Yeom’, the spirit that resides inside me, ‘Yeom’, answered my call.

“Okay… please… .”

At the same time, the natural mana that had been consumed within me was instantly replenished.

It’s simple logic.

Spirits are nature itself, so naturally the power of spirits comes from nature’s mana. That means… if a spirit wants to give me power, I can easily use that power as my own and fight.

… Of course, this is only theoretical.

And the theory is always

It doesn’t work as planned.

“Coolook!”

I vomited blood.

It was good that the strength was satisfied, but… .

It was just like a fish that fell into water that was too clear and clean and couldn’t adapt to it… I, too, had no choice but to accept the power of the infinitely pure spirit, and there was bound to be an irresolvable difference arising from the essential difference in existence, and it was only natural that this difference would cause a rift.

but….

The important thing is….

The difference is the difference in purity… .

It’s coming soon….

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‘You suddenly vomited blood?’

Something is happening.

Something happened inside Jade’s body.

The tyrant could feel it instinctively.

And that made you vomit blood?

What the hell is going on?

It was when I felt such doubts.

Phew!

Just a moment

It’s just a moment

I missed it.

For a very short time, it was as if he had been seeing it with his own two eyes, but had not detected it. It was as if it had truly disappeared from this world… .

‘No, is this a fairy tale?’

Is it possible to put river water in a bottle, dump it into the sea, and then find the river water again in the sea? Of course it is impossible. It is impossible. It is an impossible problem from the beginning. The river water has already mixed with the sea.

It’s the same logic.

If we become a part of nature and blend in with the vast nature…

Is it really possible to detect that?

Phew!

Feeling the cold blade pass through his body, the Overlord perfectly understood what Jade had said earlier.

-If your predictions are too accurate, you’ll start to laugh… Think of it as something like that.

【Hahaha… . Khahahahahahahahaha!!!】

The King of Tyrants was now able to clearly understand at this moment what it was like to truly burst into madness since birth.