LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 142 - Hero Lucia (2)
Chapter 142 Hero Lucia (2)
-BOOOOM!
Kim Jae-hyun’s body was flung backward from Yeong-sik’s punch. His body flew through the wall and rolled on the floor.
“Ugh!”
Kim Jae-hyun, who had flown into another room through the wall, grimaced fiercely as he stood up.
He clasped his bleeding nose with his hand.
“You bastard…”
He glared at Yeong-sik, who had struck his face, with blazing eyes.
An unexpected blow.
It was an attack he had not anticipated at all, as his attention was solely on Tiria and Park Si-a.
In the first place, he hadn’t been paying any attention to Yeong-sik at all, so he couldn’t react to the sudden ambush.
“Calm down, Si-a.”
Yeong-sik spoke to her in a low voice.
As Kim Jae-hyun continued speaking, her agitation grew more and more intense.
If he had stayed silent, it was quite possible she would have fallen into a state of excitement where she couldn’t properly use her magic.
Getting stronger from anger was something only seen in comics.
In actual combat, the moment one lost their composure, it was like fighting with half their strength gone.
Especially for a magician who had to cast complex spells, excitement was no different from a deadly poison.
“Ah… I’m sorry, Yeong-sik.”
Park Si-a, who had regained her senses from Yeong-sik’s words, closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Her eyes regained their sharp rationality.
“Another hero has arrived, I see.”
Kim Jae-hyun glared at Yeong-sik and said. Yeong-sik let out a smirk at his sarcastic words.
“Your behavior is so disgraceful I can’t just stand by.”
“What?”
Yeong-sik’s deeply sunken eyes turned towards Kim Jae-hyun.
‘I think I have a rough idea of what kind of person he is.’
It wasn’t difficult to infer Kim Jae-hyun’s personality from their short conversation.
He was a type of person similar to Nam Gi-tae, whom he had met in the past.
From what he heard, Kim Jae-hyun was a summoner who had succeeded without a single failure from the tutorial quest to growing the Abaddon Guild.
An incredible level cap of 107.
A powerful hidden class known as the insect master.
A cruel heart that showed not a hint of compassion.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he was the most optimized human for adapting to the Elnote Continent.
Because of this, a person like Kim Jae-hyun had an ego that pierced the sky.
He had the confidence that he could move the entire world according to his will.
‘The more arrogant people like this are, the weaker they are when faced with opposition.’
Having never experienced failure or the humiliation of groveling on the ground, someone like Kim Jae-hyun easily fell for simple and childish provocations.
He had no immunity to being insulted.
‘I can use this against him.’
Although he had let his guard down, Kim Jae-hyun had taken a direct hit to the face from his ambush.
In that case, provoking him to lose his composure wouldn’t be difficult.
A sinister smile appeared on Yeong-sik’s lips.
“Do you have a motor mouth or something? Why do you talk so much, you pathetic bastard?”
“…Ha.”
At his words, Kim Jae-hyun let out a laugh as if it was absurd.
Calling him, Kim Jae-hyun, the strongest summoner in the East and the guild master of Abaddon, a pathetic bastard.
Had there ever been anyone who had insulted him like this?
“What are you laughing at so absurdly for? Do you think that makes you look cool?”
Yeong-sik’s gaze moved toward Kim Jae-hyun’s head.
“If you want to look stylish, at least grow some hair first, you octopus head.”
It was necessary to insult him with the most childish, vulgar, and simple words.
A person with an ego as high as Kim Jae-hyun’s was more easily shaken by such childish insults.
Lengthy and clever insults could actually be counterproductive.
“Pfft!”
In the room filled with tense atmosphere, Yu-na’s laughter slipped out. She couldn’t help but laugh at Yeong-sik’s remark of calling him an octopus head.
‘Nice support.’
Yeong-sik clenched his fist and thought to himself.
Although she hadn’t done it intentionally like Yeong-sik, the effect of her stifled laughter was tremendous.
Kim Jae-hyun’s face turned red and blue.
“You bastard…”
His face flushed, he clenched his fist roughly.
Buzzzz!
Thousands of locusts began to swarm around his body.
“I’ll make you regret saying that!”
Kim Jae-hyun shouted in a voice filled with anger as he reached out towards Yeong-sik.
The swarm of locusts shot towards Yeong-sik like bullets.
“Barrier of the Water God.”
Park Si-a’s cold voice echoed in the room.
The shield of water created in midair collided with the swarm of locusts.
– Tink-tink-tink-tink!
With a loud noise, the swarm of locusts sent by Kim Jae-hyun was deflected.
Park Si-a stepped forward and turned to Yeong-sik.
“…Thank you, Yeong-sik.”
She slightly bowed her head, looking at Yeong-sik who had provoked Kim Jae-hyun and made him lose his composure.
“Get lost, Park Si-a!”
Kim Jae-hyun shouted in a rough voice as if annoyed by Park Si-a blocking his way.
The swarm of locusts released from his hands began to form into a round sphere.
Kim Jae-hyun, who had tried to provoke Park Si-a to cloud her judgment, was now the one consumed with anger and excitement.
“Locust Boom!”
He brought his arms, which were extended to his sides, together in front of him and shouted.
The swarm of locusts that had gathered like a round ball around his arms shot out rapidly.
-Crackling!
Yeong-sik reached out towards the direction where the Locust Boom was flying.
-Crackling sound filled the air as a plasma barrier was created in midair.
It was a barrier with a stronger defensive power than one that could be made with just an electromagnetic field.
-Tatatatata!
The locusts that touched the plasma barrier began to burn.
If they were real locusts, there would have been the stench of burning flesh, but since the locusts Kim Jae-hyun summoned were made of magic and not living creatures, there was no such smell.
-Crackling sound!
“Ugh?!”
The tightly packed swarm of locusts explosively spread out, overwhelming the plasma barrier.
The barrier that Yeong-sik created didn’t last long and was penetrated by the locusts.
Boom!
Before the swarm of locusts could cover his body, Yeong-sik stomped his foot and retreated backward.
Kim Jae-hyun’s power was formidable, living up to his title as the ‘Strongest Summoner of the East.’
It felt as if the dense magic power emanating from his body was filling the entire room.
‘Even though I strengthened my weapons, it’s still not enough.’
Yeong-sik frowned, recalling how easily the plasma barrier was breached.
Most of his weapons had been enhanced to level 4, providing him with more strategic and powerful weapons.
However, it seemed insufficient to deal with Kim Jae-hyun alone.
‘But.’
Yeong-sik’s eyes shone sharply.
If he intended to face him alone, there wouldn’t have been any reason to form such an assassination squad.
“Haap!”
“One Slash!”
As Yeong-sik retreated, Cheon Tae-hwang and Kang Ha-rin charged towards Kim Jae-hyun.
Kang Ha-rin’s white sword turned into a flash of lightning, targeting Kim Jae-hyun.
Kim Jae-hyun frowned, finding her bothersome.
“These pests…!”
Boom!
Kim Jae-hyun stomped the ground.
The floor cracked, and numerous locusts shot upwards.
Kang Ha-rin halted her swinging attack and hastily retreated.
-Scratching sound!
“Kyah!”
The swarm of locusts, emitting a red glow, targeted her as she retreated.
The locusts clung to Kang Ha-rin’s entire body.
The locusts, with the power to easily chew through steel, began to bite into her body.
Blood started to pour from her entire body.
“Ha-rin!”
Cheon Tae-hwang hurriedly approached and raised his golden sword. In response to his movements, five swords floating in the air bared their fangs at Kim Jae-hyun.
“Get out of my way, you bastards!”
Kim Jae-hyun roared ferociously and extended his arms.
Locust Swarm.
A storm of ravenous locusts that devoured everything around them raged through the room.
-Crack! Crackling!
“Tae-hwang! Fall back!”
“Ugh!”
The room was devastated by the locust swarm’s destructive force.
The marble walls were shattered, and the ceiling collapsed.
It was a scene of utter devastation.
“Ugh!”
Cheon Tae-hwang controlled the five swords to block the storm of locusts, his eyes gleaming.
Retreating now would mean being relentlessly pushed around by Kim Jae-hyun.
‘We must attack now.’
With this thought, Cheon Tae-hwang gripped his golden sword.
The sword he held was called Del Line, said to have been used by Lucis, one of the eight heroes.
Even for someone with his extraordinary talent in swordsmanship, he hadn’t yet fully mastered its power, unable to unleash its complete strength.
The sword began to blaze in a brilliant golden light.
It was as if the sun had descended to the earth, unleashing an enormous heat storm.
“Hero’s.”
He bent his body.
He pulled Del Line towards his waist.
As his bent body sprang forward, he slashed through the locust storm and his body shot forward.
Like a quick-draw sword technique, the sword at his waist swung.
“One Strike!”
-BOOOOM!
Del Line cleaved through the air.
The crescent-shaped golden sword energy burned through the locust swarm and flew towards Kim Jae-hyun.
“What the…?”
Kim Jae-hyun, faced with the overwhelming power of the golden sword energy, withdrew the storm and crossed his arms.
The locusts gathered in front of him to form a solid barrier.
-Crackling sound!
The locust swarm was shredded by the golden sword energy. Kim Jae-hyun gritted his teeth, enduring the attack.
The golden sword energy, which seemed capable of burning everything in its path, gradually weakened under Kim Jae-hyun’s power.
Del Line’s incomplete strength was not enough to penetrate the monster that was Kim Jae-hyun.
But.
“Haa!”
“Kim Jae-hyun…!”
Two women with beautiful blue and golden hair charged at Kim Jae-hyun from both sides.
Thousands of water droplets formed in the air and gathered in Park Si-a’s hands.
A gigantic dragon’s head materialized in her hands.
“Wrath of the Water Dragon!”
-ROAAAAAR!
The roar of the water dragon reverberated through the room.
The dragon, made of water but with an incredibly vivid form, bared its sharp teeth at Kim Jae-hyun.
“Heaven’s Judgment!”
Six wings emitting a pure white light flapped. Tiria’s body was enveloped in a brilliant light.
-BOOM!
A thunderous sound emanated from the six wings on her back.
Blinding white lightning struck Kim Jae-hyun.
“Damn it…!”
Kim Jae-hyun’s face twisted in rage as he was surrounded by the magical storm from all sides. He bit his lip and crouched down.
“Tear and devour. Swallow it all. Fill your hungry belly, burn with endless desire.”
An incantation flowed from his mouth. Crack. His back split open, and an enormous number of locusts poured out.
Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of locusts swarmed over his body.
“Resurrection of Gluttony.”
-SHRAAA!
The locusts, spreading their wings, attached themselves to Tiria and Park Si-a’s attacks.
The locusts began to consume the magic within the water dragon and the lightning.
Even if a single locust consumed magic and immediately exploded, the story changed when there were tens of thousands, millions of them.
The attacks of the women, who had poured their hearts into them, gradually faded.
At that moment.
“Lock on.”
-BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Dozens of gun barrels emerged from behind Yeong-sik.
Yeong-sik raised his right arm.
An energy blast, charged to the limit, gathered in his right hand.
Plasma surrounded the energy blast as if encasing it.
An attack using three weapons simultaneously.
It was an attack that he wouldn’t have dared attempt in the past.
-BOOOOM!
The energy blast shot from his right hand burned through the locust swarm and flew towards Kim Jae-hyun.
The locusts were helpless against the pure energy attack that was not made of magic.
“ARGHHH!”
Kim Jae-hyun’s body, swept up by the energy blast, was flung into the air.
Missiles fired from behind Yeong-sik targeted Kim Jae-hyun’s airborne body.
With a horrendous noise, Kim Jae-hyun’s tattered body crashed to the floor.
“Cough! Gah!”
Half-burned, Kim Jae-hyun let out a painful groan.
Yeong-sik walked towards the fallen Kim Jae-hyun.
“Kim Jae-hyun.”
A low, anger-filled voice came from Yeong-sik’s mouth.
Normally, at this point where victory was within grasp, he would continue the assault, but he couldn’t bear not saying these words to him.
This message had to be heard by Kim Jae-hyun before he died.
“Never use incantation-based skills again.”
Because it’s embarrassing.