138 – The Returner Deceives (5)

“It’s a bummer… ?”

“… “

Bungbung. Choi Ji-won’s sword. The one who made me regress countless times in the tutorial.

I was already aware of its existence. In the first place, Bungbung is Choi Ji-won’s companion, and Choi Ji-won has said more than once that ‘Bungbung grumbles while looking at me.’

“Why are you here… ?”

However, it is true that the timing of Bungbung’s appearance is very strange. Since Choi Ji-won regained her memory and started dating me, Bungbung has never been seen.

You’ve been quiet this whole time, why now? At such an odd timing?

“No way, no way…” “

It was inevitable that my imagination would run wild in a negative direction.

Could it be that Choi Ji-won’s consciousness is subject to some kind of prohibition? Because of that, Bungbung’s consciousness, which was lurking beneath the surface, came to the surface… ?

If you look at the original creation, the main character loses consciousness and something sinister sealed inside his body appears. The buzz is not something ominous, but is it my illusion that the situation fits perfectly?

“… “I know what you’re thinking, but it’s not like that.”

However, Bungbung directly denies my guess.

“Look at Jiwon’s body.”

He, or she… No, I should just say her. Anyway, she tapped her own shoulder and urged me to look closely at her own body.

“Body… “See?”

I was asked to look at the body, but I didn’t feel anything unusual. This is Choi Ji-won, who I always see with a slim and attractive body. Appropriately sized chest. Straight legs. A slim waist. A flowing ponytail. Even the small tear dots under the eyes…

“… “You pervert.”

Her face blushed, as if she felt eyes freely scanning her body. He was wiggling his hands as if he was annoyed, but he barely controlled himself because he knew that if he hit me, I would regress.

“Lightning! Look at the lightning. “Don’t just look at the body!”

“Uhm… “

Only then did my eyes turn to the blue electric current surrounding Choi Ji-won’s body.

“… I’m not sure? “What do you want me to see?”

“You idiot! “You don’t see the current state being stable?”

“… “Is that so?”

Just as Bungbung said, considering it was her first time activating ‘Heart of the Demon’, the lightning that sprang from her body was very stable. There are characteristics that can be used freely from the moment you acquire them, but there are characteristics that you have to get used to after acquiring them…

“You don’t know, but the moment you activate this trait, your entire body’s magic begins to run wild. Moreover, as the current flows through the skin, the muscles begin to twitch and the whole body begins to tremble.”

“… “It’s a bit strange to think that way.”

Choi Ji-won knows how to manipulate her magical powers. She sometimes taught me and repeated her exercises herself. It is true that she is as talented at manipulating magic as she is with her sword, and her skills have improved at an incredible rate… This means that she doesn’t handle her magic well enough to be fine like this.

When I realized that fact, something was finally visible.

“No way… “

“Hmph. “I can’t believe I have to spoon-feed it like this.”

Bungbung raises the corners of her mouth and smiles slightly. It had a different taste from Choi Ji-won’s warm smile.

“Right now, Jiwon is concentrating everything on controlling his magic power. “I don’t know much about magic power.”

“… “Then what do you do?”

“Me? My role is to control the muscles of the entire body and endure pain. “It’s a sword, so I’m used to that.”

That’s right. Choi Ji-won’s personality is currently focused on calming down his rampaging magic. Bungbung’s personality was controlling the body, so Bungbung’s personality rose to the surface.

Separate personalities that handle magical power. A separate personality that deals with the body. This is an optimized role distribution for using high-risk technologies such as ‘Heart of the Battle’.

“… “Isn’t it a scam?”

In web novels, I’ve seen great wizards split their consciousness and use dozens or hundreds of magic spells, but I thought it was against the law for a prosecutor to do this. No, this is really a scam.

Is there a reason why Choi Ji-won’s characteristic of ‘Shingeomunil’ is rated SSS? I thought that simply increasing sensitivity, physical ability, and body durability was boring for an SSS grade… I never thought there would be a way to use it like this.

“Because Jiwon and I are geniuses. You can do this easily. Is not it?”

“… “

Bungbung snorts while watching me admire him. His arrogant appearance is strangely infuriating.

Let’s be patient. Isn’t this a young sword that is only 3 months old? Children naturally enjoy making fun of adults, so I, who have developed a mature personality, must understand this.

“Look at this. “It looks like Jiwon is slowly getting used to it.”

Thrilling! Shiver!

However, whether I am angry or not, Bungbung is playing around with lightning in the air. Although extremely fine control is not possible, it appears that the lightning can be manipulated at will to some extent.

“… “

When I saw that, a possibility emerged in my mind.

“Bungbunga.”

“Huh?”

“Lightning, can you miss it on purpose? And how much power do you think is possible?”

If all goes according to original plan… The plan was to burn down a lot of the forest and show only the traces of the fight to the players.

“Let’s do something together with me.”

But if Choi Ji-won and Bungboong can show this level of performance.

For Choi Ji-won’s reputation… It seems good to present a flashy finish.

**

“… “

“… “

Near the entrance to the fortress. Numerous dwarves and players were restlessly circling the entrance.

“How long has it been since lightning first struck?”

“About 10 minutes… “

“Ugh… “

The battle between Choi Ji-won and the Skeleton Killer. It is true that I want to see it in person. However, Choi Ji-won can’t fight comfortably if there are onlookers, so he’s just hanging around like a dog that doesn’t want to poop.

Qarring! Crumbling!!!

The sound of thunder and lightning ringing from afar. When thunder rumbled in the dry sky, the animals had long ago run away somewhere, and people also flinched and were startled every time they heard the sound of thunder.

Indeed. Is that the effect of ‘Heart of Seomjeon’ that Choi Ji-won obtained? The flashing light and rumbling thunder in the distance were intimidating in themselves.

“Are we still fighting?”

“What do you see?”

“No. It’s too far.”

“Hmm. Who do you think will win?”

“This guy is trying to say something abusive.”

The players were talking about various things while waiting for Choi Ji-won’s fight to end.

“… ?”

“Why?”

“Don’t you think the sound has gotten a little louder?”

As these players have sensitive senses, people came out one by one with their ears perking up.

The sound of thunder is getting louder little by little. Is the fight intensifying?

“Oh, it’s coming.”

No. They are coming here. The players who realized this fact immediately tensed up, and the dwarves hid behind the ‘tree shield’ they had built in advance.

“… “

“… “

A brief moment of silence followed immediately after. That moment when nervous glances were exchanged and even the sound of someone swallowing saliva could be clearly heard.

“Uh, uhh!!!”

“What, what is it?”

What appeared from afar was a skeleton killer.

He walked through the forest at a leisurely pace. Contrary to the loud noise echoing everywhere, there was no wound on the body and breathing was stable.

And almost at the same time, Choi Ji-won is seen running from the other side. She had blue lightning all over her body, and a blue glow emanated from her eyes.

“Inhale!”

Choi Ji-won swings her lightning-covered sword in the air. A blue slash flies with fierce force along its trajectory.

“… ?!”

“I couldn’t even reach it?”

Regardless of its brutal power, the slash struck the Skeleton Killer at an absurdly far distance. As if there was no intention to hit it from the beginning.

“Kihihihi…” “

As if laughing at the sight, the skeleton killer stands still and taunts Choi Ji-won. Afterwards, Choi Ji-won’s slashes continued several more times, but not a single one hit him.

“… What is it, can’t you control it?”

“It looks like it would be fatal if hit… “It’s pointless.”

“No… In my opinion, the attack cannot be hit.”

A large Russian player who dismisses the suspicions of some players.

“There is no way Choi Ji-won could fail in such continuous attacks. If they couldn’t control it, they would have chosen to attack us together. “It is clear that she also came forward because she had some confidence in her abilities.”

“Then why is that scene now…?” “

“In my opinion… “That skeleton killer’s abilities must be specialized for her evasion.”

He has a record of losing miserably in battles with the Skeleton Killer. The experience of not being able to make a single successful attack and being miserably manipulated.

“Look at how the attack keeps missing. Maybe the killer distorts space or something… He must have the ability to intervene in the attack.”

Rather than saying that his skills were completely misunderstood and manipulated, wouldn’t it be more plausible that he had a special ability? This argument, with a bit of self-justification and a bit of logic added, was quite persuasive even in my own opinion.

“Oh… “

“Sure… “

This sounded plausible to other players, so they all agreed. When everyone was nodding their heads, Choi Ji-won took action.

“Whoa… “

Choi Ji-won, who emits lightning from his entire body, raises the sword he holds with both hands above his head. The brain energy concentrated at the tip of the sword rises up the sword and reaches the sky.

Lightning is the most threatening thing when it strikes from the sky. The moment when the brain energy emitted from the tip of Choi Ji-won’s sword and the sky connected.

Crumbling!!!

The speed of a split second that you can’t even perceive a ‘flash’. A roar unparalleled before is heard, and the world turns blue.

My ears are full of tinnitus. My eyes are consumed by the blue light and I can’t see anything, and I can’t feel anything except the smell of burnt smoke from my nose.

Right now, there was no one who could bear to keep their eyes open. There was no being who was not afraid. Scourge. The expression heavenly punishment was appropriate.

“… Crazy.”

“… “f*ck.”

The sight and hearing of those watching slowly returned, but no one moved. It’s because I was overwhelmed by the sight I just saw.

The players were superhuman, but it went far beyond just running well and hitting well. Rather than a supernatural power… Isn’t this a sight closer to a natural disaster?

“Hey, over there.”

A dwarf pointed towards the forest with a trembling hand.

Tread. Trudging.

Choi Ji-won is walking staggeringly in complete disrepair.

“… “Are you of warrior blood?”

“You had a hard time.”

Several dwarves ran to Choi Ji-won carrying water and towels, but the players were still unable to move.

Before the fight began, there were several questions that were raised.

How strong is Choi Ji-won?

Can Choi Ji-won win against the Skeleton Killer?

How powerful is Seomjeon’s heart, so he told people not to approach him?

No one asked anymore.

The results were clear.