51 – Labyrinth of the Sun – 6
“Nice to meet you, Gaon Park, from another world.”
“….Who are you, wielding a sword from the beginning of the field…?”
“You don’t know me? Well, I’m from another world, so that’s understandable.”
A man named Hubert pointed at me with a beautiful platinum longsword and suddenly started asking questions.
“You may be a little embarrassed, but may I ask you a question?”
“…What is it?”
“Did you really defeat the mixed flame?”
“Hmm…Is…Right…?”
“Hmm… I don’t quite get it… You certainly don’t seem strong enough to deal with mixed flames.”
My conscience was pierced at the moment, but I didn’t show it.
At that moment, Veronica began telepathically explaining to me what Hubert was like.
-Hubert Petra, one of the four strongest men on the continent, is a man with the title of the greatest sword on the continent.
‘The Greatest Sword in the Continent…?’
I’d be annoyed with just the beings of chaos, but this time it’s the 4th continent?
Of course, unlike the beings of chaos, Hubert didn’t seem to want to kill me.
He actually has a suspicious expression on his face, but judging from the way he lowers his sword, he seems unwilling to continue the fight.
“Well, anyway, the reason I came here myself is simple. His Majesty the Emperor has given me an imperial order to bring you.”
“Your Majesty?”
“Yes, the Emperor wanted to see you, but you disappeared without a word.”
Irina said that the emperor would return soon, but he had never dreamed that it would be today.
Still, I left a note just in case, but didn’t find it?
“I left a note in my room and didn’t see it?”
“Ah…You mean the note with that strange language written on it? Even His Majesty the Emperor, who has learned the languages of the world, doesn’t understand that language at all.”
‘…Could it be because it was written in Korean?’
I believed in the ability of [Different World Translator] To automatically translate all languages and wrote it in Korean, but it seemed that [Different World Translator] Did not even translate the words written on the paper.
Or it could just be that I was the triggering agent for [Another World Translator], So the ability didn’t apply when seen by other people from another world.
“Well, that part doesn’t matter. The important thing is that His Majesty the Emperor wants to see you, and that you entered this restricted area without permission.”
“Despite being a restricted area, no one was blocking it…”
“Who would think of going into a hole drilled deep underground?”
Because of such a complacent idea, the Constellation Palace was completely burned down, Mister.
“Haa…Then can I follow you?”
First of all, Hubert is a top 4 on the continent and a level 91 master, so I didn’t have time to jump in.
Besides, he was thinking of going back to the imperial castle anyway, so he tried to obey Hubert’s words.
If all of a sudden this crazy old man hadn’t raised a sword.
“No, before that, I’ll have to check myself to see if you really have the skills to defeat the mixed flames.”
“…Yes…?”
No what the f*ck is this bullsh*t?
I heard the emperor told me to bring him, so why is it suddenly leading to a battle?
“I’ll raise my sword. If you don’t, I’ll go from here first.”
“Wait a minute…”
“Then let’s go!”
No, he looks like he’s in his early 40s, but he’s already senile. What is this crazy man doing?!
Kaang-!
“Keugh!”
“It was close enough.”
Hubert swung his platinum longsword at me with great speed, and I managed to raise my amplification sword to block Hubert’s sword attack.
If I hadn’t seen the trajectory of Hubert’s sword strike with the [Golden Eye of the Sword Master], I would have had to give up at least one of my arms for free.
“But this isn’t enough!”
As Hubert’s arms trembled from his tremendous strength, he yelled at me and kicked me hard in the stomach with his foot.
“Huh?!”
[Stamina: 164,321/176,977]
Hubert’s physical strength was about 12,000, and if it had been me a few days ago, he would have died instantly.
-Come to think of it, Hubert Petra, who is famous for being the top 4 on the continent and the best sword on the continent, is said to be a huge battle fanatic.
‘Why are you saying that now!’
-How could I have known that he would attack like that as soon as he saw him?
Anyway, the important thing now is to hold out against Hubert somehow. If you were a little careless, you would surely end up with a bundle of 12,780 won chicken sold at a butcher’s shop in an instant.
Fire-!
“Hmm?”
As I began to strengthen the amplification sword with the flames of Suzaku, Hubert stroked his chin in interest and opened his mouth.
“…Are you the same fire magic user as the mixed flame? Besides, this flame is not unusual.”
“…..If you make a mistake, you will go to the goal..!”
‘Veronica!’
-Okay.
At that moment, I fired the flame of Suzaku towards Hubert.
However, he knew that he could not defeat Hubert with only the flames of Suzaku, so he asked Veronica to maximize the power of mana.
“?!”
At first, Hubert looked at Suzaku’s flames leisurely, but as soon as Veronica’s black mist intensified Suzaku’s flames, his expression distorted for the first time.
-[Pegasus]!
Hubert quickly used unusual magic to levitate into the air.
Then, the flame of Suzaku, which exuded tremendous energy, broke through the air and crashed into the wall of the maze and disappeared.
-Interesting, is that constellation magic passed down from generation to generation in the Petra family?
‘Constellation magic?’
-It’s magic that uses the power of the constellations that decorate the universe. Right now, Hubert uses the power of Pegasus to fly up into the sky.
If true, it’s a pretty annoying situation. This is because flying enemies are more difficult to navigate than enemies on the ground.
Of course, I could use [Psychokinesis] To go up into the air, but my flying speed wasn’t that fast, so it was almost certain that I would be attacked by Hubert.
“It’s pretty… I don’t know what kind of trick he did, but the power of magic is 5 times stronger…”
“Why don’t you stop? This is fine…”
“It’s been a while since I’ve met someone I can use!”
No, listen to the damn thing.
-[Aquila]!
-That’s vulture magic.
Hubert began to descend toward me with great speed, like an eagle, as Veronica said.
‘Fast! This can’t be avoided!’
Hubert’s speed was so great that even my eyes couldn’t keep up with it.
So I quickly gave up evasion and used the amplification sword as a shield to prepare for the impact of Hubert’s attack.
But when I got it right, I got it.
This is not a power that can be done by preparing.
Kwaang-!
“Huh?!”
[HP: 82,172/176,977]
Isn’t this too much, no matter how weak I am against physical attacks? With almost 60,000 HP lost in one attack, I wondered if this would kill the fragments of the abyss I met in the abyssal labyrinth in one shot.
“It’s not over yet.”
Hubert was blown away by the impact and rushed back to me, who was pinned to the wall of the maze.
I think this crazy uncle is really planning to put me in a dying state and bring me to the emperor.
So I thought about just getting beaten up and following along, but my pride wouldn’t allow it.
Thanks to the unnecessary increase in mana and stamina, I was able to use [Purity] Almost hundreds of times. Even if I died by mistake, the resurrection ability of [Suzaku’s Fire] Remained.
So from now on, I started to fight in a way that you die and I die.
‘[Psychokinesis]!’
First of all, I used [Psychokinesis] To throw the surrounding rocks towards Hubert. However, Hubert did not slow down and rather cut the rock like tofu, closing the distance with me in an instant.
But the rock was just a means to block Hubert’s view, even for a moment.
My specialty was magic, and [Psychokinesis] Was just an auxiliary ability.
“Sonic Buster!”
-Night Fog.
I summoned a sonic buster whose casting time was shortened with [Blood Witch’s Circle] And fired at Hubert. Of course, he was well aware that normal magic could not do much damage, so he strengthened the power with a triple combo of Suzaku’s flame, void mana, and Veronica’s fog.
“!!”
“If you can avoid it, avoid it!”
The reason I chose Sonic Buster out of countless magic was simple.
Because there was no magic that had speed as fast as Sonic Buster.
The spear of emptiness is fast enough to be comparable to that of Sonic Buster, but it was excluded because there is a difference in the speed of the chant.
-[Scutum]!
-It’s a shield seat!
Perhaps Hubert felt threatened by the sonic buster, which emits much stronger energy than normal magic, he quickly strengthened his own durability using constellation magic.
Geee!
Kwaang-!
“That’s quite right! hahahahaha!!”
“What the f*ck…”
The sonic buster definitely hit Hubert in the chest. However, he looked at me as if he was having fun, instead of suffering.
“It hurt more than I thought. I don’t know what strengthening ability it has, but it was quite useful.”
-…It seems like he’s using an alter ego, so the magic enhancement isn’t cool.
‘Damn it…’
Currently, Veronica’s enhancement ability does not increase her power as dramatically as it did when dealing with mixed flames. The reason is also the existence of an alter ego.
Each alter ego loses 20% of its abilities, but Veronica summoned as many as four such alter egos.
In other words, her current power was only 1/5 of the original, and the power of the strengthening magic she used was also weakened.
-For now, I’m not in a position to hide something. Just do your best to hit it.
‘Damn it…’
Currently, the hidden abilities that I do not use are [Envy], [Flame of Chaos], And Blood Magic.
Then, the remaining ability is…[Envy].
Of course, [Envy] Was also one of the abilities of mixed flames, but it wasn’t an ability that was directly revealed like [Flame of Chaos], So I decided to use it without paying attention.
‘[Envy].’
I quickly used [Envy] And chanted magic.
The magic I will use this time is Void Arrow.
It had the shortest casting time and weakest power among void magics, but it was one of the most useful magics because it could create a lot at once.
“The purple mana I’ve been using a while ago isn’t normal mana. I’ve never seen mana with more violent aura than chaotic mana in my life.”
Hubert chanted the magic quietly, wary of the void mana he felt from the void arrow.
-[Scutum]!
This time, the same shield magic as before.
But now that [Envy] Was activated, Hubert’s high durability was not a big problem for me.
‘Go.’
I used [Enticer] To fire an arrow of emptiness with 100% magic penetration toward Hubert, and Hubert, not knowing about [Enticer], Smiled leisurely and faced the arrow of emptiness without avoiding it.
Shhhhh-!
“Kuhh?! What the hell is this…”
Three void arrows flew at once and stuck in Hubert’s legs, arms, and abdomen, respectively.
Hubert forcibly pushed the void arrow stuck in his body using mana with a puzzled look on his face as if he hadn’t expected that the void arrow would penetrate the shield’s magic.
“Yes, I have to do this much.”
He didn’t lose his joyous smile even though his body was wounded by the arrows of the void, and instead charged at me faster than before.
“However, it’s still not enough. I can’t believe that I personally defeated the soul spirit with this!”
“It’s okay if you don’t believe me!”
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Despite my screams, Hubert listened in one ear and let them out in the other, continuing to swing his sword.
‘But it seems to be getting faster…?!’
-That man was just taking care of me until now. At this rate, he’s attacking with the judgment that he won’t die in one hit.
In short, don’t you mean I’m being treated like a toy?
-It’s not a toy. To be precise, it’s a punching bag.
‘That or that! Ugh!’
I tried to block or avoid Hubert’s attack as much as possible, but it was not enough.
Eventually, as time passed, scars began to appear all over my body, and my stamina began to drop rapidly.
‘[Innocence]..!’
“Hmm?”
Seeing my health drop to 30,000 and feeling threatened for my life, I eventually used [Purity], And Hubert looked at me with interest as my wounds healed in an instant.
“…What an interesting person from another world…!”
At that moment, when I saw the expression on Hubert’s face, I realized it.
That old man is just happy to get a self-healing punching bag.
It’s cheap, i really don’t like the empire that much and much just takes everything thing without care pride? Where