Chapter 248: Mirror Treatnt (3)
In the eyes of the Alphaurins, this situation almost looked like the outco had already been decided. Not only had he been hit in the liver, but a side kick had also struck him directly in the temple.
‘Relying on the counterattack function set in the Sword of Sunset would be difficult, as the master’s magic power accumulated in the cylinder is almost depleted at this point, given the passage of ti.’
Whether in his hotown or in this world called Earth, the brain has always been treated as a crucial and fragile weak point in all living creatures. Yet, after taking blow after blow to these weak points, will Jung Haseong be able to cast a new spell?
‘I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect such things from a primitive wizard.’
While the S-rank hunters were engaged in a fierce battle, Kim Giryeo was hastily typing a ssage on his phone, preparing to send it to soone.
Although he was eager to run away, as suggested by his young disciple, the scene unfolding before him made it clear that the defeat of the top-ranked hunter was inevitable. With the frail body of an F-rank hunter, there was no way he could escape Kang Changho’s pursuit, no matter what he did.
‘Please, please check my ssage quickly. Please...!’
Giryeo successfully sent the completed ssage. But this mont was exactly when Kang Changho grabbed his target by the hair. Giryeo, who had taken his eyes off the phone screen, opened his mouth in shock.
“Aaargh!”
Jung Haseong. As the owner of one of the most common attributes on Earth, he was never ant to end up in such a predicant. However, as the consequence of supporting a certain scamr, Jung Haseong was exposed to brutal violence for the first ti in his life. Seeing this, Giryeo now wondered if he should shout out in anger to provoke the battle mage’s hostility.
Bubbling...
Rather than boiling water, he felt a sensation resembling the act of blowing air into the cold sea. If he hadn’t sensed that flow, he would have carried out his thoughts.
Today marked roughly two weeks since the second half of Jung Haseong and Kim Giryeo’s private lessons had begun. And with the start of this second half, an unnad archmage imparted a certain spell to the weak of Earth—sothing he had been most eager to teach.
– Jung Ha-seong. From now on, watch my hands carefully.
To be exact, he showed the pyromancer a beautiful glimpse.
“This is the skill you should ultimately aim for.”
It was as if he were born from fire itself. Beyond the back of his hand, which had turned as bright as forge tal, a red glow of 600°C began to rise slowly. Whether this was a desire unique to the Alphaurin people, he couldn’t say for sure, but in the hotown he ca from, there weren’t many mages who could handle flas. And those few eccentrics shared a common goal. They typically wished for their bodies to beco “fire transformation” itself. Beyond re fire resistance, they sought to generate intense heat between their blood vessels and flesh, turning their own bodies into a miraculous, all-in-one weapon capable of tornting their enemies with nothing more than the cri of approaching t oo closely.
– At first, you start by keeping the fire as close to you as possible.
– Once you get a little more familiar with it, the next step is to gently nurture the weakest fire you can create, like petting an animal.
– It’s a funny way to put it, but it’s not wrong. As an awakened fire user, from now on, you’ll need to gradually grow attached to the danger of fire.
But it’s not the right ti yet... What he had taught was just the basic principle. That primitive magician had still not fully strengthened even the basic magical barrier. If he tried anything beyond that, his own body would burn along with it.
Snap!
Tak, tak.
In Jung Haseong’s dark gaze, a certain spark briefly flickered. The number one ranked hunter, who had been on the defensive because he had given up his distance, realized that he couldn’t defeat Kang Changho through normal ans. He quickly made a decision with vivid youthful energy.
“Huh?”
At the very mont Kang Changho had fully closed the distance, Jung Haseong grabbed hold of him and activated a fla spell. With this thod, no matter how agile the opponent was, there would be no easy escape from the technique.
It was in an instant. As soon as Kang Changho’s arm was grabbed, he imdiately realized he had fallen into the trap. However, he couldn’t escape the completed spell.
Whoosh!
Imdiately after, a fierce burst of complete combustion surged from the spot where they had been standing.It was a perfect blue.
‘It can’t be!’
To activate such a high powered skill at close range, including the caster, Giryeo was shocked by Haseong’s reckless move. However, surprisingly, the outco wasn’t as disastrous as expected.
“Huh?”
Cough, cough.
After coughing from swallowing the hot air, the fire mage appeared from the dissipating smoke. He had only sustained minor superficial burns, rated at 1 degree, on his skin. Moreover, as planned, he had successfully inflicted significant damage on his opponent.
Swish.
A familiar and unpleasant vibrational sound flowed from sowhere. Kang Changho had managed to escape the fiery prison just in ti before his body was completely burned, by pouring his reserved mana into the muscles of his calves. But this had been an all-or-nothing attack cast by Jung Haseong. His right arm, which had been held in the fire the longest, was left with undesirable critical damage.
“—...”
Swish.
It’s a strange thing. The third S-rank Hunter of Korea, despite having such a personality and physique, was surprisingly soone who always smiled. Looking back now, it turns out that he had never shown a blatant expression of anger, like furrowing his brows. Surprisingly, just as he had said, he had never truly been angry up until now. He might have felt a bit of annoyance or discomfort, but whenever he found himself in such situations, Kang Changho would instead raise the corners of his mouth into a slight smirk.
“...This is really different from what I expected.”
However, even the man with such a cheerful deanor couldn’t endure the pain of his arm being burned. Soon, the expression of the large man visibly changed. Like most Earthlings, he showed a quite unfamiliar reaction to the pain of the burn. He grimaced. After all, unlike Kim Giryeo, his pain receptors were still fully active.
But right now, a distorted smile was the least of his concerns.
“The skill power has increased.”
Kang Changho quickly creates so distance, exactly 10 paces. Once the gap was established, he stared at his burnt arm muscles and spoke.
You all know that skills that enhance the body also increase the defense of the body. Moreover, I—like any modern person—don’t particularly enjoy getting hurt, so I’ve always carried items that further boost my defense. That’s why I wear so many accessories on my hands. When I t an S-rank fire-attribute awakener in the past, I was sure that with these asures, I could endure most fires without much trouble, even if they hit head-on. But...
“Just a little while ago, you couldn’t even control your abilities properly, struggling with the break... and now, all of a sudden, this kind of skill?”
The injury sustained in the battle with an enemy he thought would be safe. Changho continued to examine his arm with interest and complinted Haseong’s growth, saying that it seed like he had received quite a bit of good advice from the teacher with the yellow hair.
“Anyway, the more I think about it, the more strange things beco.”
However, as always, this man’s calm attitude was not a good sign in terms of probability. Although one of his arms had been burned to the point of nearly uselessness, he still had plenty of functional parts left. Most importantly, compared to heroes who needed to regularly consu potions due to frequent dungeon explorations, he had an abundance of healing supplies.
The material issues that apply even in battle without exception. If the fight continues like this, the outco will be inevitable.
Thump, thump, thump.
Soone’s heart is beating as if it’s about to explode. The hunter, with an imposing physique like a wild beast of the natural world, began walking slowly.
But at that mont. One step, two steps. The sorcerer from Earth, who had been confidently moving forward as if ready to engage in battle at any mont, suddenly stopped in place and brought his hand to his face.
“—...”
Drip.
Soon, a red line rolled down outside his tear duct. Kang Changho suddenly shed bloody tears from his right eye. Blood. Suddenly blood.
Kang Changho, realizing the situation, covered his bleeding eye and turned his head. There was only one person who could have triggered such an unexpected attack.
“It’s done!”
At the end of Kang Changho’s bloodshot gaze, that person was standing. Kim Giryeo tightly gripped the body of his budget smartphone and silently cheered.
A major incident had begun, with S-ranks clashing and exchanging blows. Earlier, he had blurted out to call 112 in a panic, but thinking rationally now, the chances of low-ranked awakened police of any help in this situation were slim.
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