Chapter 2539 – 2539. Savior Of The Academy

A massive wolf slowly walks towards me. A freezing cold emanates from the wolf, clashing with my domain and canceling it out.

‘Vajra Trust.’

I threw the Vajra Trust I was holding into the air. *Crack*. Electricity sparked in the air, and the Vajra Trust became fixed. I laid down an invisible electromagnetic rail and struck the Vajra Trust with my clenched fist.

Thunder Sky Style Electromagnetic Cannon.

A railgun using the Vajra Trust as a projectile was fired.

In the blink of an eye, the Vajra Trust reached Zarkan’s head. Zarkan’s head was turned to the side by the impact. Zarkan hadn’t been able to react to the speed, which was several times the speed of sound.

‘Was that a hit?’

I had hit him with the Vajra Trust, but no blood had come out, so I couldn’t be sure.

Zarkan turned his head back. The black wolf’s face was hideously distorted. He looked extremely annoyed.

I checked the Vajra Trust embedded in Zarkan’s forehead.

‘Reverse Summon. Summon.’

The Vajra Trust reappeared in front of me. There was a little blood on the tip of the Vajra Trust.

‘It was slightly embedded at the end. But it didn’t go in deep. Does that mean the power of the railgun and the anti-magic power of the Vajra Trust weren’t enough?’

I hesitated to grab the Vajra Trust. Even without touching it, I could feel a coldness that felt like my skin was tearing.

‘…I see. He used his power to block it before the Vajra Trust could fully penetrate his head.’

There was good news and bad news. The good news was that Zarkan’s body wasn’t invincible. The bad news was that Zarkan, with his beastly head, was using his power much better than expected.

I tried to manipulate the Vajra Trust with my will. I didn’t need to hold it in my hand. But my will didn’t reach the Vajra Trust well. It felt like the Wi-Fi signal had suddenly dropped from three bars to one.

‘Zarkan’s power is interfering.’

*Crack!*

I created lightning to burn away Zarkan’s freezing cold. Even so, the cold didn’t disappear immediately. It seemed like I would need a few tens of seconds before I could use the Vajra Trust again.

‘He’s coming…!’

Zarkan charged. The speed wasn’t fast. The domain that was still maintained was slowing him down. Of course, even so, his speed was easily over 100 km/h.

I swung the Fire Lotus Flying Dagger towards Zarkan.

Thunder Sky Style Thunder罡 Blade.

A huge slash, mixed with the power of the domain and red lightning, flew towards Zarkan. Instead of dodging, Zarkan raised his front paw. He was trying to block the slash with his claws.

‘That’s no ordinary slash. It’s mixed with strong energy, lightning, and the power of the domain. No matter how strong a legion commander is, he can’t block it with just his claws.’

As if mocking my thoughts, the slash was blocked and disappeared by his mere claws.

As my face hardened, Zarkan was already in front of me. Zarkan opened his mouth wide, trying to bite me in one go.

[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 11]

I used Flash to dodge his jaws.

Thunder Sky Style Gale Lightning.

I stepped on the air and climbed onto Zarkan’s back. Zarkan’s black fur was surprisingly soft. I held the Fire Lotus Flying Dagger in reverse and stabbed Zarkan’s back.

*Clang!*

Something invisible blocked the tip of the Fire Lotus Flying Dagger. Only when I saw it with my Spirit Eye (SSS) did I realize it was frozen air.

‘You can’t block the Fire Lotus Flying Dagger with just frozen air. The way this guy uses his power is…!’

I gritted my teeth. In the original story, he was a beast who used his freezing cold power to apply a wide-area debuff and fought with the strong body of a magical beast. That’s what I thought. But the result of facing him directly was different.

‘Zarkan’s freezing cold freezes the target, conceptually, not physically. He just froze the space to block my sword. In other words, his power is….’

Fixation.

*Crack!*

Red electricity sparked from my feet. The domain blocked the freezing cold that was trying to invade me. I retreated from Zarkan for now.

If Zarkan had fixed the space around his body, it was no different from wearing an impenetrable armor.

‘I need to find an opening.’

Fortunately, I had good eyes. If I concentrated, I could see something faint.

‘That’s probably Zarkan’s power. It doesn’t cover his entire body. The power that’s covering him is also disappearing. Is he using his power to protect himself only when he’s attacked?’

Zarkan turned his head towards me and opened his mouth. A blue cold, the power of freezing cold, began to gather in his mouth.

I knew this pattern.

I jumped into the sky.

Zarkan exhaled. The freezing cold breath was released, freezing everything it touched. I desperately dodged the freezing cold breath by stepping on the air.

[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 10]
[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 9]
[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 8]

I barely dodged by using Flash in succession. The breath itself was as fast as the wind, so dodging it was extremely difficult.

Looking down at the ground, I could see that the academy buildings were frozen blue.

Zarkan swung his claws at me. A slash flew towards me. It was faster than the slash he had sent earlier. Was it because he swung his claws harder? No. The domain was weakening.

I also swung the Fire Lotus Flying Dagger, responding with a slash. Zarkan’s three slashes. Even though there was only one, my slash was bigger than Zarkan’s.

The winner was Zarkan’s slash. The moment my slash collided, it was shattered.

Zarkan had fixed the shape, the surface, of the slash with his power. It was like a blade that was fixed and unchanging. In other words, it would have the upper hand no matter what it collided with. The fact that it didn’t change meant that it wasn’t affected. That was why the domain was being torn apart.

‘That’s a broken ability.’

The only good thing was that Zarkan wasn’t indiscriminately firing slashes.

It seemed that there was a limit to using his power, and after that, he engaged in close combat.

‘This isn’t easy either.’

[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 7]
[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 6]

I lowered my head with the speed of Flash. Zarkan’s claws grazed over my head. If my reaction had been a little slower, my head would have been gone.

‘That damn beast is really good at fighting.’

He was a creature that had lived for thousands, tens of thousands of years. Even if his head was that of a beast, the experience he had accumulated over his life wasn’t going anywhere.

‘Moka. Body slam.’

Moka, who was a little distance away, faithfully carried out my order. The thunderbird, transformed into lightning, crashed into Zarkan’s body.

*KWA-A-A-A-A-ANG!*

The lightning crashed down like a pillar. Zarkan, seemingly completely unprepared, had to take the attack head-on.

Zarkan fell to the ground. But Moka wasn’t unscathed either. In that short time, he had been counterattacked, and his left wing was torn by claws.

“Koo-ook.”

Moka flew into the sky and looked down at Zarkan with a dignified air.

‘…He’s pretending to be dignified. That’s a fatal wound for Moka too. You’ve already done your part.’

I reverse-summoned Moka and summoned Inferna. The highest-grade fire spirit clicked her tongue as soon as she appeared.

“You summoned me to a cold place? You’ve got guts.”

“Inferna. There’s no time for jokes.”

“I know.”

Flames rose around Inferna. She instantly drove away the cold, melting and even evaporating the accumulated snow. Her efficiency in countering the freezing cold was much better than the domain.

‘Should I have summoned Inferna sooner? …No. If I had, I would have been ganged up on. Thanks to Moka quickly dealing with the other magical beasts and demons, I was able to fight him one-on-one.’

I wanted to summon the other highest-grade spirits, but… I was short on mana. Right now, I was also sending mana to Makina.

Zarkan, who had been knocked down, got up. After shaking his head once, he charged at me again.

[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 5]

I dodged his attacks using Flash and shoved in counterattacks. Zarkan’s attacks were fatal, while my attacks didn’t have any significant hits. However, I was definitely accumulating damage on him, little by little.

‘His actions have become more passive than before. I can see a chance of victory.’

I could feel Inferna’s will. She was asking me why I wasn’t using Spirit Possession.

There were several reasons.

Spirit Possession consumed a lot of mana. It wasn’t good to use attacks that consumed a large amount of mana in the current battle. Because the situation wouldn’t end just by killing Zarkan.

Secondly, there was the issue of proficiency. I didn’t use Spirit Possession often, except for Moka. In particular, Spirit Possession required a strong bond and balance with the spirit. Of course, since I had an absolute mind, I would succeed, but it was uncertain whether I could exert 100% of my power.

[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 4]

With the power of Flash, I deflected Zarkan’s claws with my sword. Zarkan’s body was thrown upwards, and I was about to be crushed underneath him.

‘This is….’

It was a crisis.

But at the same time, it was also an opportunity. Zarkan’s belly was an area that wasn’t protected by his power.

[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 3]

Thunder Sky Style Thunder罡 Blade.

I slashed his belly with the Fire Lotus Flying Dagger. His blood gushed out.

I didn’t stop and summoned the Vajra Trust.

Thunder Sky Style Electromagnetic Cannon.

I slammed the railgun into him. The Vajra Trust was accurately embedded in his abdomen.

“KRAAAAAAAAH!”

Zarkan let out a roar mixed with anger. His murderous eyes turned towards me, and in that moment, my legs froze.

‘He blocked the Vajra Trust with his power before it reached his heart. But I inflicted a fatal wound.’

Since my legs were frozen, it was impossible to dodge.

I was prepared to die.

“Yujin-aaaaaah!!”

Along with Seong Hari’s shout, a lightning-wrapped spear flew and struck Zarkan’s side. Zarkan, who was about to attack me, was thrown back and rolled on the ground. I turned my head towards the auditorium. Seong Hari was standing on top of the auditorium, her hair flying in the wind.

A demon charged at Seong Hari from behind. Seong Hari easily dodged and then punched the demon to death. And she began to kill the demons along with the other heroes.

I melted the frozen legs using lightning. I felt considerable pain. But it was bearable.

Zarkan, who had been thrown back, got up. After shaking his head once, he glared at Seong Hari and then looked at me and howled at the sky.

“Awoooooooooooooooo.”

All the cold around him gathered like a small storm and was absorbed into Zarkan. Zarkan’s black fur turned a deep blue. He stared at me with his unchanged blue eyes, as if he wanted to kill me.

‘I can feel his will to kill me very clearly.’

Zarkan wrapped his power around his body. He froze himself with freezing cold and fixed it. This meant that he was going to wear an impenetrable shield and attack me unilaterally.

‘But is it really impenetrable?’

*Crack, crack.*

Around Zarkan, his power and domain were colliding and breaking. It meant they were canceling each other out.

In [God’s Atlantis], a domain is a space where one makes the surrounding area their own territory, twisting the laws to create an environment advantageous to oneself. The gods in [God’s Atlantis] use this domain when they fight with their powers.

‘Zarkan wrapped his power around his body. Is there any reason why I can’t do the same?’

I shrunk the domain that was covering the academy.

The demons and magical beasts that were under the influence of the domain would become more rampant, but… the others would be able to handle that much.

Red starlight gathered around me.

It wasn’t enough to just gather it around me. To wrap it meant to tailor it to myself.

There was no time to ponder how to do it.

[Activating Genius Time for 10 seconds.]

I had a sense of it.

I had handled similar powers before.

*Crack.*

Red electricity sparked from my body. I gathered the red starlight and moved it behind my back. And I connected it to myself.

The domain formed a circle, shedding red starlight. The halo rotated using starlight as power, creating force.

Thunder Sky Style Ultimate Technique Thunder Light Crimson Wheel.