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Shriek!
The first clash was a victory for Eurius. The coldness made the flame giant’s arm evaporate on the spot. But it regenerated by absorbing the heat around it.
“…”
Then, its huge body disappeared from Eurius’s sight in an instant.
Thud!
“…!?”
The giant fire appeared in mid-air.
It raised its burning fist and slammed it down on Eurius.
Bang!
Eurius kicked the ground and dodged.
A blast of intense heat and light spread where it hit, creating a deep crater.
‘It’s surprisingly agile. It still has the senses of a martial artist even after transforming.’
Amazingly, the flame giant could mimic the movements of a martial artist with its massive size.
That meant it had the skills of a superhuman martial artist while using that powerful heat.
But Eurius was the same.
He was also a martial artist, and a master of swordsmanship called White Crane Sword Lineage.
The giant was no match for him in hand-to-hand combat.
Clang!
His sword lowered the temperature wherever it touched.
The giant’s body made of flames did not freeze, but it evaporated.
Holes were drilled into its body, making it seem wobbly.
Whoosh!
But it quickly recovered by igniting more flames with a fierce speed.
At the same time, something like a stick popped out of its hand.
“Damn!”
Eurius hastily backed away.
The flame sword in the giant’s hand exploded and slashed around.
Kaboom!
Everything melted where the sword passed by.
And Eurius was the one who faced that terrifying attack head-on.
The giant’s sword, which was almost ten meters long, and Eurius’s sword, which was covered with white frost, collided again.
Crash!
“Ugh!”
This time, Eurius was slightly pushed back.
For the first time, the heat broke through the coldness of his intangible divine armor and reached him.
[It’s impressive how well it uses its divine power, considering it just acquired it.]
‘What?’
Eurius frowned as if he was being scolded, but Yellow Dragon’s voice was calm.
[I’m just stating the fact. It seems to have done a lot of research.]
“…!?”
Before Eurius could reply, a whip of fire sprouted from behind the fire giant’s back.
Snap!
The whip split into six strands and tried to wrap around Eurius.
Whoosh!
The fire giant’s sword was not idle either. It shot out again with a trail of fire.
“Huh!”
Eurius was startled by this fearsome combination attack.
He leaped out of the whip’s range.
Of course, the whips followed him like snakes, flickering with fire.
But Eurius seemed to have waited for this moment and swung his sword from left to right.
Thud!
Suddenly, a blue line appeared in the air around him.
And everything that entered that line was cut into pieces.
Rumble!
The pillar that supported the half-destroyed conference room was cut off and the building collapsed.
Of course, the flame giant was no exception.
“…”
Hiss!
The flame sword and whip that were about to hit Eurius lost their strength and fizzled out.
The fire giant’s torso also had a blue line on it and stopped moving.
‘Did I succeed?’
[It doesn’t seem so.]
Whoosh!
Soon, the giant started moving again.
The spatial cutting had the ability to block regeneration or fusion, but it only worked for a very short time, just like with the three-headed dragon.
[It’s receiving power from Vermilion Bird, so it won’t flinch at any ordinary attack.]
Just as the three-headed dragon had an abnormal regeneration ability when it received power from Xuanwu in Black Tortoise Cave, the flame giant was in a similar situation.
‘Then what should I do? Eek!’
Crash!
A heavy sound echoed and Eurius had to jump again to change his position.
The giant swung its flame sword at him again.
And behind its back, more flames swirled and created whips.
This time, there were as many as sixteen whips.
‘Tsk!’
Eurius bit his tongue.
He could have handled it if it was just a sword fight, but he was in trouble when his opponent attacked him like that.
‘Is there any way to stop the regeneration?’
Yellow Dragon answered his question in a faint voice.
[There is one way to wait until his power runs out. That’s a kind of trick, so he won’t last long.]
It was a tempting suggestion.
‘How long will it take?’
[Judging by his momentum, I think he can hold on for a day or so.]
‘Rejected!’
Eurius shook his head.
If he dragged on the time, it would not be a temple but a ruin.
He would be safe, but it would be troublesome if that giant attacked other experts.
‘Is there any other way?’
[There is, but… can you do it?]
Yellow Dragon answered in a gloomy tone.
[Of course, you just have to suppress him with your power.]
That meant to win in a head-on confrontation. But that was also difficult in the current situation.
Eurius chewed his lips nervously.
‘His swordsmanship is nothing special. I can beat him head-on.’
Although the believer who turned into a giant was one of the best experts in the Eastern Continent, he was only an expert of the fourth stage.
Eurius had gained some of the essence of the emperor and was able to glimpse the realm above that.‘If I had to say, I could be considered as 4.5 stage.’
But his ability to handle divine energy was far superior to his opponent.
Eurius could only block the heat with coldness or reduce the damage, but he did not have the ability to create a sword of flame or whip dozens of whips like his opponent.
Whoosh!
‘Damn!’
Clang!
He concentrated coldness on his front and blocked the whips flying at him.
‘I don’t know how he does that. He should be inferior to me in terms of realm… Wait!’
A thought flashed through Eurius’s mind as he grumbled.
‘Realm… I should be superior?’
Come to think of it, it was strange.
Eurius asked Yellow Dragon again.
‘Didn’t you say that the ability to handle divine energy depends on the owner’s ability?’
[Yes. That’s why you didn’t accept most of the power instead of yours.]
Eurius tilted his head.
‘So you’re saying that guy is better at handling divine energy than me even though he’s not higher than me in realm?’
It didn’t make sense according to Yellow Dragon’s explanation.
[Think for yourself.]
Yellow Dragon did not answer any further.
This was something he had to realize on his own.
‘Realm… and divine energy?’
Whoosh!
A tremendous heat rose in front of Eurius, who was lost in doubt.
The giant of flames seemed to want to end it here.
“…”
Swoosh!
Sixteen whips twisted in the air and merged into one.
The fire giant slammed the whip down at Eurius with a terrifying speed.
Squeak!
An attack that was different from before! But until that moment, Eurius did not think of dodging and was deeply immersed in his thoughts.
And when the whip came close to Eurius!
Crack!
A rectangular ice suddenly sprang up in the air.
It looked like a shield made of squares.
And over the shield, the whip mercilessly stabbed down.
Bang!
As soon as the whip broke the first ice shield, three more ice shields sprang up behind it.
The three stacked shields collided with the whip imbued with flames and made another loud noise.
Boom!
The collision of ice and fire caused thick steam to cover the surroundings again.
And from within that steam, a voice of ecstasy was heard.
“I got it!”
***
“…”
The giant of flames had no reason, so he started regenerating as soon as his attack failed.
The consumed flames were replenished and swords and whips sprouted from the swirling flames again.
But
Hiss!
Have you ever put ice in hot water? T
hen the ice melts quickly with a sound of losing air, but the temperature of the part that touches the ice drops rapidly.
Just like that, holes began to form all over the giant’s body.
Eurius stretched out his left hand without holding a sword and pointed it at the giant.
And wherever his hand pointed, holes were inevitably drilled.
He didn’t actually attack him.
His hand pointed at a spot where the temperature dropped sharply and ice crystals formed.
However, they melted in an instant because of the flame.
“…”
The giant’s body was made of fire, and when it was pierced by a hole, it was impossible to survive.
He moved his body like lightning to somehow get out.
Flare!
The flame sword ignited again and the giant charged at Eurius, but it was different from before.
Crack!
A square ice shield was created in the air again.
It was hard to break through when several of them were stacked together at the same time.
The shield was emitting a coldness that was eerie.
Crash!
The giant’s sword was blocked by the stacked ice shield.
Sizzle!
The flame sword evaporated in an instant and the giant’s hand disappeared as well.
As the fire that made up his body kept disappearing, the giant’s body began to shrink rapidly.
His height, which had been close to five meters, shrank to about three meters in an instant.
Seeing this, Eurius was surprised inwardly.
‘I expected it, but it’s much easier than I thought.’
[You were stupid for not being able to apply it.]
‘I have nothing to say about that.’
What Eurius had just done was the 4.5th stage application of being able to put a certain space under his control.
The fact that he could cut space meant that he could literally put a certain area under his control.
If he completed this stage, he would be able to slash and cut enemies far away in an instant.
Didn’t Sharnos the Great, whom he had seen in the video before, turn a forest into a wasteland with this method?
Of course, Eurius still didn’t have that much ability, but he could use the power of the artifact to that extent.
He raised his hand again.
‘How far does the control reach? About thirty meters?’
That distance matched exactly with how far he could cut with space cutting.
Black Tortoise had caused a storm over the entire island nearby, but he could do something similar.
Crack!
The giant, who was rushing in with his shrunken body, stopped with a large hole in his chest.
The temperature in the area designated by Eurius dropped sharply and the fire that made up his body went out.
Sizzle…
The giant soon shrank to the size of a normal human while spewing steam.
He was no longer a giant.
He was just a flame human who had transformed into a believer of Mangyu.
At a glance, it seemed too easy to suppress him, but it was only natural.
They both possessed artifacts, but Eurius was more skilled and he also received player compensation.
It was obvious that Eurius would overwhelmingly win if they handled artifacts at a similar level.
‘What do I do now…’
It seemed like a piece of cake to completely annihilate him now, but Eurius hesitated for a moment and shook his head.
“…”
‘I’d better stop at suppressing him just in case.’Eurius reached out his hand again and created ice in the air.
Thick ice crystals began to surround Shin Ja Seong.
Crackle!
He couldn’t create weapons yet because of his skill level, but he could easily make simple shapes like shields as before.
Bang bang bang!
Soon Shin Ja Seong was completely trapped in ice stacked like bricks.
‘Phew… He won’t be able to move for a while now.’
The plan to reveal Mangyu’s identity was slightly distorted due to the unexpected situation, but it was rather beneficial since he learned how to use the artifact.
After finishing suppressing him, Eurius finally had time to look around.
The surroundings were completely ruined.
It wasn’t his fault, but Shin Ja Seong’s attack as a giant was too fierce.
The conference room was completely destroyed by fire and collision, and the walls were also melted and frozen everywhere.
And between the collapsed walls, countless eyes were watching him.
“…”
***
Flinch!
As Eurius slowly walked toward the wall, the people of Righteous Alliance flinched unconsciously.
“…”
They were buzzing at first, but as the clash between him and the giant progressed, they lost their words.
They usually called outstanding warriors superhumans who transcended humans, but this clash was too scaled up.
It was absurd that Shin Ja Seong turned into a monster spewing flames and melted everything around him, but Eurius who suppressed that monster was also unrealistically unreal.
‘What is his identity…’
‘Is he human?’
Receiving such gazes, Eurius reached where the people of Righteous Alliance were avoiding him in no time.
“A player…”
Now that Mangyu had become like that, there was no one else who could represent Righteous Alliance except Bumaingju Namgoon Ilcheon.
He stepped forward voluntarily because he had a lot of questions.
“First of all, thank you for saving our lives.”
“Are there any injured people?”
“Some have suffered minor burns, but no one has lost their lives.”
“That’s a relief.”
Eurius unexpectedly asked about the injured first.
This meant that he had no intention of harming Righteous Alliance, so Namgoon Ilcheon sighed inwardly.
He began to ask carefully the questions he wanted to ask.
“First of all, what about Mangyu…”
“I only suppressed him. But I don’t know how to turn him back to normal.”
“Is that so?”
Namgoon Ilcheon looked disappointed.
It was because Righteous Alliance had suffered a painful loss of power. But he only thought that for a moment.
“…”
He swallowed his saliva and finally asked what the people in the hall wanted to hear the most.
“What is your identity?”
“…”
‘You look at me like I’m some kind of non-human being.’
Eurius sneered inwardly.
In fact, the only identity he had hidden so far was that he was the crown prince. But it was troublesome to be treated like a monster like this.
“Didn’t I tell you before? This is not my martial arts, but the power of the Formless Divine Armor.”
“Ah!”
Only then did Namgoon Ilcheon think of that. In fact, artifacts were things that were only dismissed as old legends in the martial world.
“It’s amazing. I’ve heard legends about the power of the artifact that Black Tortoise Divine Artifacts had, but I didn’t know they were all true.”
Only after hearing that conversation did a buzz begin among the experts of Righteous Alliance.
“Come to think of it, didn’t he say he was the successor of Master of All Martial Arts?”
“There were many people who treated it as a rumor in the maeng.”
“That’s why I said the people who went to Black Tortoise Cave with him believed it from the beginning!”
The buzz grew louder and the fear in their eyes looking at Eurius gradually subsided.
It was partly because Eurius was their savior, but mainly because of the familiar expression of successor.
It was easier for them to accept that a successor of a legendary warrior appeared than that an unknown stranger appeared and saved them.
‘Well, if he’s a successor of a player, maybe that’s possible?’
That’s how Eurius’s unbelievable miracle was understood as a legend.
But there was still a question.
Why did a stranger who wasn’t even from Dongdaeryuk suddenly appear as a successor?
And what was his purpose for coming to Righteous Alliance?
As he thought that far, Namgoon Ilcheon remembered something he had forgotten for a moment because of the unexpected situation.
The cause was a piece of paper that Eurius had thrown earlier.
‘Surely…’
Clang!
Before he could finish his thought, he heard a dull metallic sound from behind him.
“…!?”
“What are these guys?”
“Strangers?”
All the experts of Righteous Alliance were gathered here, so they didn’t get any report of anyone entering.
Clang!
Suddenly, dozens of unfamiliar people in armor entered from the entrance.
Their number increased and soon exceeded a hundred.
They didn’t approach Righteous Alliance’s experts right away.
They settled in a slightly distant place and organized their ranks orderly.
“…”
And seeing their formidable aura, Righteous Alliance’s experts began to tense up again.
‘Where did these guys come from…’
“It’s been a long time!”
“…!?”
Before they could react, Eurius approached them with quick steps.
And then!
Thud!
Thump!
Thwack!
Suddenly, those who wore silver armor knelt down without anyone saying anything.
Hundreds of them knelt down in the same posture at almost the same time, which was a spectacle that fixed the eyes of everyone in the hall.
And then, an old man who was at the front bowed his head and shouted.
“We greet His Highness the Crown Prince!”
“We greet His Highness!”
“What?”
The people in the hall thought they had heard wrong, but their voices were too loud to be mistaken.
“What did you just say?”
“His Highness?”
“…”
They were confused for a moment and then blurted out nonsense.
“Gasp!”
“What!?”
Their eyes quickly left the knights and turned to Eurius.
They thought they had nothing more to be surprised about, but now they couldn’t close their mouths.
“He said crown prince?”