159 – vs Charlotte Lesberry (Complete)

What Edelin had told me a long time ago came to mind.

Lee Ji-hyun is really strong.

Charlotte isn’t much of a fan of that either.

That would be the case, because I knew she was a hunter from an ordinary background, but honestly, her talent was unparalleled.

If Lee Ji-hyun had received systematic training and education since she was young, she might have reached a higher level than she is now.

To that extent, Lee Ji-hyun’s ability was unusual.

‘Lee Ji-hyun… is that strong?’

‘Of course. I just don’t want to fight head-on.’

‘Huh? … … Really?’

‘So, please try to avoid fighting with Lee Ji-hyun as much as possible.’

Objectively speaking, Lee Ji-hyun was definitely a strong player.

Well, among the top 100 rankers in the world, where would there be someone who isn’t strong?

Anyway, if you ask Charlotte whether Edeline is really that insistent, she can’t help but tilt her head slightly.

Because Charlotte has seen and fought countless telekinetics throughout her life.

Of course, there were some among them who reached S rank.

But it posed little threat to Charlotte.

The powerful telekinesis is pretty annoying, but is that all?

It was just mildly annoying and bothersome, but nothing more.

As you know, Charlotte’s ability is space manipulation.

In terms of compatibility, it has the upper hand in most awakening abilities.

Attack, defense, evasion, etc.

All of these are incomparably superior to other awakening abilities.

It is the same when compared to telekinesis.

Compared to spatial abilities such as telekinesis, it’s just ridiculous.

In fact, Charlotte had a friendly duel with Kuroda of the Six Swords, a representative Japanese hunter, but she didn’t feel any particular difficulty and just kept thinking about other things.

There were only a handful of people in the world with the power to threaten Charlotte.

I wonder if Lee Ji-hyun is among them?

Lee Ji-hyun’s growth and talent were at an incredible level, and she was ranked first in the top 10, but how strong could she be to be praised as the strongest in this tiny Republic of Korea?

… … Well, that doesn’t mean I’ll let my guard down.

Let’s take a look at Lee Ji-hyun’s skills.

“Jihyun… … .”

“That b*tch did it all?”

Lee Ji-hyun recited with a hint of anger.

I chewed my lower lip.

That girl, those are pretty strong words for Lee Ji-hyun.

Although she is not usually one to swear, she cannot just sit by and watch this.

The training ground that had been prepared with great effort was completely falling apart, and the children were lying around, dripping blood.

Even if they are my lover’s rival, I don’t want to see them beaten up and lying down like this.

Lee Ji-hyun bit her teeth hard once more and muttered with a hint of anger.

“Lesbian, is there something you and I have against each other?”

“……no?”

Charlotte yawned slightly and tilted her head.

“… … Nothing in particular?”

“Then what is this? Why are you suddenly causing trouble at someone else’s house?”

“… … Well? Curious?”

Charlotte smiles with a hazy face.

“… … If you beat me, I’ll teach you.”

With those words, the chopsticks Charlotte was holding disappeared in the blink of an eye. It was teleportation.

“Jihyun, be careful… …!”

“joy.”

Han Seo-jun hurriedly shouted at Lee Ji-hyun, but Lee Ji-hyun just laughed with a calm face.

And then he quickly tilted his upper body back slightly. Chopsticks appeared where his shoulder had been just a moment ago. The chopsticks teleported toward Lee Ji-hyun’s shoulder. Lee Ji-hyun dodged them without much difficulty.

“You’re using such a ridiculous number.”

“… … .”

The chopsticks fell with a whoosh and rolled around on the floor.

“It’s a coordinate movement technique. It uses your space manipulation ability to transport objects to pre-calculated coordinates.”

“… … You know it well, right?”

The ability to teleport objects.

It’s quite tricky to use because you have to calculate coordinates to the transmission location, but it’s something Charlotte has been doing since she was little.

“This technique is famous. It’s also your trademark technique.”

Lee Ji-hyun glanced down at the fallen chopsticks and sneered in a flat voice.

“But it takes time to calculate coordinates, and it’s also difficult to hit the opponent if he keeps moving?”

“… … What, a little?”

Charlotte answered with a raised lip, snapping her fingers.

Then, cracks appeared above Lee Ji-hyun’s head, and soon, rocks and rebar-like things began to pour down… Huh?

“Contrary to its appearance, it really enjoys surprise attacks.”

As the crack opened, rocks and scrap metal came crashing down, but when Lee Ji-hyun glanced over, the rocks began to float up like balloons.

“You use teleportation in advance to drop a rock high into the sky, then attach space to the opponent and attack them? Like some kind of mass weapon.”

“… … .”

“If you connect the place you drop it to the place you land it on with space, wouldn’t it fall infinitely? Just like a portal gun. It reminds me of a game I used to play with Seojun.”

“… … You know something about me? Did that guy tell you anything?”

When she nods at Han Seo-jun, Lee Ji-hyun chuckles.

“You’re famous. It’s strange not knowing.”

“Yeah, that’s true. But those kids don’t seem to know.”

“I’m sure it was a surprise attack like the one you did to me. If those guys had known about your abilities in advance, they would have responded adequately.”

“Oh, really… … ?”

Charlotte was speechless.

Because an invisible force surged towards her.

Suddenly, the breakthrough piece bounced off with a loud noise, “Kwaaang!”

Lee Ji-hyun used her telekinesis to attack Charlotte.

But that doesn’t work on Charlotte.

Lee Ji-hyun’s telekinesis disappeared as if she was sucked into a black hole.

If you use your space manipulation abilities, you can easily destroy telekinesis abilities.

“under.”

Lee Ji-hyun snorted again.

He continued to attack with his telekinesis without stopping.

“The ability to manipulate space… … It’s definitely amazing. It has good compatibility and can be used in a wide range of ways.”

Lee Ji-hyun slowly reached out and squeezed Charlotte’s hand little by little. She clenched her hand tightly as if she was going to burst it with her hand. Then, an enormous amount of telekinetic power was concentrated in one place. The space began to twist little by little due to the telekinetic power that was being compressed and concentrated. Charlotte frowned slightly. What is that?

Eventually Charlotte used shrinkage.

It was one of the teleportation techniques that moved by folding the wrinkles of the ground.

Charlotte, who had slipped out of the range of the telekinetic attack, glanced at the place where she had just been.

Then I realized that there was a hole the size of a golf ball in the ground of the training ground.

The telekinetic force concentrated in one place dug into the ground of the training ground and reached deep underground.

Although the attack range is not wide, he looked slightly surprised at how he could concentrate his power in one place like that.

It was a significant level of power control.

“… … Distorting space with telekinesis? Is that a bit much?”

“Why did you dodge? Couldn’t you have blocked it sufficiently?”

“… … Ah. That’s true, but I’m afraid something might go wrong.”

Charlotte yawned with her mouth covered.

That relaxed look was completely out of place.

I wanted to make the composure disappear from Charlotte’s face.

Immediately, Lee Ji-hyun awakened her powers and attacked Charlotte.

Charlotte used her telekinesis again to avoid the threatening telekinesis.

Charlotte evaded Lee Ji-hyun’s attacks by moving from east to west, but Lee Ji-hyun’s telekinesis followed her wherever she moved. As she continued to apply pressure, Charlotte let out a loud scream.

“… … It’s annoying.”

After clicking his tongue, he took out two chopsticks.

Charlotte, clutching the metal chopsticks tightly, tried to send the chopsticks toward the coordinates she had calculated in advance.

Charlotte is aiming for Lee Ji-hyun’s shoulders and thighs.

It was a blood vessel through which paralyzing blood flowed.

Charlotte quickly teleported her chopsticks, but Lee Ji-hyun easily twisted her body to avoid Charlotte’s chopsticks as if she had expected it.

Charlotte’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

How did you know when to move the chopsticks?

“… … Ah. Could it be that you are detecting spatial vibrations?”

“okay.”

“… … Hmm? This is really fun.”

“Isn’t it boring now?”

Charlotte let out a short exclamation of admiration at the various ways in which her telekinesis could be utilized, while Lee Ji-hyun tightly linked her arms and began to spread her telekinesis a little more evenly and widely.

Before we knew it, Lee Ji-hyun’s telekinesis had covered the entire area.

Charlotte’s body, which had been continuously escaping through space jumps, trembled and stopped.

Doesn’t Charlotte’s body feel as if a boulder is resting on her shoulders?

What is this? It doesn’t seem to be telekinesis, but rather gravity manipulation.

“… … .”

Charlotte turned her head slightly.

Then I noticed that everyone except Charlotte was not affected by the telekinesis.

It seemed as though he was only suppressing Charlotte and the entire training ground while avoiding everyone else.

The more I look at it, the more I realize how amazing the telekinetic control is.

The S-rank psychokinesis user I faced last time didn’t seem to be able to control it to this extent…

Are you sure that the title of Top 10 wasn’t something you got by luck?

‘Your telekinesis is getting stronger.’

Charlotte stretched her right hand upward and used her space manipulation ability to defend against Lee Ji-hyun’s telekinesis, and tried to attack Lee Ji-hyun by stretching her left hand toward her.

But isn’t it the case that an unknown coldness is coming over Charlotte?

“… …Freezing, ability?”

Little by little, my body temperature is dropping.

A cold chill, like a poem, slowly swept over Charlotte’s body.

As she turned her gaze, she saw a flower bud made of ice in the distance. Charlotte frowned at the sight of the large flower bud.

‘There weren’t any ice flower peaks like that just a moment ago?’

As I was making a puzzled expression, the ice flower buds slowly began to bloom, and before I knew it, the petals were in full bloom.

And an even colder chill threatened Charlotte.

I felt the tips of my fingers and the lobes of my ears getting redder.

It wasn’t a normal cold spell, and it seemed to be some kind of debuff magic.

“Are you… coming to your senses?”

“Ha, phew.”

A little further away, Seo-yoon Choi is using magic. It is a debuff magic created by Seo-yoon Choi’s freezing ability and synthetic magic.

“Area debuffs are annoying… … .”

“under!”

Just as she was about to use her space manipulation ability to attack Choi Seo-yoon and the Ice Flower, Kang Hwa-ryeon’s fist shot out like a bullet and stole Charlotte’s gaze.

Since it was a threat that could kill her in one hit if she got hit directly, Charlotte quickly extended her left hand and used her space manipulation ability.

The intention was to use Kang Hwa-ryeon’s attack to attack Choi Seo-yoon.

All that was needed was to connect the spaces and direct the attack towards Seo-yoon Choi.

Of course, if that were to happen, Seo-yoon Choi’s life would be slightly at risk, but wouldn’t someone with Seo-yoon Choi’s abilities be able to stop it somehow?

Thinking that it would be okay as long as she didn’t die instantly, Charlotte moved the space towards Choi Seo-yoon.

‘Huh? You stopped your fist in the middle?’

But Kang Hwa-ryeon stopped his fist midway as if he had anticipated Charlotte’s thoughts.

Then the wind blew loudly and Charlotte squinted her eyes and stepped back.

At that moment, Ryu Ye-rin, who had been hiding behind Kang Hwa-ryeon’s body, jumped out and swung her sword with her left hand.

It seemed like they were trying to take Charlotte by surprise, but it was useless against Charlotte. If they could bend the space, could they easily block that level of attack?

‘Huh? Your body?’

Suddenly my body stopped responding well.

Could it be because of the cold air flowing from those ice flowers?

I just now realized that my body was stiffer than I thought.

Even without Lee Ji-hyun, it was annoying to defend against her telekinesis, but Choi Seo-yoon’s freezing ability seemed to have taken advantage of her weakness and slowly froze her.

Charlotte clicked her tongue and used her teleportation ability to escape Ryu Ye-rin’s attack.

Charlotte moved a little further away from them and gently touched her frozen fingers.

“… … It seems like you’re moving better than before?”

Ryu Ye-rin answered lightly, swinging her sword.

“Huh! If you just knew about the ability to manipulate space, you could deal with it?”

“Whether you’re a single-ranker or a loser, you’re really lost, b*tch.”

“Everyone, please calm down… … .”

Kang Hwa-ryeon clenched his fists and let out a fierce curse, and Choi Seo-yoon tried to stop the excited Ryu Ye-rin and Kang Hwa-ryeon.

“… … .”

Charlotte suddenly pursed her lips.

When he looked at his own hand, he saw that there was a slight cut.

Drops of blood ran down his fingers and fell to the ground.

It seemed that I was unable to properly block Ryu Ye-rin’s attack.

Ryu Ye-rin sneered at the sight of Charlotte silently looking down at the dripping blood.

“What? You said you were a top 10 hunter, but you’re nothing special.”

“Yerin? Why do you insist on mentioning the Top 10 Hunters?”

“Huh? Why is Jihyun suddenly… … Oh right, you were a top 10 hunter too, right?”

Ryu Ye-rin pretended not to know and Lee Ji-hyun sighed deeply inwardly.

… … Well, judging by the fact that he’s making such a lame joke, it looks like his injuries aren’t serious.

To be honest, I didn’t really like Ryu Ye-rin, but I was glad that she wasn’t seriously hurt.

Oh, really.

It seems like I’ve become attached to you without even knowing it.

I wonder if it’s because I have feelings for him?

“… … I don’t know how much blood I’ve shed.”

Suddenly, Charlotte starts to hum quietly.

“… … Ah, this won’t do.”

He took off his headset and hung it around his neck, muttering to himself.

“… … Really… … This isn’t right.”

A creepy music was slowly flowing out from the headset that had been taken off.

“… … You’re really making it fun…?”

When Charlotte smiled with her hazy eyes, I started to feel goosebumps all over my body for some reason.

“… …Shall we make it a little more fun?”

Crack, crack, crack!

Cracks began to appear in the ceiling, floor, and walls.

Not only objects, but even the air itself cracked and cracked.

And then, out of thin air, a piece of metal fell.

It was a broken, old, shabby window.

It looked like an unappealing window, but… … No, could that be it?

‘Isn’t that a holy relic?’

Han Seo-jun was surprised.

That ugly-looking broken spear blade is a holy relic known as the Spear of Longinus.

It was one of the secret treasures of the Seongcheon Church and one of the highest grade relics.

It was an item that was not normally exported, and it was a weapon that was only given to the highest level of the Sungcheon Church.

“It captures all the moods.”

Lee Ji-hyun snorted and took out a pure white revolver.

The revolver was made by melting down holy relics and treasures, and was Lee Ji-hyun’s main weapon. The fact that she took out the revolver was proof that she was serious about fighting. Lee Ji-hyun put bullets into the cylinder one by one.

I alternated between red and yellow bullets.

Each shot was a special bullet worth tens of billions of dollars.

It had the effect of absorbing or offsetting awakening abilities to some extent.

It might not be possible to completely destroy Charlotte’s spatial manipulation abilities, but it might be effective to some extent.

‘… …Can I leave this alone?’

Sweat poured down Han Seo-jun’s temples.

Jihyun and Charlotte too.

I think you’re thinking of doing it in earnest… … .

‘Hey Charlotte, what the hell is that b*tch doing here, she just wanted to say hello?’

I was worried that if I left it like this, one of them would really get into big trouble, when out of the blue, the phone rang.

– Tiring, tiring

“… … ?”

“… … ?”

They tilted their heads and looked toward the source of the phone ringing.

Then I realized that it was Charlotte who was ringing the phone.

What, all of a sudden?

“… … Oh, sorry. I got a call. Just a moment.”

“No, what?”

Charlotte apologized with a calm face and answered the phone.

They looked at Charlotte with bewildered eyes.

Ryu Ye-rin nodded with a glance, signaling, “Should I attack now?”, but Lee Ji-hyun shook her head with a look on her face as if she was going to stay silent for now.

Charlotte was busy answering the phone. She frowned for a moment, then said, “Oh, sorry.” “Okay, stop nagging me.” “Huh? Oh, no… … ?” and broke into a sweat.

A strange feeling arose in me, wondering who on earth could be calling me to do something like that.

“……ha.”

Finally, Charlotte ended the phone call and let out a deep sigh.

“… … Uh, um. Well.”

Charlotte waved her hands and canceled her spatial manipulation powers.

Before I knew it, all the things that had cracked in the air were restored to their original state.

He also threw the broken spear into the space and slumped his shoulders.

“… … Ah. Sorry, I lost. I surrender.”

“what?”

Suddenly Charlotte waved the white flag.

“I’m sorry for causing a fuss. I didn’t mean to.”

“Hey, what the hell are you talking about?”

“I’m sorry. As a token of my apology, I’ll give you a generous amount of compensation, so can you be a little lenient… … ?”

“Is this b*tch really crazy? Dude, didn’t I tell you you were going to lose today?”

Kang Hwa-ryeon grumbled with an excited face, but Charlotte frowned as if annoyed and used her space manipulation ability to scatter gold coins and jewels.

As a considerable amount of gold and silver treasures poured down, Kang Hwa-ryeon’s eyebrows flinched and trembled.

“… … Even if you use this much to repair the building, there will be plenty left over. Take the rest as compensation.”

“This crazy b*tch? Eat this and then get out, that’s it?”

“… … And I’ll give you some healing water. It’s the best healing water, so your wound will heal quickly.”

“Are you ignoring what I say?”

Charlotte threw a few bottles of healing water at them with a cold face.

“… … You might be wondering why I picked a fight. You might also be wondering why I came here. But wouldn’t it be better to ask that guy that question rather than me?”

“To Seojun?”

Charlotte nodded when Seo-yoon Choi asked again.

“That guy will explain it well. I came here because of that guy. Oh, hm. Then I guess I’ll go now.”

“Who sent it?”

Lee Ji-hyun brandished her gun and glared at him with a sharp gaze.

“You. I told you that you can’t get out of here safely.”

“… … Do you really want to fight me that much?”

Charlotte tilted her head and glanced at Han Seo-jun.

“If you really want to have a go at it, then there’s nothing I can do about it. I’m sure that guy will get involved too.”

“… … .”

“Even if that guy can use his absorption abilities, he won’t be safe if he gets caught up in a fight, right?”

“… … .”

Lee Ji-hyun closed her eyes for a moment, then let out a sigh.

“… … Anyway, I’m really sorry? I said.”

“Why is that girl apologizing in an interrogative tone?”

“… … Actually, aren’t you sorry?”

“You’re really a b*tch. Let’s just see.”

Kang Hwa-ryeon grumbled with a nervous expression the whole time.

Even though she hadn’t even drank the healing water, Kang Hwa-ryeon’s body looked fine.

It seems that the body has been healed by increasing regenerative abilities.

“… … Okay. Get out.”

“… … Really? Then what?”

“Sister! Are you really going to let me go?”

“What if you don’t send it?”

“but…….”

Charlotte said with a small smile.

“… … But isn’t there no way to catch me in the first place? If I escape using space jumping, who can stop me?”

“I told you to get out.”

“… … Okay, okay. See you later then?”

“I still don’t like that woman.”

Jihyun just crossed her arms and clicked her tongue.

And Charlotte quickly disappeared.

It seemed like he escaped using his spatial manipulation abilities.

“Haa… … This is really a headache.”

Lee Ji-hyun sighed as she looked at the collapsing training ground.

We brought in the latest equipment, but it’s all broken.

“Hey Han Seojun.”

“Uh, yeah?”

“What on earth did that woman say? You said you were going to explain it to me.”

“Oh, that’s right.”

Han Seo-jun avoided eye contact with an awkward face.

I felt like it was time to give them a proper explanation.