Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186 (End)
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Completed, Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Psychological, Supernatural Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 187
Estimated words: 427135 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2136(@200wpm)___ 1709(@250wpm)___ 1424(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 427135 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2136(@200wpm)___ 1709(@250wpm)___ 1424(@300wpm)
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Chapter 105 – Red Dragon’s Lair (11)
Sungjin ran towards her. She began to mutter something when she noticed him, but he immediately called out
“Shout of Changban!”
Then from behind him,
“Come and battle me to the death!”
An earsplitting yell filled the air. It was just for a moment, but she paused during her incantation. Sungjin used this chance to get within melee range of her.
When he prepared to strike her with Artemio and Moon Specter, she took out a thin and short stick. The stick was only as long as Sungjin’s forearm. But once she grabbed the center of the stick,
“Shing!”
The short stick became a slender staff. Having taken out her staff could only mean that she has decided to face Sungjin with physical attacks. It meant Shout of Changban was effective.
‘It all depends on swordsmanship now’
Sungjin thought to himself as he swung with both swords, with Artemio from the left and Moon Specter from the right; A difficult attack to stop for a normal person.
But she leapt back a little as she rotated her staff.
“Clang ching!”
She managed to deflect both swords. And whatever material the ‘summoned’ staff she held was made of, withstood the blade of Moon Specter which could even cut through obsidian, without a scratch.
In a split second, Sungjin was frozen in place after getting both of his swords deflected. She fixed her posture and stabbed with her staff.
A tremendous speed, she had aimed for his heart, but Sungjin dodged to the right and out of harm’s way. But her staff paused midair and readjusted its course for his left side.
It was as if she had been baiting him to make this move. But Sungjin was able to shift his direction at the last second and dodge it. It was probably thanks to Romance of the Three Kingdom’s ‘Swift(III)’.
‘I am slightly faster’
Getting confident, Sungjin looked to the Dragon to counter attack. But, the staff that should have been next to him was nowhere to be seen.
The staff was already raised above her head. Feeling an instinctive fear, Sungjin immediately held his two swords above his head.
“Clang!”
Right above Moon Specter and Artemio was her staff. If he had been even a little bit slower, her staff would have taken the place his skull would have been. Sungjin felt a chill crawl up his spine. On the other hand,
“Ooh, you can block this?”
She said to Sungjin. This was when he realized
‘Those earlier attacks… she was going easy on me’
The first two thrusts against him were done slowly on purpose. She had used the slow left and right attack to limit his range of movement and had planned to land a swift strike against his head down the middle.
She was still toying with him. She lifted the staff slightly and brought it back down. Despite being such a short distance tap, it contained an enormous amount of power.
‘And this is after her physical strength became weakened in human form…’
Sungjin glanced at Yanhurat with the corner of his eyes. He wanted to test her strength first, but he had seen enough in just 3 hits.
Sungjin pushed with every ounce of his strength to knock her staff away and get out from under her weapon. But after he backed off
‘Clang’
Artemio broke in half.
[Warning, Weapon destroyed.]
‘Huh…’
This was the first time he had ever seen a legendary tier weapon break. Luckily, broken equipment were automatically fixed when hunters were sent back to the Ninety Nine Nights. So Sungjin quickly pulled out the Blood Vengeance.
And using the same hand, he picked up Yanhurat and said
“Let’s kill, Yanhurat.”
Soon,
“Kill! Kill!”
It replied in a pace much faster than ever before. Sungjin’s entire being began to glow red. Khal Gal’s mother Ariane immediately held her staff properly when she saw it.
She must have realized what the red aura meant.
‘Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!’
Listening to its whisper, Sungjin charged towards her like a bullet. This was Sungjin’s fastest possible state, boosted even further by the Romance of the Three Kingdom’s buffs.
Sungjin swung his blade faster than his own eyes could see. She wielded her staff with graceful motions to block Sungjin’s attacks. Sungjin attacked as if he went mad.
‘Clclclclclclclclangclclclclclclang’
The air was filled with nothing but continuous strikes of swords upon the staff. She was busy defending herself from his attacks.
‘Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!’
Sungjin was in a state where he couldn’t think properly due to Yanhurat’s crazed shouts, but he still thought to himself
‘One of these should hit’
But no matter how much time passed, she had not allowed Sungjin’s two swords to even come close to the sleeve of her shirt.
If those under the Zealot state are unable to kill their opponents, they will end up getting killed instead. More importantly, Romance of the Three Kingdom’s Seance was ending sooner than the Yanhurat’s ‘Zealot’.
Once Zheng Fei’s Seance ends, his speed would drop. At the same time, she would regain the ability to cast spells again. Then Sungjin was as good as dead.
Sungjin squeezed every drop of strength in his body to try and swing harder and faster. Thanks to Kamram which allowed Sungjin to swing his swords independently of each other, he used more and more intricate attack patterns.
But amazingly, she rotated her staff with elegant movements, blocking his irregular attacks. She no longer smiled, indicating that she was being pushed to her limits, but she still managed to hold on.
[10 seconds until the end of Seance. 10]
The Operator began a countdown. He only had 10 seconds remaining. But this was when Besgoro shouted
‘Sungjin, use Frenzy’
Frenzy. An active skill which increases speed by 10% for each hit landed. But there was no point in using it. If he couldn’t reach his enemy, what was the point?
The first time he touches her, he’d win. There was no point to using Frenzy. Sungjin continued to swing his sword while ignoring Besgoro’s advice. But
[9, 8 …]
The time continued to pass. But then Besgoro said one more thing.
‘Activate Frenzy and cut yourself.’
Sungjin, despite Zealot, heard him.
‘What?’
He had doubts but
[7, 6…]
There was no time for hesitation. He would die in 6 seconds.
“Frenzy”
[5, 4]
Sungjin activated Frenzy, and flipped his sword around and cut his side. He cut twice using both swords. Four strikes within 1 second.
‘Ugh…’
It hurt. There was no time to cut himself carefully with his swords.
[3]
Ariane paused and gave Sungjin a look.
“What? Giving up?”
She had thought perhaps Sungjin had fallen into despair and was trying to suicide. And it made her sorely disappointed.
‘The toy broke.’
She thought. And it created an opening against her. Sungjin attacked her with the swords drenched in his own blood. With a speed incomparable with before.
[2, 1, 0]
In the last remaining 3 seconds, Sungjin launched dozens of attacks. And then
[Seance has ended]
Finally, the effect of Romance of the Three Kingdoms had come to an end. And as soon as it came to an end, Ariane who had been blocking Sungjin’s attacks suddenly said
“Stop”
Sungjin who had been swinging his sword with the intent to kill suddenly froze in place. He couldn’t move.
‘Is this Dragon’s Voice?’
It required no incantation. Her words were simply obeyed. An ability reaching the realm of godhood. No matter how Sungjin looked at it, she was taking it easy on him.
Once his master was in danger, Soldamyr who was reduced to watching the fight while sweating (since his magic was also sealed) quickly flew over and tried to protect his master.
“Sonic Wave”
But
“You stop too.”
Soldamyr was stopped by her command as well. She addressed them while they were both stuck in place
“Ha… you were amazing. Really.”
Sungjin examined her hooded outfit while he was stuck. He was checking for any rip since the hood had been the primary target of his final rush. But not a single thread had been harmed of her clothes.
‘It’s over.’
But the Operator gave a congratulatory message.
[Congratulations. Hidden Boss]
[Khal Gal’s Mother Ariane’s bet is a success]
Sungjin was shocked.
‘But she doesn’t look hurt anywhere!’
Just then from her left cheek, a line of blood had appeared. One of his strikes had landed. Ariane used a finger to wipe her cheek.
The cut disappeared without a trace. Ariane licked her finger. Then with a complicated look, she said to Sungjin.
“Haa… it was fun after all… but I didn’t think you could actually hurt… I was going to kill you after having my fill of the fun.”
Seeing her say that, Sungjin couldn’t help but feel that she may have had a cruel heart akin to that of her son.
“But a promise is a promise.”
She relaxed her expressions and said
“Move. You did well.”
Sungjin was able to move again.
‘Kill kill kill!!!!’
Yanhurat was still shouting despite the fight being over. But she said
“Ah, calm down first.”
And immediately the voice was cut off. Sungjin returned to normal. And shortly after, extreme fatigue hit him. It was for only a few seconds, but he had fought past his physical limit.
Sungjin planted Moon Specter and Blood Vengeance into the ground to support himself as he leaned on them. She spoke to him meanwhile.
“How extraordinary. Even if you had help from this and that… the fact that a human can pull that off… it was incredible.”
She was truly congratulating him from the bottom of her heart. Now that the fight was over, it would be in his best interest to befriend her. Sungjin said to her
“I have learned much from you. Speed is one thing… I have never seen anyone so skilled with a staff.”
She responded without any expression on her face
“Well, I have lived over a hundred times longer than you. But you were different… It was unbelievable”
Sungjin bowed at her compliment. And replied
“You said earlier, that we were in a ‘pitiable fate’. I don’t know how much you know about our circumstance… but I want to end it. This fate of ours. And I want to stop fighting. Please help me.”
She grinned at Sungjin’s word and said
“Such old cliche lines. Hero is victorious, and the Dragon rewards him with treasures.”
Sungjin became nervous at her words. But she soon added
“Okay, well the Hidden Boss lost. I’ll have to spit out a reward. Something really good, right?”
Sungjin couldn’t help but nod.
Total Chapters in book: 187
Estimated words: 427135 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2136(@200wpm)___ 1709(@250wpm)___ 1424(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 427135 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2136(@200wpm)___ 1709(@250wpm)___ 1424(@300wpm)
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