NOVEL NEXT Chapter 198
Chapter 198
Jin stood momentarily, almost frozen.
Si-hyun also glanced at him, wondering what on earth he was up to.
At that instant, Jin launched a surprise kick similar to Seomjeon.
It was so fast that it was challenging to react properly.
However, Si-hyun leaped back to evade it again.
With his eyes wide open, there was no way he could miss it.
His gaze clearly caught Jin’s speed.
“….”
Jin’s expression changed.
Once could be a coincidence.
But twice is not a coincidence.
A strong resilience despite getting hit, combined with significant speed.
“I guess I need to revise my thoughts about you.”
Jin shifted his opinion of Si-hyun from insignificant insect to prey that must not be underestimated.
“…Kill that bastard! You have to kill him!”
Renchik, barely regaining his senses after getting thoroughly beaten, shouted with a voice full of vengeance.
Yet, it still looked like he struggled to maintain his composure.
His entire body was a mess, covered in a gruesome mix of blood and swelling.
“Shut up, you pathetic fool.”
Jin replied in a cold voice.
If he weren’t of the same kind, he would have stomped on his head by now.
“What are you flapping your mouth about?”
As Jin remained still, it was Si-hyun who made the first move this time.
He kicked off the ground and swiftly closed the distance to Jin, swinging the guard baton down with a whoosh.
It was a simple move, but the strength behind it was anything but simple.
As the baton cut through the air, Jin already felt the chilling power behind it.
And in that moment, he jumped back to evade.
Whoosh!
A tremendous air pressure split the empty space as the baton swung through it.
“Quick as a rat, aren’t you?”
As the attack missed, Si-hyun provoked Jin with deliberately inflammatory words.
He sensed that the self-proclaimed “Jim” types had egos that reached for the sky.
Jin’s forehead twitched.
Another reason to make sure that human doesn’t die easily.
Not that he had ever killed a rebellious human easily.
Jin rolled a few times on the spot, loosening his legs. As the Demon King of Wind, his greatest asset was his rapid speed.
He was confident no one could surpass him in that regard.
The important thing was not the power.
No matter how strong an attack was, if it didn’t hit, it was just air.
To land precise attacks with speeds so fast they couldn’t be dodged.
That was his fighting principle.
He muttered, “Attack like a gale.”
“What?”
Si-hyun shot a confused look, not fully understanding what he meant.
Just then, Jin stamped the ground once.
With that, his figure vanished in an instant.
Si-hyun’s expression flickered with slight shock.
He missed the movement.
Whoosh!
Bam!
“Ugh!”
A powerful pain radiated from Si-hyun’s right side as Jin had already sidled up to him, kicking him in the ribs with magical energy.
Si-hyun quickly regained his posture and swung the guard baton in retaliation, but Jin was already gone from that spot.
Thump!
Ever so mysteriously, Jin had now delivered a hefty blow to his back.
Si-hyun stumbled, his center of gravity disrupted.
Seizing the opportunity, Jin appeared right in front of Si-hyun and unleashed a barrage of dual strikes packed with magical energy to his abdomen.
Bang!
With a considerably loud crash, Si-hyun was sent flying backward.
To make matters worse, he landed right where the guard post was.
Crash!
Boom!
The guard post shattered with a deafening noise as Si-hyun’s body collided with it.
Reinforced glass and stone dust flew up, clouding the area.
Jin looked on, seemingly satisfied with the view.
Had Si-hyun been just another worthless bug, he wouldn’t have looked so pleased.
But now, with his perception of Si-hyun elevated to that of prey, he exhibited a sense of satisfaction in his hunt.
“Hey, human, this is just the beginning.”
Jin said with a content expression.
“…I get it.”
Si-hyun murmured as he rose from the ruins of the shambled guard post.
He believed he finally understood why he had missed the opponent’s movement.
The adversary was likely someone who relied on speed.
Yet, he too possessed peak agility.
That had allowed him to catch on to this guy’s movements thus far.
However, he lacked the special techniques or skills that could amplify those stats beyond their limits.
It was only the raw power of a body perfected to its extremes.
In contrast, it appeared the opponent had an extraordinary technique that could amplify his abilities several times over.
That disparity had created the current situation.
Of course, although he admitted the other’s attacks hurt quite a bit, he felt nothing was truly incapacitating.
He sensed that he could definitely not be killed at this level.
Thus, thinking about continuing the fight did not seem disadvantageous.
A gun, no matter how much it was shot, remained a gun.
In contrast, their strikes were as fierce as a cannon.
One hit was all it took to deal significant damage.
But…
He was sure he would likely take a lot of hits before he could take down the monster.
It hurt to get hit.
And nobody liked pain.
Si-hyun stole a glance towards the Gate.
There was no sign of anyone else coming out from the Gate.
The remaining ones here were the end of it.
Then…
He could use it.
The unique technique of Po-ahim that could massively amplify his abilities.
“That guy has remarkable resilience after all.”
As Si-hyun stood up looking surprisingly composed, Jin voiced his surprise.
“You’re a king too, aren’t you?”
Si-hyun asked.
“That’s obvious. I am indeed the true king.”
Taken aback by Si-hyun’s arbitrary question, Jin tilted his head but quickly responded in a dignified tone.
“Well then, you’re about to feel that sensation. The feeling of plummeting from king to prisoner.”
“What nonsense are you rambling about?”
Si-hyun aimed the guard baton at Jin, who looked at him like he had lost his mind.
And then declared, “You are a prisoner.”
“I’ll tear your mouth apart.”
Smack!
Jin stamped the ground again.
In an instant, his figure disappeared once more.
Jin approached Si-hyun at mind-boggling speed, almost invisible to the eye.
‘How dare this arrogant fool, this time I won’t let him stand a chance.’
Jin’s gaze locked onto Si-hyun’s left knee.
This time he intended to smash the knee first.
Jin focused magical energy into his foot and struck fiercely toward Si-hyun’s knee.
The hit was guaranteed.
The guy wouldn’t even be able to chase down his own shadow.
Jin’s mind raced ahead, already considering what attack to use next.
Then it happened.
Si-hyun’s body seemed to ghost away, vanishing quietly.
“…Huh?!”
In that split moment of Jin being dumbfounded,
Bam!
“Cough…!”
An unbearable pain surged through his side.
His body staggered from the impact.
What the hell was happening?!
Jin couldn’t comprehend the situation at all.
As if answering his doubt, he heard Si-hyun’s voice.
“Too slow!”
Whack!
“Ugh!”
Si-hyun’s fist slammed into Jin’s abdomen.
Jin’s knees buckled, and his body curled up like a shrimp.
“Slow! Slow! You’re so slow!”
Whack! Whack! Bam!
Si-hyun bombarded Jin’s abdomen repeatedly as if he were a sandbag.
Jin felt intense pain and something rising up inside him.
“Ugh… Ughhhk!”
Eventually, he violently vomited a mix of bile and blood.
His mind turned blank as he couldn’t think straight.
The shocking impact left him in utter shock.
Slow!
Slow!
Slow!
That word echoed sharply in his mind like a piercing needle.
“Why don’t you take some hits too?”
Bam!
The dazed Jin tumbled to the ground after being struck by Si-hyun’s foot.
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“H-hiiieek….”
Renchik gripped his head, trembling uncontrollably.
His shivering eyes were fixated on the merciless beating that Jin was receiving.
It was as if he was witnessing himself getting the same treatment all over again.
Just the sight of it sent chills down his spine.
“Ugh. P-please… just stop… please… Aagh…!”
That same Jin, now begging for his life with deference like a human, was a pathetic and humiliating sight that couldn’t even be thought of as a Demon.
However, Renchik understood that feeling.
He knew the tremendous pain that came with that merciless beating.
It was pain beyond endurance.
Even being torn apart would feel less than this.
“Ugh…”
Reminiscing the agony, Renchik gritted his teeth in fear.
“I can’t let this happen….”
The Jin he had trusted was now in this state.
And obviously, he would be next.
He simply couldn’t accept just going down like that.
He definitely couldn’t run away… no, not again.
If he fled now, he would be completely buried in the Demon Realm.
Moreover, if he left Jin like this, Igni would be the first to kill him.
Renchik recalled Si-hyun calling himself the one who guards this place earlier.
Not to mention that when they first met, Si-hyun had clearly been making an effort to defend this location.
If so…
Renchik mustered the last of his strength, barely getting to his feet.
He still had over a thousand soldiers left.
They were numbers capable of slaughtering tens of thousands, no, even hundreds of thousands of humans.
If he ordered all the remaining soldiers to attack this place, there was a high chance they would abandon Jin and focus on stopping that onslaught.
In the meantime, he could escape with Jin.
That was the only method he could see right now.
“Get inside immediately and slaughter all the humans here! Hurry!”
Renchik shouted urgently.
The monsters responded to that command without hesitation.
All sorts of monsters began stomping towards the external gate with a thunderous march.
“No way!”
Si-hyun’s expression turned visibly distressed.
Indeed, covering this place alone was no easy task.
But still, he had to kill that bastard…
Just as Si-hyun hoisted the guard baton high, he spotted a massive wyvern soaring with its wings spread wide, flying into the depths of the detention center.
There wasn’t a moment to hesitate.
Doing so could lead to many deaths.
Against such monsters, even high walls or sturdy gates were meaningless.
Just as Si-hyun prepared to chase after the wyvern, a sudden loud shriek escaped from it.
“Screeeech!”
With that, it unleashed a torrent of blood that turned the sky red.
Boom!
The wyvern’s corpse hit the ground with a seismic thud that shook the earth.
Smaller monsters caught under its carcass were instantly turned to pulp.
And amidst where the wyvern had floated in midair…
A woman with pristine white wings fluttered appeared.
Sinchang Rachel.
It was her.
“Oh no…?!”
Renchik’s face twisted in horror.
Something utterly unexpected had just occurred.
Time seemed to stand still for a moment.
Even the monsters that had been charging forward froze in place, suppressed by the unusual aura she emanated.
“Have I arrived too late?”
Rachel smiled slightly.
Even amidst the blood fountain, her wings looked unusually spotless.
And despite being far away, her voice rang clear and loud.
“Not at all.”
Si-hyun smiled back at her.
He was genuinely relieved.
“Your timing is perfect. Thank you.”