Chapter 283 – Wailing Wall #3 in the Gold Promotion Match

Old Nike replied with a plain expression.

“Kkanbu? What is it?”
“There is a word called ‘Kkanbu’ in the hometown of the dreamers I used to live in. It means a friend who formed the same team in play. Didn’t old Nike have teamed up with me before? So we are Kkanbu.”

After talking nonstop, I eventually came up with something I wanted to say.

“The old man, I’m just going to take a look at each other. The adventurer’s guild is a space where we can coexist. Please look at this promotion match in moderation.”
“It’s a good thing!”

Hearing my words, old Nike burst out laughing.
Could it be that the softening of his expression convinced me of my Kkanbu theory?
With this, you can say that the promotion match has passed, right?
After all, you need to build a good network of people in the world.

But my predictions were clearly off.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. If you’re a man, don’t you always fight with all your heart? Especially, I was looking forward to a duel with you, Luke. The opportunity to fight a top-notch wizard is rare anywhere on the continent. “

Nike raised a heavy ax and pointed it at me.

“Stop the noise and come on. This old man’s heart is beating for the first time in a while. It’s a very nice sound.”

Like a barbarian, Nike had a fighting spirit. A race that grows stronger as it goes through a fierce and bloody life-and-death process. Barbarians consider it an honor to die in a fight against a strong one. Any older Nike would undoubtedly fit the stereotype of those barbarians.

You don’t even eat seeds.
It didn’t work.

‘Under… Sir Siibal Nike! Because he’s so macho, he gets bullied by his wife!’

Breaking out in a cold sweat, I raised my mana and prepared for battle. Nike stood still on the other side of the gymnasium, as if the seon-gong would yield.
That savage grandpa gave the same priority to other adventurers.

You must not miss this golden opportunity.

“Let’s start your promotion match from now on!”
“Okay. Don’t regret it.”

I declared the start of the battle by casting an attacking spell with a shadowless spear.

[Icicle Drop]

A magic that pierces enemies by blowing countless thick icicles.
The moment I concocted the formula, forty icicle bullets were created above my head. Numbers aren’t enough for this yet. I memorized the spell once more, doubling the number of icicle bullets.

“Is it cold magic? Enough to cover the sky.”

As the sky at the gymnasium was covered with icicle bullets, Nike whistled in admiration.
It was a scene as if faced with a natural disaster, but Nike showed no signs of being frightened.

“A volley!”

I fired 80 icicle bullets at Nike at once. The icicle bullets that fell from the sky made a terrifying noise and turned the gym into a honeycomb. In the middle of it, Nike could be seen fiercely brandishing two axes.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Have you ever seen a scene like this in a Hollywood movie?
A scene in which a single swordsman swings his sword and hits all the bullets that rain innumerably.
When I was living on Earth, I thought it was a ridiculous overaction.
Nike was implementing that overaction in reality!

The icicle bullets were shattered and shattered by the slash. Nike swung his twin axes and smashed all the icicle bullets flying at him. It is as if a membrane made up of the trajectory of an ax blade spreads out wide.

“Hagalaz!”

However, the bombardment of icicle bullets was just a trick from the start. Taking advantage of the blurred vision of the battlefield, I chanted [Frozen Orb]. It is a spell that compresses cold elements to high density and then explodes them. No one has ever survived intact after being hit by an orb.

‘Done.’

The [Frozen Orb] Was completed before all the icicle bullets ran out. He looked up at old Nike as he prepared to throw a ball of ice tightly compressed from the tip of his staff. Just in time, Nike also threw her eyes at me, swinging her twin axes.

“I can feel the tremendous energy at the tip of your staff. It looks dangerous just by looking at it.”
“Yes, it’s going to be amazing. It’s the one I got after bone-cutting research.”

This is a dangerous magic.
I deliberately imprinted on Nike the dangers of the [Frozen Orb]. If you get hit, even you won’t be safe, he hinted at. Naturally, Nike’s nerves focus on the cold sphere I created.

I deliberately pulled my staff and was in a ‘throwing’ position.

With this, Nike’s sight is focused forward. They would wait for the cold spheres to be released right in front of their eyes and either run away or look for the right moment to strike back. But the sphere was never honestly ejected. In order to defeat the invincible barbarian, I waged psychological warfare.

‘Space Leap’

An outstanding mobile device obtained from Yoensu’s underground labyrinth.
Not to mention old Nike, people in the world are unaware of the existence of space-jumping magic. The strategy of jumping over space and appearing from a blind spot to target the enemy was always effective. I was thinking of using space jump to direct attack magic to Nike.

So, it deliberately narrows the field of view.
Magic induces the illusion that it will fly from the front.

Whoops!

The moment he finally swung his staff, old Nike moved. While enduring the pouring icicle bullets with his armor, he kicked off the ground and ran sideways. I confirmed that Nike’s posture was disturbed.

Waiting for that very moment, I cast the Space Leap spell.

“Thurisaz!”

My body, standing on the gymnasium, was instantly sucked into the wormhole. The time it took to reach the wormhole on the other side was as short as one blink of an eye. After escaping from the wormhole, I appeared behind Nike’s back.

‘I grabbed the back.’

The adrenaline surged and the senses of the whole body became acute. Fragments of icicle bullets flying in the air slowly pass before my eyes. Now, in my eyes, I could clearly see Nike throwing himself sideways.

Right now. The compressed cold sphere at the tip of the staff extends forward as it is.
The target is the middle of Nike’s back. If the sphere’s explosion hits directly, it will surely take fatal damage.

It was the moment I thought I had almost won.

Whiririk!

At that moment, Nike’s body spun around.
Nike was turning towards me in the delicate flow of time like a kaleidoscope.
The bright yellow eyes of the savage finally saw me.

Does this make sense?
Do you mean barbarians have eyes on the back of their heads?!

It was a transcendent cognitive ability! I reflexively noticed that I had jumped through space and appeared behind me. Was the rumor true that first-class martial artists control 360 degrees of cognition?

“There you are.”

As he turned around, Nike grabbed his axe. Right before the frozen orb exploded, it swung the ax blade at me with ridiculous speed. I deployed the barrier while feeling a terrifying sensation.

Kwakkwakkwa!!

The Frozen Orb exploded one step faster by a single shot. The compressed cold element spewed out in all directions, freezing everything. But even in the midst of freezing, the old barbarian never stopped swinging his axe.

“Geuuuuu”

In the end, the ax blade loaded with a terrifying aura collided with my barrier. It took only an instant for the layered barriers to collapse like tin cans. Receiving a shock that could not be ignored, I was pushed backwards for a long time.

“Huh…Huh…”

It’s like giving each other a clean sum.
If I had received that kind of slash with my bare body, my whole body would have been torn apart.
It is fortunate that he is excellent at handling barriers. The impact through the barrier made my whole body tingle.

Of course, I am not the only one affected.
Nike, who was at the center of the exploding Frozen Orb, became like a dinosaur from the Ice Age. I saw the shabby body of an old savage trapped in the thick ice.

Instinct told me
Nike, trapped in ice, is still alive.

Blasphemy! Soon, a crack formed in the ice, and Nike’s trapped body moved.
The aura armor that covered the entire body was protecting Nike even in the cold.

‘Unmanned people’s vitality is persistent.’

Eventually, Nike broke the ice on his own and bounced out.
Although his body was covered in frost, Nike still held the twin axes in his hands. It must mean that you want to fight with me more.

I shouted at Nike.

“Brother! Isn’t this enough! Let’s pretend that we passed the promotion!”
“It’s still there. I want to compete with you a little more.”

Nike opened his mouth with a proud expression.

“Is this the battle method of a first-class wizard? The magical ability to use elements like limbs, the mysterious feat of transcending space, and even the durability of the barrier are perfect! My heart races thinking that I might die just now. It feels like I went back to my youthful days full of blood. Hey.”

Do you mean to feel joy in the face of death? After all, barbarians are an incomprehensible race. I listened to Nike’s words in one ear and observed him closely.

‘The Auror Armor is in a state of considerable damage.’

The power of the frozen orb fired from zero distance was unmistakable. Nike’s aura armor, which was thickly covering his body, had become considerably thinner. If the durability of the Auror Armor was that low, it was possible to inflict a fatal blow on Nike by pouring magic.

Let’s end it slowly.

I decided to max out my firepower and take down Nike at once. Unmanned people always create variables when given a chance. Variables were not very welcome to a mage like me.

“Once upon a time, the old man taught me how to handle a whip.”

A memory suddenly came to mind.
When I was a bronze adventurer, I once learned whipping from Nike.
At that time, I hadn’t learned so much magic, so the only thing that was useful was the magic of wielding a water whip.
The whipping learned from Nike was quite useful. To the extent that I am using the skills I have learned so far.

“Was it when we went on a subjugation quest together? I remember that too. It was quite nice to see you hanging out with the red-haired lady at that time. It was refreshing.”
“At that time, thanks to the old man, I learned a lot. Not only whipping, but also how to attack monsters’ weaknesses. I want to repay you for what I’ve learned now.”
“How are you going to repay me?”

I answered while raising my magic power.

“From now on, I will do my best as a wizard. I plan to show the old man the essence of magic I have learned as a top-notch wizard. I will not do anything to control power.”
“Is it the magic essence?”

I’m going to use great magic.
It is a magic that turns a tribe of wizards into weapons of mass destruction. However, Nike was not afraid even when he was told to use the great magic at full power. On the contrary, he was wearing a look that was more hearty and delighted than ever.

“It’s an honor.”

That was the barbarian.
Endless struggle is their life.
They are the people who enjoy glory in the boundary between life and death.

Born in another world and grown up, I finally learned to respect them.
It would be rude to back away vaguely here.
I have no choice but to do my best to repay you.

Completed the great magic formula.
Take control of the space and overlay the magician’s world over the gymnasium.

Before long, the place that had been a gymnasium turned into a pure white achromatic space.
Nike and I faced each other in an empty space with nothing.

This is the magician’s world.