Chapter 318

Reincarnator – Chapter 318 : Bait (3)

While he was beating up the Dark King, Hansoo thought of something .

What if the mysterious being only created the transcendents, but didn’t control them?

What were those transcendents doing now?

And what would they do once they realized that there was a being stronger than them out there?

The answer was obvious .

Humans would naturally group together if there was somebody stronger than them .

………………………………………

—rumble—

Hansoo continued dashing forward, keeping his eye on the man collecting the lightning in the distance .

After two years of being asleep, the world was not exactly in great condition .

His friends were fighting battles, while the transcendents were causing a ruckus .

And the biggest issue was the lack of information .

To fix this all, he’d need to take down the people causing the ruckus in this changed world .

‘You first . ’

Then—

The Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement started to surround Hansoo’s spear .

The man collecting the lightning was not a simple enemy .

Though his strength alone was a bit weaker than the Dark King’s, he would be harder to deal with .

Since he seemed to have completed his . [a]

The man who had been preparing the was at a loss .

‘Wait… did I just fall into a trap?’

The man smirked .

‘How dare he?’

He’d been slightly wary of the man, since he’d managed to beat down the Dark King .

But the moment he saw the person’s identity, he came to a realization .

‘I guess it was a very close win . ’

Though there was still a difference in strength between him and the Dark King, it didn’t seem to be that much .

That was more than enough to kill the Dark King .

But he himself wasn’t that weak .

‘Good, I’ll just deal with this kid, kill the Dark King and then leave after destroying the War Fortress . ’

Then—

—pajijijijijik!—

The spear-shaped lightning gathering around his hand dispersed and reformed around his body, like a suit of armor made of lightning .

This form was much more efficient in a longer battle, unlike the spear which was a one-time skill .

It would be a waste of energy to probe with such a powerful attack .

Then—

—booom!—

Hansoo and the man collided .

—kaddddududuk!—

Hansoo’s Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement, which had previously smashed apart the Dark King’s Claws of Loongken, started to drive into the man’s lightning armor .

‘Hmm . ’

The man smirked .

He could easily defend from this amount of strength with his own armor .

And as soon as this kid showed a weak spot, he could just kill him off with a single blow .

But of course, there was no real need for him to block the opponent’s attack with his armor .

For example, he could just block it with his weapon, or just simply dodge it .

But the man decided to retaliate instead .

‘I’ll destroy you!’

The most violent energy of the world, the power of lightning .

Of course, it had the highest potential when it came to offensive power .

The man laughed as his hand moved to the weapon on his waist .

“Hahaha! With just this?!”

—boom!—

The man slashed out with a dagger he’d kept by his side, which then collided with Hansoo’s spear .

Sparks and mana flew out in all directions from the collision .

‘Let’s see…’

—kadududuk!—

The man smiled as he pushed back the spear .

His opponent was not stupid .

No, he was very smart indeed .

He probably knew that his personal strength was lower, but he’d still come to fight .

Which meant that he had something up his sleeves .

And as the man expected—

—the man’s dagger pushed back Hansoo’s spear, the energy surrounding the spear exploded, forcing away the man’s dagger, and even erasing the wave of lightning .

It was similar to when Hansoo’s spear had destroyed the Dark King’s .

“Uuuu… . ”

The Dark King made a pained expression, and he groaned at the memory of his past loss, but the man simply laughed .

“Hahahaha! Amazing! How much have you refined!?! Such concentration!”

Refining .

A . k . a . Sharpening . [b]

A step for the transcendents to prepare for before going up to the next level .

Though the total amount of strength was important, refining was even more so .

‘Yeah, much more important . ’

The man smiled as he thought back to the past, releasing out another sea of lightning from his body .

The past .

The mysterious being that had given him this strength and skill had left after leaving behind a single message .

Focus on a single skill .

He didn’t understand back then .

Since according to common logic, it was better the more skills one had .

Though one’s mastery of each individual skill would be a bit lacking, no one knew what could pop out in this damned world .

This was why it was a good thing to learn a bit of everything for every situation .

But he knew that such a powerful being had no reason to trick him, so he had listened to their words .

And soon he realized the core reason for the strength behind the transcendents .

“Look, you dumbass! Hahaha! This is how you do it properly!”

The man laughed out maniacally as he let out even more copious amounts of lightning .

Then—

—rummmble!—

—rumble!—

Thunder roared out as it smashed into Hansoo’s body .

It was more than enough energy to go through Hansoo’s Thousand Soldiers Armor, past his Reinforcement, and burn his body .

—chiiiiiiik—

The Dark King, who had been watching the fight while pondering as to which side to take, was shocked at this sight .

“Ughh… . ”

‘ . . . How can he be so strong?’

He had thought that strength was the most important thing, so he had continued to collect the crystals .

And the amount he had collected was much higher compared to this man fighting Hansoo, the man called .

But for some reason, Hansoo and Zeus’s strength seemed to be much, much stronger than his own .

‘ . . . Which side do I take? Damn . ’

And as the Dark King continued to ponder—

—boooooom!—

—Hansoo charged through the sea of lightning and smashed his spear towards the man’s head .

‘How dare you…’

Though the Dark King was weak because he hadn’t been refining properly, he himself was different .

As Zeus scoffed and was about to attack again with his dagger, —

—shudder—

Chills ran down his back as his entire bodily senses started to scream out in danger .

Zeus then realized the black marble that was heading towards him .

‘That’s…dangerous!’

If he were attacked by that black orb, together with Hangsoo’s reinforcement, then even he himself wouldn’t remain unscathed .

Then—

Right as both attacks closed in, a strange powdered metal appeared around the man’s body .

‘Let’s go . ’

Thunder King’s Strike .

A power that allowed one to become the king of thunder .

It allowed the user to freely control metal and lightning, and even turn their body into lightning itself when fully mastered .

He still had a long way to go on this path, but he could still easily control a few mere pieces of metal .

—cracklecrackle—

Around his semi-formed lightning armor, seven circular metal orbs floated .

Then—

—tatatatatat!

The orbs embedded themselves in a straight line between the spear and his armor .

And soon—

—booooooom!—

Hs metal orbs and the spear collided .

The black orb on the tip of the spear exploded and started to devour everything in the vicinity .

‘Dammit! I knew this would happen!’

The spear and the metal orbs continued to clash against each other while emitting a tremendous amount of light into the surrounding area .

Zeus grit his teeth as he continued to inject more and more energy into the metal orbs .

—kajajajak!—

—crack!—

The first three orbs were destroyed almost instantly .

But starting from the fourth orb, the speed of the spear had started to slow down .

And by the time the spear broke through the fifth and sixth orbs, it had already lost all its momentum .

The spear smashed into the seventh and final orb, but could not go through it .

And Zeus didn’t miss this chance as he swung his towards Hansoo .

—boom!—

Again, the spear and the dagger collided together again with a tremendous sound .

—pssss—

Zeus made a content expression as he watched Hansoo being pushed back . The broken metal orbs turned back into powder and swirled around his body again .

‘ . . . Damn, that’s strong . Did he just refine his attacking skill or something? These metal orbs aren’t easy to make . ’

Zeus frowned as he calculated the amount of metal left around his body .

A single strike was all that was needed to go through almost half of his metal powder .

Though it didn’t seem like a lot, the amount of metal lost was what he’d gained after three months of slaving away the adventurers who had lived near him .

It was hard to get because the material for this metal belonged to the horns of the 8th-grade race, the .

He wanted to beat up this new kid for a bit, but in the end he was the one who’d lost out .

‘Should I take him? We’re lacking a bit of manpower these days . ’

Though he didn’t like any of his so-called ‘allies’, it was better to be friends with somebody powerful than being enemies with them .

But Zeus decided not to after a while .

‘Let’s just kill him . Or take him back half-dead . ’

The fact that his group hadn’t known about this person’s existence up till now was a little disconcerting .

And for some reason, he had an ominous feeling about this man .

—rumble—

Zeus walked forward as he focused on the dagger in his hand .

Then—

—sssshhhss—

The Roranoa powders started to align themselves onto the dagger .

Soon the dagger, which was barely the length of two fingers or so, became a longsword over a meter long .

—kiiiiing!—

Then—

—whoooosh!—

Zeus swung his sword against the man who was charging towards him again .

‘I’ll…smash you apart!’

—zzzzzchchzzch!—

From the previous collision, he figured out that he would be able to win .

As long as he focused and used the Roranoa powders, he could easily defeat this man .

—booom!—

His sword and the spear collided again as he created another loud noise .

And as Zeus expected—

—c-c-crack—

The silk-like reinforcement around the man started to make crackling noises as it began to crack apart .

‘Good!’

—crunch!—

Zeus smirked as he continued to push the man .

And he looked up to see the man’s face .

He wanted to see his expression of fear .

‘How dare you lay a trap…’

But then—

Zeus realized that something was terribly wrong .

What he’d seen was not a face stricken with fear .

But rather a pair of cold, cold eyes staring back at him .

Then—

—booooooooom!—

Hansoo’s spear withdrew as he pulled back his arm .

—boooom!—

Hansoo’s left arm flashed out as it blocked Silveril’s path .

A small shield on his left hand had blocked it .

And in that instant—

—boooom!—

‘The hell is this!?’

A yellow light exploded out from the man’s shield and swept around their surroundings .

And the power of lightning surrounding his body became noticeably weaker .

pssss…

The Roranoa powders he’d held in place with the lightning immediately dispersed as his Silveril turned back from a longsword to a dagger .

‘Damn!’

—clank!—

Zeus barely managed to guard against the charging shield with Silveril, all while shouting at his back .

Towards the Dark King behind him .

“You bastard! Are you just going to watch!? Come help me! Then this kid is dead!”

“Uuhgg… . UAAA!”

And these words of Zeus allowed the Dark King, who had been deep in thought while still suffering from pain, to make a decision and run into the fight .

[a]Likely to be explained in the future

[b]Ill use refining from now on (sounds cooler)