The Time-Limited Leader Makes the Raid a Success - Chapter 392



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Episode 392

#392. Is this really an S-rank?

Goeulji’s original skill, ‘Sonic Boom’, was not simply a technique to fly quickly.

Before flying at supersonic speeds, Goulji created an invisible shield around his body. To be exact, he created an aerodynamic shape like a fighter jet at the front of his head as he flew.

When flying at supersonic speeds, it pushes air out from the front, creating a pressure wave. As this pressure wave travels through the air at the speed of sound, it spreads out in a cone shape, causing the sonic boom phenomenon.

A simple sonic boom would only break windows or cause minor damage to buildings, but Goeulji amplified the phenomenon and released it.

The reason why only ruins were left behind where she passed was because this skill principle was reflected.

‘You can’t just fly with the power of magic and imitate the sonic boom of the Goulji Hunter.’

Thomas had once applied the sonic boom shown by Goeulji to himself and developed a theory.

After developing the theory, we only conducted a few simple experiments, but we concluded that it was applicable.

‘Instead, this time, instead of spreading out the shockwave, I’ll make it a spear that stabs through the center.’

The shield wrapped around Thomas’s body like a bullet. Simple flying magic was not fast enough, so he needed to apply a powerful propulsion force to the back. He modified the explosion magic to act as a jet propulsion engine.

In addition, he used his long-term magic, wind magic, to stabilize his shaking body and confine the shockwaves spreading out in all directions into a cylinder and push them forward.

【Sonic Boom】

Thomas broke through the sound barrier. The shockwave became a sharp spear that pierced the wall of the formation.

He added magic towards the target he had indexed.

【Navigation】

He twisted his body along a predetermined path and broke dozens of walls. The broken walls were quickly restored to their original state, but Thomas had already passed by.

The maze moved to block his path. He built up the walls layer by layer, but it was no use. Dozens of walls were pierced in vain, and he finally reached the first target, suspected to be the core of the formation.

Thomas went straight through the core. There was no change in formation.

I immediately aimed for the second target. Again, a wall blocked my path. Instead, unlike before, I combined the walls into one to make them thicker.

Although he felt a little resistance, Thomas got through it without difficulty.

The second target was pierced and the third was destroyed, but the formation was still intact.

Fourth, fifth, sixth… … .

‘What’s strange? The nuke hasn’t set in yet? This isn’t just bad luck or anything. It seems like there’s something structurally different from other magic circles.’

Thomas soon realized what he was missing and released his sonic boom.

‘This means the nuke is moving or is outside the detection range.’

As soon as Thomas stopped, walls came rushing in from all sides, trapping him. The walls even tried to form a roof to prevent him from escaping.

Thomas deployed his magic towards the ceiling just before it was covered.

【Phoenix】

A bird wrapped in flames soared into the sky, breaking the ceiling. As if that wasn’t enough, the phoenix flew up and pierced the sky of the defensive formation.

The entire formation shook as a huge impact was applied to the shield.

Thomas took advantage of the gap to slip out of the formation and examine it from a different perspective.

【Perception】=【Detect Mana Force】

Both types of magic were originally supposed to be learned through skill books, but Thomas, who remembered that they were used by a wizard from his Ithaca days, succeeded in rearranging and copying the mana using only his own abilities.

The clairvoyance magic penetrated the living maze of the formation and reached underground. The magic that found the concentrated points of mana quickly found what Thomas was looking for.

“So it was underground after all?”

It was a place that could not be found with force field magic that only detected the ground.

Thomas moved to where the nuke was located. He reached down. Then he focused his strength by putting his index and middle fingers together.

‘Because it’s a bit deep, the scale of the magic should be small and the power condensed so that other hunters don’t get hurt.’

Thomas recalled the magic the Golden Eye ruler used to break through the ground in LA.

At the time, he had lost control of his body, but his consciousness was still vivid.

Thanks to that, he clearly remembered the magic used by the ruler of the Golden Eye. He was able to clumsily imitate the technique that used the phoenix he had created more efficiently and powerfully.

They could not create a phoenix as large and powerful as the Ruler of the Golden Eye, but if they gathered their strength and concentrated it together, they could mimic its destructive power.

【Golden Phoenix】

A magic that transforms the linear range magic Phoenix into a single target magic.

The super-heated golden phoenix struck the defensive barrier of the stable formation again.

The golden phoenix melted the shield. The tower rose toward the phoenix. The phoenix pierced the very center of the tower. It dug deep like a red-hot fork stabbing butter.

The Phoenix, which had pierced the tower and melted the surface of the earth, enveloped the core of the formation hidden underground. In an instant, the core melted and the condensed mana exploded.

The mountain shook. It shook the axis as if an earthquake had occurred, but then it soon became quiet.

The entire formation that had been obscured by the shield was now revealed.

The formation was in the process of collapsing. Not all of the changed terrain had returned, but there were no further changes.

Hunters could be seen everywhere, breaking down the walls and rushing towards the center.

Thomas nodded after examining the returning situation.

“This should be enough.”

He immediately turned his back. He felt a little dizzy and his vision went dark for a moment before returning.

‘Is this magic still a bit too much?’

Thomas pulled himself together. After checking his physical condition, he figured that it wouldn’t be a problem in battle unless he overexerted himself too much.

Thomas headed towards Seoul.

“Well, Gilma will take care of the illusion. I’ll just meddle a little.”

* * *

“The exploration ends here.”

Joo Se Ah nervously tousled her hair that was sticking out in all directions. The static electricity kept making her hair stick to her face.

The illusion laughed.

“You speak as if you have seen me before.”

“I haven’t given my all yet. Let’s tie up our hair and fight again. Surely you wouldn’t do something so shameless as attack while transformed.”

“I don’t know if tying up your hair is a transformation, but I know that much courtesy.”

As Illusion shrugged and waited, Joo Seah put the knife in the ground and untied the wyvern leather string that was wrapped around her wrist.

And then she gathered her tangled hair back with a wyvern leather strap and tied it tightly.

At that moment, Illusion rushed in. Joo Se Ah, who had let go of her sword, showed her teeth and shouted.

“I knew it, you rude bastard!”

“Who is polite in the middle of a fight? The one who gets fooled is the fool!”

Illusion rushed forward and shot the brain dragon. Joo Se Ah did not raise her sword but countered with her fist. She had already prepared, so her fist was filled with mana.

The brain dragon and the fist collided, sending shockwaves in all directions.

Joo Seah felt a thrill throughout her body. It was a power that even she, who was called the Magic Killer due to her strong elemental resistance, had never experienced before.

‘I could take most brain-attribute attacks with my body, but this guy’s attack is dangerous even for me if I go in with my bare body. Is this what it means to be an S-rank?’

Illusion was astonished as Joo Sea was surprised.

‘Take my attack with your bare hands? This is something that even the other S-ranks I’ve faced so far couldn’t even dream of. On top of that, her body is incredibly strong. She’s truly the ultimate tank weapon.’

Illusion used to think that the current strongest tank was a tyrant. But now I think it’s time to change that evaluation.

Ju Se Ah’s fighting power was amazing. They were hiding their strength by finding gaps in each other, but it was possible to guess just by looking at the clashes so far.

‘The problem is that Korea is Joo Se Ah’s home ground. It’s hard to defeat Joo Se Ah, but even if we win, the Federation’s combat unit is waiting behind us. If we get seriously injured here, we’ll really have no future.’

While fighting with Joo Se Ah, Illusion was concerned about Kang Mu Hyuk’s words.

A human who claims to be the commander of the Federation.

Perhaps he had set a trap here and was waiting for him. It was natural to have such suspicions, considering that the Federation, which should have been in the United States, had come to Korea.

Of course, Kang Mu-hyeok had only exaggerated the fact that the Federation’s unit consisted of only one Raven, but Illusion had no way of knowing that.

Illusion’s impatient mind didn’t have the leisure to figure out that Kang Mu-hyeok was lying. Not only that, he didn’t even suspect his status as a commander.

In reality, the illusion was fighting between Joo Se-ah and Kang Mu-hyeok.

‘You son of a bitch!’

Is it because my head is complicated?

Finally, the illusion showed its weakness. Joo Se Ah took advantage of the momentary confusion in the offensive.

She ran towards him, holding the angerbadil she had stuck in the ground.

The skill associated with a unique weapon that had been sleeping in the vault of the Korean Hunter’s Association has been activated.

【Flow of Angus】

Runes burned across the surface of Angerbadil’s sword. All sorts of curses were imbued into the blade.

Next.

【High-speed cut】

It is a simple skill that cuts quickly, but it is a skill that can be called a finishing move because it can maximize its simplicity by utilizing Joo Sea’s physique and cuts down the illusion.

‘Oops.’

Illusion came to his senses in the midst of the crisis. It was a life-or-death moment, but Joo Seah had experience fighting other S-ranks long before she reached S-rank.

He responded calmly even in split-second situations.

“Aegis!”

“what?”

In an instant, the bracelet on Il-sun Illusion’s wrist transformed into a circular shield.

Angerbadil and Aegis clashed.

【Reflection】

Light burst out from the aegis.

Joo Seah returned her own attack. A powerful shock hit her body. It was as if she had hit herself.

She flew back the way she had come. Her body, shot like a bullet, pierced straight through Seoul Forest.

The monsters that had just emerged from the gate and remained nearby were torn to pieces.

Joo Seah crossed the road through Seoul Forest, created a waterway in the lake, flew to a nearby high school, broke the fence, dug up the playground, and even destroyed the school building before stopping.

“Ugh!”

I sent Joo Sea flying, but it wasn’t an illusion so she wasn’t unharmed.

Although he used Aegis’s belonging skill, the support for it was Illusion himself.

Even though he returned the enemy’s attack, he couldn’t offset the impact.

Illusion felt at least a crack in his arm bone, maybe even a break.

Considering how strong a Hunter’s body was, especially an S-rank body, the fact that he sustained such an injury even after blocking it with Aegis was proof of how insane Joo Sea’s attack was.

‘My shoulder seems to have dislocated, too. My whole body is creaking. It’s really brute strength.’

It was the moment when Illusion was barely able to recover his muscles, which had become extremely stiff due to the aftereffects of the shock.

An eerie mana was felt from the square where his gaze had escaped.

Illusion turned his head quickly. The sun, which was just rising, blocked his eyes.

The moment I squinted my eyes, a shadow rushing toward me through the light flashed before my eyes.

Illusion immediately recognized the shadow’s identity.

“Seongseon… … .”

The fierce sword of mana struck Illusion’s head.