Chapter 109: Chapter 109 - Opening Act (7)
Chapter 109: Opening Act (7)
Translator: HH Editor: HH
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Blood poured out of Shanon’s mouth .
No matter how skilled you were, you were still going to die if your neck was ripped apart .
And everyone was scared of death .
However .
‘He’s…laughing?’
His lips were quivering because he had lost all his strength, but he was definitely smiling at Yeon-woo .
“I’m glad… . my subordinates…can live…!”
Relief flooded his eyes .
Yeon-woo felt a heaviness when looking at Shanon and couldn’t help but ask .
“Are you not afraid of dying?”
“Of course…not . I did everything I… . could to stay…alive . ”
“Then why?”
“Suddenly…I became embarrassed…while I was watching the…Martial King…I’m…still… . a leader after all . ”
Yeon-woo’s eyes widened, he realized why he was feeling so heavy .
Shanon didn’t know how much longer he would live, but he still wanted to take care of his subordinates . From the beginning, he didn’t care about his life .
No, rather, he used to care, but he still changed his mind to save his subordinates .
Now, he might’ve been embarrassed of his past self for doing anything to survive .
It was so different from his brother’s situation, who was killed by his friends who would stop at nothing for their own lives . If only there was someone like Shanon back in Jeong-woo’s life .
Shanon made a satisfied expression and he fell to his knees . Blood created1 a lake around him .
Yeon-woo looked at himself in the blood and stepped back .
Suddenly, he felt tired . But worse than that, a pain spread all over his body . His overloaded Cores and empty Magic Circuit caused him the pain .
The pain was this intense because it was passed down from the Draconic species Magic Circuit .
“Oraboni . ”
Edora ran over and supported him . She let out the breath she’d been holding while watching him fight all those battles .
Phante followed thinking, ‘A monster has become an even bigger monster . ’
Beating a semi ranker was that meaningful .
Also, Phante knew . That Yeon-woo hid his most important card .
The black sword from Section G he had seen back in the tutorial, and all the other artifacts that he had earned weren’t used .
But he still managed to beat a semi ranker .
“You’ve worked hard . It was fun to watch . Seems like you can fight better than you look . ”
Yeon-woo caught the bottle the Martial King threw at him and drank from it .
The pain gradually disappeared and his magic power slowly regenerated . It was a potion .
Yeon-woo had a lot of questions to ask once he was feeling better .
“What are focal points?”
Yeon-woo had definitely stabbed the flaws, but they had disappeared, and appeared somewhere else .
Because of that, he had suffered because he had no way to know what was real or not .
“A fake . ”
“No, it was a lot different than faking a motion . ”
“No . It’s of the same notion . The only difference is whether it’s a possibility or reality,”
The Martial King thought of how he should explain .
“It’s nice to explain this way . When this guy’s sword almost touched you, the sword had many ‘possibilities . ’ Whether it be used for offense or defense . And of those, it could lead to a greater amount of possibilities . Right?”
Yoen-woo nodded his head .
“So when picking from those many possibilities, how do you pick? Do you have a standard?”
“Whatever suits the situation… . ”
“That’s right, suting the situation . But focal points add one or more possibilities to the mix . ”
Yeon-woo could somewhat understand .
“… . A trap . ”
“You can see it like that . If you get trapped, you can cancel it and choose another possibility . Focal points are the power to choose possibilities .
“… . Possibilities . ”
Yeon-woo quietly mumbled .
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It was similar to Foresight . But Foresight predicted the moves of the enemy using many different calculations, while focal points were a method to pick out of many possibilities the one that fit that situation .
“That’s… . possible?”
“He did it, right?”
“That was a joke . Actually, it’s not that easy . Everytime you swing your sword, you have to see the different possibilities . If you do it wrong, your brain might even get knotted up . ”
The Martial King grinned .
“But if you can successfully do it, there’s no better fighting method than this . But it’s only for players who have trained their mana to the extreme . And focal points actually aren’t that perfect either . And once you’re at a certain level and your sixth sense improves, it gets easier to tell . ”
That’s why Shanon had asked . Yeon-woo’s fighting skills were on the level of someone who should be able to discern between focal points, but he couldn’t .
However, with this Yeon-woo find two things he could improve on .
Focal point and sixth sense .
But both had to be attained through extreme training .
‘I guess the only thing I can do is training and more training . ’
He clenched his fists . He wanted to have the sensitive senses Shanon had shown .
If his physique couldn’t keep up, there was no point in having good artifacts .
He had to push his body to the extreme several times for that . And after that .
‘I have to finish the succession process . ’
There were so many things to do .
He could’ve felt burdened, but he felt happy that there were so many ways to get stronger .
‘If I’m not talented, I just have to work for it . ’
Yeon-woo pushed his heavy body up and added Shanon to his Soul Collection . There was something he wanted to confirm .
“Uh, and Sir . ”
Yeon-woo turned to face the Martial King with Edora supporting him .
The Martial King waved him away like he knew what Yeon-woo was gonna say .
“I’m not that evil to hit weak people, ok? Don’t worry . ”
That meant he would leave Shanon’s subordinates alone .
Yeon-woo nodded his head . After using his full strength for the first time in a while, he just wanted to rest .
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And the first battle between Cheonghwado and Red Dragon ended like that .
The news of Kuram spread all over the Tower making people tremble in fear .
The unexpected participation of the One-horned tribe .
And with the spread of the news Cheonghwado pulled their sword out as well .
They poured in their forces to the 11th floor before Red Dragon could regain their forces .
In that process, they got rid of the Red Dragon clan supporters remaining in the area too .
And the Red Dragon started to move too . The 11th floor was a card they could just throw away, but it wasn’t like them to step back so easily like that .
And other news started to spread .
That the semi ranker Shanon and 4 other players had gone up against the Hoarder and died .
It wasn’t that big of a news on the higher floors, but it carried a heavy weight on the lower floors .
Also, it meant that he was staying as a guest of the One-horned tribe .
“Those Cheonghwado bastards . I bet they’re feeling so happy they could die . ”
Bahal sourly smiled as he read the report Flame Beast’s vice leader gave him .
With the help of the One-horned tribe, they had taken 80% of the land of the 11th floor .
It was basically their land now . And Red Dragon couldn’t sit still . Dragons were malevolent . They were greedy, and loss wasn’t in their vocabulary .
The Red Dragon’s pride was greatly hurt, and the Summer Queen was the most angry .
Bahal, who was cold and rational, couldn’t understand why .
‘But oh well . If the Queen says to jump, I have to ask how high . ’
Bahal made a cold smile . After defeating Leonte, he became the overseer of the 11th floor .
He only had one command . To reclaim the 11th floor .
It was a crazy command, knowing that the Martial King was there .
But still .
Bahal didn’t complain and moved
Flame Beast followed like a shadow . And fighting squads like Blaze, Corona Anaconda, Raven Party, and Wolf Squad went with them .
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And their numbers were enough to make up an army .
They looked down from where they were standing to the capital of the 11th floor .
Their mission was to get rid of all life forms in that city .
*whoosh*
And Red Dragon arrived on top of the city .
The Saber God walked along the path . The war had probably started by now . And with the participation of the One-horned tribe, the Red Dragon Clan was probably suffering right now .
The Saber God was planning on carrying out his orders amidst all the confusion .
Legendary Beasts were creatures that symbolized the Tower . And if they all died?
It would be pandemonium .
But it was a sure way to guarantee Cheonghwado’s win in the war .
“Move . ”
And with the Saber God’s command, countless shadows began to move . They killed all the beasts in the area .
It was a way to get rid of all the variables . And also to gather as much Neidan as he could .
The Saber God’s lips quivered . He could feel the Phoenix somewhere .
[… . Something’s here . ]
The Phoenix squinted her eyes at the confusion happening in her territory . It seemed like whatever the humans were planning had come to her territory as well .
Also .
For the first time in her life, she felt that it might not be easy .
Her children were busily playing, running around, not having a care in the world .
Chirp?
Then, Chirpy, who had felt his mother’s gaze, tilted his head .
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