Chapter 195: 195

Rumble, rumble—

Kee hee hee hee hee hee—

The sounds of dark ghosts flowed out from Warth’s black sword . The sword was the source of the laughter of the souls, these castles, and the rage that filled the whole dungeon .

“You know me, but you still attack me with a sword?” Wrath gnashed his teeth . His eyes were as cold as ice . “How dare you…!”

“Of course, I won’t defeat you only with just a sword . ”

Su-hyeun was an outstanding awakener, but his opponent at the moment was a genius who had wielded the sword every day since he was a baby . If Su-hyeun had to fight with only a sword, he wouldn’t be able to win against him .

“But fighting is—”

Swish—

Su-hyeun rushed to Wrath .

Craaack—!

“Argg!”

Wrath’s body was pushed back by the strong attack . His eyes widened at the shock . He felt like his hands were tearing apart .

“—not just a matter of technique . ”

“…!”

Swish—

Su-hyeun swung his sword once more at Wrath’s head .

Clank—!

Tingling, numb—

Wrath’s hands holding his sword trembled . He tried desperately to block Su-hyeun’s sword, but it pressed down at him too hard, so he couldn’t dodge .

Clink—

It was a short clashing of two swords . Wrath’s sword finally slid down Su-hyeun’s . He aimed at Su-hyeun’s body . It was an exquisite sword technique that came from an unavoidable angle . Su-hyeun reached one hand out to Wrath’s sword .

[Indomitable Body . ]

Crack—

Su-hyeun managed to grab the sword with his bare hand . Wrath’s eyes widened once more . He was sure that Su-hyeun wouldn’t able to block his attack with the sword, but he didn’t even imagine that he would catch it with his bare hand .

Su-hyeun kept saying, “Sometimes, if you have enough power—”

Swish—

Craaack—!

Su-hyeun, still holding onto Wrath’s sword, threw the sword away . Wrath had learned that he should never let go of his sword, so he flew with it and stuck into the wall .

“—you don’t need fancy techniques . ”

“Argg…” Wrath moaned .

It wasn’t a difference in techniques . It was an overwhelming gap in power . Wrath, stuck to the wall, started to panic .

“You…you…!”

“Stop chatting with me and show your real power . Or you can borrow it from that bloody sword . ”

“I’ll kill you . I’ll kill you…!” Wrath shouted .

Puff, puff—

The black smoke flowing out from the sword wrapped around Wrath’s body . His atmosphere changed in an instant . And that was exactly what Su-hyeun intended .

Su-hyeun thought .

Wrath wasn’t the main boss of the dungeon . The real boss was the sword in Wrath’s hand . It was a magical sword that could become stronger by eating the rage of people . It could control the souls with that power and could create more anger using the souls .

“Huu—”

Su-hyeun took a deep breath at a sudden feeling of rage welling up in his chest . Among the seven deadly sins, Su-hyeun was most weak to feelings of wrath . The seven deadly sins were pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust . Among them, the Su-hyeun felt the most and could control the least was wrath .

Whenever he felt intense, Su-hyeun thought of those days; the days when the world was doomed . Everyone had died, and Su-hyeun felt upset and promised himself revenge on the monsters . His emotions at that time were no different from Wrath’s right at the moment . There was only a difference in degree, but it was the same emotion .

That time was gone now . He didn’t feel like that anymore . And Su-hyeun’s mental strength wasn’t weak enough to be controlled by this personal feeling .

he thought .

Wrath, who was wrapped with dark smoke, let his arms hang loose . His eyes turned white . He hardly took a step forward . It seemed like he had no power .

Stomp—

He moved another step .

Swish—

Whiz—

All of a sudden, Wrath charged at Su-hyeun, quicker than before .

Rumble—

Clank—

Wrath swung his sword, aiming at Su-hyeun’s neck . The Strength and Magic in his sword became much stronger . It was as if he were a different person . Of course, it wasn’t just his power that had changed .

“Did you gain power and gave up on your techniques? I guess you can’t have both,” Su-hyeun said .

“Kiyaaaaa—!” Wrath swung his sword, screaming like a monster .

Although he moved like a monster, he could still use quite sophisticated swordsmanship techniques . It seemed like his well-trained instincts remained . But Su-hyeun could easily avoid his attacks because they weren’t as good as his original gifted abilities .

Whirl—

Boom—!

The dark magic spewed from Wrath’s sword . Su-hyeun backed up a little at the sudden shock covering his body .

“Kiyaaack, kaayaack—!”

Shhhh—

The souls that floated around Wrath were sucked back into the sword . Whenever he moved his sword, the dark afterimages emitted a powerful force .

Clang— Clank—!

Swish— Craaaaack—!

Su-hyeun dodged the broad sword strike . The sword hit the wall behind him, cutting deep . The great castle shuddered as if it would collapse at any moment . Su-hyeun continued to block and avoid Wrath’s strikes .

Su-hyeun thought .

Swish, swish—

Whiz—

A small wound was made on Su-hyeun’s cheek . Wrath penetrated the defense of the Indomitable Body and left a scar . His sword didn’t even touch his cheek . His sword was longer than it looked . Wrath didn’t use a particular skill, but it was a characteristic of Wrath’s swordsmanship . He misled his opponent about the length of his sword and left them in range of a strike .

Shhhh—

Su-hyeun’s eyes turned to the souls sucked into Wrath’s sword . More wounds were made, one by one, on Su-hyeuns’ body . It was at that moment…

Crack—

Su-hyeun grabbed Wrath’s sword with his bare hand one more time .

Swiiiish—

Slaaaash—!

And he raised his sword, stabbing into Wrath’s chest . The dark smoke rose instead of a splatter of blood, and Wrath’s body staggered .

“Argh…”

Thud—!

Slaaash—

Su-hyeun kicked the chest that he had already cut, and Wrath’s body was pushed away . Su-hyeun took the sword that Wrath was holding .

“You shouldn’t run around like a headless chicken with this kind of sword . ”

Su-hyeun threw the sword that he was holding . Then, he lifted his own sword, Balmung . Wrath screamed in surprise, watching Su-hyeun .

“No—!”

Swish—

Clang—!

Balmung cut off the falling sword . At the same time, the body of Wrath, who tried to come to Su-hyeun, collapsed .

Flop—

Puffff—

Wrath’s body turned into smoke and began to disappear . So did the sword . The sword that sucked all the souls around it broke with the souls . It was the surest and fastest way to get rid of all the souls that filled the castle .

Su-hyeun was astonished . There was something strange about Wrath’s sword . He didn’t use a special skill to throw his aura off the sword, but somehow it was longer than it looked . Wrath’s sword wasn’t super-fast or strong enough to threaten Su-hyeun . But it was hard to avoid because he had enough techniques .

Wrath could make strong power from small efforts . Also, he could attack faster than his speed should allow . He paid attention to the attack timing of an opponent, brought the chance for him, and secured enough time for his next attack . It was swordsmanship both simple and skilled . There was a gap in their power, but, technique-wise, Wrath was way above Su-hyeun .

Su-hyeun had to admit . Even though Wrath had become a monster, his sword technique was the best .

Su-hyeun recalled an unusual item that was found here a long time ago . >

Su-hyeun looked around the vast castle . Su-hyeun wanted to get that book . It had been a while since he had wanted something like this .

***

“I’m bored—! I’m tired—!”

Thomas lay on the floor and rolled around with his arms wide open, not caring that his back was getting dirty . Crowds of people were watching Thomas, who was complaining and rolling around . The effect of the Dark World that had covered them had disappeared .

“What should we do now, sir?”

“Why do you ask me?”

“Don’t we have to get out of here?”

“He said we shouldn’t move . Let’s wait for now . ”

The chief of the National Police Agency and his men whispered to each other . The Dark World skill had disappeared, but there was no more laughter . Also, they didn’t feel the intense anger they had felt before . It had been an hour since it disappeared .

“Oh! There he is!”

Thomas, who was rolling around ground, jumped up . He bounced up like a spring and ran to somewhere with a big smile .

“Suuu-hyeeeeuuunnn—!”

Thomas shouted aloud, and people’s eyes followed to where Thomas was heading . Two people were walking from the distance . They were Hak-joon and Su-hyeun .

“They’re here!” people shouted .

“Then…is it all over now?” Bnuir sighed with relief .

Su-hyeun had come there . And that probably meant he had handled the situation in Paris well . Su-hyeun naturally took Thomas and put him back down on the ground . Then, he headed to Bnuir .

“Now, the city is safe,” Su-hyeun said . “The dungeon is located under the Rue des Champs-Élysées . So, please contact us after you guys mine the Ether stone . ”

“Thank you . Thank you so much!” Bnuir took Su-hyeun’s hand and bowed his head a couple of times .

Su-hyeun talked with Bnuir for a moment and went to where Hak-joon and Thomas were waiting . Hak-joon was comforting Thomas, who was sitting on the floor, crying .

“Let’s go,” Su-hyeun said .

“Where?”

“Where are we going?” At Su-hyeun’s word, Thomas’ eyes brightened, as if he hadn’t just been crying .

Su-hyeun answered as he dialed his phone . “You know . We have more dungeons to take care of . ”

“Oh, yea . That’s right…” Hak-joon remembered the call and e-mail he had gotten from Lee Ju-ho .

Beijing, China . Florida, USA, São Paulo, Brazil . Similar incidents to Paris were taking place all over the world .

“Yes, Ju-ho . We are done now . ”

-Hey, you bastard! You should have explained what was going on before you hung up on me! You seriously—

Lee Ju-ho gave the edge of his tongue to Su-hyeun since he had been worrying so much . He was so loud that Su-hyeun had to put the phone away from his ear .

He listened to him awhile and said, “I’m sorry . It was an urgent situation…”

-So? How are things over there?

“Good . But you said there were other problems, right? Where is the most serious place now?”

The problems occurred simultaneously . As far as Su-hyeun knew, the seven places probably had issues at the same time .

-The most serious place is in Florida, USA . But I don’t think you have to go there . Since it was so urgent, a request came in .

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“A request? Then…”

-Yes . Who else in Paragon Guild would get a request except you?

For the first time of this phone call, Lee Ju-ho laughed slightly .

-Gordon Rohan took it .