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Chapter 410: Enjoy Yourself While You Still Can
"It is something my race is proud of," Lycaon gave a stiff response, but it wasn't on purpose since he knew what Haru was going to ask for, "But I cannot help you any further than this."
There were rules and Lycaon had to follow them as a guide, otherwise he'd end up like Antinus.
But he was wrong here...
"Oh, don't worry I won't ask for more of your help in the actual fight," Haru already knew that relying on the guide excessively wouldn't be good, it would just cause the constellations to complain and that would end in a loss, for both him and the guide.
'Then what does he need?' Lycaon thought since that was the only thing he could think of, he had been keeping an eye on the situation, and it didn't take a genius to figure out how this would only get harder as things progressed.
The bridge still hadn't been completed and there would be more than 10 batches of people who would be moving across this bridge along with all of the materials and equipment, it would be impressive if all of this was completed before night.
And to do that they would constantly need to fend off the ever-increasing Ichthyosaurs, as they kill more will follow here even if they try to keep them occupied somewhere else.
They do this because that is their goal, to sever the bridges and divide the city, thus cutting the effective human power that could be used to complete the next scenario.
Sure, some people can still move across the river, but moving a whole group with over 600 people was another matter because of the sheer number of monsters in the river.
"What I want is that skill," Lycaon was brought out of his thoughts by Haru's quick words.
"Pardon?" But this shocked him even more.
'He wants to learn the way of the wind?' It wasn't that he didn't want to teach Haru about this, since it was partially his job to do that but, 'Master is the one who has the protection symbol.' He glanced at Dok-ja who was busy looking in the distance.
"You can't?" Haru asked since he had heard before what Guides were supposed to do.
'There shouldn't be an issue if I can use his skill to make up for the gap,' Haru had this in mind for a while, since this will help him in the long run even more.
"I see no problems with that," Lycaon shook his head, normally he would've declined but.
'Master said to listen to his request,' Lycaon gathered the wind in his hands, 'It is not like he can learn it anyway.'
"I will give you an explanation that describes the way of the wind in its purest form," Lycaon said as Haru nodded, "Tempest in the left hand.... And the storm in the right," The wind picked up pace as soon as he said that while bringing his hands together, "The way of the wind will open up where the straight and curved meet."
Lycaon sent a sharp wave of strong wind toward the water that made a huge splash as soon as it hit, and soon the water was dyed with red blood and pieces of meat.
It belonged to the ichthyosaur that was about to rise.
'What are they doing?' Dok-ja who was at a little distance looked back because of the sudden noise and he saw Haru talking with Lycaon.
And this sudden attack attracted everyone's attention making them look over as well.
'Is Haru-ssi trying to learn the skill?' Dok-ja thought looking at the way Haru was still talking to Lycaon, and given that demonstration from before there was no doubt in his mind about what was going on.
"Won't it be a waste though?" Soo-young asked Dok-ja, there is no way one can learn that skill without the protection symbol of the Imyuntar.
'Yeah, without this, it is basically impossible,' Dok-ja still had the symbol in his possession, he got that after defeating the infant version of the Disaster at An-guk station.
But thanks to his inferior talents he hasn't been able to learn it at all.
In order to learn the Way of the wind the person needed to get this symbol, and since it was with Dok-ja the only way to get it now was to kill him, and the ownership will be transferred to the one who did that.
'And there is no way I am telling anyone about that,' Dok-ja sighed, even if he couldn't learn this skill through the conventional way, he still had a chance.
But there was no way for Haru to learn this skill...
—Famous last words. In the next instant, Haru jumped down into the river and...
"Fucking hell!! That bastard's crazy..." Soo-young cursed as sweat dripped down her forehead.
'...How?' Dok-ja was left wide-eyed and in confusion, everything he knew about the novel told him that it wasn't possible.
There was no way for Haru to learn this skill, but somehow....
"He is standing on the water?!"
"What the hell?"
"H-How is he doing that?"
The ranged attack group was astounded, this was something unreal.
"He got faster as well,"
"Damn, look at him zooming,"
"It is like he is flying!"
'How... did he...learn that?' The most shocked person here was Lycaon, he had only shown Haru this skill once, and here he was using it already.
This was crazy, something like this shouldn't be possible by the logic in front of them.
And this didn't just shock the humans who were there but the constellations themselves were equally excited about this.
[Many Constellations are stunned at the current development.]
[The Constellation 'Abyssal Black Flame Dragon' has awakened after that sight.]
[The Constellation 'Secretive Plotter' is grinning.]
[The Constellation 'Prisoner Of The Golden Headband' has dropped his pole.]
[The Constellation 'Ghost Of Tosa' is enjoying the show.]
[The Constellation 'History's First Loner' is narrowing his eyes.]
[The Constellation 'Scribe of Heaven' is looking to his right.]
[The Constellation 'The Most Tragic Protagonist' is shaking his head furiously.]
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"That illusion... then having high-level combat skills that don't make sense, after that the sudden healing ability.... and now even this," Soo-young muttered while chewing on her thumb.
The current situation can be described in one word, ridiculous.
'How are the Dokkaebis still silent about this? He is fully breaking the balance of the scenario with those skills!' Soo-young knew that even a few of those could cause problems but, 'He had all of them at once, What is happening?'
Something like this can only be described in three ways, one, Haru was insanely talented and was able to pick up these skills like nothing; two, he got them thanks to his supporting constellation which would cause many problems unless he is supported by an entire Nebula that are using their power to offset this; or three which was...
'Something like this, is it possible?' Dok-ja gulped, 'Does Haru-ssi also have something similar to my Bookmark Skill?' he thought of a really ridiculous conclusion but, 'That is the only way that the Dokkaebis will be silent.'
Because if Haru actually had these skills for real, he would've been long removed from the scenarios by the management since it would break the balance, but given that he was still here not to mention that Dok-ja himself didn't get removed.
'There should be some limits to it just like mine, a skill/stigma that can copy other skills,' Dok-ja felt like he had now understood the absurdity that was Tsugikuni Haru.
But only time will tell him how wrong he was because...
'I see, so that is the route you've chosen,' Hae-in smiled looking at Haru who gave her thumbs up while walking on water.
She understood what he was planning to do, it wasn't that she didn't have an inkling about what his plans were, but now it was more clear.
'Well, there isn't much I can do other than support you,' Hae-in smiled as she jumped down and landed right on the ichthyosaur in front of Haru, 'But...'
"I won't forgive you if you put yourself in danger," Hae-in words were loud enough for Haru to hear it.
And all he did was wink at her with a smile as if he understood her words completely, but...
Hae-in smiled, 'Don't think I'll forgive you with just that.' She jumped away from an attacking monster while planning on what she would do later when this mission was over.
But for now, they had to focus on the problem at hand and that was...
'They are increasing in numbers,' Hae-in was careful with her movements while syncing herself with the support from the ranged attackers, 'It looks like the remote combat group can't hold on for longer.' The pieces of the monsters were being carried downstream and it attracted more of them.
'Even with Haru playing his final card...' Hae-in knew that this couldn't continue because it would cause a lot of trouble if this wasn't hard enough for the constellations watching, ' but there is no need to worry.' She smiled because they had planned a nice show for these guys.
'So, enjoy yourself while you still can,'