Episode 118 – The Shackled Man.
118. Shackles man.
Go back in time for a moment.
The moment when the awakened Hwashinjo is about to start a firestorm.
Hera and Riel were in room 50 of the Manwol Auction House.
“Wow… “It’s so cool.”
Hera clung to the window and looked at the Avatar. Her hands were cupped and placed near her eyes. She was amazed, like a child visiting the zoo for the first time.
Riel spoke calmly from behind.
“My lord. “Shouldn’t we take shelter?”
Hera responded.
“Riel, Riel. No. Are you still so clueless? “What’s happening is that this kind of fun situation happens and then you get out of it right away… Hmm?”
As she continued speaking, she let out a nasal voice.
Hera’s eyes followed the two black figures jumping out of room 78.
The face could not be identified due to the tightly wrapped mask, but it was not difficult to infer.
“Hey, little brother…!”
Looking at his body shape, posture, and movements, it was clearly Leon. Even if her face was completely covered, there was no way she wouldn’t recognize her younger brother.
Naturally, the woman with great breasts next to her was her younger brother, Aria. She also confirmed that they went out together earlier.
“Why did they prepare so much?”
Hera’s eyes lit up as she watched Leon and Aria going through the fire without hesitation.
Unexpected events, incidents, variables, entertainment.
“Ahahahaha.”
She was so happy and excited. Pleasure surged through her. She was dizzy.
As expected, the new younger brother seems to be having a really fun life. Like it.
Hera, who laughed for a while, hinted at Riel.
“Riel, no. 44, No. 34. Know? When you’re done, leave. “It’s impossible for you to enter the temple by yourself.”
“I understand.”
Stomp!
After she finished speaking, Hera pulled out her sword and blew out the entire window.
She jumped down and began to radiate her mana towards her center. The rushing fire was torn and split by her energy.
“······.”
Riel also moved. Her new model took off like a butterfly.
Tat-tap-ta-dat-!
It runs along the steep cavity wall as if it were flat. Her Earth Spirit, controlled by her Riel, was assisting her.
Riel quickly climbed the wall and arrived in nearby room 44.
The door to the room was slightly open, and shouting could be heard from the hallway beyond.
“Why on earth can’t it be done? “Can’t you see that monster right now?”
“Well, I’ll say it again, the technique is unstable right now, so if I teleported carelessly-.”
“Shut up and hurry!”
A bloated man shouts at the Manwol employee.
He was sweating like a waterfall, and judging by his demeanor and manner of speaking, it was clear that he was a nobleman.
A girl was tightly held in one of his hands.
The girl’s clothes are disheveled. She couldn’t stand it any longer and took the girl she had won, and wondered what she had done.
Even in this desperate moment, I hold on to it like a treasure.
“······.”
Riel’s face crumpled. Without saying a word, she stepped forward with great strides.
“I’ve been using this underground pit for years and you treat me like this!”
“If you wait a moment, our wizards will-.”
The employee’s voice cut off as he bowed his back and answered.
Bow your waist and lower your gaze. Something that shouldn’t have been caught.
It was a man’s head.
—Tuuk.
The fleshy head fell to the floor. It was so heavy that it didn’t bounce or roll.
“······!”
The employee’s eyes widened as if torn.
Phew!
The blade was mercilessly stuck in those widened eyes.
Riel kicked away the corpses of her nobles and employees. Then she removed her palm that covered the girl’s eyes and said,
“Wait here for a moment. It must stay the same. “I’ll come pick you up right away.”
“······.”
The girl looked at Riel’s face and just nodded her head blankly.
Riel dragged her two corpses back to her room and threw them through her window.
Whaaa!
The strong firestorm quickly burned her body and melted her bones.
They will be treated as having died after being swept away by the Hwashinjo’s rampage.
Blame!
After disposing of her body, Riel departed for room 34.
She still had some things to clean up.
* · * *
Come back again.
Leon thought as he rushed towards the shackled man.
‘As quickly as possible.’
The huge underground cavity is collapsing moment by moment due to the fire tide. Time is running out. I had to hit it and get out of it quickly.
“Kruk!”
A drop of saliva flowed from the shackled man’s mouth.
Before it even hit the ground, the sword and hand blades crossed.
Kagak!
Leon’s neat sword energy was blocked by the shackled man’s wrist.
Jikjik-!
The shackled man’s fingertips skimmed over Leon’s mask.
It was fast. And then she just shows off her bare body? Her body was so hard that it was grotesque. There was something about it that didn’t seem human.
Wouldn’t it have been better if he had been surrounded by mana like martial artists, but that wasn’t the case either.
The shackled man was dealing with an energy that even Leon had never seen before.
Boom! Kagak! Cade!
Leon further divided the number sum with his opponent. The heavy chains attached to the shackled man’s feet scraped against the ground, sparks flying.
The movements of the shackled man are truly wild. It felt like fighting a fierce beast.
However, there is clearly a root to that path. Before he lost Izzy, he seemed to have been quite an outstanding warrior.
Soon after.
Aria filled her bundle and called Leon from behind her.
“Master! “Can I help you?”
Leon kicked the shackled man and spat briefly.
“No. I catch it. “Go quickly.”
Aria had to go to the main warehouse. Because the enemy was coming from that direction as well, and there were things she needed to take from the warehouse she saw.
“Yes.”
Aria knew that too, so she didn’t add too much. She ran to the main warehouse entrance guarded by the shackled man.
“Kaaak!”
The man in her shackles, who saw Aria approaching her entrance, panicked and rushed at her.
Aria inadvertently raised her barrier. The shackled man tried to break the barrier with his arms, but of course Leon beat him away.
Rock!
In the meantime, Aria went into the warehouse she saw.
“I can’t go.”
Leon grinned.
“······.”
The shackled man glared at Leon as if he were going to kill him.
Sticky life pours out. He had already given up on Aria, and she focused on Leon again.
The two began to fight frantically again.
Kwasik!
Before we knew it, Leon was fighting with a dagger drawn in one hand. It was a natural response as the difficult close combat continued.
The shackled man’s forearms were charred red after being hit with sword energy one after another.
However, there was no sign of injury or any sign of pain.
The blade does not enter all areas except for areas that cannot be trained.
‘What a ridiculous body.’
Leon focused on targeting vital areas such as the eyes, neck, and armpits as much as possible, but his defense and evasion were also solid.
‘I draw too much sword energy.’
Of course, if you hit hard at maximum output, the results may vary.
But there are a lot of children right next to us. Since they were fragile children, even the slightest aftereffect could have resulted in their immediate death.
Because of this, Leon was still trying to stay as far away as possible and not lose his energy.
What should I do…
Leon thought of a simple and clear solution.
‘You just have to be fast enough to be unstoppable.’
Boom!
Leon hit his opponent with his shoulder. The mana that gathered in an instant created a shock wave and pushed the shackled man away.
‘But how?’
Leon remembered.
The sword that was used to beat up Prua mercilessly.
You have to be at least that fast to be able to break through the shackled man’s defenses and land the sword in a vital spot.
“K-Raaa!”
The frenzied speculation of the shackled man pours out. The unfamiliar energy he gives off makes his spirit tremble.
My heart is pounding and my hair stands on end. A deep sense of living that cannot be felt in sparring or anything like that.
But this side was more pleasant to Leon. Laughter leaked out.
He brought out his life. He concentrated his will to kill on the shackled man.
“······Kruk!”
This must have been too much for even the shackled man to endure, as he groaned and froze.
Gooooo…
The world Leon sees has turned black. His vision was immersed in pitch black, and only his opponent’s new form was visible. Along with survival, all focus was placed on the opponent.
Then, I could vaguely see the energy that the shackled man was handling. A whitish purple smoke billowed from his body.
Soon, the purple energy fluctuated and the shackled man’s arms traced a path.
Kang!
Leon blocked the attack with the dagger and at the same time stabbed the uvula with the sword. It was a stab that mirrored Goren’s sword.
The sword strike that cut through the air was blocked by the back of the shackled man’s hand. Leon paid him no heed and hit his knee with a kick.
—Boom!
I hit my legs together and it sounded like stones breaking.
‘Huh?’
Leon’s eyes twitched. Something just felt different. He was strangely fast on his feet and powerful.
“······!”
The shackled man’s knees were bent in the opposite direction. So much damage was done to his strong body.
Disturbed balance due to paralysis of the lower body. A huge gap appeared in the shackled man.
Here.
“!”
Suddenly, Leon saw a dot.
However, due to his posture and angle, it was difficult to stab him with a sword. Leon instinctively thrust the dagger he held back into the shackled man’s elbow.
Quad!
The blade penetrated the skin. There is a blow. Same speed and power as the kick from before.
The shackled man hurriedly swung his remaining arm. However, his completely broken posture was not a threat to Leon at all.
Wheeik!
Dirty fingers cut through the air in vain.
Dot, dot, dot······.
Dots began to appear here and there.
Leon burst into laughter and moved his limbs.
Kicked, cut with a sword, stabbed with a dagger, struck with a pommel, and stabbed with an elbow.
Use all the movements you can to strike.
Quadddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddduk-!!!
The shackled man’s whole body burst, tore, and shattered. Fresh blood filled the air like firecrackers.
Soon.
······A corner of my head.
—Choo!
Leon heard a bursting sound.
It was the sound of a crack forming in the wall.