Chapter 451 – King Yan’s Disciple 4 (28)

『Quest』

〈Defeat Akazin the Oni.〉

-Completion: Reinforcement of Yeonyeom Magic (9 stars).

Seeing that the quest was cleared, it was clear that Akajin had been defeated.

Until now, when I used the Spiral Breakthrough with all my might, I would instantly create a huge hole in the opponent’s body or emit enough energy to annihilate them, but this time it was a little different.

The combination of the newly acquired yang energy and shadow energy is quite… ?

“Kaaaaah?!”

My arms were numb like crazy.

By passing through the thunderbolt that Akazin used? Rather than that, it felt like it was burning hot inside.

Sometimes, if I used my inner energy beyond its limit, my body would fill up with yin energy, impeding circulation, but now I kept repeating hot and cold.

I fell to my knees in crazy pain, as if my flesh had been peeled off and repeatedly dipped into hot and cold baths.

“Why are you doing this!”

I know that I am weak to pain.

No matter how many times I got beaten up by goblins in the first semester, I was wearing protective gear, and the most painful memory after that was when I was possessed by Lee Sian and got beaten up by an evolved zombie.

In my old memories, has there ever been a time when it was as painful as now? I felt like I needed to replenish my energy in order to bite my molars tightly and endure the pain.

‘There is less heat on the battlefield than I thought.’

Even if the heat was converted to propulsion, there was too little heat remaining.

I managed to use Yeonyeomshingong (連炎神功) to capture the scattered heat in my body and convert it into internal energy, and the pain in my arm seemed to lessen a little.

“Damn… Is Yan Yang Qi overloading the body?”

With trembling hands, I threw the gauntlet on my arm to the floor.

The white phosphorescent sword armor covered with white scales rolled on the floor, but there was no need to worry about it.

“Whoa…”

Both my hands were shaking, and my arm, which was covered by the gauntlet, was stained red.

I was able to deal with the filling of yin energy in my body by intentionally creating yang energy, but I don’t know what to do with this situation.

“I think the condition will get worse if I force it, so I’ll have to endure it.”

I thought the answer would be to fill up my inner energy, but there was still a long time left before the night came.

As my inner energy continued to fill up, I stood up on my knees while enduring the pain that diminished.

I tried to grab the yellow bat that was lying next to Akajun’s body, but my hand didn’t have much strength.

‘Let’s just rest.’

The pain in my arm still lingered, and even though the village was in shambles due to the rampage of Ogres and Akajin, battle sleep seemed like it would allow me to fall asleep.

I kicked the White Phosphorus Flame God Gauntlet and placed it near the yellow bat and then lay down on the floor.

*

“Resurrection!”

I woke up and said as I got up.

No one would listen to what I said, but I still wanted to shout.

When I woke up, my energy had recovered quite a bit and the pain in my arms had completely disappeared.

(Shahemoth.)

(Master? You’re a little late. Was this a difficult opponent?)

(Hmm. I aimed for a short decisive battle rather than a long fight, but it was hard on my body.)

(What about upbound? No problem, right?)

(I took some damage from meeting goblins and orcs. It seems like the number of monsters in Anhui has suddenly increased.)

Thinking that it was fortunate that such a monster had appeared, I cleaned up the items on the floor.

He put the White Phosphorus Flame God Gauntlet back on both arms and picked up a yellow bat.

I picked up a bat that was slightly larger in girth than the baseball bat I used when possessing Lee Sian, and it was quite heavy.

‘It has the strength to withstand a spiral break, so this weight is fine.’

Even though I mainly used my fists and could make weapons with shadows, it was better to carry strong weapons.

Skill Link-Boost

Yeonyeom Shingong (連炎神功). Presence detection.

Presence detection-wave

The ring of heat spreading around me scoured the surroundings to find any possible survivors.

However, since I could not sense the heat of people, I decided to leave the village without any hesitation.

“Burn Akajin’s body.”

Using prayer beads, white flames rose and burned Akajin’s body lying on the floor.

I was confident that I would be able to defeat another ogre if he was revived, but I was not confident that I could fight him if Akajin was strengthened further.

If a strike mixed with flame and yang energy doesn’t work, the answer would be to run away.

“But what exactly is it? It seems like it was added to the Flame Magic.”

【3】

【Han Sian-(100%)+(EX 35%)】

【Level: 4】

【Combat power: 1699+(532)】

【Holding skills: Yeonyeom Shingong (9 stars), Yeonhwanryu (B)】

【Awaiting Quest (12/12)】

【Skill: Flame God Art (9 stars)】

【Open a new path with the connected flame.】

【EX1. White Flame: A flame containing the power of purification burns.】

【EX2. Flame energy: Condensed flame breaks the limits of the body.】

“Hey. But it’s too much to cause pain that breaks my arm.”

Anyway, I was able to instantly overcome both my mana limit and my physical limit, but both had side effects.

The best thing is to grow to the point where you don’t feel those side effects, but it was very strange that the bodies when possessed were different.

‘Strengthening the self-establishment is good for possession, but it’s a shame because it has little effect on the main body?’

I thought for a moment about the limitations of my skills and moved my body in the direction where Shahemos was.

*

When I came out of the bushes, I intentionally made a lot of noise, so the people at the top were very wary.

However, when it appeared, the people at the top took a breath and were relieved.

“Sian!”

My older brother, who was in the lead, rode up with a horse and I looked around at the wagons and people and spoke as if I didn’t know about the conversation I had with Shahemos.

“Brother, it looks like we were attacked.”

“Yes. We met a green youkai and a big green youkai. As long as it’s not the same as the giant youkai you faced, we can protect the items.”

“Sohye is okay, right?”

“Yes, Sohye was hiding in the wagon, so she’s fine without any injuries. From the looks of it, the whole of Anhui seems to be in shambles…”

“You think it might be difficult to help everyone in the Nangung Segaga, right?”

“Yes. It seems that there is a high possibility that there is a problem in the Namgung Segae and the Sword King Elder.”

Little Brother would not have said that there was a problem with the old Sword King, but now he had no choice but to make such a speculative statement.

Since he is strong enough to fight Master Flame King, he can cut down monsters of a certain level with a single sword. If something were to happen to the old Sword King, it would be a difficult problem for me to handle.

“Even if there is a problem in Anhui, I think the first thing to do is to return home. If you go to Jekgye, you will be able to hear news from He Fei.”

“Yes. Because we have to send the envoys and envoys home.”

I think I need to complete this trip, gather information, and decide how to act.

*

After fighting Akajin, I passed two villages with no survivors.

The villages with no survivors seem to have been attacked by goblins and orcs because they were small villages, but the messengers and I cleaned up those villages neatly.

In the case of slightly larger villages where we could set up barriers and fight, they held out well until we arrived, but everyone was preparing to evacuate.

“You’re going to Jeokgye, not Hebi.”

Even though Jeokgye was the largest of the nearby villages, I didn’t think it was a good place to take refuge, but when I asked why, I couldn’t help but nod.

“They say that a monster door has opened near Hebi, but they say they can’t remove the warrior from Nangung Sega to stop it. And they say that you are the one who wiped out all the ant monsters in the Red Realm.”

“I’m away right now, but…”

I was going there because Namgung Sega was dangerous and I, a famous expert nearby, was from the Red Clan.

Although information related to my current location is not circulating on the Internet in real time, it was moving slowly, so we were able to meet.

Anyway, we continued moving toward the enemy territory, leading the refugees.

*

Even though I tried to return to the enemy territory as quickly as possible, I had no choice but to slow down because I had to lead refugees with me.

Still, we moved quickly in the beginning and did not stop in the middle even when leading the refugees, so we returned to the enemy territory a little faster than we expected.

The barriers that seemed insufficient to block the ant monsters were considerably reinforced, and it was a bit unusual to see officers and soldiers standing guard.

“We finally arrived…!”

Looking at the messenger speaking with a voice full of joy, I could tell how anxious he was during this trip.

“We go straight to the top and organize things! Don’t let things go haywire just because you’re back home, let’s do it right until the end!”

“Yes!”

After shouting loudly to the governor and the monks, the younger brother spoke softly to me.

“Xian, you go home first with Sohye.”

“I will. I can protect the top, but I don’t know much about what’s going on inside, so my presence won’t be of any help.”

If you continue to watch and gain experience like this, you will gain the knowledge to lead the upper level, but my powerlessness lowers the value of such learning.

I got off the wagon, took Shahemos, who was standing next to me, and quickly headed to Mr. Han’s manor to make sure there was no problem with the family.

“Youngest master!”

“Have you finished your ascent?”

The familiar gatekeepers looked at me and bowed their heads.

“Yes. Little Brother says he will come back after finishing things off. There hasn’t been any problem with the enemy so far, right?”

“That’s right. It seems like there’s a lot of chaos up there, but it’s relatively quiet.”

“Ah…! And there are guests who came to visit the youngest master. They are two beautiful women…”

When I heard the words “Two beautiful women,” What immediately came to mind were the women I often met in Jeokgye.

“There’s no way a courtesan would come looking for me?”

“I heard… That she is the daughter and servant of the Zhuge family.”

The doorkeeper said to me with an awkward smile.

A person who can deliver information about Namgung Sega more accurately than anyone else has come to me.