Episode. 05 Snow King’s Artifact (1)
Aaron bit his lip.
The guy in front of me was that dangerous.
-human… … my friend… … .
A humanoid monster made of pure white ice.
He was wearing an old-fashioned ice crown and fur cape, like I was a king.
“Is it a degenerate fairy?”
Aaron’s appetite was bitter.
Fairies living all over nature have a very friendly relationship with humans due to their docile nature, but there were occasions when this was not the case.
The Snow King in front of him was just such an existence.
The monster was emitting ferocious energy to the extent that it was hard to believe that it was a snow fairy.
Richard’s words of a 4-star rating were not an exaggeration.
Quadduk-
Aaron kicked the ground at King Seol, who twisted his body strangely.
bang!
The tip of Aaron’s spear, full of mana, was blocked by King Seol’s arm.
Ice shards scattered in all directions obscured his vision.
“… … !”
Confirming that, Aaron quickly stepped back.
Damn it!
At the same time, a pillar of ice rose from where he was.
It wasn’t using mana, it was the ability of a fairy to manipulate nature.
“Two!”
He spat out the ice cubes in his mouth and straightened his posture.
‘It’s Han that I couldn’t get out of the intermediate level.’
Although he was on the verge of rising to a higher level, he was now an intermediate-level knight. I realized it with a single collision a while ago.
Unless you can weave a proper aura, it will not be easy to penetrate Seolwang’s body.
“At least until the young master completely escapes… … .”
You have to buy time.
bang! Kwak!
As Aaron and King Seol clashed, explosions rang out continuously.
-human… … Let’s be friends… … .
Watching Snow King reach out his hand toward him, Aaron looked for an opening.
His shoulders blurred for an instant, and dozens of spears were fired in the blink of an eye.
Papa papak!
but.
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“Kuk!”
King Seol didn’t seem to care about Aaron’s onslaught.
A shard of ice shot up toward his neck.
Aaron quickly left his seat.
He looked at my hand.
My hands were throbbing with the anti-elasticity.
‘It’s too hard.’
It was a defense that was different from the Guardians he had dealt with so far.
It was like facing an ogre after facing a goblin.
‘But at this level, the young master will be safe.’
Aaron thought that some time had passed since the battle started, so Richard might have escaped safely.
Now the problem is yourself.
How should I get rid of the monster in front of me?
If she escaped like this, even Snowfall might be damaged.
Of course there were opportunities.
If you use the seasons only once, your odds will increase exponentially.
But what if it fails?
It was not easy to handle the back work.
It was a time when Aaron’s head became complicated.
“Aaron!”
He shuddered at the familiar voice coming from behind him.
Turning your head in front of an enemy is something you should never do, but Aaron couldn’t stop his instincts.
“young master… … ?”
“sorry. late.”
Richard answered calmly.
In his hand was the ice sword used by the Guardians.
“Oh, why did you come back!”
Aaron’s absurd voice struck Richard’s ears.
“If I abandon you and run away, how will you view Gide?”
Aaron was stunned. Are you saying you came back for that reason?
“I am a knight! It’s my mission to protect the young master!”
“I don’t need that.”
Richard cut off Aaron’s words at once. He opened his mouth as he swung his ice sword several times.
“And you took on the role of butler instead of Gide. what is the article Even though it’s not even my direct line.”
It was a very relaxed look compared to Aaron, who was thinking of taking it out until the season.
Aaron thought that Richard was not properly grasping the situation.
“young master. I’ll buy you some time again.”
So he gave strength to the hand holding the spear.
He was still confident of buying time for Richard to escape.
If necessary, I will use it sparingly.
But even that didn’t work out as intended.
“Stop talking nonsense.”
Richard approached at some point and grabbed Aaron’s arm.
“… … !”
“Stay still.”
At that moment, Aaron felt something flow through his arm.
Driving away the chill of the Ice Palace… … It was a very warm feeling.
-Gaah-!
At that time, King Seol, who had moved to a distance, swung his arm.
“Up, it’s dangerous!”
Aaron shouted in astonishment and tried to move his body.
However, Richard’s actions were faster than that.
Slow-!
King Seol’s arm, which Aaron couldn’t break through even with all his might, was severed and he fell to the floor with a thump.
Aaron doubted his eyes.
“… … !”
A white halo of light was burning on the blade of the sword Richard swung.
‘That’s… … Come on… … ?’
◈ ◈ ◈
Richard raised his sword. A group of light flowing through the white ice sword disturbed my eyes.
“Unbelievable… … .”
It was an infallible aura from Aaron’s point of view.
It was absolutely ridiculous.
How could Richard draw out an aura that was exclusively reserved for high-ranking knights?
Richard hadn’t even been practicing his sword for two months.
For him to use it, Aura was an absurdly high level of technology.
“Look Carefully.”
Richard glanced at Aaron and raised the corners of his mouth. It was a relaxed smile, different from what he usually showed.
-That’s-! human! friend! enemy!
bang-!
Richard and Snow King collided.
Every time the sword wrapped in light touched his body, large pieces of ice were cut away.
‘Is it really Master Richard?’
Aaron focused on Richard’s fight, unaware that he had placed the spear.
Richard dealt with Snow King so skillfully and leisurely that he couldn’t believe it was his first real fight.
dodge the attack.
Slow-!
If there is a gap, cut it sharply.
It was a gem.
Aaron also dealt with King Seol, but the result was completely different.
-That’s… … win gig… … !
The damage was so great that King Seol struggled in pain and retreated.
After catching his breath for a moment, Richard looked down at the sword.
‘I never thought an Easter egg would be so helpful.’
While Aaron was buying time, Richard was by no means idle.
The sword in his hand looked similar to the ordinary ice sword used by the Guardians, but its actual performance was different.
It was made with a combination of unique weapons hidden in the ice castle.
The condition is to collect the 10 swords of the guardians you defeated, break them, and cover them with snow again.
‘Ice crescendo.’
It was the name of a famous sword that did not appear in the game because it was set up halfway for fun.
Slow-!
But now, Richard’s hand was emitting light, cutting through Snow King’s body.
Of course, with that alone, he wouldn’t have been able to deal with a 4-star monster.
-no… … ! Unpleasant, the light keeps… … !
Of course, the light wrapped around Richard’s sword wasn’t an Aura.
It was just a matter of gathering faith and hammering it into the blade of a sword.
However, faith, the holy energy, was fatal to the spirit-changed fairies.
As if it had been burned by a hot fire, it had an overwhelming advantage over the Aura in terms of ‘deterioration’.
There is nothing more halfway than being changed.
That was the reason why Richard decided to make his first outing here.
There was a lot to gain, and it was a very advantageous position in terms of compatibility.
“Come on, let’s finish quickly.”
Richard glanced at the status window.
The faith he had left for today was quickly being consumed.
This light can be maintained for about 3 minutes.
I had to fight in it somehow.
Richard’s eyes softened as he made up his mind.
『Speciality – Ultra Concentration Activation.』
Since then, his world has changed.
In his field of vision, only the image of King Seol was contained.
His movement, breathing, and even his movements. Other than that, nothing else was visible.
bang! Quaang!
I easily dodged the irregularly rising ice picks.
Richard felt a strange sensation as if his body was moving on its own.
An ultra-concentrated skill that helped him train so far.
Its true value shone more in battle than in training.
It was almost impossible to show such concentration in a life-and-death battle.
Richard’s sword cut fiercely through Snow King’s body.
On the other hand, King Seol’s attack was fleeting and only stirred the air.
A four-star monster was being overwhelmed by Richard.
Aaron’s eyes were filled with confusion.
‘… … The one who inherited the blood of Battenberg the thickest may be Master Richard.’
Thoughts that he would have sneered at if he had been Aaron in the past passed through his mind.
But now I couldn’t easily deny that thought.
◈ ◈ ◈
thud!
Soon after, King Seol collapsed and turned into small pieces of ice.
Soon his corpse was blown away, leaving only an ice crown and a fur cloak.
Richard picked them up.
‘after… … I finally got it.’
Snow King Set.
Easter egg, ice crescendo, snow king’s ice crown, and frost cape.
With this, he obtained all the artifacts he wanted from this place.
“What are you hiding?”
Aaron asked Richard, who was putting the crown on his head.
How could I not be curious?
It was to the point where I doubted whether my son-in-law had been hiding his skills all this time.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“It’s not that important… … .”
flutter –
said Richard, putting on his frost cloak in silence.
“I can’t tell you now.”
“… … yes.”
Aaron shut his mouth.
I didn’t immediately notice it because of the great shock, but I suddenly felt a sense of alienation from Richard.
“Doesn’t it suit you?”
Black hair and sharp eyes. In addition, the antique crown and fur cape gave Richard the air of a ruthless prince.
“… … He is like a prince.”
Right after Aaron muttered involuntarily, his eyes widened as if he had realized something.
“hahahaha, are you really like a prince?”
Richard with a satisfied smile hurried his steps towards Aaron.
I had everything I needed to do here, so I decided there was no need to waste any more time.
However, Aaron was different.
‘Was it like that… … !’
Yearning flashed in his eyes.
The complicatedly intertwined emotions soon created a sense of anticipation.
◈ ◈ ◈
A road down from a snowy mountain.
After the first battle, my body felt very heavy.
‘I was overdoing it because it was in front of Aaron, but… … .’
4-star monster, Snow King.
I didn’t feel that intimidation in the game, but when I actually faced it, I swallowed my saliva at the energy that squeezed my body.
Only then did I realize
That I thought combat was too easy.
No matter how well I knew the strategy, in the end it was me who fought directly.
‘If it wasn’t for my super concentration, I couldn’t have dreamed.’
It really was.
The fact that I, who had no experience, was able to move as efficiently as possible was all thanks to the special power of hyper-concentration.
Even when Snow King’s attack arrived right in front of me in the blink of an eye, even when ice surged towards the back of my head.
Hyperconcentration made my body move at an instantaneous level.
A state of extreme concentration that would only happen to someone being chased by a bear.
I had felt that the effect was worth using before, but after experiencing it in real combat, I changed my mind.
‘It’s not good enough, this was my food line.’
That’s a very thick, hard steel rice line!
Aaron, who was silently going down the mountain, suddenly spoke to me.
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“Bocchan, when are you going to take the Advanced Knight Exam?”
“A senior knight?”
He had been staring at me like a puppy who was in need of something from earlier, and saying that he was at best was a buzzword.
“You’ve defeated a 4-star monster, and you can even use an aura, so you’ll pass. If that happens, there will be great trouble in Battenga… … .”
Oh, was it because of that?
understood.
Since I used something similar to come suddenly during the fight with King Seol, they seemed to suspect that I was hiding my skills on purpose.
“It was pure luck that I defeated a 4-star. And what I put on my sword is not an auror.”
“then… … ?”
A look of doubt crossed Aaron’s face.
However, if I said more here, I would eventually become a crazy person, so I had no choice but to gloss over my words here.
“Anyway, I did it with the power of the sword I got there, so don’t go around and say weird things.”
“… … okay. All right.”
Aaron gave a belated reply.
Is it because the image I showed is very different from usual?
“Are you saying you want to stand out after gaining a little more strength?”
“what?”
Aaron, who was muttering something to himself, blinked his eyes.
“The crown, a symbol of succession… … It is a perfect symbol to inform the young master of his ambitions.”
“… … .”
I’m at a loss for words.