chapter 27
27 – Tomato Head
“…It’s amazing. Is that the realm of a hero…”
Watching Suu Icicle’s game, admiration leaked out of my mouth involuntarily.
It wasn’t that Suu Icicle’s opponent was weak. It was because he was a strong man who had reached the level of a superman.
However, just because the girl released her magical control, Jin Park Shin couldn’t even get close to him and turned into an ice statue.
‘It was written in the strategy book that the higher you go, the different the level from the previous level…. Seeing this, I can definitely feel it…. At that level, it can be said that it is a natural disaster that has shrunk to almost the size of a human.’
If you think about the future, you have to jump over it because you can’t at least step into the lower realm….
“…hahahaha.”
Normally, I would have felt helpless, but somehow I laughed.
On the contrary, the desire for improvement to reach the level in front of me as soon as possible was welling up from deep within.
I don’t know why, but somewhere in my heart there was a certainty that if I kept going, I would definitely reach that level.
‘… But now I have to go up step by step.’
I thought that while looking at the message that popped up in the corner of my field of vision.
Diring!
[Gift: You have successfully copied [Rush (C)].]
[Gift: You have successfully copied [Acceleration (C)].]
[‘Cheonbyeon’ is trying to copy [Spiritual Ice Cold (S)]. (Interpretation rate: 5.75%)]
[This gift is rated too high.]
[The interpretation rate of this gift is low.]
[Copy failed.]
[The Intervenes.]
[‘Cheongbyeon’ attempts a minor copy of [Spirited Ice (S)].]
[Success!]
[Gift: Successfully copying [Severe Cold (B)].]
Gift: [Rush]
Rating: C
Proficiency: 00.00%
– When rushing, strengthen leg strength.
-When rushing, reduces wind resistance.
Gift: [Acceleration]
Rating: C
Proficiency: 00.00%
– Temporarily increases speed by consuming mana.
Gift: [Cold Cold]
Rating: B
– It consumes mana and grants extreme cold.
I was advancing step by step just by watching the battle of the strong.
When I was examining the gift I copied this time with such a satisfied smile.
-Woong Sung Woong Sung
A muffled sound was heard from the crowd of freshmen.
“Isn’t that something that needs to be dried…?”
“To think he did that to an opponent who has already lost his will to fight… That’s not a good personality…”
Freshmen frown or wrinkle their foreheads as if they saw something unpleasant. Their eyes were fixed on one screen.
On the screen I followed their gaze…
There was a scene where a red-haired man with knuckles covered in red blood brutally assaulted a boy dressed as a wizard.
Puck! Quick! Poududeuk!
The man grabs the boy by the collar with one hand and lifts him up, while continuing to hit him with the other hand.
The condition of the boy, who was forced to rise into the air and convulsed every time he was hit, was in a serious condition.
The boy’s limbs turned in a way they shouldn’t, and each time he was hit, he swayed back and forth like the legs of a jellyfish.
The boy’s luxurious blue robe was stained red with the boy’s blood.
The worst thing was the boy’s face….
The boy’s face, stained so red that you couldn’t see the color of his flesh, was swollen to the point of being unsightly due to the blood that burst out of the wound.
The boy’s teeth all seemed to be broken or pulled out, and when he opened his mouth, not a single tooth was visible.
“That, that’s it…’Pug!’ Kaheuk…!! …Uh, uhhh… Hang, hangbyo ‘Bahak!’…Keheuk!”
“Ah? I don’t even know what the small pike is talking about.”
Every time the boy tries to surrender, the man who slaps him in the mouth and forcibly blocks it
It was no longer a duel, but an obvious harassment.
The man who hit him so many times, the boy’s head fell back and he stopped moving.
Poof-
I threw the boy away as if throwing away garbage.
-Quadang!
Surely-
As soon as he fell to the ground, the boy turned into powder of light and disappeared.
At the same time, I saw people who seemed to be users of divine magic rushing into a waiting room.
When she turned her head again to look at the screen, she saw the man with the corner of his mouth raised in a refreshing mood, wiping up his blood-splattered face with her blood-drenched hand.
Deuce declared victory to such a man.
“Number 3, Fiat Ernst. Congratulations on your victory. I’ll send you to the waiting room.”
After Deuce’s words, Fiat disappears into the light.
Looking at it, people started talking about Fiat.
“After going through the toe magic head-on, I broke my limbs. I admired it when I neutralized it…. After that, it unilaterally hit the opponent with no resistance… It’s kind of like that.”
“I see. If I had finished right away, I’d have heard better things.”
.
.
There were compliments and gossip about Fiat.
Perhaps it’s because they were born in a fantasy world that was close to death, and rather than breaking their limbs, most of the gossip about them was that they were teasing them more than necessary.
‘… By the way, number 3?’
I turned my head and looked at the competition table of the exam. Fiat written under the number 3.
The next person he joins is….
‘… Me : yes?
It was me. Deuce’s readiness signal, heard the moment he noticed it.
“Round 3 starts right away, so please prepare the humans who have advanced to the round.”
I went back to the waiting room, put on a headband and lay down on the bed.
And with the feeling of being sucked into consciousness just like before, my vision went black.
***
Tak-
With the feeling of your feet touching the ground, the sight that returns.
Looking ahead, unlike the first round, I saw a Fiat that was not even 50 meters away.
This time, the two of them are melee, so I wonder if they start close.
“…Hyahahahaha!!! I finally met you. You bastard!”
Fiat met my eyes, raised the corners of his mouth long, and immediately burst into a lively laugh.
What, why are you like that….
‘… Ah. What did you say when you picked the number earlier, really.’
Swoo Icicle’s skills were so shocking that I completely forgot….
Judge-
With both hands in pockets, the Fiat slowly approaches me. I also pulled out my sword, held it in one hand, and walked slowly.
Tak-
Me and the Fiat stopped at the same time leaving a distance of about 3 meters.
For a fight that seemed like it was going to happen right away, it seemed pretty far away….
For melee workers who use magical powers, this distance was literally in front of their nose, less than one step away.
“Hey, you bastard. From now on, I’m going to be beaten to the point of pouring blood up and down on me… Did you go to the bathroom beforehand?”
“…….”
“From the moment I saw your parasitic brother-like face, I was itching to crush that proud face with my fist…!!!”
“…….”
“…Ha! Are you afraid to open your mouth? Then, I…”
“Ah. It’s noisy. Do you fight with your mouth? It’s a waste of all the knuckles on your hand, you talkative bastard. Just babble and attack. Tomato head.”
“……Oh, you bastard!!!”
─Ppajik
After hearing my last words, I wonder if you remembered what happened to Deuce.
The blood pressure that rose in an instant caused blood vessels to burst, Fiat’s eyes became red and bloodshot, and the tendons in his temples protruded and wriggled.
Fiat’s face crumpled like a bloody slaughter.
‘Isn’t it time to start yet?’
I turned my eyes away from Fiat’s face and glanced at the center of the stadium.
The count started before I knew it, and I was on the way to 3.
Pat—!
And the moment the count passes 1.
I strengthened my body with magic power, and thrust my sword through the shortest path toward Fiat’s neck.
Fiat is still defenseless with his hands in his pockets.
Syew-!
A steel sword with sharp anticipation was swung to cut the defenseless Fiat’s throat. However….
Kaang——!!!
The sound that resonated was not the sound of cutting flesh, but a crackling sound like hard steel colliding with each other.
The sharp sword was blocked by the silver-grey sheen of the Fiat’s skin, and it could not go any further.
Rather, the shock from the recoil almost let the sword out of my hand.
Kwaak-
Forcibly stop the trembling of the hand. Aiming for that momentary gap, a single blow from the Fiat with knuckles cut through the air and was fired at the face.
The moment you try to evade with the minimum movement of turning your head and continue the attack.
I could smell the smell of ashes and flames.
“…Suck!”
I canceled the evasion action and used To increase the distance as much as possible. A distance of several meters in an instant.
Kwaguagang-!
The moment Fiat’s fist pierced the spot where I was.
With a roar like a bomb exploding, a huge shock and scorching heat attacked me several meters away.
It was gently flowed by the sword that was to be wielded with the trick of jujutsu.
Shuwook-!
After the smoke subsided, what was revealed was a softly glowing knuckle with magical spells engraved on it, and a fiat with a silver-gray luster all over its body.
“Tsk! You’re such a good guy. I was going to turn you into a piece of meat. Besides, I didn’t know you could wield a sword the moment you jump backwards. Well, it didn’t work for me at all…, Man!!!”
Just before dodging, I swung the sword containing sword energy toward Fiat’s arm. Not a single scratch was left on the dark silver-grey skin.
A strength beyond common sense. At that time, Fiat rushed recklessly.
Kwaang-! Kwagak-! Hung-! Device Geek-!
“Hyahahahaha—!!! What’s wrong! Try piercing my [Hardening] Once! You parasitic brother-in-law!”
As if not defending, Fiat pours out punches with a single-minded attack.
Fiat’s fist technique, which mixes punches that are simply swung and those that explode in between, forces the opponent into psychological warfare and consumes physical strength.
I don’t have to do that because I have a
Golden sense. Normal fists are dodged with minimal motion. Hit this side’s attack.
The exploding fist opened the distance with , Then rushed in and poured out slashes before the deflagration was gone.
Kang-! The extreme-!
“…Chit!”
The problem is, as Fiat said. It was impossible to pierce Fiat’s [Hardened] With E-class mana.
Even if you concentrate the mana that is limited to the level of E, it will only damage Fiat. Even the arm part, which is darker than the rest, is not even scratched.
A battle where no one can hurt each other, that’s how the battle started to go beyond 5 minutes.
***
Kwagang-! Quaang-!
“Get hit-! You bastard rat-!!!”
A knuckle permanently imprinted with low-middle level explosive magic. However, Fiat compensates for the downside of Knuckles, which is a crappy defective product that even users get caught up in explosions, with their own gift [Hardened (B)].
I want to explode the gisaeng brother in front of me, but I can’t even brush him because his senses are so good. His ability to see through all of his fake fists and pour out counterattacks is terrifying.
However, the opponent can’t hurt us either. That’s because even the sword he concentrated on couldn’t pierce his gift.
And as time passes, the one who gains the advantage is himself.
Looking at the outfit, the opponent is a commoner. It is obvious that he has less magical power than nobles who have been practicing magic exercises since childhood.
That bastard has been fighting back since the beginning of the duel, using sword skills. The skill of putting the sword only on the blade is amazing, but that will soon be the limit.
It is a Fiat that is treated as a mad dog that runs amok without thinking, but it has excellent fighting instincts.
And that mad dog’s sense of smell accurately caught the opponent’s gap.
Knock-
“…Hmm?!”
A bastard rat got his foot caught in the hole in the arena created by Knuckle’s explosion.
I immediately corrected my stance, but Fiat’s tyranny was already fired at the opponent.
I reached out and grabbed Fiat’s fist, but stopped it. Knuckles, who had already consumed too much mana, could not stop the explosion.
“Look around——!!!!!”
Kwaaang—!!!!
The most powerful explosion ever.
Detonation of hot air wrapped all around. Fiat tries to retract his fist thinking of the parasitic brother who must have turned into bloody blood.
Kwaak-
“──What…?”
The hands of the man who must have exploded, clenched his fists tightly and refused to let go.
Wheeing-
A wind blowing from somewhere blows away the deflagration, and what appears from there is….
“…■■ It took a while because there was no inside.”
Although his entire body was covered in dust, Lee Seon-woo and Lee Seon-woo had no scars anywhere.
It was Lee Seon-woo’s hand that went beyond gray and had a light close to ‘black’.